I still remember one of the first trailers, in which sound effects were simply copypasted from GG :D
Anyway, I'd love to play that. *crosses fingers for a PC port*
At least I'll get the soundtrack when it comes.
Oh, are there any news on that soundtrack's release date?
The game will support online play; as well as provide downloadable content
Summer release is US only. However, since the PS3 is supposed to be region-free...
i am so disappointed with this thread
Sato, why not do a run on this?
(no, it's not DLC).
Blazblue Portable announced in Famitsu this week, no scans yet though.
At last, a way for me to play this damn game.
Blazblue Portable announced in Famitsu this week, no scans yet though.Seriously. It's gonna be interesting to finally get my hands on it.
At last, a way for me to play this damn game.
The new mode they're including doesn't sound like much. Certainly not enough to make me buy it again. Playing this on a portable would be pretty awkward, too.
http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1229133_1407.html
I think downscaling hurts the sprites a lot.
Eh, Guilty Gear played fine, this should too.
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/51385/BlazBlue-Calamity-Trigger-Coming-To-PCIt better not be that [tornado fang]ing "GAMES FOR WINDOWS" [parasitic bomb].
Well, I don't need that PSP version anymore.
Hazama's theme.Hmmm, sound nice. I can barely hear it tough, do we get an ost or something?
The. [tornado fang]ing. best.
Seriously.
You can hear it here:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8865753
I think BlazBlue's is better, if only because it has more variety. Most sounds have a more unique sound to them,
*crosses fingers for a PC port*See? I knew what I was doing one year ago >0<
Onto CS, something tells me I'm going to get sick of Hazama real quick. Everyone is going to play as him. Not just because he's a cool cat, but he looks noob friendly too. Just hide in the corners and throw chains. It's going to be no different than the spammies in CT.
Lambda, Mu and Nu...
They all better have some key differences before this turns into the Star Fox stable from Brawl.
it's believed that Kokonoe is the one holding the <3 staff.
Q: Will Nu have a new story mode in CS?
A: No.
So Makoto...is a ninja. Can't say I saw that coming.
Really? I always figured she'd be a real quick character with weak attacks and bones made of glass.
[spoiler]Q:So what would be the next deus ex machina for arc to pull to bring back Mu for the next game? Why is litchi an antagonist?
A:She joins up with the NOL because Hazama convinces her that they've developed technology that can cure Arakune.
Her power is also somewhat explained. Basically, the Boundary is a place where all the timelines meet or intersect, sort of. She was somehow able to combine the power of her other alternate reality selves, sort of like that Jet Li movie, The One.
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Q:Did they say anything about Valkenhayn and Kokonoe?
Or Nine even?
A:It's not quite directly stated, but very heavily implied that Phantom is Nine. Phantom is working for the Imperator, she uses really powerful magic. Hazama kind of orders her around a bit. She never talks at all.
When Rachel helps Hakumen escape from Sector Seven, he finds a nuke hidden away in there that she's trying to keep secret. There are other hints that she was involved in more sinister things in the past, too. At the end of the game, she and Tager are helping Ragna out.
I can't recall much major stuff with Valkenhayn off the top of my head. He helps Rachel out, and at one point and I guess heals Jin in such a way that Jin will be able to fight for a while longer but will become incredibly fatigued after a while.
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Q:They said Carl would be more active, where the [tornado fang] is he?
A:He's around. His story is still mostly self-contained, though others are slightly involved (namely Litchi). It's not really part of the main plotline. He does meet up with Relius and get a few answers.
Relius is kind of an [dark hold]. Or maybe moreso just... utterly lacking compassion. He seems kind of soft spoken and quite subserviant to the Imperator. He talks slowly (deliberately), with little pauses in his speech.
He plays dumb with Carl a bit regarding Ada/Nirvana, then claims that she was a willing test subject. He calls Ignis "Hadouheiki: Ignis", roughly "Surge Weapon: Ignis" or "Wave Formation Weapon: Ignis", and says it's the perfect puppet. He also claims that Kokonoe helped him build it.
He says that he, Kokonoe, and one other person are the "Sin Architects", but doesn't really elaborate on the subject. He tries to kill Carl and Litchi but Nirvana saves them.
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Q:But wait, why is Tsubaki on the evil team.....? So I guess these means Terumi isn't the superevil-bigbag-guy seeing as seemingly it's Saya
A:Tsubaki is manipulated by Hazama to an extraordinary degree, however he basically only tells her "the truth", which turns her against Noel. Pretty much, the truth is that Noel shouldn't have been born, and that Noel has taken Tsubaki's rightful place in the world. So, like I mentioned was hinted with the Hakumen/Jin stuff, Tsubaki was supposed to be by his side, was supposed to be respected, and all of this stuff. Instead, Noel received all of these perks and Tsubaki was relegated to being one of the "janitors" cleaning up the NOL's messes.
