300:. Development was tumultuous in the early stages, with the game's original director being switched out for the final Hideaki Mizot, and the team pivoting two or three times on the game idea. Much of the difficulty came from the close involvement of both Arc System Works and studio Trigger, with Mizota commenting that "in terms of development and working with either team was about 100 times more difficult than Little Witch Academia". In particular, Trigger had unusually deep involvement with the game's development, often requesting highly detailed changes to the team at A+ Games. After a few years of development, the first announcement for the game happened on June 16, 2018, following a countdown website launched by Studio Trigger. More details, including an announcement trailer, were revealed in July at that year's Anime Expo. The final release date was announced on March 20, 2019.
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dash which brings the player directly to the opponent. With the addition of dodging and guarding, a basic rock-paper-scissors relationship is formed where blocks stop attacks, guard breaks beat guards, and dodges avoid guard breaks. Special attacks are high damage moves which require charging a special gauge through dealing/taking damage. Using a special attack will also cause a short cut scene to play with an animation of the character performing the special move.
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