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[amatsumugi89]

The result 21 and down from the BlazBlue popularity poll have been announced.

21 Azrael 22 Taokaka 23 Izanami 24 Kagura 25 Amane 26 Kajun 27 Kazuma 28 Litchi 29 Susanoo 30 Bang 31 Izayoi 32 Jubei 33 Arakune 34 Tager 35 Mu 36 Valkenhayn 37 Carl 38 Taro 39 Trinity 40 Relius 41 Touya 42 Mei 43 Cypher 44 Meifang 45 Terumi Saya 46 Torakaka 47 Kiri 48 Chibikakas 49 Linhua 50 Eight 51 Shiori 52 Raquel 53 Fuzzies 54 Nobody 55 The One 56 Homura 57 Clavis 58 Saya 59 Ringo 60 Ripper 61 Karenjina 62 Kuon 63 Elise 64 Acht 65 Watashi 66 Chachakaka 67 Ayame 68 Estella 69 Sechs 70 Seven 71 Tenjou 71 Hinata 72 Yuki 73 Akira 74 Tomonori 74 Imouto 75 Haruka 75 Kiiro 75 Spinner 76 Avenge 77 Drei 77 Grimwood 78 Unomaru

[drowsle101]

Hibiki = Sleep Kirby

I.e pure troll poll

[amatsumugi89]

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Character Introduction Trailer #7

[drowsle101]

YAY CARMINE

Now waiting for Naoto & Naoto :D

Jubei tho, that's a real pleasant surprise right there

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Fact of the day

Back in development, Tsubaki used to have shorter black hair. Her name also used to be Lenka Yayoi.

Lenka means lotus flower in Japanese (Tsubaki means camellia, another flowering plant). In Russian, Lenka also means “to illuminate”, which may have been a reference to Izayoi’s light stealing power. 

(Image and information courtesy of Pellegri).

[drowsle101]

And Renka is one of Hakumen's specials as well, so there's that

(I won't be surprised if his other special moves are named after different people too)

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Fact of the day

Kazuma was a real piece of work.

I know we think of him as being meek and was corrupted by Terumi but Kazuma was just a dick. Trinity literally begged him to not go into the Ishanan Cathedral, which would’ve been against their laws, and he responded by using magic that sent her flying into a nearby wall. 

That’s not all. When he killed Tomonori (Jubei’s brother), it was about as vicious as BlazBlue gets. After piercing his stomach with Ouroboros he kept kicking as hard as he could on the wounds, making them open up. The amount of blood coming out of the beastkin turned his silver fur red, and after he had enough, he used magic that made a bunch of snakes eat into his body.

[drowsle101]

When he killed Tomonori, Terumi was ALREADY INSIDE KAZUMA, OKAY

Now stop misleading your watchers

(And even before that, Terumi was already influencing Kazuma since the start of the novel)

[abyss-of-the-azure]

Have you actually read PS1? Terumi did VERY little manipulating. The two barely interacted.

I read a good translation of the novel and that fight with Tomonori was nearly all Kazuma. Terumi does very little fighting.

And while I’m at it, Kazuma’s Library Entry outright states that he was always like Terumi deep down - he was made to be like that.

[drowsle101]

I get that Kazuma might be not all that good (he isn't intended to be), but still, look @ the color page where he fought Tomonori. Hair stands up, eyes open, sinister face, Ouroboros... (remember CS Hazama?) That happens after Kazuma went to the Cauldron on Terumi's orders.

And that meeting at the very start of the novel (IIRC Terumi is telling Kaz to look for the Azure or sth) is significant even if they don't interact much after that until the cauldron incident.

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Alternative: Dark War Render:  Bullet Illust: Akizuki (あきずき) 

[drowsle101]

Not hottopantsu tho :P

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Alternative: Dark War Render: Kazuma Kval Illust: Rokushirokoushi (ロクシロコウシ)

[amatsumugi89]

Is there any chance you could translate the descriptions of each character from the Alternative Dark War website?

There isn’t really any reason to, it’s surprisingly the same old character introduction as always.Noel being Jin’s secretary, Tsubaki is with the zeroth squadron and so on.

So most already know what it says there, no hint why/how they are in BBDW.

The only one that is a little different is Bullet, but that is basically only changing Sector Seven to NOL (Bullet is in a resistance against NOL).

There is nothing about the protagonist other than the player having to option to choose one of the two.

[drowsle101]

Timeline fuckery shenanigans, I guess

[amatsumugi89]

BlazBlue Alternative Dark War’s website have been updated.

I hope you all are ready to gacha.  I sure ain’t.

There are gacha tickets, and one Gacha roll looks like it will cost 30 crystallized azure.

