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'''BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War''' is an upcoming mobile game for iOS and Android systems. <ref name="BBDW-announcement"/> A companion promotional webcomic, {{h|[[BlazBlue Walker]]}}, was serialized with biweekly releases between Jan 11, 2018 and August 29, 2018.
'''BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War''' is a mobile game for iOS and Android systems. <ref name="BBDW-announcement"/> A companion promotional webcomic, {{h|[[BlazBlue Walker]]}}, was serialized with biweekly releases between Jan 11, 2018 and August 29, 2018. On Jan 17, 2021, the official BBDW Twitter account (@BBDarkWar) began making posts under a mascot character, [[Twikaka]], and releasing a continuation of ''BlazBlue Walker'' under the name ''Introducing BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War'' with weekly chapters every Saturday.
 
On November 29, 2021, the official support twitter announced ''BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War'' would terminate it's services on January 31, 2022.<ref>https://twitter.com/BBDWSUPPORT/status/1465531029498654731</ref>


==Story==
==Story==
''This is a story of arriving at the [[Azure]].''
:''Main article: [[BlazBlue_Alternative:_Dark_War/Quests]]''
<blockquote>
This is a story of arriving at the [[Azure]].<br/>
Taking a step away from natural peace,<br/>
The world starts to end...<br/>
The hell known as possibility begins.<ref name="BBDW">''BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Official Website (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/bbdw/ Main Page]''</ref>
</blockquote>


''Taking a step away from natural peace,''
==Characters==
:''Main article: [[Characters (BBDW)]]''
:''To add a character, [[Special:FormEdit/BBDW_Character|create a page for them here]].''
{{#lsth:Characters (BBDW)|All Characters}}


''The world starts to end...''
==Publicity==
 
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
''The hell known as possibility begins.''<ref name="BBDW"/>
! data-sort-type="date" | Release Date
 
! Title
===Prologue===
! Issue
*[[One Emerging Possibility|one emerging possibility]]
! style="max-width:50%" | Contents
 
|-
==Characters==
| Feb 4, 2021 || Weekly Famitsu || [https://www.famitsu.com/news/202102/04213868.html February 18, 2021] ||Introductory Article<br/><small><i>Overview, [[Weekly Famitsu 20210218 BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Interview with Toshimichi Mori|Interview with Mori Toshimichi]]</i></small><br>
{{Icon Grid|<!--
[https://www.famitsu.com/news/202102/02213585.html Article Preview]
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Hero(Female) Icon.png|caption=Hero (Female)}}<!--
|}
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Hero(Male) Icon.png|caption=Hero (Male)}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Ciel Sulfur Icon.png|imglink=Ciel Sulfur|caption=[[Ciel Sulfur]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Kazuma Kval Icon.png|imglink=Kazuma Kval|caption=[[Kazuma Kval]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Trinity Glassfille Icon.png|imglink=Trinity Glassfille|caption=[[Trinity Glassfille]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Another Dark Mai Icon.png|imglink=Another Dark Mai|caption=[[Another Dark Mai]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Jin Kisaragi Icon.png|imglink=Jin Kisaragi|caption=[[Jin Kisaragi]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Noel Vermillion Icon.png|imglink=Noel Vermillion|caption=[[Noel Vermillion]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Tsubaki Yayoi Icon.png|imglink=Tsubaki Yayoi|caption=[[Tsubaki Yayoi]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Bullet Icon.png|imglink=Bullet|caption=[[Bullet]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Hibiki Kohaku Icon.png|imglink=Hibiki Kohaku|caption=[[Hibiki Kohaku]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Kuon Glamred Stroheim Icon.png|imglink=Kuon Glamred Stroheim|caption=[[Kuon Glamred Stroheim]]}}<!--
-->{{Icon|BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Ripper Icon.png|imglink=Ripper|caption=[[Ripper]]}}
|maxwidth=900px
}}
===Other Characters===
*[[Nine the Phantom]]
*[[Raquel Alucard]]


