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I've played Bleach: The 3rd Phantom for the Nintendo DS extensively. It follows its own canon roughly following the introduction of Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, and follows twin Shinigami Fujimaru Kudō and Matsuri Kudō.

Game-play wise its similar to Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, its sequel, and War of the Lions. Characters are levelled up by unlocking skills split between three potential trees, whilst characters are split into types based on Power, Speed and Technique. This latter feature is similar to the Weapon Triangle featured in the Fire Emblem series.

Its a bit of a time-sink with plenty of flavour events outside the game's plot, and features a post-game area that's actually quite difficult. I thoroughly recommend it -- the plot may be a spin-off but said plot was written by Tite Kubo himself and is certainly (in my opinion at least) one of the games strongest aspects.