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The BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Official Thread [360/PS3] - Be Ready for the Rebel

Rhazer Fusion

Rhazer Fusion

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Prototype-03 said:
Pretty sure it's going to be a new disc... New sprites, new backgrounds, new announcer, new UI... It's not just adding two chars, it's a major overhaul (well, not that major, but big enough to have a new disc).

At this point, don't really care if it's $60... I just want it on my ps3 instead of having to go to AI to play =(

Anyway, I think I'm going to be at AI on Wednesday evening, so any gaffers wanna go? :D

EDIT: WTF AT MY AVATAR! CHANGE IT BACK
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Well, I better hurry up and get good at this one then, I am still having trouble deciding who I am going to main.
 
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Sad_Panda

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Some more details about the Euro release of BlazBlue :

- as expected, it's gonna be Calamity Trigger
- the promised "new characters" are actually Unlimited versions for all characters, which are also gonna be in the upcoming BlazBlue PSP. Yeah, no one cares about them. Also, all 24 colors will be unlocked right from the start.
- devs are currently working on cross-platform play between 360 and the recently announced PC version
- release date is February
 
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Prototype-03

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Had another visit to AI yesterday night. Got to try out Rachel more and I see why she's shoved into the low tier. She has almost no safe moves and her blockstrings suck... So, you gotta play careful or your eating a lot of hits (think hit and run style). Again, I don't see how she's THAT bad, but I think she may be the hardest char to use now.

Though I think Tsubaki is a good replacement for Rachel in this game. Somewhat similar gameplay (charging install bars and a good rushing game). Her 5B seemed pretty good (it's pretty fast and hits pretty far), and I hear the 2CC is a good aa, but I've been eating hits whenever I've tried using it. I've only learned her level 0 bnb, and it's not the most damaging combo, but can be chained from various ways (pokes and air pokes) and you can charge install after the 22C (lvl 2). Her 236D is really good because it stuns on hit and even if it gets blocked, it's generally pretty safe... Otherwise, the 236 series is really good as part of a combo (to chain into 214 series). The j.214 series is generally not safe on block, but it may be good to do it once in a while because since it's so fast, some people don't see it coming (It's also an air combo finisher, but haven't learned any air combos yet).

I really got to go on a day where no one is there so I can just play through arcade =(. Learning stuff while people are beating on you sucks.

Either way, kinda sucks EU is getting such a late release of CT when I'm guessing that CS is coming around Aug/Sept for the US folks
 
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Subliminal

Member
Sad_Panda said:
Some more details about the Euro release of BlazBlue :

- as expected, it's gonna be Calamity Trigger
- the promised "new characters" are actually Unlimited versions for all characters, which are also gonna be in the upcoming BlazBlue PSP. Yeah, no one cares about them. Also, all 24 colors will be unlocked right from the start.
- devs are currently working on cross-platform play between 360 and the recently announced PC version
- release date is February
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Fuck it, i'm not buying it now.
 
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Krackatoa

Member
Sad_Panda said:
Some more details about the Euro release of BlazBlue :

- as expected, it's gonna be Calamity Trigger
- the promised "new characters" are actually Unlimited versions for all characters, which are also gonna be in the upcoming BlazBlue PSP. Yeah, no one cares about them. Also, all 24 colors will be unlocked right from the start.
- devs are currently working on cross-platform play between 360 and the recently announced PC version
- release date is February
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Fuck it, i'm so buying it now.

I will import that shit if I have to.
 
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Prototype-03

Member
I'm actually wondering how the unlimited versions of these chars changed... Wonder if they're just moves from CS that just got slapped into these versions... Ragna with that new sweet kick is pretty awesome... Also, does this mean that US/JPN and Euro players can't play against each other?
 
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Prototype-03

Member
Oh yeah, one more thing I forgot about Tsubaki... Her j.D is actually pretty good, not just to charge but to bait. So far, I've baited Ragna DD and Bang's attacks. I found out right before I left that they're awesome to bait attacks. I just don't see myself doing it too often or they'll catch on... Maybe once a match (not round, matches).
 
