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Random Topics / Re: Sengoku BASARA 15th Anniversary
« on: May 28, 2021, 02:42:10 pm »
I’m sorry to everyone that I haven’t been active for a long time, and I want to say thank you to all who have been reading these posts so far. I’m here to announce that I’m not going to be posting here as much as what I used to, and unless there’s a big announcement from CAPCOM of a Sengoku BASARA 5 game, I’m going to be done posting here after July 21, 2021 because that’s when the SB 15th anniversary celebrations end. I honestly am worried that if there’s no announcement of an SB5 by then, the series is most likely done for. Also, there was a recent TEPPEN expansion (the 9th expansion) that released on April 30, 2021, but there was nothing in it related to SB at all, so I’m not going to discuss it here. I’m also not going to get too detailed on any of my posts anymore (unless I either feel up to it, and/or I feel like it’s important), and some info might come very late. It’s just that I’ve lost a lot of excitement, and motivation for the SB series’ future, so I’m mainly focusing on other game franchises, and the current SB games. As of currently, upcoming games I’m mainly excited for are Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires, Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection, Samurai Warriors 5, Tales of Arise (hoping for a Switch version of that game), Winds of Change, and that upcoming SRPG (strategy role-playing game) from Square Enix that’s currently titled Project Triangle Strategy.
Anyways, the current news is that the BASARA CLUB Online Fan Meeting 2021 Summer will be a live stream on July 17, 2021, and is the first online BASARA CLUB fan meeting as all the previous ones were held in different buildings where people would attend. These fan meetings are basically mini conventions dedicated to the SB franchise for BASARA CLUB members to attend, and they could also bring guests if they so desire. These fan meetings usually feature the creator of the series, the voice actors, voice actresses, stage play actors, and stage play actresses as special guests, and the fan meetings also tend to feature a wide variety of merchandise. Normally there would be a few every year, but there were none in 2020 because of the pandemic, and there will be one so far in 2021, though, it will be held online. Since it will be held online, only BASARA CLUB members can watch, and no fan merchandise will be sold, but the official merchandise will be sold through the BASARA CLUB store from May 18, 2021, to June 23, 2021. The merchandise includes trading can badges, a seal set, puzzle acrylic key holders, an eco bag, and a tumbler. It’s nice to see Katō Kiyomasa, and Komatsuhime from Sengoku BASARA Battle Party feature in some merchandise, but the other new character from SB BP, Izumo no Okuni, isn’t featuring in any of them, sadly. Here’s the links to the fan meeting website, and store page:
The first manga volume of Sengoku BASARA Elysium of Two Extremes, which compiles chapters 1-6 (I think) from the HERO’S magazine, was released on May 28, 2021, and is available through Amazon Japan. Here’s the link:
Anyways, the current news is that the BASARA CLUB Online Fan Meeting 2021 Summer will be a live stream on July 17, 2021, and is the first online BASARA CLUB fan meeting as all the previous ones were held in different buildings where people would attend. These fan meetings are basically mini conventions dedicated to the SB franchise for BASARA CLUB members to attend, and they could also bring guests if they so desire. These fan meetings usually feature the creator of the series, the voice actors, voice actresses, stage play actors, and stage play actresses as special guests, and the fan meetings also tend to feature a wide variety of merchandise. Normally there would be a few every year, but there were none in 2020 because of the pandemic, and there will be one so far in 2021, though, it will be held online. Since it will be held online, only BASARA CLUB members can watch, and no fan merchandise will be sold, but the official merchandise will be sold through the BASARA CLUB store from May 18, 2021, to June 23, 2021. The merchandise includes trading can badges, a seal set, puzzle acrylic key holders, an eco bag, and a tumbler. It’s nice to see Katō Kiyomasa, and Komatsuhime from Sengoku BASARA Battle Party feature in some merchandise, but the other new character from SB BP, Izumo no Okuni, isn’t featuring in any of them, sadly. Here’s the links to the fan meeting website, and store page:
The first manga volume of Sengoku BASARA Elysium of Two Extremes, which compiles chapters 1-6 (I think) from the HERO’S magazine, was released on May 28, 2021, and is available through Amazon Japan. Here’s the link:
I will try to fix the problem overtime.
She actually got me back into using Black element decks and heroes more often (Red was my main color, and I occasionally used Black, but rarely used Green, and Purple). Now I use all four colors a lot, as it provides me more of a variety of strategies (Red was my main color, the new Sengoku BASARA cards got me to use Green, and Purple more often, and Oichi got me to use Black more often).
