<s>
is	O
a	O
cross-genre	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Red	O
Company	O
and	O
Sega	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
1998	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
in	O
September	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Defined	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
dramatic	O
adventure	O
"	O
game	O
,	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
combines	O
overlapping	O
tactical	O
role-playing	O
,	O
dating	O
sim	O
and	O
visual	O
novel	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
place	O
one	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
follows	O
the	O
protagonist	O
,	O
Imperial	O
Japanese	O
Navy	O
Ensign	O
Ichiro	O
Ogami	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
all-female	O
Flower	O
Division	O
of	O
the	O
Imperial	O
Combat	O
Revue	O
as	O
they	O
fight	O
against	O
new	O
supernatural	O
entities	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
hostile	O
political	O
forces	O
led	O
by	O
Keigo	O
Kyogoku	O
,	O
the	O
story	O
's	O
main	O
antagonist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
began	O
development	O
following	O
the	O
critical	O
and	O
commercial	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
direct	O
sequel	O
,	O
Sakura	O
Wars	O
3	O
:	O
Is	O
Paris	O
Burning	O
?,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Thou	I-Application
Shalt	I-Application
Not	I-Application
Die	I-Application
is	O
a	O
cross-genre	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Ichiro	O
Ogami	O
and	O
the	O
all-female	O
"	O
Flower	O
Division	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
Imperial	O
Combat	O
Revue	O
,	O
whose	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
stop	O
Keigo	O
Kyogoku	O
from	O
conquering	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
was	O
considered	O
an	O
ambitious	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
core	O
staff	O
did	O
not	O
think	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
success	O
,	O
Sega	O
and	O
Red	O
Company	O
(	O
now	O
Red	O
Entertainment	O
)	O
began	O
expanding	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
into	O
a	O
franchise	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
producing	O
a	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Takaharu	O
Terada	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
later	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
remake	O
of	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
acted	O
as	O
battle	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
used	O
the	O
basic	O
work	O
done	O
for	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
while	O
expanding	O
and	O
improving	O
existing	O
battle	O
and	O
dialogue	O
functions	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
taking	O
player	O
feedback	O
into	O
consideration	O
while	O
making	O
alterations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
storyline	O
was	O
darker	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
political	O
elements	O
and	O
more	O
tragic	O
scenarios	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
cast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
their	O
first	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
there	O
are	O
some	O
live	O
tracks	O
,	O
most	O
are	O
synthesised	O
music	O
using	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
's	O
sound	O
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Tanaka	O
aimed	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
sound	O
to	O
surpass	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wanted	O
the	O
synthesised	O
music	O
to	O
be	O
as	O
close	O
as	O
possible	O
to	O
live	O
music	O
within	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
's	O
hardware	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
finishing	O
recording	O
Ayame	O
's	O
part	O
for	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
Orikasa	O
assumed	O
she	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
future	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
she	O
was	O
surprised	O
when	O
asked	O
to	O
return	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
October	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
on	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
port	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
released	O
on	O
September	O
21	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
PC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Device
ME	I-Device
systems	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2001	O
;	O
and	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Me	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
on	O
March	O
20	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
DVD-ROM	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
on	O
January	O
25	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
(	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
attempt	O
to	O
localize	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
port	O
by	O
an	O
unspecified	O
company	O
were	O
halted	O
when	O
Sony	O
refused	O
to	O
approve	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chinese	O
launch	O
of	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
springboard	O
for	O
Sega	O
to	O
bring	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
to	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
,	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
sold	O
500,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Weekly	O
Famitsu	O
,	O
Japan	O
bought	O
501,066	O
units	O
of	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
during	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
eighth-best-selling	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
total	O
sales	O
by	O
August	O
1998	O
reached	O
577,000	O
units	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
became	O
the	O
fifth	O
best-selling	O
Saturn	B-Device
title	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
port	O
sold	O
over	O
63,000	O
units	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
,	O
selling	O
through	O
nearly	O
70%	O
of	O
its	O
shipments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
the	O
best-selling	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
a	O
combined	O
units	O
across	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
and	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
Japanese	O
exclusivity	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
English-language	O
reviews	O
for	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
were	O
published	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPGFan	O
felt	O
that	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
surpassed	O
the	O
original	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
gameplay	O
polish	O
and	O
story	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
revamped	O
character	O
design	O
while	O
noting	O
lagging	B-Application
during	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
1998	O
Animation	O
Kobe	O
event	O
,	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Packaged	O
Work	O
"	O
category	O
alongside	O
the	O
original	O
video	O
animation	O
(	O
OVA	O
)	O
series	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Gorgeous	O
Blooming	O
Cherry	O
Blossoms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
OVA	O
series	O
titled	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Radiant	O
Gorgeous	O
Blooming	O
Cherry	O
Blossoms	O
was	O
released	O
between	O
1999	O
and	O
2000	O
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Radix	O
Ace	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
supervised	O
by	O
Red	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
during	O
the	O
ending	O
of	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
when	O
Ogami	O
prepares	O
to	O
leave	O
for	O
Paris	O
,	O
the	O
six-episode	O
OVA	O
tells	O
side	O
stories	O
about	O
the	O
Flower	O
Division	O
during	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
both	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
and	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
the	O
last	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
,	O
as	O
the	O
next	O
entry	O
—	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Is	I-Application
Paris	I-Application
Burning	I-Application
?	I-Application
—	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
releasing	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ogami	O
's	O
foreign	O
travels	O
portrayed	O
in	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
3	I-Application
were	O
intended	O
to	O
continue	O
into	O
the	O
next	O
entry	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
concept	O
was	O
reworked	O
and	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
4	I-Application
:	I-Application
Fall	I-Application
in	I-Application
Love	I-Application
,	I-Application
Maidens	I-Application
released	O
in	O
2002	O
as	O
the	O
culmination	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
on	O
Sega	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
plans	O
for	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
4	I-Application
were	O
carried	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
entry	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
released	O
overseas	O
as	O
Sakura	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
So	I-Application
Long	I-Application
,	I-Application
My	I-Application
Love	I-Application
.	O
</s>
