The genuine love you have for the game comes through greatly

Bro. I relate. Blazblue changed my life. Despite only ever living in rural areas and never having access to a community, despite only having the online features which weren't always great, this was the second fighting game I ever took seriously, and the first one I ever competed in and went to Evo for, and set me on the path to finding and being a part of the FGC It's the one that influenced me to pick up studying classical Japanese (cuz Hakumen), it's the one I will never delete off my PlayStation even though I hardly play it anymore(still praying ArcSys brings rollback to CF for console someday). All that being said, Blazblue is, and always has been, in my eyes, the greatest fighting game ever made. Maybe someday I'll move closer to Tokyo and try it out in it's original birth place, the Japanese arcades. For now though, I'm just gonna have to send my regards from Tohoku

Crazy that its been 15 years already. I still remember how hyped i was when CT was first announced.

I think the series really found its stride in Chronophantasma. The overall mechanics overhaul drastically changed the pacing, how combos functioned, and damage that made the game more nuanced. BBCP1.0 Pre-Kokonoe, that 6 months time between the JP console release of BBCP and the US release had some of the best balance. The only thing you had to worry about was Hakumen ToDs off air throw OD.

Blazblue CT had the best announcer honestly. It's also had the best main menu on console. ❤ Blazblue.

The sound design in the first 2 blazblue's were so inspired. Sure they were loud and busy, but it fits the whole "cosmic interdimensional fight to the death." story. So sad they canned the echos and unique hit sounds for basic smack and crack sounds like in the later blazblue games.

What I learned is that, players got really consistent with combos as the years went by. It's wild seeing the amount of drops, I feel like it's just not nearly as often now

Blazblue is the fighting game I have the fondest memories of. Grew up a huge GG fan in highschool and loved Arcsys. Then when Blazblue dropped i became even more addicted. The character designs, wild story, how diverse the cast was... and yes V13 Nu was my favorite fighting game character I have ever played. She was a rushdown zoner teleporter part mech girl waifu. Her gameplay loop felt amazing. Yes shes busted but her kit is something i wish existed in other games. This was the first game that my now wife then girlfriend got inspired to really go hard into cosplay as well. We did a full hakumen and V13 cosplay using ducttape foam board and spandex and man they turned out great. Taking them to cons and seeing how hyoed all the other Blazblue fans were hit different. I love the passion of the Arcsys and Blazblue fan base. This game just brought about so many wonderful memories and While my wife still needs Dizzy in strive Im holding out hope for a new BB fighting game. The mechanics, the characters, how anime as heck it is.... Thanks Jiyuna for always putting out the occasional vid reminding everyine how wild and great this amazing franchise is.

to me the funniest thing about this franchise is Blazblue CF is the first game I ever buy legally

After only playing NRS games and smash, BlazBlue these last two years got me into the FGC proper. Those anime openings hooked me and Nu-13 was the most frustrating boss as a noob and this game made me actually want to learn how to get good and have fun

Can't believe it's been 15 years already. As an 09'er CT has a special place w/ SF4 as the first fighters I really got into. Still remember combing through these 360p videos of JP arcade matches to learn to how to play characters and finding players on gamefaqs/dustloop to run long sets with

Happy 15 years Jiyuna. I wasn’t there from the start. I had to look on my Steam history, but shortly after I built my first PC, my friend talked me into getting Continuum Shift in 2015. Coming from someone that didn’t partake in anything anime, even I was hooked on the intro video alone. I thought it was so bad ass. I slowly started learning how to play (and sucked) while learning other fighters at the same time, and just getting my first arcade stick (TE2). I purchased BBCF in 2017, and it easily became my favorite fighting game, and still is today. Blazblue didn’t only teach me a lot of mechanics and change my interests when it comes to fighting games, but was the first time in my life I found to appreciate content in the Japanese language. Not only do I enjoy the characters, the voice actors that cast them, and the music, but the game just feels buttery smooth. Outside of online play back then lmao! But I still loved the game.

I really hope BB gets a new version/game. I got into it super late, and as a console online player; it was hard to get into as a player. That doesn't mean I don't love it, nonetheless. Your videos have opened my eyes to what BB is. Big ups to you for keeping a scrub/observer like myself in the know

Wow, I can't believe Melty Blood is only 15 years old! I could have sworn it was older.

My favorite Blazblue memory was doing Taokaka taunt loops on people. It was the first fighting game I ever really got serious with and wanted to learn combos.

