Mythology Gag / Granblue Fantasy Versus

With this fighting game being based on an existing franchise, it is only natural that it would have a lot of references to Granblue Fantasy as well as some few related stuff.

For examples that rely on a character's starting position or player slot, "Player 1" refers to the one who started on the left side, while "Player 2" is on the right.

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In General

• The Primal Beasts (i.e Proto Bahamut and Yggdrasil) also use most of their iconic raid boss/summon moves, releated weapon Charge Attacks here, both as playable supers or as raid bosses in the RPG Mode. For example in Yggdrasil's case:
  • "Earth Pillar" allows her to conjure spiked rock pillars, just like her basic attack as a raid boss and in her playable unit. The attack animation of Yggdrasil raising both of her hands is a reference to her SR summon's artwork.
  • "Axis Mundi" is her playable version's Charge Attack, summoning a green ball of energy.
  • The fire lava attack, "Nether Veil" is the protagonist (Gran/Djeeta)'s Charge Attack when they equip the Yggdrasil Crystal Sword Omega.
  • "Luminox Genesi", the lightning pillar, is her Omega SSR summon call, although the animation is faster this time.
• "Believe in Victory" is the chat message^note Only in the Japanese version, as the English version translates it as "Believe in yourself!" sent from players knocked out in a raid. Here, the phrase is said by the announcer before the match starts.
• In arcade mode, opponent choices have "Normal", "Hard", "Very Hard" and "Extreme" as difficulties, lifted straight from the localized mobile game.
• The characters' idle animations are based on, or lifted directly from their universal idle animations in the gacha game. The same goes for their default stances before their idle animations start to play.
• When Cagliostro was added into the game as a DLC character, much of the new dialogue lines, sidequest cutscenes, and character interactions (both in the RPG Mode and regular matches) repeatedly mention the fact that she was the one who successfully managed to seal Beelzebub away, referencing her important contribution in "What Makes The Sky Blue III: 000". Her introduction in Versus deals with the dilemma of how Beelzebub escaped from his confinement, with Cagliostro wondering if she could seal him back again.

RPG Mode

• This mode uses a lot of recycled assets from the gacha game, such as the Skill icons, general interface, island world maps, collectible weapons.
• Sierokarte's appearance in the Shop is a 3D ArcSys rendition of her sprite in the gacha's shop menu.
• On their first encounter, Belial introduces himself to Percival as an archaeologist, just like how Belial kept on lying about his professions when he was first introduced in "Paradise Lost".
• When Belial encounters Ferry, he says that she "isn't here to play detective". This may be a reference to how she was part of the cast in the event "Detective Barawa and the Unfortunate Fortune".

In-Game Character Animation Sequences

The characters' intro and regular match victory animation sequences reference some of their artworks from the gacha:

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Intro Animation Sequences

• As Player 1, Gran poses like his Fighter class's artwork just before the match starts.
• Charlotta's initial intro pose as Player 1 is similar to her Light version's base artwork, just zoomed-in closer to her face. While as Player 2, her Sword Plant intro pose is also based on the same version's uncap artwork.
• As Player 1, Lancelot does a one-handed "hold the blade to his face" pose in his intro, similar to his Wind version's initial artwork. It's just that he closes his eyes this time. This is quickly followed with an "armfold" pose with his swords, similar to the artwork of his "Royal Cuirass Violet" skin.
• Percival's Player 1 intro animation of touching his hair is a reference to his summer version's base artwork.
• As Player 2, Metera's intro pose of pointing her finger to her lips is based on her Holiday version's initial artwork.
• As Player 1, Ladiva's "hand-on-chin" pose references her Earth SR version's initial artwork.
• Zeta's Player 1 intro animation is a reference to her event version's base artwork.
• In Narmaya's Player 1 intro animation, she is sitting on the ground in a meditative pose but is actually sleeping. This scene is an exact reference to her introductory episode in the gacha.
• Instead of walking, Narmaya teleports into the battlefield during her Player 2 intro animation, followed by a pink butterfly near her trail. It is a reference to her unique in-story ability of teleporting to short distances, a feat that she also demonstrated in the anime.
• Ferry:
  • As player 1: Her animation has her ghost pet Nicola getting scared and Ferry comforting it with a headpat. She used to give headpats to her sister as well.
  • As player 2: Momo doesn't appear along with the other ghosts. Momo joined the "team" only rather recently (compared to the others, who have been with Ferry for a century) and is noted to be fairly independent.
• One of 2B's intro animations references the beginning of NieR: Automata, where she breaks out of a YoRHA deployment box in the same way she drops out of her destroyed flight unit, complete with pointing Virtuous Contract at the camera.

