BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Overview

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is a 2D fighting game developed by Arc System Works. Its name is a combination of the words "blaze" and "blue" when the title is rendered in rōmaji, and of the words "brave" and "blue" when rendered in katakana. As Japanese people usually follow the katakana rendering, the Japanese pronunciation is made similar to the word "bray", entirely omitting the "z" sound. The game was released for the arcade in 2008, and for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2009, and Microsoft Windows in 2010. A port for the PlayStation Portable, titled BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Portable, was also released in 2010.

BlazBlue is a traditional 2D fighting game where two characters participate in a duel. A round is called a "rebel" and one match can consist of one to five "rebels". To win a round, one player must either defeat the other by inflicting damage through various attacks to reduce their opponent's health to zero or by having more remaining health than their opponent within the time limit.

Before the events of the game, humanity was on the verge of extinction from a creature called the "Black Beast." The world was saved by six heroes who wielded magic. They helped humanity create "Ars Magus", a fusion of magic and science, to defeat the Black Beast. This event would be later known as the First War of Magic.

The game was first released for the Taito Type X2 arcade system board, with a 1.66:1 aspect ratio (also known as the 5:3 ratio) ratio and 768p resolution, on November 19, in Japan and November 20, 2008, in the United States. It was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 home consoles on June 25, 2009, in Japan. A port for the PlayStation Portable, titled BlazBlue Portable, was released in Japan on February 25, 2010, and in Europe on September 9, 2010. The PC version was released in Europe on August 20 and in Japan on August 26, 2010. A direct conversion of the Xbox 360 version contains cross-platform compatibility via the Games for Windows, Live service.

The console versions have received positive reviews, with scores of 87/100 and 86/100 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 respectively on Metacritic. Praise has been given for the depth of gameplay in spite of a comparatively small roster as well as an excellent online component. The game's plot has also been well-received, many reviews noting it as well-conceived and exceptional amidst the often lackluster and convoluted stories that the fighting game genre has.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Fighting, Arcade

Developer

Arc System Works

Publisher

N3V Games, H2 Interactive Co., Ltd.

Series

BlazBlue

Platforms

PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

12

USK

12

ESRB

T

Release dates

Editions

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Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies51

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

10

Bronze

38

Total

51

Points

1350

• Power of the Azure Conquered the world of BlazBlue. Platinum 3.11% of players
• Dante [ARCADE] Beat Arcade mode on HELL difficulty. Silver 4.68% of players
• Leonidas [SCORE ATTACK] Beat Score Attack mode. Gold 3.44% of players
• I Am the Just Sword [ARCADE / SCORE ATTACK] Defeated Hakumen. Bronze 6.57% of players
• Murakumo Activated... [ARCADE / SCORE ATTACK] Defeated Nu. Bronze 6.8% of players
• Welcome to the Azure Nightmare [ARCADE / SCORE ATTACK] Defeated "Unlimited" Ragna, and obtained the power of darkness. Silver 3.62% of players
• Victory Is an Illusion 【ARCADE / SCORE ATTACK】 Defeated "Unlimited" Rachel. Silver 5.08% of players
• Devil's Advocate Used Ragna's "Gauntlet Hades" over 100 times. Bronze 5.91% of players
• Ride the Icening Used Musou Senshouzan or Tosshougeki over 20 times in one round, and finished the opponent off. Bronze 5.29% of players
• This Is Important... Heard Noel say, "Hands off the panda!" over 100 times. Bronze 5.45% of players
• Spoonful of Sugar Stayed afloat for over 25 seconds with Rachel. Bronze 4.27% of players
• Cat-a-pult Threw a Kaka kitten using Taokaka's "Kitty Litter Special!". Bronze 6.17% of players
• Irresistible Hit the opponent with Tager's "Spark Bolt" more than six times in one round. Bronze 4.92% of players
• Hat-Trick In one match, successfully pulled off "Thirteen Orphans", "The Great Wheel", and "All Green". Bronze 4.63% of players
• Beautiful Arakune Had a perfect match using Arakune. Bronze 6.26% of players
• Bangarang! Fought against Bang as Bang, and both activated the "Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan". Bronze 5.3% of players
• I Can Rebuild Her... As Carl, decommissioned Nirvana three times in one round. Bronze 5.01% of players
• It's over 10,000! Dealt over 10,000 damage using Hakumen, without the use of an Astral Heat. Bronze 3.88% of players
• Activate Termination Protocol Completed a 60+ hit combo using Nu. Bronze 4.07% of players
• Wanderer [Player Match] Played first Player Match. Bronze 5.71% of players
• Warrior [Player Match] Fought a total of 150 battles. Silver 3.92% of players
• Voyeur [Player Match] Witnessed over 20 battles. Bronze 4.07% of players
• Ruler of Kagutsuchi [Ranked / Player Match] Fought against all characters. Bronze 4.48% of players
• Be Gentle... It's My First Time. [Ranked Match] Played first Ranked Match. Bronze 6.23% of players
• That Was Incredible! [Ranked Match] Won first victory in a Ranked Match. Bronze 5.47% of players
• You Brute! [Ranked Match] Three consecutive wins in Ranked Matches. Bronze 4.78% of players
• 100 Trials [Ranked Match] Fought over 100 battles. Silver 4.02% of players
• 200 Trials [Ranked Match] Fought over 200 battles. Gold 3.86% of players
• Hands Where I Can See Them [GALLERY] Collected over 50 illustrations. Bronze 4.73% of players
• I Like to Watch [REPLAY THEATER] Collected over five replays, other than your own. Bronze 4.96% of players
• Hello World！ [STORY] Watched the opening. Bronze 8.97% of players
• Duh Dun DUNNN! 【STORY】 Saw the "True Ending". Silver 4.46% of players
• You're the Best! Around! [TRAINING] Dished out a total of over 1,000,000 damage. Bronze 4.91% of players
• Carpal Tunnel Exceed a total playtime of 25 hours. Bronze 4.15% of players
• Legionnaire Reached Lv.10. Bronze 4.94% of players
• Praetorian Guardsman Reached Lv.30. Silver 4.08% of players
• You Never Forget Your First Performed your first Barrier Crush. Bronze 6.18% of players
• It's Go Time Performed your first Astral Heat. Bronze 5.27% of players
• Discouraging Finish! Use an Astral Finish with every character. Silver 3.77% of players
• Their Numbers Count for Nothing Performed an instant block 300 times. Bronze 4.16% of players
• Nothing's Gonna Keep You Down Earned a Perfect victory 30 times. Silver 5.36% of players
• Stop Hitting Yourself Used Counter Assault 30 times. Bronze 3.69% of players
• Restraining Order Used Barrier Burst over 30 times. Bronze 5.02% of players
• Animation Conservation Used Rapid Cancel over 100 times. Bronze 3.78% of players
• Designated Driver Used Distortion Drive over 100 times. Bronze 5.01% of players
• This Just Got Real Caused a Double Down to occur. Bronze 4.94% of players
• In Living Color Used all the color palettes of a single character. Bronze 5.32% of players
• I'm faster than anybody! [Ranked / Player Match] Get "First Strike" five times in a row. Bronze 4.96% of players
• It's the Only Way to Be Sure Performed a 20 hit combo after the round is over. Bronze 5.63% of players
• Words Hurt Too Let your opponent get a 5,000 hit-point lead on you, then taunt you. Silver 6.06% of players
• Greased Pig Successfully escaped 50 throws. Bronze 4.58% of players

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

N3V Games, H2 Interactive Co., Ltd.

Developer

Arc System Works

Released

2009-06-30

Age rating

ESRB T

Region

US

Time to beat

about 10.1 hours