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7* ActingForTwo:
8** Creator/TaraPlatt plays both Milla and I-No in ''Xrd.''
9** Originally, both Faust and Potemkin since ''X'' were voiced by Creator/TakashiKondo in Japanese, showing off his range between the both of them.
10** Ky and his robotic version Robo-Ky in older versions of ''GGXX'' had Creator/TakeshiKusao voice both of them, before the new story mode in ''Accent Core Plus''.
11* 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.
12* BadExportForYou: The PAL [=PS3=] and [=PS4=] releases of ''Xrd -SIGN-'' were not only released months after the NTSC and Japanese versions, but were also only released digitally and did not get any patches or support post-release for a while, meaning the DLC characters could not be used and the online was locked into playing with other PAL players. This was eventually rectified, and ''-SIGN-'s'' PAL digital version got all of its DLC and its updates on par with the US and JP/Asia versions, even though ''Revelator/Rev 2'' was already out by then in the PAL region.
13* 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.
14* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Creator/KanetoShiozawa, the original voice actor for Zato-1, died from injuries sustained in a tragic accident. After that, Zato "died" and his body was taken over by Eddie and he has been voiced by Creator/TakehitoKoyasu... until ''Xrd'', when he suddenly went back to being Zato-1, and still with Koyasu as the voice actor, Played with because he's considered an EmptyShell.
15* CharacterOutlivesActor: The death of Creator/KanetoShiozawa, the voice actor who played Zato-1, inspired the plot point of having the symbiote that gave him powers completely take over his body, [[TheOtherDarrin complete with]] [[Creator/TakehitoKoyasu a new voice actor]]. [[spoiler:This becomes weird when the character returns in ''Xrd''... ''as Zato''.]]
16* ColbertBump: One of the songs, ''Big Blast Sonic'' got a jump in popularity due to ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' using it in the Blacksmithing scene, as well as ''Coming Home'' being used as the aforementioned series' Season 1 finale theme. Likewise, much of the music from ''Isuka'' became more popular after being featured in ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy.''
17* CommonKnowledge: Due in no small part to the Guilty Gear wiki and Blade of the Gear Project tumblr page, its been practically "confirmed" by the fandom that Johnny's last name is "Sfondi" and that it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxgJ66jIBNA was revealed as such by Ky]] in the ''[=GGX=] Drama CD.'' [[https://guilty-gear.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Johnny In reality, Ky actually said]] [[https://old.reddit.com/r/Guiltygear/comments/haj48w/turns_out_the_sfondi_in_johnnys_name_was_a/fv4oh6c/ "Johnny's family",]] and to this day Johnny's surname has yet to be revealed or confirmed in any way, shape or form.
18* TheDanza: Creator/KikukoInoue voices I-No.
19* FandomNod:
20** One part of the first trailer for ''Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-'' had Sol giving Ky a taste of [[GameBreaker the Dust Loop]].
21** [[SecretAIMoves Megalo]][[ThatOneAttack mania]] becoming I-No's Instant Kill in ''Xrd'' is likely due to the attack's infamy among players who fought I-No as the FinalBoss in ''XX''.
22** In the English Dub of ''Strive'', Lucifero refers to Leo as a "big, bear-looking gorilla." What makes it this is because the origin of the name for the Unga Bunga [=/=] Gorilla subtype of Rushdown character was a high level match involving Leo (with Leo's player being compared to a caveman).
23* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Order-Sol Debuted in ''Accent Core'', the result of ''GGXX Slash'' [[NoExportForYou remaining in Japan]].
24* MemeAcknowledgment: As shown in [[https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1299/ this]] developer blog for ''-STRIVE-'', director Akira Katano acknowledges the similarities between Goldlewis Dickinson and the "burger sheriff" stage NPC from Sol's ''Xrd'' stage. According to him, the two are brothers.
25* ModelDissonance: Since ''Xrd'' is using 3D models to emulate the animations and angles of 2D sprites, the angles when studied more closely become quite awkward due to a majority of characters literally quarter-facing at each other instead of directly forward face-to-face (especially when they have no reason to). Very few animations and/or idle-stances seem to avert this quarter-facing phenomenon.