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akachan ningen

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I hope they roll out BB2 next year with more than just two new characters. I can't think of another fighting game sequel that had so few new characters.

proto: when I added those stickers to your old avatar, they replaced the old one so it's gone forever :p so I made a new one. haha low-tier rachel.
 
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Prototype-03

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sexy rachel is sexy rachel, regardless of tier... loli!

anyway, akachan... when are you going to AI? I MIGHT be there today at around 1 pm (that's when they open... so late)... and/or tomorrow :D
 
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arstal

Whine Whine FADC Troll
akachan ningen said:
I hope they roll out BB2 next year with more than just two new characters. I can't think of another fighting game sequel that had so few new characters.

proto: when I added those stickers to your old avatar, they replaced the old one so it's gone forever :p so I made a new one. haha low-tier rachel.
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Well, it's not like they could recycle chars like the other series, so I'm ok with the low roster, provided it's balanced this time.

I'm trying to get back into BB a bit, I realized that I liked the game more then Tekken, even with BB's flaws.
 
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sca2511

Member
starting up again and trying to finish up the tedious campaign. Sorry Aka, I didn't get to see your PM because of campaign, haha.
 
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Prototype-03

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akachan ningen said:
If I go tomorrow it'll be a little later like around 6-7 pm and probably stay until closing.
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Actually, that's a lot better time for me... I forgot that there's a Lakers game tomorrow, so I'll probably leave home around 7:00 or so and be there by 7:30 or so
 
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Prototype-03

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ggs akachan... too bad we couldn't play each other 'cause the Litchi and Carl were owning... Just wait though, my Tsubaki will own soon enough

You should've tried out Hazama though... who cares if you have no idea what u're doing
 
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akachan ningen

Member
Prototype-03 said:
ggs akachan... too bad we couldn't play each other 'cause the Litchi and Carl were owning... Just wait though, my Tsubaki will own soon enough

You should've tried out Hazama though... who cares if you have no idea what u're doing
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I would have but I couldn't even read those little panels that had the special moves written on them. I want to at least see a move list before I try him out. I should have gone to dustloop beforehand huh.

p.s. boba was not so great.
 
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Prototype-03

Member
akachan ningen said:
I would have but I couldn't even read those little panels that had the special moves written on them. I want to at least see a move list before I try him out. I should have gone to dustloop beforehand huh.

p.s. boba was not so great.
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haha, yes, that would've helped... watching vids also helps, though not as much when you haven't had a first hand experience. I had to go to the arcades couple of times to really know what the hell they were doing on the vids... should've read on those Jin changes too... I noticed you were missing those air combos =P

ps: thai iced tea was pretty good
 
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Steaks

Member
Chinatown still doesn't have the game : (

Also, 8 on the Break is getting it too, two really close arcades are gonna have it, and then UP is opening up soon, maybe they'll get it :D
 
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Q8D3vil

Member
just tried CS yesterday

all i can say that im more happy with the game balance right now

no more v13 crap ( lambda now ) , no more stupid ice cars and struggling with the ice , no more curse after 1 hit

i main jin and he's still good character ( not cheap anymore )

my second is litchi and she's more powerful now ( probably S tier character )

my only concern is rachel ( she barley can combo now :( )

anyway cant wait to play it again tomorrow
 
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Prototype-03

Member
Finally got to play the arcade mode today... Which meant I got to screw around with Tsubaki for the first time! Also, not exactly sure what's going on with the storyline but
something to do with Nirvana and how powerful it is... Something about Tsubaki's weapon being dangerous (apparently makes her blind), Hazama has the BlazBlue (what exactly IS blazblue?), and Noel was thrown into some big sword... presumably to become a char like Nu/Lambda

I'm learning a lot too now... Learning the BnBs and actually knowing what to do is getting really fun =D
 
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SiegfriedFM

Member
So let me get this straight. Blazblue is a fairly popular fighting franchise with loads of female characters as well as some bishonen leads. It has the queen of boobs, the queen of pantyshot, the queen of loli, the queen of mecha and the queen of genericness (I hate Noel). So why on earth is there no merchandise of this game?

