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Bleach: The 3rd Phantom

Game

Bleach: The 3rd Phantom is a 2008 Nintendo DS tactical role-playing game by Tom Create and Sega. It trades the series' fighting roots for grid combat and an original story by Tite Kubo, later reaching North America in 2009.

Genre: Tactical role-playing game
Platform: Nintendo DS
Developer: Tom Create
Publisher: Sega
Release Year: 2008
Japan Release Date: 2008-06-26
North America Release Date: 2009-09-15
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Gameplay

Breaking from the series' fighting games, this is a turn-based tactical RPG. Two teams maneuver across an isometric grid in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem, drawing on kido spells and signature techniques, with experience handed out after each battle.
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Story

Tite Kubo writes an original side story for the game. It centers on twin Shinigami Matsuri and Fujimaru Kudo, who earn posts in the 5th Division under their adoptive father, former captain Seigen Suzunami. Together they resist an Arrancar named Arturo Plateado who intends to destroy Soul Society.
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Reception

Tom Create develops the game and Sega publishes it, with a Japanese release on June 26, 2008 and a North American launch on September 15, 2009. Reviews are mixed: it sits at 59 on Metacritic, with IGN giving 7 out of 10, Famitsu scoring 28 out of 40, and Nintendo Power a low 4 out of 10.
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