:Bleach: The Blade of Fate
{{Short description|2006 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Bleach: The Blade of Fate
| image = Bleach The Blade of Fate cover.png
| caption = North American box art
| developer = Treasure
| publisher = Sega
| director = Yuki Mibu
| programmer = Katsuhiro Sanjo
Hiroto Matsuura
Yuki Mibu
| artist = Naoki Kitagawa
Satoshi Tetsuka
Tomoharu Saitō
| writer = Tetsuyoshi Kaneko
Yuki Mibu
| composer = Norio Hanzawa
| released = {{Video game release|JP|January 26, 2006|NA|October 9, 2007{{cite web | url = https://www.gamespot.com/articles/shippin-out-october-8-12-orange-box-sega-rally-revo-fifa-08/1100-6180577/ | title = Shippin' Out October 8-12: Orange Box, Sega Rally Revo, FIFA 08 [author mislabeled as "Gamespot Staff [sic]; date mislabeled as "October 18, 2007"] | last = Magrino | first = Tom | date = October 8, 2007 | website = GameSpot | publisher = Fandom | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011144934/http://www.gamespot.com/news/6180577.html | archive-date = October 11, 2007 | url-status = live | access-date = March 27, 2025}}|AU|February 28, 2008|EU|February 29, 2008}}
| genre = Fighting
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Nintendo DS
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Bleach: The Blade of Fate{{cite web | url = https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bleach-brightening-ds-wii-this-fall/1100-6173690/ | title = Bleach brightening DS, Wii this fall | last = Magrino | first = Tom | date = July 6, 2007 | website = GameSpot | publisher = Fandom | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070709130547/https://www.gamespot.com/news/6173690.html | archive-date = July 9, 2007 | url-status = live | access-date = April 5, 2016}}{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|Bleach DS Sōten ni Kakeru Unmei|ＢＬＥＡＣＨ ＤＳ 蒼天に駆ける運命||lit. Bleach DS: A Fate Running into the Blue Sky|lead=yes}}.}} is a fighting game developed by Treasure and published by Sega for the Nintendo DS. It is the first Bleach game to be released for the console. The game featured Wi-Fi Connection, allowing players to connect and play against players all over the world. The game's theme song is "Ichirin no Hana" by High and Mighty Color. It was followed by a sequel, Bleach: Dark Souls.
Plot
Bleach: The Blade of Fate follows Ichigo Kurosaki on his quest to save a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki, who is scheduled for execution for giving Ichigo her Soul Reaper powers so he could save his family from a Hollow. The story modes for each character vary and an additional 22 episodes can be unlocked upon completing the new unlocked episodes after Rescue Rukia. A 23rd episode more accurately details the Soul Society arc beginning with Ichigo's fight against Ganju Shiba and ending with Sōsuke Aizen's betrayal.
Gameplay
Battles in Bleach are between two and four characters in any combination of teams and enemies. Both ally and enemy characters can either be AI-controlled, or controlled by other players via Nintendo WFC or DS Wireless Communications. Like Treasure's earlier anime fighting game, Yū Yū Hakusho Makyō Tōitsusen, the game features two planes that players can jump between, accommodating up to four players. The fighting in Bleach is controlled through a combination of the D-pad, the A, X, B and Y buttons and the touch screen. The D-pad is used for moving the character, the A, X, Y and B buttons are used to attack using a light, medium or heavy attack or initiate a flash step and the touch screen is used to initiate special attacks, RF moves and use special status affecting cards.
The gameplay in The Blade of Fate remains mostly unchanged from the Japanese version apart from several fixed balance issues. The most notable addition is an "anti-air" system; attacks coming from the ground cannot be blocked in the air, which alters the gameplay significantly. It allows attack opportunities and traps not possible in the original game.