And no, Terumi's not the big-bad. Terumi, Relius, etc., are all subserviant to Saya. Saya only shows up for a while during the True End.
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Q:hmm, wonder what the connection between trinity and platinum is, unless its kinda like ragna and bloodedge
A:It seems that Platinum has three personalities (Luna, Sena, and Trinity). Luna's a polite girl, Sena's a mean boy, and Trinity is the personality of the Sixth Hero. It all seems to be caused by the Muchourin, and Trinity can only surface rarely. Platinum seems to indicate that he's/she's not one of the Six Heroes, but has just inherited Trinity's things (something like that). Kind of a weird and mysterious character still.
Q: but if ragna knows that she's the one pulling all of the strings, wouldn't it render his revenge useless?
A:He didn't know for sure that she was the imperator before the ending, but had speculated it was the case. He seems sort of befuddled by everything. Jin says that he'll tell Ragna what's up (regarding Yukianesa) but it doesn't show the conversation.
Oh, and just to describe her. Saya was the one with the shadowed face in the trailer. She has purple hair and red eyes. Looks kind of sad.
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Q:so is Lambda/Nu/whatever gone now?
A:I'm really not sure about Lambda. Basically, she lets Ragna absorbs her Idea Engine to gain the power to activate BlazBlue fully, which gives him the power to defeat Mu (breaks the helmet thing).
At the very end of the True Ending, Hazama and Relius are messing around at the cauldron, and it seems that Nu's body has reconstructed itself, and was "more complete" than Relius thought. Hazama says it will be the "Sword of the Empress".
I'm not sure if this means that Nu will be back as herself, or if Nu will fill the Mu slot and Lambda will continue to be fill the Nu slot. I guess Noel could probably continue to have Mu as an alternate version of herself, even.
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Q:I wonder what will be Ragna's reaction to Saya being the mastermind, if that's going to be revealed to the cast. Also, didn't Mori say Carl was going to become more active?
A:It was basically, "Hah, called it! What the [tornado fang], Saya!?"
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Q:Also, Suzaku, remember when you said "I don't get the impression that Relius is going to be a major villain"? Yeah, about that...
A:I said THE major villain. As in, he wasn't the mastermind like so many people speculated. And I was right.
Basically, he seems completely loyal to Saya, to the point of telling Hazama to behave in the presence of the Imperator. However, his relationship with Hazama/Terumi seems kinda weird. It does confirm that Relius created the Hazama body. Hazama is basically letting Ragna stomp the crap out of him (and enjoying it) when Relius shows up, and says something like, "I didn't design it to take that sort of punishment". Hazama doesn't take orders from Relius (kind of a "you're not my boss" vibe), but does behave when the Imperator is around.
This is all from the ending, anyway. They don't interact a whole lot. It's really more of a "Here's a ton of twists and [parasitic bomb], now have a cliffhanger!" sort of thing.
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Q:Oh, I almost forgot: about this hero/villain side thing, which side are Kokonoe (Tager by extension) and Carl on? I'm guessing Kokonoe could be on the hero side, but it was revealed in one trailer that she has nukes, and in the anime world, nukes generally = evil. As for Carl, since Relius is on the villains side, and from the way Mori talks about him, I'm guessing he'll be on the heroes side. Really, it's kind of hard to say for either of them.
A:Like I mentioned a bit earlier in this post, Carl is sort of in the same position as in CT. He's trying to do things on his own. At the end of the game, he's still going after Ragna, but now also wants to track down Kokonoe due to her apparant involvement in Relius's plans. He sets out for Ikaruga alone (well, with Nirvana). He still wants revenge, but he wants to grow up to be a person like Litchi some day.
Regarding Tager and Kokonoe, Tager is further setup as a friendly rival for Hakumen. He kinda does more of what you saw in CS arcade, trying to help Noel and whatnot. He's kinda questioning Kokonoe, but seems to have faith in her. At the end, Kokonoe and Tager are helping out Ragna and Noel, seemingly at the request of Juubei.
Oh, I just remembered, but Ragna's left arm literally explodes when he destroys Mu's helmet to turn her back into Noel (he'd gathered all the energy in his left hand). At the end, Kokonoe has rebuild his left arm with parts taken from Lambda.
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Q:So Ragna is still the "Destroyer of the World", but what kind, will he be a kill everyone, let the world go to hell, or a destroyer in the sense of destroying the current order of the world.
A:Jubei explains it, but it's kinda hard to make heads or tails of. Seems sort of... metaphysical or something. Basically, it's something like... Basically, the balance of power in the world is out of balance, so something is produced which will try and destroy that power in order to return balance, and an antibody will be produced to try and stop it. Something like that.
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Q:I know a lot of people like his yandere crazy side, but I'm glad we're seeing more of his "war hero" side.
A:side.
