Anyone who has an interest in anime and manga will surely tell you that Bleach is one of the best series ever to be launched in the recent years. Now Sega has announced two new games based on the Bleach series. They are, Bleach: Shattered Blade for the Wii and Bleach: The Blade of Fate for the Nintendo DS. These games will have a strong cast of characters voiced by the actors from the anime.
Here are the details of the new Bleach video games for Wii and Nintendo DS:
- Bleach: Shattered Blade for the Wii enables players to wield the Wii Remote and Nunchuk as their weapons – slashing, jabbing, and lunging in furious battles like a real Soul Reaper. Bleach: Shattered Blade offers an exclusive storyline created specifically for the Wii with 32 characters to choose from. Once a new character is unlocked, players can replay the story episodes utilising the characters special moves and weapons adding a whole new perspective to the storyline.
- On the Wii, players will be able to inflict enormous damage on opponents with powerful weapons and super power attacks taken straight from the TV series. Characters can summon supernatural allies such as a giant serpent, a samurai titan, or a tidal wave, for battle support. Players can also square-off against their friends in high-speed multiplayer combat in 3D arenas and environments based on settings from the series.
- On the Nintendo DS, Bleach: The Blade of Fate offers striking 2D action and brilliant visuals that have become the hallmark of Treasure, the game’s legendary development team. Players will face a variety of opponents as one of 28 highly-stylised characters in intense action-packed battles based on the animated series. Bleach: The Blade of Fate on the Nintendo DS brings a twist to the traditional 2D fighting game with a new kind of battle system that enables players to move between upper and lower split-plane battle arenas to chase after or escape from opponents.
- Bleach: The Blade of Fate for the DS also allows gamers to build Spirit Card Decks to strategically access power-ups and power-downs to perform special attacks, cast healing spells on themselves, displace enemies, or forbid them from using their own Spirit Cards. Additionally, gamers can take to the streets battling against enemies in fast-paced combat via the Nintendo DS’ Wi-Fi capabilities.
John Easum, President, VIZ Media Europe said, “We are thrilled to be partnering with SEGA Europe for the Bleach Wii and DS games. The SEGA Bleach games are outstanding and have already enjoyed immense success in Japan. In Europe, the manga is already a top-seller, and the exciting TV series will soon launch. We are expecting a very big response to the SEGA games”.
Bleach: Shattered Blade for the Wii and Bleach: The Blade of Fate for the Nintendo DS are expected to release in North America in Fall 2007 and in Europe in early 2008.