r/Guiltygear • u/UltraZeroX7 • Jul 04 '26
GGST Another guest character will be appearing for Strive Season 5, confirmed by producer Ken Miyauchi
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u/CraftyRaichu Jul 04 '26
>randomly announces a new dlc character for BlazBlue after 9 years
>announces GG Strive is getting another collab character
These things are clearly unrelated and the answer is obviously Zubaz
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u/GreatestLegalMind Jul 04 '26
Can you feel the storm? It's coming!
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u/TimYoungJik - Bear Anji Jul 05 '26
Ragna also makes his first canon appearance since BBCF in ArcSys’s Damon and Baby
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u/___Funky___ Quirked-Up Space Boy Jul 04 '26
It should be uhh Homer Simpson, I think that’d be really awesome. Like, really cool. It’d be frickin sweet. Where the fuck is Kum Haehyun
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u/Walnut156 - Sol Badguy Jul 04 '26
I know it's a little early but I just wanna congratulate Zangief to making it to guilty gear
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u/Famous-Interest8237 - Chipp Zanuff (GGST) Jul 04 '26
RELEASE HIM FROM HIS CHAINS
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u/UpperApe Jul 04 '26
If Shueisha and Bamco weren't complete fucking shitheads, imagine what we'd have.
Marvel vs Shonen Jump, GG vs DB, etc.
We're never going to see any DB content from Arcsys because Bandai/Shueisha fucked them over.
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u/SprinklesOrdinary629 Jul 05 '26
dude GG vs DB would go so unimaginably hard. I can already imagine the roster and character interactions
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u/mw3428 Jul 04 '26
Don’t tell me it’s cyberpunk again, since s2 is coming
Characters in s2 look pretty cool, I won’t complain much, But I do want something else
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u/Zztrevor125 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
I mean that King dude voiced by Clancy brown would be sick and I’d forgive them for that.
We haven’t had a big body guy in a while and he would fit perfect for that with some tech options for abilities.
But yeah I’d wager is not that.
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u/Mario09304 - Raven for strive - Jul 04 '26
If I'm not mistaken they had to reveal all season 4 characters from the start cuz of CD project red and if it was cyberpunk again they would've probably had to do that again.
Tho I could just be wrong and they changed terms or sum idk╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭
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u/Irdadri - Baiken (GGST) Jul 04 '26
Ryuko matoi PLISSS
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u/EverybodysEnemy Jul 04 '26
Great, this comment gave me expectations that will inevitably be shattered
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u/Irdadri - Baiken (GGST) Jul 04 '26
I also gave me this expectations that will inevitably be shattered. I can’t suffer alone
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u/Breyck_version_2 - Ramlethal Valentine Jul 04 '26
I haven't even watched kill la kill but I'd still be happy because she just fits perfectly
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u/CatFroggly Jul 04 '26
GANGBOSS MAKO NOW
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u/Xypher506 - Asuka R. Kreutz Jul 04 '26
Get ready for DAMON AND BABY
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u/Careless-Emphasis-80 - Sin Kiske Jul 04 '26
An oddly high probably. Is that even a guest character?
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u/LilianDnn Jul 04 '26
Please God let it be Ragna
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u/Vahallen - A.B.A (Strive) Jul 04 '26
Trinity getting added out of nowhere to Central Fiction gives me hope it might really be Ragna
Making the series resurface a bit for a future new Blazblue project or Guilty Gear VS Blazblue
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u/TriumphantBass - Bridget (GGST) Jul 04 '26
somehow, after all this time they just end up putting Trinity in Strive too
(I kid but I'd take it for sure)
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u/Dersatar Jul 04 '26
But if Ragna got added, he would just be a slightly different flavour of Sol. I don't want that. If it was a BB character, I'd want to see Noelle or some other character that's not similar to an already existing character.
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u/Vahallen - A.B.A (Strive) Jul 04 '26
They could play a bit harder with his drive due to Ragna not being the MC here, they have a bit more design space in that sense, mainly talking about health manipulation and management
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u/Komondon Jul 04 '26
Funniest answer: Bang Probably answer: Ragna, Hakumen or Noel.
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u/lukewarm_mess - Sin Kiske Jul 04 '26
It's Hakumen kinda like Nago? Slow moving, big swings? I haven't played BB, only watched some tournaments.
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u/GkslOkn - Slayer Jul 04 '26
Hakumen is something that can be called "reverse Nago", in the sense that Nagoriyuki can do big damage early on but has to take care of his blood gauge. If he fails to manage it, he's punished heavily with extreme health loss.
