The protagonist, Touya Kagari, is a resident of Shin Yokozaki City and a sophomore at the prestigious Hakuou North Academy. An earnest and responsible young man, Touya appears to be no more than your average high school student.
While returning from his part-time job, he heard a mysterious sound coming from the depths of the Restricted Ward, an area off-limits to unauthorized personnel due to a horrible disaster that happened there ten years ago…
His curiosity having gotten the best of him, Touya ventured ever deeper into the ruins of the ward, eventually coming across a man who appeared to be gravely injured. Concerned, Touya rushed to his side, asking if he was okay and if he needed any help.
But as Touya approached, the man suddenly stood up and attacked, screaming, “You’re an enemy!” And in the midst of invisible ringing bells, psychotic strangers, exploding walls of flame, and almost certain death, a small, cute girl with an enormous sword came charging in…
And despite her frilly, fragile appearance, her battle prowess was beyond reason or doubt. The name of Touya’s savior was Es, a soldier belonging to the Mitsurugi Agency.
Seithr, Drives, Unions, and secretive organizations…
Yanked from the comfort of his everyday life, Touya was forced head-long into a world where the threat of death was everywhere and even allies could be his downfall…
The wheel of fate has begun to turn…
And the story of the Azure, and that of Touya Kagari and the mysterious girl Es, began.
- Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita (PS3 Demo, PS Vita Demo)
- Genre: Visual Novel
- Website: Official XBlaze Code: Embryo Website
- Release Dates:
- Japan: 07/23/2013
- North America: 06/24/2014
- Europe: ?_?
- Developer: Arc System Works
- Publisher: Aksys Games
- MSRP: $39.99
- From the creators and publisher of the BlazBlue series comes a visual novel prequel set 150 years before the events in BlazBlue!
- Play a new type of visual novel where it's not about the choices you make, but the information you gather!
- TOi System - Rather than choices, XBlaze Code Embryo has an inventive new system that affects the storyline! How you gather information will dictate the path and ending you get.
- Branching storylines offer multiple paths and endings.
- To be added as they arrive
- Question: Do I need to have played the BlazBlue games to understand the story here?
- Answer: No, you do not! The references to elements in the BlazBlue universe are there for fans, and not needed to comprehend the story. It's just supplemental, not required knowledge.
- Question: Which version should I get?
- Answer: That's up to you! Would you rather have it on the go or on the big screen! They are both the same price ($39.99) and the PlayStation 3 version is 720p and Vita is 640p.
- Question: Does this game have cross-save or the same trophy list?
- Answer: Definite no for cross-save and it doesn't appear both versions use the same trophy list.
- Question: What voices are available for the game?
- Answer: Just a Japanese dub only, no English VA available.
- Question: Multiple endings? Aw man, do I have to read a lot of text over and over?
- Answer: Yes, but text you've already seen you can skip through pretty quickly. Zoom, zoom, zoom!