Bleach fans will love it, other tactical RPG gamers might get turned off!!!!
The two new characters are twin soul reapers one boy and one girl name matsuri and fujimaru kudo. Placing these 2 characters here actually adds a twist to the story and makes it interesting. Like i said it starts slow but as you go on through chapters the fighting and pace of game heats up. Thats why i said bleach fans would be into it, other turn based gamers that don't watch bleach, might not last with all the endless talking in the first 3 or 4 even 5 chapters!!!!
As for the game play it's really good, menu scrolling is easy, before each battle you can equip what items you need, who to put on your team for the current battle and upgrade their abilities much like suikoden teirkreis. Very cool animated sequences as characters bring out their bankai, and when set up right you can take 2 players for unique team up attacks. After you beat the game theres a bonus simulation for you to go through, more like a 20 stage gauntlet, i'm at stage 11 at the moment!!!.