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Interesting that old 6H had a wide lower hitbox, and yet I somehow managed to hit/crossup jumpers with it.

Her "current" Homeland technically is the Dimensional Colony "Miyabi" (Miyabi is the largest of the Dimensional Colonies created for the refugees, specifically the Japanese during the Crusades.) According to the information I've been able to gather, there are several Japanese Colonies, with Miyabi as the largest, located in the Himalayan region. It's never stated how many other colonies there are or where the others are located. In addition, due to the Japanese "International Treasure" status (which is actual a Racial Quarantine after Japan was destroyed and the Gear mutations were discovered), other people have envied the preferential treatment the Japanese got, though these don't know the truth. The residents of South Africa are Crusades refugees who never received Government Assistance of any kind, so Chipp Zanuff set up his "Eastern Chipp Kingdom" there to get the United Nations to recognize them and send aid. Only certain medical doctors and staff as well as the Conclave knew about the Japanese having Gear-like symptoms, and they kept it under wraps. Doctor Faust was the first to recently stumble on the coverup when he treated May. It's not a retcon or a contradiction, just a well-kept secret. Baiken and other Japanese survivors originally lived in Japan, but after Gamma Ray and the "Black Sunrise" events, they migrated to the Colonies sealed by the Zessen to protect them. Justice didn't start her rebellion until other nations began to retaliate against her Gear Plant in America. From there, she waged her war primarily in Russia and Italy, increasing her army with every Gear Plant she ransacked.

Baiken's words to Asuka when confronting him (she asks "Why did you kill them? Why did you burn them?"): http://gear-project.tumblr.com/post/25423681342/can-your-explain-why-did-baiken-decide-to-give-up Baiken's Childhood Recollection (1:33 mark of GGX Anime Video): http://gear-project.tumblr.com/post/97229802634/im-posting-this-here-because-of-reasons-leave Please note that this cutscene has parts that were retconned from actual GGX dialogue, but so far it's the only "evidence" depicting Baiken's Childhood according to her bio information. When Baiken's memory actually occurred during events is vague and unclear, but Daisuke Ishiwatari deliberately placed this information alongside the events that Destroyed Japan, so the two are connected, primarily because rampaging Gears were involved, but also their connection to "That Man". Another piece of "vague evidence" is the Conclave who were supposedly the Overseers of the Japanese Colonies. The Conclave Members Chronus and Axus supposedly have been "alive" since 1999. Libraria was the youngest member supposedly, but their recollections on Magic and lifespans date back at least 100 years according to Axus and Chronus. Chronus was an old colleague of Asuka's and even managed to live as long as he has! That is not direct evidence that Japanese live long lives, but it IS evidence that the Conclave have lived an exceptionally long time as Humans. How they did so is unknown. Baiken's memory may be vague, but it's the only vivid evidence we have that suggests she recalled the destruction of her people as a survivor. If future GGXrd Episodes reveal more about Baiken's past, we'll be able to paint a clearer picture of events. So far, however, because of the DNA transfer from Justice to Japan, it's implied most Japanese are Gears, and Gears are CONFIRMED to have long lifespans. The Japanese who turned in to Antimatter Gears are further proof of this, as is testimony surrounding them. Gears like Justice and Sol have lived 100 to 200 years, Dizzy's GGXPlus ending implies she'll live 200 years or more as well. Izuna, as a Youkai, is implied to have lived since Japan's antiquity if the "Killing Stone Legend" is connected to Izuna as implied by his GG2 story. Tyr from GGXtra is also a mystery, as he remained a child in appearance from 2162 to 2170 or so to get sealed away. He hasn't aged at all when Ky meets him again in 2181.

Rev2 has a System Option to switch back to Rev1 (Revelator) unless that's not something the Steam Version can do.