I’m hoping and wishing that they will do at least one more expansion (the next one) with a Sengoku BASARA hero, and more Ōkami, and Sengoku BASARA cards, like what some rumors say, and that they will go all-out on the Sengoku BASARA cards to make up for the previous expansion. I know that there have also been rumors that the next expansion will focus on Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, and/or Street Fighter, or that it will introduce new franchises such as Ace Attorney, Dead Rising, Onimusha, Strider, and/or Viewtiful Joe. TEPPEN currently has four Red Heroes (Ryu from Street Fighter, Rathalos from Monster Hunter, Jill Valentine from Resident Evil, Amaterasu from Ōkami), four Green Heroes (X from Mega Man X, Chun-Li from Street Fighter, Nero from Devil May Cry, Felyne from Monster Hunter), three Purple Heroes (Morrigan Aensland from Darkstalkers, Dante from Devil May Cry, Zero from Mega Man X), and four Black Heroes (Albert Wesker from Resident Evil, Nergigante from Monster Hunter, Akuma from Street Fighter, Oichi from Sengoku BASARA), so that means that the next hero will be a Purple Hero since TEPPEN likes to add one of each color before starting again to make it all equal and balanced. Darkstalkers, Devil May Cry, and Mega Man X seem unlikely since they already have a Purple Hero. Monster Hunter, and Street Fighter also seem unlikely since they currently have the most heroes in the game (three heroes each). Ōkami seems unlikely because other than Amaterasu, and certain factors, there isn’t much possibility for another Ōkami hero. Resident Evil, and Sengoku BASARA seem to be the most likely (unless they add in a new franchise or new franchises) because they both don’t have a purple hero, Resident Evil has two heroes currently (Albert Wesker, Jill Valentine), while Sengoku BASARA has one (Oichi), both have a few (Resident Evil) or several (Sengoku BASARA) other characters that have a shot at being a hero (based on certain factors), and Sengoku BASARA currently has the least amount of cards of the eight franchises in TEPPEN (it’s behind Darkstalkers, and Ōkami, and far behind the other five). Based on certain factors, I feel that of the Sengoku BASARA characters that appear in the game, Gotō Matabei, Kasuga, Katakura Kojūrō, Kuroda Kanbei, Maeda Keiji, Mōri Motonari, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Shima Sakon, Uesugi Kenshin, and Yamanaka Shikanosuke have a possibility to be the next hero, with Katakura Kojūrō, Maeda Keiji, Mōri Motonari, and Shima Sakon being the most likely. Of the characters that don’t appear in TEPPEN, I feel that Azai Nagamasa, Katō Kiyomasa, and Kyōgoku Maria have a possibility of being the next hero. Nagamasa, and Maria could easily fit in, with relation to Oichi, because Nagamasa is Oichi’s husband, and Maria is Nagamasa’s older sister, thus making her Oichi’s sister-in-law. Kiyomasa is newer, but him being a hero in TEPPEN could help make him more popular. Considering that Oichi is a depressed character, having someone more cheery could help balance that out. My main suggestions for the next hero would be Azai Nagamasa, Katō Kiyomasa, Maeda Keiji, and Shima Sakon because they would all fit the role of a Purple Hero, and help balance out Oichi’s despair. As much as I would want Date Masamune, Ishida Mitsunari, or Saika Magoichi to be the next hero in TEPPEN, they don’t meet certain criteria that gives them a chance at being one (Masamune lost his with TOA, while Mitsunari, and Magoichi lost theirs with BOA). My biggest hopes and wishes for TEPPEN is that the next expansion has a Sengoku BASARA hero with Ōkami, and Sengoku BASARA cards, and that there are more Sengoku BASARA cards than the previous expansions. Also, I’d like to see Epic versions of Ii Naotora, Ishida Mitsunari, Saika Magoichi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, like what they did with Date Masamune, and Sanada Yukimura with the recent expansion (they were Legendary Units in TOA, but got Epic versions in BOA). I would hope that everyone else who’s still missing (Azai Nagamasa, Benmaru, Bontenmaru, Izumo no Okuni, Katō Kiyomasa, Komatsuhime, Kyōgoku Maria, Miyoshi Trio, Sanada Masayuki, Sanada Nobuyuki, Takechiyo) get added in as cards. If none of this happens, while I will be a bit sad and disappointed, I will still continue to play TEPPEN. I don’t want to sound negative, but I wouldn’t be shocked if there’s no more Sengoku BASARA content in TEPPEN, considering how the series has been treated in recent years. Either way, I’m very grateful that Sengoku BASARA was even added into TEPPEN in the first place, and that they have given it one more expansion with a character from the series as a hero. 
