Wow this topic got buried. I have no idea what the BB community is like right now. Is it as dead as MK9?
Just to get everyone up to speed with the new version, Continuum Shift Extend:
- Relius is a playable character. Uses Ignis as his weapon, both by summoning parts of her or other machinations in his normals. or having her float behind him kind of like a Stand. Shares one or two things with Carl, but is definitely not a clone.
- According to quotes from Mori from many months ago, two more characters will come around. One is Kokonoe, the other is a male character we haven't seen before (i.e. not Jubei). Most people believe it'll be Lord Tenjo's son.
- New story chapters exclusive to the game. Also has Calamity Trigger's story as well. Likely has the CS2 Portable stories as well.
- Abyss and Legion 1.5 are there as well. I assume Unlimited Wars is there too.
- 2 vs 2, 3 vs 3, and 4 vs 2 options.
- You can't combo off a Counter Assault unless you're Arakune or Carl. But everyone can combo off throws midscreen now.
- More pushback on various types of blocking.
- Carl's seiyuu is the default announcer now.
- The arcade version is supposed to be out this month Might be a week off though.
- The game is a PSVita launch title in Japan. December 17.
- PS3 and 360 versions come out the same time. December 17.
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?