History Trivia / GuiltyGearStrive

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: The agender Testament is portrayed in English by the transfeminine voice actress Kayleigh [=McKee=].

* GodNeverSaidThat: Following a transphobic backlash to Bridget's ComingOutStory, a fake email claiming to be Arc System Works's Japanese customer support began circulating through Twitter, claiming that Bridget is still canonically a man. This forced Arc System Works to [[https://twitter.com/ArcSystemWorksU/status/1563090187172777985 post a warning]] about the fake email. This would eventually prompt both Daisuke Ishiwatari and director Akira Katano to [[https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1657/ reaffirm in a developer blog]] that Bridget is indeed transfeminine, Bridget's pronouns are she/her, and that she's come to terms with her femininity and accepted herself. Ishiwatari and Katano also confirmed that ''all'' of Bridget's possible story-mode endings are canon and do not contradict each other, effectively saying that Bridget is trans regardless of which ending the player gets.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Following a transphobic backlash to Bridget's ComingOutStory, a fake email claiming to be Arc System Works's Japanese customer support began circulating through Twitter, claiming that Bridget is still canonically a man. This forced Arc System Works to [[https://twitter.com/ArcSystemWorksU/status/1563090187172777985 post a warning]] about the fake email. This would eventually prompt both Daisuke Ishiwatari and producer Akira Katano to [[https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1657/ reaffirm in a developer blog]] that Bridget is indeed transfeminine, Bridget's pronouns are she/her, and that she's come to terms with her femininity and accepted herself. Ishiwatari and Katano also confirmed that ''all'' of Bridget's possible story-mode endings are canon and do not contradict each other, effectively saying that Bridget is trans regardless of which ending the player gets.

** Anji is voiced by Creator/NobutoshiCanna instead of Tohru Igarashi
** Testament is voiced by Creator/YuuKobayashi instead of Akira Kobayashi

*** Ky is voiced by Creator/SeanChiplock instead of Creator/SamRiegel
*** Axl is voiced by [[Creator/{{Octopimp}} Alexander Gross]] instead of Creator/LiamOBrien
*** Potemkin is voiced by Creator/ArmenTaylor instead of Creator/KirkThornton
*** Ramlethal is voiced by Creator/LauraStahl instead of Creator/ErinFitzgerald
*** I-No is voiced by Creator/AmberLeeConnors instead of Creator/TaraPlatt
*** Colin Vernon is voiced by Anthony Alabi instead of Creator/KirkThornton
*** Aria is voiced by Nicole Tompkins instead of Creator/AshlyBurch

** Another was brought about by Testament and Bridget returning as DLC and being revealed as non-binary and a transgender woman, respectively.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Following the backlash to Bridget's ComingOutStory, a fake email claiming to be Arc System Works's Japanese customer support began circulating through Twitter, claiming that Bridget is still canonically a man. This forced Arc System Works to [[https://twitter.com/ArcSystemWorksU/status/1563090187172777985 post a warning]] about the fake email. This would eventually prompt both Daisuke Ishiwatari and producer Akira Katano to [[https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1657/ reaffirm in a developer blog]] that Bridget is indeed transfeminine, Bridget's pronouns are she/her, and that she's come to terms with her femininity and accepted herself. Ishiwatari and Katano also confirmed that ''all'' of Bridget's possible story-mode endings are canon and do not contradict each other, effectively saying that Bridget is trans regardless of which ending the player gets.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Following a transphobic backlash to Bridget's ComingOutStory, a fake email claiming to be Arc System Works's Japanese customer support began circulating through Twitter, claiming that Bridget is still canonically a man. This forced Arc System Works to [[https://twitter.com/ArcSystemWorksU/status/1563090187172777985 post a warning]] about the fake email. This would eventually prompt both Daisuke Ishiwatari and producer Akira Katano to [[https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1657/ reaffirm in a developer blog]] that Bridget is indeed transfeminine, Bridget's pronouns are she/her, and that she's come to terms with her femininity and accepted herself. Ishiwatari and Katano also confirmed that ''all'' of Bridget's possible story-mode endings are canon and do not contradict each other, effectively saying that Bridget is trans regardless of which ending the player gets.

* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to a combination between, among other things, ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterz'' bringing new fans to the company, great marketing, and some other fighters being a bit on the disappointing side, ''Strive'' is the best selling ''Guilty Gear'' to date, selling six times more in its first few months than ''Xrd'' did in its lifetime. It eventually became the first Arc System Works-original game to sell a million copies.

** Creator/AmberLeeConnors has been a fan of the series since ''XX''. Fittingly, she is now the English voice of I-no, who debuted in and played a major role in the story of that game and its updated versions.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Bridget's confirmation of her gender has been the subject of much misinformation since her appearance in ''Strive'':
** While her gender preference is only explicitly said in her [[DoWellButNotPerfect second-hardest ending]], she never contradicts her stance nor refers to herself with male pronouns in any version after she makes her decision. There were also suggestions that the ending with her coming out as a girl is a "bad, non-canon" ending, a suggestion which had never been levied on any character's arcade endings prior, where the multiple endings were ''all'' considered canon and formed a complete story together. Daisuke and producer Akira Katano even went so far as to [[https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1657/ confirm this themselves in a developer blog]].

** On the subject of pronouns, many sources reporting that Bridget still uses ambiguous language in Japanese are blatantly incorrect. From her debut in ''XX'', she almost invariably uses "uchi", a very feminine form of address that goes beyond even CampGay characters in Japanese media, and uses it exclusively in ''-STRIVE-''. She has only ever used "boku", a masculine pronoun, once in a family context.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Following a transphobic backlash to Bridget's ComingOutStory, a fake email claiming to be Arc System Works's Japanese customer support began circulating through Twitter, claiming that Bridget is still canonically a man. This forced Arc System Works to [[https://twitter.com/ArcSystemWorksU/status/1563090187172777985 post a warning]] about the fake email. This would eventually prompt both Daisuke Ishiwatari and producer Akira Katano to [[https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1657/ reaffirm in a developer blog]] that Bridget is indeed transfeminine, having come to terms with her femininity and accepted herself, as well as confirming that ''all'' of her possible endings are canon and do not contradict each other.

** On the subject of pronouns, many sources reporting that Bridget still uses ambiguous language in Japanese are blatantly incorrect. From her debut in ''XX'', she almost invariably uses "uchi", a very feminine form of address that goes beyond even CampGay characters in Japanese media, and uses it exclusively in ''-STRIVE-''. She has only ever uses "boku", a masculine pronoun, once in a family context.

** Another was brought about by Testament and Bridget returning as DLC and being revealed as non-binary and transgender, respectively.

** While her gender preference is only explicitly said in her [[DoWellButNotPerfect second-hardest ending]], she never contradicts her stance nor refers to herself with male pronouns in any version after she makes her decision. There were also suggestions that the ending with her coming out as a girl is a "bad, non-canon" ending, a suggestion which had never been levied on any character's arcade endings prior, where the multiple endings were ''all'' considered canon and formed a complete story together.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Following a transphobic backlash to Bridget's ComingOutStory, a fake email claiming to be Arc System Works's Japanese customer support began circulating through Twitter, claiming that Bridget is still canonically a man. This forced Arc System Works to [[https://twitter.com/ArcSystemWorksU/status/1563090187172777985 post a warning]] about the fake email.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: The agender Testament is portrayed in English by the transfeminine voice actress Kayleigh [=McKee=].
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Bridget's confirmation of her gender has been the subject of much misinformation since her appearance in ''Strive'':
** While her gender preference is only explicitly said in her [[DoWellButNotPerfect second-hardest ending]], she never contradicts her stance nor refers to herself with male pronouns in any version after she makes her decision. There were also suggestions that the ending with her coming out as a girl is a "bad, non-canon" ending, a suggestion which had never been levied on any character's arcade endings prior, where the multiple endings were ''all'' considered canon and formed a complete story together.
** While there have been accusations of a TranslationWithAnAgenda being involved, all translations and localizations are done in-house, and the translation of the line "I'm a girl" is completely faithful to the Japanese version[[labelnote:Explanation]]The line in question, "ウチは... 女の子ですから！" translates directly to "I'm a girl!"[[/labelnote]]. The "I'm a boy..." line from stage 1 is often taken out of context to imply her gender preference as a statement of fact, despite her audible hesitance.
** On the subject of pronouns, many sources reporting that Bridget still uses ambiguous language in Japanese are blatantly incorrect. From her debut in ''XX'', she almost invariably uses "uchi", a very feminine form of address that goes beyond even CampGay characters in Japanese media, and uses it exclusively in ''-STRIVE-''. She has only ever uses "boku", a masculine pronoun, once in a family context.