Sources for Longevity/Baiken's story: --GGXrd Sign cites Japan was destroyed in 2074, according to Baiken the Gears attacked her village shortly thereafter. Faust reads a book called "The Black Sunrise" which gives an account that the Japanese had mutated in to monsters and attacked their own. This book was mentioned in Revelator and jives with Baiken's account which was first told back in GGX. --According to GGXtra, the Japanese had been sealed away in Dimensional Colonies for 100 years. This accounts for 2074 to 2174 which was most of the Crusades. Anji Mito stole the Zessen in 2181, this removed the Colony Barrier allowing other Japanese to leave the Colony. Baiken had been inside the Colony until 2180 when she attacked Justice. How she escaped is unknown, just cited. May was found outside the Colonies in 2174 by Johnny, again, how she got out is unknown, or she was never in the Colonies in the first place. --It was said in GGXtra that only Japanese blood can activate the Zessen, however the Zessen is OutRage designed as an Anti-Gear device based on Gear Technology, and YET Anji Mito can wield it. The OutRage were built in 2075 in response to Justice being built. This means that Zessen has been in use for 100 years with no mention of the barrier being deactivated UNTIL 2181. --GGXXAC I-No says Baiken is older than she looks. --Baiken recalled a tall slender "man" standing among his Gears, however this may not jive with Asuka R. Kreutz account (Asuka was in America at the time Japan was destroyed in 2074)! Anji Mito claims he recalled Crow Kuruwaba in GGXXACPlus, who may in fact also be Japanese, said by Baiken to be a traitor to his people. Anji also implies Baiken mistook the Gearmaker for someone else in XrdRev2. Crow was sealed away in Dimensional Prison until 2175 when he created the Seal to trap Justice. --Maximus Ariels rose to power in 2177 and did not officially sanction the release of the Japanese until 2187, 10 years later, so Japanese residents have been sneaking in and out since before that time. In Accent Core Johnny asked Anji if he knew of any Japanese survivors living outside the Colonies. Anji said as of 2181 the only "escapees" were himself and Baiken, though he made no mention of Mizuha or Tyr. This rules out May who must have lived outside the Colonies for some time. --Baiken fought Asuka in 2181 during GGXX events but was too weak to fight him, choosing to grill I-No for answers instead but Anji stops her. Anji meets with Asuka who explained everything to him. Anji decided to help Asuka recapture I-No in Accent Core with Raven's help. After that Anji stood by Baiken while watching Asuka from a distance. --Baiken's recollection says she watched her family "burn" before her eyes, this jives with Gamma Ray being fired in 2074, and Baiken was a child at the time. --Baiken has the physical strength to cut a house in half if her Instant Kill is accurate, she wonders if she's actually an "Oni" or Demon, though the rhetoric in her Intro implies all Gears are Demons making this world Hell itself from her perspective, which would make her a Gear in irony. --Anji Mito was said to live in the "same village" as Baiken so he is technically a survivor, however his account of the events back then suggests he was too young to recall what happened, which is why he refers to Baiken as "big sis" (Anesan) being older than he is. Yet he does recall Crow, so the "invasion of Gears" that Baiken recalls may not be the same as the Crusades that happened outside Japan. Ogre Valley stage implies there was a war with Ogre Gears being fought INSIDE the Colony sometime later, which may or may not be related. --The images depected in the book "Black Sunrise" of 2074 are identical to the Antimatter Gears (like Juzo Sano) that appeared in 2187, these also jive with Asuka's 2074 Report in Xrd Sign of the "Variable X" creatures, described as "giants with faces". --May's Gear-like physical strength has been apparent since 2180, but she started feeling "Ki Overflow" symptoms in Xrd Sign as of 2187, this jives with Dr. Faust's medical notes on the medical treatment of the Japanese who eventually had to take Placebos or get "Tuned" to ease their symptoms. Baiken had described feeling berserker-like symptoms in Accent Core if you follow her bad ending, this also jives with Mizuha's awakening symptoms in GGXtra and May as well in the first GG. Mizuha was also drawn to the Gear Asteroid "Mothership" in GGXtra due to her electromagnetic power to resonate with it. --Answer states in Rev2 that his ability to detect Ki is very poor, but even HE was able to sense Baiken's Ki from far away. Only Gears like Justice and Valentines can generate such a "loud" Ki Signature signal (Kum Haehyun, Chipp, and Jam all cite this to be true), especially during the Babylon incident with Justice' Cradle Form which Chipp says was a massive amount of Ki. --I should also add that Baiken has exceptionally long hair now, which could be a tell-tale sign of being a Gear, as according to Sin Kiske and Ky, they have to get haircuts every few days.

