Arc System Works announced this Saturday at the Anime NYC event that bothBlazBlue Central Fiction Special EditionandWorld End Syndromewill release in North America in 2019.
BlazBlue Central Fiction Special Editionwill release for Switch on February 7th in North America, the same date as in Japan.The game’s European publisher, PQube, already announced in October it will release in Europe on February 8th. While Japan and Europe will get physical editions, the game is digital-only in North America, as confirmed byArc System Works America on Twitter.
Here’s the game’s official description from PQube:
Experience the final chapter of the epicBlazBluesaga in 40-plus hours of story mode, featuring over 30 unique characters on more than 60 stages and challenge yourself or your friends in one of the many modes – anywhere you go! Including all downloadable content and updates to date,BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special EditionSpecial Edition will be the most comprehensive version of the showpiece anime fighting game series from Japan.
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World End Syndromewill release for PS4 and Switch in “Spring 2019”. The game was released in Japan on August 30th, after a delay from its initial April 19th release date, for the same platforms plus Vita. Sadly, like always now, the Vita version didn’t make the cut.
World End Syndromeis a mystery visual novel, featuring a teenager who moves to the port town of Mihate, and lives in with his cousin Maimi Kusunose (voiced by Hisako Toujou). He also meets a quiet girl called Miu Amana (voiced by Shiori Izawa) and hears about the town’s mystery: supposedly, every hundred years, the dead come back to life. Maimi and Miu are the game’s main heroines, but it also features many other characters and has multiple endings depending on your choices and interactions with them.
The characters were designed by Yuki Kato, who also handlesBlazBlue’s character design. The game has always piqued our interest and you can check our previous coverage of it with the Japanese version’sfirst trailer,thesecond trailer, andsome screenshots. The game won’t be dubbed in English and we’ll get the Japanese voices.
As a side note, you should be careful not to mix upWorld End Syndromewith another visual novel coming west in 2019,Our World is Ended.I’m really looking forward to that one too.
