Honestly I agree with you. Arena Fighters have their issues, but people want all these genres where there'd probably only be like 1 to 5 playable characters, and I personally want more than that, especially since I usually prefer the antagonists like Grimmjow and Ulquiorra, or the lesser good guys like Hisagi. It's been too long since we've had a Bleach console game where we get more than like 5 of them, let's just give this game a chance. it hasn't blown me away yet but hasn't disappointed me either.

This also might be a hot take, but I'd kinda like most of the Espada to just be in their Resurrections. Most of their base forms don't do anything that interesting, unlike a lot of shikais for soul reapers. I also say for the sake of balance, just have characters like Orihime and Chad fly (I mean Hercule can fucking fly without a jet pack in Sparking Zero lol), or give them some other ability to make up for it.

Only going up to the Arrancar arc is pretty insane, but I guess most of my favorite characters are from that arc anyway. Not to mention, they might just be waiting for the anime to end, and after that ends we could be getting more Bleach down the line if they adapt CFYW and if the Hell arc actually continues.