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I expect them to constantly bounce, even when she is being completely still. Then again, since this covers Calamity Trigger first I have to wonder if Litchi will show up for more than one episode (assuming the anime focuses on, mostly, Ragna's side).

Holy onslaught of "Umms", Batman! Anyway, it isn't hard to imagine another 20% left to cover for the next game to complete the story. As an example, you could say that Calamity Trigger was the first 20% since it set the foundation for the world, but outside of a core few characters, not many events happened. Continuum Shift was the next 30%, bringing it to 50% (Mori said they were halfway done when it rolled around) which had much more happening and wasn't strictly limited to the previous core few. And now we got Chronophantasma which adds another 30%, bringing it to 80% and I can believe it. We've got even more stuff going on at once. The last 20% will likely focus on finishing off all loose ends and resolving issues (kill villain, save world, create future spin-off titles for marketing purposes).

OK what the hell happened? Did Microsoft not have enough money to shell out for a 360 version as well? Did making sure that Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III are also on the XboxOne eat up the budget? I'm not even a 360 owner and I feel bad for the people who'll either have to a) buy a PS3 for the game or b) skip out on the title.

Could the dream finally be coming true? Are we really, kinda-sorta-maybe getting the most anticipated Blazblue character of all time, ?

Ah dammit . This sucks because I lack the means for importing and I am one of those lowly maggots that plays Blazblue for its story as well as genuine gameplay and since I cannot learn Japanese right now, I am not stuck worrying that CP won't be localized until something like July 2014. This must be something like karma since P4A was released within what, a week between the JPN and ENG version?

Man, the possible, unfortunate implications of this does not spell good news for 360 players. I'm a firm supporter of multi-platform titles and believe that if companies can make the game on more than one console in a given generation then they should do it with gusto. Though if this is true, the decision to no longer have Blazblue on the 360 is a little odd to me. In Japan I guess it makes sense since the 360 did really bad in terms of sales, but in the West?

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/10/you-have-to-pay-to-play-online-for-playstation-4/ All I got at the moment. There's more info around floating about I am sure. EDIT: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/124821-PS4-Online-Multiplayer-Requires-PS-Subscription OK, seems like I got it wrong after all. It will only be the PS4 games that have that PS+ subscription. Which suits me much more as I don't feel like becoming its member just yet.

No date yet? Aksys you tease. All I can hope is that CP is released for December if the Japanese release is in October. Maybe it is just the way it was worded, but from what I am given to understand is that your PSN account transfers over to the PS4 and since it is on the same network, I don't know how it would recognize if I am playing on my PS3/Vita once the PS4 is out, it only made logical sense to conclude that I would have to start paying for PS+ for my online matches. Of course, I could still be very much wrong and SONY literally rocked their press conference with wave after wave of good news. It doesn't help that BB is the only game I play online so me being PS+ member doesn't exactly pay off. Still, perhaps I jumped to conclusions too quickly. And of course, region free is awesome if anyone here imports next ASW fighters and projects.

So, chances are we should see something CP related for E3 at the very least, yes? Possibly a new trailer or, if I had my pick, I'd love to see how the new online lobbies will be like. I keep hearing things like we'll get pixelated avatars that we can move around to look for opponents so I'd love to see that in action. Speaking of online however, SONY announced that once the PS4 is out, if you want to play multiplayer games (like Blazblue) you will need to become a PS+ member. This includes PS3 and PS Vita. I dunno how I should feel about that since part of the reason I bought a PS3 was for free online.

Well considering it is just Calamity Trigger, I doubt they can screw it up. Though, how they plan to integrate all the characters into one cohesive narrative is beyond me since in CT every character was out doing their own thing really. Why's that? I figure Kagura is bound to be popular enough for people. If anything, it'll be Noel who needs protection from the shippers.

Bonus points: said wanted poster was provided by Kagura himself.

Inb4lolNoel'sflatchest joke #46789. Interesting, the plot thickens. So it is possible that Ragna and Kagura have been in cahoots since the day the former began blowing up NOL Branches. It would make sense in a way, especially if Kagura has been feeding him information about how he could infiltrate each city.

Well yes, I never said not to call (tentative) shenanigans. Still, there is always a chance that the source came from some obscure site or just passed by word of mouth from one person to another until someone heard it and did the wiki entry. I guess I am a lucky one since I can enjoy both as either role . You never know. Next thing you're going to hear is that Blazblue will be getting a guest character in Alex Mercer or something .