[drowsle101]

Gacha game sounds like the thing Arc System Works would really like to do, it’s a surprise that they’re only doing it now

Wait a sec... is that Raquel??!

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Okay what are Jin Noel Tsubaki and Bullet doing in ADW? Doesn't this take place like 100 years before they even exist?

I have literally no idea right now.

But I can tell you straight up that this isn’t going to be anything like any other BlazBlue game.Bullet’s completely different. She belongs to an anti-NOL rebellion organization and blames them for the death of her unit.That’s so important because the NOL never existed at the same time as the Mage’s Guild, let alone Bullet being alive at the same time as Kazuma and the lot.

It’s a gacha game so maybe something like Fire Emblem: Heroes? I have no idea, but I’m so excited

[drowsle101]

Heroes are taken from multiple possibilities...

...is what I’m expecting

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Fact of the day

Kazuma was a real piece of work.

I know we think of him as being meek and was corrupted by Terumi but Kazuma was just a dick. Trinity literally begged him to not go into the Ishanan Cathedral, which would’ve been against their laws, and he responded by using magic that sent her flying into a nearby wall. 

That’s not all. When he killed Tomonori (Jubei’s brother), it was about as vicious as BlazBlue gets. After piercing his stomach with Ouroboros he kept kicking as hard as he could on the wounds, making them open up. The amount of blood coming out of the beastkin turned his silver fur red, and after he had enough, he used magic that made a bunch of snakes eat into his body.

[drowsle101]

When he killed Tomonori, Terumi was ALREADY INSIDE KAZUMA, OKAY

Now stop misleading your watchers

(And even before that, Terumi was already influencing Kazuma since the start of the novel)

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Katsuki Mukai is a member of Arc’s art department and has worked on the story boards and motion continuity for BlazBlue. As well as this, they have worked on Persona 4: Arena, Guilty Gear, and even Dragon Ball FighterZ.

If you’d like to see more of Katsuki’s artwork, we have some of it documented here: https://blazblue.wiki/wiki/Category:Mukai,_Katsuki

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Can you explain why Noato needs to destroy the murokumo units?

It’s not explained anywhere.

At all.

I’m being super serious. Naoto doesn’t even know what a Murakumo Unit is in BE1&2. He likely picked up the knowledge somewhere between B2 - CF.

[drowsle101]

Did he figure out that Kiiro was a Murakumo Unit?

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When everyone was put inside the Embryo and relive the events of the first game, who was the one who altered their memories?

Iirc it was the Embryo itself. The Embryo employs Phenomenon Intervention on a massive scale and altered the memories of those who it could affect.

Celica, Amane, Rachel and several others were immune to this because of certain reasons (Chrono Phantasma, Onlooker, etc.). When Amaterasu descended into the Embryo, they regained their memories.

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So, how do you feel now that Cross Tag Battle is getting English voices outside of the RWBY characters (which are guaranteed to have English voices anyway)

I mean it’s 50/50 right now.

But I’m happy if it is the case. I used the dub all the time and it’s what I’m used to. I’d also be really interested in seeing who they’d cast for Es since she’s never had an English voice.

If the dub doesn’t happen? Oh well, just one of those things. I won’t make a huge fuss over it.

[drowsle101]

All those DLC prices are gonna be used for the dub, peeps, so go buy them

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They made Blake and yang free dlc characters? I don’t buy it, my best bet they’re probably free for those who pre ordered the game, don’t u think?

I think they’re going to be free DLC.

If they’re pre-order bonuses then they aren’t free. Makoto is a good example - she was a pre-order bonus, and then you could buy her later on for a set price.

Blake and Yang are free, let’s all just rejoice instead of finding new ways to cut Arc down.

[gear-project]

There’s a vast difference between a Pre-order Bonus, Free DLC on Week One, and ABSOLUTELY FREE.

ARCSys is making an awesome compromise here, and I hope they don’t slit their wrists doing it.

I suggest all you cynics wait for a flash sale if you’re that tight on money.

[osmash1]

Team Blue even thinking about making them paid DLC shows that they still have contempt for their audience and are more than willing to continue ripping them off if they want.

[drowsle101]

Paid DLC are what keeps the company - and thus the game - growing, so stop thinking that paid DLC is some kind of unforgivable sin or something

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Fact of the day

In Bloodedge Experience, Naoto and Raquel are searching for someone called Kana Kirishima. They managed to track her down to an adult store called “The Department of Sexual Desire”.

Raquel was looking at a dildo thicker than her arm and the store attendant recommended something smaller.

Truly, BlazBlue is an absolute treasure.

[drowsle101]

It helps that the Bloodedge Experience novels are never that well-known (and many LN are able to get away with that kind of stuff too)

[amatsumugi89]

Illustration from Mori’s twitter.

[drowsle101]

Looks like a bad omen