==Development==
==Development==


After the initial announcement of ''Dark War'' in August 2017, Toshimichi Mori, the producer of the ''BlazBlue'' series, began occasionally posting [[BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War/Gallery#Staff Extras|teaser sketches]] on Twitter. The initial promotional website for ''Dark War'' included music, the ''Dark War'' logo, and two pages of a prologue.
After the initial announcement of ''Dark War'' in August 2017, MORI Toshimichi, the producer of the ''BlazBlue'' series, began occasionally posting [[BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War/Gallery#Staff Extras|teaser sketches]] on Twitter. The initial promotional website for ''Dark War'' included music, the ''Dark War'' logo, and two pages of a prologue.


On January 11, 2018, the game's official website was updated with a short pitch for the story and an image and short description of Ciel Sulfur. <ref name="BBDW-site-update"/> The first episode of ''BlazBlue Walker'' was also released, to serialize on a biweekly schedule. Preregistrations opened on February 14, 2018, accompanied by a website update that added images and descriptions for both the male and female protagonist, as well as six other returning characters (Kazuma Kval, Trinity Glassfille, Jin Kisaragi, Noel Vermillion, Tsubaki Yayoi, and Bullet) alongside Ciel Sulfur. The ''Dark War'' logo was also replaced with a splash image featuring Raquel Alucard, Trinity Glassfille, Kazuma Kval, Jin Kisaragi, and Trinity Glassfille.
On January 11, 2018, the game's official website was updated with a short pitch for the story and an image and short description of Ciel Sulfur. <ref name="BBDW-site-update"/> The first episode of ''BlazBlue Walker'' was also released, to serialize on a biweekly schedule. Preregistrations opened on February 14, 2018, accompanied by a website update that added images and descriptions for both the male and female protagonist, as well as six other returning characters (Kazuma Kval, Trinity Glassfille, Jin Kisaragi, Noel Vermillion, Tsubaki Yayoi, and Bullet) alongside Ciel Sulfur. The ''Dark War'' logo was also replaced with a splash image featuring Raquel Alucard, Trinity Glassfille, Kazuma Kval, Jin Kisaragi, and Trinity Glassfille.


Originally planned for a 2018 release, the game was quietly delayed at the end of 2018. In May 2019, at a panel at MCM London, Mori confirmed the game was still in development.<ref name="mcm-london-2019"/>
Originally planned for a 2018 release, the game was quietly delayed at the end of 2018. In May 2019, at a panel at MCM London, Mori confirmed the game was still in development. At this panel, <i>Dark War</i>'s story was stated to be a prologue to ''[[BlazBlue (Franchise)#C-Series|BlazBlue]]''. Gameplay was revealed to include teams and equipment, and that combos would form a major part of the gameplay.<ref name="mcm-london-2019"/>
 
January 13, 2021, the game's Reboot PV was released and its release date announced for roughly February 2021 on [[ArcNama]].<ref>ArcNama Regular Broadcast, Jan 2021 episode</ref>
 
===Information===
<i>Dark War</i>'s story will be a prologue to ''[[BlazBlue (Franchise)#C-Series|BlazBlue]]''.<ref name="mcm-london-2019"/> It will have branching choices similar to those of the ''[[BlazBlue (Franchise)#XBlaze|XBlaze]]'' series, featuring a single main story with branching sub-stories. The short stories will feature characters whose stories were cut or could not fit into the main series, with Mori mentioning Hazama, [[Platinum the Trinity|Platinum]] and their relationship to [[Bell]], Bullet, Hibiki, Meifang, Houichiro Hazuki, and characters that he personally would like to spend time writing about.<ref name="interview-BBCFMC"/>
 
Gameplay will include teams and equipment, and combos will form a major part of the gameplay.<ref name="mcm-london-2019"/>


