Seeing Lucy Kushinada, voiced by Emi Lo in the English Dub of Edgerunners and Aoi Yuuki in the Japanese Dub, join the cast was something I did not expect AT ALL.
literally dying, I just want my girl back but they give us Lucy >_> for what >_> who cares why they gotta put guest characters in strive, didnt need eeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Sorry this took a bit to get up, was at the shoot floor and they announced it earlier than i thought so had to run back to the hotel haha. Big news and its pretty awesome!
The Cyberpunk guest might have been more a collab with CD Project rather than Trigger (the anime studio that actually designed her) but man, this makes me want to see characters from their other works like Kill la Kill or Panty & Stocking. Ark System Works somehow doing a fighting game with tons of different anime properties would be the best.
Because ASW managed to get the character data stream tech working for the team mode, I fully expect Lucy to basically be like captain commando and have assist calls for her moves
Cyberpunk isn’t a Warner Bros game, all WB did was distribute the physical copies in the West. So they have zero actual control or influence on the Cyberpunk IP.
A note on the numbers: Arc System Works announced that Strive had crossed the 3 Million Players milestone. With the game being on GamePass, I think that distinction (“players”) indicates that they haven’t technically sold 3 million units of the game: ASW did specifically say, in 2022, that Strive had “shipped” 1 million “units” (physical & downloaded), but the 2023 2.5m announcement switched ‘units’ to ‘players’. I’m happy the game has had the success it has, and I’m happy I enjoy playing so much of the GG roster; with Answer still doing time in the “Heaven or [Jail]” that is XRD, Testament, Elphelt, and Bridget keep me company just fine. ✌🏾
@@RicochetForce can you cite your source(s)? In a time where music sales are largely created by data (rather than actual sales), and subscription services are changing the way commercial success is measured, I’m very interested in learning more about this. But if the music industry is anything to go by, user engagement and revenue is out of sync, and it’s very legal to celebrate digital successes, even if the numbers aren’t reflected by actual earnings or representative of the the shape of the active audience/fandom/player base
I am so hyped! I'm so happy for Strive too, like man, if it weren't for your guides and this game being very easy to get into, like I woulda stopped my FG journey at Dragonball FighterZ. So glad I'm sticking to it and being rewarded!
I'm glad Dizzy and Venom are returning and that the game is getting a fourth season, but Strive never truly clicked with me. Glad it has with others however
@allenb415 I've played other fg before strive and strive, honestly, my Furstenberg place in fighting games. It has everything I honestly want and ut keeps improving and getting better fr
@@pancakes7483 you probably haven’t played xrd or ACR then. If you did, maintaining enjoyment of strive makes you an outlier. Which is fine, but still an outlier from my POV
There definitely will be. 3.5 million players for a series that had under 200k just a few years prior is no easy feat. Arcsys is on a popularity high, and I don't think they're going to stop just yet. I just hope Raven and Jam are next season T_T
Strive Season 4 Returning Dizzy and Venom, Unika from Anime joins, and Lucy from Cyberpunk joins let's goooo! Isuka the 3v3 tag online it's peak. Peak update for 2024 - 2025.
A Cyberpunk 2077 crossover with guilty gear? Oh hell yeah! I always thought having a Jojo character would be awesome enough but I don't mind Cyberpunk.
I never played Guilty Gear before as despite being a fan of fighting games overall, it didn’t felt like a franchise I was interested but seeing my anime waifu Lucy from cyberpunk Edgerunners joining the roster, yep I’m jumping into Guilty Gear Strive. Shows how guests characters can expand the audience
Lucy from Cyberpunk coming to Guilty Gear is like so awesome news to hear like on the same level as king of fighters characters coming to street fighter. Man it just gets better with fighting games.
Still gotta watch the anime. However themematically I'm really excited to see the theme of Guilty Gear and Cyberpunk clash. Magic vs Machine I can't wait to see the philosophy of these characters and idealogies crash into each other. I really want to know how Lucy is in this world.
@apaleguy You should watch it soon. There are probably going to be spoilers thrown around and you definitely don't want the shows ending to be spoiled for you.
