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Nitroplus Chiral Blasters Tag Duel (Stylised as: Nitro+CHiRAL BlasterS TAG DuEL), is a 2D-style fighting game featuring the cast of the Nitroplus Chiral visual novels developed by Arc System Works and Nitroplus Chiral, directed and written by Clarissa Jamieson. The game was released for arcades on January 4, 2022 and the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S and PC worldwide on .
Premise[]
A calamity of unknown source called the "Rapid Eye" is attacking from the devastated far future it's responsible for. Many men are trapped within the pocket dimensions it creates, and are ordered to fight each other if they want to find the truth. All participants are given a crystal known as a 'Wishstone' serving as their entry pass and it also empowers them to become strong enough for the battles ahead.
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Gameplay[]
The gameplay is similar to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, although some fighters will have an ‘Atrocity Phase’ which is somewhat based on Budokai 3’s Hyper Mode. Atrocity has a gauge that fills when the fighter performs attacks based off his flaws/crimes, known as Atrocity Skills. If it becomes full, he (with the player’s input) goes into an ‘evil’ state with the ability to perform faster and stronger versions of any Atrocity-filling attacks, and eventually perform a different Install Kill/Astral Finish with some based off bad endings. But if the Atrocity gauge runs out whilst in this mode, he suffers a massive debuff in his stats and can’t perform Atrocity Skills or more complicated attacks.
Characters[]
Fighters[]
Click here to view a detailed description of their Movesets...
Starter[]
Fighter | Description |
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Naito | The mascot of the CHiRAL Night, a bassist with a mysterious past. |
Akira | The protagonist of Togainu no Chi. |
Konoe | The protagonist of Lamento-Beyond the Void-. |
Youji Sakiyama | The protagonist of Sweet Pool. |
Kei Takatori | The protagonist of False Alkanet. |
Itto | The protagonist of World's End Nightmare. |
Aoba Seragaki & Ren | The protagonist of DRAMAtical Murder, alongside his AllMate. |
Towa | The protagonist of Slow Damage. |
Baku & Shiro | |
Jun Kurosu | A Persona-user |
Unlockable[]
Fighter | Description |
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Keisuke | |
Rin | |
Motomi | |
Shiki | |
Nano |
Fighter | Description |
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Asato | |
Bardo | |
Rai |
Fighter | Description |
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Makoto Mita | |
Zenya Okinaga | |
Tetsuo Shironuma |
Fighter | Description |
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Sakae Tachibana | |
Kazuki Kurae | |
Yuto Takatori |
Fighter | Description |
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Faceless | |
Ky | |
Barron | |
Siegfried |
Fighter | Description |
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Koujaku & Beni | |
Noiz & Usagimodoki | |
Mink & Tori | |
Clear |
Fighter | Description |
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Takuma "Taku" Murase | |
Rei Izumi | |
Kei Madarame | |
Ryo Fujieda |
Fighter | Description |
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Mikazuki Munechika | |
Goro Akechi | |
Giancarlo Bourbon del Monte | |
Tamamori | |
Georik Zaberisk | |
Yue & Kurogitsune | |
Kuroto | |
Shin | |
Keiichi Moriya | |
Asuka Kobayashi | |
Haru |
DLC[]
Asterisks indicate this character was a boss.
Fighter | Description |
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Yukihito | |
Arbitro* | |
Touya | |
Takeru |
Fighter | Description |
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Tokino | |
Froud* | |
Verg* | |
Kaltz | |
Razel* | |
Firi* | |
Leaks* |
Fighter | Description |
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Kouhei Kitani* |
Fighter | Description |
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Virus & Hersia* | |
Trip & Verter* | |
Mizuki & Momo^ |
Fighter | Description |
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Takashi Ikuina | |
Kimika* |
Fighter | Description |
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Edward Brisson | |
Hanashiro | |
Rei Tengenjibashi | |
Might | |
Yuuri Mimori | |
Kyoichiro Hiiragi | |
JJ | |
Ranmaru | |
Seiji Azumi | |
Shen Qingqiu | |
Wei Wuxian | |
Xie Lian | |
Eiden | |
Emet-Selch |
Non-playable[]
Bosses[]
Click here to access the Bosses' movesets...
