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141-612: This is a list of characters from the Guilty Gear fighting game series. Daisuke Ishiwatari has cited Kazushi Hagiwara 's manga Bastard!! , and the fighting game Street Fighter II as influence to the Guilty Gear series. However, he noted that the majority of other fighting games were just recycling the character's same skins or style, and so he wanted every character "to be unique in their own way." Kazuhiko Shimamoto 's characters were also noted as an inspiration for

282-536: A "terrible motion-sensitive control", and IGN gave it a 5.9 score in contrast to an 8.5 score given in the PS2 version. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus ( ギルティギア イグゼクス アクセントコア プラス , Giruti Gia Iguzekusu Akusento Koa Purasu ) is the fourth version of Guilty Gear X2 , and an enhanced version of Accent Core . No changes to the battle system have been made, but new features were added. Features include Kliff and Justice's return, with appropriate changes and additions,

423-623: A Gear becomes slower, due to being shot by Chaos with the same material which created Nagoriyuki's katanas. He arrives at Washington as guest of the White House during a peace meeting with Asuka, where the Gear Maker is targeted by Chaos and I-No for the possession of the Tome of Origin. Sol's story concludes as he lets Asuka remove the Flame of Corruption from him to restore his humanity. Despite

564-485: A Gear by the Post-War Administration Bureau for the purposes of experimenting and developing new weapons. Unlike most Gears, they still retained their sense of self. However, Justice turned them against humanity, and they found themself on the opposite side of the war from which they started, causing them to become cynical and filled with regret after being freed from Justice's mind control at

705-631: A Korean dub, alongside Guilty Gear X Plus . Guilty Gear X2 #Reload ' s PS2 version sold 91,130 copies, and the PSP version sold 31,910 copies. Reviews for its Xbox version were generally positive, with aggregate scores of 85.02% from GameRankings, and 86/100 from Metacritic. Guilty Gear X2 #Reload was praised for its graphics; GamePro stated "The 2D-animation cel-like graphics are simply gorgeous and animate smoothly", while PALGN commented that its "[e]xcellent character design combined with some visually appealing backgrounds make GGX2:Reload one of

846-517: A bakery shop. Slayer ( スレイヤー , Sureiyā ) is one of the few surviving species a nearly extinct ancient vampire race Nightless ( ナイトレッスン , Naitoressu ) , who founded the Assassins Guild. He comes out of hiding when the Guild dives into chaos after Zato's disappearance. Cultured and debonair, Slayer enjoys haiku and spends his time with his wife Sharon, another immortal. He also has

987-603: A being similar to that of Zato's Forbidden Beast, Eddie. In XX , Millia has three different endings. In the first, faces Slayer just before she is about to confront Eddie. After a fight Millia manages to hold her ground but is unable to defeat him, Slayer tells Millia that her hair is of the same origins as Eddie, though Millia says she already knows it. In the second ending, she defeats Slayer and subsequently kills Eddie. The third ending shows that, after killing Eddie, she buries Zato's body. In Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (2008), Millia sets off to find and kill Eddie and destroy

1128-546: A captain of the IPF after rescuing a beaten Dizzy and entrusting her to Johnny 's care. When he returns to work, Ky is thrust into a new conspiracy which includes robot clones of himself—called Robo-Ky ( ロボカイ , Robokai ) —, a secret organization, I-No , and his rival, Sol Badguy. In its sequel, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (2008), after discovering Post-War Administration Bureau 's interest in Dizzy, Ky abandons his post in

1269-468: A demon-like sorcerer Happy Chaos. With the help of Anji and Chipp, during Chaos' terrorist attack on the U.S. white house, or rather an airship Tir Na Nog, Millia and the rest of the world learned the true identity of I-No's accomplish, his past relation to Asuka and the previous events. After I-No's demise at the hands of Sol Badguy (now a human named Fredrick Bulsara), Millia and Zato are last seen being regular customers of Venom and Robo-Ky's Bakery. Millia

1410-595: A fantastic fighting game hidden inside." Vincent Ingenito of IGN said it is "arguably the best game to ever bear the name", and Matthew Codd of NZGamer stressed, "Poor online play doesn't stop you from getting a few mates around for an old fashioned side-by-side slugfest." Both NGamer and Nintendo Power commend the possibility of playing it several times, with the former labeling it "An absorbing, tactically rich fighter with endless replay value ." Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R ( ギルティギア イグゼクス アクセントコア プラス アール , Giruti Gia Iguzekusu Akusento Koa Purasu Āru )

1551-468: A fight against Dizzy , who has a half-million dollar bounty on her head. However, he spares her life in all of them, losing against her in his second ending, and judging that she is not a threat to the world in the other two. In the subsequent game, Guilty Gear X2 (2002), his story-line involved chasing down I-No . In his first ending, his defeat of I-No led to a direct confrontation with Asuka, who casually deflected all of Sol's attacks, saying that Sol

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1692-487: A fully recovered Jack-O interrogates I-No, when she suddenly surrendered herself on purpose after releasing Happy Chaos from Ariels' body. Ky and Jack-O suspect there might be more than just one traps during Chaos' invasion in U.S. white house, or rather, the airship Tir Na Nog. Ky and Jack-O arrive on time, after Sol, Asuka and U.S. president Vernon got rid of Happy Chaos at a same time witnessing Asuka reverting Sol back to his former human-self Frederick Bulsara through removing

1833-423: A gear, decides to make up for his own actions through fighting them whilst keeping his own identity a secret. However, his own reluctance to help others, as well as his selfish actions, often attracts the attention of Ky Kiske, his own rival and former comrade, who tries to get into fights with him whenever annoyed. Throughout the story, Sol enacts his own vengeance upon That Man, who is mainly the cause behind most of

1974-509: A god-killer weapon Outrage, thereby saving the universe from being destroyed and reset multiple times. In the epilogue, he and Dizzy are visited by Testament, introducing them to their new family. In the epilogue of Another Story A, set after the White House incident in the main story, Ky, and his son and wife, Sin and Dizzy are at the Illyrian Castle to celebrate the latter’s ceremonial welcome as an official Gear representative leader to

2115-459: A legendary hero since the previous event, Sol remains a bounty hunter, now accompanied by a fully recovered Jack-O, and the nation often goes to Ky to message Sol for urgent matters. Having had taken a request from a weakened Ariels to stop I-No, Sol realizes that Happy Chaos, a demon-like sorcerer who possessed Ariels body and formerly Asuka's mentor known as The Original had been manipulating entire events alongside I-No herself. Sol's healing power as

2256-432: A man called Tsuyoshi ( 毅 ) . He offered Chipp into his care, and trained Chipp in the art of Ninjutsu . They lived peacefully together until an assassin syndicate ordered Tsuyoshi's killing. Chipp, in an attempt to pursue the culprits responsible, entered the second sacred order tournament in order to get him a lead in his travels. Sometime during the events of XX onward, Chipp founded a kingdom called East Chipp Kingdom in

