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Actually, she was never in any version. She was completely cut out. *huge Sonic nerd here* This is the first time she's been included officially. Funny how they include her but not any of the dummy characters like "Rocket Metal".

Video's out. We've already seen it. I was right about it just being the intro video, but on Nico.

LOL. Wish people would stop saying it's Celica. Doesn't look at all like her. They're just setting themselves up for disappointment with crazy assumptions like that.

Nico's now available in English. Also, you don't need a Nico account to watch a channel video, although you won't be able to see or leave comments.

Trinity and Nine aren't sisters... they were close friends. Until Terumi tricked Trinity into undoing the Mind Eater spell.

That video goes up around 2 hours and 37 minutes from now.

The novel illustration zeth posted is Ayame Yayoi, Tsubaki's ancestor. Also, weird speculations over on JP side. They think the girl at 1:10 might be something like Tsubaki turned into a Prime Field/Murakumo or even Tsubaki possessed by the Imperator after the Imperator ditches Saya's body.

Something I just noticed. "Tsubaki" at 1:10 of the Opening is drawn in the same style as the "character select" art (has the same shading and everything), but it's clearly not Tsubaki's "character select" art. Curious. Might mean nothing, but it is curious.

Stop the story discussion please, this is a gameplay/hype thread. Story discussion goes in Zepp. It's probably the intro, but on Nico, now that I think about it.

I'm telling you people, it's time manipulation that allows Rachel to do it. The game's plot allegedly revolves around a "Time Illusion" and the idea of time no longer having meaning. When the Nemesis Horizon pops up in the opening, there's a clock counting up on the screen that gets corrupted and disappears after Nu and Mu show up. There's also the exploding hourglass.

Huh? I thought that was Phantom.

Game is called Chrono Phantasma. Probably some time manipulation involved. Also, damn. I just realised that "Nemesis Horizon" thing has opened a massive cauldron in THE SKY at the end of this intro thing.

Ah, well. I was fairly certain no one gave a damn about Extend competitively because we were all sick of CS by then and P4U grabbed more attention.

Oh... LOL. Well that's just silly.

I don't really get what's wrong with Mu. Maybe Nu, considering what she was like in CT. But not Mu.

It's a cop-out reason to put Mu back into the game. Makes the end of CS seem pointless.

Looked around on jBBS threads. Nu's OD is called "Unlimited Drive" (... really?), she also has a new move called Supra Rage (?! スープラレイジ). They also seem inclined to agree that Nu may have become a mode changing character. Mu's OD is called "Steinsgazer" and "Sword of the God Slayer" (her astral) apparently has a new visual. Also, I can confirm this fact:

https://twitter.com/zatuyoP/status/258453722819067904 Incoming BlazBlue video tomorrow at 2pm (Japan time, BTW).

... Oh okay. It appears Mu-12 being in CP is a canon appearance and this time Noel has willingly transformed into her... Wait, what?

... He has a copy of the magazine in which the article detailing the announcement Nu and Mu is in.

https://twitter.com/Jay_MG/status/258440901972611072 Jay_MG posted on twitter that Nu is now a mode change character. Jay may not update his blog anymore, but when he did he posted some nice scans back in the day. I think we can trust him.

The emblem is actually that of the BlazBlue (as in the Azure Grimoire, not the game), although that emblem is attributed to Calamity Trigger (as in the game, in-universe the words "calamity trigger" are just another name for "successor of the Azure" or more specifically Noel). Also, that's not a chest, it's a coffin. Much like the coffins Murakumos are kept in. Fun fact, they all have the BlazBlue emblem on them.

After finally going through the Sector Seven EX Story recently, I'm pretty sure there's little chance of a Xi-14 actually existing and there's no chance of the 10th prime field and any before it even still being around.

.. That's Pakumen. It's what happens when Amane's AH is used on Hakumen.

Actually, Phase Shift 2-4 is all about the Dark War.