Dipping My Hands In Bleach

Quite honestly I have no idea why I picked up Bleach: Shattered Blade for the Wii on Wednesday. I am not familiar with the manga or anime series at all, having been turned off after working Anime Weekend Atlanta last year and being up to my ass in Bleach cosplayers. I suppose I was just hopeful after Dragon Ball Z's excellent Wii debut and my love of the Naruto fighter series for the Gamecube. As you might be able to tell from the video above, I was in for a bit of a let down. The Wii controls for the sequel to Japan's Bleach GC: Tasogare ni Mamieru Shinigami make the game ridiculously easy. Mind you i was playing on normal mode...in hard mode the enemy AI actually fights back. I suppose in easy mode they simply surrender before the fight begins. More »

Week in Games: The Orange Box Edition

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Bleach: Shattered Blade Gameplay

Here's a Games Convention gameplay clip of Bleach: Shattered Blade, the fighting game based on the insanely popular anime. The Wii title features 32 fighters, including original antagonist Arturo Plateado, created specially for the game by Sega and Bleach creator Tite Kubo. I kind of like the look of the game, and I'm a sucker for a fighter with tons of characters. The whole Wii dynamic throws things off for me though, so I am going to have to reserve any judgment until I've played it myself. Not like my opinion matters much in this situation. Thousands of Bleach fans will swarm game stores no matter what I say once the game launches in October.