Following a rumour, the free-to-play mobile title Bleach: Brave Souls has now been confimed for the Switch.
Brave Souls, which is based on the highly popular manga and anime, originally debuted on smartphones in 2015 and was eventually released on the PlayStation 4 and PC. It has now generated more than 90 million downloads worldwide and launches for Switch eShop on 31st May 2024.
On Steam, the 3D action title (with Gacha elements) has "very positive" user reviews - offering up an experience where you build a team of your favourite characters and then engage in free-flowing, fast-paced hack-and-slash action across single-player and online co-op.
Here's some more information and screenshots (via Steam):
EXCITING 3D ACTION
3D graphics and simple controls make for free-flowing and fast-paced hack-and-slash action. Play in single-player mode or team up with three other players for online co-op!EPIC SPECIAL MOVES
Unleash each Bleach character's unique special moves to carve your way to victory. Special moves are fully voiced by the original Japanese anime voice actors.THREE'S COMPANY
Combine your favorite characters into teams of three. You can even make combinations of characters you would never see in the original story. The possibilities are almost limitless!RELIVE THE BLEACH STORY
Follow the Bleach story from the moment Rukia and Ichigo first meet. Develop your characters as you complete quests that recreate pivotal scenes from the story.PLAY WITH & AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS
Pit your best warriors against other players' teams and vie for the top spot in weekly PvP leagues, or go online and team up with other players in exciting PvE Co-Op Quests and Epic Raids!DEVELOP YOUR CHARACTERS
Brave Souls features a highly flexible character improvement system that allows you to create exactly the warriors and the team you want. Enter battle and earn experience to level up characters and improve their base stats, Ascend them to increase their max level, train them on the Soul Tree to further improve specific stats, or link characters together to provide additional support. The choice is yours!
Would you be interested in this game on the Switch? Have you played the existing versions? Let us know.
[source klab.com]
Comments 31
I wish predatory mobile crap would stay in their lane.
Never heard of it
> Rumour of new Bleach game coming to Switch spreads
Oh snap! We getting a new Bleach game?! Is this going to be in the June Direct?
> It's a port of a F2P mobile game
:I
I git excited for a slipt second before I finished reading the title.
Friends don't let friends play f2p games.
Just, why? From what I remember, this game even don't have FULLY-VOICED DIALOGUES. Also, it looks so cheap and ugly... I will rather any J2ME/i-mode/Symbian OS game over any typical modern mobile game. In the past, mobile games were associated with quality. And now, they are mostly associated with the various degrees of garbage. Sigh
Doesn't look the best. A better Bleach game should be made now that Bleach is back in the spotlight with the anime adaptation of The Thousand Year Blood War.
Bleach deserves better.
One of my favorite series, not so sure about this game though.
I put enough hours into Dawn of the Breakers to miss it when it went poof, so having a gacha with familiar faces fill its approximate gameplay niche among Switch freemiums is definitely not unwelcome news. And hack'n'slash will always feel more at home on consoles than on something all screen and no buttons.
Eh. Call me when they get Blue Archive on the switch
Love Bleach, but this just looks like awful shovelware.
As much as I'd prefer it not being a free-to-play game and so with Gacha elements etc., I'm still interested in hearing from anyone who's actually played it if it's good despite those elements before completely dismissing it and regardless, happy that those already playing it will be able to do so also on Switch.
just a mobile port with microtransactions and p2w.
Stay away from this.
Staying away from these types of games is also how we can do something against all these games being ruined by microtransactions.
@JohnnyMind I have played on on mobile for a while, but haven't played it in years. I do remember enjoying it, I liked the fact you could move characters and press buttons to hack and slack and use special moves. As to why I dropped of, life just happened. The main gripe I have with most mobile games is waiting to be able to try a stage again when your life runs out. I might try this out again, I would say it was an enjoyable game and wish I could restore the characters I had for this game, but it's been a while and that's the way it is. I would think the game would be more enjoyable with physical buttons instead of the virtual ones on the phone. Another enjoyable thing about this game was the side stories or events that fleshed out the characters. Again it was a fun time.
@Wandering_Samurai Thanks for telling me, glad you enjoyed it when you played it and happy to hear it's overall a fun game despite the typical free-to-play annoyances, fingers crossed it will be even better on Switch thanks to the new controls etc.!
Meh, it's just free-to-play garbage. No thanks.
Language and voice acting in games is very much make-or-break for you, huh? Something ive noticed.
Personally, I usually bail on a game if I can't turn the voice acting completely OFF, or at least to a language I don't understand. different strokes! 👍
Since it’s free I’ll give it a try.
@Samalik OMG A FELLOW SENSEI?!?
@Greatluigi Greetings fellow sensei! Licked any choco devil's feet lately?
I dont want to see freemium phone gambling simulators on Switch
@Mando44646 Then don't play them. Problem solved!
@JohnnyMind I play regularly on PS4/PS5. I find the game absolutely fun, despite the gacha system. To be honest, the gacha system here is fair. It doesn't really shaft you. There's so much content that gives you crystals (currency to buy characters) that you don't even need to purchase anything with real money. I've put over 400 hours in it and I NEVER used real money. I have a crap ton of characters.
@Samalik yep.
And nobody gives a sh*t
man when is cookie run getting a port than this crap.
@Rafie Good to know, thanks!
Yes! Just hoping I can snag Unohana Yachiru before the summoning event ends. This game is actually quite fun and reminded me of what I liked about Bleach (the side characters!) I will be migrating from PS5 to the Switch version.
Kinda makes me hope Nintendo decides to port FEH.
@Uska If CookieRun got a console port, I'd go crazy. There will be those who will complain about the microtransactions. If all of my stuff transferred over from mobile to console, I'd most certainly be a huge supporter. I have Ovenbreak and Kingdom.
Oh damn I used to play this game in middle school. I won’t be getting it on Switch but that’s definitely interesting lmao
I remember the opening theme and animation being sick and then the rest of the game. Existing
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