Bleach: Shattered Blade (Wii)

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Description

Background
Ichigo Kurosaki is a teenager with the ability to see ghosts or spirits. His life was drastically changed when, during an encounter with an injured Soul Reaper, Rukia, he absorbed all her energy and became transformed into a Soul Reaper, Bleach, himself and had arm himself with a Zanpaku-to sword and fulfil the Soul Reapers role while she healed. This part of the back story is important as the story behind this game starts with Bleach and his friends in the soul world after rescuing Rukia. To return to his world Bleach must collect the fragments / shards of the ancient Sokyoku blade so that he can open a gate back that's been sealed shut.

The Game
The game features three distinct modes of play, Arcade Mode, Versus mode, and Episode mode in addition to a tutorial mode and an in-game shop where items can be bought, players earn kan or money as they complete sections in the Arcade and Episode modes.

• Episode mode: The game has eight episodes, three of which are immediately available and five others which can be unlocked as the player progresses. Each episode tells the same story using a different character and begins by showing a sequence of still pictures to set the scene for teach character and explain why they must have the shards, then the player enters a series of one-round fights..
  
  
• Arcade Mode: In which the player must battle through eight rounds against a random opponent in order to win.
  
  
• Versus mode: The player chooses a character and plays against the computer or another player.

Combat
Combat is all about sword play with the Wii remote acting as the sword while the Nunchuk Control Stick is used to move the character around the battle area and to block opponents blows. In addition to the regular attacks, just hitting another character with a sword, each character has a special attack, a critical attack and a Bankai mode.
Special attacks are triggered by holding the B button on the Wii remote and making specific movements, Orihime heals herself and Hitsugaya must swing his sword upwards to release ice from the ground to trap his enemies.
Critical attacks are triggered by holding the A button on the Wii remote. They block incoming strikes and are as fast as a regular attack. The only defence against them is another critical attack or Bankai mode. Either of these takes the players into rochambeau, a kind of five rock-paper-scissors type of game to decide which player hits who.
As players land successful strikes and combos they gain spiritual energy and when enough energy has been accumulated Bankai mode, the ability to deliver much more powerful strikes, becomes available.

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• Bleach licensees
• Manga / anime licensees

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The Press Says

Game Chronicles	Oct 24, 2007	8 out of 10	80
GameZone	Oct 15, 2007	7.5 out of 10	75
Gamernode	Oct 27, 2007	7.5 out of 10	75
Daily Game	Oct 25, 2007	7.5 out of 10	75
Games Radar	Oct 15, 2007		70
Cubed3	Mar 14, 2008		60
Digital Entertainment News (den)	Nov 15, 2007	6 out of 10	60
Thunderbolt Games	Oct 26, 2007	6 out of 10	60
NintendoWorldReport	Nov 07, 2007	5 out of 10	50
GameSpy	Nov 02, 2007		40

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