Unsheath Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword on 2nd February

Awesome
Another great 3DSWare game.
Looks a fun pick up and play game, can't wait for it to come to the UK.

They told us a January release, and they FINALLY say February 2nd? WTH NoA?!

@Lord_Ghirahim Oh, no, two more days, how horrifying.

its nice to see nintendo taking advantage of the 3dsware service with releases of such classics as freakyforms, pushmo, and this game. it seems to me nintendo is really trying to boost sales on the 3dsware service.
p.s as mentioned above, with such great games on the e-shop, I have no idea what to do with my 3ds pre-paid card!

I guess I know what I'll be doing when I get home on Feb. 2!

Nice! My eShop purchases are now lined up for the next two weeks! I enjoy actually having some idea of what a Thursday will hold. Here I come Mutant Mudds and Sakura Samurai!

Ahh, I was thinking of getting either Pushmo or Zen Pinball with the last of my eshop cash but I think plans just changed.

Release dates are fun.

Eh, I'm waiting for the review on this one, and even then it'll be between this and Mutant Mudds.

America is getting a lot of great release dates lately! This is the way it should be all the time!

between this and mutant mudds, (sigh) so many choices so little money

Yes!

@bboy2970 I agree. It's nice to be able to know what's coming so I can set aside some money. Now I shall be setting aside $17 for Mutant Mudds and Sakura Samurai!

If you live in New Orleans or Alaska.

/me watches yet another $20 fly out of his wallet...

Anyone else think, at least from the trailer, that the game looks really bad? Combat seems slow, predictable and unrealistic (I know realism isn't everything, but it usually results in less immersion and enjoyment). Graphics look poor, and the "idle" animations are the same repetitive, annoying and completely un-subtle ones that we had back in Ocarina of Time - look at 0:56 for the head-bobbing shopkeeper. I'll still give it a try if the review's good, probably.

I love the art style. Getting this game definitely within the first week of its release.

Reminds me of Zelda. Will get it, day one.

@dan561 I’m kind of with you. Not that I’m going to pass judgement so early - the game may be fun for some - but to me, it doesn’t seem very interesting, and I don’t like the graphics (although everything looks better in 3D).

Anyway, at least Nintendo is supporting the e-shop with new IPs! If this one doesn’t interest me, the next one (Dillon’s Rolling Western) at least has caught my eye!

Finally a release date! Most definitely a day one buy for me.

i agree with @dan561 and Blue_cat it seems pretty bad to me. however i will consider it if the review is good. The combat just seems way to slow and i don't like the art style a whole lot

This looks like a pretty well developed game considering it is for 3DSware, and thats a very good thing.

I can see this having some sort of Streetpass feature.

@ Koops3 - I hope there's StreetPass, I always like any of those kinds of extras.

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I agree with dan561, Blue_cat and Bossmank. The combat doesn't seem that good and I hate the art style, the characters look so ugly.

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great... just have $6.02 on my eshop's wallet

I may skip Mutant Mudds for this game.. Hope it's as good as Pushmo (quality-wise).

@Cipher
I thought he was just getting into character

The gameplay looks like it could be way fun- but that must be the ugliest protagonist I've seen in a game in years. Awaiting a review!

Wow! I'm really happy NOA posted a heads up about this! Looking forward to this game greatly, although I'm torn between this and Mutant Mudds... gotta save cash for Uprising and Xenoblade!

thats nice.. i will buy the game soon

To those saying it looks bad...you have fair opinions but I think it's just that it wasn't what you were expecting. To me, it looks unique. Almost like a strategy game mixed with an action game, or a more advanced version of Megaman Battle Network or something. Only being able to move in four directions like that during combat seems really interesting to me (realistically, you'd be wanting to face your opponent anyway). I also personally love the art style. Makes me think of Japan and Nintendo. I think it does it's job well.

Well, I know now what I'm getting for the next two weeks. Time to buy another Prepaid card. Getting a Punch-out Vibe here.

This looks awesome! I'm getting a really strong Mystical Ninja vibe!

If this gets a strong review, it makes my eShop decisions much more difficult.

looks interesting...I'm very tempted to get this when it's released

This game does look rather unique. I like that Nintendo is coming out with some new and innovative titles for the eShop lately. I will probably pick this one up.

Looking forward to playing this game.

I love Punch-Out!!
Since this looks like a Samurai version of it i'm hopeful.

This has a feel of an oriental Mario with swords, defeating them in [sword] fights to collect the coins, moving from location to location; I like it, been looking forward to this. I really enjoy to art style as well. A good art style goes a long way with me too.

Alot of 3DSware for the US lately...

when is Europe gonna' get some? (this, Mutand mudds, VVVVVVV, that other samurai game..)

Is that a dude or a girl?

Do want. And I'm loving that Nintendo seems to be pricing most of their eShop games at $6.99, instead of the 9 dollar titles by 3rd parties (Mudds, V6). More than enough value in Freakyforms and Pushmo to warrant the price. Still think the iOS pricing paradigm is very, very dangerous. Anything that causes people to think a game priced at $2.99 is too expensive is problematic.

I dunno, it definitely looks good, reminds me of an N64 game, but I think I'll wait for the review, though I will most likely end up buying it eventually, sometime after I get Pushmo, Mighty Switch Force and Mutants Mudds.

To call this game ugly is like saying Megaman 10 looks blocky and pixellated. It is meant to look retro.

As with Kid Icarus Uprising, I will read reviews before I get it, but I have to admit it looks really interesting, and the trailer looks much better in 3D.

If the combat has more depth than what I'm seeing, I'll look into it. IGN gave a very positive hands-on preview of it (surprising to me considering the bashing they gave Dillon's Rolling Western, my personal pick of the known upcoming titles), but I'll probably wait on the reviews.

I am really excited about this one. Kinda reminds me of a japanese samurai cartoon version of Infinity Blade. This seems like its pretty deep and may actually consume some of my time. I like puzzle games like Donkey Kong vs Mario and Pushmo, but if they keep producing neat little gems like this game I have a feeling I am going to give nintendo all my money

To those of you who are still unsure on what the game is, here is an early review that scored the game an 8.5. REVIEW

@Karakato
Thanks for the review link...it's set me a little closer to buying the game...
But I;m still unsure...the demo video made it seem very slow combat wise
but it does look great, with even a hint of okami-ish character design(japanese feel sans sumi-e brush work)

@Rudydog13...it's a guy(or so karakato's review says)
I though/still think it's a girl lol!

ive had this on my radar for some time

It does look painfully easy, but if word on the streets is right, it gets faster and harder. Here's hoping, as this game has potential.