The ''[[BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection]]'' (pp.269-271) has this description for ''Dark War'' as an upcoming BlazBlue-related product:
The ''[[BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection]]'' (pp.269-271) has this description for ''Dark War'' as an upcoming BlazBlue-related product:
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The BlazBlue series' first smartphone RPG. Centering around the heroine Ciel, a new series opens up. Become acquaintances with characters from the series up until now, including [those] from the novels and comics, and make a party with those whom you like. (Release planned for 2018)
The BlazBlue series' first smartphone RPG. Centering around the heroine Ciel, a new series opens up. Become acquaintances with characters from the series up until now, including [those] from the novels and comics, and make a party with those whom you like. (Release planned for 2018)
</i></blockquote>
</i></blockquote>
''Dark War'' was also touched upon briefly in the BBCFMC's included interview with producer Mori-P. It would have branching choices similar to those of the ''[[BlazBlue (Franchise)#XBlaze|XBlaze]]'' series, featuring a single main story with branching sub-stories. The short stories would feature characters whose stories were cut or could not fit into the main series, with Mori-P mentioning Hazama, [[Platinum the Trinity|Platinum]] and their relationship to [[Bell]], Bullet, Hibiki, Meifang, Houichiro Hazuki, and characters that he personally would like to spend time writing about.<ref name="interview-BBCFMC"/>
January 13, 2021, the game's Reboot PV was released and its release date announced for roughly February 2021 on [[ArcNama]].<ref>ArcNama Regular Broadcast, Jan 2021 episode</ref>


===Pre-registration===
===Pre-registration===
[[File:BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Preregistration.jpg|thumb|right|The old pre-registration tiers]]
[[File:BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Preregistration 2.png|thumb|right|Screenshot of the pre-registration campaign on the official website]]
Pre-registration opened on Feb 14, 2018 and was available via the [http://www.blazblue.jp/bbdw/ official website] by signing up with email or by following the [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar official ''Dark War'' Twitter]. The accompanying step-up campaign confirmed that the game would contain a [[wikipedia:Gashapon|gacha]].
Pre-registration opened on Feb 14, 2018 and was available via the [http://www.blazblue.jp/bbdw/ official website] by signing up with email or by following the [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar official ''Dark War'' Twitter]. The accompanying step-up campaign confirmed that the game would contain a [[wikipedia:Gashapon|gacha]].


On Jan 13, 2021 with the release of the game's Reboot PV, the pre-registration rewards were changed, adding EXP Crystals to different tiers, adjusting the P$ rewards, changing the Crystallized Azure cost for each pull from 30 to 200, removing Noel (Academy Uniform) from the last tier and making her a guaranteed reward, and adding Noel's grimoire to the final tier instead. Line was also added as a pre-registration option.
On Jan 13, 2021 with the release of the game's Reboot PV, the pre-registration rewards were changed, adding EXP Crystals to different tiers, adjusting the P$ rewards, changing the Crystallized Azure cost for each pull from 30 to 200, removing Noel (Academy Uniform) from the last tier and making her a guaranteed reward, and adding Noel's grimoire to the final tier instead. Line was also added as a pre-registration option.
After September 22, 2021 it will not be possible anymore to receive the pre-registration rewards. Most of the rewards will be available in beginner-only missions instead.


