Sakura Wars (サクラ大戦, Sakura Taisen) is a series of cross-genre video games created by Oji Hiroi and owned by Sega. Its first game was released in 1996, and was followed by numerous sequels and spinoffs. The main series games combine the tactical role-playing, dating sim and visual novel genres.
The very first Sakura Wars game included Koi-Koi as a minigame, as did multiple other games in the series.
| Year | Title | Koi-Koi included |
official English version |
Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Sakura Wars 1 サクラ大戦 |
✅ yes | ❌ no | Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast |
| 1998 | Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die サクラ大戦2 〜君、死にたもうことなかれ〜 |
❌ no | ❌ no | Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast |
| 2001 | Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? サクラ大戦3 〜巴里は燃えているか〜 |
❌ no | ❌ no | Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 |
| 2002 | Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens サクラ大戦4 〜恋せよ乙女〜 |
❌ no | ❌ no | Sega Dreamcast |
| 2005 | Sakura Wars 5: So Long, My Love サクラ大戦V 〜さらば愛しき人よ〜 |
✅ yes | ✅ yes | PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii |
| 2019 | Sakura Wars (soft reboot) 新サクラ大戦 |
✅ yes | ✅ yes | PlayStation 4 |
| Year | Title | Koi-Koi included |
official English version |
Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Sakura Wars: In Hot Blood サクラ大戦 熱き血潮に (Sakura Wars 1 remake) |
✅ yes | ❌ no | PlayStation 2 |
| 2006 | Sakura Taisen 1 & 2 サクラ大戦１＆２ |
✅ yes | ❌ no | PlayStation Portable |
(not a complete list)
| Year | Title | Koi-Koi included |
official English version |
Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sakura Taisen Teigeki Graph サクラ大戦 帝撃グラフ |
✅ yes | ❌ no | Sega Saturn |
| 2001 | Sakura Taisen Online サクラ大戦オンライン |
✅ yes | ❌ no | Sega Dreamcast |