Bandai Namco has updated the official website for Gintama Rumble with information on playable character Nobume Imai, boss characters Isaburo Sasaki and Oboro, and the Baragaki and Courtesan of a Nation Arcs.
Get the details below.
■ Characters
◆ Playable Characters
Gintoki Sasaki
—Courtesan of a Nation Arc Costume
Read more about Gintoki here.
Nobume Imai
Vice captain of the Mimawarigumi. Contrary to her lovely appearance, Isao Kondou has referred to her skill as the “Assassin’s Sword.” She loves donuts.
—Battle Style
She uses a short sword and long sword to unleash flowing attacks. She is always moving and fights as if she is toying with the enemy. Since she has low attack power, it is important to determine how to continuously strike the enemy’s openings.
◆ Boss Characters
Isaburo Sasaki
The commander of the Mimawarigumi, he is the eldest son of the prestigious Sasaki family—a pure elite. Tetsunosuke is his brother from another mother. He is a mysterious man with a sense of opposition against the Shinsengumi.
Oboro
Leader of the Tenshouin Naraku. A battle professional with the nickname, “Yatagarasu.” While working as a bodyguard for Sada Sada Tokugawa, he aims for the lives of various people.
■ Modes
◆ Long-Form Retrospective Rumble Mode
Baragaki Arc
Toushirou Hijikata, despite starting Tetsunosuke Sasaki’s training with incertitude, and Testunosuke Sasaki, the son of the prestigious Sasaki family who became Hijikata’s assistant, gradually began to open up to each other. At that moment, a former comrade of Tetsunosuke in the Check It Out gang is arrested. Hijikata goes to save him, but at the scene is Tetsunosuke’s older brother Isaburo Sasaki, commander of the Mimawarigumi—.
Courtesan of a Nation Arc
Tsukuyo and Gintoki, who were looking for the person the legendary courtesan Suzuran Tayuu was waiting for, visit Edo Castle. However, it became clear that former shogun Sada Sada Tokugawa had gotten in the way of Suzuran and Rotten Maizou, who she awaiting.
Around the same time, due to Isaburo Sasaki having been stabbed by someone, the falsely accused Gintoki and company were saved by the Shinsengumi, and the “Battle to Take the Country” in order to defeat Sada Sada began—.
■ Stages
◆ Edo Castle
Gintama Rumble will launch for PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in Japan, as well as for PlayStation 4 with English subtitles in Southeast Asia, on January 18, 2018.