Regular Match Victory Animation Sequences

These are the animations being played when the victor didn't end the match with a Super Skybound Art. Since SSBAs have unique Victory Poses when winning matches using them, their references are listed in the "Character Abilities..." section.

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• Charlotta's regular match victory sequences has her tripping in a stack of wooden crates◊, a reference to two of her artworks from the mobile game. She is standing in a crate in her 5★ Uncap art (which turns into two stacked crates with her Light version) and almost falls from a boat in her Summer version's uncap art◊, along with her facial expression and Human Hummingbird pose being nearly identical.
• The round victory animation of the Lowain Bros is taken from his SR version's victory animation, which is a reference to EXILE's "Choo Choo Train" music video.
• Lowain's win screens are set in a cafe, which means that the trio are just making up the matches in their heads, like what they had been doing during their own story events in Granblue Fantasy.
  • They reuse most facial expressions and animations from their cafe sprites in the "Table for Six" event.
  • Their final pose on the win screen is similar to their event version's first uncap art◊, with the addition of mugs in their hands.
• Ferry:
  • One of her two round victory animations (the one where Geegee doesn't appear) is similar to her win pose from the gacha.
  • Her match victory animation has a slowed down shot that mimics the pose of her initial version's uncap art◊. Afterwards, there's also a shot of Ferry's back barely covered by her whip, similar to her Light SSR version's uncap art. In addition, one of her common voice samples during this animation, at least in the Japanese audio, is her victory quote from the main game that can be translated roughly as "Really ... There's no point in disciplining you further!". ("Mattaku ... Joukyou no shigaina nai wa!")
• Zooey's pose in her victory animation is based on her Grand version's first uncap art◊

Match Character Dialogue

Most of the textual, character-based lore from the mobile game are also covered by the in-game Glossary menus, yet they can still be referenced or pointed out again via the intro and victory dialogues.

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In General

• Almost everything that Zeta says to Vaseraga is in a playful tone this time, thinking of their fights as a scoring game. In the gacha game, the two are partners in their jobs at the Society, but are bickering, teasing or arguing at each other Like an Old Married Couple, wherein Zeta is the playful one to Vaseraga's straight seriousness.
• Beelzebub always refers to Gran as "Singularity", a title given to those whose fates are so strong that the world seems to revolve around them. And Beelzebub's victory quote against Gran has him boast about being the only Singularity left, as they are the only two named Singularities thus far in Granblue Fantasy.
• Narmaya is very glad to see Gran/Djeeta, the person who acknowledged her for the first time and allowed her to join their Grandcypher crew. This reflects in Narmaya's intro animations and dialogue being overjoyed when she's fighting them, as compared to her usual stoic face when she's fighting others. Her victory dialogue against them also sounds happier than her usual calm, or serious tone.

