

Following an attack on the Statue of Liberty, Shinjiro becomes a member of the Star Division. While at Central Park, Shinjiro meets Diana Caprice, who helps Shinjiro acclimate himself with the city. Shinjiro is assigned by Sunnyside to be an usher until he is able to return to Japan. Shinjiro then learns that his uncle, Imperial Assault Force Commander Ichiro Ogami, was to be in New York in place of Shinjiro. Ratchet then introduces Shinjiro to the rest of the Combat Revue. Taiga and Gemini meet each other in Midtown, and then head to a district known as "The Village", where Shinjiro's apartment is based. Shinjiro is apprehended but is bailed and led to the Little Lip Theater to meet Shinjiro's captain, Ratchet Altair, and the Star Division's commander, Michael Sunnyside. Shortly after arriving there, Shinjiro witnesses a bank robbery being foiled by Gemini Sunrise, a samurai cowgirl. Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love begins with Shinjiro Taiga departing from Tokyo to New York City. In addition to ground-based battles, STAR units can convert into a flying form, enabling mid-air battles using identical mechanics to the ground battles. Should a character fall in battle, the relationship will suffer, weakening their future combat ability. LIPS interactions in between combat segments raised each heroine's statistics, allowing a greater range of movement, and unlocking more powerful abilities and combination attacks. Different units specialize in different skills, such as support actions, melee attacks, or distance attacks-along with their range of movement, each unit also has an independent range in which they can perform actions. These actions include "Attack", "Defend", "Move", "Deathblow" (a critical strike that kills an enemy in one hit), Charge (store energy for a more powerful action during the next turn), and Heal (which restores health points to a chosen unit). Each unit has its own turn, with each turn allowing two actions.
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Battles take place within 3D arenas, where each unit has a full range of movement, with their distance limited by an Action Point meter: the battle system is dubbed "ARMS" (Active & Real-time Machine System). When exploring New York, Shinjiro can access a device called the Cameratron, a device that can both be used as a communication device with members of the Little Lips Theater and take photographs around the city.ĭuring the combat sequences, the player controls the New York Combat Revue as they battle demonic forces using machines dubbed Super Telekinetic Assault Robots (STARs). If Shinjiro has a strong-enough bond with one of the heroines, he can initiate a romance, unlocking a character-specific ending once the main story is finished.

Other actions within LIPS include holding the cursor over parts of a character's portrait to trigger internal monologues and varying responses from the characters, and quick-time events relying on moving the control sticks and button inputs.

An additional "Analog LIPS" option has a single response with analog input which changes the intensity of Shinjiro's voice, which further affects the characters' reactions. Depending on the type of response, the character may respond positively or negatively, impacting the relationship and future interactions. When faced with critical choices in the course of a conversation, up to three dialogue options are displayed with a time limit for the player to select a response. During these sequences, when talking with both the main heroines and supporting characters, conversations rely on the LIPS (Live & Interactive Picture System) system. The gameplay is divided between adventure segments where Shinjiro explores a 3D-rendered version of New York-including the interior of the Little Lip Theater-, and combat sequences governed by a turn-based battle system across a three-dimensional (3D) area allowing full range of movement.ĭuring adventure segments, Shinjiro can both navigate New York on his own and bring along a member of the New York Combat Revue. Dubbed a "dramatic adventure" game and taking place across multiple episodes, the gameplay segments incorporate tactical role-playing, dating sim and visual novel elements. Sakura Wars V: So Long My Love is set in New York City during a fictionalized version of the late 1920s, with players taking the role of Shinjiro Taiga and the all-female New York Combat Revue.
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Gameplay Main article: Gameplay in the Sakura Taisen series
