| Bleach: Shattered Blade | 
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| From: Sega Of America, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $18.47
You Save: $21.52 (54%)
Buy New/Used from $16.00
Avg. Customer Rating:   (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1666
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: 65006
UPC: 010086650068
EAN: 0010086650068
ASIN: B000TA52GI
Release Date: June 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 A fun launch title, should be priced as launch title October 20, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This game is pretty fun, and is kind of a workout, as you actually need to swing the Wii-mote for swordfighting and weapon use. It looks decent, although the DragonballZ games on the Wii look a bit better in my opinion. There are also plenty of unlockables.
My biggest gripe is that the AI is pretty lame. On Hard, the episode mode was exceptionally easy. It was a rarity to get beaten by anyone. Footwork and flash steps seem to turn almost any fight in your favor. Online play would solve this; unfortunately its absent in this title. Arcade mode can present more of a challenge, as some of the unlocked characters are not as powerful as the story mode characters (or their swords don't have as much of a reach). Still though, the average fights are pretty easy.
In summary, the pros are:
- Fun controls
- Decent graphics
- A set of characters fans will know and love
The negatives are:
- No online play
- Lame AI (especially in episode mode)
- Environments are not destructable
As a Japanese launch title, its clear Sega didn't have time to nail down everything; honing the controls was clearly their priority. If they can build off of the great controls, tighten up AI, and introduce online play, then a sequel would be well worth $50.00. For this one, I'd say wait till its on sale for $30 - $40. It's a launch title, and by now should be priced as such.
True to the series, a little lackluster as a fighting game... October 16, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bleach:Shattered Blade is a wonderful homage to the series. The artist and writer worked together with the game makers to create a story line that can be seen as in cannon, and original storylines and 2-D graphics for a few of the characters. The huge array of characters lets you pick one who's fighting style works for you, or maybe just your favorite character. The characters' moves are straight from the show, and even though the game takes place after the Soul Society Arc, a few characters have moves that aren't seen until the Hueco Mundo arc, which is impressive.
However, this game is very short. I was under the impression that there was a story mode for all 30 characters, when there's only story modes for about 7. Everything else you have to unlock through arcade mode.
This game is not as smooth as most modern arcade fighters are. However, with the limited controls for the Wii, that's only to be expected. However, the game does make up for it by incorporating the functions of the Wiimote in nicely.
The graphics are average. There's obviously some kinks, like when hair and accessories drift through people's bodies, and the backgrounds aren't too clean in the cut scenes.
As far as unlockable content goes, there's not much, and you can't really use any of it. It's fun to unlock extra voices to hear characters talk about (or bash) the Wii.
As a fighting game, this game is very average and doesn't really bring a whole lot that's new to the table. But fans of the series will really like it, and it's handy to have around when your friends come over, and Brawl isn't available until next year.
 A Very fun Game! October 13, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
NOTE: This review assumes that you have an understanding of the common terminology of Bleach.
The game is a direct port of the Japanese game, so they didn't mess with the story of the game or hide any of the characters or powers that haven't been shown here in the anime yet, which is cool. Just remember that this game was a launch title for the Wii in Japan, so there is still a lot of room for improvement in the game play, so your expectations for it shouldn't be too incredibly high. This is a very good game, though, especially for being such an early title.
The storyline of the game is weak, but that's not surprising, fighting games are not known for their storylines usually anyway. You can skip through the storyline cut scenes in story mode, though, and it's nice to be able to get right to the fighting. There is a fair amount of loading, but it works having the little breaks between the fights. The game play is remarkably solid and responsive, although not very complicated. You do need a lot of room to play, either standing up or sitting on the edge of a couch or chair because you have to swing the remote a lot. This game is not about random flailing around with the remote to control the zanpakuto (I haven't tried to play as any of the non-zanpakuto characters yet, so I might have to revise this late
My review for "Bleach: Shattered Blade" October 10, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm not much into fighting games, infact the only fighting games I own are this, Blade of Fate and Jump! Ultimate Stars. (Though I've played others that I've liked.) However, I was impatiently waiting for this game when I found out about it. For one, I needed another Wii game and secondly I love Bleach. One thought that occured to me though is of course "are they just using Bleach as a way to make easy sales and will it just be a waste of money?" Thankfully, my fears were wrong.
Graphics: 4/5 Nothing real stunning when compared to other games on other systems, however, for the Wii this was beautifully done. Nice anime look, the cut scenes when going into Bankai look fabulous, but once again, only good considering it's a Wii game.
Sound: 4.5/5 The sound affects are fairly good, I've been hearing complaints from people wishing they could hear them talk in Japanese and it just be dubbed, but really I like hearing it in a languag I speak. The music during the battles is done pretty good also, it goes along with the fighting pretty well.
Gameplay: 4/5 Like I said, I'm not really into fighters, but I'll try to compare it to others best I can. For attacks, you swing your Wii-mote, when preforming a special you hold down the b while swinging and to preform a regular but stronger attack you hold down b and swing. This works pretty well, expecally for me, it makes it easier to get right into than just button mashing. However, Bankai can be a little too easy to get into, when you give/take damage it goes up, and also to charge the meter you just shake your nunchuck, and to get into Bankai you shake your Wii-mote (when the meter's full, of course) although, I suppose it's better than being too hard to pull off. It's still quite fun to do anyways.
Over all I'd give Bleach: Shattered Blade a 4.5. If you're a fan of Bleach this is without a doubt a must have. Also if you're into fighters you might like it too, or at the least you should rent it once to try it out.
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