Regarding his role in the war, it seems he wasn't really a hero, exactly. He was used and propped up as a figurehead by the NOL. The whole incident with Tenjou seems to have been the NOL manipulating things behind the scenes to kidnap Tenjou or steal his body. Terumi was there and tampered with Jin's memories after he realized what was up. There were others who were implanted with false memories, and others were exterminated and taken care of by the Wings of Justice.
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Q:What the hell Rachel doesn't fight Terumi?? D; Litchi is enemy?? omg epic storyline... -.-
A:I forget if it was part of her true story or not, but Terumi puts Rachel in her place big time, with Phantom's help. Phantom uses a spell to start dragging Rachel down into the ground, and Terumi just mercilessly taunts her, even kicks her in the face.
Regarding Makoto: Thought I'd just drop a note about her. She isn't fought in any of the story modes, but is around quite a bit. She's part of the Intelligence Department, but doesn't seem to trust or like Hazama at all. She's sort of gathering intelligence on her own, trying to help Noel, Jin, and Tsubaki out.
Regarding Takamagahara: Basically, Takamagahara is this mysterious group of three individuals. They're just invisible beings in chairs in a white room, casting weird-looking humanoid shadows on the floor. They seem to have a hivemind, and basically observe all the possibilities of the timeline, guiding it toward some certain goal. It's implied that they are god-like, but were created by humans. They apparantly want to destroy the Amaterasu Unit as well, but seem to want to keep time looping to prevent the world from ever ending.
They had given Rachel the position of "observer", and she violated the rules by activating the Tsukuyomi Unit at the end of CT, so they let her leave the position. They seem to have released Terumi as some sort of... catalyst/pawn, and supposedly have a safeguard to keep him in check, however, during the split second where Ragna doing the impossible distracts them, he manages to infiltrate Takamagahara. He unleashes a magical virus created by Phantom on them, which basically puts them out of comission.
And then it seems that Saya finds and kills the Amaterasu Unit and takes control of Takamagahara. She basically says that she's turned off the looping, and shifted causality from "random" to "sequential". She says that she turned the world back to how it's meant to be, into a "World of Death" like the one she's part of. I think this basically means that there's no more looping / parallel timelines, and that when things end, they end permanently.[/spoiler]
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee283/WOBBLERBOBLER/Played-Expected-Got.jpg)This doesn't make sense.
I think I see (http://forum.rockmanpm.com/index.php?topic=2675.50;msg=240792) what he's getting at.
Yeah ummm.. No,
more spoilers. Mainly tidbits and not Major things. Also Hakumen is a [tornado fang]ing BOSS.
[spoiler]Tsubaki is going blind apparently. Hakumen even tells her that she will eventually be fully blind in the near future.
Ragna's arms are both now artificial. Twin BlazBlue system for the final boss!
Jubei Is the reason Terumi and Hakumen were sent to the boundary using his geass/magic eye. Jubei doesn't fight because he feels it's not his job too, and that it's theirs. The most he'll do is be a support character.
Hakumen- In order to confirm the affects of the continuum shifts, he literally slices through time and watches his own alternate ending
Hazama Explains to Tsubaki that Noel is the reason why Tsubaki got screwed in life. In all the other time lines, she always died during the tempering process. But it was a fluke that Noel managed to survive in this world. Basically according to Hazama, Noel stole Tsubaki's rightfull place as Jin's 2nd. Everything that Noel got and was awarded in life, should have been hers. Noel kicked destiny to the curb[/spoiler]
You haven't mentioned ....
[spoiler]
In Hakumen's original timeline, when he was still Jin, he had a relationship with Tsubaki, but she died. He meets her in CS Story Mode and talks to her about it in an indrect way. He has her take off her mask and gently caresses her face. screenshot (http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org993849.jpg). He says that her courage taught and guided his heart, and that he named his special technique after her. That would be Tsubaki, "Camellia Prayer". Theory is that in his timeline, because Noel died, she never became his secretary, and instead Tsubaki did.[/spoiler]
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Here's the OP for CS. I think I liked CT's better, visual-wise. There was a lot more...going on in that intro. Still, not a bad way to start a game off.
He mentioned it earlier.
I like the heavy shading.
Story Mode summary:
-You start story mode with only Ragna's story available.
-The stories for the other characters are unlocked by getting the Clear End from another character's story.
-None of the story paths require astral heat or time up wins.
-You also don't have to lose every goddamn fight to get 100%, in fact you don't have to lose unless it leads to another ending.
-Every character besides Haku=men has three endings. The three endings are True, Alternate, and Joke. Alternate endings are also accompanied by a "Help me Doctor Kokonoe" segment after the ending for the character. Haku=men only has two because he didn't feel like having a joke ending. For whatever reason Hazama has to get his Alt ending and his Kokonoe skit seperately.
Unlockables:
-Get a clear/true ending for every character's story to unlock the True Story mode.
-Clearing True Story unlocks Mu, her stage, and her theme Sword of Doom for the other modes.
