NA Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R Patch Release Timeline Announced

On Monday, via Arc System Works official USA Facebook Account it was announced that the North American Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R patch would be made available before the end of this year 2013. While no further details were announced, including which platform this would be for (PSN/XBLA), expect more information as it is made available. Hit the jump for more info including the official patch notes from the Japanese version release. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]

While the Japanese PSN version of +R has been made available for some time, it unfortunately did not include all of the proposed improvements initially promised when +R was announced back last year. It is yet to be seen if the North American version of this patch is the same 'bare bones' version as the PSN variety released in August, or if ArcSys delayed the patch in other territories in order to catch up to the vision they initially had for the release, including the improvements to netplay and specifically lobbies containing more than 2 players.

In the meantime, below is a list of changes that came with the Japanese PSN release of the +R update:

Major Points

Addition of latest game tuning version – Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, currently available in arcades, along with its game tuning version are added. Check below for details.

Usability Improvements – Operability and usability improvements have been implemented. Check below for details.

Cumulative Bug Fix – Bugs confirmed since release have been fixed.

Game Version “AC+R” Added Contents

Screen change – The title screen of the AC+R version has been adopted. These changes have also been applied to the interface during matches.

Fighting section – The latest game balance tuning has been applied – When set to the AC+R version, the latest character balance tuning are applied, and the screen interface is changed to the AC+R version.

Help & Options – Addition of version switch function – In Game Settings, an AC/AC+R version switch menu has been added.

All Modes – Addition of AC+R Version – When the game version is set to AC+R, all modes are playable with the AC+R tuning version.

Ranked Match – Addition of Kliff and Justice – When the game version is set to AC+R, Kliff and Justice are playable as standard characters.

Player Match – Kliff and Justice Usable – When the game version is set to AC+R, Kliff and Justice can be used in all sessions (rooms).

Ranking – Addition of AC+R version scoreboard – In the ranking boards, AC+R only rankings have been added. The boards of the previous version also remain available.

Usability Improvements

Character Select Screen – Previous selection cursor memory – When transitioning to the character select screen, the cursor will highlight the previously selected character. *This function only works in Network Mode.

Overall Network – Improvement of designation methods for search conditions – “Area” and “Connection Quality” settings in network versus now have stricter search conditions for designation.

Ranked Match – Matching improvements – When using custom search, the search will now continue to retry until an opponent is found. *Can be canceled during the search.

Pre-match Preparation Screen UI Additions – At the pre-match preparation screen after matching, an icon displaying your connection quality to the opponent is added.

Pre-match Preparation Screen Sound and Vibration Additions – After matching is complete, sound effect and controller vibration notice functions have been added.

Session Continuation – When the opponent leaves the session, the session is now preserved.

Player Match – Room search improvements – When using custom search, the search will now continue to retry until an opponent is found. *Can be canceled during the search.

Lobby Screen Sound and Vibration Additions – When a new player enters the room, sound effect and controller vibration notice functions have been added.

Room Continuation – When the opponent leaves the room, the room no longer dissolves.

Other

Other – Improvements to other problem points. All discovered issues since release have been fixed.