Hazama

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Height: 183 cm
Weight: 61 kg
Birthday: April 29
Blood Type: AB
Birthplace: Unknown
Hobbies: Collecting silver accessories
Likes: Boiled eggs
Dislikes: Cats
CV: Yuichi Nakamura

General Information:
Drive: Ouroborus - Summons chains which can hang in the air, be launched at enemies, or be used for transportation by swinging from an axis. It might also be able to ensnare his opponent.

He wields knives and will apparantly be a speed-based character.

>>38890280

Well I'll be damned

FUCK YES THEY'RE NOT USING THE TERUMI APPEARANCE.

From Dustloop:

Hakumen can mahha (mach?) dash like Johnny

Hakumen's 4C has long range (see picture).

Hazama looking PIMP right there.

Also:
Ragna got huge boost to defense.

super street fighter 4 looks better, this just looks like a weeaboo kids game

Also:

The loli got lots of overfucking nerfs. What the fuck.

any list of all the changes/additions for this?

>>38890672

BLAZBLUE UPGRADE? MORE LIKE DOWNGRADE, ARKSYS DOESNT KNOW HOW TO MAKE BALANCED FIGHTERS HEUAHEUAHEAUHEAUEHAUE

>>38890583
probably saving that for a super or his astral

HAKUMEN CAN WAVE DASH NOW OH SNAP

Hazama's gonna be the new Jin.

Nerfed tier:
Noel
Rachel
Litchi
Carl
Tao
A-11

Nerfed but gained something equal:
Ragna
Jin

BOOST tier:
Arakune
Hakumen
Bang

Looking smart there, Hazama

>>38890672
YOYO, can you not dicking around in BlazBlue thread, just for once?

We are having a serious new information about new character right now, so please let us discuss about this peacefully. If you like SSFIV more, you may make a thread about it( or joining it if someone already made one) and bash BlazBlue there.

Please..........................

>>38890770 arksys

i'm not sure who this is. did you mean:
- arc system works
- aksys games localization

[/clippy]

>>38890843
PLEASE................SUCK MY DICK

>>38890825

Arakune is getting BUFFED? WHAT THE FUCK?!

>>38890855
WELL I WOULDNT KNOW SINCE I DONT SUCK THEIR DICK I'VE PLAYE DLIKE WHAT, GUILTY GEAR X? AND IT HAD ARKSYS SO I DONT GIVE A FUCK BUSTA

>>38890825
What the fuck about Tager!?

does anyone have the link to the dustloopthread that was posted when the first news came out about buffs/nerfs and tsubaki?

He's got the hat in-game. Fuck year.

I'll try both the new chars but nothing can stop BANG!

BANG BANG BANG BANG! BANG OO DAMASHII

>>38890912
Who let this fucking nigger in here?

Hazama?

I liked him better when he was Van.

>>38890912
>>38890867
>>38890770
>>38890672

Come on man, we want to have serious discussion right now.

Why are you here, YOYO?

At least Hazama has his hat on, his hair in the True End looked fucking retarded. I have a snaking suspicion that his hat will fly off and he'll turn into faggot tier Terumi during his Distortion drives and end-of-round taunts.

Also, fuck these nerfs, pic related.

>>38890924
tager got BANG'D

>>38890877

Arakune was not buffed. His dive was nerfed into fucking oblivion and his curse is far weaker. However, people have found 5000+ damage combos for him already, so he hasn't dropped too far as of this first loc test, if only because of his still insane damage output.

Does this mention anything they are giving Tao?

but where's Nu? fuck Lambda i want that crazy robot wife.