They got me. Of all the possible guest choices it could've been, this is almost on par with Tekken having a The Walking Dead character, so I'll definitely be...interested to see how they translate her into game mechanics.
Well, never watched Edgerunners before but the fact that they just went and announced every character in the season pass like that is a *big* plus in my book. Because once the disappointment fades away early on, we'll only be left with hype (Or in this case dread with what moves are Dizzy & Venom's gonna keep & lose). I joked that Unika's gonna be added into the game to promote the anime only to be proven right, and since I know _nothing_ about Lucy I practically have nothing to lose looking forward to how she plays out.
It's pretty funny to me actually. I love Cyberpunk, but it's gotta be one of the strangest ip's to take a guest character from. Lucy relies on quickhacks; code she can manipulate to change how technology works. Whether that be setting of a remote bomb, short circuting a power grid or even forcing someones robotic arm to kill it's user, the possibilities are near endless. What conflicts with that is GG as a whole: Almost all technology is banned. Pardoning Potemkin and Zepp as a whole, no one in GG uses traditional technology, it's all magic. How the hell is Lucy gonna do anything at all? She might learn magic through Asuka, as both of them are currently on the moon in each worlds canon, but that's all I can think of.
I was wondering who the guest character would be for Strive and when. Lucy from Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a pleasant surprise. As for the 3v3 team mode, gonna have some fun bullying people with the big boy team of Potemkin/Goldlewis/Nagoriyuki! >:3
Happy about the updates but TBH I would have preferred Zappa, Jam, Dr. Paradigm, Valentine, Izuna, Solaria, Bridget's brother, Robo Ky, Answer, Kum, Raven, or even Cliff than Lucy. Still love the game and the franchise since the very first GG! Thanks for sharing the updates and the love for FG! 🤟🏻🐸🤘🏻
Insane update. New girl form anime, dizzy, and lucy from cyberpunk. Excited to se ehow good both of em looks. But most exciting def the 3v3 addition. Mahvel Strive here we go. Wonder if it's 1 ppl controlling 3 or 3 ppl controlling 3? If the latter it will be even more exciting. Maybe we can have new strive tournament format as 3v3 team tournament 😀, would be crazy ngl.
@iiisixstringiii8285 maybe a new move? Like the one u use to grab but instead it can be upward or downward?? No clue really! But whatever it is, I can't wait!
i love everything about this. Im currently playing Cybperpunk 2077 (still havent watched Edgerunners). Super excited about this. Only thing i dont like is 2025 lol
dude this is awesome I honestly didn't expect lucy butttt I do kind of wish they added my man David I am still really happy to have a guest character much less a character from cyberpunk I can't wait
the only thing I'm worried about Lucy is that she's a netrunner/hacker, but there are no electronics in the guilty gear universe, it's mostly magic, what is she gonna hack?
I also hope season 5(cus lets be real theres no way this is where it ends) has a crazy guest character like extremly unexpected maybe they add sans from undertale or shovel knigt or maybe an actually insane character like goddamn ASURA from asuras wrath that would be insane and i would love for every guest characther to be completly out of left field like this one
Hm, might give the Edgerunners a watch now. As for guest that would also fit Guilty Gear well IMO: Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell Alucard from Hellsing Akuma is always a safe bet Any BlazBlue character Any KoF character Any Darkstlkers character, especially Lord Zabel Would of loved to see Chun-Li's(or Cammy) Strive rendition!
I personally want someone from DMC. Partly because I like it's combo system. And partly because I know it would be broken af lol. Nero would rock in strive.
Such a wonderfully eventful day for Guilty Gear. Wife fighting back and taking EVO, Lucy of all Freakin characters is here now (is it because they could treat it like a Beatles reference? LoL). Dizzy and Venom fans eating. Like god damn. RIP to the Jam fans tho. Them dudes’ been going through some trials and tribulation.
Edgerunners is legitimately a bad show unfortunately. The first two episodes showed some promise but the rest devolved into a cavalcade of tropes and cliches, and every single emotional scene whiffed. All the flashy animations in the world can't change that. I will say it's one of the better anime shows I've watched in recent years but that says more about the sad state of the industry than of its quality.