The pre-registration milestone rewards are as follows:
The pre-registration milestone rewards are as follows:
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|-
!To all
!To all
|S-rank Noel (Academy Uniform)
|{{bbdw|character|Noel Vermillion (Academy)}}
|N/A
|(none)
|-
|-
!3,000
!3,000
|150,000 [[Platinum Dollars|P$]]<br>AL Recovery Item (S) x5<br>EXP Crystal (M) x5
|{{bbdw|item|P$*150,000|display=icononly}}{{bbdw|item|AL Recovery Medicine (S)*5|display=icononly}}{{bbdw|item|EXP Crystal (M)*5|display=icononly}}
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|-
!5,000
!5,000
|[[Crystallized Azure]] x400 (2 gacha pulls)<br>EXP Crystal (M) x10
|{{bbdw|item|Crystallized Azure*400|display=icononly}}{{bbdw|item|EXP Crystal (M)*10|display=icononly}}
|Feb 15, 2018<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/964091928550805505 Preregistrations have reached 5,000]''</ref>
|Feb 15, 2018<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/964091928550805505 Preregistrations have reached 5,000]''</ref>
|-
|-
!10,000
!10,000
|Gacha Ticket x2<br>EXP Crystal (L) x5
|{{bbdw|item|Crystallized Azure Gacha Ticket*2|display=icononly}}{{bbdw|item|EXP Crystal (L)*5|display=icononly}}
|Feb 16, 2018<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/964429061643632640 Preregistrations have reached 10,000]''</ref>
|Feb 16, 2018<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/964429061643632640 Preregistrations have reached 10,000]''</ref>
|-
|-
!30,000
!30,000
|Crystallized Azure x800 (4 gacha pulls)<br>500,000 [[Platinum Dollars|P$]]
|{{bbdw|item|Crystallized Azure*800|display=icononly}}{{bbdw|item|P$*500,000|display=icononly}}
|Jan 15, 2021<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/1350032479743311873 Preregistrations have reached 30,000]''</ref>
|Jan 15, 2021<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/1350032479743311873 Preregistrations have reached 30,000]''</ref>
|-
|-
!50,000
!50,000
|Crystallized Azure x1000 (5 gacha pulls)<br>Gacha Ticket x2
|{{bbdw|item|Crystallized Azure*1000|display=icononly}}{{bbdw|item|Crystallized Azure Gacha Ticket*2|display=icononly}}
|
|Jan 26, 2021<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/1354001130213302279 Preregistrations have reached 50,000]''</ref>
|-
|-
!100,000
!100,000
|☆4 Noel Grimoire "風になびく詩"<ref>Famitsu App (JP), [https://app.famitsu.com/20210113_1752185/ シリーズ最新作『ブレイブルー オルタナティブ ダークウォー』2021年2月に配信決定！事前登録も再開]</ref><br>EXP Crystal (L) x10
|{{bbdw|grimoire|風になびく詩}}<ref>Famitsu App (JP), [https://app.famitsu.com/20210113_1752185/ シリーズ最新作『ブレイブルー オルタナティブ ダークウォー』2021年2月に配信決定！事前登録も再開]</ref>{{bbdw|item|EXP Crystal (L)*10|display=icononly}}
|
|Feb 12, 2021<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/1360121458643599360 Preregistrations have reached 100,000]''</ref>
|}
|}


Although it was not a milestone on the step-up campaign, the official twitter reported pre-registrations surpassing 20k on July 4, 2018 along with the release of Rebel.14 of ''[[BlazBlue Walker]]''.<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/1014441185031536642 BBWalker Ep. 14 is released and preregistrations have reached 20,000]</ref>
Although it was not a milestone on the step-up campaign, the official twitter reported pre-registrations surpassing 20k on July 4, 2018 along with the release of Rebel.14 of ''[[BlazBlue Walker]]''.<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/1014441185031536642 BBWalker Ep. 14 is released and preregistrations have reached 20,000]</ref>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
{{clear}}
<gallery>
File:BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Preregistration.jpg|150px|The old pre-registration campaign
</gallery>


==Videos==
==Videos==
===Opening===
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.blazblue.jp/bbdw/ Official website (JP)]
*[http://www.blazblue.jp/bbdw/ Official Website (JP)]
*[https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar Official twitter (JP)]
*[https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar Official Twitter (JP)]
*[https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/blazblue-alternative-darkwar/id1548680724 Apple App Store page (JP)]
*[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arcsystemworks.bbdw Google Play Store page (JP)]