look at Lambda's portrait, she doesn't even have an eye patch

inferior model is inferior

anyone wanna play blazblue on ps3

j.2c no longer chains to j.c on block
j.2c is no longer jump-cancelable on block
j.2c is no longer special move cancelable (no more canceling to pumpkin -- bye bye oki)
j.c hitstun reduced (no more relaunch combos or air combos to super? or maybe just no more iad combos)
6b counterhit stun reduced (this means no more comboing directly into 6dc and no more dash super)
frog has less life
236b/c have longer recovery time
Baden Baden Lily damage significantly reduced (JP BBS cites 2200 for melee super, 3800 for melee + 1 pole).
6a loses to more attacks than it used to. Not sure exactly why yet.
more recovery on 3c
j.2c is no longer cancelable on landing frames (JP BBS notes that if your opponent blocks j.2c, they can begin counterattacking -- Rachel loses momentum entirely. Unsure about how it works on hit.)
Pumpkin hitbox disappears if Rachel gets hit after it is activated.
unknown, probably nerf: The frog no longer jumps -- it now crawls at a snails pace (but it is now affected by wind and slides like crazy if you use it)
cannot summon another frog while one is active
frog now has a meter
j.2c can be canceled to one of her supers (dunno which one) during first half of recovery (not sure if this only applies to hit, or block too)
sword iris now usable in the air (command changed to 214c). it supposedly has very little landing recovery
4b is a bit faster
New distortion drive called Tempest Dalia -- uses up all winds and will change depends on the number of wind left. Summons random projectiles and stuff onto the screen.
can no longer combo into frog, it literally won't attack an opponent during a combo and moves too slowly (this is bad, means less ability to regen wind during combos, and probably worse/no okizeme)
3c9d combos became more strict (aka probably no more linking 6c from this. in combination with j.c untechable time this probably means the only way to super will be spending 2 wind to 3c9d 5b 4d super)

They mutilated my princess. =/

>>38890924

Nerfed tier:
Noel
Rachel
Litchi
Carl
Tao
A-11

Nerfed but gained something equal:
Ragna
Jin

BOOST tier:
Arakune
Hakumen
Bang
Tager

The most buffed character appears to be Tager and Arakune.
The most nerfed(to point it's not even funny) are Rachel and Carl.

>Terumi wearing the hat in battle

Don't feed the troll.

What about Rachel and Bang? D:

>>38891076

Lambda is a fucking terrible downgrade. I don't even care about the actual nerfs. She no longer has a special voice for Ragna.

>>38891094
>Tager and Arakune
>more buff

WHAT
THE
FUCK
AKSYS!?

Arakune isn't buffed, it's just that his nerfs still leave him in a pretty strong position as opposed to the characters that got overnerfed, or the ones that got nerfed and didn't need to be in the first place

fuck yeah Tager is buffed

glad Cockinmen and Bang got buffed
but arakune? goodness...

Carl nerfed? =(

One god tier scientist, coming right up.

>>38891074
Her character portrait has her tits covering up her teeth.

>>38891094
>Arakune
>Buffed

This info is bullshit. Or maybe I missed something.

>>38891166
His only noticable nerf is FEVER mode and circle around flies.

>>38890280
Wait, it's not a sequel already right? It only came out a few months ago.

>>38891233
I know, as if it wasn't already hard enough to do good as Carl now they're going to make it even harder for us.

>>38891094
>The most buffed character appears to be Tager and Arakune.
>>The most buffed ... Arakune.

>>38890380
Everyone check out the second screenshot in this image.

Are you noticing the spiky green hair yet?

So how did Rachel get nerfed?

ARAKUNE PLAYER HERE

FEELS GOOD MAN

>>38891094

Arakune was not buffed, are you fucking retarded?

-His dive is shit (no dive cancel, slower, not an overhead)
-His curse now can't be activated instantly (have to hit the opponent with drive attacks multiple times to charge it)
-Cloud no longer has physical presence, so while it's still a good zoning tool, there's nothing to stop the opponent from just hopping through it to smack Arakune.
-Curse itself is much weaker because bugs are air-blockable and have no impact on guard point system.

The ONLY buffs are that the bugs are bigger and you can't disable curse by hitting Arakune.

He's not shit-tier like Rachel, but if you honestly think he was buffed, then you have no idea what makes Arakune good in Calamity Trigger.

>>38891479
all her cool moves got taken away and now all her moves are gay.

>>38891392
This is a sequel. But this will come for consoles in summer 2010.

DAMMIT ARC SYSTEMS! WHERE THE FUCK IS MY JUBEI??!!!

>>38891392 Wait, it's not a sequel already right? It only came out a few months ago.

It's been in arcades for a year, this will likely be arcade exclusive for a while too until it hits home systems.

Are there any reports on how useful Carl's damage buff is? Or can he finally be accepted as shit tier now?

>>38891479
>>38891089

TLDR: All of her good moves are no longer good.

>>38891513
BB originally came out in arcades November 2008

japan people are saying the tests are being call "emergency tests", indicating that Arc wants this done quickly

>>38891509
Are you kidding me!!!
She already had only a few moves anyway!

Oh, YOYO's gone?

Thank God.

Okay, I'll try it again.

Anyone got a download for the Limited edition bonus soundtrack? The one with more songs than the regular japanese album? I've found a download for the BB OST - Consumer Edition. A vocal album. I can share the link with you /v/, but I would like to have the Limited edition soundtrack in return. Please?

