Sunday, June 26, 2022

BBTAG 3.0 Character Pack Wish List

Like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass, this wish list for the BBTAG 3.0 Character Pack will be separated into six waves of four characters; one of each universe to make it 24 additional characters in total (BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth and RWBY/EX). Now here's my wish list of characters for the BBTAG 3.0 Character Pack.

Wave 1:

Tsubaki Yayoi (BlazBlue)
Shadow Labrys (Persona 4 Arena)
Chaos (Under Night In-Birth)
Qrow Branwen (RWBY)

Wave 2:

Valkenhayn R. Hellsing (BlazBlue)
Yukari Takeba (Persona 4 Arena)
Nanase (Under Night In-Birth)
Eltnum (Melty Blood)

Wave 3:

Yuuki Terumi (BlazBlue)
Junpei Iori (Persona 4 Arena)
Phonon (Under Night In-Birth)
Saber (Fate)

Wave 4:

Kokonoe (BlazBlue)
Sho Minazuki (Have both versions of him) (Persona 4 Arena)
Wagner (Under Night In-Birth)
Salem (RWBY)

Wave 5:

Izanami (BlazBlue)
Rise Kujikawa (Persona 4 Arena)
Enkidu (Under Night In-Birth)
Annie (Skullgirls)

Wave 6:

Hibiki Kohaku (BlazBlue)
Marie (Persona 4 Arena)
Londrekia (Under Night In-Birth)
Tianhuo (Them's Fightin' Herds)

Little fun fact here. The last two waves have characters from the two fighting games that use the same UI engine called Otter UI and the middleware that produces rollback netcode called GGPO. Skullgirls was originally released back in April 10, 2012 on PS3, then years later, its sister game, Them's Fightin' Herds was originally released back in February 22, 2018 on Steam and it is coming to consoles this Fall with crossplay, thanks to their new partners at Modus and adding Tianhuo to Wave 6 of my wish list to even the waves out would be the cherry on top.

That's why I added both Annie and Tianhuo to the last two waves on my wish list since both games use Otter UI and GGPO to even things out. They are not owned by Arc System Works, but they must get permission from Hidden Variable and MANE6 before adding them. And yes, both of them will have their Japanese voices. You just need to understand the concept of the Canopy Kingdom and Foenum, cultural settings for Skullgirls and Them's Fightin' Herds, so that a startlet and a dragon teaming up in BBTAG can offer the satisfaction of existence for that Gormiti and ClayFighter moment, flying in the sky among Square Enix characters and a SEGA vs. Capcom wish list.

Now, for the re-enactment. If I have both Annie and Tianhuo on my team, the dialogues between them will probably go like this...

Intro dialogue:

Annie: I don't know. This seems weird having you, a dragon as a pet.

Tianhuo: I may be a pet to you, but I am a fiery one.

Win outro dialogue when KOing an opponent left standing with an assist, a Cross Combo or a full Cross Assault:

Tianhuo: You see how I am more than just a dragon because I specialize in kung-fu?

Annie: Wow, that's... impressive.

Post-match win dialogue:

Annie: For such a fire breathing dragon, you sure do ignite the competition with your karate moves. You're like me when I was fighting the Shapeshifter and saving my TV show from being cancelled in New Meridian. Is this what you do in keeping predators at bay in your world?"

Tianhuo: That's what I do to save Foenum from predators. Your sword packed a punch and you are a well-fought celebrity. I could really use a partner like that.


And this is what the loading screen symbol for BBTAG 3.0 should look like when all six waves are released. It has eleven colored diamonds representing universes. For those who never played BBTAG or those who played BBTAG, but don't know what the four new colored diamonds mean, here's what they mean.

Blue = BlazBlue
Yellow = Persona 4 Arena
Purple = Under Night In-Birth
Red = RWBY
Pink = Arcana Heart
Sky Blue = Senran Kagura
Brown = Akatsuki Blitzkampf
Burgundy = Melty Blood
Indigo = Fate
Dark Brown = Skullgirls
Green = Them's Fightin' Herds

Now since I wrote my wish list and shared what the loading screen looks like for the 3.0 period, I'll make a cast of characters for the 3.0 period.

Pac-Man
Ragna, Jin, Noel, Rachel, Tager, Hakumen, ν-no.-13, Tsubaki, Hazama, Makoto, Valkenhayn, Platinum, Izayoi, Azrael, Terumi, Kokonoe, Celica, Nine, Izanami, Naoto, Hibiki, Es, Mai, Susano'o, Jubei (BlazBlue)
Yu, Yosuke, Chie, Yukiko, Kanji, Teddie, Naoto, Mitsuru, Akihiko, Aigis, Elizabeth, Labrys, Shadow Labrys, Yukari, Junpei, Sho, Rise, Adachi, Marie (Persona 4 Arena)
Hyde, Linne, Waldstein, Carmine, Orie, Gordeau, Merkava, Vatista, Seth, Yuzuriha, Chaos, Nanase, Hilda, Phonon, Mika, Wagner, Enkidu, Londrekia (Under Night In-Birth)
Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Neopolitan, Qrow, Salem (RWBY)
Heart Aino (Arcana Heart)
Yumi (Senran Kagura)
Akatsuki, Blitztank (Akatsuki Blitzkampf)
Eltnum (Melty Blood)
Saber (Fate)
Annie (Skullgirls)
Tianhuo (Them's Fightin' Herds)

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