Boss | Description |
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Gunji & Kiriwar | |
Kil & Ul | |
Kunihito Okinaga & Meat Parasite Core | |
Akushima | |
Alpha 1 & 2 | |
Tatsuo Toue & Usui | |
Maya | |
Eris | |
Akumu | The main antagonist |
Supporting[]
Name | Description |
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Emma | |
Gwen | |
Kau | |
Yukari | |
Shui | |
Kagari | |
Mana | |
Takehiko Kamiya | |
Erika Serizawa | |
Tae Seragaki | |
Sei | |
Daichi Kobayashi | |
Luo Binghe |
Stages[]
Stages will all function the same regardless of appearance.
Dashes indicate this stage is a DLC update.
Name | Description |
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Rapid Eye Nexus | Naito's home stage. |
Rapid Eye Core | |
Toshima Highway | |
Hidden Church | Motomi's home stage. |
Secret Greenhouse | Nano's home stage. |
Vischio Palace | Arbitro's home stage. |
Ransen | |
Old Residental District | Mizuki's home stage. |
Flame Willow | Koujaku's home stage. |
Green Playground | Noiz's home stage. |
Night Valley | Mink's home stage. |
Aqua Forest | Clear's home stage. |
Midnight Blue Coast | Aoba & Ren's home stage. |
Oval Tower Corridor | |
Oval Tower Office | |
Abarocho | |
Daivan` | Gian's home stage. |
Jinbochou` | Tamamori's home stage. |
Huan Hua Palace` | Shen Qingqiu's home stage. |
Klein Royal City` | Eiden's home stage. |
Voice Cast[]
Quotes can be 'heard' here...
Character | Japanese Seiyuu | English VA |
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Naito | Show Hayami | Johnny Yong Bosch |
Akira | Kosuke Toriumi | Alejandro Saab |
Konoe | Kazutoshi Hatano | Bryce Papenbrook |
Youji | Wataru Hatano | Brandon Winckler |
Kei | Shannon McKain | |
Itto | Ben Lepley | |
Aoba/Sly Blue | Atsushi Kisaichi Hiroko Miyamoto (young) |
Chris Hackney Erica Lindbeck (young) |
Ren | Ryota Takeuchi | Patrick Seitz |
Towa | Yuuki Ono | Taliesin Jaffe |
Baku | Haruki Ishiya | Robin Atkin Downes |
Shiro | Shouta Hayama | Spike Spencer |
Jun Kurosu/Hermes/Chronos | Shigeru Shibuya | Bryce Papenbrook |
Keisuke | Tomokazu Sugita | Dallas Reid |
Rin | Jun Fukuyama | Casey Mongillo |
Motomi | Kazuya Ichijo | Patrick M. Seymour |
Shiki | Hikaru Midorikawa | Joe Brogie |
Nano | Takumi Yamazaki | Nathan Matthews |
Yukihito | Hiroshi Kamiya | Chris Cason |
Arbitro | Kousuke Okano | Keith Silverstein |
Touya | Kentaro Itou | Phillip Reich |
Takeru | Hideki Ogihara | Nick Landis |
Asato | Wataru Hatano | Xander Mobus |
Bardo | Kenji Nomura | Travis Willingham |
Rai | Toshiyuki Morikawa | Lucien Dodge |
Tokino | Takahiro Mizushima | Khoi Dao |
Froud | Akira Sasanuma | Stephen Fu |
Verg | Hikaru Hanada | Cam Clarke |
Kaltz | Toru Okawa | Ian Sinclair |
Razel | Hiroki Yasumoto | Doug Erholtz |
Firi | Makoto Naruse | Brian Beacock |
Leaks | Yasunori Matsumoto | Kellen Goff |
Makoto | Daisuke Kishio | Max Mittelman |
Zenya | Hikaru Midorikawa | David Vincent |
Tetsuo | Yoshihisa Kawahara | Kyle Hebert |
Kitani | Hideyuki Umezu | Gideon Emery |
Sakae | Takeshi Maeda | Mick Wingert |
Kazuki | Toru Okawa | Crispin Freeman |
Yuto | Chihiro Suzuki | Mark P. Whitten |
Faceless | Justin Briner | |
Ky | Nicolas Roye | |
Bannon | Grant George | |
Siegfried | Edward Bosco | |
Koujaku | Hiroki Takahashi Eiji Miyashita (young) |
Kaiji Tang Antony Del Rio (young) |
Beni | Keisuke Goto | Antony Del Rio |
