WordBlade: Spinning Top Battle

Five stadiums are here! Sling off the rail or bounce off the walls in every match. Win streaks pay coins and exclusive looks, daily missions pay every day.

Type one character and watch it become a spinning top, ready to battle in a round arena. Its shape decides its stats, so every letter, kanji and kana makes a different spinning top. Take it online for ranked PvP battles, or play a friend with a room code.

A glyph's strokes, ink and balance decide its Attack, Defense, Stamina and Speed. Complex characters hit hard, heavy ones hold their ground, balanced ones spin the longest, and small, light ones move fast. Switch the typeface and the same character fights differently.

HOW TO PLAY

• Pick a character: Chinese characters, Japanese kana, English letters and digits all work
• Pick a typeface: Gothic, Serif, Round, Kai or Script, each with its own stats
• Launch: swipe on SHOOT! A PERFECT launch gives the highest starting spin. Swipe left or right to set the spin direction
• Boost: swipe during a battle to dash in that direction. Hold up to three charges; one refills every four seconds
• BURST: every collision charges your gauge. When it is full, trigger BURST for three seconds of much stronger attack and defense, with almost no spin loss

SCORING

• Spin finish 1 point, Over finish 2 points, Burst finish 3 points. First to 3 wins
• Each round lasts 45 seconds. If time runs out, the faster spin wins

FIVE STADIUMS

• Standard: the classic bowl with four exits
• Orbit: lap the outer rail to build speed, then sling into your rival
• Twin Gate: one wide exit on each side
• Crown: a hill in the middle bends every path
• Bumper: walls all around, and hits bounce back hard Pick one or go random in CPU battles. Each Tower floor has its own stadium.

MODES

• Online battle: Ranked match finds you an opponent of a similar rank as you climb from 10 Kyu through 1 Dan to Meijin. Create room gives you a 6-digit code to play a friend
• Tower: climb 50 floors, with a boss every five floors and cosmetics at set floors. Leave any time and continue next time. If you lose, revive on the spot up to 3 times a day
• CPU battle: Easy, Normal and Hard
• Challengers: turn them on and a challenger sends you a notification during the hours you choose. Answer in time to take them on
• Rankings: Rank, Glyph kings (wins for each character) and best Tower floor

WIN STREAKS AND DAILY MISSIONS

• Reach 3, 5, 10 or more wins in a row in a day to earn coins. Streaks of 10, 20, 30, 50 and 100 unlock exclusive cosmetics
• Daily missions: log in, play, climb the Tower, win and play online to earn coins and Season pass XP

COSMETICS AND SEASON PASS

• Eight kinds: Material, Trail, Sound words, Finisher, Arena, Victory stamp, Seal frame and Title. They change looks only, never stats
• Earn coins from matches, your first win each day, Tower rewards and win streaks, then spend them in the Shop
• Watch a rewarded ad to try a cosmetic free for 3 matches
• The Season pass has a free track and a premium track. Every match earns XP toward the next level

HIGHLIGHT VIDEOS After a match, tap Share highlight: the game picks the best clashes and the finishing blow and cuts them into a vertical 60 fps video with sound, showing both players' cosmetics. Online matches can be shared too.

ALSO

• Interface in English, Japanese and Traditional Chinese
• Background music. Music and sound effects can be turned off separately
• CPU battle and Tower work offline. Online battle and Rankings need an internet connection
• No sign-up. An anonymous account is created the first time you make progress, with a generated name. You can delete your online data in Settings at any time
• Some characters are for offline play only
• Contains ads and in-app purchases. Interstitial ads appear only after a completed match, never during a battle, and stop after you buy Remove Ads. Rewarded ads are always optional