2397-602: A monster. By Guilty Gear Xrd (2014), Millia had made peace with Venom and worked together with him to find the resurrected Zato-1. Working with a reformed Assassin Guilt led by Zato-1, Millia became a new director of a reformed Post-War Administration Bureau in Guilty Gear Strive (2021). Both Millia and Zato are summoned by the third king of Illirya Kingdom, Daryl to investigate I-No's next plan, after she took something from an imprisoned Ariels, later revealed to be

2538-517: A noble first king of Illriya, Ky Kiske and has a son named Sin, Dr. Paradigm begin to work for the kingdom. Izuna ( イズナ ) is another playable character who made his debut in Guilty Gear 2: Overture . Along with Valentine , Izuna also comes from the Backyard . Izuna is a Japanese fox spirit from a mysterious race called the Yokai . Unlike most spirits of his kind, Izuna gained a physical form through

2679-407: A once lawless southern part of Africa. During Ariels' descent to madness, he is the first to discover that she is possessed by Happy Chaos, the true mastermind who manipulated the events and used Asuka as a scapegoat for the cause he did not commit. Justice ( ジャスティス , Jasutisu ) is the original Command Class Gear, created by Asuka from Aria as a means to end war. Through Happy Chaos's influence,

2820-406: A personal connection with Gabriel, the president of Zepp, but seems to be acquainted with all of the movers and shakers of the Guilty Gear universe. He has the apparent motive of either observing the cast, or warning them of being targeted by the Post-War Administration Bureau . He personally knows "That Man"/Asuka and that character seems to hold him in high regard since he apologizes to Slayer. He

2961-598: A plan to free Justice , and to stop it, the Union of Nations held a tournament. The canon stated that Sol was the winner of the Tournament, which also resulted in Justice discovering that Sol was, in fact, Frederick. Justice, in her dying words, commented that she wished that "...the three of us..." could talk one last time, and Sol swore to kill Asuka. In Guilty Gear X (2000), Sol has three endings, all of which involve

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3102-1062: A setup using both the Wii Remote and Nunchuk . Some bugs were reported in the Japanese PS2 version of the game, and Aksys Games announced they would fix them for the American release. Aksys would later release the PS2 and versions on their respective dates (September 11, 2007 and October 16, 2007). The publishing rights for the Wii was acquired by 505 Games in October 2007, and released it in Europe on February 29, 2008. 505 Games also published it on Australia for Wii on March 6, 2008. Its PS2 version sold 50,983 copies in Japan as of December 30, 2007. Reviews for it were generally positive; aggregate-review websites GameRankings and Metacritic rated

3243-399: A shadow-like symbiotic creature named Eddie that is able to detach itself and be controlled separately for a period of time, allowing complex tandem attacks between the two. Venom can set out weaponized billiard balls on screen that can be projected in various directions depending on how the player strikes them with certain attacks. Johnny carries a limited set of coins that can be thrown at

3384-545: A sickness. She fights her enemies in a similar same style to Dr. Baldhead, using a syringe that once belonged to her late mother. She appeared in the WonderSwan exclusive game Guilty Gear Petit and its sequel, Guilty Gear Petit 2 . Her endings in both games show a big connection with Dr. Baldhead. In the first she is wondering why Dr. Baldhead disappeared; in the second she is saying goodbye because she knows she will never see him again. Robo-Ky ( ロボカイ , Robokai )

3525-556: A storyline, and the stories cover the major events involving the mystery of Gears, "That Man" and conflict with the Post-War Administration Bureau. It was first released on March 27, 2008 for the PS2, along with an "Append Edition" released on the same day. A version for the PSP with 3-on-3 tag matches was released on July 24, 2008 in Japan. A downloadable version through the PlayStation Store

3666-474: A weapon to gain great power. With this power, he made himself leader of the Assassins Guild. However, as his body weakened, Eddie was able to take control until Zato-1's death at the hands of Millia Rage . While his body was taken by Eddie from Guilty Gear XX onward, after the death of his voice actor Kaneto Shiozawa , Zato-1 was resurrected by the Conclave as part of their experiment and serving them until he

3807-605: A zoo's cage. To regain his freedom, he escaped from his colony and pursued "That Man" for answers. He fights with a pair of hand-held fans called Zessen ( 絶扇 ) . It is implied that Anji stole the Zessen Wind Fans, which had been stored in the Japanese colony, before escaping. However, after Asuka turned himself in to the government and joined the world peace project in Strive , he is not "That Man" whom Anji refers to, it

3948-668: Is a 2D fighting video game developed by Arc System Works , and published by Sammy Studios . It was first released on May 23, 2002 for Japanese arcades , and later ported to the PlayStation 2 for North America in 2003. The game received updated versions for several platforms, each containing various adjustments: Guilty Gear X2 #Reload (2003), Guilty Gear XX Slash (2005), Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (2006), Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (2008), and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R (2012). Although each installment has received both praise and criticism for its particularities, all

4089-407: Is also a playable character in the spin-off games Guilty Gear Petit (2001), Isuka (2003), Dust Strikers (2006), and Judgment (2006). Potemkin ( ポチョムキン , Pochomukin ) , a massive slave -soldier of Zepp, a floating continent controlled by a military dictatorship, Potemkin was forced into the first tournament by his superiors. However, during the tournament, the government of Zepp

4230-468: Is an alternate timeline version of William ( ウィリアム , Wiriamu ) . Chipp Zanuff ( チップ＝ザナフ , Chippu Zanafu ) was a youth who struggled to live life on the streets of America. Chipp was a drug trafficker that soon became a drug user. He found himself in a complicated situation that led to him fleeing from the Mafia. Chipp had become outnumbered and was almost dying, but his pursuers were dispatched by

4371-485: Is an artificial life-form, or homunculus , that was created by a scientist who lived within "Frasco" ( フラスコ , Furasuko ) mountain. However, before her birth, her creator was taken away by the military . A.B.A found herself alone within Frasco, and lived the first ten years of her life in total isolation until she managed to escape from Frasco. She began to collect keys to find relief from her sadness as they represented

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4512-501: Is an orphan raised by the Assassin's Guild. Venom became an apprentice and the devoted right hand of Zato when he saved him from being executed by the Guild who were displeased by Venom's reluctance to kill. Once Millia began to hunt Zato and the parasite Eddie began taking more control, Venom began his quest to save his beloved master. He fights using a cue stick . In -Revelator-/Rev 2 storyline, he met and befriended Robo Ky. After

4653-480: Is at constant conflict towards his own ineptitude of being a father and a husband due to its bias regarding Gears. Ky is a playable character in Guilty Gear Xrd (2014). He entrust his old friend Leo as his replacement of being a current king of Illriya. After Dizzy's return, his son, Sin begins to call him, "dad", much to Ky's happiness to hear it from his son. In the final chapters of the story mode during

4794-751: Is composed of young women, but when it comes to the protection of his crew, Johnny is a selfless acting man who will protect the lives of his crewmates as well as others if need be. He is protective of Dizzy, defending her from bounty hunters in Guilty Gear X and I-No's attack in Guilty Gear XX . He fights with a wood-handled Japanese sword and uses the Iaidō style of swordsmanship. Johnny made an NPC appearance again in Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- before returning as playable in Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- and Guilty Gear Strive . Venom ( ヴェノム , Venomu )

