Blue Archive

Blue Archive (Japanese: ブルーアーカイブ; Korean: 블루 아카이브) is a role-playing game developed by Nexon Games (formerly NAT Games), a subsidiary of Nexon. It was released in 2021 for Android and iOS, first in Japan by Yostar and worldwide later that year by Nexon.[3] The game is free-to-play with gacha game mechanics as a means to obtain new characters. An anime television series adaptation titled Blue Archive The Animation has been announced.[4]

Blue Archive
Official promotional banner
Developer(s)Nexon Games
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Kim Yong-ha[1]
Writer(s)Yang Juyoung[2]
Composer(s)
  • Mitsukiyo
  • Karut
  • Nor
Platform(s)Android, iOS
Release
  • JP: February 4, 2021
  • WW: November 8, 2021
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

The player and protagonist is a teacher who was summoned to the academy city of Kivotos by the president of the General Student Council, an extrajudicial committee governing the schools. Following her sudden disappearance, criminal activity rises around Kivotos and the player is tasked by the remaining members of the council to resolve the issues and help search for the president.[5]

Gameplay

Blue Archive is a tactical role-playing game[6] that allows the player to form and mobilize units of up to six members (two "Specials" and four "Strikers") to participate in various military campaigns with.[7] Students' strengths can be enhanced in various ways, such as by increasing their levels, weapons, armor and skills. More students can be recruited through the gacha system using in-game currency, which may be purchased through in-app purchases.

The units are mobilized on a turn-based hex map and battle initiates when they interact with an enemy or vice versa. In combat, Strikers march along a straight path and occasionally encounter groups of enemies. Strikers fire automatic attacks and can hide behind objects to decrease their chances of getting hit. Specials do not engage in direct combat but increase the Strikers' stats and support them from the backlines instead. The player has generally no control over battles with the exception of using students' skills that cost a regenerable currency to use. Students and enemies both have rock-paper-scissors-based attacks and defenses, which determine their strengths and weaknesses. Students get rescued by a helicopter and can't participate in later battles if they lose all of their health.

Story

Setting

Blue Archive takes place in the academy city of Kivotos, which was established by the union of thousands of academies. The city is divided into mostly independent districts, with the highest entity being the president of the General Student Council, a federal committee, who governs the city from the Sanctum Tower with access to every students' register. Before the events of the game, the president summons the player character, a teacher referred to as Sensei, to be the advisor of Schale, an extrajudicial organization established by the president herself. She then proceeds to disappear, giving an uprising to criminal activities and military presence in the city.

Plot

The story begins with Sensei, the player's character, conversing with the student council president. She tells Sensei that he is the only one who can save Kivotos, the academy city, from a currently unknown disaster. After the screen fades to black, the vice president of the student council, Rin, wakes up Sensei. Rin notifies Sensei that he has been called by the student council president to assist the students in Kivotos. The general student council president has also disappeared almost immediately after Sensei was recruited. During this debriefing, Sensei and Rin are interrupted by several students, one of whom is Yuuka from Millennium Science School. After this interaction, the player is given full access to the game and is allowed to explore the story of Kivotos.

Development

Yostar announced the mobile game and held closed beta tests for the Android version in July 2020.[8] Initially scheduled to be released in 2020, it was later moved to February 4, 2021.[9][10] An English version of the game was announced in August 2021,[11] surpassing one million pre-registrations ahead of its release.[5] Blue Archive was released worldwide on November 8 of the same year[12] by Nexon.[3]

References
  1. Botadkar, Tanish (25 August 2022). "Blue Archive's upcoming update features new story events, characters, and more". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. Yang, Juyoung (5 November 2021). "[Blue Archive] Scenario writer Interview Video" (Interview). Interviewed by Cho Geum Rae. Blue Archive. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite interview}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Loo, Egan (16 July 2022). "Yostar Pictures Animates Blue Archive Game's 1.5th Anniversary Short". Anime News Network. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. Loo, Egan (22 January 2023). "Blue Archive Smartphone RPG Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. Botadkar, Tanish (9 November 2021). "Blue Archive, the highly anticipated anime RPG with over one million pre-registrations, has launched on Android and iOS". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. Derrick, Connor (27 April 2022). "Blue Archive celebrating half year anniversary with an abundance of free gifts". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. Lada, Jenni (24 November 2021). "Blue Archive Characters are Packed with Personality". Siliconera. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. "Yostar新作RPG『ブルーアーカイブ』発表！". Dengeki (in Japanese). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  9. "Yostar新作『ブルーアーカイブ』のリリース時期が来年初頭に変更". Dengeki (in Japanese). 12 December 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  10. SATO (27 January 2021). "Blue Archive Release Date Set for February 2021 in Japan". Siliconera. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  11. Hashimoto, Kazuma (18 August 2021). "Blue Archive Official English Version Announced". Siliconera. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  12. Lada, Jenni (2 November 2021). "Blue Archive Global Release is Next Week". Siliconera. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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