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="BBDW-announcement">''Gematsu, [http://gematsu.com/2017/08/blazblue-alternative-dark-war-announced-ios-android| BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War announced for iOS, Android]''</ref>
<ref name="BBDW-announcement">''Gematsu, [http://gematsu.com/2017/08/blazblue-alternative-dark-war-announced-ios-android| BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War announced for iOS, Android]''</ref>
<ref name="BBDW-site-update">''Siliconera, [http://www.siliconera.com/2018/01/11/blazblue-alternative-dark-war-launches-in-japan-in-2018-teases-new-heroine-named-ciel-sulphur/ BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Launches in Japan in 2018, Teases New Heroine Named Ciel Sulphur]''</ref>
<ref name="BBDW-site-update">''Siliconera, [http://www.siliconera.com/2018/01/11/blazblue-alternative-dark-war-launches-in-japan-in-2018-teases-new-heroine-named-ciel-sulphur/ BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Launches in Japan in 2018, Teases New Heroine Named Ciel Sulphur]''</ref>
<ref name="interview-BBCFMC">''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection, [[BlazBlue:_Central_Fiction_Official_Setting_Material_Collection/Interview|Special Interview with Toshimichi Mori]]''</ref>
<ref name="interview-BBCFMC">''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection, [[BlazBlue:_Central_Fiction_Official_Setting_Material_Collection/Interview|Special Interview with Mori Toshimichi]]''</ref>
<!--<ref name="interview-AppBank-2017">''AppBank, [[AppBank 2017 Year-End Creator Survey Vol. 2|2017 Year-End Creator Survey Vol. 2]]''</ref>-->
<!--<ref name="interview-AppBank-2017">''AppBank, [[AppBank 2017 Year-End Creator Survey Vol. 2|2017 Year-End Creator Survey Vol. 2]]''</ref>-->
<ref name="mcm-london-2019">MCM London 2019, PQube x Arc System Works panel, https://twitter.com/BlazBlue_Wiki/status/1134209294625206272</ref>
<ref name="mcm-london-2019">MCM London 2019, PQube x Arc System Works panel, https://twitter.com/BlazBlue_Wiki/status/1134209294625206272</ref>

Latest revision as of 22:23, 5 December 2021

ブレイブルー オルタナティブ　ダーク　ウォー
BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War

BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Logo.png

Developer

Arc System Works, Linked Brain, GEN.inc (before September 2018)

Publishers

JP: Arc System Works

Genre

Chain Combo x Novel RPG (Role-Playing)[1]

Releases

iOS, Android

  • JP: February 16, 2021

BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War is a mobile game for iOS and Android systems. [2] A companion promotional webcomic, BlazBlue Walker, was serialized with biweekly releases between Jan 11, 2018 and August 29, 2018. On Jan 17, 2021, the official BBDW Twitter account (@BBDarkWar) began making posts under a mascot character, Twikaka, and releasing a continuation of BlazBlue Walker under the name Introducing BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War with weekly chapters every Saturday.

On November 29, 2021, the official support twitter announced BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War would terminate it's services on January 31, 2022.[3]

Story

Main article: BlazBlue_Alternative:_Dark_War/Quests

This is a story of arriving at the Azure.
Taking a step away from natural peace,
The world starts to end...
The hell known as possibility begins.[4]

Characters

Main article: Characters (BBDW)
To add a character, create a page for them here.
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Acht Icon.png
Acht
  
Blazblue Alternative Dark War Avenge Icon.png
Avenge
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Bullet Icon.png
Bullet
  
Blazblue Alternative Dark War Djeeta Icon.png
Djeeta
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Drei Icon.png
Drei
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Es Icon.png
Es
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Fuzzy Icon.png
Fuzzy
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Hazama Icon.png
Hazama
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Izayoi Icon.png
Izayoi
  
Blazblue Alternative Dark War Jubei Icon.png
Jubei
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Juusan Icon.png
Juusan
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Linhua Icon.png
Linhua
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Ripper Icon.png
Ripper
  
Blazblue Alternative Dark War Sechs Icon.png
Sechs
  
Blazblue Alternative Dark War Tweyen Icon.png
Tweyen
  
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Zwei Icon.png
Zwei
  

Publicity

Release Date Title Issue Contents
Feb 4, 2021 Weekly Famitsu February 18, 2021 Introductory Article
Overview, Interview with Mori Toshimichi

Article Preview

Development

After the initial announcement of Dark War in August 2017, MORI Toshimichi, the producer of the BlazBlue series, began occasionally posting teaser sketches on Twitter. The initial promotional website for Dark War included music, the Dark War logo, and two pages of a prologue.

