Sega announces Bleach games Shattered Blade and The Blade of Fate
Bleach fans in Europe have a couple of reasons to be happy as Sega just announced two new titles based from the animated series. The new video games are namely Bleach: Shattered Blade and Bleach: The Blade of Fate for the Wii and Nintendo DS respectively.
This time, the Bleach storyline follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki who has the power to see spirits from the afterlife, including warriors called Soul Reapers. Our main hero meets female dead warrior Rukia and received her powers. Kurosaki is then tasked to continue Rukia’s mission of defeating the enemies known as Hollows.
“The content of the Bleach story lends itself perfectly to an action packed arcade fighting game with a heavy dose of mighty sword battles. Both the flexibility of the Wii and the portability of the DS have allowed us to bring the intense action of Bleach to a wide variety of gamers,” commented Sega European Marketing Director Gary Knight.
The following are some of the features specific to each title. Both will be released during the early part of 2008.
Bleach: Shattered Blade
- Enables players to wield the Wiimote and Nunchuk as their weapons – slashing, jabbing, and lunging in furious battles like a real Soul Reaper
- Exclusive storyline created specifically for the Wii with 32 characters to choose from
- Once a new character is unlocked, players can replay the story episodes utilizing the characters special moves and weapons adding a whole new perspective to the storyline
More features and screenshots after the jump!
Bleach fans in Europe have a couple of reasons to be happy as Sega just announced two new titles based from the animated series. The new video games are namely Bleach: Shattered Blade and Bleach: The Blade of Fate for the Wii and Nintendo DS respectively.
This time, the Bleach storyline follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki who has the power to see spirits from the afterlife, including warriors called Soul Reapers. Our main hero meets female dead warrior Rukia and received her powers. Kurosaki is then tasked to continue Rukia’s mission of defeating the enemies known as Hollows.
“The content of the Bleach story lends itself perfectly to an action packed arcade fighting game with a heavy dose of mighty sword battles. Both the flexibility of the Wii and the portability of the DS have allowed us to bring the intense action of Bleach to a wide variety of gamers,” commented Sega European Marketing Director Gary Knight.
The following are some of the features specific to each title. Both will be released during the early part of 2008.
Bleach: Shattered Blade
- Enables players to wield the Wiimote and Nunchuk as their weapons – slashing, jabbing, and lunging in furious battles like a real Soul Reaper
- Exclusive storyline created specifically for the Wii with 32 characters to choose from
- Once a new character is unlocked, players can replay the story episodes utilizing the characters special moves and weapons adding a whole new perspective to the storyline
- Be able to inflict enormous damage on opponents with powerful weapons and super power attacks taken straight from the TV series
- Characters can summon supernatural allies such as a giant serpent, a samurai titan, or a tidal wave, for battle support
- Players can also square-off against their friends in high-speed multiplayer combat in 3D arenas and environments based on settings from the series
Bleach: The Blade of Fate
- Striking 2D action and brilliant visuals that have become the hallmark of Treasure, the game’s legendary development team
- Face a variety of opponents as one of 28 highly-stylized characters in intense action-packed battles based on the animated series
- Brings a twist to the traditional 2D fighting game with a new kind of battle system that enables players to move between upper and lower split-plane battle arenas to chase after or escape from opponents
- Allows gamers to build Spirit Card Decks to strategically access power-ups and power-downs to perform special attacks, cast healing spells on themselves, displace opponents, or prohibit them from using their own Spirit Cards
- Gamers can take to the streets battling against enemies in fast-paced combat via the Nintendo DS’ WiFi capabilities
