Sakura Wars

Sakura Wars

Developers
	Overworks
	Red Entertainment
	Sega
	Jupiter
	Neverland
	Sammy Corporation
Windows	M2
Publishers
	Sega
Simplified Chinese	Tian Ren Hu Dong
Traditional Chinese	Dysin Interactive
Russian	Akella
Release dates
Windows	April 26, 1999
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Cinematic camera, Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure, Strategy, Visual novel
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Fantasy, Japan, Romance, Steampunk
Series	Sakura Wars

Sakura Wars
Sakura Wars	2000
Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die	2001
Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning?	2003
Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens	2005

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

This game is not playable in English (see Localizations for supported languages).

Sakura Wars is a singleplayer cinematic camera and isometric adventure, strategy and visual novel game in the Sakura Wars series.

It was first released in Japan on September 27, 1996 for Sega Saturn console in Japan. PC port was released on April 26, 1999 in Japan while China and Taiwan version was released on August 18, 2001. An updated port for Windows XP compatibility was released on February 20, 2003 in Japan. The only western release of Sakura Wars was made available in Russian version on January 11, 2006. A PC Premium Edition, which includes all first four games of the Sakura Wars series with updated higher resolution FMVs and sprites compared to the original releases was released on September 21, 2006, while the DVD stand-alone version of Sakura Wars which the Premium Edition used was sold separately on January 25, 2007.

Japanese DVD version of the game is not playable due to SafeDisc DRM no longer working unless with patching which might cause the system to be exposed to known security vulnerabilities while Russian version of the game is not playable due to StarForce DRM incompatible with modern version of Windows, specifically Windows 8 and above.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 4.60 DRM disc check (DVD Edition) StarForce 4.50.006.012 DRM disc check (Russian release)

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	No microtransactions are available in this game.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVE\key.dat

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SAVE\INDEX.DAT

Video

General options menu

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		No resolution options. Runs at 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		In-game hub sections and non-FMV Sequences are capped at 60 FPS. Cursor updates at a lower rate.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard input options menu

Controller input options menu

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Known as Cursor Speed (カーソル速度/游標速度)
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music is always set to on, only Sound can be turned on/off.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Game contains multiple non-royalty free musics.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Japanese
Russian

Issues unresolved

First Edition runs without correct texture color on Windows 8 and above

The game loads properly, but unable to display any pictures aside cutscenes, even with compatibility set.

Poor framepacing on newer CPUs and operating systems

In-game performance is very inconsistent and can rapidly fluctuate.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

First Edition

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95, 98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB	1.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	640 x 480 16-bit resolution DirectX 7 compatible
Other	4x CD-ROM drive

XP Compatible Pack Plus Edition

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium II 300 MHz	Pentium III 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	640 x 480 16-bit resolution 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectSound compatible
Other	4x CD-ROM drive

Premium Edition and DVD Edition

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Pentium II 300 MHz	Pentium III 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.4 GB
Video card (GPU)	640 x 480 16-bit resolution 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectSound compatible
Other	4x DVD-ROM drive