History YMMV / GranblueFantasyVersus

** With Creator/{{SNK}} fans simply due to Anila's debut in ''Rising'' and Anila herself having [[ShoutOut references]] to [[Characters/FatalFuryTerryBogard Terry Bogard]]. While Anila has [[OlderThanTheyThink always been]] a Terry Bogard reference ever since her debut in the original ''Granblue'' gacha, more and more gamers in the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity are becoming aware of it because of ''Rising''. This further spread more awareness on the Divine Generals of ''Granblue'' (which Anila is a part of) all having references to SNK games.

** ''Granblue'' fans have speculated a FightingGame spin-off even before ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasyVersus'' was announced at Cygames Fes 2018. The gacha game had several "hints" on catering towards the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity; from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' {{crossover}} events, the ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' [[ShoutOut references]] in the Divine Generals' [[LimitBreak Charge Attacks]], character skills (such as Zeta's and Vaseraga's) having [[ShoutOutThemeNaming heavy metal references]] like how ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' does, the "A Thousand Reasons" event being a melee-based TournamentArc, to Creator/{{Cygames}} sponsoring EVO 2018.

** ''Granblue'' fans who aren't into fighting games may admit that they bought ''GBVS'' and its [=DLCs=] on the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 simply because of the bonus in-game codes that can be redeemed for unique items and outfits in the gacha game. Belial is also expected to have boosted sales as well, given that the "Malevolent Alter Ego" skin was tied to his release, and you can see many players in ''Granblue Fantasy'' with the skin already.

*** "Are you okay? Buster Wool!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Anila's existing [[Characters/FatalFuryTerryBogard Terry Bogard]] references are also immediately noticed by the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity and the Creator/{{SNK}} fans ever since her reveal trailer for ''Rising''. A flock of Terry Bogard-related memes, quotes, puns, and nicknames then appeared within Anila content. Post-release, there's even a clip of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B7Ex15Qt0o Anila wearing clothes like Terry's]].[[/labelnote]]

*** The bonus codes that could be redeemed for in-game items in the original gacha game are [[VersionExclusiveContent exclusive]] to the [=PS4=] version, and aren't available in the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} version. However, both versions still had a $60 base price despite the latter lacking such codes. Naturally, the PC-only ''Granblue'' fans are disappointed and say that the PC version isn't worth its full price by comparison. Following this concern, you either have fans waiting for a price drop and Steam Sales at best, or no longer buying the game on PC as the worse case scenario.

*** Come Rising, discussions and complaints about the price of the full game would once again abound. The game lacks regional pricing, which means the game and its DLCs have absurd prices in countries with worse currencies that are blatantly unaffordable by the average person. The first season pass also costs ''$50'', the price of the game itself, with the only justification being that it is a "deluxe pass" that it has skins for Gran and Djeeta and a lobby avatar of Vikala along with 6 DLC characters and extra colors. It's especially baffling when the game's deluxe version, which has both the base game and this season pass, costs a whole $25 less than what you'd have to pay if you bought the game and the pass seperately.

* This line from Tomoi when the Lowain bros talk about Metera after defeating her, mostly due to it mentioning "came" and "cave in".
-->'''Tomoi''': If Metera actually came on to me. I'd cave in.

** The lack of Rollback netcode which is proven in many [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear fighting]] [[VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}} games]] as an improvement over the Delay-based netcode ''GBVS'' is still using has turned away a lot of potential players outside of Japan, especially when the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic forced offline events worldwide to be suspended. Many bemoan the game's wasted potential, blaming Arc System Works and Cygames for not implementing something that should've already been an industrial standard by then.

** Beelzebub, a.k.a. "Chaos Bringer", appears as a DLC season 1 pass fighter in the Villain's series, which came as a surprise to many ''Granblue Fantasy'' players due to him being announced before ''far'' more requested EnsembleDarkhorse characters from the "What Makes The Sky Blue" trilogy such as [[BreakOutVillain Sandalphon]], fellow villain [[DracoInLeatherPants Lucilius]] and even [[BigGood Lucifer]] himself. According to WordOfGod, his DLC story will touch on his mysterious identity that has yet to be explored in the main game.

** Some characters like Yuel and Grimnir didn't originate from ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' per se, even though their inclusion in these fighting game spin-offs makes it seem like they're ''Granblue''-exclusive. They previously had iterations in an older Creator/{{Cygames}} IP, ''VideoGame/RageOfBahamur'', but it's not much of a well-known thing in the West because the English version of ''[=RoB=]'' got [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames shut down]] long before the ''Granblue'' franchise received an [[NewbieBoom influx of newcomers]] thanks to ''Versus'' and ''Rising''.

** Playable or not, it was already obvious that Sandalphon will inevitably appear in the FightingGame spinoffs in some form, considering how the story of these games rely on the lore and worldbuilding from the "What Makes The Sky Blue" anniversary story arc of the gacha game (the trilogy that made him a BreakoutCharacter of ''Granblue''), and because several villains he faced in that story arc (such as Beelzebub, Belial, and Lucilius) are prominent {{Big Bad}}s here in ''Versus''. True enough, Djeeta's introductory quest [[PreviouslyOn recaps]] the events of [=WMTSB=], and Sandalphon is shown there.

** Also, the jokes can be made about how 2B is sharing space in a roster with a character named Nier.

** Beelzebub's default gauntlet is named "Bohemian Rhapsody". By itself, that's already an obvious ShoutOut to the song from Music/{{Queen}}, but the reference goes on further if one remembers the song having the line "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me".