-100% a character's story mode to get the interview with their voice actor. You can also get interviews with Kokonoe, Relius Clover, Jubei, Makoto, Valkenhayn, and Platina they unlock along with some characters and as you get the last couple stories 100%'d.
-Getting 100% on every story unlocks an interview with Toshimichi Mori.
-Interviews are found in the gallery by pressing R1 and scrolling down to the last option.
-MU DOES NOT HAVE A STORY MODE
Tip:
If you are going for unlocking Mu in a hurry just shoot for doing all the First paths listed. They will get you a clear for every character and get you that True Story unlocked
Order is: Ragna, Noel, Jin, Tager, Lambda, Taokaka, Bang, Carl, Litchi, Rachel, Arakune, Tsubaki, Haku=men, Hazama, and Truth End.
Ragna - Stray Sheep
Clear ending: Pick the first option after beating Carl. Unlocks Noel, Rachel, Tao, and Carl stories
Alt ending: Lose to Rachel and then beat Jin
Joke ending: Pick the second option after beating Carl.
Noel - Desperation
Clear ending: Pick the second option after beating Carl. Unlocks Jin and Tager stories
Alt ending: Pick first option after beating Carl, pick first option after beating Bang.
Joke ending: Pick first option after beating Carl, and pick third option after beating Bang.
Jin - Decision
Clear ending: Pick 2nd option at beginning.
Alt: Pick 2nd option and lose to Unlimited Rachel
Joke: Pick 1st option
Tager - Loyalty
Clear: Pick first option, pick first option after beating Lithchi, and pick first option after beating Unlimited Hazama. Unlocks Tsubaki and Lambda stories
Alt: First option, first option, and pick the second option after beating Unlimited Hazama.
Joke: Pick first option, and pick 2nd option after beating Litchi.
Lambda - Lacrina
Clear: Pick the second option after beating Carl
Alt: Pick second option after beating Carl and lose to Nu
Joke: Pick first option after beating Carl
Taokaka - Journey
Clear: Pick first option after beating Arakune. Unlocks Bang's story
Alt: Pick first option after beating Arakune and lose to Noel
Joke. Pick second option after beating Arakune
Bang - Lost Arch Enemy
Clear: Pick first option, and then first option after that.
Alt: Pick second option
Joke: Pick first option and then second option after that
Carl - Relatives
Clear: First option, first option. Unlocks Litchi's story
Alt: First option, and then second option
Joke: Pick second option after beating Noel
Litchi - Erosion
Clear: First option, and pick the first option after beating Arakune. Unlocks Arakune story
Alt: First option, and pick the second option after beating Arakune.
Joke: Pick the second option at the beginning.
Rachel - Lie to Myself
Clear: Pick second option after Hakumen, and first option after Jin.
Alt: Pick second option after Hakumen, and second after Jin
Joke: Pick first option after Hakumen.
Arakune - Dilectus
Clear: Pick second option after beating Taokaka, and then pick second option after beating Carl
Alt: Pick second option after beating Taokaka, and then pick first option after beating Carl
Joke: Pick first option after beating Taokaka.
Tsubaki: Regret Sin
Clear: Pick first option.
Alt: Pick second option and beat Carl, Jin, and Noel with distortion drive finishes.
Joke: Pick either option but lose to Jin
Haku=men - Possibility
Clear: Pick first option after beating Jin
Alt: Pick second optoin after beating Jin
Hazama - Advent Sword
Clear: Pick first option at beginning.
Alt: Pick first option at beginning and lose to Jin
"Help me Doctor Kokonoe" segment: Pick first option at beginning and lose to Ragna
Joke: Pick second option at the beginning.
Truth End - Murakumo
Clear/100%: Just win every fight
[spoiler]Platinum looks like a Powerpuff Girl.
She sure caused a little shitstorm.
Valkenhayn looks pretty badass.[/spoiler]
Looks like I found another main >w<
Well he definitely fight with his bare hands.
Most of the hate comes from DLC [Top Spin]s bitching about...well DLC. It's not like the cunts have to by the damn things, and it's not like it affects the game at all.
Obviously from someone else that ripped them from the disc since the DLC colors are already there.
So I finally can try out the Arcade leak of CS, because I have new and more or less decent card.
Character sprites are invisible.
[tornado fang].
Anyone knows a remedy?
IT'S OUT, WHY IS NO ONE PLAYING?
It's tough to compete with DAT ASS.
What is with the 5 page instruction booklet? It's one thing that fighting games don't have the movelist in the manual anymore, but this one barely explains ANYTHING at all.
I would say go for it. The best part of BB is the story, which each characters has different routes to. While CS is more or less an updated CT, Story wise it continues where the latter left off....define "good story", since fighting games normally don't have much of one.
