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Kensk sent in the first real full length footage of the new BlazBlue characters, Hazama and Tsubaki. Although the videos are cellphone quality, it appears Hazama has a lot of options after one of his Drive moves (a long range chain) connects, allowing him to close in on his opponent. Another one of his Drive moves appears to be an air grab, but there is the possibility he could do something besides a grab after the initial hit. There is also a clear shot of one of his Distortion Drives as well.

It's hard to tell much about Tsubaki's game from the videos due to the quality so we will just have to wait to see more of her in action. We'll be sure to post up more videos as soon as they are available.

Update on Monday, October 5, 2009 at 7:02AM by haunts

Another video sent in by Kensk, this time featuring Hazama vs Rachel. The Hazama player, well, actually seems to know what he is doing in this video. Looks like a lot of fun, can't wait for this one!

Comments

[MonsterGoGo]

It's sad that so many Street Fighter players have gotten elitist and don't give this game a chance. It really is a great fighter. Whether you dig anime or not (and it's not as if Street Fighter is a long jump away from the same style...), anyone who calls themself a fighter fan shouldn't be avoiding this gem.

Oddly, playing BB has improved my SF4 execution too.

[haunts]

Yeah, BB is a blast, but sadly I havent had as much time as I'd like to play it. I am really looking forward to the new installment though -- new characters, balances and everything else. Cant wait!

[loldotcom]

Rachel's new super looks handy. Hopefully it'll offset her largely unnecessary nerfs :\

[quash]

for the most part, i'm pretty okay with all of the changes proposed. arakune and nu (lambda? i guess she's called now) have been nerfed, but from the looks of it they're both still usable (arakune actually still sounds like a high tier character too, if you ask me).

the only nerf that concerns me is rachel, though something tells me between now and the actual release they'll be giving her something special.

[Choysauce]

yay frog combos are back baby!! i was so sad when they didn't work in the first loketest, they seem to be doin a great job balancing stuff, it's crazy how much changes are happening.

[FuriousRGD]

@MONSTERGOGO,

In my tourney scene in South Carolina pretty much everybody who plays SF4 also plays BlazBlue. BlazBlue is huge around here. It's an awesome game and makes a fantastic compliment to SF4 in tourneys. Now KOFXII, on the other hand, is dead down here.

I think the biggest barrier to BlazBlue getting more success is that people know it's from the same company as Guilty Gear so they assume that it will take tremendous effort and time to get into the game, so many don't try. SF4 on the other hand has the perception of being easier to get into and benefits from its tremendous popularity worldwide.