If you, as a North American, have long felt the itch to play a dating sim set in the 1920s featuring RTS elements, you can now thank NIS America for scratching it.

Sakura Wars is just that, a very popular series in Japan, and NIS is bringing it to NA on the Wii and PS2 in the form of Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love this autumn.

It's real classy.

Unlike your standard SRPG, what you do and say makes a big difference. Character interaction determines the game's outcome and even ending.

The game has 8 chapters, each with 4-5 hours of gameplay in it. You'll battle both on the ground and in the air, starting off in mechanized robo-suits that can transform into jets that fly. Oh, and your mech suits use swords. Oh, Japan. When it's all said and done, you'll see one of six fully animated endings.

chautemoc via destructoid.com »