Maybe so, but Wikipedia has this rather hilarious tendency to be legit from time to time, despite often not coming from credible sources. Course, I am mostly A-OK if this is true and I'd find it incredibly fun if Amane is indeed voiced by JYB since Ragna does have an Ichigo palette now. Doubly so when you know Patrick Seitz (Ragna's English VA) voices Ichigo's dad.

Do the Lambda-11 and Nu-13 full body suits qualify as "pants"? And if we're playing on words you could say that Bullet's hotpants are just, really, really tight and short pants. Hmm, that woman wreathed in black flames...if she turns out to indeed be Nine (as Phantom) I wonder if it'll also be revealed that Nine was always working with Terumi and Relius. I mean, she did supposedly de-power Haku-men and Jubei's Nox Nyctores (arguably 2 of the stronger Six Heroes) first instead of the obviously evil/cannot be trusted Terumi's. Then again, that'd evoke too much Code Geass for me ala

Those be embers, no doubt from some poor, unfortunate, smoldering wreckage nearby (possibly ones belonging to Kagura's sweet bachelor pad). But I will grant you that Azrael's aura does evoke a similar feeling to Ragna, though it is probably nothing more than coincidence.

You forgot the following: -Young Valkenhayn. -Slightly Arakune-fied Litchi. -Pre-cyborg Tager. -Talkshow Host Arakune. -Drunken Master Makoto.

Well not hearing all that crazy, garbled speech pattern would be kinda weird. I mean, he spent 2 games like this and suddenly he talks "properly"? I've grown rather fond of it you see. I'm still waiting on Transformer Tager so can immediately play Stan Bush's "The Touch" whenever I win a match .

Well, considering they did say "He's far beyond saving now" It's more than likely a coin flip at best. However, if by some chance Bang can save him as well, I doubt he'd still be playable, that is, unless he still had access to his various bugs, and such. Do people forget that this is a land where they can smelt souls into a world-hating mecha musume or where being swallowed by a multi-headed, pissed off Black Beast can send you 80 years into the future? It is possible that Bang's Nox (or rather, the Kushinada Lynchpin it carries) can act as a sort of rule-breaker when it comes to those affected by the Boundary. At worst, that I can foresee, is having the Nox save them but carrying 2 consequences: 1. Litchi loses her powers and can no longer fight. A replacement for her playstyle is introduced . 2. Arakune's sanity is returned but is stuck in his current body because Hazama observed him as such. Downside: he is no longer going to be off his rocker anymore. And this is just the worst-case scenario. It is entirely possible they have them both saved somehow because Blazblue-verse doesn't exactly operate on strictly defined rules.

Possibly, though I am just not seeing why people want Jubei to be playable so much. I'm not dissing the character or anything, but I've always found him more suitable as this powerful NPC than a playable character.

I always thought they were one and the same. You learn something new every day. Now that's something I'd personally like to see made XD.

On the contrary, I believe ASW needs to go all Oprah on us and make even more Alternate Form characters . Though it is true that we don't NEED any more Alternate Forms, we are going to get at least one more down the line. Maybe not in CP necessarily, but definitely somewhere down the line in the next game or two in the series. If we're talking within the context of the Azure Grimmoire, then no he shouldn't if it's the same old Soul Eater drive. I never said that he wasn't allowed to have a Drive. In fact, I was saying that Bloodedge would need to have a Drive (since it is integral to the overall game mechanics). But I was having problems thinking up how he could fight if Bloodedge himself existed in a time before Ars Armagus (Drive) was developed and thus justifying Bloodedge being playable. Of course, I'm sure gameplay-and-story segregation will ultimately prevail because of timey-wimey-googly-wobbly-bits.

Weren't Guilty Gear's EX characters basically that though? I know, but I wasn't talking about anyone else other than Ragna-Bloodedge (and Jin as an example). Yes, not every character's story related powers translate into their Drive, but Ragna's however do. In fact, they're entirely dependent on the Azure he's using as a substitute arm. Oh I am open to the idea for certain. I'm just having a hard time imagining how a handi-capable, Azure-less Ragna could fight and not have it end up like I described earlier. Perfectly valid. I'm just pointing out that, from my POV, Ragna having an alternate form is inevitable. What it'll be however, is up in the air though.

Which would be what exactly? I'm not even trying to sound smug, I legitimately would like to hear what people think Bloodedge himself could use as a Drive (assuming he's the alternate form of Ragna that gets made). And the point I missed is? English isn't my first language so if I misunderstood something, please inform me of such.