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== Gameplay ==
* '''Throw''' (<ruby><rb>通常投げ</rb><rt>Normal Throw</rt></ruby> ''Tsūjō Nage'')
Brings out an attack that the opponent can not block by guarding.
* '''Anti-Throw'''
Stops an opponent's throw. The input is the same as that for a normal throw.
* '''Reversal Action''' (リバーサルアクション ''Ribāsaru Akushon'')
A move taken from Persona 4 Arena, this allows you to counterattack while the opponent is attacking. Each character performs a different motion for their reversal action, and characters gain a red aura while this is active.
* '''Cancel Assist''' (キャンセルアシスト ''Kyanseru Ashisuto'')
Uses 2.5 (50%) of the Cross Gauge during a character's attack to allow one to perform attacks with both characters.
* '''Skill EX''' (EX, <ruby><rb>エクストラスキル</rb><rt>Extra Skill</rt></ruby> ''Ekusutora Sukiru''<ref name="reddit-tgs"/>)
Uses up 1 Skill Gauge (20%) to bring out a special, enhanced skill.
* '''Reject Guard''' (リジェクトシールド ''Rijekuto Shīrudo'')
In place of the usual white barrier, a more prominent, translucent green barrier appears, and the opponent is pushed back more than half the screen.
* '''Change''' (チェンジ ''Chenji'')
Switch out with the chosen partner character, even while in the middle of an action (including attacking or being hit). The character that was switched out will regain recoverable damage, marked in dark red in the HP bar. When changing, a cut-in of the partner character with the words "Change" overlaid will appear on screen.
* '''Partner Skill''' (<ruby><rb>パートナーアタック</rb><rt>Partner Attack</rt></ruby> ''Pātonā Atakku'')
Calls the partner onto the screen to attack. For some characters, the attack can be changed by holding forwards or backwards. Additionally, in the words "Active Partner" will appear on the side. The partner character will flash either red (for Player 1) or blue (for Player 2) for the duration that they are on screen.
* '''Cross Burst''' (クロスバースト ''Kurosu Bāsuto'')
Uses up 100% of your Cross Gauge to have the partner character switch in and attack.
* '''Distortion Skill''' (ディストーションドライブ ''Dīsutōshon Doraibu'')
Uses up 2 skill gauge to perform a special attack. During the Distortion, the background fades to red or blue and the screen darkens.
* '''Distortion Skill: Duo''' (ディストーションドライブ・デュオ ''Dīsutōshon Doraibu Duo'')
Uses up 2 skill gauge during the main character's Distortion Skill to have the partner follow up with their own Distortion Skill.
* '''Crash Assault''' (クラッシュアサルト ''Kurasshu Asaruto'')
This brings out an overhead attack that cannot be blocked by a crouching opponent. If the opponent is also grounded when this hits, the partner will also jump in to perform an attack. Upon hit, this brings out a "Crash" indicator.
* '''Cross Combo''' (クロスコンボ ''Kurosu Conbo'')
Calls the partner character to perform attacks together. The type of attack performed can be changed for some characters by inputting either ← or → along with R1. It takes more than 50% of the Cross Gauge regardless of how much Cross Gauge one has. The attacks are greatly strengthened, and the opponent will receive chip damage even if they block. Until the Cross Gauge becomes zero, Resonance Blaze will gain levels one by one, indicated with rectangles on the inside of the Cross Gauge lighting up.
* '''Resonance Blaze''' (レゾナンスブレイズ ''Rezonansu Bureizu'')
A new system which can only be activated when one of the characters has been downed. It is similar to BlazBlue's Overdrive, in that time freezes momentarily, and the characters pose and make a declaration. BlazBlue characters will have their crest in the background. There are levels to Resonance Blaze, tracked by a rectangular icon split into four parts on the side of the Gauge facing the inside of the screen. Resonance Blaze gains a level when the Cross Gauge is used, and one corner of the rectangular icon lights up.
When Resonance Blaze is activated, the Gauge glows blue-white and is overlaid with the words "Resonance Blaze," and the rectangular icons on the inside of the bar change to numbers to depict remaining levels. The background becomes tinted in blue, and the Resonance Blaze Gauge will begin to deplete itself. While Resonance Blaze is activated, the character will quickly gain heat and skill gauge and gain a special effect unique to that character, and the timer will freeze. Furthermore, the character will recover recoverable HP. You can only use this system once per round.
The amount of time spent in Resonance Blaze is 15 seconds regardless of its level, and the Resonance Blaze timer will pause for hitstun.
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==Playable Characters==
==Playable Characters==

