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Bleach : The 3rd Phantom
ブリーチ　ザ・サード・ファントム
Burīchi Za Sādo Fantomu
Developer(s): Treasure Co. Ltd
Publisher(s): Sega
Release date: June 26, 2008

US September 13 2009

Genre: Tactical Role-Playing
Game modes: Single player
Ratings: CERO All pages, ESRB Teen
Platform(s): Nintendo DS

Bleach: The 3rd Phantom (ブリーチ　ザ・サード・ファントム, Burīchi Za Sādo Fantomu) is a Tactical Role-Playing Game for Nintendo DS based on the popular manga written by Tite Kubo. It was released September 15 of 2009 in the United States.

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Overview

This game features a spin-off storyline in the Bleach universe written for this game by Tite Kubo himself. Two Shinigami, Matsuri Kudo and her twin brother Fujimaru Kudo, shortly after obtaining positions in the 5th Division under their adoptive father Seigen Suzunami, fend off an Arrancar, bent on the destruction of Soul Society by the name of Arturo Plateado. After their 'final battle' with the strange Arrancar, the twins are suspended in time, until their reawakening in the present day. In the Human World, Fujimaru meets Ichigo Kurosaki and a strange girl named Shiyo as well as many of the other characters of Bleach. It is here that they learn about the true intentions of their former 5th Division Lieutenant Sōsuke Aizen, as well as the passing of many of their dear friends and family. Acquaintances of Kaien Shiba, Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Rangiku Matsumoto, Gin Ichimaru, Momo Hinamori, Tōshirō Hitsugaya and Soifon, the twins are genuinely surprised to discover that all of these children now outrank them, and confronted with sadness upon discovery of the true extent of this lost time.

Fujimaru soon discovers that Seigen and Matsuri are indeed still alive, but have joined forces with Aizen, believing that Soul Society organized the death of Konoka Suzunami and the destruction of the Suzunami House. After many battles, Fujimaru finally reunites with his sister, and together they resolve to bring Seigen back to Soul Society. However, they are unable to do so, as Seigen has been transformed into a gigantic, bestial Hollow-like monster. Not truly a Vizard, and closer in appearance to an Arrancar, Seigen is used as a weapon against Soul Society. Fujimaru and Matsuri decide to lead an expedition team to Hueco Mundo in order to defeat Aizen once and for all. They never do get that far, as after attacking the monster Seigen, they are transported into a strange 'in-between' place, where they defeat Seigen, momentarily returning him to his own form, before he, Konoka and Shiyo fade away from life. The game ends with Fujimaru and Matsuri in the Human World, trying to learn the alphabet, which Fujimaru messes up each and every time as Ichigo and his friends call them out.

Gameplay

Unlike the two first Bleach DS games, The 3rd Phantom is not a fighting game, but a turn-based tactic game. Two teams fight each others on an isometrically viewed battlefield in a style similar to the Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem games. When a character attacks an opponent, the screen switches to a side view, similar to the Bleach DS fighting games. If two teammates are near the same opponent, they can perform a tag team move more powerful than the basic ones which may make it easier to kill an enemy. Once the player has won the battle, his/her characters will earn experience points which will increase their stats and unlock new abilities.

Characters

Most of the cast returns from Bleach DS 2nd: Kokui Hirameku Requiem.

Returning Characters

New Characters

Game Original Characters

Trivia

  • The game's events do not tie in with the timeline established in the manga. In the game, Seigen was the Fifth Division's captain at the same time as Kisuke Urahara was the Twelfth Division's captain, with both of them leaving Soul Society at the same time, due to a plot set up by Aizen. However, in the manga storyline, Shinji Hirako is the captain of the Fifth Division for the entire time that Urahara served as a captain.
  • The game also features Grand Fisher, Shrieker and his Artillery, Jibakurai, and Numb Chandelier as lesser Hollows. However, likely for continuity reasons, every one of these Hollows had their name changed (for example, Grand Fisher to Grand Savage, and Shrieker to Screamer).

Music

The theme song of the game is Nokori Kaze (残り風, Remaining Wind) by Ikimono gakari. The band also performed the Bleach anime seventh ending song.

External links

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