4935-408: Is considered by several sources to be the greatest 2D fighting game. GameSpot said that " Guilty Gear is one of the few non- Capcom or SNK 2D fighters to make any sort of impact on the genre", while Eurogamer stated: "If 2D beat-em-ups are moving toward extinction, they really are ending on a high note with stuff like this." Its sequels were also well received. GameSpy said " Guilty Gear X

5076-525: Is currently the highest rated traditional 2D fighting game on Steam. Sales-wise, there is a decline from #Reload to Core Plus . Xbox Originals June 16, 2008 Guilty Gear X2 #Reload (released as Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival #Reload in Japan) ( ギルティギア イグゼクス シャープリロード , Giruti Gia Iguzekusu Shāpu Rirōdo , pronounced "Sharp Reload") is the first updated version of Guilty Gear X2 . Adjustments on balance high-level play were made and Robo-Ky

5217-466: Is defeated by Faust. He later returns to the Assassins Guild and played a role in its reformation into a legit intelligence organization. Anji Mito ( 御津 闇慈 , Mito Anji ) , real name unknown, is among the few people born of Japanese descent. Because of this, he is protected by the government since full-blooded Japanese are an endangered race. While there are those who accept this lifestyle, Anji does not—he compares acceptance of government to living in

5358-416: Is given a hero's burial. Now going by his original name, Frederick goes off the grid and opens a shop with Jack-O at the abandoned space station Iseo. He was also a playable character in the spin-off games Guilty Gear Petit (2001), Isuka (2003), Dust Strikers (2006), and Judgment (2006). Along with Ky Kiske, he is one of the only characters to appear in every Guilty Gear game. Orphaned at

5499-442: Is hands-down the best 2D fighting game to date", and Guilty Gear X2 was described by About.com as "easily the best 2D fighter to come around in a long time." In 2012, Complex ranked Guilty Gear at number 47 on the list of the best video game franchises, commenting: "Where other fighters were moving toward realism and more down to Earth physics and combos, Guilty Gear was content to turn those notions on their head, paving

5640-453: Is not related to Dizzy, due to her mother being Justice, who was once Aria. His allies began to theorize his connection with the two female Gears, which caused Ky—Dizzy's husband—and Sol to scream out in horror at the supposed revelation that the two rivals are in-laws. After Ariels' defeat, Jack-O took Elphelt's place and fused with Justice, becoming a reincarnated Aria, and Sol revealed to his allies That Man's true identity—Asuka R. Kreutz. In

5781-569: Is not simply one character, but in fact a line of robotic copies of Ky Kiske created by the shadowy Post War Administration Bureau. For some reason, Robo-Ky is often mistaken for the real Ky Kiske and vice versa during the game's story mode, even though his face is obviously metallic, his voice is higher-pitched and robotic, and he constantly blurts out *GIGIGI* or *BZZZT* noises during story sequences. As of Xrd , there's only one Robo-Ky left who survived its last appearance in XX Accent Core ,

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5922-421: Is now "cured" from S-Ko's possession and now working for a paranormal investigation team at Illyria, under direction of the third king Daryl. By the time he reunites with Faust, Zappa soon stumbled upon what Faust had been reading, realizing the true masterminds behind manipulating the Conclave to attack humanity wants something to do on annihilating the Japanese for their extra ordinary Ki. A.B.A ( アバ , Aba )

6063-629: Is one of the sealed Gears from the dimensional plane Backyard ( バックヤード , Bakkuyādo ) during the era of the Genocide Gear Justice in the Crusades. This action was done so Justice could not control his mind using her Commander Gear abilities. Paradigm was later released when the 100-year war was over. Dr. Paradigm is a strongly skilled magician with a fairly large book of magics. He has a protective bubble around him which appears to be permanent. Due to Justice's daughter, Dizzy married to

6204-457: Is the boss of Guilty Gear Isuka . He is a good man at heart who somehow manages to control a giant Gear, his faithful dog. A killer who shows absolutely no mercy, he is also a formidable beast. Judgment was originally Raymond, a mad scientist working on the remote island of Isene and exploiting its inhabitants, trying to create a living weapon that would surpass even the Gears. He believed his work

6345-486: Is the fifth and latest updated version of Guilty Gear X2 . The game's balance was reworked again and in-game bosses Kliff and Justice are also balanced for regular play. It was first released on September 20, 2012 to the Sega 's arcade system board RingEdge 2 . A new version of the game with changes known as Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R version 1.10 was released on January 18, 2013. Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core Plus R

6486-408: Is the third version of Guilty Gear X2 . In addition to balance changes, Accent Core features a new type of special move, the "Force Break," which uses 25% of the tension gauge. It also introduces moves that make opponents stick briefly to walls or slide across the floor of a stage. New additions also include "Slashback," a form of parrying with reduced block stun, and throw breaks. Both versions of

6627-483: The Guilty Gear video game series, other products were also released. Two novelizations of Guilty Gear X were written by Norimitsu Kaihō , illustrated by Daisuke Ishiwatari, and published by Enterbrain : Lightning the Argent , and The Butterfly and Her Gale , on January 20, 2001 and on August 24, 2002. A manga titled Guilty Gear Xtra , a collaboration among Daisuke Ishiwatari, Norimitsu Kaihō, and Akihito Sumii,

6768-550: The Guilty Gear X2 updated versions have generally been well received by critics. Graphics, online option and its price were the aspects most praised for the first update, while Accent Core divided opinions about its innovations and was panned by its Wii controls. Core Plus was the source of much praise, although it was not totally satisfying for reviewers; Plus R is the one that has the lowest average scores from GameRankings and Metacritic . However, as of 2022, Plus R

6909-462: The PlayStation 3 (via PlayStation Network ) version on November 1, 2012 in Japan. The PSN version was released in North America on December 4, 2012. Its PS2 version sold 28,867 copies in Japan as of December 28, 2008, and has an aggregate score of 82.67% from GameRankings, which assigns a score of 78% on the PSP version. The Xbox 360 version has generally received mixed reviews, while

7050-458: The Assassin's Guild. In her first ending, she finishes her vendetta, as she slays Eddie. She continues to live on a run from the Assassin's Guild but did not falter in her mind and continues to keep her hair under control. In the second ending, however, she loses control of her hair and accidentally kills Bridget . As she stands horrified on her act, she is accidentally stabbed in the back by her fan, but she felt content as she died as herself, not as

7191-514: The Conclave's ambush in using Justice to attack Illriya, Ky was ambushed and being shot by the Conclave's member, Axus to death. However, Ky gets back on feet immediately to finish Axus. Upon awakened from Axus' fatal shots on him, Ky's left eye becomes red and has a gear mark, originating from a result of his relationship with Dizzy and the birth of Sin, resulting Ky to acquire a Uno Scale Gear Cell through exchanging half of his normal human eye with Sin's half of Gear eye at time after his son's birth. It

