History VideoGame / BlazBlueContinuumShift

'''''[=BlazBlue=] Continuum Shift II''''' acted as a balance patch for the arcade and console versions, and featured a new theme song: ''Shinsou'', sung by Asami Imai (Tsubaki's voice actress). A standalone version for the PSP and 3DS also included all three DLC characters, along with Arcade modes for them and Mu-12 and two extra story modes based around the NOL trio and Sector Seven.

'''''[=BlazBlue=] Continuum Shift EXTEND''''', released as a standalone game for arcades, [=PS3=], Xbox 360, UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita and PSP, once again rebalanced the existing game. It includes all of the content from ''Continuum Shift II'', Story modes for the three DLC characters, and adds MadScientist Relius Clover as a new playable character along with his own Arcade and Story modes. It also features a compressed retelling of the ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger Calamity Trigger]]'' Story Mode, bonus DLC scenarios, "Unlimited Mars" mode (a HarderThanHard BossRush against [[SuperMode Unlimited]] characters) and a new theme tune (''Soukyuu no Hikari'', sung by {{Music/Faylan}}). In December 2014, EXTEND was released on Steam.

* EvilIsHammy: Terumi. [[NarmCharm And we love him for it.]]
** Also Relius... when played by Creator/TravisWillingham. Creator/JunichiSuwabe's performance, on the other hand, is more along the lines of EvilIsSexy.

* WTHCastingAgency: A rare ''in-universe'' example in Makoto's gag reel. PlayedForLaughs, natch.
--> "[Depicting my family life] was supposed to be the ''point'' of this! But then you had to go ''balls it up by miscasting everyone''!"
** To specify how horribly miscast everyone was we have [[UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} Noel]] as the dad, [[TheSociopath Hazama]] as the mom, [[LargeHam Bang]] is the adorable little sister, [[BrotherSisterTeam Carl and]] [[RobotGirl Ada]] are twin ''brothers'', [[CoolOldGuy Valkenhayn]] is the eldest brother and [[spoiler: Ragna is the baby]]. Basically the roles were ether {{Flanderization}}s (Valkenhayn as the eldest brother) or had some traits reversed ([[spoiler:Ragna is cast as a baby, though Makoto should be lucky [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Rachel]] wasn't cast instead]])

* OffModel: The numerous story mode cutscenes [[{{Creator/GONZO}} are an extreme example of off model-ness]]. New scenes from Extend avert this by being made by [[Creator/ProductionIG a competent animation studio]].

* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:What Terumi's using to control Tsubaki, artificially exacerbating her existing sense of duty and feelings of jealousy towards Noel, and spicing things up with some juicy {{Jedi Truth}}s.]]

Released for arcades on November 20, 2009, exactly a year after the previous game, this update/sequel features two new playable characters: Tsubaki Yayoi, and Hazama (who acts as the FinalBoss of the Arcade Mode). It implements several gameplay changes such as adding new moves to the already existing characters, and tweaking many of their existing features to add more balance. Nu-13 has been [[DyingToBeReplaced excised and replaced]] by an inferior clone called [[MachineMonotone Lambda-11]], who [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute plays exactly like her predecessor]] [[{{Nerf}} but more balanced]]. The stages are also redone, featuring new graphics ''ala'' ''[[StreetFighter Champion Edition]]''.

* BustChart: A bust chart appears in Makoto's section of "Help Me! Professor Kokonoe!" with a few of the female characters lining up by the breast sizes. Unsurprisingly, Noel is the last person, and [[ACupAngst isn't too happy about it]].

* DeadAlternateCounterpart: in a variation, Makoto finds out in her story - where she accidentally {{Mental Time Travel}}led to the Makoto of alternate timeline - that [[spoiler:Noel wasn't supposed to exist.]]

** Also when Relius Clover meets Noel, she can't move as he claims he wants to takes her home and experiment on her. And of course, his interests on Makoto can easily be interpreted the wrong way.

* DubInducedPlotHole: The title of Bang's Story Mode this time around is called ''Bang Stories: Lost ARCH ENEMY'', some might wonder what is this lost arch enemy, Jin or the NOL perhaps? Not exactly, it turns out that for some reason Bang's Story Mode was translated literally from the Japanese title, not adaptated as usual. In Japan the Nox Nyctores are called Arch Enemy, so making a connection to Bang Stories' title, Lost Arch Enemy refers to the Phoenix Rettenjou which was presumably lost since the Dark War, so to avoid confusion overseas Bang's Story Mode should have been named ''Bang Stories: Lost NOX NYCTORES''.

** While better than ''Calamity Trigger'', some alternate endings require the player to end battles certain ways. Tsubaki's is the worst, as her alternate ending requires her to end a battle with a Distortion or Astral (her normal ending prohibits her from doing so), and her gag reel requires her to lose to Jin.

** EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:In addition to the above, one cannot help but get the feeling that if [[GenkiGirl Makoto]] [[SpannerInTheWorks Nanaya]] knew about her status as an extracontinuual anomaly, Hazama's plot in ''Slight Hope'' (and, by extension, ''Wheel of Fortune'') might have gone off a bit more smoothly than it had. That's ThePowerOfFriendship for ya.]]
** The best outcome of all the arcade endings belongs to [[spoiler:Relius Clover, one of the most evil characters in the game.]]

* ShortStoryLong: In ''Help Me, Professor Kokonoe'' segments, Kokonoe often holds back from giving her advice (which your character needs to go out of her place), often speaking filler things until after well over 2 or more minutes. It's not always her fault, though; sometimes your character is just not that cooperative (like, say, Rachel or Jin) or, after she gives advice, she or your character starts talking about something else first. Even in Lambda's segment, when Kokonoe's going to end it quickly (because she's Lambda's operator and all), Tager interrupts and tells her to give Lambda a proper advice.

--> "[Depicting my family life] was supposed to be the ''point'' of this! But then you had to go ''balls it up by mis-casting everyone''!"