Bleach: Heat the Soul 4's battle system

by Steven Bailey { Feb 23rd 2007 at 1:15PM }

If you've never imported one of the Bleach fighting games you're missing out one of the best fighters on the PSP. Being a fan of both the anime and the game series, I was happy to see that more info has come out about Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 from the official site. Finally there will be playable Vizards. The battle system is upgraded and supposed to have a new component called 'Soul Blaze'. The creators say the game is based on the manga, not the anime which may explain some of the visual choices.
Lastly, here are the confirmed characters so far:

Ichigo Kurosaki
Shuhei Hisagi
Ulquiorra
Ikkaku Madarame
Yumichika Ayasegawa
Grimmjow Jaggerjack
Hirako Shinji
Hiyori Sarugaki

The game is due out 5/24 in Japan.
[Via DCEmu]

Tags: bleach, bleach heat the soul 4, BleachHeatTheSoul4, dcemu

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ricky @ Feb 24th 2007 6:30PM

Thnx im a big fan of bleach and im happy to find out that heat the soul 4 is based on the manga!!

Leingod @ Feb 23rd 2007 1:59PM

This one will never make it stateside right? Unless Bleach gets aired on Cartoon Network or something, right? That sucks... cuz i'm allergic to japanese writing =(

steven.bailey @ Feb 23rd 2007 2:59PM

Bleach does air on Cartoon Network

daniel-kun @ Feb 23rd 2007 3:00PM

Actually, most of the menus are in English. The conversations are japanese, of course. I think they don't matter THAT much in the game, though :)
(And if you already know the anime show, you've most likely seen the cutscenes already anyways)

jtspanky @ Feb 23rd 2007 3:09PM

@ Leingold:
Bleach IS on Cartoon Network. I think it's on Sat. late night. Not sure exactly because my DVR does all the hard work there.

qadir @ Feb 23rd 2007 6:51PM

I start caring about Bleach games when Uryu is announced.

No Uryu=No deal

4ham @ Feb 23rd 2007 5:46PM

I don't see how they won't include Ishida, he's been in the every single other Heat the Soul game. And looking over the character lists they just get bigger with each game.

andyscout @ Feb 24th 2007 2:34PM

I got the first one for about $20, but i was sorely dissappointed when it only had 6 characters.

I've been thinking about importing the 3rd one but maybe I'll wait for this one to come out. Lookin pretty sweet there.

Andrew @ Feb 25th 2007 12:36PM

I'm pretty sure they'll include the 33 characters from HtS 3 as well as the 6 (so far) new ones, Ishida will be there.

Tom @ Mar 11th 2007 10:42AM

I was wondering if anyone knows how to import the game onto the psp like would i have to buy the JPN version and import that then would it play on my aussie psp or would i need a chip or soemthing to play the game

otaku9000 @ Apr 24th 2007 9:14PM

I wouldn't Exactly count on them announcing all the characters from previous games. It would be too tedious, since their planning on over 70 characters.
Playable Characters:(so far) (according to wikipedia)
* Ichigo Kurosaki (Hollow Ichigo *)
* Orihime Inoue
* Uryū Ishida (Quincy, Quincy final form)
* Yasutora Sado
* Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai
* Soifon
* Gin Ichimaru
* Izuru Kira
* Hanatarō Yamada *
* Sōsuke Aizen (shinigami captain, arrancar leader)
* Momo Hinamori
* Byakuya Kuchiki
* Renji Abarai
* Sajin Komamura
* Tetsuzaemon Iba
* Shunsui Kyōraku
* Nanao Ise
* Kaname Tōsen *
* Shūhei Hisagi
* Tōshirō Hitsugaya
* Rangiku Matsumoto
* Kenpachi Zaraki
* Yachiru Kusajishi
* Ikkaku Madarame *
* Yumichika Ayasegawa *
* Mayuri Kurotsuchi
* Nemu Kurotsuchi
* Jūshirō Ukitake
* Rukia Kuchiki (school uniform, shinigami)
* Kisuke Urahara
* Yoruichi Shihouin
* Shinji Hirako *
* Hiyori Sarugaki *
* Lisa Yadomaru *
* Kensei Muguruma *
* Ulquiorra Schiffer
* Yammy *
* Grimmjow Jaggerjack *
i'm not so sure about hanatarou.
partner-only.
* Retsu Unohana
* Isane Kotetsu
* Zangetsu
* Isshin Kurosaki (gigai)
* Karin Kurosaki
* Yuzu Kurosaki
* Keigo Asano
* Mizuiro Kojima
* Kon
* Ririn (plushie)
* Kuroud (plushie)
* Noba (plushie)
* Chappy Rukia
* Kūkaku Shiba
* Ururu Tsumugiya
* Don Kanonji
* Edorad Leones
* Shawlong Qufang
* Love
* Rose
* Hachigen Usoda
* Mashiro
of course, that's just the rumors.