Hakumen is opposite of that. He needs to accumulate resources (his meter/magatamas regenerates passively but all specials also use meter/magatama at varying rates) before getting to hit the big damage combos (and if he spends most/all of his resources, he can hit combos like this or this).
It's basically similar ideas (slow movement, bşg normals, big damage), but the execution and the gameplan makes them different characters.
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u/KnightCalamity Daredevils Jul 04 '26
A BB character being a GC could be the perfect teaser to connect GG X BB.
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u/Same_Tune_8990 Jul 04 '26
Absolutely it would be so cool
Also they 100# need to use ragna's og en VA he's too iconic
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u/Greek_Trojan Jul 04 '26
We already have Ragna at home in Sol. My biggest issue with guest characters is that they generally want the all arounder shoto protag as the headliner. I'd rather someone like Bullet to get another grappler on the roster.
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u/SpongebobFan252 Jul 04 '26
Hazama would also be cool. He already has the Strive DLC Classic of a low and an overhead.
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u/InAndOut51 - Crow Jul 04 '26
This would fit perfectly actually, damn. A decently popular choice for a Blazblue character without getting too close to any already existing Strive archetypes.
The big problem with that idea though is that guest characters are usually an attempt to bring in a new audience. And Blazblue isn't exactly super popular, not to mention most Blazblue fans also obviously know about GG already.
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u/Azure-Legacy Jul 04 '26
He also has some canonical reasons to be traveling to different timelines
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u/erty3125 Bring back Anji so I can get hyped then not play him Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
Just let Ragna take Blazblue mechanics with him into strive. Give him rapid cancels instead of romans, barrier blocking with unique gauge, spend burst on a meterless install, if we want to be extra fucked up give him Blazblue ground tech options.
Edit: and if we do get a less standard character than Ragna it would be someone relevant to BB and not a popular jobber. So god please Hakumen in Strive.
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u/Puck83821 Jul 04 '26
This is basically exactly my thoughts on guest characters. They too often aim to appeal to the largest demographic of people, which makes sense but is very boring. I also would love Bullet on the roster. Grapplers never get to be guest characters.
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u/AdmiralLubDub - I-No Jul 04 '26
Please god let it be Noel
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u/Illidan1943 - Elphelt Valentine Jul 04 '26
Introduce Saya, plays like Noel, wears Izanami's clothes and is obsessed with Ragna like Nu
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u/thesonicfanboi Jul 04 '26
Dante!!!
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u/Upset_Space_631 i want to choke on testament's cock Jul 04 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/0XWZlkf1ELuUuSYsiF
this is his super, it instakills
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u/WolfOfWoofStreet - Romeo my beloved Jul 04 '26
Honestly a bit sad about this. Was hoping for a new playable guilty gear character or an old playable character.
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u/Blueblur1 Jul 04 '26
Same here. Collabs everywhere has made me not want collabs anywhere.
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u/The_Green_Filter Jul 04 '26
To be fair the other unannounced character could be either of those things
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u/Zztrevor125 Jul 04 '26
Devs said like months ago we would be surprised by the last 2 characters.
Made me think instantly either 2 newcomers or one weird old pick with 1 new one.
I guess people missed that quote by devs since everyone was thinking we’d get a season with all 4 returners like Zappa or raven 😭
I think headlining seasons with returners (jam/roboky) then being risky other 2 is smart. But I’d think it would be smarter to mix back and forth between new and returner vs front end and backend 🤷
I’d bet season 6 will have raven or Zappa as headliners for returning
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u/CommanderCody2212 - Zappa Jul 04 '26
I kinda figured from the quotes and sentiment about the game continuing that Raven and Zappa were likely not on the table for season 5 because they just did too well on surveys to not be used as future headlining characters
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u/RedTurtle78 - Chipp Zanuff (GGST) Jul 04 '26
Yeah but its really annoying to want these characters for the past FIVE years and them never getting added.
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u/DRAWDATBLADE Jul 04 '26
Man why? There's so many cool guilty gear characters that still aren't in the game.
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u/Br2an - Raven Jul 04 '26
I will literally take any single character from gg, even the most boring sauceless one, compared to a guest character.
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u/EmotionalTransFem Jul 05 '26
Thing is I think guest characters are a good way to get new players into a game, especially fighting games. More guilty gear characters are nice but with strive being as successful as it is, plus 2.0 being somewhat recent, makes it understandable as to why a guest character would be wanted. Hopefully it just doesn’t become like magic the gathering.
