Blade Arcus from Shining EX, the second iteration of Blade Arcus fighting games featuring modern Shining characters, continues to expand its roster with the announcement of Misty from Shining Hearts and Shining Blade. As of now, the roster stands at 16 playable characters. Shining Resonance‘s Sonia will be available to those who purchase a first-print edition of Blade Arcus from Shining EX.
Blade Arcus from Shining EX will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2015. The build of the game that will be playable here will include Misty as a playable character, too.
A special trailer devoted solely to the character is available for viewing after the break. It’s a surprisingly lengthy four minutes! The trailer is a demo of Misty’s battle capabilities. She’s a character who primarily focuses on screen control through placement of special orbs. She can hit them with an attack to send them in a direction, or remotely explode them.
The video toys with some interesting ideas, including summoning two orbs and then sending one orb to attack while forcing the other to explode, forcing the opponent to block. If she knocks her opponent down, she has an opportunity to summon orbs, but the payoff doesn’t seem especially great even if your opponent blocks since she has to recover. You might at best be able to simply summon more. It might be best not to send the orbs off immediately, but at least have one nearby you in order to control space as it becomes necessary and to keep your opponent guessing.
Thanks to Gematsu for the info on the TGS 2015 build and initial news announcement. Thanks to this actugaming.net article for the featured image.