Noiz | Satoshi Hino | Kyle McCarley |
Usagimodoki | Hiroko Miyamoto | Abby Trott |
Mink | Kenichirou Matsuda | Matthew Mercer |
Tori | Hitoshi Bifu | Jamieson Price |
Clear | Masatomo Nakazawa | Robbie Daymond |
Virus | Junji Majima | Ben Diskin |
Hersia | Yuu Kobayashi | Cindy Robinson |
Trip | Tomoyuki Higuchi | Joe Zieja |
Verter | Kenta Miyake | Josh Petersdorf |
Mizuki | Kenji Takahashi | Zeno Robinson |
Momo^ | Kikuko Inoue | Kate Higgins |
Taku | Kanehira Yamamoto | Liam O'Brien |
Rei | Hiroki Gotou | Josh Grelle |
Madarame | Jun Kasama | Greg Chun |
Fujieda | Masaaki Mizunaka | Ray Chase |
Ikuina | Yuri Lowenthal | |
Kimika | ||
Mikazuki | Kosuke Toriumi | Yuri Lowenthal |
Goro Akechi/Robin Hood/Loki | Soichiro Hoshi | Robbie Daymond |
Edward/Mephisto | Makiko Ohtomo | Antony Del Rio |
Gian | Masatomo Nakazawa | Kellen Goff |
Tamamori | Ryousuke Sakamaki | Erik Kimerer |
Georik | Ryotaro Okiayu | Eric Vale |
Yue | Shinnosuke Tachibana | Griffin Burns |
Kurogitsune | Kei Shindou | Tara Platt |
Kuroto | Shinichiro Miki | Josh Keaton |
Hanashiro | Mitsuki Saiga | Julie Ann Taylor |
Shin | Masahiro Yamanaka | Griffin Puatu |
Keiichi | Masatomo Nakazawa | |
Asuka | Atsushi Abe | |
Tengenjibashi | Kengo Takanashi | Alan Lee |
Might | Kenichi Suzumura | Caleb Pierce |
Yuuri | Susumu Chiba | |
Kyoichiro | Yasuaki Takumi | Christian La Monte |
JJ | Toshinobu Iida | |
Ranmaru | Keiichi Nakagawa | |
Seiji | Kyousuke Kitayama | |
Shen Qingqiu | Soichiro Hoshi | Aleks Le |
Wei Wuxian | Ryohei Kimura | Steve Staley |
Xie Lian | Hiroshi Kamiya | Howard Wang |
Gunji | Kissho Taniyama | Zach Aguilar |
Kiriwar | Katsuyuki Konishi | Terrance Drye |
Emma | Asako Dodo | Elsie Lovelock |
Gwen | Takuo Kawamura | Adam Noble |
Yukari | Nozomi Sasaki | Xanthe Huynh |
Kil | Makoto Yasumura | Darrel Guilbeau |
Ul | Yuuichi Nakamura | Jonah Scott |
Shui | Shigeru Nakahara | Christopher Corey Smith |
Kagari | Eriko Kawasaki | Alexis Tipton |
Mana | Eden Riegel | |
Okinaga | Yosuke Akimoto | Richard Epcar |
Kamiya | Koji Yusa | Michael Schneider |
Erika | Mami Ozaki | Cherami Leigh |
Akushima | Yasunori Masutani | Walden James |
Alpha 1 | Hiroshi Okamoto | Robbie Daymond |
Alpha 2 | Kaito Ishikawa | Robbie Daymond |
Toue | Tadahisa Saizen | Darin DePaul |
Usui | Tsuguo Mogami | Michael Sinterniklaas |
Tae | Fuzukikun | Barbara Goodson |
Sei | Yuichi Iguchi | Michael Sinterniklaas |
Maya | Erika Ishii | |
Eris | Kari Wahlgren | |
Daichi Kobayashi | Kensuke Kubota | |
Luo Binghe | Akira Ishida | Khoi Dao |
Male Announcer | Chris Sabat | |
Female Announcer | ||
Akumu |
Soundtrack[]
Song | Origin | Usage |
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Naito's theme | ||
Aoba & Ren's theme | ||
Dramatique? - Kanako Ito | DRAMAtical Murder (Trailer Theme 1) | Bonus Track |
Bonus Track |
Development[]
Reception[]
Trivia[]
- Much like other games directed by Cadence Jamieson, none of the DLC are paid.
- "Granny Tae's Guidance Corner" is based off BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend's "Help Me, Professor Kokonoe" skits.
- This is the first Nitroplus Chiral game to have an English dub and dual audio.
- Defeated fighters suffer clothing damage upon being KOed, to differ from an usual knockdown. The sole exception is Edward, who just relaxes like his older sisters.
^Fan-name for Mizuki's Allmate