40 Fun Facts About BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Weiss Schnee, a RWBY fighter in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, has a German name alluding to which fairy-tale heroine?

Snow White is the model, because Weiss Schnee is simply German for "White Snow". She trained as a Huntress to restore the honor of a family her father's business methods had tarnished.

Which Japanese studio, known for Guilty Gear, developed and published the crossover BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle?

Arc System Works had already co-developed Persona 4 Arena with Atlus, so the crossover's Persona fighters came from a game the studio had helped build itself.

Which first name is shared by two BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle fighters, a Persona 4 detective and a BlazBlue novel hero?

Naoto fits twice: Shirogane is the young detective of Persona 4, while Kurogane leads the Bloodedge Experience novels and only joined with the Japanese arcade release.

Which BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle fighter is the main series hero, a wanted rebel feared as the Grim Reaper?

Ragna the Bloodedge earned the largest bounty in the NOL's history by destroying its branches, all to avenge the family he blames it for taking.

After fans objected to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle's paid DLC plans, which two RWBY fighters were made free downloads?

Blake and Yang went free after the launch roster turned out to hold only half of Team RWBY, with the other half listed among twenty paid extras.

Which kind of weapon is Crescent Rose, the sniper-rifle hybrid Ruby Rose swings in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle?

A scythe is what Crescent Rose becomes for close combat, and its owner Ruby Rose is modelled on Little Red Riding Hood.

Which BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle fighter is the silent protagonist of Persona 4, who moves to Inaba for a year?

Yu Narukami was nameless in the original game, where the player chose what to call him. The 2011 anime gave him the name that the fighting games have used ever since.

Which Persona 4 resident of the TV world joined BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle with the Japanese arcade version?

Teddie arrived with three other newcomers when the arcade cabinet launched in Japan, then reached consoles and PC as paid content in the version 1.5 update.

Which console only received BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle years after launch, as a Special Edition bundling all the DLC?

Xbox One and its Series X/S successors waited until April 2023 for the Special Edition. The game had launched in 2018 on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Windows.

Which American studio made RWBY, the only franchise in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle that did not start as a video game?

Rooster Teeth premiered Monty Oum's web series on its own site in 2013, and its Twitter account teased a fighting game reveal before the crossover was announced.

Which BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle fighter is Under Night In-Birth's schoolboy hero, who wields the Insulator blade?

Hyde Kido gained his powers by surviving a Void attack on his way home from school, and the blade he carries holds the power to kill immortals.

Which Persona 4 fighter in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is an upbeat schoolgirl obsessed with kung fu?

Chie Satonaka fights with kicks while her Persona, Tomoe Gozen, swings a naginata beside her. She had already starred in both Persona 4 Arena fighting games.

Which Persona 4 fighter in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is a feared delinquent rumored to have taken on a biker gang?

Kanji Tatsumi became famous on television for fighting delinquents in the streets. His English voice here is Matthew Mercer, who took over the role from Troy Baker.

At which Las Vegas fighting tournament was BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle announced, right after a BlazBlue grand final?

Evo 2017 crowds saw the reveal moments after Ryusei Ito won the Central Fiction final, with a trailer showing five fighters drawn from four different series.

Which BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle fighter is a vampire noble who attacks with her servants Nago and Gii?

Rachel Alucard commands the wind with her Drive, Silpheed, and her hairstyle earns her the nickname "Rabbit", which irritates her to no end.

Which Persona 3 fighter is spelled the Japanese way in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, unlike in other English releases?

Aegis is how the crossover's English version writes the android better known as Aigis, the spelling used by official English Persona releases everywhere else.

Yumi, the lone ninja added to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle in version 2.0, represents which hack-and-slash series?

Senran Kagura follows rival academies of female shinobi, and it arrived as the crossover's sixth franchise, revealed together with the seventh.

Which BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle fighter is the immortal princess of the Night Blade, alive for the past 500 years?

Linne is cursed to wake in a new host body each time she dies, and her current one is that of an elementary school student.

Which hulking cyborg in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is known as the Red Devil of Sector Seven?

Iron Tager was a soldier mortally wounded in the Ikaruga Civil War until the scientist Kokonoe rebuilt him, and his Drive magnetizes opponents.

Which BlazBlue creator produced BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle and said it was built with overseas players in mind?

Toshimichi Mori had told Forbes in 2016 that he admired RWBY, especially the way each character has a signature colour and a personal theme.

