Arcana Heart 4: Rise to the New Age is a fourth entry of Arcana Heart 4, with the development led by Team Arcana, Arc System Works and Studio Flare, with additional help from other video game developers and companies.
Changes from Arcana Heart 3 Xtend[]
- Arcana Select removed
- Can reverse between crouching and standing normals
- Homing and Arcana Button Switch places button inputs: D for Arcana and E for Homing
- Arcana Buttons changes:
- Can now cancel from normal attacks, jump, and special/super moves properly
- Charge Button Hold button will require to cancel to Homing Dash
- Arcana Burst is now A+B+C+D
- Arcana Burst and Extend Action can now be cancelled from normals and supers
- Can now cancel Throw to supers
- Super Heart (formerly named Super Move) changes:
- Command Input are now exclusively 236 and 214, respectively
- Non-Arcana Super Hearts' attack input changes to A+D
- Arcana Super Hearts' attack input changes to B+C
- Arcana Eclipse' attack input changes to A+B+C during Extend Force
- Forward Dash Step removed and replaced with Run-Based that do not cost Homing. Characters with Unique Dash Traits like Saki will have Triple Dash/666.
- New System
- Homing Gauge: No longer cost Super Gauge, but is refillable
- Critical Blaze (Input: 222+B+C): Replaces Critical Heart
Plot[]
Take place after "World Extinction Arc", Heart Aino is now a 3rd-grade student, who now plans to continue her family's bakery business overseas. However, because of Dark Heart's appearance originating from alternate future, Drexler Inc., which was responsible for Omega's corruption plans to make a final move to corrupt the world, and every possible reality.
Characters[]
Italic denotes for DLC characters
- New Characters
- Connie Elizabeth - A stylish Irish universe-displaced magician who tragically lost her home universe where Drexler used Heart's body into completely succeed on wiping humanity, hailing from a same reality Dark Heart was. She went to that reality to warn Heart a warning of Drexler's plots on her. She is the wielder of Reality Arcana, Thamara
- Isabella Luciana - A Mexican luchador who seeks to fight stronger opponents. She is the wielder of Power Arcana, Titania
- Lucia Fernada [1] - A young Spanish astronaut, who was graduate from Rosenberg Academy. Her mother was a humanoid-dove alien married to a human father, making Lucia a half-alien. She is the wielder of Space Arcana, Spardove, which she inherit from her mother
- Carmilla Hellstrom - The misanthropist leader of Drexler Institute and the overreaching antagonist of the series, she is also responsible for Scharlachrot and Omega's corruptions, as well as deceiving Dark Heart, causing Connie to catch up with her act. She is the wielder of Corruption (Death) Arcana, Grimmer [Final Boss]
- Gouko Aino - A youthful and strong grandmother of Heart Aino who lives as a wandering monk. She is also one of the oldest Arcana users. She is the wielder of Nothingness Arcana, Hakudo [Secret Boss]
- Returning Characters
- Heart Aino - Partinias
- Saki Tsuzura - Bhanri
- Kamui Tokinomiya - Anutpada
- Konoha - Moriomoto
- Maori Kasuga - Ohtsuchi [2]
- Mei-Fang - Lang-Gong
- Lilica Felchenerow - Tempestas
- Lieselotte Achenbach - Gier [3]
- Yoriko Yasuzumi - Dieu Mort [1]
- Kira Daidohji - Niptra
- Fiona Mayfield - Orichalcos [4]
- Petra Johanna Lagerkvist - Zilrael
- Zenia Valov - Almacia
- Elsa La Conti - Koshmar [3]
- Clarice Di Lanza - Sorwat [3]
- Catherine Kyohbashi - Median
- Dorothy Albright - Heliogabalus [4]
- Angelia Avallone - Mildred [1]
- Akane Inuwaka - Phenex
- Nazuna Inuwaka - Kayatsuhime [4]
- Weiss - Gottfried
- Eko and Kazu - Saligrama [2]
- Scharlachrot - Baldur
- Minori Amanohara - Ichor
- Pistrix No. 29 - Paracelsia [2]
- Dark Heart - Love Prison Geist
- Omega [Sub-Boss]
Development[]
The sprite resolution reuses the graphic which was seen in Heart Aino's appearance in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Following Granblue Fantasy Versus, Guilty Gear Xrd and Melty Blood: Type Lumina, the roster has been reduced, with one of the previous playable characters can return as DLC characters.