Mike_Z is going to have a field day with the Tager buffs.

>>38891052
>>38890912
>>38890867
>>38890770
>>38890672
Since when was 'stupid nigger' a viable trolling course?

>>38891533
Still in Tao's Astral

>>38891503
haha, this


poor rachel, I hope by the next loketest she'll be a little bit up to par

they went WAAAAAY overboard with the nerfs on her

Jin, too. I'll admit he's fucking bullshit, but the real problem with him was how much damage he does, not his pressure or comboability

nu will be back

i can feel it

it hurts ragna

Someone post the comic of Rachel looking out a window at Georges grave because of how badly he was nerfed.

Fuck yeah, Tager buffs. Tager has an anti-air and more ways to magnetize (even though magnetism is shorter now, but that's fine), as well as a safe (guard point) 5D attack.

Awww, I wanted SCIENCE!

Honestly. I'd been trying to learn Rachel, and she's fucking hard. Then this. I was sad.

Thank God they nerfed Rachel. I hate that stupid frog

>>38892039
Just attack it.

New info:

Arcsys cancelled all the nerfs on Rachel, Lambda (Nu), Hakumen, and Ragna. In exchange, those four get upgraded to their Unlimited version.

So, no normal versions for those 4 I mentioned. Just Unlimited Versions.

>>38892020
remember that these changes are absolutely not final, and WILL change by the time the final product comes out. That's the point of making loketests, it's basically giving an opportunity to the best players to playtest the game for you without paying them. ArcSys are making changes and adjustments daily.

Sure, in the end, Rachel will be nerfed overall compared to Calamity Trigger, just not as much as she is now i'm sure. I'm certain she will still be a very competitive character, with insane pressure options, just not as retarded of a high-low game as she had in Calamity Trigger

>>38891533
Don't worry. He will be added soon. We know his sprite is already done.

>>38892269
Sauce?

>>38892424
trolled.

Ragna:

5D > dash cancel is faster, but still slightly has slight disadvantage.

Dead spike takes out primer even if barrier.

Blood kain dead spike takes out two (not confirmed it seems)

Corner throw into blood kain combo still works.

Consumed by darkness still does 5520 dmg.

Something about teching off D dp that I cannot make out.

shorter range on 5c screws up 2d > 5c on certain characters.

3c > dead spike > 5b (whoa)

all tested on carl.

>>38891688
No bro help? )':

So is the home version gonna be DLC or a completely new game or what. Europe hasn't even gotten the first Blazblue yet and from what I've heard it's supposed to have new characters and moves so Europe's Blazblue is Continuum shift? Or is it something completely different? I R SO CONFUZZLED

>>38891833
actually the problem was his pressure, the ice attacks had disgusting hitboxes and ridiculous block stun. Not to mention that it was to hard to shake out of freeze and even if you did manage it put you in no position to retaliate considering you just had to shake the stick around like a madman.

I.e. nerf ice head and make freeze have a set duration that you automatically get out of, with no inputs required.

Also fuck those Rachel nerfs, fuck them so hard, a character that difficult to use deserves to be good.

>>38892618
Well, it looks like everyone got the soundtrack by buying the Limited Edition of the game, no one downloaded it from the internet or something.

Hazama + Chains + Knives + Hat

FUCK YEAH

>>38892683

It seems likely that CS will be what Europe gets. Which means America might also get it around the same time, which is kind of awesome.

I had no problem with nerfing Jin, but taking away all his current combo options and offense / pressure in general was a little overboard. Hopefully they change this is the next loketest (This weekend).

I'll still use him though, ice has always been my favourite.

The problem with the Racbel nerfs is that we have a loli who already is hard to use, hard to get in because of her short range pokes and actually most don't have any voiced out problems with her, and STILL she's the one who got the nerfs bad. What the fuck.

>>38890380
>will apparantly be a speed-based character.

Looks like I have to switch from Tao.

>>38892803
And that's my problem. I will buy the LE...when it comes out next year in europe. :/ Even then I think I rather DL the songs instead of opening the album and rip from the CD.

>>38892764
They did nerf wolf head, it has less range now.

...Which doesn't make sense once you think about it, they're aiming for a more defensive Jin but nerf his best zoning tool.

>>38892764
she's not that hard to use. You want hard? Try Bang.

also, the things you mentioned was what made Jin a good character. The problem was that with a little heat meter(almost typed tension here, lol), he could pop you a followup well over 5000 dmg, with a knockdown and mindgame reset to boot.