I'll be honest and say that I think the story is kinda overrated (well, it is good for an FG though), if you have a PSP you could "get" Portable instead of CT if you ever want to see the story.I played the japanese Portable on the PSP. I'll just go ahead and say this. I am a guy who is hard to please in terms of story, and kinda hates the typical anime bullshit. So either the game's story would SERIOUSLY wow me, or I'd just disregard it. Still, I'm thinking of just getting CT, as I don't think I'd get CS at full price as soon as it comes out, and I just want an amusing fighter to entertain myself. Is there alot to do in the game's single player mode?
I'll just go ahead and say this. I am a guy who is hard to please in terms of story, and kinda hates the typical anime bullshit. So either the game's story would SERIOUSLY wow me, or I'd just disregard it.
Oh I know that by now. For single player there's beating arcade mode with everyone (which unlocks their Astral Finish or in the case of Ragna/Nu/Hakumen/Rachel their Unlimited form), there's the story mode and all of its branching paths (which I doubt you'd take seriously, but the silly/"joke" alternate paths are totally worth it IMO XD), there's score attack which WILL kick your ass if you're not good at FGs unless you cheese the AI, there's getting all the achievements/trophies, and a gallery with stuff that gets unlocked as you play (unlike Portable where you buy it).Story with branching paths plus unlockables. More than enough for me.
The best part of BB is its great online play, but since CS will come out I doubt there's going to be many people playing anymore. Still, it should be cheap by now (hell, I think it was cheaper than Portable when I bought it and I got it new), so I don't think you can go wrong.
You won't like the story.I know that already. 8D
BlazBlue is a shitty fighter with terrible characters and an equally terrible story with ugly unpolished sprites, bad music by Ishiwatari's standards and subpar gameplay. That's all you'll ever need to know about it. Ignore all the hype surrounding this game, only '09ers like it. 8D
Terumi: Oh? you mean that Failure?
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
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Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
It has been confirmed that Makoto and them will not have story or arcade modes.
the homosexual undertones have stopped being undertones in CS and gone full bloom. Especially in Jin's bad end where he rapes Ragna.I just started CT, 10 minutes into Ragna's story, and what the [tornado fang] is this? Jin's such a little bastard to do something like that?
BlazBlue is a shitty fighter with terrible characters and an equally terrible story with ugly unpolished sprites, bad music by Ishiwatari's standards and subpar gameplay. That's all you'll ever need to know about it. Ignore all the hype surrounding this game, only '09ers like it. 8DReally? Then, I guess it's back to Stereotypical Shoto Turtle IV: Sagat Edtion for me.
Just make sure, that it's not ripped by the guy from dustloop already.
Where might I find this?http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?8287-BlazBlue-Continuum-Shift-Sprites
Bah. The one BGM I wanted isn't on there. >_<Be precise. Which one is it?
So, is anyone with the 360 CT willing to help me get the online achievements?
So, is anyone with the 360 CT willing to help me get the online achievements?
Be precise. Which one is it?
- Blazblue is a game that's meant to be enjoyable even for new comers. This is because of the visuals, the music, the voice actors.
- He considers Blazblue a Concept
- Tutorial and Challenge mode were originally planned to be in Calamity Trigger but they did not have the time. So it became their first priority for Continuum Shift.
- The Tutorial mode was done so that even Grade-schoolers could learn and it was done by his favorite VA, Rachel.
- They found it a bit troublesome if they made the tutorial text only which was why they added voice-overs. Though
- Makoto charge goes by level 1-2-3 and with each level having different performances, he's curious to how people will use her
- The DLC Characters are all pretty important to the story. (In general, though we've been known this)
- He believes Makoto will be difficult to use, but tot hose that are accustom to Blazblue will grasp her fairly quickly.
- Mori believes the other DLC Characters will astonish people (If we didn't already know who they were..)
- He believes the DLC will be a character that everyone expected (Valk) though the person next to Makoto is "super cute" (Plat)
- Blazblue was a way to take a different approach to the fast pace in Guilty Gear, but still have similar feels.
- One of the similarities we used from Guilty Gear is the FRC. There are also a few of our own additions that separate Blazblue from Guilty Gear, even though it narrows down the community.
- There was a time in the dev phase where they spent weeks wandering if they should add a FRC type system in Blazblue or not. In the combat system way, Mori feels that the "hurdle" (bar) set for Blazblue is still pretty low, and plans to rise it.
(Mori's thought on 3D and 2D)
- How Blazblue will go from now depends on how the fans reaction to the game is.
- There are times when they have thought about taking a 3D Turn while keeping the 2D Feel (like New Super Marios Wii which he does compare it to)
- They do believe however that the Main series of the game will be strictly 2D (blazybloo is a side)
- Mori knows the game can be done in 3D, but he in honesty doesn't care about 3D
- He feels as though there are specific moves, and styles that could not be imitated as well in 3D. There have been some rare cases where 3D has an appearance of 2D, the first game that comes to his mine is Atelier.