Blazblue was my first fighting game that introduced me to everything about fighting games. i can hard relate. damm its really been 15 years time flies

Man the thing about the game changing massively from version to version is crazy real. BBCS was the first fighting game I really put effort into learning, so when Hazama's combo routes changed dramatically in BBCP, that was incredibly painful. I really love BB though, eternally my favorite fighting game of all time.

Blazblue will always hold a place in my heart. CS2 was my first fighting game

it's okay Jiyuna, you don't need to do Arakunes combo trials anymore. We'd all be satisfied when you soon all of Arakunes voice lines

best blazblue memory i have was from CP/CPEX, it was the first time I really took fighting games seriously. Me and my buddies would do LAN parties for hours during the weekends, and I teach them not to press buttons with hakkymans. Now we live in different cities and we sometimes play online but that feeling of physically seeing your friend get a beat down cuz he's first timing Carl is just different.

no way he called Nu "v 13"

I remember when my best friend bought Continuum Shift for the ps3. Man it was such a beautiful and fun game. This series even helped bring back Guilty Gear. We will probably see a new Blazblue game after Persona 5 Arena

Man, after starting with SF4 and never really knowing how to play FGs, then moving onto MvC3 but still not really getting it yet. Then my buddy who I played VS with all this time grabs BB for xbox 360, so sick. Fucking love BB, Hazama is probably my favorite FG character in all FGs, have a statue of him and everything lol. Here's to a reboot or new game! Maybe 2025 is our year.

I love hearing these type of stories of what game got folks into fighting games, big ups man. I've only played Blazblue a few times at Family Fun Arcade before it got closed down. This was when I was playing Melty Blood AC and KOF '98 UM heavy (I learned to play that at FFA as well), so I didn't get into BB as much, but ive been considering getting it on Steam to get into it.

As a CT Nu main, she wasn't even top three man. She was great, probably OP for everyone else, but damn, I will literally never forget my first time playing a Rachel player who knew what was up. Impossible to catch, somehow had control of YOUR character and would convert any corner carry into looping guard crush bullshit. Man I loved that fucking game.

Used to play CS:EX all day every day with my brother back in 2012, just us couch-gaming trying to understand how the game should be played from 144p japanese arcade footage. Never found a local community or other people to play with, barely an online presence either but we loved it so much, it really jumpstarted my love for fighting games, even more than games like sf4 had done (anime fighters the GOAT). Had to wait years for the Arcsys EU releases back then, the 2 year wait for CP was painful.

omg i can’t believe Guilty Gear is already 15 years old! 🥰

Hearing you talk about the mechanics in this game, it sounds like a real "rich get richer" kinda deal

I first picked up CS Extend on PS3. Always loved the look of the game. Was intimidated by the difficulty, but knew in my heart that I would end up loving it later as I got better at fighting games. Ended up getting Chrono Phantasma around the time it came out too, since I did have a friend that was into it. By the time Central Fiction came out I was feeling a little fatigue from the series, since it just felt like CPEX just came out. But CF was getting phenominal reviews at the time and I had more than one friend at that point that was greatly into the series. So I ended up getting it on PS4 and later Steam when I became a PC gamer just a half year before the rollback netcode testing started. I have been heavily addicted to that version ever since. I not only play with my best friend, but multiple friends accross the world on a fairly regular basis! By far my most played Steam game at over 11,000 hours and nowhere close to bored with it. It is a 10/10 video game. It might be the pinacle of fighting games. It may be the end of the series as we know it (have heard Entropy Effect is very fun in its own right), they gave us a game that we can enjoy for as long as we live. More BB content please!

I'm pretty casual but BB was the one franchise I was least casual for, I played it regularly at the arcades near my school. it's the most mechanically diverse fighting game with each character basically playing their own mechanics, especially those who have real time physics like Rachel, Tager and Kokonoe, manipulating space between you and the opponent.

my FGC mentor, Zoogstin, Mained Blazblue CT years ago and placed 2nd at FR back in 2010! Awesome game for sure.

My favorite was definitely Central Fiction, but I had probably played Continuum Shift the most with my friends. CF makes me feel a little sad… I came into the game pretty late and by the time I did, the game was mostly dead. None of my friends really liked BB anymore. I felt so happy when they said they were adding rollback to the game. New players, new life. Came back and picked up a new main. I’ve bought so many copies of this game for other people trying to get them into fighting games and Blazblue. Seeing that ArcSys continues to acknowledge the game gives me a small hope that they are still thinking about making another someday.

Ah this brought back so many memories 🥲. Thank you for uploading this video. Also shouts out to Spark who was murdering everyone with Hakumen in the early 2010s. Favourite version of Blazblue is a tie with Continuum shift extend(when I started to get decent at the game) and Chronophantasma extend. Not too sure on what my favourite match is as it keeps changing. But one off the top of my head would be from Evo 2017 between Poropicho vs Beautifuldude. Shenanigans everywhere.

