BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
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| BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger | |
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| Developer(s) | Arc System Works |
| Publisher(s) | Arc System Works |
| Designer(s) | Toshimichi Mori, Yuuki Katou |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date | JPN Winter 2008 |
| Genre(s) | 2D Weapon Based Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is a two-dimensional fighting arcade game created by the staff behind the popular Guilty Gear series set to come out out in 2008 in Japan. It is a spiritual successor to Guilty Gear. A playable demo was presented at AOU 2008.
The game is being developed for the Taito Type X2 arcade system board, with a 16:9 ratio and 720p resolution [1]. While a console version has yet to be announced, BlazBlue is rumoured to be a PlayStation 3 exclusive [2].
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[edit] System
The game uses an 8-directional lever, common to most arcade fighting games, and 4 attack buttons: Light, Middle, Heavy, and Drive, the latter of which activates unique special abilities for each character. Throws and throw cancels are performed by pressing medium and strong at the same time. In addition to basic dashing and jumping, there are also double-jumps and aerial dashes.
- Heat Gauge: An energy gauge used for the Distortion Drive and Rapid Cancel.
- Distortion Drive: Special attacks unique to each character that consume 50% of the heat gauge. Performed with some arrows motion plus the drive button.
- Barrier Gauge: A gauge that regenerates over time, used for Barrier and Barrier Burst. The defense capability of a character is lowered for a set period of time when this gauge reaches zero.
- Barrier: Pushes back the enemy and prevents guard damage. Performed by pressing weak attack and medium attack at the same time while guarding.
- Barrier Burst: Pushes the opponent away, either when guarding or receiving damage, thus cancelling the enemy's combo in the latter case. Uses 100% of the barrier gauge and leaves it to zero for a set period of time. Performed by pressing all four buttons at the same time.
[edit] Story
BlazBlue begins in December A.D.2199. At this point information concerning the largest bounty the New World Void Space Cue Administration Bureau has ever put out for the capture of an SS-class traitor began to circulate. The target is "Ragna the Bloodedge" also known as "the God of Death."
[edit] Characters
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As of April 28th, 2008, six out of ten characters have been revealed.
[edit] Ragna the Bloodedge
- VA: Tomokazu Sugita
- Birthdate: March 3rd
- Bloodtype: B
- Height: 185cm
- Weight: 78kg
- Birthplace: Unknown
- Hobby: Cooking (especially good at barbecue)
- Important to him: His silver ring
- Hates: Ghosts and the Control System
- Eye color: Has heterochromia, with a green eye and a red eye.
The almighty force managing the "Operation", in order to obtain absolute power over the world, is this man who has rebelled against the "Earth and Space Information Control System". Known as the "God of Death", a bounty for his elimination has been placed in all the regions populated with branches of the Control System. In game, his tactics revolve around using his power and large sword to keep pressure on his opponents. As for his special abilities, he is able to absorb his opponent's physical strength by using "Soul Eater".
[edit] Jin Kisaragi
- VA: Tetsuya Kakihara
- Birthdate: February 14th
- Bloodtype: A
- Height: 178cm
- Weight: 61kg
- Birthplace: England
- Hobby: Collecting vintage motorcycles
- Important to him: Nothing
- Hates: Meat and weak people
- Eye color: Green
From a prestigious family, this man is a retainer of the Control System's Kisaragi house. His class is Major. In the past, he had a distinguished military record during the "Ikaruga Civil War" that broke out, and was promoted to the position of Division Commander at an exceptionally young age. He is always cool and calm, though he is a deeply jealous, ambitious, and possessive person, with little care for others. In game, he uses various swordplay techniques in addition to his unique ability, "Reikou (Zero Sword)" which can be used to freeze his opponents (Frostbite).
[edit] Noel Vermillion
- VA: Kanako Kondou
- Birthdate: December 25th
- Bloodtype: A
- Height: 157cm
- Weight: 48kg
- Birthplace: Switzerland
- Hobby: Telemarketing (for not having to actually meet people) and writing poetry (she won't show to anyone)
- Important to her: Her parents
- Hates: Bugs (especially those with lots of legs)
- Eye color: Green
Because of her outstanding combat ability and suitable operation evaluations, she was selected to be Jin Kisaragi's direct subordinate in her youth. The two were acquaintances in officer's academy, though Noel thought Jin was extremely weak. However, on a certain mission handed down from the Control System, her preconceptions were changed. In game, she is able to quickly unleash tricky attacks with her two guns, which can be continually added to.
[edit] Iron Tager (TR-0009)
- VA: Kenji Nomura
- Birthdate: November 23rd (when he was modified)
- Bloodtype: Oil
- Height: 240cm
- Weight: 550kg
- Birthplace: Unknown (doesn't remember)
- Hobby: Battleships
- Important to him: Kokonoe
- Hates: Salt water
Originally the leader of a battle unit which revolved around physical combat, he was forced to withdraw from the front lines after sustaining a mortal wound in the Ikaruga Civil War. He was brought back from the brink of death at the hands of the scientist "Kokonoe" and revived as a cyborg, and is currently assigned to a combat unit under the direct control of Kokonoe. He seems to be pursuing Ragna, though his goals are entirely unclear.
[edit] Rachel Alucard
- VA: Kana Ueda
- Height: 145cm
- Weight: 31kg
- Birthday: October 31st
- Blood type: Unknown
- Birthplace: Transylvania
- Hobby: Tea
- Likes: Time, Meissen Porcelain Tea Cups
- Dislikes: Boredom, Green Peppers
A blood-sucking vampire who is the head of the Alucard family and who dresses in a gothic lolita style. As the head of the family an enormous castle and a servant have been handed down to her from previous generations. She carries a cat-shaped umbrella called Nago and fights using a chubby, red bat familiar called Gii. She slipped out of her castle in search of fun because she hates to be bored. Although she is well educated and very calm, she is self-centered in an arrogant and domineering way. She doesn't move very much and generally has her attendants Nago and Gii take care of things for her. Because of her rough treatment of him, Gii has come close to dying many times.
[edit] Taokaka
- VA: Chiwa Saito
- Height: 165cm
- Weight: 42kg
- Birthday: February 22nd
- Blood type: O
- Birthplace: The village of the Kaka Family
- Hobbies: Afternoon naps, Eating (she likes nikuman)
- Things important to her: Friends
- Dislikes: Meandering (?)
A young catgirl wearing a hood, with red eyes and a mischievous grin. Her coat is equipped with massive paw-like hands that include long, retractable claws. She is one person (animal?) from the Kaka Family that occupies the Kagushichi lower class. She wants to get back the sky above her village that was sealed off with an enormous plate by humans who came to the land and started building a big city. She left her village in search of someone called Ragna after she heard that you could gain a lot of money for defeating him. She is a naive and moody person, but the owner of a pure heart. However she doesn't listen to what people say, and makes judgments based on what she's seen with her own eyes.