Intro Dialogue

• In a Mirror Match of Grans, Vyrn will mock the other Vyrn as a "lizard". He himself hates being called a lizard, even if it happened multiple times in the series already.
• As Player 2, Charlotta's dialogues are mostly just about her trying to justify why she stands on top of a box. Her height complex is one of her most defining characteristics. She stands on top of a box and wears a tall crown in her misguided attempts to become taller. Among the cast, Zeta outright mocks that Charlotta is merely using the box to gain a height advantage.
• Katalina compliments Metera's mastery with the bow like she's one of the best. Well that holds true in Metera's village, she's indeed the best archer that they have.
• Since Ladiva speaks a lot about the word "love", the Lowain Bros. shout the names of their crushes in order to motivate themselves - Katalina for Lowain, Yggdrasil for Elsam, and Freezie for Tomoi.
• Ladiva quotes "Forever Pure, Forever Righteous" when fighting against Charlotta. That phrase is the Badass Creed of the Lumiel Knights where Charlotta belongs to.
• In Ferry's intro, she wonders if the Lowain Bros. could teach her their slang, something that they did teach to Lyria in the past.
• Percival calls the Lowain Bros as the "three jesters", acknowledging their Plucky Comic Relief roles in any Granblue title. In response, the trio call Percival as "Strawberry Man". Percival is known for his love for strawberries.
• Zeta recalls that the Lowain Bros work in the kitchen. The three volunteered themselves as chefs after they joined the Grandcypher crew.
• When Lowain is matched against Lancelot, Lowain asks "How do the knightly studs get all the chickadees". In the "Divergent Knighthoods" event, Lancelot trains a group of younger Knights collectively called as "Team Chickadee".
• As Player 2, Beelzebub calls Ferry an "Otherworld revenant". Ferry is a unique kind of ghost who can travel in both the physical world and the Otherworld.
• As Player 2, Beelzebub notes that Vaseraga's weapon is a "lunar toy", a reference to how the Society's weapons did not originate in the Skydom, but on the moon.
• As Player 1, Beelzebub muses how much pain can Vaseraga's body withstand, putting a lampshade on Vaseraga's modified body that could sometimes Feel No Pain.
• In a mirror Match of Zetas, one would wonder if the other doppelganger is a work of the Foe, a collective entity that opposes the Society.
• The Lowain trio request to be hit by Zeta's Super Skybound Art simply because they want to see her with a Wardrobe Malfunction. In actuality, it's a reference to the Clothing Damage Zeta receives when she first used Sirius Roar in the "Second Advent" event.
• Beelzebub gets called as "Bubs" by the Lowain trio, which is his nickname in the gacha game, first coined by Belial during the "What Makes The Sky Blue II: Paradise Lost" event.
• When a Player 1 Zeta is matched against a Player 2 Gran, Vyrn would call Zeta as "Red", the In-Series Nickname given to her by the little dragon.
• When a Player 1 Beelzebub is matched against a Player 2 Gran, he calls Lyria and Vyrn using their titles of "Girl in Blue" and "Red Dragon" respectively, as a reference to The Prophecy that basically states the Girl in Blue and the Red Dragon/Wyrm must never meet, for it may possibly bring about the end of the world.
• Beelzebub's interactions with a Mirror Match against himself are interesting references to the "What Makes The Sky Blue" trilogy in the gacha that he debutted from, as well as the arc covered by this game. To wit, Player 1 Beelzebub wonders if the mirror match is caused by Belial, whom he simply refers as "the serpent", while Player 2 Beelzebub wonders if this is caused by Avatar malfunctioning. Belial and Avatar were the other two antagonists introduced alongside Beelzebub in the second part of the trilogy.
• In Narmaya's Player 2 intro animation, she is sitting on the ground in a meditative pose but is actually sleeping. This scene is an exact reference to her introductory episode in the gacha. The dialogue lines of some characters like Metera, Lancelot and Gran has them wonder if Narmaya is sleeping, which is a reference to how Gran, Lyria and Vyrn were surprised to know that she's just sleeping in this pose the first time they meet her in the mountains.
• Narmaya is very angry at the Lowain trio eating the chocolate that she made and supposed to give to Gran. This interaction is a reference to her Valentine's Day event and journal scenes that involve the female crewmembers making chocolates as gifts to their captain, Gran.
• As player 2 vs. Ferry, Vaseraga speculates that she and her pets are from the Otherworld. While not exactly correct, they do indeed share a strong connection to the Otherworld, which becomes plot-relevant at some point in the gacha's main storyline.
• As player 1 against 2B, Lowain laments that they're about to fight before the rest of the brofam start chanting "Become as gods!", one of the Arc Words from Automata.
• As player 1 against Siegfried, 2B inquires if dragons actually exist, given the differences in setting between her world and the Granblue universe. The NieR games are brought about by the existence of one thanks to the events of Drakengard, which act as a precursor to NieR: Ending E sees the game's protagonist Cain and his ally Angelus - a red dragon - transported from their world to Tokyo in the year 2003 to battle the Queen-beast, only for all 3 to perish; the Queen-beast's corpse would late emit the particles that created White Chlorination Syndrome, in turn transforming that timeline into the Crapsack World seen in both the original NieR and Automata.

Match Victory Dialogue

The following examples are sorted based on the victor's dialogues, which are played on the Win/Lose screen:

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Gran

Katalina

Charlotta

• VS Gran, she says "Estalucia is somewhere out there", a reference to how the overarching main goal in Granblue is to arrive in Estalucia, but the crew never seemed to have no clues on where it actually is.

Lancelot

• VS Lowain, he compares the Erune trio's teamwork to his coordination with Vane, one of the other Dragon Knights whom Lancelot is paired up with for most of the time, and whom he even shares some dual playable units with.

Ferry

• Vs Cagliostro, Ferry says that she doesn't mind helping Cagliostro in her research as long as it won't tickle. This references an infamous Grand Blues! strip where Cagliostro inflicts some Friendly Tickle Torture on Ferry, specifically her armpits. To top it off, Cagliostro's win quote against Ferry contains the same reference!
• VS Lowain, Ferry copies the trio's language and wonders if that's really how people talk "nowadays", referencing the fact that she had been cut off from the world for a century.
• VS Narmaya, she mentions her own "time on the mist-shrouded island" (her home), when single-minded obsession kept her from finding a way out, similar to how Narmaya is obsessed with honing her blade skills and getting recognition from Eahta.
• VS herself:
  Ferry: Hmph. What kind of ghost would dare impersonate me?
  • While this seems like one of many typical excuses for having a mirror match in a fighting game, some ghostly beings in the Granblue Fantasy universe have been shown to possess shapeshifting abilities. One of them even assumed the form of Ferry's sister.

