Saraba Uchû Senkan Yamato ~ Ai no Senshitachi
Ai no Senshitachi is a game based on the Japanese anime series Uch ū
Senkan Yamato (known as “Star Blazers” in the US). More precisely, this
particular game is based on the second series and movie (1978).
The time is 2201. It is one year after the Yamato successfully came back from
the planet Iscandar. One day, earth receives a strange S.O.S. from deep space
: the voice of a woman called Teresa, prisoner of the Comet Empire, warns
Earth that the White Comet is on its way to the Solar System to enslave its
inhabitants. But the Earth’s Government doesn’t want to believe her story.
Fearing the upcoming danger, the crew of the Yamato reunites and decides to
disobey their orders, eventually stealing their old ship (which was fated to
become a museum) to rescue Teresa and stop the White Comet.
The game itself is a real-time tactical game. It mostly plays on a board with
hexagons where you must move your ship and fight against the enemy. You must
manage the crew of the Yamato to gain advantage during battles and uses
special options as the “Warp Jump” or the legendary “Wave Motion Canon”. When
two ships come on the same hexagon, a “space battle” begins where you control
directly your ship in space.
The game follows very closely the original story and features many animated
cutscenes which are actually re-made scenes from the original anime – with 3D
rendered space ships and new character design by Keisuke Masunaga. There are
even two different endings following the story as told in the series or in the
movie.
Saraba Uchû Senkan Yamato ~ Ai no Senshitachi