Big news at Evo happening, and I think this is some pretty big stuff!
Just so u know, the character fighting with Sol is Sin (Ky’s son)
Seeing Lucy Kushinada, voiced by Emi Lo in the English Dub of Edgerunners and Aoi Yuuki in the Japanese Dub, join the cast was something I did not expect AT ALL.
Jam Bros are on life support rn.
literally dying, I just want my girl back but they give us Lucy >_> for what >_> who cares why they gotta put guest characters in strive, didnt need eeeeemmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I'm very disappointed they don't have jam but it gives me hope that there could be a season 5
You don't even know the HALF of it! ☠️🪦
ikr what a disgrace
3v3 and Lucy?!? This really may be my return to Strive. They’re putting in work.
😂 shitty combo system ..still lame and dead
@@kenzilbaptiste2519 cool cool
@@kenzilbaptiste2519 always that one guy
@@kenzilbaptiste2519fighting game is more than combo bro, if you want unlimited combo kusoge and Mugen exist
@@FuzionOkiit's true though.
Dizzy wearing clothes is more unexpected than a choom coming to strive.
"Top Billing above Ky and Sol"
Rooflemonger...
IM IN A RUSH OK
Pffft
Don’t burn yourself out. Make sure to stay healthy and hydrated
Like father, like son!*
*I don't mean Sol and Sin.
Season 5 is almost certain. Crazy how successful this game is.
This crossover was foreshadowed ever since the official ArcSys Twitter did a parody of CDPR's yellow-background apology message
This is news to me
Crazy to see Lucy in Guilty Gear, felt the same way when I saw Saber for the Fate series in Melty Blood, should be dope!
Sorry this took a bit to get up, was at the shoot floor and they announced it earlier than i thought so had to run back to the hotel haha. Big news and its pretty awesome!
As a Netrunner, Lucy could have some really sick unique mechanics, like uploading Quick Hacks to her opponent!
It would have been kinda cool a look at some Sandevistan gameplay though
The Cyberpunk guest might have been more a collab with CD Project rather than Trigger (the anime studio that actually designed her) but man, this makes me want to see characters from their other works like Kill la Kill or Panty & Stocking. Ark System Works somehow doing a fighting game with tons of different anime properties would be the best.
Izutsumi from dungeon meshi for strive
Albedo from overlord could actually really fit as a guest character too
I like the regal Dizzy redesign but at the same time I wish ASW would bring back the classic costumes. Give me blue jean Pot!
That Strive top 6 was 🔥 and this announcement was the best announcement of the night.
Because ASW managed to get the character data stream tech working for the team mode, I fully expect Lucy to basically be like captain commando and have assist calls for her moves
Damn Cyberpunk really got to crossover with this game before the other Warner Brothers game (mk1)
Good
Cyberpunk isn’t a Warner Bros game, all WB did was distribute the physical copies in the West. So they have zero actual control or influence on the Cyberpunk IP.
A note on the numbers: Arc System Works announced that Strive had crossed the 3 Million Players milestone. With the game being on GamePass, I think that distinction (“players”) indicates that they haven’t technically sold 3 million units of the game: ASW did specifically say, in 2022, that Strive had “shipped” 1 million “units” (physical & downloaded), but the 2023 2.5m announcement switched ‘units’ to ‘players’.
I’m happy the game has had the success it has, and I’m happy I enjoy playing so much of the GG roster; with Answer still doing time in the “Heaven or [Jail]” that is XRD, Testament, Elphelt, and Bridget keep me company just fine.
✌🏾
@@RicochetForce can you cite your source(s)? In a time where music sales are largely created by data (rather than actual sales), and subscription services are changing the way commercial success is measured, I’m very interested in learning more about this.
But if the music industry is anything to go by, user engagement and revenue is out of sync, and it’s very legal to celebrate digital successes, even if the numbers aren’t reflected by actual earnings or representative of the the shape of the active audience/fandom/player base
Lucy must've crashed a recording session of Asuka's podcast on the moon
I am so hyped! I'm so happy for Strive too, like man, if it weren't for your guides and this game being very easy to get into, like I woulda stopped my FG journey at Dragonball FighterZ. So glad I'm sticking to it and being rewarded!
