RED Entertainment (aka the Gungrave guys) made Sakura Wars IIRC.
NISA just talked Idea Factory into porting the game to the Wii specifically for the US release, since the PS2 was well on its way out by that time.
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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07)