List of Bleach video games


There are several video games based on Tite Kubo's manga and anime series Bleach. The titles consist mostly of side-scrolling fighters, but also include other genres such as strategy role-playing games and action role-playing games. Most of the games retell the plot of the manga, following Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends. Some games, however, have veered from the source material and incorporated original stories and characters. The games have been released on a variety of home and handheld consoles.
The first game to be released based on the Bleach series was ', which debuted on March 24, 2005, and the latest releases are ', which was released in North America on August 2, 2011 and Bleach: Bankai Batoru, a social network game which was released in Japan on April 14, 2014. There are 23 games bearing the "Bleach" name, not including the four crossover games—Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars, J-Stars Victory VS and Jump Force—which feature characters from numerous other Weekly Shōnen Jump anime and manga series. Most Bleach games have been released only in Japan, though Sega has localized the first Wii game and the first three Nintendo DS games for North America, Australia, and Europe. Reception toward the games has been mixed, ranging from "the best fighter" for ', to " a bad first effort, but the competition is leaving this one in the dust" for '.

Series

''Bleach: Blade Battlers''

The Bleach: Blade Battlers series is a series of 3-D cel-shaded fighting games developed by Racjin and published by SCEI.

''Bleach DS''

The Bleach DS series are 2-D games. The first two were fighting games developed by Treasure Co. Ltd. All four were published by Sega.

Bleach Nintendo Home Consoles

The Bleach Nintendo Home Console series is a series of fighting games published by Sega, with the first two being developed by Polygon Magic and Versus Crusade being developed by Treasure Co. Ltd.

''Bleach: Heat the Soul''

The Bleach: Heat the Soul series is a series of fighting games developed by Eighting and published by SCEI.

''Bleach: Soul Carnival''

The Bleach: Soul Carnival series is a list of action role-playing games developed and published by SCEI.

Single games

Other games