Bleach: The 3rd Phantom
| Bleach: The 3rd Phantom | |
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North American box art
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| Developer(s) | Tom Create |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 59/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Famitsu | 28/40 |
| GamesRadar |    |
| GamesTM | 5/10 |
| GameZone | 7/10 |
| IGN | 7/10 |
| NGamer | 63% |
| Nintendo Life |   |
| Nintendo Power | 4/10 |
| Nintendo World Report | 5/10 |
| ONM | 72% |
Bleach: The 3rd Phantom (ブリーチ ザ・サード・ファントム Burīchi Za Sādo Fantomu?) is a tactical role-playing game for Nintendo DS based on the popular manga written by Tite Kubo. It was released in 2008-2010 and is published by Sega.
This game features a spin-off storyline in the Bleach continuity written for this game by Tite Kubo himself. The story differs according to the chosen gender of the game. Two shinigami, Matsuri Kudo and her twin brother Fujimaru, obtain positions in the 5th Division under their adoptive father Seigen Suzunami. The two fend off an Arrancar named Arturo Plateado (debuted from the Bleach: Shattered Blade Wii game) who is bent on the destruction of Soul Society. After their 'final battle' with the strange Arrancar, the twins are suspended in time, until their reawakening in the present day. In the living world, Fujimaru (if the player chooses female it would be Matsuri instead of Fujimaru) meets Ichigo Kurosaki and a strange girl named Shiyo as well as many of the other characters of Bleach. It is here that they learn about the true intentions of their former 5th Division Vice Captain Aizen Sōsuke, as well as the passing of many of their dear friends and family. Acquaintances of Kaien Shiba, Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Rangiku Matsumoto, Gin Ichimaru, Momo Hinamori, Tōshirō Hitsugaya, and even Soifon, the twins are genuinely surprised to discover that all of these children now outrank them, and confronted with sadness upon discovery of the true extent of this lost time.
The player character soon discovers that Seigen and the other twin are indeed still alive, but have joined forces with Aizen, believing that Soul Society organized the death of Konoka Suzunami and the destruction of the Suzunami House.
After many battles, the player character finally reunites with his/her sister/brother, and together they resolve to bring Seigen back to Soul Society. However, they are unable to do so, as Seigen has been transformed into a gigantic, bestial Hollow-like monster. Not truly a Visored, and closer in appearance to an Arrancar, Seigen is used as a weapon against Soul Society. Fujimaru and Matsuri decide to lead an expedition team to Hueco Mundo in order to defeat Aizen once and for all. They never do get that far, as after attacking the monster Seigen, they are transported into a strange 'in-between' place, where they defeat Seigen, momentarily returning him to his own form, before he, Konoka and Shiyo fade away from life.
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