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[α╬ Finalage ╬Ω]

Before you ask, no, I don't have my own review in the systems for this one. I got it over the Christmas break and played it.Blach Blade Of Fate (DS)Fighting. (To the core, but perhaps a bit of Roleplaying.)Premise: 9/10Gameplay: 10/10Visual: 9/10Audio: 9/10Apeal: 9/10Overall: 9.2/10In depth review: Premise: (9/10)This game has a total of twenty three playable "episode" shorts. Each episode focuses on either one character and their background storyline, or a group of people trying to accomplish one goal together, and no one character is left out of the story, which is beautiful, for the cast is quite large. They all have their story to tell, and tell it they do! Sega and Treasure work well together here, building a game that, while it's main focus if the action and game play, has an in-depth enough story that someone who knows nothing about the anime Bleach can jump in and learn the character's stories and personalities. It also helps that you play each person in their own storyline, instead of plowing through all the story lines with one fixed character, as it gives you a feel as to the different styles each person has.Gameplay: (10/10)Since when does Finalage give tens? Since this game's game play capabilities blew my mind, that's when. I really thought I was playing Mugen or some Arcade fighting game quite a bit of the time, but unlike those games, the AI can be incredibly cunning. The characters are far from balanced, as they rank in power more near the anime than in an attempt to give every playable character even ground, but that's part of the challenge. With far more than twenty playable characters, and a capability of four player, yes, four player, mayhem, the screen easily becomes a blur of movement and special effects. In arcade mode or in versus (by far the most versatile) or survival, these battle modes will keep you busy long after the storyline is done. Try fighting three Ichigo Hollow AI's with their AI level at max and when each of them have a maximum handicap, pumping their damage and heath to about 200%, with Kon, the teddy bear, or bonnie the boar. You'll most likely get murdered like I did when I first tried, but it's funny trying. The fact that they game makers actually included the teddy bear and boar is incredible, even if they mainly are useless as playable characters. (Then again, I managed nine wins in survival mode before getting mauled...with bonnie...)Visual: (9/10)It's a FIGHTING game. It must have good visuals! From Ichigo's bankai to Yamamoto's Super special, the visual displays are incredible. Not to mention that there are both collectible and bonus graphics that can be viewed at your leisure once obtained in the gallery. With sixteen semi 3-D backgrounds to go with your battles and tons of other backdrops for storyline, this game well fleshes out it's point, and of what's going on or where you are.Audio: (9/10)They have sound test! That alone is like writing a check for an instant plus eight to your score for me. If you have sound test, you obviously have enough different sounds for it to matter, right? Besides the thirty or so background music tracks, which are pretty nice, although think I'm just going to be the depressing guy and say I like Rukia's credit theme best, they include all of the playable character's voice clips, and a couple of non-playable characters ones as well, more evidence of unnecessary, extra work that shows great effort. Some tracks you have to "buy", and others you unlock, which only adds to the challenge for me, nice work.Appeal: (9/10)As a game that covers some of the storyline for an anime, it obviously will have a fan base that will find it appealing, but for those of you who know nothing about the anime, the games appeal still holds for the pure draw of a good fighting game. Don't you try and tell me you don't like facing your friends in games, and don't try to tell me that having a four-way fight would not be chaotic. Or facing three souped up Hollow Ichigos...but that's just me...(I can take down two of them at once with Kon, but not three! Grr!!)Overall: (9.2/10)A fan of Bleach? Just like to test your mettle against an AI? Want to go all violent and smack down your friends in a crazy DS battle? Try this game. You'll be glad you did, especially if you were otherwise bored. This game can do more for you than pass the time, it's one of the few that do what a game is supposed to, entertain, involve and challenge you. It is, in the line...The one line tie.The game warriors secret resort, the private arcade.