Revision as of 04:33, 28 February 2018

ブレイブルー クロスタッグバトル
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Logo.png

Developer

Arc System Works

Publishers

JP: Arc System Works
US: Arc System Works[1]

Genre

Fighting

Releases

PS4, Nintendo Switch, Steam

  • JP: May 31, 2018
  • US: June 5, 2018

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is a game in the BlazBlue series planned for release sometime in 2018 for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. It will be published by Arc System Works in Japan and by Arc System Works America in North America. The game combines four franchises: Arc System Works' BlazBlue, Atlus' Persona 4 Arena, French Bread's Under Night In-Birth, and Rooster Teeth's RWBY.

It was revealed at the main stage of the 2017 Evolution Championship Series (Evo 2017). [2]

Story

On the stage of stories, mixing the four worlds together into a special alternate "Phantom Field."

The fighters have been abruptly summoned to that world, with an unknown "voice:"
"If you wish to return to your world, protect the [Keystone]."
—In the end, is that voice telling the truth?

The entrusted keys number four.
Enemies, or friends?

The fighters take a risk in order to return to their own world, and throw themselves into the battle to steal each other's "Keystone"—.[3]

Modes

Episode Mode

"Episode Mode is an offline one-person mode. The story is split among the four franchises, with each episode focusing on the characters from one franchise, and expanding into an original scenario. For the fighters who have been called from all sorts of worlds, just whose voice is that!? That conclusion, for fans, absolutely can't be missed! Each episode can be saved and loaded at any time. Rest assured if you wish to see other scenarios while in the middle of one story."[3]

  • Episode Mode - Enjoy an original story.

Play Mode

Aside from the Episode Mode that's been introduced on the previous page[s], the title will also have many other modes. To those who haven't quite touched fighting games before, if you use the Tactics Mode and Training Mode, you can learn how to play. For the others, there are many modes where you can battle with others. Play the different modes and enjoy the game!![3]

  • Tactics Mode - A mode which will give you a lecture on various techniques. Those new to fighting games should check out this mode first.
  • Training Mode - While allowing the gauge to be always full and so on, this is a place where you can try out any situation you like. Aim higher, towards your ideal.
  • Survival Mode - Fight against the computer to test your own strength and limits in a mode where you fight against all sorts of opponents.
  • Gallery Mode - With pictures of each character and such, you can zoom and shrink to see them. You can also see movies you've already seen before.
  • Replay Theater - Online battles and so on that have been recorded can be replayed in this mode. Watch for patterns in matches with your friends, and reflect upon the battle.

(all names subject to change)[3]

Playable Characters

BlazBlue

Persona 4 Arena

Under Night In-Birth

RWBY

* Downloadable Content (DLC)

Stages

BlazBlue

Persona 4 Arena

  • Entrance
  • Junes Food Court
  • Yasogami High Entrance
  • Ring

Under Night In-Birth

  • Metropolitan Centre: Intersection
  • Sleeping Fountain Plaza
  • Riverside Plaza
  • Town Center - Crossing

RWBY

  • Abandoned Temple

Music

BlazBlue

Persona 4 Arena

  • Reach Out To The Truth (P4 Arena ver.) - Yu Narukami's theme
  • The Hero from Junes - Yosuke Hanamura's theme
  • Like A Dragon - Chie Satonaka's theme
  • Princess Amagi - Yukiko Amagi's theme

Under Night In-Birth

  • Scraper Sky High - Hyde's theme
  • Night Walker - Linne's theme
  • Maximize Power! - Waldstein's theme
  • Rushing Heart - Gordeau's theme
  • Purity & Strictly - Orie's theme

RWBY

DLC

  • The Limited Edition is 10,584¥ and contains the base game for the selected platform, the Cross Tag Character Collection, an artbook, and an acrylic stand (アクリルスタンディー Akuriru Sutandī) in the PlayStation 4 version or a gadget pouch (マルチ収納ポーチ Maruchi Shūnō Pōchi) in the Nintendo Switch version.
  • The Deluxe Digital Edition of the game contains the base game and the Cross Tag Character Collection for $69.99.[4][5]

