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LinkTSwordmaster



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2025 12:44 pm Reply with quote
There's an entire industry of potential for collabs and I have to say as a longtime Guilty Gear fan, Lucy is probably just about the one singular character they could have picked that I would have even given a crap about. She looks really great in motion, and I also really like that she seems to have similar vibes to Phonon on Under Night, so I'm pretty surprised to say that they made a great selection out of an entire industry of other potential characters that could have shown up.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2025 10:08 pm Reply with quote
Honestly I want to see Guilty Gear style Geralt now.
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Traptrix Lover



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2025 1:35 am Reply with quote
A wasted slot that could have gone to an actual Guilty Gear character.
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b-dragon



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2025 8:25 am Reply with quote
Traptrix Lover wrote:
A wasted slot that could have gone to an actual Guilty Gear character.


For you and I, perhaps. But guest fighters are generally (though not always,) responsible for a spike in activity. We'll see if that's the case here, of course, but if it achieves the desired goal (increased engagement, financial and otherwise,) then calling it a "wasted slot" is little more than sour grapes.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2025 8:37 am Reply with quote
Traptrix Lover wrote:
A wasted slot that could have gone to an actual Guilty Gear character.


There are like only 5 GG legacy characters remaining, and we are getting at least 2 of them next year with Strive 2.0. I get bitching about guests if it was season 1-2 (or if guest was cristiano ronaldo lmao), but 5 years into game's life cycle it doesn't hurt.
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LinkTSwordmaster



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2025 4:32 pm Reply with quote
IronWish wrote:
Traptrix Lover wrote:
A wasted slot that could have gone to an actual Guilty Gear character.

There are like only 5 GG legacy characters remaining, and we are getting at least 2 of them next year with Strive 2.0. I get bitching about guests if it was season 1-2 (or if guest was cristiano ronaldo lmao), but 5 years into game's life cycle it doesn't hurt.

Given the wonky reaction that SNK got, again, I feel like Lucy is probably the top of the pick-list for any character they ever could have announced as a guest. There's actually a fair shot we might get a Rev2 for Strive now as well, so I cant really complain at about where the game is at as a whole right now.
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