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{{Infobox Game
{{Infobox Game
| nameJp          = ブレイブルー オルタナティブ ダーク ウォー
| nameJp          = ブレイブルー オルタナティブ ダーク ウォー
| nameEn          = BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War
| nameEn          = BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War
| image            = [[File:BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Logo.png|300px]]
| image            = [[File:BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Logo.png|300px]]
| Dev              = [[wikipedia:Arc_System_Works|Arc System Works]]
| Dev              = [[wikipedia:Arc_System_Works|Arc System Works]], Linked Brain, GEN.inc (before September 2018)
| Pub              = '''JP:''' [[wikipedia:Arc_System_Works|Arc System Works]]
| Pub              = '''JP:''' [[wikipedia:Arc_System_Works|Arc System Works]]
| Gen              =  
| Gen              = Chain Combo x Novel RPG (Role-Playing)<ref>https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1299983.html</ref>
| Releases        =
| Releases        =  
<span style="text-decoration:underline;">iOS, Android</span>
* '''JP:''' February 16, 2021
}}
}}
'''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 an upcoming mobile game for IOS and Android systems. <ref>[http://gematsu.com/2017/08/blazblue-alternative-dark-war-announced-ios-android| BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War announced for IOS, Android]</ref>
==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.''<ref name="BBDW"/>
 
===Prologue===
*[[One Emerging Possibility|one emerging possibility]]


==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Kazuma Kval]]
{{Icon Grid|<!--
*[[Trinity Glassfille]]
-->{{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===
*[[Makoto Nanaya]]
*[[Naoto Kurogane]]
*[[Nine the Phantom]]
*[[Nine the Phantom]]
*[[Raquel Alucard]]
*[[Saya Terumi]]
*[[Mei Amanohokosaka]]
==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.
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"/>
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:
<blockquote><i>
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)
</i></blockquote>
===Pre-registration===
[[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]].
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:
{|class="wikitable"
! ||Reward||Date Reached
|-
!To all
|S-rank Noel (Academy Uniform)
|(none)
|-
!3,000
|150,000 [[Platinum Dollars|P$]]<br>AL Recovery Item (S) x5<br>EXP Crystal (M) x5
|N/A
|-
!5,000
|[[Crystallized Azure]] x400 (2 gacha pulls)<br>EXP Crystal (M) x10
|Feb 15, 2018<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/964091928550805505 Preregistrations have reached 5,000]''</ref>
|-
!10,000
|Gacha Ticket x2<br>EXP Crystal (L) x5
|Feb 16, 2018<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/964429061643632640 Preregistrations have reached 10,000]''</ref>
|-
!30,000
|Crystallized Azure x800 (4 gacha pulls)<br>500,000 [[Platinum Dollars|P$]]
|Jan 15, 2021<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/1350032479743311873 Preregistrations have reached 30,000]''</ref>
|-
!50,000
|Crystallized Azure x1000 (5 gacha pulls)<br>Gacha Ticket x2
|Not yet reached
|-
!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
|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]]''.<ref>''Twitter, BBDW (@BBDarkWar), [https://twitter.com/BBDarkWar/status/1014441185031536642 BBWalker Ep. 14 is released and preregistrations have reached 20,000]</ref>
{{clear}}
<gallery>
File:BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Preregistration.jpg|150px|The old pre-registration campaign
</gallery>
==Videos==
{{#ev:youtube
|fSbyeiTM7GQ
|240
|inline
|Reboot PV (Japanese)
|frame|||top}}


==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)]


==References==
==References==
 
<references>
{{#tag:references}}
<ref name="BBDW">''BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War Official Website (JP), [http://www.blazblue.jp/bbdw/ Main Page]''</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="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-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>
</references>


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{{Game_Navigation}}

Revision as of 18:58, 19 January 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 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

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

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.

The pre-registration milestone rewards are as follows:

Reward Date Reached
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
Not yet reached
100,000 ☆4 Noel Grimoire "風になびく詩"[11]
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.[12]

Videos

Reboot PV (Japanese)

External Links

References