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BLADE ARCUS Gameplay Videos Show Sonia In Action, Explain Techniques
posted on by Kevin Pennyfeather
Japanese video game news source Famitsu began streaming four gameplay videos for Sonia Blanche from Sega's BLADE ARCUS from Shining EX 2D fighting game on Monday.
The first video provides commentary during the game's training mode for some of the technical aspects of Sonia's strategy.
The other three videos each show a complete match of Sonia against other confirmed characters from the game, Altina and Misty.
Sonia vs. Altina (played by Marina Inoue) from Shining Blade
Sonia vs. Misty (played by Yukari Tamura) from Shining Hearts
Sonia Blanche (played by Asami Seto) originally appeared in Sega's Shining Resonance. 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 streamed two gameplay videos for Altina, Roselinde, Xiao-Mei, and Fenrir on its official website for the game on Friday. The company also streamed gameplay videos for Sonia, Rage, Sakuya, Ryuga, and Pairon earlier this month.
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.