- He believes there are a few people who have fear of games going 3D
- When told that RPGs stories took a twist when turning from 2D to 3D mori stated that is why he strictly sticks with 2D
- Mori made Blazblue more anime style, and 2D for the audience as well as his love for 2D
- Mori believes the Story mode was one of the biggest troubles they had with the Console version
- Mori knows that the fighting part of the game came first, but at the same time he wanted it to be a fighting game with a story, a plot.
- The entire team was very nervous about creating the story mode for the game.
- He believes it has been very hard to be the director of the story mode.
- Another one of the troubles he had in thought was trying to make the story mode and the game in general interesting to play. Getting the right voice actors was one of the biggest issues.
- Mori believes that everyone was very confident in their work. Which made him feel very embarrassed if he made a mistake so he had to evaluate everything.
- When they got word that Blazblue was nearly done in it's production deadline there was no way he was able to sleep he felt so stressed.
- At times he thought what would happen if the company decided to quit the development, it was a silly doubt.
- He had fun working on it despite being so busy.
- To hm the Live Radio sales commemoration committee and the committee meetings where a fun experience.
- When he saw Project DIVA he loved the premise of being able to dance in 3D, and was one of the few 3D games he enjoyed seeing. The songs and dances were really catchy.
- He is then asked "What is balance?" His response being that balance to him is that everything needs to co-exist, for Blazblue rather it be the enjoyable fighting game, the beautiful art, the interesting story and even music done by Ishiwatari he believes the game has a great balance.
- Mori says the development cost between 2D and 3D is not that different what is different though is the time you are given.
- An example is all the animation that needs to be done to the characters.
- They see as being harder to do 2D games as it's more like painting a picture. This is why he has respect for the old team that worked for Capcom.
- When asked if he meant Street Fighter, but to him the Darkstalker series was genius and believes it's one of the best looking fighting games, ever.
- When asked why he said because of it's motion, the animation and the story of another dimension. He found it beautiful and perfect.
- Despite this though he says that Darkstalker, Guilty Gear and Blazblue are all original.
- He countlessly plays Darkstalker even now and considers Morrigan his favorite character.
- He loved Morrigan because of her VA as well as her "assets" he does like how even weak characters in the game had a chance to win.
- Besides Darkstalker he enjoys Tekken and Virtua Fighter, he spend countless 100 yens at the arcade playing them. Though he only likes Tekken:Tag out of the iron fist games.
- He also feels sorry for anyone who got hit by Brian's Mach Punch and incorporated a move similar to that in Blazblue.
Mori on PC Gaming and Piracy
- When creating a PC Version of Blazblue they were very conscious especially for europe.
- There are people who are very concerned and because of this he has no plans for making a PC Version. He says fans may call him a bad guy for it, but also asks "Can you blame me? I'm useless no matter how strong of a protection is put on Blazblue it will get overpowered."
- We completely scratched the idea of a PC Version because the arcade of version of Continuum Shift had it's data compromised and put onto the net.
- "There was nothing I could do about it, if I tried to stop it I would get ignored. So the thought of DLC characters came up a few weeks later."
- This is a very difficult choice, the issue isn't just with us though.
- It's sad to see even small cute kids playing with pirated software like Nintendo's pirated software. I once went to a store and this lady tried to sell me pirated software. I refused, I like to protect the japanese industry and I gave her a lecture. You could say a politician that looked like me came from the game industry.
Mori speaks of spreading the Blazblue Community
- Mori believes Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shft have had full success, especally against a franchise like Street Fighter 4
- he wants Contnuum shift to sell 15 million units but he is also content with just 150,000 for now.
- When Continuum shift came out there was a 8 hour waiting line for the game, and he felt pleased because he outbeat Project Diva's line. The latest 2D Guilty Gear had a 7 hour waiting line, he wish he recorded how long Calamity Trigger's waiting line was though.
- There are a few ideas he has that he plans to do when expanding the Blazblue to other people. Though there are a few people I don't trust with expanding Blazblue due to what happened before. (Guilty Gear Overture?)
- IHe can't say how far Blazblue can expand but one of his ideas he plans to utilize is an adventure game that everyone can enjoy in entertainment, not something serious.
- Mori does not have plans for a Blazblue anime currently He compares how Sengoku Basara is having an anime adaptation the same time the series goes on which is why it's a hit and this is somethng he can't do right now.
- If there was a company to do an anime he would go straight for "Bones" he enjoys their work for Full Metal Alchemist, and Rahxephon.
FINALLY: Mori talks about the future for ArcSys
- When Mori is asked if they have anything prepared for at TGS he just says "It's ready"
- When asked a new "Blazblue" he replies "No, something different"
- The interviewer is shocked and said "A new fighting game?" Mori actually has not been given the details yet but he does have confidence in the title to be shown at TGS
- He does say after Blazblue releases some Drama CDs and new Scenarios to expand the story, a sequel will be in the works.
