Comments on: Sakura Taisen games & Funimation?!? Things sure have changed!

By: Jehuty

Jehuty — Tue, 10 May 2005 00:04:47 +0000

:O did any of you guys played a game called “Double Cast” back in the PS days? =] I think the newest Sakura taisen has nothing to do w/ the TV series tho, and the old ones are in dreamcast / PS formats http://sakura-taisen.com/

By: Anime!

Anime! — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 05:28:22 +0000

FUNimation Releases

Has FUNimation improved? This blogger thinks so….

By: Maestro4k

Maestro4k — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:48:53 +0000

I have most of the regulars for all sets of Tokimeki Memorial trading card series believe it or not. I even have favorite characters from what my friend’s told me about them, I really wish I could play the games. ^_^ I’ve even seen the first OVA, although it’s confusing as hell, even with some explanations from my friend.

You’re welcome, I know it’s not just mecha action, although I’m not sure if there’s any of that in it or not. I remember that when choices come up you not only have to make decisions that will affect relationships, you’re timed. You don’t get too long either, making it next to impossible to play if you can’t read Japanese quickly.

By: Satoshi

Satoshi — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:27:51 +0000

Bah, I spelled my name wrong. That takes talent, of a kind.

By: Saotshi

Saotshi — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:27:07 +0000

I’ve got the PS version of TokiMemo 1 – imported from Japan. I still one of the mousepads that came with it, although I’ve only been able to play the actual game itself on an emulator.

TokiMemo 3 apparently has a capability to actually ’speak’ your name – you put in the kana/kanji and the tonal variation, and it will be spoken more-or-less naturally along with the rest of the dialogue. In the first (and second?) game, the characters would kinda skip over your name. It’d be like “Hello, [pause]. Going home now?”

(And yes, it’s 3d..well, cell-shaded 3d.)

The game itself was a lot of fun…it really is interesting seeing how many different ways you can develop your character. And the last couple semesters are pure torture, since by then you’ve met a lot of the girls (unless you somehow managed to avoid it, like only studying science on weekends so you don’t run into Yuina). And at that point one misstep can cause a whole truckload of gossip raining down on you… :p

Thanks for the info on the Sakura Taisen game. I’d previously thought it was a mecha action game, but that’s just the impression I have of the series as a whole. Will be interesting to see how this all pans out.