Uh, I was talking about the "old" 6H, but okay.

Can someone make a Gif of Bedman's 6H? I wanna see it!

The GG World Library is kinda vague about it, look up "Juzo Sano" and you'll see the connection. Juzo Sano was one of the Japanese Bedman detonated. http://gear-project.tumblr.com/post/160043680974/okay-before-bedmans-fight-with-slayer-in GGXtra Manga also hints that Mizuha had Gear-like powers too. lol that's not a Gear Mark, it's a Buddhist Mantra for Health and Well-being. http://gear-project.tumblr.com/post/23264720701/guide-to-baikens-moves-and-symbols THIS is a Gear Seal: http://gear-project.tumblr.com/post/147000888159/fusion-its-not-perfectly-accurate-to-the-story You probably won't ever see a Gear Seal on the Japanese because their DNA was altered instead of a full Gear conversion. Like a Mutation instead of the Gear Cell dubbing process. The mutation is what made them sick though some adapted to it, like May, others did not. Baiken lost her arm and eye before the mutation happened to her body, so they won't grow back like Gear limbs usually might. Kum had to tune the Japanese to prevent further mutation as that triggered Information Flare chain reactions.

I lost my composure, thanks @kylehyde for calling me out on it. It's like how you don't make "chicken jokes" around Paradigm for being a Dragon. It was never my intention to just be "right" and be a jerk about it so, sorry for that. That all said, GGXrd has dark parts if you look carefully, they're easy to miss (older GG games were in Visual Novel format so that made stuff more obvious). @Aegis High When the Universal Will invaded Justice' body in 2074, she took Justice' DNA and transplanted it in to the Japanese people who mutated in to Antimatter Gears, these were the "Variable X" creatures that Asuka identified shortly before he used Gamma Ray on Japan. The surviving Japanese people got "sick" with the unstable Gear DNA inside their Bodies "Ki Overflow Syndrome", like May had, unexploded Information Flares. From 2074 to 2187 the Japanese were quarantined not to leave the Dimensional Colonies, the biggest was Miyabi. May was born sometime before 2174 as she was just a child in appearance when she met Johnny at that time. Baiken was a child in 2074 when her people mutated in to Gears and attacked their village, Anji lived in the same village but was born some time later and has memories of Crow Kuruwaba. They've been alive all this while and even escaped the Colony on occasion, though Baiken has a bounty on her head. As an aside, Youkai-like Gears were sealed inside the Colonies along with the Japanese (based on Ogre Valley info), War Relics were sealed there too, because of the danger.

I-No is having an existential crisis, but outside of that, she's been having evil plans of what to do with Sol's FoC seed. She barely tolerates Axl Low if you read between the lines of her dialogue. Also, when you talk dark tones, did you forget Ariels shot a guy? That Babylon's population was WIPED OUT? Did you forget the Japanese were turned in to Gear bombs and blew up several city blocks? Did you forget the Phalanx Nine soldiers killed innocent people? Ramlethal's dog? How about all the people who were killed by Bedman's Nightmare Theater and then made "permanently dead" once he woke up? Ky getting shot by Axus, MULTIPLE TIMES? Seriously, if you think Xrd isn't dark enough, you got issues.