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7332-658: The Crusades. After decades serving as commander, he resigned from his position and entrusted it to Ky. For the rest of the Crusades, Kliff remained as an instructor, training new recruits. With the Crusade's end and the disbanding of the Order after Justice's defeat, Kliff finally retired. But after only a couple years later, he would join the Second Holy Order Selection Tournament.and would lose his life to his own child. May ( メイ , Mei ) ,

7473-513: The Flame of Corruption in him. Unfortunately, Sol's de-transformation back to Frederick is on a bad timing when Chaos is still on the airship, taking a form of one of Giovanna's boss from security agency, and using the real Tome of Origin which fused with Asuka to fuse the Gear Maker's former master himself with I-No, restoring her full godlike power which Chaos split. With the help of Axl Low and Chaos' former servant Nagoriyuki, Ky uses Uno's Dragon Install to weakeaned I-No, allowing Sol to kill her with

7614-401: The Flame of Corruption's removal being on a bad timing when Chaos fused with I-No into a godlike being, Sol manages to kill a godlike I-No, with the help of Ky, Axl, and a redeemed Nightless samurai Nagoriyuki. He also saves Jack-O from sacrificing herself to stop I-No, declaring his love for her as Jack-O, not as Aria. With I-No's demise, Sol is officially declared dead by the U.S. government and

7755-476: The Guild, Millia seals him within a dimensional portal, and abandons the guild shortly thereafter, finding no comfort in the cruel ways of an assassin. In Guilty Gear (1998), Millia uses the Second Holy Order's Fighting Tournament as a method of tracking down Zato, who has escaped from the dimensional prison, to kill him. However, she can not do it as she is manipulated like the rest of the cast, and

7896-560: The PC version of Them's Fightin' Herds for players that also own Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 . An anime series, Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers , was announced in June 2024, and is scheduled to premiere in 2025. Its story will continue the events of Guilty Gear Strive . The Guilty Gear series is considered a cult classic among video game fans . The series has often been remarked upon for its visual elements, fighting engine, soundtrack, and

8037-501: The PS2 version 78.75% and 77/100, and the Wii version 74.88% and 75/100. It was elected the tenth best PS2 game by IGN's Ryan Clements, who also did a review which put it among the IGN's "top ten highest rated PS2 games" of 2007. Although he called it "a great game", Clements noted it as "a remastered version of the original", and thus not "the next big Guilty Gear game" the fans were waiting for. GameDaily said it "may not have changed

8178-541: The PlayStation 3 and Wii versions has generally received positive ones, with aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic assigning the Xbox 360 version 72.89% and 74/100, the PlayStation 3 version 74.57% and 75/100, and the Wii version 78% and 76/100. Clements affirmed, "Somewhat less glamorous than previous Guilty Gears , Accent Core Plus still has a polished feel and an interesting universe." He said

8319-481: The Universal Will took over Justice in an attempt to manifest into the physical world using her and the population of Japan. Asuka was forced to override Justice and force her to annihilate Japan to stop this. The ordeal shattered Aria's mind - she forgot her past and began the century-long conflict known as the Crusades, only regaining her memories as Aria when Sol killed her. However, Justice's body ended up in

8460-580: The age of 10 during the Holy War, a 100-year-war between mankind and bio-organic weapons called "Gears", he met the then-commander of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights (Seikishidan), Kliff Undersn . Ky was told to come back after five years of training if he really wanted to fight, and it was what he did. Due to the Undersn's retirement, the 16-year-old Ky Kiske was named the new chief of the Order. With

8601-576: The appointment, he was given the Fuuraiken ( 封雷剣 , Thunderseal Sword) , one of the Order's holiest treasures and a weapon that allows the wielder to manipulate lightning. He led them to win, ending the war, and with its aim reached the Order was disbanded. Five years later, Ky entered the International Police Force, where he is the captain. Ky enters a tournament that will select members for a second Sacred Order of Holy Knights at

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8742-472: The battle, I-No reappeared to murder Order-Sol , which, in turn, caused Sol's present form to cease existing. In his other ending, the same set of events played out, but Sol's present form, strangely, is unaffected by his past self's death. After escaping the time rift, Ky confronted and engaged him in battle. After the fight, Sol and Ky finally settled their differences and went their separate ways, with Ky asking Sol to promise that they will meet again. Though it

8883-462: The best looking 2D games ever." IGN said it "offers a solid framerate (even online), lush visuals, and an incredible amount of gameplay depth." G4 stated that "this is both a great fighting game and a great addition to the Xbox library." In addition to the several features, including the option to play multiplayer matches in Xbox Live, reviewers noted its price in North America as a reason to buy

9024-545: The bloodshed from the tournament releases Justice from her slumber. She is still in search of Zato in Guilty Gear X (2000). Panicked about a Gear with free-will, countries establish another tournament, awarding a prize to whoever captures the Gear. Millia uses this as another chance to find Zato. Canonically , she finds him, seemingly killing him. Unknown to her, a symbiotic creature named Eddie takes control of Zato's body. In Guilty Gear X2 (2002), she receives sightings of

9165-406: The case of timed matches, the player with the most remaining life when time runs out is the victor of that round. The series' emphasis on speed and technicality and introduction of unique movement options such as an "air dash" would ultimately become the foundation for the "anime" subgenre of fighting games. Guilty Gear Isuka prominently allowed up to four simultaneous players in battle, as well as

9306-502: The creation of a race of magic-infused creatures known as "Gears", the world has nearly become a post-apocalyptic environment due to Crusades’ effects on the world. But even though the world is still recovering, much work is still needed to be done and the mysteries behind the creation of the gears have yet to be resolved. The story mostly focuses on Sol Badguy, a brash bounty hunter and die hard Queen enthusiast who, feeling guilty of his past creations which in turn, results in him becoming

9447-423: The doctor Faust to cure his paranormal ailment. When entering a battle, he is unconscious, with S-Ko ( S子 ) —his most powerful vengeful spirit —and the other ghosts having control of his actions. These ghosts consist of three giant centipedes, several will-o-wisp-like apparitions that manipulate a broken sword, three gray ghosts, a dark chihuahua-like dog, and a manifestation of lightning called Raou. As of Xrd , he

9588-482: The end, Sol and his allies were able to stop Justice from reviving, but Elphelt betrayed them and tried to kill them. She was eventually taken to the Backyard, and Sol, Sin and Ramlethal set out to find her. In Xrd -REVELATOR- (2016), Sol was confronted by Raven, who told him that That Man needed his help in preventing Elphelt from merging with Justice. Before the final battle against Ariels, Sol attempted to claim he

9729-511: The endangered citizens of Japan who are cursed by Universal Will with a seed that would transform them into living bombs bending to destroy the world. In Xrd, she begins to suffer an illness before being brought to Kum Haeyun for treatment. Thanks to the treatment, May has Information Flares in her which saves her from becoming an antimatter Gear. Millia is named after American thrash-metal band Meliah Rage . Daisuke Ishiwatari created Millia's character to, through her relationship with Zato, convey

9870-544: The ending of -Strive- , Jam is opens a fourth restaurant, where she is seen serving dishes for Kum Haeyun. Johnny ( ジョニー , Jonī ) is the captain of the airship May Ship and leader of the Jellyfish Pirates. His first appearance was in Guilty Gear as a non-playable character in May's ending, and he became a playable character in Guilty Gear X . Johnny is a compulsive womanizer; his entire crew, including May ,

