Hades Izanami - The central antagonist of the BlazBlue series, Izanami is an immortal being seeking to wipe out everything by using Ragna's sister Saya as a vessel and becoming the Imperator (manipulating the events behind the scenes).Released in the arcade version on December 3, 2015. In addition, she can store a second spell in a backup slot and uses teleportation instead of dashes. Unlike other characters, Nine does not have a Drive (though some materials refer to her D ability as "The Abyss Driver"), but players can use the D button to have her cast various elemental spells (using a combination of three "mana" from normal attacks, with the strength of the attack determining the mana's element). Despite supposedly dying during the Dark War, she has actually been kept alive as "Phantom" throughout the series' story as a servant of the Imperator. Nine the Phantom - One of the legendary Ten Sages who introduced magic to the world and the original creator of the Nox Nyctores used to defeat the Black Beast.His Drive, "Bloodedge", allows him to attack with blades formed from his own blood, which can be charged-up for increased range and guard break properties. He is the main protagonist of the spin-off Bloodedge Experience light novel and fights using martial arts. Naoto Kurogane - A high-schooler from an alternate universe who possesses a special power known as the "Hunter's Eye" (which allows him to quantify the strength of a persons lifeforce by looking at them).His Drive, "Double Chase", allows him to use a shadow clone of himself as a distraction while attacking. Hibike Kohaku - A Captain of the Novus Orbis Librarium and Kagura's secretary, who is skilled in the art of stealth and assassination.Characters can only activate this state once per round, and performing a Break Burst disables the state for the remainder of the round.Īll characters from BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend return, along with four new characters (two of which were time-locked) in the arcade version, followed by four additional characters in the console version (some of which were DLC, all of which were brought back to the arcade version in a later update) for a total of 36 characters. The opposite of the Negative Penalty status, characters in Active Flow have increased damage output and increased Burst Gauge recovery while improving both Overdrive and Exceed Accel. When the player is playing "aggressively" (such as constantly attacking or activating Overdrive), they are put into a new state known as Active Flow.It does not consume any of the Heat Gauge to perform, but prematurely ends Overdrive mode. Activated by pressing A+B+C+D while in Overdrive, Exceed Accels have the character perform a single attack that, when hit, follows up with additional powerful attacks. A new type of super move is added, known as the Exceed Accel.Much of the Stylish mechanics from the previous game, such as Barrier auto-guards, return in that Type. Both allow the standard Type-A and Type-B configurations, but Stylish Type now adds a fifth "SP" button used for special moves (dependent on joystick direction) and Distortion Drives (when combined with an attack button). The Technical and Stylish button configuration system is revamped as Technical Type and Stylish Type.In addition, the duration of each Overdrive is no longer based on the character chosen (with all characters having 2-8 seconds based on the remaining health and whether or not it was cancelled into). Characters in Overdrive now have their remaining Overdrive time shown on the HUD.Much of the game is identical to BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend, with new additions and updates: This version was used for a Nintendo Switch port on February 7, 2019.
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It was also released for the PC (digitally via Steam) on April 26, 2017.Īll versions of the game received a "Version 2.0" update in August-September 2017, adding more balance changes while bring the console-only characters into the arcade version. The game later received a console version for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, released in Japan by Arc System Works (on October 6, 2016), in North America by Aksys Games (on November 1, 2016), and in Europe by pQube (on November 4, 2016).
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The fourth and final main installment of the BlazBlue series (after BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma and its revision), Central Fiction concludes the main storyline while adding a variety of new characters, an updated user interface, and new gameplay mechanics (namely the Exceed Accel attack and Active Flow system). BlazBlue: Central Fiction (also known as BlazBlue: Centralfiction) is a 2D sci-fi fantasy fighting game developed and released by Arc System Works for arcades (digitally via the NESiCAxLive service for PC-based Taito Type X² hardware) in Japan on November 19, 2015.