I still remember when I pick up Blazblue CT Portable on a whim. Best decision of my life.

Man, I remember almost beating the world rank 1 player (a Nu-13 player, go figure) on the 360 a few times. Still got my replays saved on my 360 xD. Those were the days

I remember I had recently gotten into Guilty Gear with #reload when I first saw the BB trailers not knowing that it was the same devs. My BB experience started with me playing CT on a potato, but it wasn't until I got CSII on 3ds that I really started learning and understanding the game and its mechanics. Even though the 3ds version had its issues it was still portable and made it easier to experience, especially the story mode which was time consuming with all its routes and endings ,but it made me understand and like the characters. So many sweet memories playing BB even if it was just by myself since I never found a FG community in my city. BB may currently be stuck in uncertainty, but at least CF is so much fun, and who knows, GG revived with Xrd and it was in an even worse spot at the time.

I remember seeing the concept art for Tao for the first time as baby gg fan. Good times. Love you guys.

Love this series. Been playing since BBCT console release.

Commenting on every video before Arakune BBCF combo trials, video 88. Ive been learning BBCF with some friends the past couple of days. BBCT seems fun but also insane.

This is my first anime fighthing game I ever found after I decide to try other fighthing game beside Tekken and it turn into one of my favorite fighthing game series. I was hope in the future, Blazblue back with new fighthing game and new sequel of previus mainline game. PS: Happy 15th Aniversarry of Blazblue!

CS was definitely my favorite BB era. Played so much Noel in that era. Never got good, but kept trying to make it happen.

Ahhh this old footage makes me want to go back to CT, the glorious old days of Nu before she was absolutely gutted in CF

I’ve only been a fan for about 4-5 years now, but BlazBlue truly has stuck with me. Would love to get a new entry. Or a hopium induced dub for Central Fiction.

I was a taokaka main since day 1 and I haven't had a night of sleep 15 years

Only tangential but Fate changed my life. I only got into fighting games because of Fate -> Melty Blood, but beyond that it changed the direction of my whole life. Now I'm going to Japan in a few months.

I remember when Blazblue first came out and...I pretty much ignored it. It wasn't until years and years later when friends tried to get me into it alongside Xrd. I still didn't really bother because it seemed "too hard". Eventually I stopped caring about how hard a game was supposed to be and now Centralfiction has become one of my favourite fighting games. I do hope the fans get another proper BB title that keeps it's staggering complexity and options.

CS was where it was at. Spent so much time in there and I was happy I didn't have to deal with Nu anymore.

Best memory is discovering CT Rachel guard break setups on niconico, refining it on dustloop forums, then pulling it off in tournament on ustream against a clap-loop Carl. I think it was one of the last locals we had for BBCT at FFA. Immediately got washed by Nu in GF but it was worth it.

BB has a special place in my heart. All the way from the first iteration on PS3 up to the last version of Central Fiction and BBTag. Loved em all

CT is really memorable for me. on release day the guy at the counter called it 'blazz blue' and told me 'it's not very good'. great game, even though i still wanted a new GG and was disappointed we got BB back then.

looking back BBCT may have been trash, but I wouldn't change anything about it. The memories I made from it will always be treasured.

Still waiting on the rest of those character guides youtube man

Blazblue Calamity Trigger was basically my first fighting game. My mains were Litchi and Bang and then CS came out and they were both became S tier and I got shitted on lol. But yea I quit after CS2 because I got tired of relearning Litchi every iteration.

This game got me into traditional fighting games during college. It looked so pretty with HD sprites and the characters looked cool as hell. I was bad but I loved every step of the way to where we are now. Seeing people shit on it in favor of GG back then always made me pretty sad.

I'm a simple man, I see a Blazblue video, I watch it. This game is so beautiful.

Even though I'm a tekken player, BBCT was my first time I played a fighting game seriously. My first main, first combo, first local tournament, first fgc friends. Ironically (with how poorly this aged) I wouldn't love fighting games today without Mike Z. If I didn't learn about the tutorial dvd and how it explained all the characters I probably would've been afraid of wasting my money picking it up.

BB bros, we stay strong 💪

Blazblue!!!! Jiyuna pls will a new one into existence!!!

*Greatest Fighting Game Ever Created* "It's trash!" Yeah that checks out, last time I played CT my first thought was; "I don't remember everyone moving like they've got pants made of lead! Why is movement so stiff?!"

