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File	Date	Source	Title and comments
	1994-08-15	Computer & Video Games (UK), "September 1994"
	1995-01-07	Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 February"	"New Space" 2-page preview. The game is listed as ?% complete (as of December 14), scheduled for release in March. On the first page, it gives background on the Blue Seed franchise and details the game's backstory, the party system and the cutscenes having very similar visuals to the TV anime. On the second page, it details the card battle system, with a list of the 10 card types, the selection process and how to use them strategically. It ends with description and bust-up art of various characters.
	1995-02-08	Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "March 1995"	"Coming Soon Soft" The game is reported as 60% complete, scheduled for release April 1 at a price of ¥7,800. It explains the card battle system in depth.
	1995-02-08	Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 March"	"New Space" 2-page preview. The game is listed as 60% complete (as of January 26), scheduled for release March 31 at a price of ¥7,800. It first talks about changing party members to suit the plot, a bit about the card battles and the TV-like animations used during battles, with a large reel of one of them showing, and some shorter ones to show different ones used for different attacks and taking damage.
	1995-03-08	Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "April 1995"	"Coming Soon Soft" 2-page preview. The game is reported as 80% complete, scheduled for release in April. It shows off shots of the battle animations for several characters and details the map system and travel, with many of the areas shown. The party members are detailed from the perspective of Momiji Fujimiya (藤宮 紅葉). Introduces the game's original character Kasumi Kusunoki (楠木 香澄) and includes an interview with her voice actor Megumi Hayashibara.
	1995-04-07	Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 May"	"New Space" 2-page preview. The game is listed as 40% complete (as of March 14), scheduled for release in June at a price of ¥5,800. Many of the previous issues' topic are briefly recounted, before diving into the 3 different map screens and detailing original character Kasumi Kusunoki (楠木 香澄). The second page goes into card battles and 2 episodes of the plot.
	1995-05-08	Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "June 1995"	"Saturn de RPG!" Part 2, 2-page preview. The game is reported as 90% complete, scheduled for release in June at a price of ¥5,800. Goes through the game's highlights episode-by-episode, with episodes 1, 2 and 3 covered.
	1995-05-08	Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 June"	"New Space" Preview. The game is reported as 70% complete (as of April 20). Mentions that the TV anime has finished airing. Mentions some of the previous covered topics and that it is notable for employing a plot different from the source material. It focuses on covering episode 3 and detailing the 2 original characters.
	1995-xx-xx	576 KByte (HU), "Június 1995"
	1995-06-08	Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "July 1995"	"Sega Saturn soft review" The game description reads "Fight in a card battle! A game based on the TV anime version of Yuzo Takada's original work. Original plot. 13 episodes total. Fights unfold as card battles. Is there a luck factor?" Reviews mostly discuss the negative aspects of the game, including being skeptical if it's a role-playing game or an adventure game, criticizing the difficult card battles and rough image quality of the TV-style animations, all of which impeded the original storyline, but several reviewers note the novelty of having the opening animation being identical to the TV version except with original character Kasumi Kusunoki slotted in. Lady users group's 出口 かおり talks about some well-designed features, but feels the bosses are far too strong and battles overshadow the otherwise easy to follow plot. Game mania group's 作山軍曹 complains about the unnecessary focus on underwear alienating fans, but would still play the game as they were engaged with the story. Guest game writer 高坂 亮一 appreciates the developers' clear passion for the project and admires the way the animation graphics and field graphic complement each other, but echoes many of the negative sentiments as 作山軍曹. Review Version Rating Awards Calculated score NTSC-J 7/10   4/10   6/10 57 [Info]
	1995-06-08	Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "July 1995"	"Saturn de RPG!" Part 3, 2 pages. The game is reported as 100% complete, recommended for an 18+ audience, with some of the adult content discussed, but praise the game for an engaging original plot. It details a hidden feature of card battles and summarizes the story up to episode 3, followed by a walkthrough of episode 4, ended with some teasers for the rest of the game.
	1995-06-16	Famitsu (JP), "1995-06-30"	"Cross review" Review Version Rating Awards Calculated score NTSC-J 7/10   7/10   7/10   7/10 70 [Info]
	1995-06-08	Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 July"	"New Space" 2 pages. The game is listed as 100% complete. Walkthrough of episode 4, with a synopsis of episodes 1 to 3. Ends with speculation about what the ramifications of the story up to now may be.
	1995-08-08	Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 September"	"Ranking Street" Game Seisekihyou Review Version Rating Awards Calculated score NTSC-J 4.22/5   3.71/5   3.71/5   3.52/5   3.54/5   3.53/5 74 [Info]
	1995-08-08	Saturn Fan (JP), "1995 September"	"Hyper UL-Tech" Tips and tricks
	1995-0x-xx	Consoles + (FR), "Septembre 1995"	Review Version Rating Awards Calculated score NTSC-J 94% 94 [Info]
	1995-xx-xx	Joypad (FR), "Octobre (Joypad International supplement)"	Review Version Rating Awards Calculated score NTSC-J 90% 90 [Info]
	2000-03	Sega Saturn Magazine (JP), "Readers rating final data"	"Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) readers final rating" Review Version Rating Awards Calculated score NTSC-J 7.4455/10 74 [Info]