Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future (PSP)

videoman · 03-10-2010, 02:44 AM

The newest sting game in the world of Yggdra Union

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From siliconera.com
While “union” is in the title, Blaze Union is not a sequel to Yggdra Union. It’s a successor or spiritual follow up set in the same world, but many years before Yggdra was born. Sting appears to have kept the same battle system that made Yggdra Union so addictive and threw in a bunch of new characters.

jj984jj · 03-10-2010, 04:11 AM

It's another game not from Shinichi Ito, the lead designer of Yggdra Union and the Dept. Heaven games. They're even outsourcing the story to some company called R-Force. :\

I can't say I'm interested in these non-Ito games anymore, I hope they reveal Dept. Heaven Episode IX soon.

Gen Eric Gui · 03-10-2010, 06:37 AM

Every game Sting has ever made was great, and this one is building on one of their best.

I wanted this before I knew it existed. Day One. Day BEFORE one if it's possible.

ShadowRaskolnik · 03-10-2010, 07:30 PM

Looks interesting, but I think I will wait for more info. However it's sad that Shinichi Ito isn't working on this, I was hoping it was the next Dept. Heaven entry.

redrighthand · 03-11-2010, 06:12 PM

Very curious about this! Too bad that Ito isn't working on it directly, but all the same, I'll be watching the announcements closely. Make it a tentative Day One for me, and curse Sting for taking all my money before it even winds up in my wallet.

Liquid Fire · 03-12-2010, 09:25 AM

Here is some new screens. I'm kind of neutral about the look. What do you think?

New Screens.

four_black_hearts · 03-12-2010, 10:27 AM

They're supposed to start on a Nintendo system, and then port it to a Sony system. I might care about this if it gets a DS port.

Enzeru · 03-12-2010, 11:27 AM

I dislike how ALL the graphics are directly from YU PSP...You'd think that they would put more effort into this. :[

redrighthand · 03-12-2010, 01:38 PM

Hmm. The Emperor that Garlott and company are fighting doesn't have red hair or gold eyes... it doesn't seem like he's one of Brongaa's contractors/descendants. I wonder if this is supposed to be Gulcasa's predecessor, then? (I shouldn't get my hopes up, but I wonder if Leon and Elena's parents are involved with the Blaze Corps in that case...)

And the new artist is seriously going to take some getting used to. I guess it can't be helped since Kiyudzuki is working on Episode IX... at least Tobe is back for the new card illustrations.

four_black_hearts · 03-12-2010, 04:56 PM

It looks cartoony in that saturday morning kind of a way...

JeremyR · 03-26-2010, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by four_black_hearts

They're supposed to start on a Nintendo system, and then port it to a Sony system. I might care about this if it gets a DS port.

With the announcement of the 3DS, it all makes sense now. They will put it on the PSP first, then in a year, port it to the 3DS.

redrighthand · 04-01-2010, 05:36 AM

We finally have a site renewal on our hands! The opening movie can still be found under "information", and one of those "Special Tactics Cards" definitely has the twins on it.

Hayashi's music sounds great, as usual.

Matrix200 · 04-08-2010, 11:20 AM

Vote for a localization

Ruquion · 04-10-2010, 01:38 PM

Localization is huge yes. Also, Garlot seems to be male.

Bob mako · 04-13-2010, 04:17 AM

This should get localized (umd of course)

Raven · 04-13-2010, 11:57 PM

New gameplay trailer is out, oh and I think the red hair is a dude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3GKmwB9AZE

redrighthand · 04-15-2010, 01:18 PM

Garlott is a man, guys. Honestly, I don't really get where all this confusion about his gender's coming from--the only girly thing about him is the ponytail. If you're still wondering, listen to his voice clips. He's played by the guy who did Yuri's voice in Tales of Vesperia.

New characters Vellman, David, and Selica have recently been added to the character section, and the Gram Blaze team has a joint Twitter account much like Maria's (not that there's much up there yet).

Nine spaces left in the character section, but so far there are only a few more new characters that we've seen. Come on, Sting, you have to give us the Imperial Army one of these weeks. (Or there will be great rage.)

Eudy looks lovely in twintails.

antipyresis · 04-16-2010, 06:21 PM

Garlott is indeed 100% [s]dragon[/s] man. Pretty much most of the original female characters tend to be pretty fanservicey anyway, so it should be easy to tell. I never had a problem with telling the difference quite honestly, but I guess I'm more used to androgynous-looking anime characters than most people. XD

A huge yes for localization indeed. And yes, Sting really needs to give us some info on the old cast--that's the main reason why I'm so interested in the game in the first place :\

Eudy is very pretty ;w;

redrighthand · 04-21-2010, 12:03 PM

...Seriously, all the new female characters (aside from Lapis and the girl with the split personality, since one of those personalities is male) have extremely fanservicey designs that show off lots of skin. Like antipyresis said, it shouldn't be that hard to tell the difference...

Also, according to the game's Amazon.com page and the blurb there by Sting, different characters become recruitable in different story branches, so this branching thing looks to be pretty in-depth. Some of the new units will also be handling very differently than the classes we're familiar with from Yggdra Union, and we're promised more up-front character depth, as "bonds between comrades" has been stated to be the theme of this game.

We should be getting an update tonight or tomorrow night. Wonder who they're going to put up now...

KingOfPrinces · 06-09-2010, 12:04 PM

Bring It over! Bring It Over! Bring It Over!

Pretty Please.

System_Error · 06-09-2010, 03:42 PM

I'll buy this one for sure.

redrighthand · 06-21-2010, 12:05 PM

I'm playing the game in Japanese right now, and it's excellent. The English-speaking audience needs a chance to experience Blaze Union, too.

...Though I am a little bit worried about potential censorship if Atlus brings it over. Blaze Union has a higher CERO rating than the rest of the Dept. Heaven games, and with good reason. The Persona series is proof that Atlus can handle mature content well and keep translations intact, so hopefully they can do the same with this game...

four_black_hearts · 06-21-2010, 12:15 PM

Haven't Dept. Heaven games been less censored in their western releases so far?

redrighthand · 06-25-2010, 12:37 PM

Only if you're talking about how much skin gets shown during the bath scenes (in Japan, Sony is pretty militant about these things, and CERO has been cracking down recently). Compare the translation of Riviera's GBC incarnation to its PSP version and you'll find a couple of fixed scenes--that conversation with the demon in Lacrima Castle about breast size comes to mind; I'd love to know what Atlus was thinking when they decided to censor that one.

Among other things, Blaze Union's got such hot topics as human trafficking, attempted rape, and implications that the lead is (~gasp~!) bisexual. It's a bit darker than Yggdra Union, and it doesn't bother acting like an optimistic game until two-thirds of the way through the way that Yggdra Union did.

Kou the Mad · 04-28-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by four_black_hearts

Haven't Dept. Heaven games been less censored in their western releases so far?

actually, Yggdra Union for the GBA was LESS censored in America then in Japan, showing a little more during a 'certain Scene'.

as for this game, i'd love to have it here in the States.

hell-dew · 08-07-2012, 07:59 PM

Oh god yes Sting = awesome and more sting isnt a bad thing in my book.

Scott · 10-04-2012, 06:52 AM

Hoping that this could still be in consideration, since I'm just about to finish Yggdra Union for the first time.

I came late to the Dept. Heaven series, so it's still new to me. =p