Lowain

• VS Charlotta, they talk about the Lumiel gourmet, as a reference to the cooking-themed event of Charlotta titled "Little Skyfarer a la Sacre Blumiel". The boys talk about elements, as in the Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors mechanics of Granblue, referencing how Lowain has a Dark-elemental unit while Charlotta has Light.
• VS Lancelot, they mention the Seven Luminary Knights after imagining if the trio would join the Four Dragon Knights, raising the latter group's count to seven.
• VS Zeta or Vaseraga, they mention the Society, the organization where the two are members of.
• VS Beelzebub, Lowain wonders that they could be buff like him if they level-up in the Crimson Horizon. The Crimson Horizon is the place where Beelzebub came from.
• VS 2B, Lowain recommends that she try out some mackerel while she's in the Granblue universe. In NieR Automata, consuming mackerel will lead to a joke ending where 2B dies from eating it, due to it being fatal to androids.

Ladiva

• VS Zeta, Ladiva thinks about recommending her to Christy as a duelist. Ladiva works in the Jewel Resort Casino, with Christina being their boss.

Percival

• VS Katalina, he reminds us that he is a "son of Wales". His surname is Wales.

Metera

• VS Charlotta, she references the "pure and righteous" Badass Creed of the Lumiel Knights, which Charlotta belongs to.

Zeta

• VS Lancelot, Zeta calls him by his title, the "Captain of the White Dragons".
• VS Metera, Zeta reminds her that she's already defeated primal beasts, as it is a part of Zeta's job in the Society.
• VS Beelzebub, she puts a lampshade on how Beelzebub is an Astral-Primal Beast hybrid, a revelation that occured in the gacha game's "What Makes The Sky Blue III: 000" event.

Vaseraga

• VS Katalina, he mentions that Katalina's relationship with Ares was formed as a pact with a primal beast, referencing the events of the game's third main story arc.
• VS Lowain, he compares them to an idivisible trinity of primals. He's talking about the Primal Beast Morrigna.
• VS Percival, he explains that he had made modifications into his own body, which is one of the reasons why Vaseraga mostly doesn't feel pain anymore.
• VS Metera, he thinks that she may also be hunting primal beasts. That's exactly what happens in some of Metera's fate episodes, such as in her 5★ uncap when she sets off to kill Marduk.
• VS himself, he wonders if his look-alike opponent is an operative of the moon. The latter Society events (i.e. "Second Advent" and "Spaghetti Syndrome") involve the likes of Vaseraga dealing with the moondwellers.

Beelzebub

• VS Ferry, Beelzebub calls her "less of a fool than the others", alluding to how she saw through Belial immediately, her connection to the otherworld and the fact that she is immortal.
• VS Metera, Beelzebub compares her Flight to an archangel. Why an archangel to be precise? It's because in the original Granblue gacha, Beelzebub was introduced in the "What Makes The Sky Blue" trilogy of events that focus on archaengels and fallen angels.
• VS Zeta, he calls her weapon a "Lunar plaything", since the Society's weapons (like Zeta's Spear of Arvess) are weapons created from materials originating from the moon.

Narmaya

• VS Katalina, Narmaya remembers her time with Eahta, the katana-wielding member of the Eternals who also served as Narmaya's inspiration for becoming a strong warrior.
• VS Lancelot, she explains that she's training hard just to face dual wielders, because she wanted to prove herself to Eahta, a dual wielder of katanas (with a third katana on his hair).
• VS herself, Narmaya advices her doppelganger to love themselves first than imitating others, which is a basic summary of the character development that she gained in her 5★ episode.

Zooey

• VS Katalina, Zoey says that she enjoys Katalina's rice balls because of the exquisite feeling of one's soul departing from one's body and being drawn towards the light. This references the Running Gag that Katalina's such a Lethal Chef even Vira knows to stay away from her cooking.

Cagliostro

• VS Ferry, Cagliostro says the worst she will feel in her experiments is some tickling ... probably. This references an infamous Grand Blues! strip where Cagliostro inflicts some Friendly Tickle Torture on Ferry, specifically her armpits. To top it off, Ferry's win quote against Cagliostro contains the same reference!

Character Abilities, Mechanics, Skybound Arts, and Super Skybound Arts

In General

• Skybound Arts and Super Skybound Arts are essentially just the Charge Attacks of the characters in the original game, the collective gameplay term for them is just changed.
• Aside from the ability's name, its animation is also re-used in Versus, albeit with alterations thanks to the 2.5D perspective to the game's engine.

