SGCafe Anime, Manga, Cosplay, J-Pop News: Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax opening streamed plus a look at Shana and Kirito [video]

Tuesday 11 March 2014

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax opening streamed plus a look at Shana and Kirito [video]

The opening for the highly anticipated Sega fighting game, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax has finally been streamed and it previews the game’s main fighters as well as the game’s support characters.

The fighting game will be hitting Japanese arcades on March 18, 2014. No word on whether the game will have a home console release yet.

Dengeki Online has also released some new information on the gameplay and tactics of two of the game’s main fighters- Shakugan no Shana’s Shana and Sword Art Online’s Kirito.

Let’s start things off with the noble Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter, Shana, who is considered by many anime fans as one of the four queens of tsundere along with The Familiar of Zero‘s Louise, Hayate the Combat Butler!‘s Nagi and Tora Dora‘s Taiga (all of whom are voiced by “The Queen of Tsundere” Rie Kugimiya).

Shana is considered an all-rounder in the game as she excels in both ranged and close quarters combat. She has a fast air dash and is quite easy to use so she is highly recommended for beginners.

She can also use her various unrestricted spells in battle like the Guren no Oodachi which coats her sword, the Nietono no Shana, in flames which she hurls into opponents as a missile attack. She can also use the Hien which creates a wave of flames which she throws at opponents.

Shana is also capable of flight so in addition to her air dash attacks, she can evade opponents or attack the with her various ranged attacks from a distance.

Now let’s take a look at the “Black Swordsman” himself, Kirito, who may be considered one of Dengeki Bunko’s most popular male characters.

His trump card is his Extra Skill: Dual Wield which increases his combat strength instantaneously. He is quite the explosive fighter as he can chain his techniques, just like in the light novels. He is fairly good at jumping so using air combinations with Kirito would be nice, however, maintaining air-to-air combat would be hard for him.

Kirito can also do several anti-air attacks to bring opponents to the ground where he is best at. He can also defend against ranged attacks from his opponents with his spinning shield. He can also use his various moves like Vorpal Strike, Snake Bite and of course, Star Burst Stream.