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I think Phase would've been フェイズ, not フェイス.

It's not that far from truth. It reads something like "By using the special move "Face Lift" (Rift?), it is possible to switch between modes. Different modes let you use different techniques". So yeah, no new info about the mode change here. Mu's new move is called "Ikutachi", it makes her quickly jump forward with an attack (like Gauntlet Hades?). If you combine it with a Drive, you can hit your opponent anywhere on the screen (it either links well or lets you teleport?). A short blurb about Nu's story says that, thanks to Hazama, she came back to fulfill her wish of fusing with Ragna. Hazama now calls her "Sword of Hades" for some reason.

If you mean this, then it doesn't say anything about pressing A+B during certain attacks to crush guard. It's more like "By performing certain attacks, you can break the opponent's guard", which doesn't really contradict Crush Triggers being separate moves.

Uhh, I don't remember anything like that. I remember that there are separate universal Crush Trigger moves, and that's it.

Arrows - nothing special; you can jump, run, backstep, guard by holding 4 or 1, or just move. Square, Triangle, Circle - Weak/Medium/Strong attacks X - move on the depth axis (X moves you away from the camera, 2X moves you closer to it) L1 - Great Heat Attack L2 - Puttsun Cancel (Square + Triangle + Circle) R1 - Style button (activate a Stand, attack with it, etc.) R2 - Throw (Triangle + Circle) Select - Taunt

There isn't supposed to be "A list" of Crush Trigger moves, it's universal for each character. It's always performed by pressing A+B, costs 25 meter, can be charged (probably to remove more Barrier when blocked by one), and removes about as much Barrier as if it was guard primers (so, for example, Ragna blocking a CT would lose 20%, while Noel would lose 25%). There may be some differences between characters, but no one figured them out yet.

Interesting to note that, among all those cut characters, only Mercedes was on that old concept artwork we had even before the game was announced.

It's never too late for that, even after the game's release.

It's basically a super-deformed version of Hakumen. And yeah, I spelled it wrong there, the correct name is "Pakumen".

Gentlemen, we got newcomers: Jolyne Kujo and Hermes Costello! We also have a new stage: Green Dolphin Street Prison Courtyard! http://i50.tinypic.com/2n7k0w3.jpg Hermes is one of those characters that I was hoping to be playable, yet wasn't really sure about. I mean, splitting things in two and then snapping them back together is an unusual power even by Araki's standards, but it can be very creative and powerful if used correctly. Good thing that CC2 are not afraid of making it playable, now I have another character to main.

I'll repost this here since it's too much of a bother to look for it in the CP thread by now:

Well, at least I got up four hours earlier than usual. Still waiting for Famitsu to post the article on the website. Doesn't seem like they're in a hurry about it, though I never really knew their schedule. Some articles get posted on the day the issue is out, some articles have to wait a day or two.

Let the Mu holy war commence, I suppose. The only info that we have right now: Rough translation by yours truly: So, as I see it, she's going to constantly flip between her useless self and Mu's GOTTA DESTROY EVERYTHING mode. And, since she has no idea how to control it, it's going to be more of the latter.

Rachel just turned her into Mu (by, I dunno, re-establishing the link?), not made it easier (or possible, for that matter) to control it. It's all up to Noel now - for all we know, it might take Ragna another arm or two to fix her this time. Just wait till we have something other than a short blurb about it.

I'm guessing something like, armor Nu = sword spam, armorless Nu = 4B, that new move, Act Parsers. That OP movie doesn't have anything new in terms of gameplay, but it does seem to have a lot of new CGs. Waiting for someone to screencap them all.

BBCP Opening is now up on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUNgISYgm8I

Well that doesn't make any sense at all. Still, thanks.

Sometimes people like to pretend that their character is not just a jumble of sprites and frame data.

Oh yeah, almost forgot: this scan has a screenshot of Nu changing modes, but I can't figure out the text that goes with it. If anyone has better kanji-recognizing skills than me, please try translating it.

Well, whatever, Mu's plot makes great sense to me, so I don't get all this hate. It makes even more sense if you keep in mind that there are no individual story modes this time, which means that the story mode of vanilla Noel doesn't get overshadowed by Mu. And, of course, she won't be able to perfectly control the Azure right away, so some good old Mu is bound to slip through the cracks.