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Revision as of 15:17, 2 February 2021
 | This article contains phrases or names that do not have official English localizations. Their current translations act as placeholders. Further details: Information about this title only applies to Japan. No official announcement has been made regarding Western releases of this title. |
| ブレイブルー オルタナティブ ダーク ウォー BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War | |
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Arc System Works, Linked Brain, GEN.inc (before September 2018) |
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JP: Arc System Works |
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Chain Combo x Novel RPG (Role-Playing)[1] |
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iOS, Android
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BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War is an upcoming 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.
Story
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.[3]
Prologue
Characters
Other Characters
- Makoto Nanaya
- Naoto Kurogane
- Nine the Phantom
- Raquel Alucard
- Rachel Alucard
- Saya Terumi
- Mei Amanohokosaka
- Ringo Akagi
- Iron Tager
- Acht
- Akane Teruhiko
- Arakune
- Taokaka
- Valkenhayn R. Hellsing (Bloodedge Experience version)
- Relius Clover (Bloodedge Experience version)
- Kiiro Hikagami
- Saya Terumi
Development
After the initial announcement of Dark War in August 2017, Toshimichi Mori, 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. [4] 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.[5]
January 13, 2021, the game's Reboot PV was released and its release date announced for roughly February 2021 on ArcNama.[6]
Information
Dark War's story will be a prologue to BlazBlue.[5] It will have branching choices similar to those of the 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 and their relationship to Bell, Bullet, Hibiki, Meifang, Houichiro Hazuki, and characters that he personally would like to spend time writing about.[7]
Gameplay will include teams and equipment, and combos will form a major part of the gameplay.[5]
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)
Pre-registration
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.
The pre-registration milestone rewards are as follows:
| Reward | Date Reached | |
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| To all | S-rank Noel (Academy Uniform) | (none) |
| 3,000 | 150,000 P$ AL Recovery Item (S) x5 EXP Crystal (M) x5 |
N/A |
| 5,000 | Crystallized Azure x400 (2 gacha pulls) EXP Crystal (M) x10 |
Feb 15, 2018[8] |
| 10,000 | Gacha Ticket x2 EXP Crystal (L) x5 |
Feb 16, 2018[9] |
| 30,000 | Crystallized Azure x800 (4 gacha pulls) 500,000 P$ |
Jan 15, 2021[10] |
| 50,000 | Crystallized Azure x1000 (5 gacha pulls) Gacha Ticket x2 |
Jan 26, 2021[11] |
| 100,000 | ☆4 Noel Grimoire "風になびく詩"[12] EXP Crystal (L) x10 |
Not yet reached |
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.[13]
The old pre-registration campaign
Videos
External Links
References
- ↑ https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1299983.html
- ↑ Gematsu, BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War announced for iOS, Android
- ↑ BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Official Website (JP), Main Page
- ↑ Siliconera, BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Launches in Japan in 2018, Teases New Heroine Named Ciel Sulphur
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 MCM London 2019, PQube x Arc System Works panel, https://twitter.com/BlazBlue_Wiki/status/1134209294625206272
- ↑ ArcNama Regular Broadcast, Jan 2021 episode
- ↑ BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Setting Material Collection, Special Interview with Toshimichi Mori
- ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), Preregistrations have reached 5,000
- ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), Preregistrations have reached 10,000
- ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), Preregistrations have reached 30,000
- ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), Preregistrations have reached 50,000
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), BBWalker Ep. 14 is released and preregistrations have reached 20,000