Pete278 Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 If were looking at characters based on popularity and unique play style alone, I think the characters most likely to come back next are Dizzy, Testament, ABA, Baiken, Zapppa, Eddie, and Faust. Dizzy is a fairly important character, and there's actual concept artwork of her in Xrd, so she's very likely. Testament's been in the game's from the get go, and his frightening zoning scares all who have played him in Guilty Gear ABA is probably the most unique fighter game character period, and she had such a strong fan base, she went from spin off character to main series character. Baiken already has pretty strong fanbase, and like Testament, she's been around since the first game. Faust is a unique character, who also has been in the game from the get go, and I believe his fighting style influenced Teddie heavily in Persona 4 Arena. Eddie was shown in the first trailer, and story wise, we can't have Millia Rage without her arch nemesis. And Zappa has existing concept artwork in Xrd, and also one of the most versatile and unique fighting styles in Guilty Gear. Are you just assuming Bridget's already a shoe-in or do you expect them to drop the poll winner?
Mumm-Ra Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 I'm probably wrong on this but the only character I believe doesn't add anyting to the games is Kliff. Justice, OS and roboky each have something the rest of the cast doesn't, specially OS and robo. If they turn OS into robo sol then I dont see why he wouldn't be able to come back. Why do people thinl that roboky shouldnt be in the game anyways? Wasnt there like a fuckton of him?
Xtra_Zero Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) I wouldn't count Robo-Ky out completely, or some character like him. He's pretty unique and his character design is really fun. So is Bridget. The two characters I consider boring enough to get cut are Jam and Johnny. Jam moreso than Johnny. Kliff and Justice I doubt will make it just because. Order Sol I'm doubting because I can't see the dev team justifying two Sols to the fanbase at the expense of another character. Characters I would be surprised NOT to see: Slayer Dizzy Zappa Faust Baiken Testament Anji Bridget Edited September 20, 2013 by Xtra_Zero
the_d3v Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 And Zappa has existing concept artwork in Xrd, and also one of the most versatile and unique fighting styles in Guilty Gear. Wait, where is this from? You're not talking about the stuff for the Pachink game are you?
Circuitous Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 That's very likely what he's talking about. It does at least show that they invested time in redesigning him for a post-GG2 world.
White Man Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Haven't seen anybody mention Johnny despite him having a fair bit of story significance and being reasonably popular. I know it's fun to speculate, but really, any of the characters are fair game at this point, even the "unlikely" ones (up until the first trailer hit, two-thirds of the fanbase was convinced Eddie was dead). There isn't a single character in AC+ who doesn't add something to the game, and different characters are popular among different demographics. Trying to guess the roster is futile when we don't even know how many characters are going to be in the final game or how many new faces we'll see next to the old ones.
Yukikaze Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Haven't seen anybody mention Johnny despite him having a fair bit of story significance and being reasonably popular. . Page 348 9TNine post
shinr Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 If they decide to add Kliff, whatever it will be in the initial release or in the DLC/Update, they can change him considerably, even replace him with his younger self via I-No time-travel shenanigans, since they have to create everyone from the ground-up anyway, where before they couldn't afford to create extra sprites for a nostalgia fanservice character with a limited appeal.
Fenrir Werwolf Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 from this interview: http://www.4gamer.net/games/216/G021678/20130920032/ I'll be very strict Since he realized that there is no "usuless" character, Daisuke would like to insert all chara in the rooster, if given enough time and chance There will be overture characters, but priority is given to old chara that gamers have already familiarity with for choosing the rooster, they looked at gameplay possibilities, how interesting it was, chara popularity etc etc The BMG was the old one during the locktest just for a time issue. In the final game there will be all new pieces even if he would like a cross platform, he can't tell at the moment (probably not ndr) The story will not be too much linked to previous episodes, it will be like star wars, where you can enjoy an episode and enjoy it standalone The "sign" of the title refers to the beginning of a story (arch) The slow on RC is the only noob friendly mechanics for new players, it helps to mitigate the otherwise very frenetic gameplay and tempo that GG has Now, i've read it and translated very quicly (since i'm going to work), feel free ttranslate it full and correct anything.
kosmos badgirl Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Thanks Fenrir. I'm not surprised about the story, there is too much baggage from previous games and it will be a nightmare for new comers. But the story at his core I think it will be easy to explain anyway.
redsilversnake Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Honestly, I wouldn't put too much stock in the story comment. In my experience, Japanese creators will flat-out lie about that, so it's best to wait until actual story details come out.
