Arc System Works has built a legacy of fighting games with its Guilty Gear franchise. Recently, the company introduced a new fighting franchise in BlazBlue, and even though it was very well-received -- it's almost at a 90 on Metacritic and we certainly enjoyed it -- fight fans want to know when they'll get more Guilty Gear. Well, based on comments made by series producer/creator Daisuke Ishiwatari to NowGamer, an Xbox 360 and PS3 installment may already be under consideration.
"I have the full intention to create Guilty Gear for PS3 and 360." Ishiwatari said. There was even some talk of a BlazBlue/Guilty Gear crossover, though Arc System Works business development director Tomo Ohno avoided any definitive commitments. "BlazBlue is a new thing, and there might be some crossover but at the moment we don't have any plans."
[Via Kotaku]
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Posted: Dec 30th 2009 4:39PM Ghen said
Blazblue online actually threw me off. I got so used to the shortcut keys I was playing it kinda like smash bros with a quick flick doing the special moves.. Then I go online and find out that I'm actually not allowed to do it that way and everyone wants to call me a noob for not playing "correctly" all this time... So yeah, it lost points in my book for that.
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Posted: Dec 30th 2009 3:17PM Nigeria said
Overture was one of the few 360 games I was interested in, really. But then the EU release got delayed by about a year. Oh, and Overture was, supposedly, rather mediocre.
Sega gaining the Guilty Gear license - through that Sammy alchemy-merger thingy - always seemed like the death of this series, so I'm kinda glad it's getting another run out. Let's just hope it's not another revision of Guilty Gear XX.
Having said that: EU release for Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus? Rising Star? Anyone?
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Sega gaining the Guilty Gear license - through that Sammy alchemy-merger thingy - always seemed like the death of this series, so I'm kinda glad it's getting another run out. Let's just hope it's not another revision of Guilty Gear XX.
Having said that: EU release for Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus? Rising Star? Anyone?
Posted: Dec 30th 2009 3:47PM (Unverified) said
The EU version has been released, but it was still a major pain to get my hands on.
And when that happened, even I, who had been hyping this game as a potential sleeper hit with some X factor that reviewers couldn't possibly understand, it felt...lackluster. :(
Thanks for reminding me that I still need to buy Accent Core for my new Wii though!
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And when that happened, even I, who had been hyping this game as a potential sleeper hit with some X factor that reviewers couldn't possibly understand, it felt...lackluster. :(
Thanks for reminding me that I still need to buy Accent Core for my new Wii though!
Posted: Dec 31st 2009 5:50AM ZenTzen said
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus will be released in EU on 01-04-2010
Here is the publishers website with the release date
http://pqube.co.uk/product.php?id=66&srch=
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Here is the publishers website with the release date
http://pqube.co.uk/product.php?id=66&srch=
Posted: Dec 30th 2009 3:20PM Granger said
Of course they are going to have crossovers. Love the BlazBlue and the Guilty Gear, but Arc is just as bad as Capcom and SNK for milking a fighting game for all its worth. We've had how many iterations of X2?
I say bring it on and stop trying to play coy, we all know it's coming... And we welcome it!
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I say bring it on and stop trying to play coy, we all know it's coming... And we welcome it!
Posted: Dec 30th 2009 3:36PM StormEagle said
BlazBlue=One of the best fighting games I've ever played.
A Guilty Gear/BlazBlue crossover would be AMAZING. Make it happen!
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A Guilty Gear/BlazBlue crossover would be AMAZING. Make it happen!
Posted: Dec 30th 2009 3:44PM Granger said
Except BlazBlue and KOFXII look about a million times better than SFIV. Hell, SFIII looks about a million times better than SFIV. IV is a great fighting game, but 3D visuals didn't add anything to the gameplay, they just made it uglier than the competition (good thing it's still the most balanced fighter on the market, shame it didn't use HD Remix's matchmaking though).
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Posted: Dec 30th 2009 3:48PM (Unverified) said
Hey Hey, I could be mistaken, but isn't the Guilty Gear universe mentioned in Blazblue already?
I believe that there was a cutscene about Tager being "Sturdy", unlike a certain ninja, and showed Chipp Zanuff?
Of course, being in the EU and an Xbox player, I didn't have the chance to confirm this yet, so I could be talking from my ass....
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I believe that there was a cutscene about Tager being "Sturdy", unlike a certain ninja, and showed Chipp Zanuff?
Of course, being in the EU and an Xbox player, I didn't have the chance to confirm this yet, so I could be talking from my ass....
Posted: Dec 30th 2009 4:21PM (Unverified) said
2D doesn't cut cost it actually costs more because you have to hand animate each charecter frame by frame
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Posted: Dec 30th 2009 4:37PM (Unverified) said
Your damn right you guys are making a new Guilty Gear
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Posted: Dec 30th 2009 6:00PM (Unverified) said
alright..cuz blazeblu sucks...even if they port guity gear xx acent core plus- make it like HD- ...
well they usually recycle the frames-
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well they usually recycle the frames-
Posted: Dec 30th 2009 8:16PM CaptainProtonX said
In light of the naming conventions of past iterations, I propose the following names:
Guilty Gear Impression Starlight X Sensation!
New Guilty Gear (fill in a Japanese word here)
GG: Night dancing of the M.I.M.E. Galaxy Rave.
Discuss.
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Guilty Gear Impression Starlight X Sensation!
New Guilty Gear (fill in a Japanese word here)
GG: Night dancing of the M.I.M.E. Galaxy Rave.
Discuss.
Posted: Dec 30th 2009 11:13PM (Unverified) said
I thought there was some politics as to why they couldn't do any more Guilty Gear and started up Blazblue instead?
Ah well, I guess if ArcSys says it's all gravy, then who am I to question them. Guilty Gear in HD I'll snatch up in jiffy
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Ah well, I guess if ArcSys says it's all gravy, then who am I to question them. Guilty Gear in HD I'll snatch up in jiffy
Posted: Dec 30th 2009 11:21PM ThatGuy436 said
That is awesome news. Me and my friends loved Guilty Gear X2 for the PS2 and it'll look awesome in hd graphics just like Blazeblue.
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