History VideoGame / SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove

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[[caption-width-right:256:''"New York Combat Revue! Let's do it!"''[[note]]Top to bottom, left to right: [[RulesLawyer Cheiron Archer]], [[ActionGirl Gemini Sunrise]], [[LittleMissBadass Rosarita "Rosita" Aries]], [[TheHero Shinjiro Taiga]], [[AmbiguousGender Subaru Kujo]], and Diana Caprice.[[/note]]]]

** If Shinjiro's Star is destroyed, it will result in an immediate Game Over and force you to restart the battle.

** In ''Sakura Wars: The Movie'', Ratchet's Eisenkleid gets destroyed by the BigBad, Brent Furlong. In this game, her Star gets destroyed by Ranmaru.

The game is followed chronologically by ''Anime/SakuraWarsNewYorkNY'', ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsBecauseYouWereThere'', ''Literature/ShinSakuraTaisenTheNovelHizakuraNoKoro'' and ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019''. ''Sakura Wars V: Episode 0 ~Samurai Daughter of the Wild~'' functions as a prequel to Gemini Sunrise's situation in the game.

''Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love'' is the fifth main installment of Creator/{{Sega}}'s ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' series and the only one on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and the UsefulNotes/NintendoWii (as well as the first to be officially released in English). This is also the final entry to feature character art and cutscene animation by Creator/ProductionIG, joined this time around by Creator/{{AIC}}.

** Hilariously enough, the game brings back Creator/NaoyaUchida, who played Tetsuma Shinguji in the ''Anime/{{Sakura Wars|TV}}'' TV adaptation, as Michael Sunnyside. Bonus points for Tetsuma and Sunnyside being the uncles of their respective characters, Sakura Shinguji and Diana Caprice.

* WeaponOfChoice: Each character's STAR is equipped with a scaled-up version of weapons they would use on-foot: TheHero Shinjiro [[DualWielding dual-wields]] katanas, OccidentalOtaku Gemini uses a single katana, reformed BadassBiker Cheiron uses a chain, YamatoNadeshiko Subaru uses fans, BountyHunter Rosita [[GunsAkimbo dual-wields pistols]], CombatMedic Diana uses syringe-shaped [[MakingASplash water cannons]], and the side-lined Ratchet uses [[DeviousDaggers throwing daggers]].

* IllGirl: Diana, who recovers as Shinjiro gradually gives her back hope. Justified by the fact that her malady is due to her weak will power letting her Pneuma compromise her body.

[[caption-width-right:256:''"New York Combat Revue! Let's do it!"''[[note]]Top to bottom, left to right: [[RulesLawyer Cheiron Archer]], [[ActionGirl Gemini Sunrise]], [[LittleMissBadass Rosarita "Rosita" Aries]], [[TheHero Shinjiro Taiga]], [[AmbiguousGender Subaru Kujo]], and [[IllGirl Diana Caprice]].[[/note]]]]

The game is followed chronologically by ''Anime/SakuraWarsNewYorkNY'', ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsBecauseYouWereThere'', ''LightNovel/ShinSakuraTaisenTheNovelHizakuraNoKoro'' and ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019''. ''Sakura Wars V: Episode 0 ~Samurai Daughter of the Wild~'' functions as a prequel to Gemini Sunrise's situation in the game.

''So Long, My Love'' is also the final ''Sakura Wars'' entry to feature Akiko Kuno as the voice of Ratchet Altair [[note]] outside of reprising her role for the stage shows from 2008 to 2014 [[/note]] before she died in 2022.

''So Long, My Love'' was the final main ''Sakura Wars'' game to be co-developed by Creator/RedEntertainment before their co-ownership rights were bought by Sega in 2017. It was also the final game to feature Satoru Akahori as the scenario writer, Ohji Hiroi as the general producer, and Creator/KosukeFujishima and Hidenori Matsubara as the character designers. It is also the final ''Sakura Wars'' entry to feature Akiko Kuno as the voice of Ratchet Altair [[note]] outside of the stage shows from 2008 to 2014 [[/note]] before she died in 2022.

''So Long, My Love'' was the final main ''Sakura Wars'' game to be co-developed by Creator/RedEntertainment before their co-ownership rights were bought by Sega in 2017. It was also the final game to feature Satoru Akahori as the scenario writer, Ohji Hiroi as the general producer, and Creator/KosukeFujishima and Hidenori Matsubara as the character designers.

* WeaponOfChoice: Each character's STAR is equipped with a scaled-up version of weapons they would use on-foot: TheHero Shinjiro [[DualWielding dual-wields]] katanas, OccidentalOtaku Gemini uses a single katana, reformed BadassBiker Cheiron uses a chain, YamatoNadeshiko Subaru uses fans, BountyHunter Rosita [[GunsAkimbo dual-wields pistols]], CombatMedic Diana uses syringe-shaped [[MakingASplash water cannons]], and the side-lined Ratchet uses [[KnifeNut throwing daggers]].

* FunWithAcronyms: The mechas that the player controls are called STARs, which stand for Super Telekinetic Assault Robots.

''So Long, My Love'' was the final main ''Sakura Wars'' game to be co-developed by Creator/RedEntertainment before their co-ownership rights were bought by Sega in 2017. It was also the final game to feature Satoru Akahori as the scenario writer and Creator/KosukeFujishima and Hidenori Matsubara as the character designers.

The game is followed chronologically by ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsBecauseYouWereThere'', ''LightNovel/ShinSakuraTaisenTheNovelHizakuraNoKoro'' and ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019''. ''Sakura Wars V: Episode 0 ~Samurai Daughter of the Wild~'' functions as a prequel to Gemini Sunrise's situation in the game.

The game is followed chronologically by ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsBecauseYouWereThere'', ''LightNovel/ShinSakuraTaisenTheNovelHizakuraNoKoro'' and ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019''.