Gran

• Gran performs some jumping knee/kick attacks in his combos, as a reference to what he did to Pommern's face in the anime's first season.
• "Reginleiv" is the Charge Attack of all Bahamut weapons.
• "Catastrophe" is the name of Proto Bahamut's summon call. Here, it is Gran's Super Skybound Art, and there are additional references in this single move:
  • Lyria and Gran summon Proto Bahamut with almost the exact similar animation used in the anime adaptation.
  • In the anime, Proto Bahamut can enhance Gran's sword at Lyria's command, covering it in purple flames. Catastrophe is initiated here when Gran performs a "charging" attack with his sword.
  • This is also a reference to Lyria's playable unit in the gacha where she summons Proto Bahamut in her charge attack. Her summoning pose is also similar to her in-game sprite whenever her charge bar is full, or when summoning Primal Beasts.
• After Proto Bahamut's Catastrophe, Vyrn's Badass Armfold pose is similar to his "smug" expression pose in the gacha's story episodes.
• In a similar case to what was shown from the 2018 gameplay trailer of Granblue Fantasy: Relink, one of Gran's Skybound Art in this game is "Tempest Blade", provided by the Traveller's Sword weapon, which is also Gran's default weapon in this game.
• Gran's unique taunt against Beelzebub is "Believe in victory!".

Katalina

• Her "Light Wall" barrier grants 40% Damage Reduction, just like how it works with her story version's skill in the gacha.
• "Enchanted Lands" is the name of her SSR versions' first skills.
• "Blades of Frost" is the Charge Attack name of her SR versions.
• "Realm of Ice" is her story version's 5★ Charge Attack, unlocked when she has formed a pact with Ares.
• Just before Katalina and Ares unleash their Skybound Art, both strike a pose in a similar fashion to the 5★ uncap art of Katalina's story SR version, but Katalina has her sword pointed to the reverse direction instead.

Charlotta

• Her "König Schild" grants 50% Damage Reduction, as a reference to her Kni Shilt ability in the gacha which also grants 50% damage reduction for the party.
• "Noble Execution" is the Charge Attack name of her Water SSR version. Mechanically, it also shares the same delayed explosion and bonus damage after the laser beam. And yeah, it's a reference to Saber's Excalibur, just like it is in the gacha game.
• Her "Sword of Lumiel" is depicted as rapid consecutive slashes. This is based on her similarly-named skill in the gacha, which has an attack animation of multiple slashes coming from several directions.
• "Brilliant Moon" is the Charge Attack of her Light SSR version, along with having the same Rolling Attack animation.
• While Charlotta strikes a couple of poses after winning the round with her Super Skybound Art, her third pose is a reference to her updated Story NPC artwork.

Lancelot

• "Weiss Flugel" is the Charge Attack of his Water SSR version. There's a quick part of the animation wherein Lancelot briefly poses in mid-air similar to that version's uncap artwork. The animation also ends mid-air with Lancelot having the same pose and effects as his Water SSR's 5★ artwork.
• "Wogenstrom", Blade Impulse and Southern Cross are the names of his Water versions' skills.
• "Turbulenz" is the name of his Wind version's second skills.
• Lancelot is very agile, and his "Wirbelwind" mechanics allow him to dash. These reference how two of his Water SSR version's passive abilities boost his dodge rate.

Ferry

• "Gespenst" is the name of her initial version's second skill.
• "Vergiften" is the name of her Light SSR version's first skill.
• "Hin Liechten" / "Hinrichten" is the name of her Light SSR version's third skill.
  • In this game, it's a Super Mode that allows Ferry to cancel her normals and specials (like her SpectralDive) into a sequence of up to three attacks. This is a reference to how Hin Liechten in the gacha is a Status Buff that guarantees triple attacks for Ferry and her teammates. In the gacha, it also inflicts the "shorted" Status Effect on all affected units, meaning that they cannot fill their charge bar while the effect is active. In Versus, this is reflected as Ferry's skills not recharging while her Super Mode is active.
  • Her pose during activation somewhat resembles her pose in her SSR base artwork.
• "Aetheryte Onslaught" is the Charge Attack of her regular Light version, minus the Pinball Projectile.
• "Aetheryte Requiescat" is the Charge Attack of Ferry's Grand version in the gacha.
• She has a unique taunt when matched against Beelzebub, which is "I'll teach you a lesson!". That's also the name of her light SSR version's passive skill.
• Ferry's jumping heavy attack has her strike a pose very similar to her Halloween version's victory pose.
• Ferry's pose when guarding in the air is rather similar to the pose of her Shadowverse card's evolved artwork◊ and even features a similar facial expression.

