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Message: [QUOTE="MHtrStevie, post: 9108, member: 244"] Greetings! Sorry to respond to this thread so late... hope people are still around. I am a HUGE Sakura Taisen fan, following the series from the Saturn onto the Dreamcast... and now preparing myself for the new games to be released on the PS2. Is the Saturn version of ST your first exposure to the series? Aside from plotline, there isn't any significant differences between the games on the Saturn... ST2 introduces two more Hanagumi members and a new cast of villians. The real change in the game system came with the switch to the Dreamcast, especially in the titles made specifically for DC (ST3 and ST4)... there, the entire battle system was overhauled to more of an "action points" system, i.e. all of the choices for actions is the same, but now you can perform as many as you want up to your action point limit. Obviously you still need to build your energy to reach your special attacks, but you could potentially attack, defend and build your energy in one round. The Dreamcast remakes of the first two games are pretty much direct ports of the Saturn games, with more vibrant colors and crisper animation. The PS2 games, however, will be complete retoolings of the original games, updating to the new ARMS battle system I described above... This is definitely one of my favorite games series, and I'd highly recommend them to anyone. [/QUOTE]