Unlimited character

The unlimited character (アンリミテッドキャラクター) is a term used to describe generally more powerful version of a normal character.

Information
When an unlimited character is selected, its name will glow pink in the game's HUD. Since BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, Unlimited characters' portraits now have reversed lighting, an eerie purple glow behind them, and glowing eyes.

Players can select unlimited characters during:
 * Training Mode,
 * Versus Mode,
 * Abyss Mode – after obtatining a certain item player's character is Unlimited,
 * Network Mode – player's room only.

Since BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger to BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend, every character has an Unlimited form that can be selected in the character select screen. In BlazBlue: Centralfiction, there are only three unlimited characters: Nine the Phantom, Izanami and Ragna the Bloodedge – however, they are not playable and they appear only after meeting the following conditions in Arcade Mode, during Act 3: "The Replacement Blue":
 * To fight Unlimited Nine, the player must finish every round with a Distortion Drive.
 * To fight Unlimited Izanami, the player must finish most rounds with an Overdrive or Astral Heat.
 * To fight Unlimited Ragna, the player must finish nearly every round 1 with an Overdrive, and every round 2 with an Astral Heat.
 * The Player cannot lose or finish anyone normally.

Unlocking
Unlimited versions can either be unlocked by purchasing downloadable content for the character or by doing a certain task: Unlimited forms of DLC characters are automatically unlocked.
 * BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger – beat Arcade Mode with the respective character,
 * BlazBlue: Continuum Shift – beat Score Attack Mode with the respective character,
 * BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II – purchase an item in Gallery Mode for the respective character,
 * BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend – purchase an item in Gallery Mode for the respective character,
 * BlazBlue: Chronophantasma – beat Unlimited Mars Mode with the respective character,
 * BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend – purchase an item in Gallery Mode for the respective character.

Appearances
Following unlimited characters appear during the gameplay:

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

 * Unlimited Rachel Alucard (Arcade Mode, Story Mode, Score Attack Mode)
 * Unlimited Hakumen (Arcade Mode, Story Mode, Score Attack Mode)
 * Unlimited Nu -No. 13- (Arcade Mode, Story Mode, Score Attack Mode)
 * Unlimited Ragna the Bloodedge (Story Mode, Score Attack Mode)

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

 * Unlimited Tsubaki Yayoi (Story Mode)
 * Unlimited Jin Kisaragi (Story Mode)
 * Unlimited Rachel Alucard (Story Mode, Score Attack Mode)
 * Unlimited Hakumen (Story Mode, Score Attack Mode)
 * Unlimited Hazama (Arcade Mode, Story Mode, Score Attack Mode)
 * Unlimited Mu -No. 12- (Story Mode, Score Attack Mode)
 * Unlimited Ragna the Bloodedge (Arcade Mode, Story Mode, Score Attack Mode)

BlazBlue: Chronophantasma

 * Unlimited Jin Kisaragi (Story Mode)
 * Unlimited Ragna the Bloodedge (Story Mode)

Trivia

 * Unlimited Ragna is playable in the true endings of BlazBlue, with exception of Centralfiction.
 * In BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, Unlimited Lambda -No. 11- does not exist. Instead, unlimited Lambda is replaced by Unlimited Nu -No. 13-.
 * In BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II and Extend, if certain conditions are met in Arcade mode, Unlimited Mu -No. 12- or Unlimited Ragna can be fought depending on the character. Some characters cannot fight them at all.
 * In BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend, all Unlimited characters are based on their BlazBlue: Continuum Shift counterparts, with the exception of Mu in Extend, who keeps her changes. In BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, the characters now have their updated balance changes and have been reworked, but as of the 1.01 patch, they retain the original 1.00 balancing.
 * In BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, the characters have the Overdrive versions of their Distortion Drives as the default versions.
 * In BlazBlue: Chronophantasma, Unlimited character's Overdrives last much longer and all have the same effect for each character: higher damage output, gradual Heat gain, and access to a very powerful Distortion.