- Though there is another related sequel that is going to be in the works as well but it's not of "CONTINUUM SHIFT" (Note he did not say Blazblue, only Continuum Shift
s story arc)
- It will be a while until the next Blazblue is out, there will be a lot of problems he saw with the first two eliminated, with additions (He specifically does not like the word change)
- He hopes everyone enjoys the game, and can't wait to reveal more of the DLC
And how do you 100% the stories besides plot decisions?
Lose every battle.Shiiiit. I'm not gonna do that. That's like grinding for no aparent reason than to unlock crap. Who made the decision that you had to lose battles to unlock stuff? Jesus...
http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?8287-BlazBlue-Continuum-Shift-SpritesMuch appreciated!
Here. : >
and straight.
Okay, this has officially become bullshit.Funny how we never get any outrage with the constant stream of US-only special editions. =P Remember, we only got Calamity Trigger THIS YEAR. We're gonna get Continuum Shift mere months later. We're getting ripped off alot with this [parasitic bomb].
http://kotaku.com/5602351/blazblue-continuum-shift-gets-two-special-editions-in-europe
God damn Europeans. We saved your ass in Vietnam and this is how you repay us?!
Remember, we only got Calamity Trigger THIS YEAR. We're gonna get Continuum Shift mere months later. We're getting ripped off alot with this [parasitic bomb].
You're used to it though. You've had to endure the [parasitic bomb] for decades.Ever since the Internet, we never get used to it. Watching a stream of trailers and opinions about how great this or that game is just sucks.
[spoiler]Spoilers from the Phase 0 light novel.
Synopsis:
It turns out that Ragna the Bloodedge is indeed the Bloodedge that stopped the Black Beast for almost a year. When Nu and Ragna fell into the Cauldron, they didn't smelt. Actually, Nu somehow gained Ragna's grimoire and was consumed by the two grimoires and ends up becoming the Black Beast. Nu/Black Beast and Jin are teleported back to the year 2100, while Ragna teleports to the year 2106, while also losing his memory.
Characters:
Nine(ナイン), real name Konoe（コノエ), was a witch and one of the Six Heroes. Her real name is Konoe, although she hates her real name. She is gorgeous, has long, pink hair and dresses like a witch, naturally. The name "Nine" comes from her being the ninth member of the Magic Guild's Ten Sages.
Sister (シスター), real name is Caelica A. Mercury（セリカ＝A＝マーキュリー), the younger sister of Nine, and aunt of Kokonoe. She had brown hair in her youth, and was naturally gifted in the use of healing magic. She was stubborn and unable to ignore those who are in need. After the Dark War, she watched over the Black Beast's remains and built a church, waiting for a chance to reunite with Ragna. She later was the foster parent of Ragna, Jin, and Saya, and was killed by Terumi in 2192.
Shuuichirou Ayatsuki (シュウイチロウ＝アヤツキ), father of Nine and Caelica. Apparently he wanted to fight against the master unit Amaterasu and was researching the Kusanagi blade. During an experiment with Reluis Clover using a Boundary Interface Prime Field Device, they unleashed the Black Beast that was brought back through time.
Clavis Alucard (クラヴィス＝アルカード), the previous head of the Alucard family.
Oddly on the Japanese Wikipedia Blazblue page says that Jubei's name during the Dark War was Mitsuyoshi (ミツヨシ) and not Yoshimitsu (ヨシミツ).
Descriptions of the illustrations:
- The first illustration is Caelica watching Ragna sleep.
- Cool double-page picture of Ragna attacking the Black Beast.
- Kokonoe gets her temper from her mother. There's a color illustration of a pissed Nine trying to throw a fireball at Ragna only Caelica is holding her back.
- Ragna and Caelica hanging out by the ocean.
- Rachel shows up wearing a slightly different outfit.
- Rachel, Valkenhayn and an old guy in a wheelchair (possibly Clavis Alucard). Young Valkenhayn looks badass.
- Ragna and the old guy talking in Rachel's rose garden.
- Caelica's blonde friend giving Ragna something to drink while Nine and Caelica argue.
- Badass picture of Hakumen.
- Scientist (Relius?) laughing.
- Picture from the first post.
- Ragna and Nine talking with a picture of Terumi in the background. Six Heroes Terumi is wearing a cloak that only shows his mouth and right eye.
- Caelica in her nun outfit in a field.
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[spoilers]I'm more confused by the Nu=Black Beast honestly. If Nu is the original Black Beast, then in the original timeline where did the one that originally almost destroyed the world and caused the creation of all of the ars and stuff? Without those there would be no Nu, no Nu means no Black Beast, and no Black Beast means no ars or that kind of stuff and we go back to the first part of this sentence. I liked it more when the Black Beast was not ANOTHER future past version of a known character x__x[/spoilers]
Bump just to say that Christina Vee is officially awesome. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epn-fg48i9M)
[tornado fang] Gonzo.
Had to be said one more time.
Never even heard of the user.
And the majority of the BB girls don't wear underwear. It was in the staff comments from some interview.
