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[cj_iwakura]

Weird.
http://operationrainfall.com/2016/07/08/central-fiction-es-trailer/

BlazBlue: Central Fiction has received a new character trailer for Es from Arc System Works.

Es made her first appearance in XBlaze Code: Embryo. She new joins the cast of the five new fighters heading to BlazeBlue: Central Fiction. Including, Natoto Kurogane, Nine the Phantom, Hibiki Kohaku, and Hades Izanami.

The trailer shows off Es’s fighting style, as well as, her special attacks.

You can watch the trailer below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Mx31N8OEU

Damn, she looks fun.

 

[Platinumstorm]

Why is this weird?

Also I sure hope CF has English localization....

 

[Glitter and Gold]

Why is this weird?

Also I sure hope CF has English localization....

Isn't it already confirmed for this winter sometime?

 

[Soulflarz]

Why is this weird?

Also I sure hope CF has English localization....

CF is having an english loc, lol. And it's weird becaude es is xblaze not bb, the bb series hasn't set up xblaze at all, even if xblaze references bb.

 

[Darth_Caedus]

Man the story is going to get crazy. I knew Es would be in this after I saw the ending of Xblaze.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Isn't it already confirmed for this winter sometime?

Yes, but odds of a dub are seeming bleaker by the day.

 

[Mohasus]

She looks like Saber.

 

[Kyrios]

Sounds good to me.

 

[Lemstar]

shouldn't be that surprising; she made an appearance in phase 3 of arcade mode in arcades (months ago) and she was officially confirmed for the console version when they announced it (also months ago)

 

[kiunchbb]

Isn't it already confirmed for this winter sometime?

Will the English loc coming close to the Japanese release? Or are we forced to wait another few months?

 

[cj_iwakura]

shouldn't be that surprising; she made an appearance in phase 3 of arcade mode in arcades (months ago) and she was officially confirmed for the console version when they announced it (also months ago)

First I've ever heard of it.

 

[.JayZii]

Looks familiar.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Will the English loc coming close to the Japanese release? Or are we forced to wait another few months?

I think we all know the answer to that.

 

[Soulflarz]

shouldn't be that surprising; she made an appearance in phase 3 of arcade mode in arcades (months ago) and she was officially confirmed for the console version when they announced it (also months ago)

Oh, he meant as in sudden?

Yeah, we've known about es for a long time.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Oh, he meant as in sudden?

Yeah, we've known about es for a long time.

I never saw it posted it any of the BB threads...

 

[Inuhanyou]

She looks like Saber.

How so?

Also...i guess we have to play Xblaze now to understand the story of this? I never bothered but...

 

[Darth_Caedus]

How so?

Also...i guess we have to play Xblaze now to understand the story of this? I never bothered but...

You probably should. If she has a role in the story it's going to be important to see Xblaze.

 

[cj_iwakura]

You probably should. If she has a role in the story it's going to be important to see Xblaze.

Seems fairly obvious she's tied to a Murakumo unit somehow.

 

[Glitter and Gold]

Will the English loc coming close to the Japanese release? Or are we forced to wait another few months?

Japanese release is October 6th

So it'll be a couple months at the very least

I never saw it posted it any of the BB threads...

Maybe because they were scans? I'm not even really apart of the BB community and I found out about it through twitter

 

[Akibared]

I only got one ending in Xblaze I need to go back and finish that and the second game.

 

[Lemstar]

How so?

Also...i guess we have to play Xblaze now to understand the story of this? I never bothered but...

blonde
ahoge
wears blue
huge sword

And no, I very much doubt if either XBlaze will help all that much. All you need to know for now is that shit is going down and the parallel BlazBlue universes (BB/XBlaze/Bloodedge Experience) are interacting, which is why Es and Naoto show up.

I never saw it posted it any of the BB threads...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1206934

 

[Darth_Caedus]

Seems fairly obvious she's tied to a Murakumo unit somehow.

The ending of Xblaze made it obvious that Es is vital to the story.

Spoiler

Im also fishy about the whole implications of the world being fake from one of the endings in Xblaze. Unless I interpreted that wrong

 

[Lemstar]

whoops double post

 

[Glitter and Gold]

Xblaze is a painfully dull game

don't put yourself through that

I'm sure the game itself will reconcile why she's there

 

[Darth_Caedus]

Xblaze is a painfully dull game

don't put yourself through that

It's an enjoyable, albeit average, VN if your a Blazblue fan.

 

[Reszo]

I thought that was Saber from Fate lol.

 

[Inuhanyou]

blonde
ahoge
wears blue
huge sword

I thought that was Saber from Fate lol.

Come on folks, let's be real lol. There's no comparison in looks. Even the described features are pretty generic anyone could have

 

[Darth_Caedus]

Come on folks, let's be real lol. There's no comparison in looks. Even the described features are pretty generic anyone could have

I agree. I never got the impression. I see lots of people bring it up too, I've read Stay Night and Hollow and Xblaze, I would know lol. They don't really look similar at all to me.

 

[Ke0]

Reminded me of Saber from Fate for a second.

 

[Glitter and Gold]

ok that sequence of posts made me laugh quite a bit

 

[Wild Card]

I guess almost Saber is better than no Saber

 

[Rymuth]

That's kinda huge, actually. If my understanding of Xblaze is correct, she's the single most important character in the lore because she is

Spoiler

The Master Unit

How so?

Also...i guess we have to play Xblaze now to understand the story of this? I never bothered but...