On January 11, 2018, the game's official website was updated with a short pitch for the story and an image and short description of Ciel Sulfur. [5] The first episode of BlazBlue Walker was also released, to serialize on a biweekly schedule. Preregistrations opened on February 14, 2018, accompanied by a website update that added images and descriptions for both the male and female protagonist, as well as six other returning characters (Kazuma Kval, Trinity Glassfille, Jin Kisaragi, Noel Vermillion, Tsubaki Yayoi, and Bullet) alongside Ciel Sulfur. The Dark War logo was also replaced with a splash image featuring Raquel Alucard, Trinity Glassfille, Kazuma Kval, Jin Kisaragi, and Trinity Glassfille.

Originally planned for a 2018 release, the game was quietly delayed at the end of 2018. In May 2019, at a panel at MCM London, Mori confirmed the game was still in development. At this panel, Dark War's story was stated to be a prologue to BlazBlue. Gameplay was revealed to include teams and equipment, and that combos would form a major part of the gameplay.[6]

The BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection (pp.269-271) has this description for Dark War as an upcoming BlazBlue-related product:

BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War

The BlazBlue series' first smartphone RPG. Centering around the heroine Ciel, a new series opens up. Become acquaintances with characters from the series up until now, including [those] from the novels and comics, and make a party with those whom you like. (Release planned for 2018)

Dark War was also touched upon briefly in the BBCFMC's included interview with producer Mori-P. It would have branching choices similar to those of the XBlaze series, featuring a single main story with branching sub-stories. The short stories would feature characters whose stories were cut or could not fit into the main series, with Mori-P mentioning Hazama, Platinum and their relationship to Bell, Bullet, Hibiki, Meifang, Houichiro Hazuki, and characters that he personally would like to spend time writing about.[7]

January 13, 2021, the game's Reboot PV was released and its release date announced for roughly February 2021 on ArcNama.[8]

Pre-registration

Screenshot of the pre-registration campaign on the official website

Pre-registration opened on Feb 14, 2018 and was available via the official website by signing up with email or by following the official Dark War Twitter. The accompanying step-up campaign confirmed that the game would contain a gacha.

On Jan 13, 2021 with the release of the game's Reboot PV, the pre-registration rewards were changed, adding EXP Crystals to different tiers, adjusting the P$ rewards, changing the Crystallized Azure cost for each pull from 30 to 200, removing Noel (Academy Uniform) from the last tier and making her a guaranteed reward, and adding Noel's grimoire to the final tier instead. Line was also added as a pre-registration option.

After September 22, 2021 it will not be possible anymore to receive the pre-registration rewards. Most of the rewards will be available in beginner-only missions instead.

The pre-registration milestone rewards are as follows:

Reward Date Reached
To all
BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Noel Vermillion (Academy) Icon.png
(S) Noel Vermillion (Academy)
 (none)
3,000
BBDW Item P$.pngP$
 x150,000
BBDW Item AL Kaifukuzai 1.pngAL Recovery Medicine (S)
Recovers 20 AL.
 x5
BBDW Item EXP Kesshou 2.pngEXP Crystal (M)
Gives 500 EXP.
 x5
 N/A
5,000
BBDW Item Ao no Kesshou.pngCrystallized Azure
200 Crystallized Azure is needed for 1 pull of the Crystallized Azure Gacha. It has free and paid versions.
 x400
BBDW Item EXP Kesshou 2.pngEXP Crystal (M)
Gives 500 EXP.
 x10
 Feb 15, 2018[9]
10,000
BBDW Item EXP Kesshou 3.pngEXP Crystal (L)
Gives 5000 EXP.
 x5
 Feb 16, 2018[10]
30,000
BBDW Item Ao no Kesshou.pngCrystallized Azure
200 Crystallized Azure is needed for 1 pull of the Crystallized Azure Gacha. It has free and paid versions.
 x800
BBDW Item P$.pngP$
 x500,000
 Jan 15, 2021[11]
50,000
BBDW Item Ao no Kesshou.pngCrystallized Azure
200 Crystallized Azure is needed for 1 pull of the Crystallized Azure Gacha. It has free and paid versions.
 x1000
 Jan 26, 2021[12]
100,000
Blazblue Alternative Dark War 4Star Grimoire 22.png
(★4) Poetry Fluttering in the Wind
[13]
BBDW Item EXP Kesshou 3.pngEXP Crystal (L)
Gives 5000 EXP.
 x10
 Feb 12, 2021[14]