Characters

<tabs plain> <tab name="NA">

Cross Tag Character Collection
(Includes all 6 character packs)
$19.99
Character Pack 1
(Platinum the Trinity, Orie, Kanji Tatsumi)
$4.99*
Character Pack 2
(???)
$4.99
Character Pack 3
(???)
$4.99
Character Pack 4
(???)
$4.99
Character Pack 5
(???)
$4.99
Character Pack 6
(???)
$4.99
Additional Character Blake Belladonna Free
Additional Character Yang Xiao Long Free

</tab> <tab name="JP">

追加キャラクター All-in-One パックTsuika Kyarakutā All-in-One Pakku
(Includes all 6 character packs)
2,400¥
追加キャラクターセット Vol1Tsuika Kyarakutā Setto Vol1
(Platinum the Trinity, Orie, Kanji Tatsumi)
600¥
追加キャラクターセット Vol2Tsuika Kyarakutā Setto Vol2
(???)
600¥
追加キャラクターセット Vol3Tsuika Kyarakutā Setto Vol3
(???)
600¥
追加キャラクターセット Vol4Tsuika Kyarakutā Setto Vol4
(???)
600¥
追加キャラクターセット Vol5Tsuika Kyarakutā Setto Vol5
(???)
600¥
追加キャラクターセット Vol6Tsuika Kyarakutā Setto Vol6
(???)
600¥
追加キャラクター 【ブレイク・ベラドンナ】Tsuika Kyarakutā [Bureiku Beradonna]
(Blake Belladonna)
Free
追加キャラクター 【ヤン・シャオロン】Tsuika Kyarakutā [Yan Shaoron]
(Yang Xiao Long)
Free

</tab> </tabs> * Free for the first two weeks after release

Development

It was announced early on that BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle would not take place in the main BlazBlue storyline, but was said to be a possibility. The main story would focus on the crossover of the four series, and Guilty Gear characters would not be present. Futhermore, there would be no arcade version, and it would be a straight release to consoles. Mechanically, it would be different from BlazBlue.

At the time of the game's announcement, the "expected" or obvious characters had already been decided for the roster. The game was announced relatively early in its development cycle due to the developers wanting to hear the players' requests for characters.[6] Overall, characters were chosen with the game balance and game system in mind first and foremost, so that a wide variety of players would be able to play and enjoy the game. The characters from other (non-BlazBlue) franchises were chosen by sending a list of characters over to their companies. The list would be whittled down there, and sometimes they would make a request for a specific character to be included.[7]

A playable build was first exhibited in October 2017 at four events worldwide: New York Comic Con (NYCC) in New York (Oct 5-8), South East Asia Major @ GameStart 2017 in Singapore (Oct 14-15), RTX London in London (Oct 14-15), and Arc Revolution Cup 2017 (Arc Revo) at Toushinsai in Tokyo (Oct 21).[8] Arc Revo's playable demo featured an updated build referred to as the "Toushinsai build" in the gameplay manual, which included the third introduction trailer's characters as playable except for Weiss.[9] Following these events, Arc System Works put out a survey on BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle's official website in both English and Japanese requesting feedback from participants of any of the four events. It was available until Nov 8, 2017 at 8 am PST. [10]

Cross Tag Battle's first gameplay video was released during New York Comic Con, on Oct 6. Character trailers and additional gameplay videos are shown during the monthly Japanese-language ARC SYSTEM WORKS Official Live (あーくなま定期便 Ākunama Teikiben), aka ArcNama (あーくなま Ākunama), hosted by Arc System Works. ArcNama is streamed on the third Friday of every month at 8 pm JST simultaneously on Twitch and NicoNico,[11] and its first episode was streamed August 2017. Arc System Works also published an article with updated screenshots of gameplay for the newly-announced characters Weiss and Hazama during RTX London.[12] An additional character trailer (Character Introduction Trailer #2) was revealed at RTX London 2017.

Characters included in the demo for EVO Japan 2018

A "Special Promotional Trailer" was broadcast during Arc System Work's Fighting Game Awards (ASW FGA) at the end of the BlazBlue portion of the tournament, prominently featuring and introducing all twenty characters that had revealed up until then, as well as revealing the Japanese release date, Blake, and the final character count of forty characters, twenty of which (including Blake) would be downloadable content (DLC). This was followed up with further details about the release, including the North America release date, prices for physical and downloadable versions, and details about the limited edition.