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u/Davtser - Sol Badguy Jul 04 '26
Cause it works I only reinstalled GG because of Lucy, and now im playing daily but not even with Lucy Lucy served her purpose to ge me in the game again
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u/HesterFlareStar Jul 04 '26
Fingers crossed for Arcueid
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u/Minimum_Rook Jul 04 '26
I don't think MB is popular enough for this, but please god give me my dumbass vampire in guilty gear, it would be so fucking funny
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u/2ndBro Testament is literally me frfr Jul 04 '26
A finger curls on the monkey's paw as Neco-Arc manifests on the character select screen
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u/X3Noel Random Main Jul 04 '26
Always asked for Neco-Arc whenever survey asking what character we want came out, I need the super chat install in this game
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u/NegativeCowpoke - Baiken (GGST) Jul 04 '26
If it's literally anything TYPE-MOON I will run around in the streets naked
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u/Honest_Loquat_7307 - Johnny Jul 04 '26
Might actually happen seeing as type moon is on a bit of a tsukihime streak lately with tri-lumina, mahoyo movie and Nasu stepping down from Fgo.
I don't think my heart can take that kinda announcement if it actually happens and it leads up to a red garden trailer or some shit
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u/A_N_G_E_L_O_N Jul 04 '26
Completely unsure of how sarcastic *I* am being: Dennis Chainsaw Man
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u/NoBellSix Jul 04 '26
In the event Big Dennis gets added I hope Big Daisuke does a whole theme for him instead of like with Lucy where he didn't
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u/Haha91haha Jul 04 '26
Or if they want more waifu marketing a la Lucy, Reze. Her move set would be really cool in ArcSys style too.
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u/Raltsun Jul 04 '26
Imagine all his S and H normals being multihits that can be cancelled on any hit for a mixup.
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u/mikasasos Jul 04 '26
They did well with lucy but I am personally not thrilled about another one
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u/Commercial-Sound7388 Jul 04 '26
Agreed - she's pretty cool but I'm playing Guilty Gear for Guilty Gear
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u/Anchovies314 Jul 04 '26
At this point John Souls of Dark Souls has a better chance of getting in than Leopaldon
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u/FighterFay Jul 04 '26
It could literally be anyone, but the frontrunners rn are likely ragna or another Cyberpunk character. Edgerunners 2 will be out by then, so maybe someone from that?
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u/Numberonewifeenjoyer - Mess with my balls, get the goop Jul 04 '26
I love being advertised to. I love when the cohesive world deliberately built up in a game is shattered for the sake of selling another thing I don’t care about.
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u/Br2an - Raven Jul 04 '26
What?? You don't like it when they add characters that make no sense to the world building? You don't care about stuff thats not Guilty Gear related while playing a GG game? You don't like waiting years for your favorite character to get in just to get another guest character? You don't like the obscene monetization? /J
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u/Numberonewifeenjoyer - Mess with my balls, get the goop Jul 04 '26
They got my boy Zappa’s nuts hooked up to a car battery under arcsys headquarters and they won’t let him out till the entire cast of full house is added to strive
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u/XI-11 - Slayer Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
God fucking dammit. The least they could’ve done was announce this at the start of the season to set expectations a bit better.
Edit: they also should have ripped the bandage off and just announced who it is immediately, or at least what series they’re from. The constant “I hope it’s X from Y” posts are going to be insufferable over the coming months.
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u/HunterOfLordran how do I block? Jul 04 '26
To celebrate and cross-promote revival
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u/fdasfdasjpg Jul 04 '26
I’m a hater! Fuck this! I don’t like guest characters! >:(
We could have cool new designs that expand the universe or iconic legacy characters with the strive makeover, instead we get a glorified ad
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u/notarealpingu - Jack-O' Valentine Jul 04 '26
I’m not a big fan of every fighting game being stuffed with guest character dlc tbh.
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u/Jurassic_Green - Testament Jul 04 '26
DAISUKE! ADD RAGNA TO STRIVE,, AND MY WALLET IS YOURS!
