Blazblue Portable Key Features:

• 12 unique combatants to choose from, which now include Unlimited versions for all characters!

  Choose a character that represents your own fighting style, like the lightning-fast Taokaka or the wickedly powerful Tager.

• Drive your way to victory!

  Use the unique “Drive Attacks” specific to each character to decimate your opponent. Control the elements, like wind or ice, or even absorb the life-force of your opponents.

• Multiplayer battles via Ad-Hoc Mode

  Battle with up to four players in a single room and play with custom rule sets. Two people will fight each other at a time while the others spectate.

• Legion Mode

  Build your army and conquer the map! Have up to 20 members join your party.

• Shop Mode

  Use in-game currency to purchase illustrations and Unlimited characters.

A fine gentleman (I assume) named Sam Bishop over at IGN has been kind enough to write up a hands-on preview of our own Mimana Iyar Chronicle, a game which will be released on the PlayStation Portable. And if that weren’t enough, another fine gentleman (I assume) named Ryan Clements has written up a similar hands-on preview of BlazBlue Portable, also for the PSP. I would provide you with highlights, but that would both dilute the impact of these wonderful examples of quality journalism, and make this post even more blatantly self-serving than it already is. As such, I entreat you to visit IGN and read them. If the Mimana article wets your appetite, I would humbly remind you that it is available for pre-order from a number of quality retailers.

The Wheel of Fate is Turning…

All of your favorite BlazBlue characters in the palm of your hand!

On PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) System and PlayStation®Store

Torrance, CA (January 15th, 2010) – Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment products, proudly announces Blazblue Portable, coming March 2010! The console version of BlazBlue was recently a top-4 finalist for the VGA Awards, and Aksys Games is proud to announce we will be bringing an updated version to the PSP system and PlayStation®Store.

This game is the ultimate 2D fighting game on the go! BlazBlue features all of the console modes—Arcade, Versus, Score Attack, Training, and Story…in addition to the all-new Shop and Legion modes, where you control your own party of fighters in an attempt to conquer the world of BlazBlue.

“Every frame of animation and hit box is painstakingly replicated from the original game, so all of your combos work without a hitch. It’s really nice when you need your BB fix on the go,” says Michael Manzanares, Project Lead. “And new Unlimited versions of your favorite characters don’t hurt, either.”

Blazblue Portable Key Features:

• Twelve unique combatants to choose from, which now include Unlimited versions for all characters!Choose a character that represents your own fighting style, like the lightning-fast Taokaka or the wickedly powerful Tager.
• Drive your way to victory!Use the unique “Drive Attacks” specific to each character to decimate your opponent.Control the elements, like wind or ice, or even absorb the life-force of your opponents.
• Multiplayer battles via Ad-Hoc ModeBattle with up to four players in a single room and play with custom rule sets.Two people will fight each other at a time while the others spectate.
• Legion ModeBuild your army and conquer the map! Have up to 20 members join your party.
• Shop ModeUse in-game currency to purchase illustrations and Unlimited characters.