Blazblue was amazing. I was in high school when I played CS for the first time; loved GG and FGs in general but where I live, there's no arcades or a scene, especially for anime games. BB was not only gorgeous but scratched my itch for being a weird anime game with satisfying combos. Had CS2 on 3DS and essentially played it every waking moment. Got me through high school and I miss when it was everywhere.

My favorite fighting games series ever!!

Unless im remembering wrong, im pretty sure arksys said after BBCF that they "wanted to take a 2 year break from blazblue", or something like that. So much for that though.

Blazblue got me into fighting game and even though I don't like where the series went in the gameplay department I still respect the series a lot.

I loved BlazBlue thanks to the story mode, especially the one in CS. Having a good, bad, and funny ending for each character was great. :)

Guard libra wasn't what made your burst slower. Using barrier was. If you burst at 100% barrier, you got gold burst. 50-99 was I think green and 0-49 was blue? Blue was essentially a death sentence. IIRC it was like 32f start up.

Would love to see another video like this showing off and talking about fights from every version of BB

JIYUNA!

Still playing BBEF, they just added Jin. It might not be a true BB game but damn is it fun.

Weird memory but the main menu of CT is still stuck with me, it really didn't feel like a normal menu for just any kind of game it made everything more mysterious which fit with the batshit insane story and character we got

Blazblue has been my favourite fighting game series since it launched. It always bothered me how everybody (especially GG players) would crap on it and dismiss it as easy.

Celebration of november 19 on december 1

Unfortunately by the time, I think it was Continuum Shift (I think that's it) came out I had went through a series of unfortunate events, but the main one was injury to my hands at work and that put me out of commission for years, so I obviously I missed out on a lot when it comes to playing. I say that because I'm playing catch up now and learning the game and going back to watch a lot of these matches has been great. Favorite match at the moment might be Fenrich vs Itou or Ryuusei. They seem to go back and forth a lot, and to see how Fenrich pilots Jin through Carls BS is on some inspirational stuff lol. Now for you Jiyuna, what do you need from me to get you to do Hakumen and Litchi trials? 😈😂

CT limped so that CS could walk, so that CP could run, so that CF could soar. Bo bleis!

*rubs hands* alright whats up guys

As someone who picked Jin recently just to learn CF properly, he looks completely cracked in CT. ice car on the air? Lol

Here's to 15 more years of awesomeness

I remember the Carl loop. It was crazy.

Has it been 15 years of blobgreatness already? :3 Here's to another 15 years of bugreign!

the next blazblue is gonna be hype; I can feel it!

Brother, I would happily watch an hour or more of this. As jank as Calamity Trigger is, and as bad as the PC port, which is the version I've played, is, I had a good time playing it. Continuum Shift Extend is what made me fall in love with the series, though.

Aight enough with the BB content. Can you break down the lore of the Granblue characters since no one in the west knows about any of the characters/lore

It’s crazy Skullgirls is 15 years old

Blazblue ❤. Ragna is my favorite MC with Sol from Guilty Gear.😊

I remember first learning about this game when I was a sophomore in college. That was 15 YEaRS agO?!

I haven't played blazblue in a decent while not gonna lie but its the definitely the fg I have the fondest memories of

Really is the greatest of 'em all. Hope the next one stays full 2D.

I didn’t think I would really like Blazblue. It’s become one of my favorite fighters.

FIFTEEN YEARS OF PURE STRAIGHT PEAK

Whew! It's just a misleading title. For a second I was worried that I got time warped back into 2017, the 15th anniversary of GGXX.

glad to join the BB community, BBEE is so sick

great video as always. now if only the console version of BBCF could get rollback..........

Journal has been uploading older cs2 footage, I jumped on bb during cs2 days so never experienced ct but I think the first footage of seeing bb was ct Rachel vs another character in this quality.

Awesome video man 😎

It's the 15th anniversary of the greatest fighting game. But that game's not Blazblue. It's Tatsunoko vs Capcom 😊

the Blaz still be Blueing....

BBCF maybe my favorite fighting game of all time

Truly such a legendary game

Hopefully we get Ragna in Strive to celebrate it

we need a new blazblue, this new generation would love it!

BB was the first fighting game I ever played (BBCPEX on the fucking XBOX man) and I was absolutely awful at the game and just tried learning the combo trials then hit a mf'er with it online lol now we in CF2, im enjoying the hazama life more than ever, and now having played so many other FG's since then, im 100% putting it down to BB as the reason i play them (and found the love of my life, Tekken) just waiting on that all new BB game... that isn't Entropy Effect (great game too btw) lol