If you’ve got only a 3DS and no other way to play BlazBlue , you could safely increase this score by one. However, as it stands, the package, while substantial, doesn’t properly utilise the pros of the console and comes off as an incredibly lazy PSP downport. Disappointing.
For those looking for the ultimate BlazBlue experience, it would be wise to turn towards the latest HD edition available for PS3, Xbox 360 and PS Vita, which features the best audio and visuals, full online multiplayer, more comfortable controls and extra content. That said, if you want what is probably the best 2D fighting experience available on 3DS and don’t mind the lack of online play, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II is the perfect choice.
The lack of online multiplayer is unacceptable when you consider it's been done in Street Fighter and Dead Or Alive, and there's some annoying slowdown which shouldn't be happening on a 3DS. Still, fighting fans looking for something to tide them over until Tekken will be content with this, as long as they're willing to battle the control system first.
We now know the European release date for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II, but it seems like there's some surprise in the works as well. The site has a countdown timer for...something. We'll just have to keep tabs on it!
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II is a very Japanese fighting game. This doesn't faze me anymore due to my long exposure to and infatuation with Japanese pop culture, but I imagine Lolita vampires, squirrel girls, and calling rounds "rebels" would confuse the average gamer. Even if you don't dig its style, the BlazBlue series has built a diverse cast of characters and rocks an engaging, complex fighting system...
TORRANCE, Calif. - Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment software, is pleased to announce that BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II is now out on the PSP system and the Nintendo 3DS handheld system! BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II is an enhanced port of the critically acclaimed BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, and the next installment in the popular 2D fighting game series known as BlazBlue...
TORRANCE, Calif. - Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment software, is pleased to announce that BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II will be headed to both the PSP system and the Nintendo 3DS handheld system on May 31st. BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II is an enhanced port of the critically acclaimed BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, and the next installment in the popular 2D fighting game series known as BlazBlue...
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Stylish 2D fighting series BlazBlue is making its way to both the PSP and 3DS with a (sort of) new title, called BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II. More »
