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BLADE ARCUS Gameplay Videos Show Altina, Roselinde, Xiao-Mei, Fenrir in Action

posted on by Kyle Hallmark
2D fighting game slated for November 26 PS3/PS4 release

The official website of Sega's BLADE ARCUS from Shining EX 2D fighting game began streaming gameplay videos for Altina, Roselinde, Xiao-Mei, and Fenrir on Friday.

Altina (played by Marina Inoue) and Roselinde (played by Houko Kuwashima) from Shining Blade

Fenrir (played by Tetsu Inada) from Shining Blade and Xiao-Mei (played by Chiwa Saito) from Shining Hearts

Sega streamed gameplay videos for Sonia, Rage, Sakuya, Ryuga, and Pairon earlier this month. A product code that will allow the download of Sonia as a playable character will be included in first print copies of the game.

Sega previously streamed a video in September introducing the game's playable characters.

The game is a console port of Sega's BLADE ARCUS from Shining arcade fighting game, which is a spinoff of its Shining role-playing games. Sega will ship BLADE ARCUS from Shining EX for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan on November 26.

The character roster thus far includes:

  • Ryuga (original character)
  • Pairon Wong (original character)
  • Rage (Shining Blade)
  • Sakuya (Shining Blade)
  • Fenrir (Shining Blade)
  • Altina (Shining Blade)
  • Xiao-Mei (Shining Hearts)
  • Melty (Shining Hearts)
  • Isaac (Shining Hearts)
  • Roselinde (Shining Blade)
  • Rick Elwood (Shining Hearts)
  • Dylan Rowen (Shining Hearts)
  • Rouna Murasame (Shining Hearts)
  • Urayukihime Hayane (Shining Hearts)
  • Misty (Shining Hearts)

Illustrator Tony designed the game's characters. Toshinobu Kondō is directing the game at Studio Saizensen.


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