Henaki Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) I would bet money on Bridget, Faust, Baiken, Dizzy, Jam, Johnny, Slayer and Testament. Each of these characters are both popular and have a gameplay style not similar to other characters. I'm going entirely off people who are played commonly while also having unique gameplay. Characters like Kliff and OS are either unpopular or don't really offer unique enough gameplay. OS' niche is filled by Jam in a lot of ways, for example. Eddie is also a given. That's 16 characters, so that's my guess for the release roster. That's just my guess based on character popularity, gameplay uniqueness and creative design difference. Also, considering the kind of character Eddie is, I have a feeling he was supposed to be part of the roster at the first loketest, but requires the most effort to make along with millia, so we still haven't seen him. If we see any other characters, I would put money on them being bosses, BTW. Edited September 20, 2013 by Henaki
TPPR10 Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 I do like that Daisuke atleast wants to insert all the characters into the roster if he had a chance. So no character is straight away left out (of course the question of "hich character is the least useful" is there) Though not sure how much I like his decidion to leave the Overtune characters for later. I personally want new blood, and the Overtune characters are fresh enough.
XXXDC Posted September 20, 2013 Posted September 20, 2013 Well i just hope Johnny is one of those "high priority characters".
White Man Posted September 21, 2013 Posted September 21, 2013 Though not sure how much I like his decidion to leave the Overtune characters for later. I personally want new blood, and the Overtune characters are fresh enough. Giving priority to the old characters doesn't necessarily mean there will definitely be no Overture characters (or completely new characters for that matter) in Xrd.
Superkenon Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 The story in GG is both simple and damn impenetrable, even for the folks paying attention. I hope they take this opportunity to restructure it into a more linear, approachable plot. Though, I'll take what I can get. As for characters, I can really only imagine Order-Sol, Justice, Kliff, and maaaaaybe Robo-Ky and A.B.A. getting cut, just because of their relatively short lives in the series. Everyone else seems so core at this point that it would seem wrong for them to be missing. And I guess Ishiwatari agrees. Limited resources are definitely a thing, though.
LionHeartx Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 Then how about Raou grows lower half of his body with .. two legs I just imagined this in my head lolol. He should have baby legs just because.
Hecatom Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 Every time that someone complains about the story on GG i have to ask why they feel is complicated? Shit is so straight forward and simple to understand, seriously. If you think this is complicated i don't want to know what would you think of The Legacy of Kain Series
Malcopunch Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 What do you think of this? http://www.screwattack.com/news/axl-low-and-i-no-offically-revealed-guility-gear-xrd-website
SDC Posted September 23, 2013 Posted September 23, 2013 What do you think of this? http://www.screwattack.com/news/axl-low-and-i-no-offically-revealed-guility-gear-xrd-website It is nice of you to post, but also very old news.
Kitsoru Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 So being actually on topic now... apparently there's an Xrd article with new art in this month's Dengeki Playstation? Anyone have the full scan(s) anywhere? Is there actually anything of worth in it? Tumblr has only produced this page with new Ky art, so far: http://31.media.tumblr.com/8dc49520e6bc8c23c30a6811006515e5/tumblr_mtmkugys7D1r4fpswo2_400.jpg
BladeOfJustice7 Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 http://31.media.tumblr.com/8dc49520e6bc8c23c30a6811006515e5/tumblr_mtmkugys7D1r4fpswo2_400.jpg Someone needs need sot get this in high res A$AP.
Jocelot Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Ahh, I was wondering why Ky and Sol didn't have official art using in game models like everyone else did. Looks nice.
BladeOfJustice7 Posted September 24, 2013 Posted September 24, 2013 Ahh, I was wondering why Ky and Sol didn't have official art using in game models like everyone else did. Looks nice. Well I think Suzaku pointed out that their artwork was done by Daisuke, they are his fav characters in the series. So it's not surprising that they get special artwork on the website. Besides I like Daisuke's Ky Xrd artwork more than the Xrd Character Select artwork.
Jocelot Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Ahh, makes sense. For me it was more of a "might as well go all the way" thing, but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter.
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