Bleach 3rd Phantom DS - New Import - In Stock

This game will feature a new storyline in the Bleach continuity written for this game by Tite Kubo. Two shinigami, Matsuri Kudo and her brother Fujimaru, travel through time to the present day. In the living world, they will meet Ichigo Kurosaki and learn about the true intentions of their 5th Division Vice Captain Sosuke Aizen.

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. Once the player has won the battle, his characters will earn experience points which will increase their stats and unlock new abilities.

This game will feature around 180 characters. Most of the cast from Bleach DS 2nd: Kokui Hirameku Requiem will return and the newcomers will include Shinigami Retsu Unohana, Yumichika Ayasegawa, Kaien Shiba, Jidanbō and Tetsuzaemon Iba, Vizard Shinji Hirako and Hiyori Sarugaki, and Arrancar Ulquiorra Schiffer, Grimmjow Jeagerjaques and Yammy, as well as the Números. Kusaka Sōjirō the antagonist of the movie Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion will be featured in the game.

During their journey, the Kudo siblings will also meet younger versions of Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Toshiro Hitsugaya, Rangiku Matsumoto, Momo Hinamori, Gin Ichimaru, Soifon and Kenpachi Zaraki although whether they are playable is unknown.

Characters created for this game, aside from Matsuri and Fujimaru Kudo, include a girl in the living world named Shiyo, former 5th Division Captain Seigen Suzunami and his sister Konoka.