I keep looking on Yahoo Japan and there are roughly a million separate figures of Iroha, who is just as much fan service as any of the Blazblue figures but from a wildly unsuccessful game (unless the dating games were that much more successful). I'm not expecting to find a 1:4 masterpiece edition of Hakumen but there must be SOMETHING. Gashapon, some doujin statues, garage kits... anything. But no.

And it's not just Iroha. There is a high quality semi-naked statue of that new blonde girl from Samurai Shodown Sen, so it's not just because of Iroha being whored out (literally) to other franchises (the DS dating games and Queen's Blade).

I want my Taokaka :(
 
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Prototype-03

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SiegfriedFM said:
So let me get this straight. Blazblue is a fairly popular fighting franchise with loads of female characters as well as some bishonen leads. It has the queen of boobs, the queen of pantyshot, the queen of loli, the queen of mecha and the queen of genericness (I hate Noel). So why on earth is there no merchandise of this game?

I keep looking on Yahoo Japan and there are roughly a million separate figures of Iroha, who is just as much fan service as any of the Blazblue figures but from a wildly unsuccessful game (unless the dating games were that much more successful). I'm not expecting to find a 1:4 masterpiece edition of Hakumen but there must be SOMETHING. Gashapon, some doujin statues, garage kits... anything. But no.

And it's not just Iroha. There is a high quality semi-naked statue of that new blonde girl from Samurai Shodown Sen, so it's not just because of Iroha being whored out (literally) to other franchises (the DS dating games and Queen's Blade).

I want my Taokaka :(
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Honestly, I'm glad that they're not selling out for merchandise... Shows that they want to be taken seriously more than the making money on figurines. Although, I think there was a Noel figurine, but I could be wrong. Either way, I think that BB is doing well, so I'm happy.
 
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SatelliteOfLove

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I seriously hope the storyline gets Noel out of the cliche mash-up bin that she's in, making her the heroine of the series (as the story seems to be leading to). Her story stuff in the original was all over the damn place.

Biding my time till I can get my hands on it; Tager may be flat busted:

More priority on some big moves

Faster recovery time on some big moves

Quicker wind up on some big moves

Head invulnerability on AC (read: actual anti-air and not a combo bridge only)

Magnetic working on grounded opponents (AC -> 2B, 2C...)

4D and 22D The New Hotness

Mike Z vid showing off new shit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50b-sWb_N6U
 
DR2K

DR2K

Banned
Prototype-03 said:
Honestly, I'm glad that they're not selling out for merchandise... Shows that they want to be taken seriously more than the making money on figurines. Although, I think there was a Noel figurine, but I could be wrong. Either way, I think that BB is doing well, so I'm happy.
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What is this shit? Selling out for merchandise?
 
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Lyte Edge

All I got for the Vernal Equinox was this stupid tag
SiegfriedFM said:
So let me get this straight. Blazblue is a fairly popular fighting franchise with loads of female characters as well as some bishonen leads. It has the queen of boobs, the queen of pantyshot, the queen of loli, the queen of mecha and the queen of genericness (I hate Noel). So why on earth is there no merchandise of this game?

I keep looking on Yahoo Japan and there are roughly a million separate figures of Iroha, who is just as much fan service as any of the Blazblue figures but from a wildly unsuccessful game (unless the dating games were that much more successful). I'm not expecting to find a 1:4 masterpiece edition of Hakumen but there must be SOMETHING. Gashapon, some doujin statues, garage kits... anything. But no.

And it's not just Iroha. There is a high quality semi-naked statue of that new blonde girl from Samurai Shodown Sen, so it's not just because of Iroha being whored out (literally) to other franchises (the DS dating games and Queen's Blade).

