Bleach Is Getting A Pokemon Go-Style Video Game
If you are a fan of Pokemon Go and Bleach, then your day is about to get a little bit better. [...]
If you are a fan of Pokemon Go and Bleach, then your day is about to get a little bit better. Thanks to LINE Game, Tite Kubo's acclaimed manga is getting a brand-new video game which will let users slay Hollows through augmented reality.
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Earlier today, LINE Game confirmed it would be released a new Bleach mobile app in Japan later this year. Bleach: Paradise Lost was revealed in Weekly Shonen Jump, and the game will launch as a free-to-play title with select in-app purchases.
The game is described as a "Bankai 3D Tap RPG" where Hollows appear before gamers in the real world. Players will be tasked with protecting their city as Hollow flood into it from Hueco Mundo. The creatures will appear in the real world via augmented reality, and players can customize their avatar Soul Reaper as they exterminate Hollows left and right.
The game will come with a story mode, and LINE Game says it will "perfectly reproduce" famous scenes from Bleach's anime. Karakura Town and the Soul Society with by the mode's main settings. As for the game's battle system, it will be turn-based and rely on self-made decks.
You can read Viz Media's synopsis of Bleach below:
"Ichigo Kurosaki never asked for the ability to see ghosts—he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow—a malevolent lost soul—Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits themselves find peace."
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Bleach is author Tite Kubo's second title. Kubo made his debut with ZOMBIEPOWDER., a four-volume series for Weekly Shonen Jump. To date, Bleach has been translated into numerous languages and has also inspired an animated TV series that began airing in Japan in 2004. Beginning its serialization in 2001, Bleach is still a mainstay in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump. In 2005, Bleach was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award in the shonen (boys) category.