Bloody Roar Ultimate

Artwork of the video game's logo.

**Bloody Roar Ultimate** is a fighting game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. This video game is developed by Arc System Works and published by Activision, Bandai Namco Games and Konami. It is the sixth Bloody Roar fighting video game and the only video game to have all of the fighters from each Bloody Roar fighting game. This video game has been released on August 7, 2020. Unlike most of the Bloody Roar fighting games, this fighting video game uses the Unreal Engine 4 engine.

## Gameplay

Bloody Roar Ultimate is similar to most of the past Bloody Roar fighting games, but this time it features a new power-up known as Pandora's Gold which can be activated when the player's fighter has accumulated enough damage, with the exception of Cronos and Possessed Uriko (whom they have two beast forms each).

## Characters

It was announced that all of the characters from the previous Bloody Roar installments have appeared in this fighting game, with new characters being added to the entire roster, Ryōhō and Mana having being separated from being together where they now have their own character slot and Murasame, the non-playable character being the powerful final boss since the original Bloody Roar. Players who pre-order this fighting game by its release date gets access to the special DLC characters. Starting on January 8, 2021, the Season 1 DLC Pass was announced and introduces four new DLC characters whom their animal forms originated from the Chinese zodiac will get their own release date by the end of 2021. On February 5, 2021, Shinhua was the first to be confirmed and was released on February 12, 2021. On May 7, 2021, Evan Armin was the second DLC character to be confirmed and released on May 21, 2021. On September 3, 2021, Xiu Lin became the third DLC character to be confirmed and released on September 17, 2021. On December 3, 2021, Toby Link was the fourth and final DLC character of the first season's DLC pass to get confirmed and was released on December 17, 2021, which finishes the first season's DLC pass.

On February 4, 2022, the date to celebrate the year of the Tiger, the Season 2 DLC Pass was announced and introduces four more DLC characters whom their animal forms originated from the Chinese zodiac. These DLC fighters of this DLC pass will have their own release date by January 2023. On February 25, 2022 of the second season's DLC pass, Gōri was the first to be revealed and was released on March 4, 2022. On July 1, 2022, Ingrid Ingram was the second to be confirmed and released on July 15, 2022. On October 7, 2022, Soma Wright was the third to be revealed and released on October 21, 2022. On January 6, 2023, Buster Green was the fourth and final DLC character of the second season's DLC pass to be confirmed and released on January 20, 2023, which finishes the second season's DLC pass.

Characters highlighted in *italics* are DLC characters.

## Stages

There are a total of eighteen stages to choose from which can be shown below.

### **List of Stages**

* Amazon Jungle
* Ancient Overpass
* Animal Stadium
* Biotech Lab
* Biotech Lab (Final Stage)
* Crystal Caves
* Deserted Temple
* Goliath Park
* Grand Forest
* Industrial Ruins
* Misty Bay
* Polar Heights
* Primrose Plaza
* Sunflower Festival
* Train Junction
* Training Stage
* Wild Desert
* Wildlife Zoo

## Trivia

* This is the first Bloody Roar video game to:
	+ Have this game get published by Bandai Namco Games.
	+ Have this game get developed by Arc System Works (the company that worked on various video games such as *Dragon Ball FighterZ* and *BlazBlue*).
	+ Feature the Pandora's Gold EX Gem, which turns the player's character gold.