Bleach:The 3rd Phantom
Zanpakuto! Bustin’ ghosts in a different way
by Brian Murdoch
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leach: The 3rd Phantom is the third instalment the DS series, but the forth Bleach title overall. Fans of the anime series will certainly appreciate this title… it’s undoubtedly the best of the bunch. The Bleach story is all about spirits of the dead. Some people have left their spirits behind after dying, and it is the job of the Spirit Reapers to guide souls to the afterlife, or destroy evil souls (called hollows) and send them to their rightful place. Hollows do not pose a danger to the living but rather consume and destroy innocent spirits. The Soul Reapers’ job is like that of the “grim reaper” only there is a lot more of them. Ichigo Kurosaki, the star of the anime show, accidentally became a Soul Reaper when using his great amount of spirit power to help defend his sisters from being destroyed by a hollow… and an injured soul reaper present needed help. This is where the anime series starts and the movies follow soon after. The 3rd Phantom starts before this point and jumps to just after it, and continues the saga. Most fans of the anime will love the title based on the fact that
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they will be told more of the Bleach story, particularly before Ichigo became a Soul Reaper. This is a turn based strategy game where the player controls Soul Reapers in order to fight against the growing hollow threat. New Soul Reaper abilities are revealed
gamecca review • issue 9 • March 2010