Sakura Spirit developer Winged Cloud has unleashed their first full-blown erogame on Steam, Sakura Swim Club. Read on to learn how to patch the ero in for the full experience.
WARNING: The Sakura series is terrible. If you're looking for sexy anime games, School Days and Shiny Days from JAST USA are fully-animated interactive anime with better story AND sex than Sakura Swim Club. You have been warned!
Two digital versions of Sakura Swim Club are available: the full game on Nutaku and a cut version on Steam without the adult content. A free official patch released by Winged Cloud is available to add the adult content from the adult version to the Steam version.
Step-by-step guide to install the adult content patch for the Steam version of Sakura Swim Club (remember, you can skip all this and just buy the Nutaku version instead!):
- Buy Sakura Swim Club from Steam and install it.
- Download the free official patch from Winged Cloud's Patreon page. Here's the direct link (valid as of 11/11/15). Use this slower temporary mirror if the official link is down.
- Extract the compressed archive Sakura_swim_Club_patch.rar (108 MB). You'll need to install an extraction program that can handle .rar archives. I recommend 7-Zip (if you're confused and don't know which version to download, Windows users click here).
- Once extracted, you'll see two files: assets.rpa (30.9 MB) and archive.rpa (80.2 MB). Copy these two files to your game folder. By default this will be either:
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Sakura Swim Club\game
- C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Sakura Swim Club\game
- There will be an assets.rpa and archive.rpa file already in this directory. Overwrite these old files with the new ones.
- Congratulations, the sex scenes in Sakura Swim Club are now unlocked. Play through the game normally to see them. The scenes occur late in the game. You may want to start a new game (rather than load a save file) to make sure the scenes appear.
Those interested in this game should also check out the dungeon-crawling ero-game Sakura Dungeon. Unlike Sakura Swim Club, it's actually decent!
Those interested in cute RPG battles and animated ero should check out free-to-play Kamihime Project.
Other relevant articles:
- [In-Depth Review] Sakura Dungeon: Explains how to install the uncensor patch and provides a wealth of other information about that game and related titles.
- Eroge with a censored official English release: A comprehensive list of English-language eroge that have had adult content altered or removed, with links to uncensor patches when available.
Mirrors
I created a temporary mirror of the adult content patch since the official link went down for a few days. I repacked the files as a ZIP archive so users wouldn't have to install 7-Zip to decompress it. Note that the mirror(s) will eventually break. I won't be maintaining them unless the official link goes down again.
MediaFire (11/8/15)
Thanks : D
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! Let me know if there's any other articles here that interest you.
Deletedoes it go the same with the sakura fantasy chapter 1
ReplyDeleteThe Sakura Fantasy patch works the same way, except it doesn't come as a compressed archive so you can skip the extract / 7-Zip step. There's also only one file to copy over rather than two.
Deletehttps://www.patreon.com/posts/updated-sakura-2708835
is this game playable on the internet for free?
ReplyDeleteNo. It's available on Steam and Denpasoft for $10.
DeleteIf I buy the denpasoft version. Do I still need to install Steam to play the game?
DeleteNo, Steam wouldn't even allow an eroge on their platform.
Deletehow can you do this on mac?
ReplyDeleteYou need 7-Zip for Mac. You can find the Mac version at the link I gave.
Deleteappreciated.Thanks man
DeleteI downloaded the patch and extracted it. But I can't find the folder to overwrite the files with
DeleteDo a file search on either assets.rpa or archive.rpa. Sakura Swim Club's install directory should be the location of one of the hits.
DeleteHow would I overwrite these files
ReplyDeleteCan i buy the mac version from denpasoft?
ReplyDeleteNo clue, but I suspect the Denpasoft version is multiplatform compatible. There's no info on their page about it.
DeleteThanks for the instructions. :)
ReplyDeleteBut also: The Sakura series isn't that bad. I've enjoyed it all myself so fat, especially Spirit.
It wont let me download the patch even though i bought the game on steam.
ReplyDeleteWinged Cloud had a fallout with Sekai Project so Sekai Project probably dropped their file hosting. I'll see if I can find a mirror.
DeleteI've created a mirror of the original patch, repacked as a ZIP archive. You'll find the link in the new Mirrors section.
DeleteWhen I overwrite the 2 files, an error massage appears and it tells me it "Couldn't find file '._assets.rpi " ... Help please
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't make much sense, since there's no files in the game folder or the patch with that extension. If you provide a screenshot I might be able to provide some insight.
DeleteHow to take a screenshot:
http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/
Please help, I am on a mac and i have no idea what to do
ReplyDeleteSo im on winrar, I highlight the archive and assets file, then I replace the two files, but nothing happens, I re-enter the game and they're not there. Do I exit and restart entirely, or am I doing something wrong? Im new to this BTW
ReplyDeleteThe file replacement should be done with the game closed. You also should probably start a new game rather than load from a previous save file.
Deletehey so i did this and it patched properly and everything, but there is voices in game now only music and stuff. did i install wrong or is that norm?
ReplyDeleteDid your game have voices before the patch? The original didn't have voices, but a Steam update should've added voices.
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