Update: February 15, 2006
«©NCSX» Developer Treasure returns to the gaming fold with their second Bleach endeavor. Familiar faces and a few new fighters join the original ranks from the first game. In the Story Mode, Ichigo roams around town to interact with characters and battle with Division officers and Shinigami. In the Versus Mode, up to four players may engage in a free-for-all where fireworks and sword slashing action fill up the screen. For players who need a little practice before diving into the meat and potatoes of Bleach DS, the Training Mode features a dummy opponent who serves as an unflinching punching bag at its default setting. At its heart, Bleach DS 2nd is a 2D fighting game where fighters range near and far as the camera scales in and out to take in the action. View the back cover and screenshots on the main NCSX website.
NCS Game Notes
» The intro to the game features the Bleach theme song "Resistance" by artist High and Mighty Color that's of very good sampling quality. The cover of the Bleach game also extols the fact that the song is in the game with a little decal. » Upon pressing START, the following game selections pop up: Story Mode
Arcade Mode
Versus Mode
Training Mode
Deck Construction
Urahara Shop
Gallery
Option
Exit Every time you highlight one of the game modes or selections, a male voice will intonate its name. In the Arcade, VS, and Training modes, you may toggle 1-4 players by pressing the L or R buttons. » A battle can get hectic when four players participate all at once. Since the fighters all accommodate and rush through two planes of the game stage, utter chaos rules when two on two bouts light up the screen. » In Story Mode, players go through the initial game as Ichiro and the first character met is a girl named Yoruichi Shihouin who plays a dummy for the training session. After following the cues and completing the training run, Ichiro faces off against Ikkaku Madarame indoors where the bald-headed opponent fights with a spear. After defeating him, Kenpachi Zaraki arrives to interact for a short spell. In the next scene, Ichiro heads into town where he bumps into Inoue Orihime, Uryu, and Sado. Read through the interaction and continue onwards to a scene with Yoruichi in town. We waited for her to transform into her black cat form but alas, it was not to be. After the conversation with Yoruichi, the paths fork into two possible avenues - one where Ichiro faces off again Kenpachi to the east or a challenge against Ukitake Jushiro to the south. The challenge in Ukitake's stage is the collection of pastries and other special items that fall from the sky. To complete the stage successfully, make sure you collect more items than he does while smacking at him to make sure he never gets the upper hand. After defeating Ukitake, a straightforward battle against Soifon opens up to the east or you can retrace your steps and face off against Kenpachi. Ichiro continues through various interactions and battles until the end game. There's a mission later on where you protect Hanataro Yamada from a bunch of ruffians. Make sure he doesn't die during the episode while beating back foes and you'll earn a "Great" once all of the enemies have been defeated and Yamada is still skulking around. The entire Story Mode arc takes about 5 hours to complete from start to finish. » Once you finish Story Mode with Ichiro, two new game modes are unlocked and available for play: Time Attack and Survival Mode. » To jump to the second plane in the background, press the L-trigger. To pop back to the foreground, tap the L-trigger again. Pressing the R-Trigger blocks, B is for dash move, X is for Medium Attack, A is for Strong Attack, and Y is for Weak Attack or an elbow in Ichiro's case. To jump, push up on the D-pad and push again in mid-air for a double jump. Special attacks may be triggered by tapping the A, B, C, D, E tablets on the touch screen. » View a list of special moves by pressing START during a game to pause and then select the "COMMAND LIST." Ichiro has 8 special attacks that are viewable at the outset. » During a battle, the character names on top are in English. When consecutive hits are smacked out, the game keeps track of your hits. We watched Uryu once rack up an 80 hit barrage with a stream of raining arrows. » Although the game screen valiantly scales in and out to take in the fighting action when four players attack at once, there are times when the screen cuts off at the edges so that only a portion of a character is viewable if he/she is at the perimeter. » In the Versus Mode, players may set the rules of engagement before going to the character select screen. The available fighters at the outset of the game are: Surname, First Name
Yamamoto-Genryusai Shigekuni
Komamura Sajin
Shihoin Yoruichi
Shiba Ganju
Ukitake Jushiro
Sado Yasutora
Ichigo Kurosaki
Abarai Renji
Zaraki Kenpachi
Hitsugaya Toushiro
Inoue Orihime
Kurotsuchi Mayuri
Hinamori Momo
Kyoraku Syunsui
Ishida Uryu
Yamada Hanataro Not playable in the first game
Urahara Kisuke Not playable in the first game
Madarame Ikkaku Not playable in the first game Jan Code: 4974365910211 This document is ©NCSX 2007. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part of this document may be made without express written consent of National Console Support, Inc.
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