Product Description

BLEACH: DARK SOULS (NINTENDO DS)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3275 in Video Games
• Brand: Sega Of America, Inc.
• Model: 67022
• Published on: 2008-10
• Released on: 2008-10-07
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .75" h x 5.00" w x 5.50" l, .25 pounds

Features

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• For Play on Your Nintendo DS
• Published by Sega
• Game Genre: Fighting, Game Sub-Genre: Samurai/Ninja

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The Bleach: Dark Souls story

Based on the popular anime series currently in its second season on Adult Swim, Bleach: Dark Souls features a newly enhanced battle system. With new online multiplayer options and enhanced battle strategies, players can fight in dramatic high-action sword clashes via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection as one of 44 characters. The branching storyline created exclusively for Nintendo DS systems allows players to fight on the side of good or evil for the first time in the series as the evil "Hollows" have finally found a way to infiltrate Soul Society.

Game Features What's new Bleach: Dark Souls features an immense cast of 44 characters--it has the largest roster of playable characters in a Bleach video game to-date. Featuring multiplayer battles with new personalization options and 4-player online battles, players can now display an icon they created, send messages to friends, and hold online events. Players can even fight in team-based battles for the first time in the series. Returning characters can now inflict massive damage with additional moves, including new Bankai moves taken directly from the TV series. Seven thrilling gameplay modes including Story, Arcade, Versus, Training, Challenge, Time Attack and Survival , as well as over 100 mission-based battles and strategic scenarios, will provide hours of replayability. Strategy With over 90 cards (including 30 new Spirit Cards), players have more strategy options including the ability to speed, slow, or stop the timer during a match. New Reiju Crystals further enhance the power of player’s constructed card decks. Exclusive Bleach content. Extras Brand new game extras include a new in-depth Bleach series encyclopedia, Hollow characters, multiple costumes, Wallpapers and password protected content. Based on the popular anime series now in its second season on Adult Swim. This is the anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Bleach: The Blade of Fate. All 44 characters are voiced by the actors from the anime series.

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Customer Reviews

The best U.S. fighting game for DS, no doubt about it!
The Nintendo DS is definitely lacking in the fighting department, the only other DS fighter that is remotely as good as this is it's predecessor, Bleach: The Blade of Fate. This installment in the Bleach series is not too different from The Blade of Fate to be honest, but it has enough additions to make it a worthy purchase, especially if you are a fan of the Manga/Anime. There is an expanded cast of playable characters, 44 in total. That being said, there are way too many joke characters in this game. Several characters are totally useless, and really, who would want to play as a Hollow when you can be one of the Elite Soul Reapers? The only real benefit of the expanded roster in comparison to The Blade of Fate is having a greater variety of characters to beat on. Overall this game seems faster to me than the previous game, which is definitely a plus. When 4 players are in a free-for-all, you will not see a hint of slowdown, definitely a plus. Story Mode has a decent length and will definitely take you awhile to achieve 100% completion on all difficulties. You no longer have to play through every single mission again in order to unlock everything, once you beat the game you can skip over missions that you have already completed. The card system is better, you can now have 4 cards to choose from at once instead of just 2. The Reiju crystals add a bit to the character balance, you can take a painfully slow character like Sajin Komamura and make him fast enough to keep up with the likes of Ichigo, which makes Komamura nearly unstoppable (huge plus for me as he is my favorite character). For those of you that are into wifi gaming, you'll have to buy this version since everyone playing Bleach online will be playing Dark Souls as opposed to the Blade of Fate. In short, this is more like Blade of Fate version 1.5, but it's the best Bleach game you can get and definitely the best DS fighter that you can buy short of importing the Jump! games.

BleachFreak
At first, I was trying to figure out If this was a cardgame or not, but, In fact it was one of the best combat games for the nintendo
DS system. Bleach: Dark souls has a wide variety of characters to play as in arcade mode,a great storyline, but the whole spiritcard
thing is confusing. But I went on and beat the whole game in one day without them. Even though this game is really easy, it is fun to play. Even if one has already beaten the game, he/she will enjoy playing arcade mode, where you can earn extra money so that you can
purchase items at the Urahara shop. I would reccomend this game to anyone who likes manga/anime. If your'e reading this, Bleach: Dark souls is for you.
MC

Great DS Fighting game
This is the best fighting game for the DS I've played to date. Its easy to pickup and just jump right into, but also has the tutorials, guides, and in-game store to expand your gameplay experience.

On the upside, it gives you what you want in a fighting game. Wide range of characters to choose from, with a variety of abilities (different offensive, defensive, speed, and special capabilities). Play is smooth and surprisingly responsive for a handheld. Also the touch-screen special moves is implemented very well. If you use the touch-screen to make a special attack that same special locks out for about 3 seconds to prevent spamming (button-masher syndrome), but if you take the time to learn the actual direction-pad input for the move (ie down, forward, attack) you can use the special freely. Also the inclusion of the spirit cards lets you further customize your play.

On the downside, story mode is kinda short. Further, to complete the game 100% you need to go back and beat each mission 3 times (on each difficulty, Easy, Medium, and Hard). Some of the missions are ridiculous on Hard.

DS download play does let you play with 3 other people who don't own the cartridge, but load times are slow (1-2 minutes per load). It has to load before you select characters, and again after character select/before match start. At the end of the match it offers you "replay yes/no". If you hit "yes" everyone plays again immediately with the same characters, if you hit "no" it loads again and you're back at character select.