The X Button writes: "Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle is probably as Japanese-y a game as you can get - at least on equal footing with Capcom's bizzarre but brilliant Asura's Wrath. Saint Seiya, of course, is a now-legendary 1980's anime from TOEI, and the game is as much a celebration of the outlandishness of 80's anime in general as it is about the 'Sanctuary' story arc of the original series, which it follows, I'm assured, faithfully."
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."