10011-467: The enmity of Ky Kiske . In 2175, Sol faced Justice directly. During the fight, which Justice won, she discovered that Sol was a Gear. Justice attempted to assert her power as a Commander Gear to control Sol, but was unable to do so. Exploiting her confusion and weakness from the fight, the Holy Order, led by Ky, sealed Justice away, bringing the war to an end. However, a Gear named Testament began

10152-485: The epilogue storyline added in Xrd REV 2 (2017), Sol visited Ky's manor, where he challenged Ky to a duel. As Ky noticed Sol's fighting intent, they took their discussion outside the manor to speak privately. While recalling their days as members of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights, Sol mocked Ky, claiming that he held back every time they fought, despite him not doing so when he battled Gears. He further remarked that Dizzy

10293-423: The events of the Guilty Gear games. As a prototype, he is immune to the orders of Commander Gears. He was personally acquainted with Asuka R. Kreutz (typically known as That Man) prior to the Crusades. As Frederick, Sol created the "Outrage", which he called a supreme Anti-Gear weapon. The Outrage has eight components called "Jinki" (Godlike Weapons), which greatly amplify their wielders' magical ability. Later, he

10434-546: The expense of the Tension Gauge. Guilty Gear X and later titles introduced more advanced techniques involving the Tension Gauge, such as the "Roman Cancel", allowing players to immediately stop the remaining animation of an attack, and "Dead Angle Attacks", counterattacks performed while a player is guarding. The Tension Gauge is also tied in with the usage of "instant kill" techniques, which are high-risk attacks that are difficult to connect but instantly inflict death on

10575-416: The feelings of a person who loves someone who is rejected from society. When designing her, Ishiwatari wanted her to be a "really cool woman". As an assassin her initial design drafts had knives strapped all over her body, and her gameplay was intended to focus on projectiles. However, in practice he felt Millia's weapon usage made her too similar to another character in the game, Baiken , and additionally that

10716-599: The first place. A recurring theme throughout the franchise is redemption, with many of the character’s story arcs revolve around attempting to clear their name and is also presented as a religious motif mainly related to Christianity. Other recurring themes reflect upon real world issues, such as the destructive consequences of wars, racial prejudice, and the dangers of unchecked scientific progress. Guilty Gear consists primarily of one-on-one competitive battles. Players are tasked with depleting their opponent's life gauge by utilizing attacks unique to each playable character. In

10857-508: The former goads Dizzy as a monster. As Ky won, he found out Sol planned this for a preparation to settle with “That Man”, Asuka R. Kreutz the Gear Maker, who recently turned himself in to the government after the last battle against Ariels. Ky return as a playable character in Guilty Gear Strive (2021), where he will eventually begin to use his implemented Gear Cell's power, which allows him to be able to use Dragon Install similar to Sol, but can only be usable at low health unlike his rival. Ky

10998-445: The game as well. Most fans believed Izuna's looks were taken off of Slayer . Though this is not likely because various interviews with Daisuke Ishiwatari has him exclaiming that Izuna along with Valentine, Dr. Paradigm , and Sin are all new children (creations) of his. Guilty Gear The story is set in a world where magic has replaced almost every aspect of modern-day technology. But through its dire consequences leading up to

11139-442: The game feature three gameplay modes per character, based on the Guilty Gear , Guilty Gear X , and Accent Core fighting systems. Accent Core also underwent a major aesthetic change for the series. In addition to a new opening movie, and a redesigned menu, all voices, including that of the announcer, have been re-recorded (or replaced with previously unused samples), sometimes by different actors. The playable character artwork

11280-421: The game needed more character variety. Additionally Millia's outfit went through multiple designs as Ishiwatari had difficulty figuring out where the thrown knives would be stored, while also aiming for a design that looked feminine and easy to move in. After some consideration, he conceived her being able to attack with her hair as a weapon instead. He felt it represented a very "strange" and "feminine" trait, while

11421-466: The game's balance was reworked by changing properties of certain moves and including new moves for some of the characters; GameSpot noted "the game seems to be balanced better than its predecessors." Two new characters were introduced to the game, these being A.B.A , who debuted in Guilty Gear Isuka , and Order-Sol , who is Sol Badguy with an entirely different costume, and moveset. It

11562-460: The game, giving high scores to it. ScrewAttack ranked it the tenth best fighting game of all time in 2007. It received runner-up placements in GameSpot's 2004 "Best Fighting Game" and "Best Budget Game" award categories across all platforms. Guilty Gear XX Slash ( ギルティギア イグゼクス スラッシュ , Giruti Gia Iguzekusu Surasshu ) is the second updated version of Guilty Gear X2 . Once again,

11703-412: The graphics and the music may be "a little old," but "it's still highly entertaining;" the visual on PSP, however, were criticized for being "a bit fuzzy" compared to the PS2. He also felt "the standard nunchuck setup just doesn't work", saying the Wii version can only be enjoyed with a Classic Controller . Although called it "an enjoyable experience" for two players, Richard Li from 1UP.com criticized

11844-543: The ground. She's a fairly docile character, and also relatively unimportant during the beginning arcs of the storyline. However, during XX , Jam's ability to wield Ki becomes a very notable aspect. She can be described as a bit of a flirt, as she has hit on both Bridget and Ky in her story. Jam returns in Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-/Rev 2 , where her restaurant was somehow destroyed for the third time, and became frustrated when she found out that Ky married to Dizzy, leading her to return to bounty hunting. After Rev 2 , as shown in

11985-516: The lack of "online matchmaking", as well as the "mostly nonsensical, ridiculous, and/or unexciting" story mode and the some times "overly frustrating" mission mode for its difficulty. While deemed it "a good value", Official Xbox Magazine ' s Heidi Kemps said it is difficult for newcomers and that the "super-basic matchmaking and sometimes-laggy online play are also disappointing." Similarly, Chris Sculion of Official Nintendo Magazine said "it's not very user-friendly" but "you'll find there's

12126-423: The last Season 1 fighter of Strive , it was revealed that Testament now lives peacefully with Dizzy's adoptive human parents. Zato-1 ( ザトー＝ONE , Zato Wan ) was a Spanish member of the powerful Assassins Guild that allowed himself to become the host of a symbiotic creature named Eddie ( エディ , Edi ) in exchange for his sight . Because of this, Zato-1 was able to take control of his shadow, and use it as

12267-406: The main character, Sol Badguy , was named after Queen's lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury . Both his real name, Frederick, and his last name were influenced by the singer, whose nickname was "Mr. Badguy". Introduced in the first installment of the series (1998), Frederick was one of the lead scientists of the Gear project, as well as being the prototypical Gear, dating from over a hundred years before

12408-521: The male characters, with Ishiwatari saying they needed to be "chivalrous person-like characters", and citing Anji Mito "the most closest to this type". The female ones, on the other hand, have not followed a standard, with Ishiwatari only remarking that they needed to look like real women. There are many musical references in the Guilty Gear series, including various characters' names and moves, which were inspired by rock and heavy metal bands like Queen , Guns N' Roses , and Metallica . For instance,