I want my Taokaka :(
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I'd say give it some time (don't recall most of the Iroha stuff showing up until Tenka had been out for like two years), but I don't remember seeing much Guilty Gear stuff out there, either.
 
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Prototype-03

Member
DR2K said:
What is this shit? Selling out for merchandise?
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LOL! It was really late, give me a break. I meant for the fan service... He went on about how there's fan service and how there wasn't enough fan service stuff.
 
hikarutilmitt

hikarutilmitt

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Varth said:
Gonna have an interview with the devs soon. Any questions GAF would like to make?
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The most plainly obvious: when are there plans for the home version of CS?
The less plainly obvious: when do I get a statue for Litchi? :lol
 
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Prototype-03

Member
Varth said:
Gonna have an interview with the devs soon. Any questions GAF would like to make?
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What hikaru said, the obvious one =D

Also, this is more of a fun question... Why was Tsubaki and Hazama chosen as the new chars? I mean, obviously, the future characters are set (Jubei, Kokonoe, Makoto, Valkenhym, etc etc)... So would like to know why those two were chosen first.
 
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FoxSpirit

Junior Member
Prototype-03 said:
LOL! It was really late, give me a break. I meant for the fan service... He went on about how there's fan service and how there wasn't enough fan service stuff.
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Really.... REALLY??
Better check out those phone cards.
 
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Triple Da G.O.D!

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JustAnotherOtaku said:
Patch coming this Thursday which, amongst other things, adds DLC:
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Answers the question I was about to ask. It looks like $11 bucks for all the new stuff. They need to bundle all of that up and give a nice discount on it. I'm not gonna be so quick to jump all over the new content until I get a better description of the new Unlimited Characters and colors.
 
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akachan ningen

Member
Prototype-03 said:
What hikaru said, the obvious one =D

Also, this is more of a fun question... Why was Tsubaki and Hazama chosen as the new chars? I mean, obviously, the future characters are set (Jubei, Kokonoe, Makoto, Valkenhym, etc etc)... So would like to know why those two were chosen first.
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I wanna know why there's only two of them. This is probably a record for the fewest new characters in a sequel.

Maybe we'll get more in the console version. (yeah right)
 
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arstal

Whine Whine FADC Troll
akachan ningen said:
I wanna know why there's only two of them. This is probably a record for the fewest new characters in a sequel.

Maybe we'll get more in the console version. (yeah right)
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Many fighters only added 2 chars in the past

Off the top of my head:

Real Bout 2
Vampire Hunter
Tekken 2
every VF game
Samurai Shodown 4
 
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Steaks

Member
Entered a tourney at CF for CS, Tager is a lot better. Got 5th place playing the game for the 2nd time and carrying my teammate.
 
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vulva

Member
:3 went to my (semi)local arcade for the first time in months. I had a pleasant surprise when I got there
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-PXG-

Member
I meant Continuum Shift. Shit's crazy...some one needs to fix their pipes.

EDIT

Unrelated, apparently they got a cab in Chinatown Fair
 
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LegatoB

Member
Lyte Edge said:
What has?
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Continuum Shift runs on the Taito Type-X2 hardware, which is a combination of standard off-the-shelf PC parts and runs Windows XP. So somebody dumped the game and wrote a loader to run it on any qualifying PC. This is going to be very embarrassing.

_dementia said:
That sucks. I hope Aksys still finds a reason to localize it.
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If you mean the arcade version, it already has an English mode. If you mean the home version, yeah, they'll still bring it over for the Story Mode crowd, since you know they'll add more for the home port. It's not like everyone who would possibly buy a home console version is going to just pirate it for their PC, after all.
 
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Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
Note to self: Never get air thrown by Arakune. Is the video title supposed to say 98K? I don't get how Jin died otherwise. But at the same time, wtf that damage level doesn't seem possible. 9.8K? I thought jin had 10K.
 
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