Now you can totally break the game when Tager wins, and attempts to phone her!

Doesn't seem to be much info other than scans at the moment, apparently she'll only appear in the console version. Just posting out of sheer excitement! She looks to have a large drill hammery thing in some of the pictures, so maybe she'll play like Hakumen/Labrys, either that or it'll do some weird stance changing thing, as that seems to be the trend at the moment.

Anyone else as bewildered/excited as I?! (To be fair this had totally fallen off my radar, but now it's back!)

Info from Siliconera.

I am, really not sure how I felt with Extend. I can understand the balance tweaks and the addition of a new character but in all honesty they could of just done a patch or update with it. This one is starting to feel like a new addition / evolution to the series.

@i_stay_puft: Yeah, I know where you're coming from, it was a pretty bum deal for people who'd purchased the previous version plus DLC. Made worse by the fact I lamented the loss of a lot of Tao wall bounces from those balance tweaks...

This is looking more like the jump from CT to CS.

Call me when they finally add Jubei.

Huh. Cool. I thought they were done announcing characters for CP.

AKA console-only, and not an arcade character. Unless something's changed since I last checked, they're not planning a 360 release.

THIS.

@superkenon said:

Ah-ha, that makes far more sense! Thanks for the logics. I'll update the OP.

Well i'll be :)

A few years ago Daisuke and Toshimichi where in England, one of the questions was "When is Jubei coming?"

*YEEAAHH!*

Anyway, after a giggle and a brief look between themselves they said

"You'll just have to wait and see"

The fact that Kokonoe has appeared we should expect Jubei ;)

I thought they said they wouldn't do DLC for chronophantasma...

I feel like Jubei's a guy they're saving up for the final installment in the story (which will supposedly be the game after this one). Since we're already at seven new characters for this game, I'd be shocked if they kept adding more. Granted, I'm already surprised they announced Kokonoe...

This isn't DLC, unless you know something I don't...?

To be honest I have no clue anymore. SRK says it's DLC.

http://shoryuken.com/2013/09/11/kokonoe-playable-in-blazblue-chronophantasma/

Finally! This game keeps justifying the obscene amount of money I'm facing by importing.

@irrelevantjohn: I poked around trying to get a solid answer, but it's all pretty vague.

It's worth mentioning that there was similar confusion over Terumi and (I think) Kagura when they were announced, but it turned out they were just unlockables -- with a DLC-unlock option for those who would rather pay money than unlock them in-game (like Mu in CS).

Guess we'll see.

I hope you are right. The last thing I need is to get my imported copy with 1 missing character.

Is this going to be full price? or 39.99 or something?

@jeffsekai: Full price in Japan at least. No idea about the localsied versions, since they haven't been announced yet.

@petiew: roughly on amazon, they set the price to $49.99 for a preorder copy of standard and it's release in at least for NA in March 2014.

Edit: I am quite tempted to import but I'll just wait for the localised copy as I have many other things to pass the time.

+1 for more SCIENCE

@ghost249: Probably just a placeholder date, but you never know! SInce I live in the UK I'll be importing it either way unless I want to wait until 2016.

@irrelevantjohn: @superkenon: So according to further clarification, she is a purchasable DLC character :(

Also GIGANTIC TAGER

@mwng: Alas.

And I'll totally buy her too.

Aksys is currently localizing CP, so I imagine that the price will be about the same as the other BB sequel-updates they've released in North America.

Gameplay and stuff. She kinda looks like a mix of everyone...