That new look for Dizzy is fantastic
It's not lucy it's just Terry in disguised
terry with a wig
“Until all is Terry.”
“You thought your first guest character was Lucy, but it was me TERRY”
I'm glad Dizzy and Venom are returning and that the game is getting a fourth season, but Strive never truly clicked with me.
Glad it has with others however
Probably because it sucks to anyone who has ever played a fighting game before it
@allenb415 I've played other fg before strive and strive, honestly, my Furstenberg place in fighting games. It has everything I honestly want and ut keeps improving and getting better fr
@@pancakes7483 you probably haven’t played xrd or ACR then. If you did, maintaining enjoyment of strive makes you an outlier. Which is fine, but still an outlier from my POV
@@allenb415 I played both and I still prefer strive ngl
Props to you for keeping a cool head about it. We need more kings like you.
I'm sad that jam isn't here but it gives me hope because it makes me think that there could be a season 5
There definitely will be. 3.5 million players for a series that had under 200k just a few years prior is no easy feat. Arcsys is on a popularity high, and I don't think they're going to stop just yet. I just hope Raven and Jam are next season T_T
LUCY IN GG-STRIVE??!! 😮😮😮 No, they didn't
Strive Season 4 Returning Dizzy and Venom, Unika from Anime joins, and Lucy from Cyberpunk joins let's goooo! Isuka the 3v3 tag online it's peak. Peak update for 2024 - 2025.
I dont think my computer can handle 3v3 Bullet hell Asuka matches.
Oh god. Matches are already laggy as it is because my foes play on toasters.
A Cyberpunk 2077 crossover with guilty gear? Oh hell yeah! I always thought having a Jojo character would be awesome enough but I don't mind Cyberpunk.
Prequel Anime, specifically.
I imagine Lucy to play like Phonon from UNI. Would be cool.
They could also draw from eltnum, too with things like her wire command grab and dp
Lol, the prospect of finally getting my own copy of SF6 and Strive for guest characters is funny to me😂
I never played Guilty Gear before as despite being a fan of fighting games overall, it didn’t felt like a franchise I was interested but seeing my anime waifu Lucy from cyberpunk Edgerunners joining the roster, yep I’m jumping into Guilty Gear Strive. Shows how guests characters can expand the audience
Dizzy finally!!!!!!!! Whoa!! This is soooo goooood!!!!!!
Happy about Dizzy and Venom. We will have to wait and see what the others bring to the table.
Lucy from Cyberpunk coming to Guilty Gear is like so awesome news to hear like on the same level as king of fighters characters coming to street fighter. Man it just gets better with fighting games.
I hope we get Terry Bogard for season 5 next year
New mahvel is here baby
Still gotta watch the anime.
However themematically I'm really excited to see the theme of Guilty Gear and Cyberpunk clash.
Magic vs Machine
I can't wait to see the philosophy of these characters and idealogies crash into each other. I really want to know how Lucy is in this world.
You already know Daisuke has written up the most thought provoking and emotional conversation between Lucy and Asuka already
@@oblisk7778 that's exactly how I imagine she's coming in I just wanna know her opinion on Y2K and magic instead of technology 👀
@@apaleguy Asuka is def gonna mention David and it's going to be so sad T_T
@@oblisk7778 I have yet to watch the show but I figured something would've happened to the MC of that series.
@apaleguy You should watch it soon. There are probably going to be spoilers thrown around and you definitely don't want the shows ending to be spoiled for you.
They got me. Of all the possible guest choices it could've been, this is almost on par with Tekken having a The Walking Dead character, so I'll definitely be...interested to see how they translate her into game mechanics.
Looks awesome! They save robo-ky for the last season I guess but these new characters are cool too
Well, never watched Edgerunners before but the fact that they just went and announced every character in the season pass like that is a *big* plus in my book.