Lowain

• When using his "Don't Mind If I Do" unique action, Lowain cooks up some food that restores either his HP or Skybound gauge. This is a reference to his occupation in the Grandcypher crew – he's one of the chefs.
• Lowain takes a parry stance when using his "Come at Me, Bro" skill, this is based on his similarly-named passive ability in his event version where he gains increased hostility when damaged. Likewise, the skill's name is also a reference to a meme phrase from Jersey Shore just like how it was in the gacha game.
• "Awesome Sauce" is the name of his Event version's first skill.
• "Human! Pyramid! Attack!" Is the name of Lowain's summon (H.P.A.) from the "Table for Six" event. As the Super Mode's starting animation is about to end, the trio's animation reference the summon's artwork.
  • The HPA command name of "Totally Rad Juke" is based on the name of their event version's Charge Attack (Totally Rad Strat-Meet)
  • The HPA command name of "It's Lit, Bros" is based on the name of their The Lowain Bros unit's first skill (It's Lit)
  • With the "Definitely Don't Try This At Home" command, Lowain brings up the sparks while being carried by his bros, a reference to their initial artwork from their "The Lowain Bros" playable version.
• Lowain can summon Katapillar via his "Magnificent Tool of Destruction" skill because it is a robotic product of his imagination. Its attacks are also based from her playable "Lady Katapillar and Vira" unit.
  • The L version performs punches, as a reference to Lady Katapillar's Charge Attack (Rocket Punch) from the gacha.
  • The M version fires an "Aether Beam" from its face, as a reference to Lady Katapillar's similarly-named third skill.
  • The H version fires a rocket barrage, as a reference to Lady Katapillar's first skill (Full Barrage).
• The Lowain Bros can summon Yggdrasil as their Super Skybound Art simply because of their delusions and Elsam's crush on her. Yggdrasil's attacks are also based on her abilities in the gacha game as a playable character and as a raid boss, as listed on the folder above.

Ladiva

• Her backward walking animation makes her pose similarly to her Christmas version's initial artwork.
• "Love Grapple" is the name of her SSR version's first skill.
• "Headbutt of Love" is the name of her Holiday version's third skill. Animation-wise, she also does a headbutt as a part of her triple-attack.
• "Maximum Love Bomb" is the Charge Attack of her two SR versions.
• You may be wondering why Ladiva's attacks have pink trails on them, such as in her "Elegant Lariat" punch. Not only does pink complement hearts, there's also a pink trail in her Earth SR version's uncap artwork.
• Ladiva's Super Skybound Art ends when the referee declares her the winner, in a similar pose to her SSR version's 2nd artwork.

Percival

• "X-Seele" is the second skill of his initial playable version. Like in the gacha game where it's merely a status ailment against the enemy but does no damage, this skill becomes a command grab but does not do any damage on its own. It does stagger the enemy though, allowing you to follow them up with additional attacks.
• "Zerreissen" is the offensive first skill that all of his playable versions share.
• "Traumerei" is a self-buff in the gacha game provided by his initial and event versions. At level 100, SSR Percival also gains increased Fire attack and bonus Fire damage. In this game, it's also a self-buff that enhances his skills, visually indicated by his sword glowing with a fiery aura.
• "Lohenwolf" is his iconic Charge Attack in the gacha, used by all of his playable versions.
• When Percival is charging up the flames of his "Lohenwolf" attack, he strikes a similar pose and angle to his initial version's uncap art.
• Percival's Super Skybound Art is lifted from one of his Charge Attacks in the game. When he does win a match with his SSBA, his pose becomes a reference to his 5★ uncap artwork.

Metera

• "Starry Sky" is Metera's iconic damaging skill shared by all of her three playable versions.
• "The Great Fall" is the name of her Wind version's third skill.
• "Aetherial Seal" is the unique self status buff provided by her Fire and Holiday versions. In this fighting game, it spawns a buttrfly that deals bonus damage when hit by her arrows. This mechanic is similar to how her Aetherial Seal mechanic works in the gacha game – Simply granting additional damage.
• "Dense Caress" is the Charge Attack of her Fire and Holiday versions.
• Her Super Skybound Art is "Rapid Pulverize", the first Charge Attack of her Wind version. Most of its accompanying camera shots and animations are also references, such as her Wind version's uncap artwork. When she wins the fight with her SSBA, her final victory animation becomes a reference to her Fire version's uncap artwork.

Zeta

• "Signo Drive" is the third skill of her Event version.
• "Infinite Wonders" is the second skill of her Dark version.
• "Spear of Arvess" and "Rhapsody" are the first and second skills of her Fire and Event versions.
• Her Skybound Art ("Resolute Strike") is a reference to her Fire version's Charge Attack, and she also readies her weapon in a similar pose to that version's uncap artwork. Meanwhile, her Super Skybound Art ("Sirius Roar") is a reference to the upgraded version of her Charge Attack provided by her 5★ uncap.
• Zeta's twintails get undone after she unleashes her Super Skybound Art, as a reference to what happened to her hair in the mobile game's "Second Advent" event.

Vaseraga

• "Soul Forge" is the name of his Earth version's first skill. In this game, it grants him super armor properties when using certain attacks. In the gacha game, Soul Forge is a Status Buff grants him Damage Reduction. This trait is also an allusion to how Vaseraga's body feels no pain.
• "Instinction", "Battalions of Fear" and "Savage Rampage" are the skill names of his playable units in the gacha.
• "Savage Rampage" is the name of his Earth version's Charge Attack.
• "Bloody Moon" is the name of his Dark version's Charge Attack.
• During the animation of "Aftermath", the camera would focus on Vaseraga in a similar angle to his Earth version's uncap art. Notice how the pose is also the same.

Beelzebub

• Beelzebub mostly fights by weaponizing a black substance. That is the "Chaos Matter", which he used in the "What Makes The Sky Blue" arc.
• "Black Spear" looks exactly like the Chaos Matter weapon that he used to kill Lucifer from behind in "What Makes The Sky Blue II: Paradise Lost".
• His Super Skybound Art is "Chaos Legion", which is also the ultimate move of Helel ben Shalem. This serves as a reminder/hint that Beelzebub is based from Shalem, just like how Lucilius is based from Shalem's counterpart, Helel ben Sahar.

Narmaya

• "Butterfly Effect" is Narmaya's Signature Move, which allows her to change her stance between Dawnfly and Freeflutter (as indicated by what she shouts) in the original Granblue. The Freflutter stance is indicated by a red butterfly while the Dawnfly stance is indicated by a blue one. These are taken from the Battle Aura that Narmaya receives in her 5★ uncap's animations.
• "Transient" is the second skill of her Dark SSR version, while "Kyokasuigetsu" is her third skill. In this game, "Transient" works as a command dash, but the animation makes it as if she's teleporting at short distances. It is another reference to Narmaya's Flash Step ability that she demonstrates in her Fate Episode.
• "Butterfly Effect: Ame-no-Uzume" ends similarly to her Dark SSR version's Charge Attacks. Her final pose in this attack's animation is also a reference to her 5★ uncap artwork.

Soriz

• "Muscle Fury" is Soriz's third SR ability, which raises his attack per use. In Granblue Versus however, it's a defensive buff with "Reactive Muscles" acting as a follow up from his SSR variant
• "Punch the Stars" is Soriz's Earth SR charge attack turned into a special, and Rock Smash is his first skill.
  • Macho Ultimatum's followups to Punch the Stars, as well as Macho Ultimatum itself are based on skills in his SSR version.

2 B

• 2B's U skills replicate the Just Frame dodging mechanic from her home game.
• Winning a match with 2B's Self-Destruct results in Pod 042 flying in to recover the damaged 2B, stating that he "cannot accept this resolution"... hinting at how he saves her in the Golden Ending to Automata.
• One of Charlotta's intros and Lowain's victory outro bring up the topic of mackerel, the fish responsible for a Joke Ending when 2B ate one.

Character Colors and Weapon Skins

Character Colors

The Palette Swaps of the playable characters reference their alternate versions, or the default/common color theme of other Granblue characters.^note The numbers represent the color number in this game

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• For the color palettes available to everyone in general:
  • Color 14 is a reference to Vyrn
  • Color 15 is a reference to Gran/Djeeta's "Alter Ego Conjurer" skin
  • Color 18 is a reference to Gran/Djeeta's "Guider to the Eternal Edge" skin, which is also a reference to Dragon Ball Super.
• Gran - "Smiling Crew Member" skin (2), Djeeta (13)
  • Lyria - Yatima (2), Helel ben Shalem (6)
• Katalina - Pommern (7), Dark-element Katalina (12), Ares (13)
• Charlotta – Light-element Charlotta (9), Arulumaya (12), Bridgette (13)
• Lancelot - Vane (12), Percival (13)
• Ferry - Grand Ferry (7), Selfira (9), Halloween Ferry (11), Celeste Omega (12), Catherine (13)
• Lowain - Tyre (13)
  • Yggdrasil - Rosetta (13)
• Ladiva - Christina (13)
• Percival - Aglovale (12), Lancelot (13)
• Metera - Korwa (12), Sutera (13)
• Zeta - Ilsa (12), Beatrix (13)
• Vaseraga - Automagod Versatile (9), Automagod Grynoth (12), Zeta (13)
• Beelzebub - Astral Lucilius (13)
• Narmaya - Maria Theresa (11), Kumbhira (12), Eahta (13)
• Soriz - Eugen (12) Jin (Ronin) (13)
• Djeeta - Djeeta's old color scheme from this video for Granblue Fantasy: Relink
• Zooey - Colossus Omega (10), Ares (11), Event Zooey (12), Geo (13)
• 2B - All even-numbered palette swaps reference 2P, the nickname given to the inverted Palette Swap 2B got from Soulcalibur VI.

