The logo of the Bleach series as seen on all of the video game covers
There are several video games based on Tite Kubo's manga and anime series Bleach. The games primarily revolve around the plot of the manga, following Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends, as well as his enemies. Some games, however, veer from the main plot and develop original stories and characters, similar to the anime series. The games have been released on home and handheld consoles. The series is mostly based on side-scrolling fighters, but has included other genres such as strategy role-playing games and action role-playing games.
The first game to be released from the Bleach series was Bleach: Heat the Soul, which debuted on March 24, 2005, and the latest release being Bleach: Soul Carnival 2, which was released on December 10, 2009.[1][2] There are 19 games holding the "Bleach" name, not including the two crossover games, Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars, which feature characters from numerous Weekly Shōnen Jump anime and manga series. Most of the games have been released only in Japan, though Sega has localized the first Wii game, and the first three Nintendo DS games for North America, Australia and Europe. Reception toward the games has been mixed, ranging from "the best fighter", for Bleach: The Blade of Fate, to "(not) a bad first effort, but the competition is leaving this one in the dust", for Bleach: Shattered Blade.[3][4]
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Bleach: Blade Battlers[]
The Bleach: Blade Battlers (Bleach~ブレイド・バトラーズ~?) series is a series of 3-D cel-shaded fighting games developed by Racjin and published by SCEI.[5][6]
Bleach: Blade Battlers Original release date(s):[5][7]
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Release years by system: 2006 – PlayStation 2[5][7] |
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Bleach: Blade Battlers 2nd Original release date(s):[6][9]
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Release years by system: 2007 – PlayStation 2[6][9] |
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Bleach DS[]
The Bleach DS series is a series of 2-D fighting games developed by Treasure Co. Ltd and published by Sega.[11][12][13][14]
Original release date(s):[11][15]
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Release years by system: 2006 – Nintendo DS[11][15] |
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Original release date(s):[12][18]
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Release years by system: 2007 – Nintendo DS[12] |
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Original release date(s):[13][21]
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Release years by system: 2008 – Nintendo DS[13] |
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Bleach DS 4th : Flame Bringer Original release date(s):[14]
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Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS[14] |
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Bleach Nintendo Home Consoles[]
The Bleach Nintendo Home Console series is a series of fighting games published by Sega, with the first two being developed by Polygon Magic and the third being developed by Treasure Co. Ltd.[16][24][25]
Bleach GC: Tasogare ni Mamieru Shinigami Original release date(s):[24][26]
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Release years by system: 2005 – Nintendo GameCube[24][26] |
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Bleach: Shattered Blade Original release date(s):[16][27]
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Release years by system: 2006 – Wii[16][27] |
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Bleach: Versus Crusade Original release date(s):[25][28]
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Release years by system: 2008 – Wii[25][28] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul[]
The Bleach: Heat the Soul (BLEACH:ヒート・ザ・ソウル?) series is a series of fighting games developed by Eighting and published by SCEI.[30]
Bleach: Heat the Soul Original release date(s):[1][30]
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Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation Portable[1][30] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 Original release date(s):[30][33]
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Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation Portable[30][33] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 Original release date(s):[30][36]
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Release years by system: 2006 – PlayStation Portable[30][36] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 Original release date(s):[30][39]
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Release years by system: 2007 – PlayStation Portable[30][39] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 Original release date(s):[30][42]
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Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation Portable[30][42] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 Original release date(s):[30][45][46]
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Release years by system: 2009 – PlayStation Portable[30][45] 2009 – PlayStation Store[46] |
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 7 Original release date(s):
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Release years by system: 2010 – PlayStation Portable 2010 – PlayStation Store |
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Bleach: Soul Carnival[]
The Bleach: Soul Carnival (BLEACH: ソゥル・カーニバル?) series is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by SCEI.[2][43]
Bleach: Soul Carnival Original release date(s):[43][49][50]
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Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation Portable[43][49] 2008 – PlayStation Store[50] |
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Bleach: Soul Carnival 2 Original release date(s):[2]
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Release years by system: 2009 – PlayStation Portable[2] |
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Single games[]
Bleach Advance: Kurenai ni Somaru Soul Society Original release date(s):[52][53]
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Release years by system: 2005 – Game Boy Advance[52][53] |
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Bleach: Hanatareshi Yabou Original release date(s):[54][55]
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Release years by system: 2006 – PlayStation 2[54][55] |
