Unfortunately, due to licensing issues, and the expensive cost of this franchise, that will make a USA release quite difficult. Basically, no company has truly "stepped up to the plate", to make an effort bring this beloved franchise over here. But, all hope is not lost, though. Earlier this year, I read somewhere that Funimation has the English rights to this franchise, and also stating that, someday, they might just release the games here in the US! Whether this is really true or not remains to be seen. They currently have the license to dub the anime, which could be a step in the right direction. Only time will tell whether these beloved games come to the US or not, and even when that happens, what edits could be made, as there are Japanese cultural references that may not sit well with the US company localizing the games. I guess, as long as the games don't go through 4KIDS' style edits, which I fear the most, then the games in English might actually be bearable. It's a proverbial longshot, but, I really do hope this happens, so that more people will be exposed to this game. As of now, I rarely talk about this game in person, as most people that I have spoken to have never even heard about this franchise before, which is a shame. Obviously, there is also the issue of whether most of the US will even want to deal with this games' unusual gameplay, which is also another potential hurdle. Despite all this, I have a bad feeling, that, by the time these games get localized here, it may be too late, as the series would have moved on to a new direction in the story. I hope that this does not happen. I hope for the best. I pin my hopes on Sega of Japan and RED Entertainment to somehow persuade some US company to think about doing this, to finally give what some of us die-hard Sakura Taisen fans have been dying to see for a long time: an actual English-language version of this game, finally being exposed to the US, in all its glory.