26* NewbieBoom: An indirect example. There have been reports of ''Xrd'' getting a great jump in sales upon the E3 reveal of ''VideoGame/DragonballFighterz'', which is being developed by the same staff from Creator/ArcSystemWorks that made ''Xrd''. That game's similar style to ''Xrd'', combined with having 3 Vs. 3 battles on par with ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 3]]'' (and ''not'' with the [[DuelingGames competing]] sequel ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'') has caused both ''Franchise/DragonBall'' fans and more fighting game fans to learn up on ''Xrd''[='=]s own mechanics so they can be ready for ''[=FighterZ=]''.
27** ''-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. 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=]''.
28* NoDubForYou: Guilty Gear has a long checkered history of this:
29** Initially, the franchise was never given an English dub, it wasn't until ''Overture'' that the franchise actually received its first official dub.
30** ''Guilty Gear XRD -SIGN-'' would also see the first official dub for a ''Guilty Gear'' fighting game, but Sol, Ky, and Sin would all be recast. Unfortunately, in order to get the second iteration of the game, ''-REVELATOR-'' localized [[ChristmasRushed in time to release before]] the Evolution Championship Series 2016, the English dub for ''-REVELATOR-'' was scrapped. Similarly, when the third and final iteration, ''REV 2'' was being developed, Arc System Works opted to just bypast dubbing since the previous version never got dubbed.
31* NoExportForYou:
32** The ''Guilty Gear Petit'' titles for the Wonderswan Color, which introduced a character exclusive to them: Fanny. This is at least a bit more understandable than many other examples, since the Wonderswan wasn't ever ''sold'' outside of Japan.
33** ''[[UpdatedRerelease Guilty Gear X Plus]]'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Guilty Gear XX Slash]]''. This lead to a slight MarthDebutedInSmashBros effect for Order-Sol.
34** ''Guilty Gear Vastedge XT'', a pachinko slot game released into pachinko pallors and Japanese smartphones.
35* NoPortForYou: Every major installment has had at least one iteration come to Steam (and oftentimes, more than that.) The sole exception is ''Guilty Gear X'', which became especially egregious as of 2019 as Creator/ArcSystemWorks released the 1998 original on Steam and [=PS4=].
36* TheOtherDarrin: The series had many over voice actors the years, largely due to Arc System Works's [[NoBudget inability to hire large-name voice actors]], thus resulting in a mostly AmateurCast, and many of the voice actors involved were never heard of again. Notably, they tried their best to prevent this after they returned to the series with ''Xrd'', but some were either unable to be contacted or declined.
37** Baiken is the biggest example. She's had no less than ''four'' voice actresses throughout the series. The original one, used exclusively in ''The Missing Link'' was Creator/SatomiKoorogi (the voice of May), who previously was the voice of [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Sakura]] (but not Mayo Suzukaze, who voiced the actual Kenshin Himura, off whom Baiken was based). The second one is Miho Sudou, whose deep voice acting was used in a good portion of ''Guilty Gear'' games, at least up until ''Accent Core'', which had Chizu Yonemoto instead. The role was once again recast in Revelator to Creator/MayumiAsano.
38** Potemkin originally was Hideyuki Anbe. From ''Guilty Gear X'' and onwards, he is voiced by Creator/TakashiKondo.
39** Chipp Zanuff has three. The original one, used exclusively in ''The Missing Link'' was Takuya Morito. The second one is Takeshi Miura, who was from ''X'' all the way to ''Accent Core''. In ''Xrd'', he is now voiced by Creator/YoshihisaKawahara.
40** Zato-1 was originally voiced by Creator/KanetoShiozawa from ''The Missing Link'' to ''X''. From ''XX'' onwards, he is voiced by Creator/TakehitoKoyasu.
41** Like Zato-1, Faust[=/=]Dr. Baldhead was originally voiced by Creator/KanetoShiozawa. From ''X'' onwards, he is voiced by Creator/TakashiKondo.
42** Kliff Undersn was originally voiced by Hatsuaki Takami. From ''X'' onwards he is voiced by Shigeru Sakano.