Your main problem is that you're coming in to Guilty Gear with expectations of it being dark and violent 24/7. That really is not the case and never was. Venom's ending as a Baker isn't the end of the story, it's just how he is situated right now. The Philosophical discussion was important because it laid out 2 very important choices for Venom. He could have fought the other Assassins to the death and ended up like Millia was in the past, hunted down for knowing too much. Also, Baiken IS 100+ years old. That's not a claim, it's a fact. Justice' DNA was transferred to the Japanese and they gained Gear-like abilities. Asuka isn't what you'd call a softie. He punched Sol in the gut in GGXX, he's hardly what you think, AND he challenged Sol again to his face! When Raven was talking to Sin and Ramlethal were you even listening? The fact you think such values are insignificant tells me you haven't ever lived without Friends or without Love in your life. Maybe if you tried living in solitude while everything around you rejects you you might get a little perspective on Raven's point of view. If Ishiwatari didn't know what to do with certain characters, why give them such important roles in the story? Why is it that Jam can get along with Jack-O' while everyone else is cautious around her? Why is it that Potemkin has the strength to defend a Nation (Illyria) that has been at odds with his home country for years (Zepp) and yet he still has the motivation to risk his life with nothing to gain? When the Antimatter Gears attacked after Ariels' speech, he could have waited to try and pursue her, instead his country protected the Illyrian people. Where do you suppose he got that motivation? He certainly didn't get it from Reader's Digest while in the WC. Characters don't fight for no reason. They have motivations. And being able to SEE those motivations play out is part of storytelling. When people say "there's nothing else I need to know", that tells me two things: 1 they don't care about finer details and 2 they're oblivious TO the finer details, the latter of which provides important intel in ANY story. Look, I get it, you don't wanna know OR care, so let's end this exercise in pain and why don't you just give up on Guilty Gear? Go back to whatever it is that interests you more. Go back to whatever stories you're actually WILLING to PAY ATTENTION TO. The fact you sum up GG as "badass" means you CLEARLY did not get or READ the whole Memo!

It only works on moves that can be Jump Cancelled after being blocked. I doubt it works on moves that wiff.

You know what, just for you @Calamitus: 1. Philosophy is never "needless" in a Story. 2. Maybe if you studied the stories before Sign and Rev, instead of putting up expectations, you wouldn't feel so disappointed? 3. Sol has legit reasons to complain about his situation IF you RECALL HIS BACKSTORY. Being a "Tsundere" involves dishonesty with one's self, something Sol OVERCAME. 4. Asuka was being polite to a guest in Axl Low, obviously he had more important things to do, but he was thanking Axl Low for risking his life to deliver a message. Axl was almost killed by Bedman. 5. Raven has lived over 900 years and nearly FORGOT what having friends was even like! You try living that long and see if you stay positive about it! 6. Robo-Ky was never a jerk, just crude in speech, and only following orders. He's got a life of his own now, so leave him be. 7. Zato went through several hells of the Backyard and was nearly erased. You expect him to do parlor tricks after all that? 8. Potemkin was humiliated by Bedman, so of course he had a crisis. He's not made of steel despite his looks. He's human! 9. Jam has her own world views, just like everyone else so stop judging. 10. Robo-Ky never WANTED TO BE Crow's friend. The guy's a reclusive N.E.E.T. with a Dizzy obsession. 11. We don't know anything about Ariels so you're jumping the gun. Also feeling ARE IMPORTANT. This game would be dull if emotions didn't exist. 12. Your beef with Shonen Anime is your own, but GG has nothing to do with it. GG is a lot better than most Shonen Anime I've ever seen. Prove me wrong! Seriously, STUDY the Story instead of Speedrunning through it. Maybe you'll understand something.

Also, to heck with your "woe is me ___ isn't playable yet", the story isn't about who's playable, it's a STORY, jeez guys. @Calamitus don't let the door hit you on the way out. I'll keep enjoying GG just fine, thanks.

True Mark of the Hero enhances Flame Properties, but you need 26 of every stat to take full advantage of it. Mark of the Hero enhances Lightning Properties, same stat requirements as above. Border Break X Zero items are cheap to use cost-wise, but they are powerful and useful in many situations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLO9Yyga5_Y

Not optimal, but still decent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMfZSBe0I8w

Recent example, I guess. Stopping either Eddie or Zato at the same time is tricky. To me this match feels pretty even.

2Cave > actually Faust's VA(!?) Old Man > Asuka R. Kreutz Old Woman > May(!?) Oh yeah, I should also mention this:

After Story Part B Spoilers:

Tell me what you guys think. [youtube]CEEGG_Ia5xg[/youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEEGG_Ia5xg

Baiken players will appreciate this I think, lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lJVLjZnI28

http://gear-project.tumblr.com/post/161136284579/second-revelator-first-chapter On Sol and Ky http://gear-project.tumblr.com/post/161146684379/okay-ive-watched-rev2s-new-arcade-stories