Reception
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| MC = 83/100{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/game/bleach-the-blade-of-fate/ | title = Bleach: The Blade of Fate for DS Reviews | website = Metacritic | publisher = Fandom | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240117124330/https://www.metacritic.com/game/bleach-the-blade-of-fate/ | archive-date = January 17, 2024 | url-status = live | access-date = October 19, 2024}}
| 1UP = A−{{cite web | url = http://www.1up.com/reviews/bleach-ds | title = Bleach: The Blade of Fate | last = Li | first = Richard | date = November 20, 2007 | website = 1Up.com | publisher = Ziff Davis | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160615205839/http://www.1up.com/reviews/bleach-ds | archive-date = June 15, 2016 | url-status = dead | access-date = April 6, 2016}}
| Edge = 7/10{{cite magazine | title = Bleach DS: Sōten ni Kakeru Unmei | author = Edge staff | magazine = Edge | publisher = Future plc | issue = 161 | date = April 2006 | page = 94}}
| EuroG = 6/10{{cite web | url = http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ds-roundup?page=4 | title = DS Roundup (Page 4; Bleach: [The] Blade of Fate) | last = Lyon | first = James | date = April 9, 2008 | website = Eurogamer | publisher = Gamer Network | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221001102057/https://www.eurogamer.net/ds-roundup?page=4 | archive-date = October 1, 2022 | url-status = live | access-date = October 19, 2024}}
| Fam = 31/40
(C+A) 30/40{{cite web | url = https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/31/now-playing-in-japan-198 | title = Now Playing in Japan | last = Gantayat | first = Anoop | date = January 31, 2006 | website = IGN | publisher = Ziff Davis | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220904224023/https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/31/now-playing-in-japan-198 | archive-date = September 4, 2022 | url-status = live | access-date = October 19, 2024}}
| GD = 9/10{{cite web | url = http://www.gamedaily.com/games/bleach-the-blade-of-fate/ds/game-reviews/review/6521/1818/ | title = Bleach: The Blade of Fate Review | last = Workman | first = Robert | date = October 25, 2007 | website = GameDaily | publisher = AOL | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071105022249/http://www.gamedaily.com/games/bleach-the-blade-of-fate/ds/game-reviews/review/6521/1818/ | archive-date = November 5, 2007 | url-status = dead | access-date = October 19, 2024}}
| GSpy = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url = http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/bleach-ds/832405p1.html | title = GameSpy: Bleach: The Blade of Fate | last = Dormer | first = Dan | date = November 2, 2007 | website = GameSpy | publisher = IGN Entertainment | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071104010039/http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/bleach-ds/832405p1.html | archive-date = November 4, 2007 | url-status = live | access-date = October 19, 2024}}
| NLife = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web | url = https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2008/03/bleach_blade_of_fate_ds | title = Bleach: [The] Blade of Fate Review | last = McFerran | first = Damien | date = March 7, 2008 | website = Nintendo Life | publisher = Hookshot Media | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230924175112/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2008/03/bleach_blade_of_fate_ds | archive-date = September 24, 2023 | url-status = live | access-date = October 19, 2024}}
| NP = 8.5/10{{cite magazine | title = Bleach: The Blade of Fate | magazine = Nintendo Power | publisher = Future US | volume = 222 | date = December 2007 | page = 81}}
| NWR = (US) 8.5/10{{cite web | url = https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/14713/bleach-the-blade-of-fate-nintendo-ds | title = Bleach: The Blade of Fate | last = Castaneda | first = Karl | date = October 30, 2007 | website = Nintendo World Report | publisher = NINWR, LLC | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230901091434/https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/14713/bleach-the-blade-of-fate-nintendo-ds | archive-date = September 1, 2023 | url-status = live | access-date = October 19, 2024}}
(JP) 8/10{{cite web | url = https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/11139/bleach-the-blade-of-fate-nintendo-ds | title = Bleach DS: Souten ni Kakeru Unmei | last = Bloodworth | first = Daniel | date = February 27, 2006 | website = Nintendo World Report | publisher = NINWR, LLC | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230901082305/https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/11139/bleach-the-blade-of-fate-nintendo-ds | archive-date = September 1, 2023 | url-status = live | access-date = October 19, 2024}}
| PG = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | url = https://www.pocketgamer.com/bleach-the-blade-of-fate/bleach-blade-of-fate/ | title = Bleach: [The] Blade of Fate | last = McFerran | first = Damien | date = March 7, 2008 | website = Pocket Gamer | publisher = Steel Media Ltd | archive-url = https://archive.today/20241019183836/https://www.pocketgamer.com/bleach-the-blade-of-fate/bleach-blade-of-fate/ | archive-date = October 19, 2024 | url-status = live | access-date = October 19, 2024}}
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The game received "favorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of three eights and one seven for a total of 31 out of 40, while Famitsu Cube + Advance gave it a score of two eights and two sevens for a total of 30 out of 40.
The game was also awarded Best Fighting Game of 2007 by IGN.{{cite web | url = http://bestof.ign.com/2007/ds/3.html | title = Best of 2007: Best Fighting Game (DS) | website = IGN | publisher = IGN Entertainment | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225190002/http://bestof.ign.com/2007/ds/3.html | archive-date = December 25, 2007 | url-status = dead | access-date = April 5, 2016}}
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See also
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060116043439/http://bleach.sega.jp/nds/index.html Official Bleach DS: Souten ni Kakeru Unmei website]
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