Furthermore, it was announced that Arc System Works would appear at the 2018 Japanese Evolution Championship Series (Evo Japan) with a new demo featuring twenty playable characters (the twenty non-DLC characters).[13] It was announced at a later date that Arc System Works would also be appearing at Taipei Game Show 2018 (TaGS, TGS) along with a playable demo of Cross Tag Battle. This second playable build of Cross Tag Battle was presented simultaneously at Evo Japan (Jan 26-28, 2018) and Taipei Game Show (Jan 26-29, 2018).

On Feb 6, 2018 it was announced that Cross Tag Battle would be the fourth game present at the Evolution Championship Series 2018 (Evo 2018). Along with a broadcast of a fully English-subtitled version of the ASW FGA trailer, it was revealed that Blake and Yang would be provided as free DLC.[14]

On Feb 7, 2018 the first English-language Arc System Works Official Livestream, ARCLive, was announced on Twitter[15] and streamed on Twitch at 4 pm PST. Mirroring the Japanese-language version of the livestream, various Arc System Works titles are showcased during the live with gameplay, including Cross Tag Battle. It was mentioned on stream that the series would be streamed weekly. During the first ARCLive, an ASW staffer reconfirmed that Blake and Yang would be free DLC, that the four RWBY characters would have both English and Japanese voices, and clarified that Blake would be available at launch, while Yang would be available shortly after launch.[16]

At a press release in mid February 2018, attended by BlazBlue producer Toshimichi Mori and company representative Kidooka, it was announced that Cross Tag Battle would support dual audio with full English and Japaneses voice.[17]

Gameplay Differences in the Development Builds

In the first build in October 2017 at Toushinsai, Reject Guard used only half a skill gauge and Distortion Duo only used one skill gauge. Resonance Blaze had a maximum of four levels, and the amount of time spent in Resonance Blaze was extended depending on its level. One round lasted only 120 seconds, and players started with all three out of three skill gauges. The initial roster consisted of Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi, Yu Narukami, Yosuke Hanamura, Hyde, Linne, and Ruby Rose. Hazama, Rachel Alucard, and Weiss Schnee were added to the roster in the Toushinsai build. [18]

In January 2018's build, Reject Guard and Distortion Duo had their costs changed to use 1 skill gauge and 2 skill gauges respectively, Resonance Blaze's max level was increased to five, and the amount of time spend in Resonance Blaze was changed to fifteen seconds excluding hitstun regardless of level. One round's length was increased to 180 seconds, and players started the round with only one skill gauge available out of a maximum of six. Additionally, this build added stage names to the pre-battle cutscene, as well as the Crash Assault "Crash!" indicator. [19] The roster was increased to twenty, adding in Noel Vermillion, Azrael, Iron Tager, Makoto Nanaya, Nu-13, Es, Chie Satonaka, Yukiko Amagi, Waldstein, and Gordeau.


Videos

Trailers

Dec 8, 2017PlayStation Experience 2017 trailer

Gameplay

External Links

Notes

  1. Uploaded on YouTube Jan 22, 2018, unlisted

References

  1. Gematsu, Arc System Works America to publish BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle in North America
  2. Polygon, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle announced at Evo 2017
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Weekly Famitsu, March 8 2018 issue, p. 22
  4. Player.One, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Price, DLC And Dual Audio Revealed
  5. Arc System Works (JP), Long-Awaited DLC Information!
  6. Famitsu (JP), Interview with Toshimichi Mori (EVO 2017)
  7. Twitch, ArcSystemWorksU, Feb 12, 2017 ARCLive - Live Q&A with the Producers of BlazBlue and Guilty Gear
  8. Arc System Works (JP), BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle's first playable demo will be available in four cities worldwide!
  9. Arc System Works (JP), BBTAG Command List (Toushinsai Build)
  10. Twitter, BlazBlue Official (@BLAZBLUE_PR), BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Free Play Survey Announcement
  11. Twitch, Arc System Works, Arc System Works Official Live: August Episode
  12. Arc System Works (JP), BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle announced for the platforms PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam!
  13. Famitsu (JP), BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle's release date, Blake Belladonna revealed!
  14. Twitch, redbullesports, 2018 EVO USA Announcement Show
  15. Twitter, Arc System Works (@arcsystemworksu), ARCLive Announcement
  16. Twitch, ArcSystemWorksU, Feb 7, 2018 ASWLive
  17. Shoryuken, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle reveals US pricing, English dubbing questions answered
  18. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Toushinsai Build Manual & Movelists (JP) (pdf)
  19. Reddit, r/BlazBlue, u/mactonya, BBTAG Command List & Informations