Bleach: Shattered Blade
{{Short description|2006 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Bleach Shattered Blade cover.jpg
| developer = Polygon Magic
| publisher = Sega
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| released = {{vgrelease|JP|December 14, 2006|NA|October 9, 2007{{cite web |last=Magrino |first=Tom |date=October 8, 2007 |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"] |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 game
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Wii
}}
Bleach: Shattered Blade, known in Japan as {{nihongo|Bleach Wii: Hakujin Kirameku Rondo|Bleach Wii 白刃きらめく輪舞曲}}, is a 3D fighting game that features the cast of characters from the Bleach anime and manga. It was developed by Polygon Magic and published by Sega for the Wii in 2006–2008. The player is able to swing the characters' swords by using the Wii Remote.
Sega, in conjunction with Bleach creator Tite Kubo, designed a character specifically for the game, named Arturo Plateado.{{cite web |last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |date=September 15, 2006 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/15/wii-bleach |title=Wii Bleach (Preview) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510110640/https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/15/wii-bleach |archive-date=May 10, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=March 27, 2025}}
Plot
A self-made arrancar named Arturo Plateado once stormed Soul Society, but was trapped beneath Sōkyoku Hill by the Gotei 13 two-thousand years prior to the start of Bleach. When the Sōkyoku was destroyed during Ichigo Kurosaki's rescue of Rukia Kuchiki, the seal placed on Arturo was broken and he was freed.
Arturo decides to impersonate various figures, his disguises ranging from captains to zanpakutō spirits, in an attempt to trick others into regaining the pieces of the destroyed Sōkyoku in order to absorb them into his body and become more powerful. Depending on the game's outcome, he is either purified and defeated or obtains the Sōkyoku and carries on to decimate the Soul Society.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 58/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/bleach-shattered-blade/ |title=Bleach: Shattered Blade |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520031333/https://www.metacritic.com/game/bleach-shattered-blade/ |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=March 27, 2025}}
| EuroG = 4/10{{cite web |last=Gibson |first=Ellie |date=June 18, 2008 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/shame-train-roundup-review?page=3 |title=Shame Train Roundup (Page 3) |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522163849/https://www.eurogamer.net/shame-train-roundup-review?page=3 |archive-date=May 22, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=March 27, 2025}}
| GD = 7/10{{cite web |last=Workman |first=Robert |date=October 22, 2007 |url=http://www.gamedaily.com/games/bleach-shattered-blade/wii/game-reviews/review/6520/1810/ |title=Bleach: Shattered Blade Review |website=GameDaily |publisher=AOL |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026000546/http://www.gamedaily.com/games/bleach-shattered-blade/wii/game-reviews/review/6520/1810/ |archive-date=October 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 27, 2025}}
| GSpy = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Dormer |first=Dan |date=November 2, 2007 |url=http://wii.gamespy.com/wii/bleach/832370p1.html |title=GameSpy: Bleach: Shattered Blade |website=GameSpy |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105184743/http://wii.gamespy.com/wii/bleach/832370p1.html |archive-date=November 5, 2007 |url-status=live |access-date=March 27, 2025}}
| NLife = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web |last=Bowskill |first=Thomas |date=March 2, 2008 |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2008/03/bleach_shattered_blade_wii |title=Bleach: Shattered Blade Review |website=Nintendo Life |publisher=Hookshot Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708043529/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2008/03/bleach_shattered_blade_wii |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=March 28, 2025}}
| ONM = 60%{{cite magazine |author=ONM staff |url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/3529/reviews/bleach-shattered-blade-review/ |title=Bleach: Shattered Blade Review |magazine=Official Nintendo Magazine |publisher=Future plc |date=March 2008 |page=76 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007235212/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/3529/reviews/bleach-shattered-blade-review/ |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 27, 2025}}
| rev1 = 411Mania
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The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two sevens, one six, and one seven for a total of 27 out of 40.
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External links
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{{Bleach games}}
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Category:Video games developed in Japan
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