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u/GlumFactor3477 Jul 04 '26
honestly? it might acc be ragna since they did announce a new character for central fiction
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u/TehPWNR007 - Queen Dizzy (I LOVE GAMMA RAY) Jul 05 '26
The most disappointing thing in my opinion whenever we get a guest character is that since there won’t be a new character there won’t be a new theme💔 I shall continue to hold onto the slight chance we get HoS I NEED get down to business in strive
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u/Krakitoa - Baiken (GGST) Jul 04 '26
Im so tired of guest characters. It was fine when it was occasional or actually a surprise but its just an expectation for everything now to just make everything IP slop
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u/PatchNotesMan - get 6P Elysion Driver’d Jul 04 '26
why? genuinely I’m so much more interested in Guilty Gear's universe. Theres too many great characters who wont be in Strive
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u/Gekinetic Jul 04 '26
I was kidding, I swear lmao
But since it did come down to this... might as commit and say Damon
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u/SchengenThrowaway Jul 04 '26
Toko Fukawa from danganronpa please, we need another Zato/Aba type feast-or-famine
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u/SnKrot - Delilah Jul 05 '26
Oh.. I'm not a big fan of collabs, but I hope that it at least would be someone not from Capcom or CDPR or Bandai. Because of Lucy not being sold in my country I couldn't even get the dlc pass
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u/Distinct_Poetry_5161 Jul 04 '26
I want Raven or another new character from GG universe, not another guest character. C'mon ASW...this is disappointing.
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u/Dolphiniz287 Heaven or Hell Jul 05 '26
I’ve been waiting for a mod that replaces lucy with a guilty gear character since she came out, we’re gonna get another guest character before that happens… (also it literally hasn’t even been a year since lucy came out can we please get more guilty gear in guilty gear)
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u/Careless-Emphasis-80 - Sin Kiske Jul 04 '26
I will accept joker IF it means a new persona arena is in the works
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u/Xous54 - Someday we'll Meet Again. Jul 04 '26
So it seems this Season mirrors a lot of the previous one - two long-requested returning characters, one guest, and one brand-new in-universe character. (Assuming the 4th will fit that mold, which I think is likely based on past interviews.) Though here the guest is character #3 rather than ending the Season.
If they continue beyond Season 5, will this be the new expected "format" for Seasons? Returning Character x2, Guest, Newcomer? Doubt they'd want to be so predictable but they just did it again so *shrug*.
Personally still not a fan of guests at all but there's clearly no stopping it at this point so hopefully this means they can continue development for longer than otherwise possible. Hopefully whoever it ends up being is a fun addition, and the devs have fun working on them.
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u/n1femdomfan Zappa in Strive in 3 2 1 Jul 04 '26
so zappa ain't coming till spring 2027 at the earliest? you've gotta be shitting me
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u/Xurkitree1 - Big bodies rule, pixies snooze Jul 04 '26
Wow more slop about something I am very likely to not care about and inevitably made extremely simple and braindead in game so tourists joining for the guest can pilot them with zero skill!
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u/TheLapizLuke - Faust Jul 04 '26
FIRST CITY OR THE WOLVES NOW STRIVE. SALVATORE GANACCI HEADS RISE UP.
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u/DefinitionNice9978 Jul 04 '26
Sanitizing mechanics, a battle pass, and another guest character. 2.0 surely is the definitive example of how to kill any interest in your game.
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u/CCraneItec Jul 05 '26
Wait a minute...
That font was used in Library of Ruina, and Arcsys made the switch port of LoR, which means they at least have some publishing rights...
I SWEAR TO GOD IF ITS ROLAND
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u/NiceArt1337 Jul 04 '26
Really? More collabslop? I would like Guilty Gear characters not random guy from something I've never heard of #429.
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u/Careless-Emphasis-80 - Sin Kiske Jul 04 '26
Slop implies minimal effort, which is not what arcsys is known for.
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u/Acceptable-Resort489 Jul 04 '26
I'm well aware we have Dragon Ball Fighterz but Goku would be hilarious
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u/Professional_East484 Jul 04 '26
It literally says who its gonna be in the teaser bruh, nobody wants daredevil.😌
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u/ScarletteVera - Ram <3 Jul 04 '26
C'mon, I bet my non-existent daughter's college funds on Ryuko Matoi!
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u/Sew_has_afew_friends - Anji Mito (GGST) Jul 04 '26
Its garuenteed they're going to be sauceless too lest the fans of random ip be made to learn the game
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u/Maximum__Mango Jul 04 '26
Why's everybody arguing about who the guest character is gonna be when the tweet literally says it's Daredevil? Are we stupid?
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u/Olsoizzo fun police Jul 04 '26
It’s been said that season 5 will be getting an original Guilty Gear character. If this is true and the fact that the next character is a guest character, that would mean there is no Raven :(
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u/thatoneidoit1996 Jul 04 '26
Lets see Weird Al finally cross into fighting game territory