South California Pearl
South California Pearl (サウス・カリフォルニア・パール, Sausu Kariforunia Pāru) is a character designed by Hirohiko Araki for the board game Battle Break released by Bandai. In November 2011, Bandai released a set of gashapon figures featuring the character.
Summary
Battle Break (バトルブレイク, Batoru Bureiku) is a two-player strategy board game released by Bandai on April 25, 2011. It is mostly played with trading figures sold through gashapon vending machines. The game is played on a gridded field in which the figures can be deployed. Each character possesses their own stats and abilities. The game is won once all of the opponent's castle coins or characters have been destroyed.
Battle Break's story takes place in the year 2111. The characters are divided into four factions:
- Empire (Earth Empire) - highly mechanical united Earth nation expanding their military force into space.
- Gaia (Gaia Beastmen) - genetically modified beastmen based in Mars who venerate Earth, which they call "Mother Planet Gaia". They are the main opponents of the Earth Empire.
- Aliens (Space Federation) - a pacifist alien community which calls for peace between Gaia and the Empire.
- Quar - a name given to various space creatures, most of whom were made as biological weapons during the Earth Unification War.
South California Pearl was revealed on June 17, 2011 at Tokyo Toy Show and released in November 2011 as a part of the series 3.[1] It also recived an alternative variant as a secret prize.
Appearance
South California Pearl is an alien that resembles a venetian carnival costume. His head is reminiscent of a venetian mask, most of it is covered with pearls, the edges of his empty eyes extend to the side of the head, and he has small lips. He has a striped torus-shaped collar resembling a ruff with large bells attached to it. South California Pearl’s body is spherical and covered with a rhombic checkerboard pattern.
Color Schemes
Abilities
South California Pearl is a dentist with a special ability to cure tooth decay.
Stats
Passive Effects
"Used instead of an attack. Choose one of your neighboring figures. Attach one coin from the waiting area to the target figure."[2]
"You can attack each figure up to two times per turn."[2]
Coin Effect
Cost: Blue 2
"Use this at the beginning of your opponent's turn. Choose one of your opponent's adjacent figures. During this turn, the target figure cannot attack."[2]
History
South California Pearl is a member of the Space Dentist Association and has the special ability to cure tooth decay. Everyone calls him Pearl Brother (パール兄さん, Pāru Nīsan). He spins around while floating, so it's difficult to tell which is the front.[3]
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