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Following the Arc System Works tradition of giving games subtitles that dont make sense (a-la Guilty Gear XX The Midnight Carnival) the new BlazBlue will reportedly be titled Chrono Phantasma. Details are still coming in from Japan, but heres what we know now:
Chrono Phantasma introduces 3 new characters to BlazBlues constantly expanding roster: Amane, a pretty boy in a kimono who fights by whipping a piece of cloth around (weirder weapons have been used in Arc Sys. games, I guess,) Bullet, who appears to be some kind of cat girl who fights with energy based attacks, and Azrael, a muscle-bound man who fights using quick hand to hand combat.
In addition to the new characters, the older characters sprites have been given new animations and in some cases, have been completely redrawn. This is most noticeable in the games poster girl, Noel, whos costume has been changed.
As expected, all the characters have been given new moves and have been rebalanced.
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma is currently scheduled to be released in Japan sometime before the end of this year, and yes, it is apparently a full, new retail release, and apparently wont be released as a patch or as DLC for existing versions of the game. The reaction to this announcement has been kind of interesting: where as people usually get pissed off about having to buy the same game twice (as was the case with Marvel vs. Capcom,) BlazBlues fanbase seems to have generally come to terms with the fact that Arc System Works will try to sell them a new version of the game on an almost yearly basis. I suppose its nothing new if youve been a fan of the company for awhile, considering the amount of updates that Guilty Gear X got. Theres no US release date yet, but I wouldnt be surprised if Aksys or a similar localization company picked this up quickly.