BlazBlue Fighting Game Series Creator Leaves Arc System Works

BlazBlue Fighting Game Series Creator Leaves Arc System Works

The creator of the BlazBlue fighting game franchise, Toshimichi Mori, announces he has left Arc System Works after nearly two decades at the developer. The first game in the series, Blazblue: Calamity Trigger, was first developed and distributed by Arc System Works in 2008. It is a traditional 2D fighting game that utilized sprites, getting elements from its sister series Guilty Gear, which the creator also dealt with before BlazBlue. This series became one of the fighting game franchises that represented Arc System Works, thanks to its expressive anime art style, mechanics, character plans, and music.

The series had distributed four mainline entries in the series, with a massive and sprawling narrative that is also investigated in side projects and other media. The last mainline entry was BlazBlue: Central Fiction in 2015, with the last console spin-off game being BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. The latter was a hybrid that joined the casts of BlazBlue, Persona, Under Night In-Birth, RWBY, and many more in a 2D team-based fighter. After so long with Arc System Works, Mori has left the legendary fighting game developer.

This announcement was posted via a tweet on Mori's account, where he thanked the many fans and staff individuals who supported him. He detailed that his start in the industry was with Guilty Gear X, the second game in the series, and would proceed to chip away at other fighting games before getting the chance to make his own franchise. He states that he was grateful for the opportunity to work with the company, along with the many fans who played the series.

















He notes that with his departure from Arc System Works, this may cause an anxiety to ascend within the fan base. He points out that this may be felt most with the fans of the BlazBlue series the most, because of his elevated place and the most recent game finishing up a long-running narrative saga. He apologizes to the fans, understanding that this leaves the fate of the series currently in the air, especially since the last mainline game was almost seven years ago. Despite this, fans thanked him for all his hard work on the series.

The last piece of media that elaborate BlazBlue was a versatile game known as BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War, which almost lasted an entire year before ceasing administrations. Meanwhile, Arc System Works has been continuing to support various other fighting games, for example, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, DNF Duel and Guilty Gear Strive. Strive in particular has been quite popular, selling more than 1,000,000 duplicates and continuing to get support through its subsequent season after being a relatively specialty fighting game series for so lengthy.
 
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