Distortion Drives such as Ragna's "Blood Kain", Taokaka's "Almost Becoming Two!", Litchi's "Great Wheel" and Bang's "Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan" have been retooled to be their respective characters' Overdrives. Green Bursts are still in but are the only form of Burst available. Ī new mechanic called "Overdrive" has been added to the game, replacing the Gold Bursts from Continuum Shift. The storyline continues after events of Continuum Shift. All previous musical themes were re-arranged by Japanese power metal band Galneryus.
The character sprites have also been redrawn and several new songs were composed for the game. īesides normal rebalancing from Continuum Shift Extend, Chrono Phantasma features several revamped gameplay mechanics and introduces seven new characters to the roster (with two additional characters added to the Extend version of Chrono Phantasma). It was released on Jin North America, with the European region version releasing on October 23, 2015. Īn updated version of the game titled BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend, dubbed as BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma 2.0 in the Arcade version, was originally released for Arcades in October 2014, and for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in April 2015. Due to limited hardware and disc space the game was not released on the Xbox 360. A PlayStation 3 version of the game was released in Japan on October 24, 2013, while it was released in the North America on March 25, 2014.
The game was originally to be released first as an arcade game in the early fourth quarter of 2012, which was later pushed forward to November 2012. It is the third game of the Blazblue series, set after the events of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, released in Japan as BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, is a 2-D fighting game developed by Arc System Works.