Line #7 Trivia/GuiltyGearStrive


1	* AuthorsSavingThrow: The lobby system is considered to be the ScrappyMechanic of ''-STRIVE-''. That said, not only did you get an option to bypass it in the open beta (it puts your avatar out there while you play training mode), [[https://twitter.com/ArcSystemWorksU/status/1367278816125718537 they delayed the game for a couple months]] to fix up the lobby system, and the stability of the already incredible netcode.
2	* {{Blooper}}:
3	** During the opening cutscene as Giovanna evades the {{Paparazzi}} following the presidential car, a quick shot of her [[PedalToTheMetalShot stepping on the gas]] shows her foot not only not contacting with the pedal asset of the car model, but slightly clipping through it.
4	** A later shot in the same scene has a child bystander running by while playing freezing in place for a few frames before cutting away.
5	* 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.
6	* ContentLeak:
7	** I-No got leaked mere hours before her reveal trailer was released online.
8	** Elphelt's presence as a DLC character was leaked several days prior to her official reveal. The [=ArcSys=] website went ahead and posted her bio before her trailer debuted at the 2023 Game Awards.
9	* DummiedOut: Jam Kuradoberi [[https://tcrf.net/Guilty_Gear_-Strive-#Unused_Characters has a brand new model]] that can be found in the game's data, along with being listed alongside DLC characters like Goldlewis Dickinson, Happy Chaos, and Jack-O', implying either Jam could be a DLC character in the future or she was cut from the game.
10	* 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. Daisuke would later add that Bridget's coming-out had already been planned since as far back as her very debut in ''XX''.
11	* NewbieBoom: ''-STRIVE-'' proved to be a huge one for the series in general, no doubt in part due to Arc System Works' newfound spotlight after the success of ''[=FighterZ=]'', and aided further by a change in direction to make the game more welcoming to new players while still keeping with the spirit of Guilty Gear. When it was released on Steam, it quickly jumped to the 3rd highest peak player count of ''any'' fighting game on the platform, only beaten out by ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' and the aforementioned ''[=FighterZ=]''.
12	* TheOtherDarrin:
13	** Japanese Dub:
14	*** Anji is voiced by Creator/NobutoshiCanna instead of Tohru Igarashi.
15	*** Testament is voiced by Creator/YuuKobayashi instead of Akira Kobayashi.
16	*** Bridget is voiced by Creator/ManakaIwami instead of Yukiko Kato.
17	*** A.B.A is voiced by Creator/RihoSugiyama instead of Mika Takimoto.
18	** English Dub:
19	*** Ky is voiced by Creator/SeanChiplock instead of Creator/SamRiegel.
20	*** Axl is voiced by [[Creator/{{Octopimp}} Alexander Gross]] instead of Creator/LiamOBrien.
21	*** Potemkin is voiced by Creator/ArmenTaylor instead of Creator/KirkThornton.
22	*** Ramlethal is voiced by Creator/LauraStahl instead of Creator/ErinFitzgerald.
23	*** I-No is voiced by Creator/AmberLeeConnors instead of Creator/TaraPlatt.
24	*** Colin Vernon is voiced by Anthony Alabi instead of Creator/KirkThornton.
25	*** Aria is voiced by Nicole Tompkins instead of Creator/AshlyBurch.
26	* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Bridget's confirmation of her gender has been the subject of much misinformation since her appearance in ''Strive''.
27	** 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 in a developer blog]] that the "all endings are canon" fact applies to Bridget in this game as well, meaning she's transfemme in canon.
28	** 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.
29	** 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 a masculine pronoun once -- "boku", typically referring to young boys (and even then that is far from its only use, women even use it to refer to themselves in the presence of other women quite frequently, for example) -- and that was in a family context.
30	* PromotedFanboy:
31	** Alexander Gross, better known as Creator/{{Octopimp}}, has been a longtime fan of the series and plays Potemkin at a competitive level. As of ''Strive'' he is now the English voice of Axl, and burst into TearsOfJoy [[https://clips.twitch.tv/RamshackleEasyPastaTooSpicy-DvkpbfooiaIpX3nJ upon seeing his name in the credits]].
32	** 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.
33	* QueerCharacterQueerActor: The agender Testament is portrayed in English by the transfeminine voice actress Creator/KayleighMcKee.
34	* RoleReprise: Many of the English voice actors from the dub of ''Xrd -SIGN-'' returned for this game.
35	** David Forseth reprises Sol.
36	** Creator/EdenRiegel reprises May.
37	** Creator/EdwardBosco reprises Chipp.
38	** Creator/KaijiTang reprises Faust.
39	** Creator/TaraPlatt reprises Millia.
40	** Creator/MatthewMercer reprises Zato-1.
41	** Creator/JamiesonPrice reprises Leo.
42	** Creator/LucienDodge reprises Sin.
43	** Creator/DerekStephenPrince reprises Asuka/That Man.
44	** Though Creator/LiamOBrien did not reprise Axl, he ''does'' reprise Johnny despite him only being a story mode {{NPC}} in ''-SIGN-''.
45	** Creator/CassandraLeeMorris reprises Elphelt.
46	** Creator/JBBlanc returns as Slayer.

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