12549-421: The opening of a bold new world and an escape from imprisonment. Eventually, she finds "Flament Nagel", an ancient war relic shaped like a key, and decides to keep it as her partner; whom she renamed "Paracelsus" ( パラケルス , Parakerusu ) . Her new goal was to acquire an artificial body for her newfound partner, whom she refers to as her spouse. Robo-Ky Mk. II ( ロボカイⅡ , Robo Kai Tsū ) is an upgraded model of

12690-424: The opponent regardless of the amount of life remaining. In Guilty Gear , these attacks ended the entire match if they successfully hit the opponent, but this was toned down in later games by ending the round instead. Failing to connect with the technique penalizes the user by removing the Tension Gauge and its related uses for the rest of the round. Guilty Gear X2 introduced a "Burst Gauge" that slowly fills during

12831-550: The opponent. Though the coins themselves deal little damage, each successive hit strengthens his "Mist Finer" technique to incredibly powerful levels. ^a Playable in the Slash update onward, Guilty Gear XX Slash . ^b Only playable in the PlayStation 2 version. ^c Only in Guilty Gear Petit 2 . ^d Only in the update version, Guilty Gear X Plus . ^e Only playable in

12972-511: The option to divide the characters into teams. It also eschewed the typical multiple-round format in favor of each player having a limited stock of "souls". Depleting a player's life gauge decreased their stock of souls and temporarily incapacitated them, and each remaining soul allowed a player to return to battle with a full life gauge. They would be defeated for the rest of the match if their life gauge and souls were both exhausted. These features have not returned for subsequent games. Each game in

13113-477: The original Robo-Ky. Unlike his predecessor, he is able to imitate characters other than Ky Kiske. All of his parameters (like attack strength, defense, etc.) and moves are fully customizable in the RKII Factory Mode the game offers. Also unlike the original model, Mk. II is built by and has loyalty to a mysterious scientist, not the Post-War Administration Bureau. Leopaldon ( レオパルドン , Reoparudon )

13254-574: The police force to protect Dizzy and help her to control her power, the two of them eventually entering into a romantic relationship. In Guilty Gear 2: Overture (2007), Ky is the king of a land called Illyria. He has a new sword as he is keeping Dizzy, now his wife, sealed within the Thunderseal's power to preserve her existence. Having grown much more mature and composed over the years, his rivalry and animosity towards Sol has diminished, having entrusted his half-Gear son, Sin , to Sol. However, he

13395-539: The possession of the Conclave, who sought to revive her so they could use her power to reform humanity according to their vision. Justice's body was taken by Ariels for her plan to merge with Elphelt Valentine, a genetic copy of Aria, to create a "complete humanity". Jack'O Valentine, possessing the fragmented half of Aria's soul, took Elphelt's place and merged with Justice to completely restore Aria. Voiced by: Hatsuaki Takami ( Guilty Gear ), Shigeru Sakano ( Guilty Gear XX ) Kliff Undersn ( クリフ＝アンダーソン , Kurifu Andāson )

13536-455: The power of his will. Izuna states that "There are more physical spirit demons like me, but were brainwashed by Valentine". He is a very skilled swordsman who wields a katana named "Namakura". Not only that, he possesses certain unique magical abilities such as his potent teleportation. Izuna is also the one to teach Sol Badguy and Sin how to use the tactics of the Ghost and Master Ghost system in

13677-509: The progression of a match. When completely filled, players can perform a "Psyche Burst" in an attempt to quickly stop an opponent's offense, even knocking back the opponent if they are close enough. This mechanic has also appeared in some form in other Arc System Works games, such as BlazBlue and Persona 4 Arena , as well as other fighting games such as Skullgirls . Many characters also feature their own unique mechanics that differentiate them from each other. For example, Zato-1 utilizes

13818-469: The recipe, but the meal is just as appetizing"; GameSpot wrote that the new features made the gameplay "a bit more interesting", while Game Informer labeled it as a "fresh wave" and "solid" changes. In IGN "Best of 2007", it was elected the best fighting game on PS2, and was a runner-up in the category of best fighting game in all consoles. On the other hand, the Wii version was heavily criticized due to its controls. Nintendo Life qualified it as

13959-405: The return of Mission Mode, a new Survival Mode with level-up features, a new Gallery Mode with new illustrations, and bug fixes, rebalances, and tune ups from the previous version. It also features a new Story Mode. However all the in-game blood was removed and instead was replaced with more action/impact effects. The story is a continuation of the storyline from Guilty Gear X2 . All characters have

14100-506: The sentient first model unit, now as a con for hire and presumably homeless, until Venom hired the robot for some urgent emergencies. Sometimes later in After Story of Xrd Rev 2 , Robo-Ky, now reduced to a head after sacrificing his body from his last battle against Bedman, is currently accompanying Venom, who wants to repay the robot's life to get more money and build a new body for him. Starting out as street vendors, then eventually open

14241-430: The series conflicts, through killing him. As the series progresses, much of his past is revealed, along with his connections with That Man, as well as his long lost fiancée, Aria. With it, Sol begins to realize that his own past is what deeply conflicts him the most, and through his past rivalries with Ky, as well as his relationships with the other characters, helps to overcome the enemy that he sorely sought to destroy in

14382-506: The series includes a "Tension Gauge" that fills as the player performs offensive maneuvers, such as approaching the opponent or attacking them. Portions of the Tension Gauge can be expended to perform various techniques. Each character has at least one Overdrive, special attacks that can deal extensive damage to an opponent or bolster aspects of the user, like speed or attack power. "Faultless Defense" allows players to prevent "chip damage," damage received from normally guarding against attacks, at

14523-419: The series, as "it's doubtful the tweaks to character moves or minimal additional content will be worth the price of admission if you own a copy on another platform." Bradly Hale of Hardcore Gamer also did not considered it worth buying for people who own the previous Core Plus due to its lack of online play, though he commented, "Its mechanics, its mode, its style and presentation are all top notch." However,

14664-430: The start of Guilty Gear (1998) after hearing rumors of the possible resurrection of Justice , a Commander Gear who was in the leadership of the Gears during the Holy War. In Guilty Gear X (2000), Ky hears new rumors, these ones of a new Commander Gear that does not wish to harm humans— Dizzy . He sets out to find the flaws of his own concept of justice. In Guilty Gear X2 (2002), he returns to his normal duties as

14805-452: The storyline, he and a now bodyless Robo Ky are trying to readjust their new normal lives to repair the latter's body. Venom started out as a street vendor in a street alleyway before eventually being offered to open a bakery at a main shopping district. He has also done this to hide his identity and clear his assassination record. Fanny ( ファニー , Fanī ) is a strange nurse with an unusual connection to Dr. Baldhead who saves her life from

14946-542: The time of her death at the hands of Sol Badguy . While hiding from humanity, they acted as a guardian to Justice's daughter, Dizzy , when her Gear powers went awry and caused her to end up having a bounty on her head. That is until The Jellyfish Pirates adopted her, before she met and married Ky Kiske. Testament was not seen after Dizzy began her relationship with Ky until their return in the ending of Strive many years later, being introduced to Dizzy and Ky's son, Sin, including Elphelt and Ramlethal Valentine. When announced as

