Saint Seiya - Sanctuary Battle will immerse players in the most popular drama from Saint Seiya: the Sanctuary, as Seiya and his companions fight side by side to defeat the gold saints of the twelve palaces and protect Athena. As players complete quests and progress through the twelve levels, they can inflict tremendous damage on their foes with fast-paced Cosmo power-up attacks.
Not often enough do we get to experience the sheer pandemonium abundant in the action RPG genre. It seems that dominant genres such as shooters and MMOs are somewhat overshadowing the lesser explored genres, which may be narrowing the market a little. Namco Bandai is hoping to change this notion with Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle, their anime styled beat ‘em up PS3 exclusive by developers Dimps Corporation.
Gematsu: "Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle may be coming to North America, if the ESRB are anything to go by. The organization recently assigned a “Teen” rating to the game."
well, if that's true, then this is going to be the first Saint Seiya game to be released in America.
Is this Japanese PS3 import worth picking up for Western gamers?
Here is a snippet:
"In addition to the good looking cut scenes the graphical style of the game is very impressive indeed with everything presented in a very colourful anime style. The character design fares a little worse as the lead character simply does not live up to the well designed arenas and levels and despite Seiya being instantly recognisable his actual movements have the feeling that his is somewhat floating rather than walking/running."
I so hope this comes to the US
me too.. since the last 2 games came for PS2 europe only... good thing i got a chance to played the HADES SAGA i still owned it... good games! i think this is actually a RE-MAKE in HD of the first Saint Seiya game for the PS2
Well this since it had the Pegi 12 rating I assume it'll be available in the U.K. meaning we could just buy that version to play since PS3 can play any regions games, unlike 360/wii.