BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Extend

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Extend is standalone update to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle 2.0, with the development led by Arc System Works and Studio Flare along with other video game developers and companies.

Changes

 * DLC characters from original release are unlockable characters:
 * DLC characters who appears in Episode 1 are unlockable there
 * DLC characters who appears in Episode 2 are unlockable each different chapters they are first introduced
 * They are unlockable via different options:
 * Purchase them via DLC on original DLC page. If owning original version's Special Edition before it was announced, players will receive 50% Discount to purchase this game
 * Unlock via completing certain Episode parts or fight money
 * Characters who debuted in Extend are unlockable via either completing certain Episode parts or fight money
 * Storyline of previous episodes prior to Episode 3 expanded
 * BlazBlue's Co-Operative Ending remains the same as the Ending after Ragna choose to entrust the Keystone to Hazama. Even after Ragna not to trust him, Hazama reveals to have to been watching Co-Operative Battles from behind & pick the main Keystone (BlazBlue)
 * Resonance Blaze Activation:
 * Portrait appearing upon activating it now resembles Heat Drive portrait from Melty Blood: Type sub-series
 * Can now be cancelled from other moves (normals/specials/EX)
 * Reversal Actions becomes Super and Assist Cancellable
 * Air Throw included. Brand new to Under Night In-Birth, RWBY and Senran Kagura cast (re-including Homura, who was in Nitroplus Blasterz with Heart Aino and Artoria Pendragon)
 * Astral Skill:
 * Pre-attack starter no longer uses respective series' portraits (such as BlazBlue Red Drive Crest; Persona Awakening; Under Night In-Birth Infinite Worth, Arcana Heart Critical Heart; Akatsuki EN-Eins EX and Final Special Attack, and Perfekte Finish and Melty Blood: Type sub-series' Arc Moves). Instead, the portrait based on Cross Rush version, albeit similar to Persona Awakening portraits)
 * Accessible on Level 3
 * Universal:
 * Tag-In: 2P
 * Super Jump Dash: 5D. Depends on the characters, whether they are flight or not. Based on Homing and Aerial Rave, including Dragon Ball FighterZ Super Dash
 * If characters cannot fly will accompany Senran Kagura and Nasuverse characters on utilizing Aerial Rave. System is inspired by Master Roshi in Dragon Ball FighterZ
 * Characters who can fly will accompany Arcana Heart characters on utilize Homing
 * Heavy Attack: 5C (non-Launcher) and 2C (the latter mainly Launcher for most characters, commonly on the ground)
 * Reflector: 4C (Air OK)
 * Clash Assault: 6C
 * Some characters' Clash Assault, mainly from Under Night In-Birth and Senran Kagura being re-worked
 * Air Throw Chain Combo
 * Reverse Beat

Plot
The previous episodes has been expanded with newer scenes. As for Episode 3/Final, it surrounds randomized Cross Tag Battle Royale under a surprise direction of Neco-Arc, who brought her home multiverse, the Nasuverse as the 8th and last participated multiverse. With Neco-Arc's technology, the battle are being broadcasted lives on eight selected multiverse, both scheduled day and night alike. Behind her sponsorship, Neco-Arc is planning a mischievous grand scheme that would doom eight known multiverse behind Hazama and System XX's back. The final round set in a regular stadium, and there will be "bonus round" for the champion.

BlazBlue

 * Taokaka
 * Bang Shishigami
 * Relius Clover
 * Bullet
 * Kagura Mutsuki
 * Kokonoe Mercury
 * Hibiki Kohaku

Persona

 * Yukari Takeba
 * Junpei Iori
 * Sho Minazuki (True Ending version)
 * Rise Kujikawa
 * Marie
 * Margaret

Under Night In-Birth

 * Bloody Chaos
 * Nanase
 * Phonon the Chermeti
 * Miyashiro Erika Wagner
 * Gaien Enkidu
 * Londrekia Light
 * Tsurugi Kamiya
 * Kaguya Seikaguu
 * Kuon the Aino
 * Uzuki

RWBY

 * Jaune Arc
 * Nora Valkyrie
 * Pyrrha Nikos
 * Lie Ren
 * Cinder Fall
 * Emerald Sustrai
 * Adam Taurus
 * Sun Wukong

Arcana Heart

 * Saki Tsuzura
 * Kamui Tokinomiya
 * Kira Daidouji
 * Fiona Mayfield
 * Petra Johanna Lagerkvist
 * Akane Inuwaka
 * Weiss
 * Scharlachrot
 * Minori Amanohara
 * Dark Heart
 * Omega

