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Bleach: Heat the Soul

Game

Bleach: Heat the Soul is a 2005 PlayStation Portable fighting game by Eighting and Sony Computer Entertainment. As the debut of the long-running Heat the Soul line, it recreates the opening Bleach arc through fast 3D duels and character-specific special moves.

Genre: 3D fighting
Platform: PlayStation Portable
Developer: Eighting
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Release Year: 2005
Japan Release Date: 2005-03-24
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Gameplay

Fights take place in 3D arenas where a small roster of six trades quick melee combos, ranged pressure, and each character's unique special attacks. A story mode walks players through key confrontations drawn from the source material.
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Story

The campaign covers the Agent of the Shinigami arc, the opening stretch of the series. It follows Ichigo's early days as a substitute Soul Reaper and the fights that set the wider Bleach story in motion.
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Release

Eighting develops the game and Sony Computer Entertainment publishes it on PlayStation Portable in Japan on March 24, 2005. It opens the long-running Heat the Soul series and, like its sequels, stays exclusive to Japan.
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