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Bleach: Erabareshi Tamashii Original release date(s):[57][58]
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Release years by system: 2005 – PlayStation 2[57][58] |
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Other games[]
Original release date(s):[60][61][62]
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Release years by system: 2005 – Nintendo DS[60][61][62] |
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Original release date(s):[63][64][65]
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Release years by system: 2006 – Nintendo DS[63][64] |
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "IGN: Bleach: Heat the Soul". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Bleach: Soul Carnival 2". GameSpot. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ Bozon (October 8, 2007). "IGN: Bleach: The Blade of Fate Review". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ Bozon (October 23, 2007). "IGN: Bleach: Shattered Blade Review". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "IGN: Bleach: Blade Battlers". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "ゲームソフト・周辺機器 発売スケジュール" (in Japanese). Famitsu. August 10, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Blade Battlers". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Blade Battlers (PlayStation 2 the Best)". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Blade Battlers 2". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "IGN: Bleach: Blade Battlers 2". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 "IGN: Bleach: The Blade of Fate". IGN. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "IGN: Bleach: Dark Souls (Bleach DS 2)". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "IGN: Bleach: The 3rd Phantom (Bleach 3)". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Bleach DS 4th: Flame Bringer". GameSpot. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Bleach: The Blade of Fate". GameSpot. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "IGN: Bleach: Shattered Blade". IGN. Retrieved August 16, 2007. Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "BladeRelease" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "Bleach DS". Sega. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "::: Bleach DS 2nd :::". Sega. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (July 28, 2006). "Bleach 2nd Details". IGN. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Bleach DS 2nd, Pre-order Pouches Up for Grabs". GameBrink. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
- ↑ "Bleach: The 3rd Phantom". GameSpot. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ↑ Mark Bozon (May 28, 2009). "IGN: Bleach: The 3rd Phantom Preview". IGN. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ JC Fletcher (May 19, 2009). "Bleach DS 4th: Flame Bringer brings platforming, slashing". Joystiq (Nintendo). Retrieved September 16, 2009.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Bleach GC: Tasogare ni Mamieru Shinigami". GameSpot. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 "IGN: Bleach: Versus Crusade". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 "Bleach GC". Sega. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 "Bleach Wii". Sega. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Bleach: Versus Crusade for Wii". GameSpot. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ↑ "Sega Cover Competition". Sega. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 30.00 30.01 30.02 30.03 30.04 30.05 30.06 30.07 30.08 30.09 30.10 30.11 30.12 "Eighting Releases". Eighting. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul (PSP the Best)". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 "IGN: Bleach: Heat the Soul 2". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul 2". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul 2 (PSP the Best)". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 "IGN: Bleach: Heat the Soul 3". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul 3". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul 3 (PSP the Best)". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 "IGN: Bleach: Heat the Soul 4". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul 4". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 (PSP the Best)". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 "Bleach: Heat the Soul 5". GameSpot. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 "IGN: Bleach: Soul Carnival". IGN. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 (PSP the Best)". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 "Bleach: Heat the Soul 6". GameSpot. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 "Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 (Download)". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Heat the Soul 6". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 "Bleach Soul Carnival 2 Demo". GameTrailers. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Soul Carnival". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 50.2 "Bleach: Soul Carnival (Download)". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ Alice Liang (October 17, 2008). "Bleach: Soul Carnival Hands-On Preview". 1UP. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 "IGN: Bleach Advance". IGN. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 53.3 "Bleach". Sega. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 54.2 Gantayat, Anoop (March 1, 2006). "Now Playing in Japan". IGN. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
- ↑ 55.0 55.1 "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Hanatareshi Yabou". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "PlayStation.com Japan Bleach: Hanatareshi Yabou (PlayStation 2 the Best)". PlayStation. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 "GameStats: Bleach Cheats, Reviews, News". GameStats. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
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- ↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 "ガンバリオン公式ホームページ 開発タイトル一覧 Jump Super Stars(ジャンプスーパースターズ)" (in Japanese). Ganbarion. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
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- ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 "ガンバリオン公式ホームページ 開発タイトル一覧 Jump Ultimate Stars(ジャンプアルティメットスターズ)" (in Japanese). Ganbarion. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
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External links[]
- Official Bleach video game homepage (Japanese)
- Official Eighting site (Japanese)
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