Although it was not a milestone on the step-up campaign, the official twitter reported pre-registrations surpassing 20k on July 4, 2018 along with the release of Rebel.14 of BlazBlue Walker.[15]

  • The old pre-registration campaign

    The old pre-registration campaign

Videos

Opening

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Animated by Yostar Pictures

Trailers

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Reboot PV (Japanese)
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Promotional Video (Japanese)

BlazBlue Lab

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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #1Topics: Gameplay
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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #2Topics: Story
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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #3Topics: Character Progression
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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #4Topics: Launch Stream / Gacha / 1st Roadmap
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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #5Topics: Introducing "MEMORIES RESTORATION" event / Introducing Es and Raquel / Event banner draws from Mori until pulling Es / Roadmap until July
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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #6Topics: Introducing "Wondrous Glasses and A Test of Love ~Spectacles of Eros CARNAGE~" event / Introducing Kokonoe and Noel (Fire) / Quiz with HONNIZUMI Rina / Updated roadmap
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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #7Topics: Showcasing BBDW Premium Card Set Vol. 1 / Introducing "Guide of Devilish Dreams ~ Nightmare Fiction" and Hazama & Fuzzy / Games with HONNIZUMI Rina and Ozawa / Boss Challenge / Fanart Corner / Roadmap
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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #8Topics: Introducing "A Dream of Empty Skies" event, Another Dark Mai & Meifang Lapislazuli / Games with HONNIZUMI Rina and Ozawa / Fanart corner / Talk with MORI Toshimichi
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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #9Topics: Introducing "Welcome! To Ishana Fes! ~Grab Hold! Mage, Saint-to-be!", Nine (PS) and Chachakaka / Challenge battle with HONNIZUMI Rina / Fanart corner / Talk with MORI Toshimichi
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BlazBlue Lab: Letters from the Devs #10Topics: Introducing "Summer-dyed Sunshine! ~Blue Seas, Talking Island~" event, Summer Platinum, Mai and Kuon / Challeng battle with HONNIZUMI Rina and Summer characters / Fanart corner / Upcoming updates, with MORI Toshimichi

BlazBlue Radio NEO

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BuruRaji NEO #8 ~BBDW, Start!Hosts: IMAI Asami / KONDŌ Kanako / HONNIZUMI Rina

Guest: SUGITA Tomokazu

External Links

References

  1. ↑ https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1299983.html
  2. ↑ Gematsu, BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War announced for iOS, Android
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/BBDWSUPPORT/status/1465531029498654731
  4. ↑ BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Official Website (JP), Main Page
  5. ↑ Siliconera, BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Launches in Japan in 2018, Teases New Heroine Named Ciel Sulphur
  6. ↑ MCM London 2019, PQube x Arc System Works panel, https://twitter.com/BlazBlue_Wiki/status/1134209294625206272
  7. ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection, Special Interview with Mori Toshimichi
  8. ↑ ArcNama Regular Broadcast, Jan 2021 episode
  9. ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), Preregistrations have reached 5,000
  10. ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), Preregistrations have reached 10,000
  11. ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), Preregistrations have reached 30,000
  12. ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), Preregistrations have reached 50,000
  13. ↑ Famitsu App (JP), シリーズ最新作『ブレイブルー オルタナティブ ダークウォー』2021年2月に配信決定！事前登録も再開
  14. ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), Preregistrations have reached 100,000
  15. ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), BBWalker Ep. 14 is released and preregistrations have reached 20,000
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