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Insane-Pencil In reply to MrJechgo [2014-03-17 00:57:23 +0000 UTC]

Oh, weird.  I haven't even heard of that series.  

Thanks for the identification and the kind words.

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MrJechgo In reply to Insane-Pencil [2014-03-17 01:12:05 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome again ^_^

To make it short about the series, it's Capcom's take on both the hack-n-slash genre featuring overpowered characters AND the Warring States Period in Japan, which are two aspects that Koei-Tecmo used for their own Samurai Warriors series. Capcom made its first game in 2005, one year after Samurai Warriors 1. However, it got mixed reviews, mostly because it got heavily localized with names changed and the title Devil Kings. Due to that, Sengoku Basara 2 never left Japan. However, in 2010, Capcom released Sengoku Basara 3 and tried again by localizing it Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. Furthermore, it got a huge push in marketing thanks to the anime series that also got localized in English, with several voice actors reprising their roles in both medias. Unfortunately, the game didn't meet expectations... and all hopes to see Sengoku Basara 4 in English are slim to none ;_;

As for Samurai Warriors (for completion sake), Koei noticed the high success of their own Dynasty Warriors series, based on China's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and decided to make a spin-off, using lore and history from Japan's Sengoku period... and it worked decently so far, as a 4th game is coming soon. We've gotten all 3 primary games in English, plus a 3DS title... No news about an English version for Samurai Warriors 4, but tweets from the producer indicated an interest for an English version.

Hope that helped ^_^

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