BlazBlue: Continium Shift Home Version Confirmed

Though there still hasn't been an official release date for the US, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift has gotten a solid ship date for Japan - July 1st of this year! One would think with the huge success that the first BlazBlue had here in the states that ARC System Works (developer) would be fools not to release it here.

The announcement came at the Blue Fes Spring Raid event in Shinagawa, Japan, with Dengeki Online providing coverage information and photos.

• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift will be released in Japan for the Playstation 3/Xbox 360
  
• Cost: 7,140 Yen
• Roughly 3 New Characters Announced
• Tutorial Mode
  
• Arcade Mode
• Versus Mode
• Score Attack
• Training Mode (Identical to SFIV's Train Mode)
  
• Challenge Mode
• Legion Mode (Details to Come)
• Story Mode with Gallery
  
• Replay Theater and Network (details to Come)
• Limited Edition will be available
  

Toshimichi Mori (game producer), along with the game's sound producer, Daisuke Ishiwatari, also mentioned that the game has double the animated sequences of the original. Also, the challenge mode has over 300 challenges! One last nugget of info: The story mode found in Calamity Trigger's home release is also returning with over 28 story lines.

Training Mode