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Bleach: Soul Carnival

Game

Bleach: Soul Carnival is a 2008 PlayStation Portable action game developed by Racjin and published by Sony, released only in Japan. It swaps the fighting format for side-scrolling action rendered in a chibi, super-deformed art style.

Genre: 2D action
Platform: PlayStation Portable
Developer: Racjin
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Release Year: 2008
Japan Release Date: 2008-10-23
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Gameplay

Rather than a versus fighter, this is a side-scrolling action game. Its cast appears in a chibi, super-deformed style, and it stands as the first of two Soul Carnival titles, ahead of a 2009 sequel that expands to over 120 characters.
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Premise

The game plays out within the world of Bleach and draws its cast and settings from the series. Specific plot details are not documented in the sources consulted.
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Release

Racjin develops the game and Sony Computer Entertainment publishes it, launching on PlayStation Portable in Japan on October 23, 2008. It stays a Japanese exclusive, later returning on Sony's budget The Best label on January 14, 2010, and arriving on the PlayStation Store that same year.
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