Years later however, several fans have stepped up, and localized many of the games themselves. Leaving the only true way to enjoy these games, being either learning Japanese, or keeping a guide handy during your playthrough of the games. Most on SEGA consoles, but a few entries on SEGA’s competing consoles, some even when it was competing with said companies! Sadly, many of these games (See, all besides two titles), were locked to Japan, and were never officially localized. Over the course of it’s 25 year run, six mainline Sakura Wars games, and countless spinoffs were released on several different console generations. 25 years ago, SEGA and Red Company brought the love and war RTS/Dating Sim/Visual Novel series Sakura Wars into the world for the first time on Saturn!įirst conceptualized in 1990 by Oji Hiroi, he worked tirelessly over the years until him and his team furthered his concept, and finally released the first iteration on the SEGA Saturn on Septemin Japan.