** While there have been accusations of a TranslationWithAnAgenda being involved, all translations and localizations are done in-house, and the translation of the line "I'm a girl" is completely faithful to the Japanese version[[labelnote:Explanation]]The line in question, "ウチは... 女の子ですから！" translates directly to "I'm a girl!"[[/labelnote]]. The "I'm a boy?" line from stage 1 is often taken out of context to imply her gender preference as a statement of fact, despite her audible hesitance.
** On the subject of pronouns, many sources reporting that Bridget still uses ambiguous language in Japanese are blatantly incorrect. While Bridget has always used a mix of male-coded pronouns and polite address to soften her tone, her appearance in ''Strive'' entirely drops "boku" for "uchi", a very feminine form of address that goes beyond even CampGay characters in Japanese media.

** While there have been accusations of a TranslationWithAnAgenda being involved, all translations and localizations are done in-house, and the translation of the line "I'm a girl" is completely faithful to the Japanese version[[labelnote:Explanation]]The line in question, "ウチは... 女の子ですから！" translates directly to "I'm a girl!"[[/labelnote]]. The "I'm a boy?" line from stage 1 is often taken out of context to imply her gender preference as a statement of fact, despite her audible hesitance.

** While there have been accusations of a TranslationWithAnAgenda being involved, the translation of the line "I'm a girl" is completely faithful to the Japanese version[[labelnote:Explanation]]The line in question, "ウチは... 女の子ですから！" translates directly to "I'm a girl!"[[/labelnote]]. The "I'm a boy?" line from stage 1 is often taken out of context to imply her gender preference as a statement of fact, despite her audible hesitance.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Bridget's confirmation of her gender has been the subject of much misinformation since her appearance in ''Strive''. While her gender preference is only explicitly said in her [[DoWellButNotPerfect second-hardest ending]], she never contradicts her stance nor refers to herself with male pronouns in any version after she makes her decision. While there have been accusations of a TranslationWithAnAgenda being involved, the Japanese version, if anything, is rather linguistically specific on this point. The "I'm a boy?" line is often taken out of context to imply her gender preference as a statement of fact.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Bridget's confirmation of her gender has been the subject of much misinformation since her appearance in ''Strive''. While her gender preference is only explicitly said in her [[DoWellButNotPerfect second-hardest ending]], she never contradicts her stance nor refers to herself with male pronouns in any version after she makes her decision. The Japanese version if anything, is rather linguistically specific on this point. The "I'm a boy?" line is often taken out of context to imply her gender preference as a statement of fact.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Bridget's confirmation of her gender has been the subject of much misinformation since her appearance in ''Strive''. While her gender preference is only explicitly said in her [[DoWellButNotPerfect second-hardest ending]], she never contradicts her stance nor refers to herself with male pronouns in any version. The Japanese version if anything, is rather linguistically specific on this point.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: The agender Testament is portrayed in English by the transfeminine voice actress Kayleigh [=McKee=].

* BreakthroughHit: Thanks to a combination between, among other things, ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterz'' bringing new fans to the company, great marketing, and some other fighters being a bit on the disappointing side, ''Strive'' is the best selling ''Guilty Gear'' to date, selling six times more in its first few months than ''Xrd'' did in its lifetime.

*** Axl is voiced by [[Creator/Octopimp Alexander Gross]] instead of Creator/LiamOBrien