History VideoGame / SakuraWars1996

[[WhereItAllBegan The one that started it all.]]

* {{Flanderization}}: The Kohran scenario from ''In Hot Blood'' proved to be controversial among fans for taking Kohran's love for machines too far. In this scenario, she gets upset at the rest of the Revue for treating machines as disposable. However, the things she's upset with (the Koubu having to be deployed before the maintenance is finished due to an attack, Ogami taking a blow meant for her with his Koubu and destroying an immobilized ''enemy'' mech) makes her seem completely unreasonable. What's worse, Kohran's inventions blow up all the time, so the idea that she hates her machines being destroyed seems to come out of nowhere.

* {{Flanderization}}: The Kohran scenario from ''In Hot Blood'' proved to be controversial among fans for taking Kohran's love for machines too far. In this scenario, she gets upset at the rest of the Revue for treating machines as disposable. However, the things she's upset with (the Koubu having to be deployed before the maintenance is finished due to an attack, Ogami taking a blow meant for her with his Koubu and destroying an immobilized ''enemy'' mech) makes her seem completely unreasonable. What's worse, Kohran's inventions blow up all the time, so this characterization seems to come out of nowhere.

* AdaptationExpansion: ''In Hot Blood'' has the updated LIPS and battle systems from ''Is Paris Burning?'' and ''Fall in Love, Maidens''. It also has an exclusive chapter that was added on for the sole purpose of 1) providing a Kohran-centered chapter which the original version of the game lacked and 2) to provide the Three Star Division pilots who appear in later sequels with an early cameo to keep their fans happy.

* TheHeroDies: A subverted example occurs at the end of the game. The rest of the Flower Division's efforts to buy Ogami and the top girl some time lead to their deaths, but Michael revives them.

* BookEnds: The game opens with Sakura getting off the train to Tokyo. In Sakura's ending, she goes back onto the train heading for Sentai, only for Ogami to catch up with her.

[[WhereItAllBegan The one that started it all]].

''The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', a four-part OVA series, primarily functions as a prequel to the game. The game is followed by ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2ThouShaltNotDie''.

* BittersweetEnding: The Flower Division defeats Satan, Tenkai and their minions and Tokyo is saved, Ayame ascends into the heavens as her true form Michael.

* ClimacticBattleResurrection: In the first game, each member of your crew (except your LoveInterest) [[HeroicSacrifice dies while killing a member of the Knights of the twilight]]. The traitor, Ayame severely wounds your LI (she gets better), then [[TheStarscream Aoi]] [[TrueFinalBoss Satan]] came and either tempts you to kill Ayame or kills her himself. Yoneda rams the ''Mikasa'' towards Seima Castle and after defeating Satan the first time, Ayame comes in her true form, Michael, and resurrect all your friends for one final battle against Satan.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The Flower Division foils Tenkai's plans to attack Tokyo. But there is one problem: Satan is planning to summon the Seima Castle and overrun humanity. Uh-oh...

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Iris decides she's had enough of being treated like a child in chapter 5, she bails from the Imperial Theater in her koubu. Fortunately, the Flower Division is able to find her.

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''Sakura Wars'' was shortly thereafter ported to the UsefulNotes/{{Dreamcast}}, Microsoft Windows computers and the UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable. Eventually, in 2003, a VideoGameRemake, titled ''In Hot Blood'', was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.

* BittersweetEnding: The Flower Division defeats Satan, Tenkai and their minions, but they lose Ayame after she gets turned into a demon, but not before she dies saving Ogami from being killed and transforming into Michael.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The Flower Division foils Tenkai's plans to attack Tokyo. But there is one problem: Satan is planning to summon the Seima Castle and overrun humanity. Uh-oh.

* HeroicSacrifice: In the final chapter of the game, the rest of the Flower Division sacrifices themselves to allow Ogami and the top girl to fight Satan and Aya-me. Then, the top girl jumps in the way of Aya-me's attack. After Aya-me is transformed into Michael, she helps to revive the Flower Division as she dies.

* ClimacticBattleResurrection: In the first game, each member of your crew (except your LoveInterest) [[HeroicSacrifice dies while killing a member of the Knights of the twilight]]. The traitor, Ayame severely wounds your LI (she gets better), then [[TheStarscream Aoi]] [[TrueFinalBoss Satan]] came and either tempts you to kill Ayame or kills her himself. Yoneda rams the Mikasa towards Seima Castle and after defeating Satan the first time, Ayame comes in her true form, Michael, and resurrect all your friends for one final battle against Satan.

The game was also subsequently released in Russian for the PC for Russia and Russian-speaking countries/territories. In addition, it received a novelization written by scenario writer Satoru Akahori.

The game was also subsequently released in Russian for the PC for [[UsefulNotes/RussiansWithRustingRockets Russia]] and Russian-speaking countries/territories. [[note]] although nobody liked it in Russia and instead they want some vodka, Adidas and Hardbass [[/note]] In addition, it received a novelization written by scenario writer Satoru Akahori.

The game was also subsequently released in Russian for the PC for Russia and Russian-speaking countries/territories. In addition, it received a novelization written by scenario writer Satoru Akahori.

* BittersweetEnding: By the end of the first Sakura Wars game, the Flower Division defeated Tenkai and his minions, but they lost Ayame after she was turned into a demon, but not before she died saving Ogami from being killed and transforming into Michael.

The game was also subsequently released in Russian for the PC for Russia and Russian-speaking countries/territories. In addition, it received a novelization written by scenario writer Creator/SatoruAkahori.