Senran Kagura

 * Asuka
 * Homura
 * Miyabi
 * Yagyu
 * Yozakura
 * Mirai
 * Hikage
 * Hibari
 * Renka
 * Kagura

Akatsuki EN-Eins

 * Sai
 * Fritz
 * Kanae
 * Marilyn Sue Dajie
 * Dawei Ye Lue
 * Ernst von Adler
 * Murakumo Zero
 * Mycale (Perfecti)
 * EN-Eins
 * Kati
 * Valkyria
 * Inazuma

Nasuverse (represents Melty Blood)

 * Arcueid Brunestud
 * Ciel
 * Akiha Tohno (Vermillion)
 * Shiki Tohno
 * Hisui Fujo
 * Kohaku Fujo
 * Satsuki Yumizuka
 * Vlov Arkangel
 * Noel Eleanor (DA-T/Dead Apostle-Tatari)
 * Michael Roa Valdamjong
 * Aoko Aozaki
 * Neco-Arc
 * Len
 * Kouma Kishima
 * Sion Eltnam Atlasia
 * Zepia Eltnam Oberon
 * Miyako Arima
 * Riesbyfe Stridberg
 * Shiki Ryougi
 * Artoria Pendragon (Saber)
 * Mash Kyrielight
 * Edmond Dantes
 * Ushiwakamaru

Trivia

 * This game now fully credits English voice actors with some changes regarding of some characters' previous voice actors:
 * Few voice actors has been recasted following the current situations that was lastly occurred in 2022, and since Rie Tanaka (a Japanese voice actress as Mitsuru Kirijo) took over Nine the Phantom's role following the character and Yuzuriha's indefinite hiatus from her voice acting, Ayumi Fujimura:
 * Kagura Mutsuki: Daisuke Namikawa (Same as Yu Narukami). Since the passing of his original Japanese voice actor Keiji Fujiwara in 2020.
 * Naoto Kurogane: Aleks Le. Since the passing of his original and one-time English voice actor Billy Kametz in 2022.
 * Junpei Iori: Zeno Robinson. Currently the only English voice actor from Persona 3 Remake to reprise his role, due to controversy surrounding his original voice actor Vic Mignogna since 2018.
 * Yuzuriha: Hitomi Nabatame. In order to properly fill Yuzuriha's Japanese voice line in the story mode.
 * Saki Tsuzura: Miyuri Shimabukuro. Before Yuzuriha (and Nine's) Japanese voice actress goes indefinite hiatus as of 2019, Saki's original Japanese voice actress Yumi Shimura retired in 2016 after the release of Nitroplus Blasterz: Infinite Duels (which featured characters from original Nitroplus IP, including third-party series which other Nitroplus and its workers being part of [such as from Nasuverse (prior to joining 'Melty Blood, Senran Kagura (being a home port publisher) and Arcana Heart (the said Nitroplus fighting game's developer)).


 * The reason why EN-Eins Perfektewelt was not included in original release's 2.0, because it was in fact a beta stage with incorrect story parts. With the update known as EN-Eins Perfektewelt Anastasis and its new characters' Battle Theme name, the second Subtle Style entry's reps are now qualified to appear in this game.


 * This is the very first game after Toshimichi Mori's departure from Arc System Works in 2022, though remains involve Mori, due to involvement of his co-founding video game developer company, NetEase's Studio Flare.


 * The character select series logo for each side now represents which in-series entry the characters debuted as playable fighters, much like Persona side. Under Night In-Birth and Arcana Heart ' s cases has their original cast represents an updated title that is used for first home console release,Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late and Arcana Heart FULL!.


 * With the help from Koei Tecmo's advice, Subtle Style and Arc System Works opens a competition of the creation of Subtle Style games' English logo variants ahead of their recognized worldwide release dates, and one of them will be chosen to be in their localized games.


 * The sprites Arcana Heart (co-drawn by Team Arcana and Arc System Works) and Akatsuki EN-Eins (co-drawn by French Bread and Subtle except Blitztank drawn by Arc System Works) used are also meant to be used for upcoming Arcana Heart 4 (New Age Arc) and Fighting Soldat (an HD remake to Akatsuki EN-Eins entries, and a would be subsequent title). Same goes for the Nasuverse characters who are introduced (re-introduced for old characters' case) after Tsukihime Blue and Red Remake and Melty Blood: Type Lumina, mainly from upcoming Kagetsu Tohya remake and Melty Blood: Type Act (a remake of Melty Blood Act sub-series).