Because once the disappointment fades away early on, we'll only be left with hype (Or in this case dread with what moves are Dizzy & Venom's gonna keep & lose). I joked that Unika's gonna be added into the game to promote the anime only to be proven right, and since I know _nothing_ about Lucy I practically have nothing to lose looking forward to how she plays out.
It's pretty funny to me actually. I love Cyberpunk, but it's gotta be one of the strangest ip's to take a guest character from. Lucy relies on quickhacks; code she can manipulate to change how technology works. Whether that be setting of a remote bomb, short circuting a power grid or even forcing someones robotic arm to kill it's user, the possibilities are near endless. What conflicts with that is GG as a whole: Almost all technology is banned. Pardoning Potemkin and Zepp as a whole, no one in GG uses traditional technology, it's all magic. How the hell is Lucy gonna do anything at all? She might learn magic through Asuka, as both of them are currently on the moon in each worlds canon, but that's all I can think of.
@@oblisk7778dont forget about the mono wire
I was wondering who the guest character would be for Strive and when. Lucy from Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a pleasant surprise.
As for the 3v3 team mode, gonna have some fun bullying people with the big boy team of Potemkin/Goldlewis/Nagoriyuki! >:3
This and Tekken 8 announcement saved EVO for me re Announcements hopefully SF drops something cool as well
Jam bros Raven bros… I’m so sorry 😢
Next season for sure (I'm coping T_T)
I will go back to Strive to check Lucy. I need to watch cyberpunk anime again ^_^
Now THIS is a crossover, SF6 😂
‘ guest characters ‘ vs actually surprising crossover IPs.
I really wanna stay at your house and play guilty gear strive with ya
Not what I was expecting, but I’m pretty happy and excited with this season
Happy about the updates but TBH I would have preferred Zappa, Jam, Dr. Paradigm, Valentine, Izuna, Solaria, Bridget's brother, Robo Ky, Answer, Kum, Raven, or even Cliff than Lucy. Still love the game and the franchise since the very first GG! Thanks for sharing the updates and the love for FG! 🤟🏻🐸🤘🏻
Two kinds of pop-offs after that announcement:
"Nevermind that shit, here comes Dizzy" vs
"Nevermind that shit, here comes Lucy"
Why Lucy and not David? David with the Sandevistan could have had very cool moves
Insane update. New girl form anime, dizzy, and lucy from cyberpunk. Excited to se ehow good both of em looks.
But most exciting def the 3v3 addition. Mahvel Strive here we go. Wonder if it's 1 ppl controlling 3 or 3 ppl controlling 3? If the latter it will be even more exciting. Maybe we can have new strive tournament format as 3v3 team tournament 😀, would be crazy ngl.
It’s 3 people controlling 3 characters like parry match in FighterZ
@iiisixstringiii8285Samw but hopefully it's optional so I can play against and with friends!
@iiisixstringiii8285 maybe a new move? Like the one u use to grab but instead it can be upward or downward?? No clue really! But whatever it is, I can't wait!
How would lucy use hacks if there no electronics and the other characters dont have cybernetics to hack
i love everything about this. Im currently playing Cybperpunk 2077 (still havent watched Edgerunners). Super excited about this.
Only thing i dont like is 2025 lol
Imagine Lucy can Hack opponents and having multiple options for it
dude this is awesome I honestly didn't expect lucy butttt I do kind of wish they added my man David I am still really happy to have a guest character much less a character from cyberpunk I can't wait
the only thing I'm worried about Lucy is that she's a netrunner/hacker, but there are no electronics in the guilty gear universe, it's mostly magic, what is she gonna hack?
Is daisuke gonna make his own theme for lucy or remix i really wanna stay at your house or something
I also hope season 5(cus lets be real theres no way this is where it ends) has a crazy guest character like extremly unexpected maybe they add sans from undertale or shovel knigt or maybe an actually insane character like goddamn ASURA from asuras wrath that would be insane and i would love for every guest characther to be completly out of left field like this one
I hope Lucy takes inspiration from eltnum in uni tbh
That's the most reasonable outcome. Could def see it happening.
Venom, my beloved. There's no way they let him cook in his classic fashion, so I'm mad curious how they handle it.
