Bleach: Blade Battlers is a video game for the PlayStation 2 based on the manga and anime series Bleach. The game offers five playable characters at first: Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado and Uryû Ishida. As players finish off the missions in the main mission mode, more characters are unlocked depending on the ranks obtained. Acquiring an "S" ranking awards the player three marks (applicable only in "Captain" difficulty); getting an "A" ranking will award the player two marks; and getting a "B" ranking awards the player with one mark. The player receives none if he or she obtains a "C" or a lower ranking.

The more marks the player gets, the faster he or she unlocks the characters. The Story Mode features: one of five original stories made for the game. With each completed episode, more stages are unlocked. In the Mission Mode there are two individual sub-modes, one consisting of battles with specific objectives and/or handicaps. With points earned in this mode, you can unlock more characters. The other allows you to complete missions to unlock the ability for characters to use other character's special attacks.

Unlockables

Unlocking other Playable Characters
By default, you start out with Ichigo, Rukia, Orihime, Chad and Ishida. However, by completing missions in Mission Mode, you can gain points (displayed at the top-right corner of the screen), which allows you to unlock the extra playable characters. Once you have enough points, the characters are automatically unlocked. Unlockable characters are as follows:

Abarai Renji - 03 Points

Aizen Sousuke - 70 Points

Hinamori Momo - 09 Points

Hitsugaya Toushiro - 15 Points

Ichimaru Gin - 45 Points

Kaname Tousen - 40 Points

Kon - 65 Points

Kuchiki Byakuya - 50 Points

Kurosaki Ichigo (Hollow) - 60 Points

Kurotsuchi Mayuri - 35 Points

Madarame Ikkaku - 06 Points

Matsumoto Rangiku - 12 Points

Sajin Komamura - 18 Points

Shihouin Yoruichi - 27 Points

Soifon - 30 Points

Tsumugiya Ururu - 55 Points

Urahara Kisuke - 24 Points

Zaraki Kenpachi - 21 Points

Here's a useful video showing you all of the characters' special attacks: