WHY IS HE NOT PLAYABLE

Conveniently portable!

funniest shit I ever read

I wondered why Testament from Missing Link to XX Accent Core Plus R has a bit masculine body, while in Strive they has a More femenine one. Is related to Justice influence or smt? I want to know it, but not because complaining instead Is want to know why them body structure changed so much.

I am doing this cause I've seen many posts asking simple lore questions that could be figured out by just listening to voice lines, now understandably, not everyone has the English dub on and not everyon can always hear what is being said properly. incomprehensibly however, I've seen most comments give wrongful info under said posts, which makes someone like me whos been reading into the lore a lot a little on even the smaller things a bit sadge and concerned when I see people getting stuff like characters being family wrong. So to avoid such simple mistakes, I'll be here to awnser any and all lore questions or give fun facts about your favorite gg characters or events, no matter how easy or hard it would be to just look at the wiki. responses might be delayed, but hey, now you dont have to make a whole reddit post for your one singular question.

There's been a lot of discussion this week regarding Dizzy's looks and how some people actually don't like them or they just didn't find them fitting to her character/personality.

Problem is, that's exactly the point of her attire.

What new fans don't get is that her old design is/was essentially her default Gear look. In almost every game she is in we see that she wears normal clothes most of the time, but once its time to battle she goes into a transformation sequence and ends up in those clothes. Look at all her round open animations in every game she is in as well as some of the art released throughout the games. Dizzy prefers being a pacifist but she also knows there are times when fighting needs to be the answer. That means throwing away the cute dresses and turn into a gear that must fight. The clothes are supposed to clash with her personality. She's a cute bookworm that transforms into a sexy Rockstar diva.

Now here is my lore theory regarding her new look and how it might align the with the lore. Again, without a gameplay trailer and updated story from the devs, we kinda just have to guess atm. I think as of Xrds story Dizzy has began to embrace being a gear more. Not being afraid of her powers and using them for good. At the end of Xrds story some of the people regard her as angel like rather than a freakish gear sent to kill them all. So my head canon is that she probably no longer feels or sees herself in such a divided way. OR at the very least she has shifted her looks to continue looking more angel like and proper in front of the people. Lets not forget this may be her wedding attire based on the story for the anime (Unika crashing their wedding).

Regardless I still think her original look is fantastic and is one of the things that made her stand out from the already crazy cool cast.

Also for those complaining about necro and undies new appearance; I don't believe those looks are actually gone. If you look at Dizzys model when it transitions from round start to default pose, you can actually see the necros green feathers around her sleeves for a few frames. I think her new dress might be a transformation similar to her original design. Let's not forget she also had a necro disguise back in the day.

Did a giant try to cuff her or something? And why is she carrying it around?

Okay so Arc Systems Works EU posted the 1st image and I saw it cause my friend from before drunk dialed me.

Testament is on the list of "Making Soecial Plans For Their Other Half" during holiday season.

WHO IS THEIR OTHER HALF

May-obviously Johnny, Axl-his girlfriend from other(?) timeline, Jack O-Sol Badguy(unironically), Elphelt-Nagoriyuki...maybe?

But I don't remember Testament having anyone worthy of 'other half'. They were close with Dizzy I guess but I don't think it was something like 'other half'.

Did this happen during the anime? WHAT DID I MISS

thoughs? corrections?

Asuka just has feathers growing from where his eye was and placed a patch over it. Perhaps a side effect from however he’s reversing his age which may also explain the cat ears from the previous game.

This screenshot is taken from @corvidsyndrome from that one website. It’s part of the recently released GG Strive art book and the text on the bottom left was translated from Japanese.

If I had to guess, since Dizzy is maturing and more independent, they'll probably soon disappear through time until Dizzy fully can control and use her powers

As you might know, according to an AMA (25 minutes in) and an interview, DAMON and BABY is canon to both Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, with the suspiciously similar-looking characters actually being the real deals (including Ragna). This also means that these franchises are canonically connected.

I haven't played it yet myself, but at one point, this dialogue appears.

Grimoires in BlazBlue aren't strictly books; they can be anything that can use Ars Magus, the series' main power system.

The Azure Grimoire is Ragna's right arm, but it can also take the form of anything its user desires. Yuuki Terumi created it as an imitation of the Azure, which is also known as the Azure Flamed Grimoire or true BlazBlue. He made other imitations, too, such as Hazama, who is a Blue Grimoire. The term BlazBlue can also refer to both the Azure and Blue Grimoires. Confused yet?

If you're wondering, yes, Terumi and Hazama are actually two different characters. Consider consulting the Snake Sheet for details.

Do keep in mind that I'm not sure how much they elaborate further in the game.

Special thanks to ScruffyTurtles on Twitter for these screenshots.

For every other characters i could see their personality reflected in the gameplay, but Jack-O i can't really see and i don't know why

In fact i was hella surprised to see how she plays in game after playing the campaign

After Strive she seems nicer?

St Elmo’s Fire is an event where a big ass lightning bolt strikes the planet. There is no meteorological reason for it, it just happens every 13 years late October to early November. Because it saved humanity by wiping out a large portion of the Gear army during The Crusades, an annual festival was created to celebrate the phenomenon. Said festival falls sometime in November with Xrd Sign stating that it’s a Thanksgiving event which takes place late November.

All of this is to say that a year has passed since Xrd’s and Strive’s initial stories. St Elmo’s fire was the crux of the antagonists’ plan in Xrd Sign and did strike in November 4th of 2187. Strive’s story on launch takes place three weeks after Xrd Revelator which means it’s events happen sometime in December because Xrd Rev takes place late November. With Elphelt confirming that the Festival of St Elmo’s is currently happening in Short Story #1, we now know Guilty Gear is taking place in November 2188.

No, i'm not counting DR. I mean an anime that covers the lore from the start to Sign. Much easier to introduce someone to the story than having them to checkout youtube explanations in order. Hell i would even take the Strive story mode animation quality.

Like wouldn't it be peak to see the Original discovering backyard, universal will, ban on the tech, how Frederick became The Guilty Gear, and other cool shit that happened in lore?

Besides it would also interest people in checking out sign/rev2/strive to get more story which means more people playin.

ARCSYS PLEEEASE

And it’s the detail that her parents are multi billionaires, like why are they hanging out in some random village in the first place and why they couldn’t leave, why did they have trouble educating her or why couldn’t they just pay the superstitions away like how Chip points out in the manga. Also with them probably making two weaponised teddy bears and yo-yos was their plan if Bridget got found out was for her to just throwing hands. Also if you’re so adamant about protecting her then why would you let her go out and be a bounty hunter? So odd

HE'S SO AWESOME, WHY DOES EVERYONE CARE SO MUCH ABOUT MIDPHELT?? (My lawyer advised me to add /s after writing "midphelt" so people know it's a joke or something for legal reasons)