I would never trade our costumes in for more colors like GGS
Nice, now i’m gonna relieve my edgerunners trauma each time I boot up guilty gear 😩😩😩
Just wait till we hear Lucy's theme. It'll probably have the motif of "I really want to stay at your house" lol. Crying everytime I play as her.
Good day to be a fighter 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
If Venom is good I'll have a reason to purchase
Hm, might give the Edgerunners a watch now.
As for guest that would also fit Guilty Gear well IMO:
Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell
Alucard from Hellsing
Akuma is always a safe bet
Any BlazBlue character
Any KoF character
Any Darkstlkers character, especially Lord Zabel
Would of loved to see Chun-Li's(or Cammy) Strive rendition!
I personally want someone from DMC. Partly because I like it's combo system. And partly because I know it would be broken af lol. Nero would rock in strive.
Kind of hope the guest character are from Blazblue such as Ragna or Rachel because I miss those two the from Blazblue
VENOM!!!!!
Lucy in GG strive might actually be the girl that makes me buy the game😮
don't bother, we both know you'll drop it after a day
@redmage5251 No need to be a gatekeeping jackass dude
@sweeper77 ???
Such a wonderfully eventful day for Guilty Gear.
Wife fighting back and taking EVO, Lucy of all Freakin characters is here now (is it because they could treat it like a Beatles reference? LoL). Dizzy and Venom fans eating. Like god damn.
RIP to the Jam fans tho. Them dudes’ been going through some trials and tribulation.
How did someone from cyber punk get in over justice who a giant mech like Adam smasher
because justice is a dead character?
and ? @@ArcDemon74096
It had to be Lucy because she's the only one who survived.
They'll add guest characters, but they won't add Jam... I CAN'T!
Lucy might make me buy the game ngl 🙏
How do we still not have Jam?
kill la kill character crossover plz season 5
Yeah guess characters are whatever but venom is the GOAT, I hope they do him justice
When one mistakens Sin for Ky...
Robo-Ky fans have lost their heads!
Jambros its over
We're dead!
I am a dizzy fan :O
Just a bit sad we got Lucy instead of Ragna as first Collab
The guilty gear devs are gonna have to keep an eye open for Rebecca fans from now on.
They’ll be out for blood.
I hope these updates bring me back. Idek what happened that made this game fall off for me, S1 and S2 were awesome.
Sin and Sol*
I wish Rebecca came😢😢, but I’m mostly excited for the New character they added in this Season
Rebecca is awesome, but she would have played just like Elphelt
Rebecca is dead, she dies in Edgerunner. pdo bait character
STILL waiting on 🥢🍛 KURADOBERI JAM 🍲 😢😢😢😂😢
Completely blindsided by this
Should have been Rebecca.
No Kun no Jam No Raven No Answer oh well I got Johnny and Slayer. I'll take Venom instead of Jam
But will they finally trash towers?
3v3 MODE !! STUDIO TRIGGER !!!! ITS OFICIAL, STRIVE IS THE BEST FIGHTING GAME!!!!
Ah yes the anime is about sol and ky's son ky
was in a rush to get out vid ok!!!!!!!!1
@@Rooflemonger i know i'm just fuckin with you no disrespect towards you
2:26 2076
Dizzy :D
Can’t wait for the wave of “Not a god Guilty Gear game” people.
Wake me up in 2026
GGFTW4EVER!
I stopped playing cause I didn't like the new Elphelt, hopefully Dizzy will convince me to pick up the game again.
Another season without my boi raven sigh lol time to go back to dandyism lol😂
Edgerunners is legitimately a bad show unfortunately. The first two episodes showed some promise but the rest devolved into a cavalcade of tropes and cliches, and every single emotional scene whiffed. All the flashy animations in the world can't change that. I will say it's one of the better anime shows I've watched in recent years but that says more about the sad state of the industry than of its quality.
I’m so mixed on Lucy in Strive. Cyberpunk is cool and all, but CD projekt Red censored Taiwanese indie studios on behalf of China. So…
i'm so fucking sick of guest characters