Which axe-wielding android in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle made her full debut in Persona 4 Arena rather than an RPG?

Labrys swings a huge double-headed axe, the very thing her name means, and she is the protagonist of the Persona 3 chapter in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.

Which BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle fighter is a squirrel-like beastkin who battles with a pair of cross tonfas?

Makoto Nanaya posed as an Intelligence Division officer while secretly informing for Sector Seven, and her Drive, Impact, changes its attacks with the level of charge.

Which Nox Nyctores gun does Noel Vermillion carry in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, striking by distorting space itself?

Bolverk is the weapon Noel Vermillion used to rise to lieutenant, after enrolling at the Military Academy to save her adoptive family from a treason charge.

Which online upgrade, revealed at CEO 2021, was patched into BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle on PlayStation 4 and Steam?

Rollback netcode was promised at that 2021 tournament and delivered in 2022, four years after the crossover first went on sale.

Which RWBY antagonist, armed with a parasol called Hush, joined BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle in version 2.0?

Neopolitan is mute, holding up signs to communicate in the comedy spin-off RWBY Chibi, and her parasol hides a blade in its handle. She was the fifth and final RWBY fighter on the roster.

Which giant, brutish half-Void from Under Night In-Birth fights with weaponized claws in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle?

Waldstein swore an oath to act as guardian and father figure to an immortal girl, a duty he kept for more than five centuries.

Which fighting series with an all-female cast became BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle's fifth franchise, sending one fighter?

Arcana Heart sent only its protagonist, a schoolgirl who helps run her family's café, when the Japanese arcade version launched.

Which Persona 4 fighter in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is the reluctant heiress to her family's inn?

Yukiko Amagi resented having her future as the inn's inheritor chosen for her, and her friends dread her cooking, which they call Mystery Food X.

Which armored swordsman in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle led the Six Heroes and wields the long blade Okami?

Hakumen led mankind to victory over the Black Beast, then had himself sealed in a void between worlds so that his enemy Yuki Terumi would be trapped with him.

In BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle's story, which object splits into four fragments that the fighters must carry to the goal?

The Keystone fragments are carried on the orders of a female voice called System XX, while each cast hopes the errand will return them to their own universe.

Which Persona 4 villain, a junior police officer in Inaba, joined BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle in version 2.0?

Tohru Adachi hid behind his badge while committing the first two murders, which he later says he did simply to entertain himself.

Which beast-man in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is one of the Six Heroes, fighting with a pair of kodachi blades?

Jubei trained the main series' hero and fathered the scientist Kokonoe, and his blades are said to cut what cannot normally be cut.

Which fighter added in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle version 2.0 was once a dying soldier, rebuilt as a living weapon?

Blitztank is an electrical tank from a dōjin fighting series, whose story reveals late on that its tanks were dying soldiers converted into living machines.

Which young girl in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle shares her body with two personalities, one rude and one polite?

Platinum the Trinity was created by Trinity Glassfille, a woman whose spirit lives on inside the girl's weapon and occasionally takes control.

Which fedora-wearing schemer becomes conductor of the multiverse tournament in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle's later story?

Hazama's attempt to hijack a powerful machine backfired, spawning a monster that threatened every universe, so he took the job out of regret.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle was the first BlazBlue game with an English dub since which earlier main entry?

Chrono Phantasma was the last dubbed entry before Central Fiction shipped without English voices, and the crossover lets players choose a language for each character.

Which BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle fighter is the pudding-loving heroine of the XBlaze spin-off series?

Es serves as gatekeeper of the Azure with her memories repressed, and she is later revealed to be a decoy drawing attention away from the true gatekeeper.

Which Under Night In-Birth boss, the Paradox who leads Amnesia, joined BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle in version 2.0?

Hilda co-founded Amnesia to dominate the Hollow Night and schemed to ascend into a more powerful kind of being, until the heroes of her own series stopped her.

Which BlazBlue deity, cloned as the final threat of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle's story, became playable in version 2.0?

Susano'o is the original divine form of the villain Yuki Terumi, and the clone made from his remnants is finally beaten by two of the BlazBlue heroes.

Which BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle fighter is a Murakumo Unit whose giant sword breaks into armor and floating blades?

Nu-13 was the main antagonist of the first BlazBlue game, Calamity Trigger, programmed to terminate anyone who came near the gate she guarded.