I just bought BlazBlue Calamity Trigger yesterday and I have the SF4 Stick! But I haven't played it yet or can't play it right now as I need to finish my schoolwork this week, it's my last week until vacation starts and I need to finish everything!
I only have a 360 copy of Continuum Shift, but I second the "I'm looking forward to playing other RPM'ers" bit.
I see it taking until Plat is out, anything sooner will be a pleasant surprise.
Oh, yeah.....I should probably post my GT, shouldn't I? My GT is NitemareFenix.
And, sure Objection Man, I'll play you anytime (assuming I'm not at work/asleep/dead)
Think I got it....You've got a Terry Bogard Gamerpic, right?
Ok, screw the BBCS2 PSP version, I'm getting the 3DS one instead.I will be getting the PSP version, for I do not care for 3DS outside of DASH 3... though, maybe someday.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/software/spring2011.html
(http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/software/img/sft_blazblue_continuum_shift2_main.jpg)
Speaking of Haku, what the HELL is up with that change in input commands?
The big news, though, according to one of Mori's tweets, is that the console version is disc only. There is no DLC option this time around. Considering all the story and extra modes that're being added in, fair enough. But I don't know what they're gonna do about the DLC characters for CS1/2. Are they on the disc from the start, or are they going to remain DLC like Jill and Shuma in UMvC3?
They were never on the disk, that was just place holder data. We've hacked the disk to hell and back and neither the PS3 or 360 Continuum shift had nowhere near the data to hold a full character on either 3 slots.
A cool concept for arcades though.
I've had Continuum Shift forever now and I've barely even touched it, maybe I should get around to that.
Then again, I have around 10 games I haven't even so much as put in the console. Maybe I should prioritize those.
BlazBlue Extend will land on PSP somewhere in may.
[spoiler]AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And to think I wanted to buy VITA or some [parasitic bomb] to play it. Oh lawdy.[/spoiler]
Also, it will include some kinda... quiz mode? wat
What the [tornado fang] did they do to NoelDon't exaggerate. She doesn't look that bad.
What the [tornado fang] did they do to Noel
Apparently it's gonna be a common theme for here on out to mess with Noel's design. Remember the last time they changed her from Calamity Trigger to Continuum Shift?
Don't exaggerate. She doesn't look that bad.
B-but I'm not exaggeratingYes, you are.
While BlazBlue gets game after game (probably to finish the story, in a fighting game!) Guilty Gear is still stuck im Limbo.Actually, they are making/made some kind of new version of Accent Core, Arcades only for now.
[spoiler]Guilty Gear is better[/spoiler]
Yes, you are.
No, I am not.I will say this then...
You are understating.
I will say this then...
It could have been worse.
They could have made her wear LEATHER or some other stupid whore crap.
[spoiler]Guilty Gear is better[/spoiler]
Fan service is the best~ <3
While BlazBlue gets game after game (probably to finish the story, in a fighting game!) Guilty Gear is still stuck im Limbo.Didn't they say that they wouldn't work on ANY GG game anymore?
[spoiler]Guilty Gear is better[/spoiler]
http://andriasang.com/con26c/blazblue_phantasma_screens/
More screens and artworks~
Excited to see v13 without her visor, then see they didn't change the sprites at all. Lame.She isn't new. That's Tsubaki.
New girl looks cool though.
Oh wow. Why would they change her so much?Because the regular Tsubaki is still playable?
He plays a much better Tsubaki.
Oh by the way, is there anything that carries over from previous versions into the up coming Chrono Phantasim's home release? Be it DLC or a bonus for having had the other games. I would like to jump ship from 360, to PS3 now that I have one, but I couldn't thus far because all of my DLC is tied to the 360. The last game I got in the series was Continuum Shift, and I got all the DLC characters. I did not get Extend.
Pretty much the same as you. I enjoy BlazBlue, just as much a I enjoy Guilty Gear (maybe even a bit more, because the characters and the story aren't a clusterfuck like in GG's case).
Cannot wait for Chrono Phantasma.
Also, I suggest someone merges this thread with the BlazBlue topic we already have.
Unless mods don't mind.
I've only played GG a few times, but from what I've played so far I really enjoy it. I've tried to keep up with GG as much as I do with BB. When I saw GG Xrd SIGN trailer it got me pretty excited. I know I'll be getting it for sure when it's released. As for CP, I'm over joyed about it. Can't wait to play as Yuuki Terumi. <3What are you talking about? We could play as him ever since CS. : D
What are you talking about? We could play as him ever since CS. : D
Nah, I know what you mean. And I'm excite too... except, isn't he a [tornado fang]ing day one DLC?
I hate that [parasitic bomb].
I for one, hope we'll get to Imperator playable. Or at least as some super duper awesome boss.
I also want Nine/Phantom.
And Jubei... but we probably never gonna get dat cat.
or at least not in the near future.