If I understood Xblaze correctly -

Spoiler

she was a prototype Murakumo unit before they were even called that. She eventually gets a soul and reaches the innermost place of the Boundry. From that place, her predecessor resets the timeline over and over to save the MC whom she loves. When that girl dies, Es becomes the new Master of that place from which she wields God-like power.

Throughout Blazeblue, you hear Terumi saying countless times he wants to kill the Girl in the Boundry/The Master Unit (most certainly Es) because she keeps looping the timeline just like her predecessor. Unfortunately for him, crossing the Boundry is impossible so he's resorted to increasingly complicated schemes

 

[Inuhanyou]

That's kinda huge, actually. If my understanding of Xblaze is correct, she's the single most important character in the lore because she is

Spoiler

The Master Unit

If I understood Xblaze correctly -

Spoiler

she was a prototype Murakumo unit before they were even called that. She eventually gets a soul and reaches the innermost place of the Boundry. From that place, her predecessor resets the timeline over and over to save the MC whom she loves. When that girl dies, Es becomes the new Master of that place from which she wields God-like power.

Throughout Blazeblue, you hear Terumi saying countless times he wants to kill the Girl in the Boundry/The Master Unit (most certainly Es) because she keeps looping the timeline just like her predecessor. Unfortunately for him, crossing the Boundry is impossible so he's resorted to increasingly complicated schemes

Uh....so after all this time, we find out something that big in a optional backstory visual novel? My god.

I mean, they have been referencing

Spoiler

the master unit

since continuum shift atleast, and maybe even calamity trigger

 

[Darth_Caedus]

Uh....so after all this time, we find out something that big in a optional backstory visual novel? My god.

I mean, they have been referencing

Spoiler

the master unit

since continuum shift atleast, and maybe even calamity trigger

Told you to play it lol

 

[OVDRobo]

She looks fun to play as any character, despite being a blatant rip-off of Saber with a colder personality, but I wish Japanese game devs could go one franchise without going ridiculously convoluted with light novels, radio dramas, anime series, manga spin-offs etc.

Blazblue is already the bad side of anime stories without making it necessary for people to play, read and watch a load of spin-off materials to even understand who half of the characters are.

Ah well. Bring it on, I guess. I've never really cared about the story all that much and I guess it saves their character designers some work.

 

[Village]

Come on folks, let's be real lol. There's no comparison in looks. Even the described features are pretty generic anyone could have

She looks like saber

This a series along with gg where they strait up lift characters mix them and throw them in the game.

That's kinda huge, actually. If my understanding of Xblaze is correct, she's the single most important character in the lore because she is

Spoiler

The Master Unit

If I understood Xblaze correctly -

Spoiler

she was a prototype Murakumo unit before they were even called that. She eventually gets a soul and reaches the innermost place of the Boundry. From that place, her predecessor resets the timeline over and over to save the MC whom she loves. When that girl dies, Es becomes the new Master of that place from which she wields God-like power.

Throughout Blazeblue, you hear Terumi saying countless times he wants to kill the Girl in the Boundry/The Master Unit (most certainly Es) because she keeps looping the timeline just like her predecessor. Unfortunately for him, crossing the Boundry is impossible so he's resorted to increasingly complicated schemes

Thats actually cool actually.

 

[Village]

Oops

 

[ShirAhava]

I was scrolling really fast and thought the main character from X-BLADES was in this game came in this thread to "lmao" but this is actually cool and makes a lot more sense.

 

[~Cross~]

Come on folks, let's be real lol. There's no comparison in looks. Even the described features are pretty generic anyone could have

Drive: Crest Arts
Overdrive: Type: Amplifier "Avalon"
Exceed Accel: Type: Braver "Lancelot"
Distortion Drives: · Type: Enchanter "Percival"
· Type: Shooter "Palomides"

 

[QisTopTier]

Oppai loli saber with dumb hair

Spoiler

gonna play her

 

[Rynocirator]

Sweet its Saber

Spoiler

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[cj_iwakura]

Now I wish I'd put Saber in the thread title to see who I could've fooled, heh.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Drive: Crest Arts
Overdrive: Type: Amplifier "Avalon"
Exceed Accel: Type: Braver "Lancelot"
Distortion Drives: · Type: Enchanter "Percival"
· Type: Shooter "Palomides"

....still. Yes that is pretty suspect but...

Maybe if Ayako Kawasumi voiced her, i'd be fully convinced.

In any case even if it was true, that's like saying Ayaka was Akiha, or Eltnum was Sion...expy's don't literally mean they are the person.

 

[Kayo Police]

She looks like a smaller version of Seiba

 

[Dennis]

Identifying Saber. Yup, that is Saber.

 

[Darth_Caedus]

Guys please...stahp

 

[Inuhanyou]

GUYS, you are killing me here. Even IF. I repeat. EVEN IF it was designed off of Arturia, it doesn't mean that it literally IS her. Or else French Bread would have been been sued to hell for winking so hard at Type Moon when they made Under Night in Birth Ex Cafe, regardless of their previous connections

 

[Rutger]

I guess the Saber color for Izayoi wasn't enough, now we have another Saber.

I see, it's the end of Ragna's story, so they need another character to clone several times instead of Saya in the next game.

 

[ZealousD]

Another playable character that's not Jubei. T_T

 

[King Gilga]

I found her super dull in xblaze. Boring emotionless saber ripoff. Meh.

Yes, but odds of a dub are seeming bleaker by the day.

That would be a real shame, the characters are the dub for me at this point after 3 games even if some have changed ripbangrip, don't think I'd bother then.