>>38892971
I wonder if it'll have the first one's story mode though or what. I don't really care since I already have the US BlazBlue but supposedly the arcade version of continuum shit doesn't even have ν-13 as a character but instead has λ-11

>>38893047 we have a loli

didn't you hear?

her select screen picture was made to look older

>>38892971
I don't think so, man. I mean, giving a sequel of a game that Europe never even got the first one?

Remember, Continuum Shift is a sequel. Not an expansion.

>>38893225

Actually her in-game model is still the same. No changes.

Wait, so does this mean Hazama is on Terumi possessing him or is Terumi just keeping his identity a secret?

No Kokonoe in CS? Isn't she supposed to be pretty powerful for being a cross-breed of MAGIC and CATPOWAH. Even if she's a scientist mainly there's no reason she couldn't be an awesome fighter.

>>38893290
um, what?

>>38893245
Do you have a source for that? As I've said in other threads, look at the differences between Guilty Gear, Guilty Gear X, and Guilty Gear XX.
Then look at XX on through Accent core.
The sequels are radically different, and the re-balancing/expansions are NOT.

>>38893112
Is his throw can still freeze the opponent?

>>38893116
I have tried Bang. He's not hard. The way I play Bang is more about timing for counters and short combos.
I have a good 4:1 Win ratio with him which I find to be good considering I don't use him too much.
Usually when I do its for the novelty value of going SUPER BANG.

RIP Rachel 2008-2010

>>38890280
hazama pees poison lightning

>>38893225
As long if she's still loli in game, it's fine

Ahh, there we go.

>>38893324
The reason is that characters take a lot of time and effort to create, especially in a game like Blazblue where everyone plays so differently.

I love that you guys are bitching about the changes when none of them are anywhere close to final.

>>38893338
Hazama = the actual guy with green hair
Terumi = ghost that possesses people

>>38893568

They look damn pissed.

Kokonoe's lollipop is actually her Nox Nyctores.

You heard it here first.

Terumi is probably ultimate Hazuma or his astral finish or something

the sprite quality looks to be better for hazama and tsubaki :o

I can understand releasing the game again for each new version last gen when there was no DLC but they're fucking idiots if they're gonna do the same shit with BlazBlue. This is what DLC was practically invented for.

>>38893721
You'd be pissed too if you could frolic around in a time loop.

>>38893788
I've heard the animation quality in general is better.

>>38893796
replace fucking idiots with greedy assholes

they gunna charge 60 bucks and faggots will eat it up why make less money with DLC when u can release a new game and make much more?

hopefully the jin populatin just got cut in half

>>38893730
Oh God, let it happen.

>>38893856
So it means, the game got faster. As fast as Guilty Gear?

Hazama: I'm not really a combat gu-
Terumi: YEAH, WELL YOU ARE YOU LITTLE BITCH

>>38893245

It seems more likely than Europe getting a game right around the time the next one comes out, if the loketests being apparently "emergency" tests is what it suggests and the game is coming out fairly soon.

>>38893925
Cost of a new game - how much it costs to make per game = price of DLC.

Even if it was this fucking expensive I'd be happier this way.

>>38893970
That doesn't really follow at all, dude.
In fact, most people would consider better animation to be animation containing more frames, and that would require SLOWER gameplay.

I'm really liking how they changed the burst system to GG style.

Though I do admit, the burst quotes really made you feel like the characters were on their last legs (burst being the "last line of defense").

GET OFF OF MEEEE

/r/ the HAKUMEN edit of GENTLEMEN.

>>38893970 As fast as Guilty Gear?

i doubt it

GG is fucking FAST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIswqJ9aHI8

>>38890583
>>38890583
>>38890583
>>38890583
i so happy ;___;

i was hoping for tsubaki to be in her nol cadet uniform for some reason, but atleast hazama looks awesome

>>38894255
GG has nothing on Vampire Savior

As I said before, it'll be interesting to see how Michael Jackson plays.

Time to read the rest of the thread!

>>38894160
Aww, man. I really wish they speed up this game to the level of Guilty Gear.

A month ago, I was replaying the first Guilty Gear on the PlayStation and realized that it's even faster than BlazBlue.

>>38891533
Jubei is in the same place as my Kokonoe, who I actually really want to play.

>>38893730
>Kokonoe's lollipop is actually her Nox Nyctores.

DELICIOUS BLUE SUCKER, I MUST USE YOU TO DO AN ASTRAL HEAT.

That would make her even cooler, which I didn't think would be possible.