As Community Manager for Marvelous Entertainment's upcoming Senran Kagura: Estival Versus game on both PlayStation 4 and PS Vita, Michael Fisher is certainly aware of what makes the Senran Kagura franchise so popular in the West. And to find out more about the game, as well as the franchise's enduring appeal, I spoke to him and got to ask him as to whether there is anything else that the franchise should be renowned for apart for its fetishisation of breasts and Japanese schoolgirls.
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Regarding your Senran Kagura franchise, how successful has it been for you in bringing it over to the West and what has the reception been like for the franchise?
Originally for Shinovi Versus and Bon Appetit I wasn't part of the team, but I have been since Senran Kagura 2 and Estival Versus. Senran Kagura 2 is for 3DS and it's the first physical edition we've done. There was great feedback and the fans loved it. We got an absolute ton of pre-orders. When we got the chance to announce Estival Versus for PS4 and PlayStation Vita we did it again. We created a Special Edition and it sold out pretty fast. Fans were really excited for the game. It's getting bigger and bigger in the west and it means we can do mor...