43** Justice has three. The original one, used exclusively in ''The Missing Link'' was Takuya Morito. In ''XX'' she is voiced by Yumiko Ogawa. The third, Wakana Sakuraba, only voices her in the ''Accent Core Plus'' story mode.
44** Venom's voice actor (Mikio Yaeda) was replaced with Creator/JunichiSuwabe aka [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Relius Clover]].
45** Bridget was originally voiced by Creator/HirokoKonishi. After she abandoned voice acting, Yukiko Kato took over the role in ''Accent Core''. And then come ''-STRIVE-'' she's voiced by Creator/ManakaIwami.
46** Robo-Ky originally had Kantaro as his Battle Voice and Creator/TakeshiKusao as his Story Mode voice. In ''Accent Core'', Takumi Inoue voices him, with Creator/ShigeruChiba in ''Xrd''.
47** Testament originally was voiced by Takami Akkun. Their voice actor from ''X'' onward is Akira Kobayashi, who uses aliases every single game. So far there's been Konishi Kobayashi and Kobayashi Katsuragi. In a twist of irony, their newest voice actor in ''-STRIVE-'' is Creator/YuuKobayashi.
48** Jam Kuradoberi was originally voiced by Manami Komori. Beginning with ''Xrd -Revelator-'', she's now voiced by Creator/ReiMatsuzaki.
49** The most notable one is Sol, who for the longest time was voiced by series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari before Creator/JojiNakata stepped into the role for ''Overture'' and ''Accent Core''; the latter game still had Ishiwatari as the "battle" voice, while there was an option to switch that said voice for either him or Nakata. Nakata then fully took over in ''Xrd''.
50** And now the English dub of Xrd has followed suit. Sol went from Creator/TroyBaker to David Forseth, Ky went from Creator/LiamOBrien to Creator/SamRiegel, and Sin went from Creator/YuriLowenthal to Creator/LucienDodge. Funnily enough, Liam and Yuri returned but only to voice different characters entirely: Axl and Bedman respectively.
51** And now, Anji has been recast as of ''-STRIVE-'', going from Toru Igarashi to Creator/NobutoshiCanna.
52** The English dub of ''-STRIVE-'' has Creator/AmberLeeConnors take over from Creator/TaraPlatt on I-No, Creator/SeanChiplock take over Ky Kiske from Creator/SamRiegel, Alexander Gross take over from Creator/LiamOBrien on Axl Low, Armen Taylor take over from Creator/KirkThornton on Potemkin, and Creator/LauraStahl take over Ramlethal from Creator/ErinFitzgerald.
53* PlayingAgainstType:
54** The usually angelic and motherly Creator/KikukoInoue, ''the'' voice actress of choice for YamatoNadeshiko and mother characters, playing mega-bitch I-No.
55** The go-to-guy for "Evil Villain" Creator/NorioWakamoto playing the pimpin' pervert, but good-hearted captain, Johnny.
56** Creator/TomokazuSugita, who usually does DeadpanSnarker roles, plays as one MagnificentBastard in this game. He would then go on to voice [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]].
57*** The same can be said for That Man's English voice actor, Creator/YuriLowenthal. Voicing a MagnificentBastard AntiVillain is a far cry from his usual KidHero role. Yuri does it again with Bedman, a CreepyChild who kills people in their dreams.
58** Liam O'Brien, Ky's English voice actor in ''Overture'', usually plays cynical or evil rulers, not good or idealistic ones.... except if you count [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Ieyasu Tokugawa.]] He also broke out of his pigeonhole with Axl Low and Johnny in ''Xrd'', friendly and good-natured fellows... And as noted above, this is also when he and Creator/NorioWakamoto play the same character and ''also'' going against their type.
59** Turns out, Creator/HikaruMidorikawa as Bedman is one. He's usually known for the more cool-headed {{Bishonen}} or at least his usual 'against type' is the more HotBlooded one. Bedman is instead a CreepyChild and a {{Keet}} gone ''really'' bad.
60** Creator/SamRiegel usually plays the RidiculouslyAverageGuy. [[KnightTemplar Ky Kiske]] ain't average.
61* PromotedFanboy: Several of the English cast of ''Strive''.
62** 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]].
63** 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.
