Bleach: The Blade of Fate is a 2D Fighting game that features that cast of characters from the popular Bleach anime and manga. It also features Nintendo's WFC, allowing players to connect and play against players all over the world. The game modes include story mode, arcade mode, VS mode, training mode, challenge mode, and survival mode, time attack mode and Urahara shop.
Playable characters
Ichigo Kurosaki (shinigami, hollow)
Renji Abarai
Momo Hinamori
Ganju Shiba
Orihime Inoue
Uryū Ishida
Yasutora "Chad" Sado
Byakuya Kuchiki
Rukia Kuchiki
Soifon
Yoruichi Shihouin
Shunsui Kyōraku
Jūshirō Ukitake
Sajin Komamura (masked, unmasked)
Kaname Tōsen
Tōshirō Hitsugaya
Kenpachi Zaraki
Mayuri Kurotsuchi
Gin Ichimaru
Sōsuke Aizen
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai
Yachiru Kusajishi
Kon
Nemu Kurotsuchi
Tatsuki Arisawa
Bonnie (Ganju's Boar)
Storyline in Story Mode
Bleach: The Blade of Fate video game for the Nintendo DS system follows the main protagonist of the anime and manga, Ichigo Kurosaki, on his quest to save a Shinigami named Rukia Kuchiki, who is scheduled for execution at the cost of giving Ichigo her Shinigami powers. The story modes for each character vary and an additional 22 episodes can be unlocked upon completing the new unlocked episodes after Rescue Rukia. Episode 23 of story mode called Soul Reaper Chronicle follows the Bleach anime where Ichigo Kurosaki lost his shinigami powers after being attacked by Byakuya Kuchiki and fighting for his life and ends at the point in the anime where Sosuke Aizen obtains an item hidden inside Rukia Kuchiki's gigai. After obtaining the item Aizen calls out a swarm of Menos Grande and sets off to obtain the key to the King of The Soul Society.