BlazBlue: Continuum Shift 2 throws down in Japanese arcades this winter

@tBanzai source? the way the story ended this COULD be a real sequel unless you have a source that 100% confirms it's just an update to the arcade that includes all the characters that the consoles got/will get. I'm still waiting for the official Platinum announcement >.

@The Joy of Painting w Bob Ross

Its just the arcade version, since they can't exactly update the original CS arcade systems. Its not an actual sequel.

@EngineF

Actually, Joystiq is right. It's Aksys, not Arksys.

http://www.aksysgames.com/

@jtrjuwrue5iiejie5ijeie3i5

Wrong.

Aksys Games is the localization team.

Arc System Works, often abbreviated to various forms, ASW generally, or some people call them ArcSys, is the developer in Japan behind the GG and BB games.

Also, I'd consider BBCS2 a full sequel if they wrote a full story mode to go with. I only mediocrely enjoyed BBCTs story, but BBCS's story mode was incredible!

@gatotsu911

Again, its just an update to the Japanese Arcade consoles, since they can't release a patch for them to download, doesn't work that way.

Try reading the comments

@DevilSei Actually, they CAN release a patch. The machines run on Taito Type X^2 hardware, which runs off of a hard drive under a Windows XPE environment.

Just, traditionally, a content update doesn't come free. This might explain why it's called CSII, as well; the system probably isn't being overhauled like it was after CT, so arcades get an incremental patch and console owners just have to pick up the DLC.

But saying that, I don't agree with Makoto coming out just a month after the game has been out.

@Chronomaster

Ah, thanks for the correction.


And honestly, the Makoto DLC didn't bug me. For 40 bucks, CS was a damn good deal to me, and for 7-8 bucks you get Makoto, all of her colors (including what would be under the character color dlc), her unlimited mode, 3 achievements, challenges, and a fun unique character with a rather badass astral. And at least she wasn't, like the other 2 characters, already on the disk.
Strip away the unlimited and color unlock, she's only 4-5 bucks, and applying that to the next 2, the game only comes down to 52-55 bucks, and overall comes to 61$, which is cheaper compared to a 60$ game.

I know I'm getting Valkenhym, his theme sounds like a metal version of something out of Castlevania. As for Platinum, not so sure... don't dig the magical loli girl vibe... Vampiric goth Loli is enough for me in that department.