64* QueerCharacterQueerActor: The agender Testament is portrayed in English by the transfeminine voice actress Creator/KayleighMcKee.
65* ReleaseDateChange: ''Guilty Gear -STRIVE-'' game was originally going to be released in late 2020, but due to the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]], it was delayed to April 2021. After the Open Beta, the game was further delayed to June 2021 in response to player feedback.
66* RoleReprise: While the dub of ''Xrd'' changed all of the voice actors for the returning characters, Creator/MichaelMcConnohie returned to reprise his role as Dr. Paradigm in the game's Story mode.
67** While many of the Japanese voices of ''Xrd'' characters were changed (especially for those formerly voiced by one-time VA's like Chipp and Jam), apparently Kazue Fujita still stays for Dizzy in ''Xrd REVELATOR''
68** In a pleasant surprise, a couple of the actors from the English dub of ''Xrd -SIGN-'' returned for the dub of ''-STRIVE-'', including David Forseth on Sol, Creator/EdwardBosco on Chipp, Creator/TaraPlatt on Millia, Creator/KaijiTang on Faust, Creator/MatthewMercer on Zato-1, and Creator/JamiesonPrice on Leo Whitefang.
69* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The reason why it took forever for a new ''Guilty Gear'' game to come out since ''Overture'' was because Creator/{{Sega}} owned much of the franchise since 2004, as well as a legal dispute between Arc System Works (the production studio) and Sega (who own Sammy Entertainment's video game catalogue), until Arc System Works regained the entirety of the franchise in 2011. This was why only Sol and Ky appeared in ''Overture'' (with Dizzy only mentioned in passing), because all the other characters were owned by Sega during that time, and Arc System Works wanted nothing to do with Sega due to their treatment of the franchise.
70* VoicedDifferentlyInTheDub: Testament in ''-STRIVE-'' has a feminine voice in the Japanese version, and a masculine one in the English version.
71* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
72** [[http://gear-project.tumblr.com/tagged/GG+Prototype The prototype version]] of ''[=GG1=]'', while not wholly different from the final product, did have more than a few noticeable differences in character designs (most notably: May and Potemkin using large axes instead of using an anchor and bare melee attacks respectively, Millia being a knife expert, and Sol demonstrating CutlassBetweenTheTeeth) and in-game visuals, using pre-rendered 3D models instead of 2D sprites.
73*** Also, May's name is actually given in ''kanji'' (using the kanji for the actual month of May), with furigana denoting a reading of "May"; in the game as released and onward, May's name would simply be given in katakana. She was also given surprisingly high billing in general, as if she was intended as a "female lead"; in the games proper, while she's the story focus for the Jellyfish, the Jellies on the whole are secondary characters.
74** To keep things separate, there are no immediate plans to crossover with ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' until sometime after ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction''.
75** Back when they were a part of Sammy, Arc System Works was in talks with Creator/{{Capcom}} for a potential crossover possibly between ''Guilty Gear'' and ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}''. Though an announcement was made under the title of ''Sammy Vs Capcom'' it never materialized, due to Sega buying out Sammy shortly after.
76** A relatively minor one, but Ky was originally supposed to have been much older in ''Overture'' as evidenced by [[https://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-27/gg2o-ky-kiske-concept.html concept art]] of him with a moustache.
77** [[https://shmuplations.com/guiltygear/ According to a 1998 pre-release interview]], Daisuke Ishiwatari had originally intended for Creator/KoichiYamadera to voice Sol, but hiring Yamadera would've cost too much.
78* WordOfGay:
79** When asked about the nature of Venom's loyalty to Zato, Daisuke Ishiwatari confirmed that Venom was gay and in love with him.
80** While Testament's redesign in ''-STRIVE-'' came as a surprise to many, Daisuke confirmed in past interviews that they used to be male, though the process that turned Testament into a Gear changed them into a being that transcends the traditional concepts of gender, and they officially identify as non-binary.
81** Per the official [[https://www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1657/ developer blog]], both Daisuke and Akira Katano, the producer of ''-STRIVE-'', reaffirmed that Bridget is transfeminine, accepting herself as female, as well as confirming that all of the Arcade Mode outcomes are canon and do not contradict each other.

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