Weapon Skins

While the characters have their default weapons, additional weapons can be unlocked for cosmetic purposes, but these are also based on the weapons that exist in the gacha game, whether they may be the character's default/officially-named weapon, or obtainable as drops.

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• Some of the weapon skins unlocked in RPG mode are the Vyrmament series, which are based off of promo-code gotten weapon-shaped Vyrns (Grand Blues! version), and one is Luminiera Sword Omega, a highly desired and very rare weapon. Judging from the fact one can get an achievement for getting one, it's as rare as in the mobile game.
• Gran - Traveller's Sword (Default), Mythril Spatha, Xiphos, Makebranche, Tiamat Blade, Luminiera Sword Omega
• Katalina - Rukalsa (Default), Mythril Spatha, Xiphos, Makebranche, Tiamat Blade, Luminiera Sword Omega, Murgleis
• Geisterpeitsche (Default), Leather Belt, Qinglong Manewhip, Aura Whip, Ethereal Lasher
• Charlotta - Claiomh Solais (Default), Broadsword of Earth, Mythril Sword, Arondight, Almace
• Lancelot – Altachiara (Default), Mythril Dagger, Little Scarlet, Cinquedea, Mirage Knife, Hoarfrost Blade Persius
• Lowain - Folding Knife (Default)
• Metera – Aethereal Bow (Default), Mythril Bow, War Bow, Sutera's Bow, Glass Bow, Qilin Bow
• Percival - Flamberge (Default), Two-Handed Sword, Summer Souteyrand, White Sword, Contrary Sword, Lohengrin
• Zeta - Spear of Arvess (Default), Mythril Halberd, Langdebeve, Emerald Spear, Luin, Gisla
• Vaseraga - Great Scythe Grynoth (Default), Mythril Zaghnal, Harvester, Earth Zaghnal, Wurtzite Scythe
• Beelzebub – Depravian Rhapsody (Default), Gauntlet of Uriel, Cosmic Gauntlet, Wilhelm, Crimson Finger
• Narmaya - Nakamaki Nodachi (Default), Tyrian Tiger Blade, Kotetsu, The Piercer, Fluorithium Blade, Ventustas
• Zooey - Cosmic Sword (Default), Sword of Bahamut

Main Menu Animations

• Narmaya's is a reference to her Dark SSR version's initial artwork, minus the floating butterflies and sword lines.

Trailer Videos

• The 2018 trailer briefly shows Charlotta and Lancelot fighting in a coliseum-like arena with soldiers watching from the background. This mimics their scenario in the Fate Episode of Charlotta's Light version from the game, when they duke it out in a coliseum just to entertain their subordinate knights.
  • The same trailer also has a Japanese voiceover at the start ("Boku-tachi no sora no tabi wa, mugen no kanousei ni michite iru") that can be translated as "Our journey in the skies has guided us towards endless possibilities." Part of this (Mugen no kanousei -> Endless possibilities; michite iru -> has guided) is a direct reference to the lyrics of Ferry's image song, "Sora no Michishirube" ("Guidepost in the Sky").
• BlazBlue (another known Fighting Game franchise also developed by Arc System Works) has a Central Theme about the conflict or collision between "power and skill". The first trailer's tagline for Granblue Fantasy Versus adds in "Spirit" (i.e. "Power. Skill. And Spirit Collide"). On a lesser note, this may also refer to Ferry being a literal spirit or ghost.
• As a reference to the mobile game's user interface, Ladiva is introduced in her trailer with a raid notification on the upper part of the screen, with its accompanying "ringing bell" sound effect.
• At the start of his trailer, there is a closeup to Soriz in his Fundoshi, which references the music video of his shared image song with Eugen and Jin.

Others

• In the trophy names:
  • The trophy for getting all other trophies is "Platinum Sky", named after one of the mobile game's story events.
  • "Yggy, Yggy" – The Lowain Bros' nickname for Yggdrasil.