I just wrote a huge article about Devil Kings (aka Sengoku Basara) and why it wasn't really popular outside of Japan -- a lot of it has to do with really bad decisions Capcom made when the game first came out. (LOOKING AT YOU, CAPCOM USA :<  ) It's a really interesting, educational read and I tried to shove some humor in there so you wouldn't get bored. :)

You can read the whole thing over at my new site: blog.fanserviceftw.com/2009/07/09/sengok...

Check out the main page too, we just recently got the site going. It's...interesting. www.fanserviceftw.com