15087-439: The truth of his powers and that he could erase their reality to return to his. After much deliberation, Axl finds the courage to use his powers to become someone Megumi could be proud of. In the end of the Strive storyline, Axl is reunited with Megumi after a dying I-No realized the connection between herself and Axl, making Axl realize that I-No was in fact Megumi's fallen alternate future-self, just as I-No discovered that Axl Low

15228-660: The update/sequel version onward, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- . ^f Kliff and Justice were balanced for tournament play in the Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R update, and were absent in Guilty Gear XX Accent Core . ^g Only playable in the update/sequel version, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 . ^h Appears under the name "Bedman?", who is Bedman's sentient weaponized bed robot accompanied by his sister Delilah. ^i Guest character. In addition to

15369-450: The variety of designs of the characters and attacks. X ' s Dreamcast version has the highest score of the series as compiled by review aggregator GameRankings (89.33%), while X2 for PlayStation 2 occupies that position according to the other major aggregator, Metacritic (87). On the other hand, the lowest score is given to Guilty Gear 2: Overture from both GameRankings (58.19%) and Metacritic (56/100). Guilty Gear

15510-475: The way for the more chaotic fighters we're seeing today." Yahoo! Voices ' editor S.W. Hampson included Guilty Gear among the 10 best fighting game franchises of all time, praising the series's evolution along the years, the "distinctive visual flair" of its 2D sprites, and the "well-defined story lines", adding "its identity is among the most unique in the world of beat-'em-ups." BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger , another fighting game developed by Arc System Works,

15651-418: The world. He is also a playable character in the spin-off games Guilty Gear Petit (2001), Isuka (2003), Dust Strikers (2006), and Judgment (2006). Along with Sol Badguy, he is the only character to appear in every Guilty Gear game. Axl Low ( アクセル＝ロウ , Akuseru Rou ) is a time traveller who comes from 20th-century England , over 150 years before the Guilty Gear storyline, before he

15792-469: The young, cute, and spunky first mate of the Jellyfish air pirates that is utterly dedicated to Johnny, the leader of the pirates and the man who raised her after she was orphaned. She entered the first tournament in order to bail Johnny out of prison, and fights in later tournaments for his benefit. She fights with a massive ship's anchor, which she is able to swing with ease. May is revealed to be one of

15933-503: Was a "monster", just like himself, angering Ky, who then entered a frenzied rage and managed to overpower Sol in combat. As Sol lied in a newly-formed crater, Sol explained that he had a score to settle with Asuka, with Ky asking him about it. Unbeknownst to them, at the same time they spoke, Asuka turned himself in to the United States government. Sol returns as a main protagonist in Guilty Gear -STRIVE- (2021). Despite becoming

16074-477: Was a commander of the Holy Order and wields a massive sword known as the Dragonslayer ( 斬竜刀 , Kiryūtō ) . A hero of the Crusades, having clashed with Justice multiple times, he became a great mentor to Ky Kiske and personally scouted Sol Badguy to join the Holy Order, who had saved a younger Kliff from a rampaging Gear long ago. He is the foster-father of Testament , whom he found as an orphan during

16215-461: Was a copy of Aria, Sol's former lover. Sol was returned to the real world, where he reunited with his allies. In Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (2014), Sol continued his journeys with Sin when Ramlethal Valentine declared war on humanity. Working alongside Ky, Sin, Leo Whitefang , and Elphelt Valentine , Sol fought to stop the Conclave from using the Cradle to resurrect Justice and destroy humanity. In

16356-548: Was also redone, and new background songs were added. On the other hand, the Story Mode, as well as Justice and Kliff were removed. It was first released to Japanese arcades on December 20, 2006. A home console version on PS2 was released on May 31, 2007. A Wii version of this game was released on July 26, 2007, complete with support for the Classic Controller and Nintendo GameCube controller , along with

16497-484: Was also released in the Xbox Live service " Xbox Originals " on June 16, 2008. Majesco Sales acquired its rights in later April 2004, and published the Xbox's version in North America on September 14, 2004. The rights to its European release were acquired by Zoo Digital Publishing (now Zushi Games), which released it for PS2 and Xbox on November 26, 2004 and for Windows on April 7, 2006. On September 5, 2014, it

16638-400: Was also released on PSP on September 24, 2009. Aksys released it for the American market on April 6, 2009 for the PS2 and PSP, and on May 12 for the Wii. It was released for PS2 in Europe on November 26, 2010 by Zen United, which also released the Wii and PSP versions on May 20, 2011. Arc System Works released an Xbox 360 (via Xbox Live Arcade ) version worldwide on October 24, 2012, and

16779-418: Was an orphan during the Crusades and was adopted by Kliff Undersn . When they were old enough, despite their foster father's wishes, they desired to inherit their father's name by joining the Holy Order. However, while carrying out one mission on behalf of the Order, Testament met an untimely end and their body was never found, assumed to be dead. They were in fact captured by government agents and converted into

16920-519: Was caught in a time slip that sent him into the future. In reality, Axl became a being similar to I-No with the ability to manipulate reality. Axl made attempts to return to his time and be reunited with his girlfriend, first participating in the Sacred Knights Tournament as he thought he could have his wish granted as the winner. He later tried to contact I-No upon realizing she can send him back to his time, only for Jack'O to reveal

17061-487: Was explained before revealing himself to have half of a Uno Gear Cell, his hair keeps growing fast many times because of that cells' rapid progress, and was originally meant for Dizzy's return. The main reason why he and Sin switched half of their eye is because his son's Gear power would become even more dangerous at full power. In a standalone sequel -Revelator-/Rev 2 , Ky eventually found out Sol, Dizzy and Justice's connections, much to their dismay in horror. Despite his wife

17202-415: Was exposed to the public and planning to move somewhere with his family, he is glad to hear the article news from a recently cured Elphelt that Dizzy is instead being praised as a savior during a last battle against Sanctus Maximus Ariels. Ky, who is very displease of Sol's parenting on Sin, intercepts Sol to discuss something with him privately outside the manor. Sol provoke Ky into battling him seriously when

17343-544: Was first released on September 28, 2005 for the arcades in Japan. In December 2005, it was reported that it would be ported for PS2, which occurred on April 13, 2006. This version was the best-selling title for PS2 in its debut week, being fifth overall; it sold 87,414 copies in Japan as of December 31, 2006. It was later re-released under "Sega the Best" collection on March 17, 2007. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core ( ギルティギア イグゼクス アクセントコア , Giruti Gia Iguzekusu Akusento Koa )

17484-480: Was himself recruited into the order, as a bounty hunter named Sol Badguy. Sol took part in the Crusades, during which he was a member of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights (Seikishidan), acquiring the nickname "Flame of Corruption" ( 背徳の炎 , Haitoku no Honō ) . However, he later became disenchanted with the methods of the Sacred Order, and fled the order, taking with him the Fūenken ( 封炎剣 , Fireseal) . The theft earned him

17625-522: Was largely criticized for its lack of an online mode; Ingenito stated, "Both mechanically and visually, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R is an excellent fighter" but that it "feel[s] incomplete". Destructoid 's Chris Carter wrote, "I'm pretty torn on the review given the omission of such a major function, but ultimately Guilty Gear is a great game, and that core was preserved here." Pocket Gamer ' s Peter Willington deemed it as neither good for newcomers due to its difficulty, nor for people used to

17766-475: Was made available for North American PSN users on March 3, 2014. A PC port was released on May 26, 2015 via Steam , and was updated December 22, 2020 to add rollback netcode via GGPO . A Nintendo Switch port was digitally released worldwide on May 16, 2019. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R for PS Vita has received "mixed or average reviews", according to Metacritic, which assigns an average score of 69/100, while GameRankings assigns 67% of approval. It

17907-625: Was made playable from the beginning. The number of challenges in Mission Mode was increased to 100, Survival Mode has 1000 levels in #Reload , and the player can damage the enemy normally or perform combos to gain next level quicker. #Reload first released on March 26, 2003 in the Japanese arcades, and on July 31, 2003, for PlayStation 2 (PS2). Later, it was ported to Xbox , Windows , and PlayStation Portable (PSP), being released on April 29, 2004 by Microsoft, on July 23, 2004 by Media Kite, and September 29, 2005 by Sega, respectively. It

18048-563: Was needed because soon a greater battle than the Crusades will occur. In Sol's second ending, Slayer informed him of the Post-War Administration Bureau 's interest in Dizzy. In the third ending, he fought Dizzy, who had been possessed by Necro, after I-No knocked her off the Mayship, and sent Dizzy on her way to meet Johnny and May. In Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (2008), Sol had two endings. In one, I-No threw him back in time to fight his past self, Order-Sol. After both are weakened from

18189-519: Was once considered a spiritual successor of the Guilty Gear series. In an interview with Dexerto , creator Daisuke Ishiwatari said that Guilty Gear Strive was made to change the direction of the series completely. Arc System Works CEO Minoru Kidooka commented that while the game represented a big departure for the series, the company is happy with their new expanded audience. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus Guilty Gear X2 (released as Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival in Japan)

18330-498: Was originally planned to volunteer a G4 summit with his family, but eventually halted due to I-No's invasion on Ariels’ prison and thereby saving his family from being held hostages during Happy Chaos’ invasion on U.S. White House, whereas the third Illirya king Daryl took care of Ky's place as the kingdom's main representative in the summit. Whether the summit needs Sol Badguy for urgent help, the letters are often goes to Ky, due to Sol's returning to his usual bounty hunting career. He and

18471-476: Was originally thought to be the only known surviving Nightless left, until another known as Nagoriyuki is found alive and unearthed by Happy Chaos during -STRIVE- . Zappa ( ザッパ , Zappa ) is an unlucky young man, looking for a wife and writing in his diary about his new "disease" he has, which, from his point of view, consists of fainting and then waking up somewhere else, possibly with alarming wounds and fractures and no memory of how he got there. He seeks

18612-415: Was overthrown in a revolt led by Gabriel, his mentor. Once Gabriel was made president of Zepp, Potemkin pledged his loyalty to the new government as a special agent. The mantle he wears was a slave collar used by his superiors to keep him in check. He decided to keep it as a memento of his past. From Xrd and onwards, he wears a Zepp Military Uniform and a masked helmet. Testament ( テスタメント , Tesutamento )

18753-554: Was published in three volumes between October 20 and December 22, 2004. Also action figures , guidebooks, and a trading card game series based on Guilty Gear were released. On February 11, 2017, Arc System Works announced a collaboration with Tecmo Koei 's Team Ninja to release Arc System Works Costume Set consisting the costumes of some characters from BlazBlue and Guilty Gear series in March 2017 for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round . Guilty Gear cosmetics are unlockable in

18894-454: Was referenced in both Sol and Ky's endings, only Sol's told the events directly after the battle, which implied that Sol was the victor. In Guilty Gear 2: Overture (2007), Sol Badguy took in a young man named Sin as his apprentice, and traveled the world with him as bounty hunters. During their journey, he met Izuna , who told him that a man called Vizel was seeking out and destroying Gears, by order of Valentine , and that his next target

19035-598: Was released on the PlayStation Vita in Japan on March 19, 2013 as an exclusively downloadable game. It was released in Europe on February 14, 2013 and in North America on April 23, 2013. A patch to update the PS3 version of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus to Plus R was released on the Japanese PlayStation Store on August 7, 2013 and globally for Xbox Live on October 11, 2013. This patch

19176-508: Was released on the Steam digital distribution platform for Windows PCs. The South Korean release was the most singular, because it included a new soundtrack composed by Korean musician Shin Hae Chul , and featured all synth. However, the rock and metal theme of the series' music remains in this soundtrack, as well. It also added Korean voices, marking the 2nd game in the franchise to have

19317-575: Was serialized in Kodansha 's Magazine Z on September 22, 2003. Studio DNA and Enterbrain also published comics anthologies . Several drama CDs were published; Scitron released a series of two drama CDs— Guilty Gear X Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 —between October 24, and November 24, 2001, and two series of drama CDs based on Guilty Gear X2 were released by Team Entertainment: Red and Black —a series— were released in 2003 between July 16, and August 20. Another series of drama CDs, Night of Knives ,

19458-596: Was something easier to represent in 2D sprite art without looking unnatural. Several more drafts followed, before he settled on an outfit that resembled a woman just wearing a t-shirt, feeling it reflected a very feminine look for her. After the death of her parents, she is adopted into a nearby assassin syndicate, the Assassin's Guild. There, she learns the Sixth Hi-Deigokutsuipou (or the "Six Forbidden Magics"), "Angra", which allows Millia's hair to model as she wants. Due to Zato-1 's rise in power within

19599-414: Was the Gear Maker's former master, Happy Chaos, the true mastermind who had been possessing Ariels' body, and the one who both destroyed Baiken's village and used Asuka as a scapegoat for the cause. Jam Kuradoberi ( 蔵土縁 紗夢 , Kuradoberi Jamu ) is a master chef, and longs to create her own restaurant, but lacks the means to do so. She seems to have terrible luck in this endeavor even once she gets it off

19740-403: Was the kingdom of Illyria. Sol, Sin, and Izuna go to Illyria and find Ky Kiske trapped with a binding spell. With Dr. Paradigm 's help they were able to release him. Eventually, they captured Valentine, who transformed herself into a monster. Sol fought her, and after the fight, he found himself in a white space, unable to return. However, he was confronted by That Man, who confirmed that Valentine

19881-436: Was the work of God. Raymond is devoured by Inus, a dark king of the underworld, who is subsequently killed. This allows Raymond to take control of Inus's power, transforming himself into Judgment. However, because Inus wished to remain dead, Judgment was subsequently consumed after being defeated. Dr. Paradigm ( Dr.パラダイム , Dokutā Paradaimu ) is yet another of Guilty Gear 2: Overture ' s seven playable characters. He

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