We NEED To Talk About GGST SEASON 4 

“A CYBER CHARACTER DOESN’T WORK IN GUILTY GEAR!” Robo Kai crying in the back

I can't wait for the next guest character, Dante, from the Devil May Cry Series

Wouldn't surprise me if Unika was less of a justice and more of an Order Sol kinda character... Just a random hunch with the weapon she has.

*breathes in* CLEARLY THE MERGING OF JACK'O AND JUSTICE IN XRD CAUSED AN INFORMATION OVERFLOW IN THE BACKYARD RESULTING IN UNIKA'S CREATION, AKA NEW DAUGTER OF SOL AND ARIA, MEANING ANOTHER HALF GEAR AND SISTER OF DIZZY, WHICH IS WHY SHE HAS RED EYES ALL ACCORDING TO DAISUKE'S VISION

the dizzy concept art looks so fuckin cool

Johnny still can’t dashblock. The dash buff only reduces recovery frames to 15 frames, which is still amazing because now he has a gapless close slash after turn up.

I think I found something interesting. In a clip from the teaser for the anime, Unika has a little mask thingy. In the concept art shown, she doesn't. In the same image, she's also shown having red eyes, indicating that she might be a gear herself. This can only mean one thing; She has an install as an ability/super. What install, you ask? *_RACISM INSTALL_*

Honestly, the confusing aspect of putting Lucy in Strive is exactly why I love it. Like, if it was Ragna or some other BlazBlue character, it'd be cool for sure, but not really surprising at all. It'd feel like they were just doing the the safest, simplest option available. With Lucy, it's a far more unique option. Basically no one expected any Cyberpunk character in the game, and if they did, it'd be a really big character like Rebecca or Smasher. Lucy is a completely left field choice, and that's kinda awesome to me. It feels like Daisuke might be a really big fan of Lucy and went "yeah, I really want her to be in the game", and I will always prefer that to an obvious marketing thing or just doing exactly what the fans ask for. I'm really interested to see how they make her work in the Guilty Gear world... assuming they actually try to make her fit in instead of just of doing the boring option of "oh, she traveled from another universe"

What if Venom just flings breadrolls around with a baguette instead of his pool cue and balls?

NGL I'm surprised they decided their first crossover was an anime character of all things. Not that I'm complaining, but I thought it would've been Ragna. Definitely excited to see how Lucy plays tho

My personal theory is they wanted a character from a Studio Trigger show and CDPR were the IP holders that they made the deal with. Plus, it's probably easier to collaborate with another game company than a different industry. Not that it's impossible, mind you, Negan in tekken, etc. But hey, that's just a theory.

I love the near-universal reaction to Lucy being "I'm not mad, but huhhhh?"

The more I think about Lucy as a pick the more interesting I think she is. As a big Edgerunners fan I was extremely excited, but I understand that keeping the integrity of the Guilty Gear universe intact is important.

Lucy is from one of the very few successful game inspired anime. Maybe they hope that the GG anime is just as successful? Like the only tie Lucy has to GG is the fact that she's from a video game and is kinda punk. I feel like her style matches GG at the very least

all i care is that the characters have banger themes

johnny doesnt have dash block btw, the dash is just crazy fast lol

As someone who finally got back into Strive, landed on Testament and decided to check out the older games and liked Venom *I WIN*

people saying Unika is Justice actually just ignored what happened at the end of GGXRD-Rev when Jack-O and Justice fused together to restore aria

WHERE IS JAM

My hot take for Guest Characters is this: If you could’ve expected a guest, like Ragna, it’s boring. Ragna himself has nothing to do with why I didn’t want him, I just didn’t want him cos it was so easy to predict he’d be in and so easy to predict how he’d play. I have no expectations for Lucy, just a bunch of fan theories for how she could work and that’s fun unlike Ragna where I have a whole series of Arcsys produced games to predict how he’d play down to the normals

im in love with the Queen Dizzy's art im literally sweating for her comeback rn

I think its because the studio that work on the GG anime is also the support studio for Trigger the one who animated Cyberpunk 2077 edgerunners.

Actually, *coincidentally* Lucy ended up on the moon at the end of edgerunners, and... you know who else just happens to be on the moon at the end of Strive? That's right -Leopaldon- Asuka. Maybe there's a moment where Asuka will meet Lucy and they will have a bit of an encounter with each other. That's the only way I could see Lucy canonically fitting into the canon without her just appearing out of nowhere.

I feel like this patch was mainly as a final bandaid patch to fix few things that were pretty annoying to play against and less actual new season.

Lucy being a guest character makes sense from marking point, they are exposing the cyberpunk fans to guilty gear franchise and most of them for the first time. It could bring a big increase of players to strive

“Lucy makes no sense as a guilty gear character!” Since when has making sense been a requirement?

JUSTICE FOR BOOBANSAMURAI. WE WILL NEVER FORGET ARKSYS

12:22 the way you said IT'S TIME I almost blurted out TO D-D-D-D-DDDDDDUEL cuz you sounded just like it XD

The reason Lucy got in despite Daisuke hating colabs is the CGI team for Dual Rulers is the Studio Trigger team (the Cyberpunk Edgerunners animation studio).

Zato buffs were needed. Imagine that DP RRC/White Wild Assault situation, you just lose your turn cuz yer opponent spent resources, no counterplay. Now imagine burst did this, or YRC, they could do it in disadvantage, even if you BAITED those options it still worked. That was Zato, just burst, just YRC, it's how you completely shut him down. No counterplay, he loses Eddie for up to 10 seconds. I still genuinely think that he shouldn't even lose eddie if he blocks burst, and I hope they give him that, it's so lame out playing your opponent and you still go to a near neutral situation at best over it.

One of the strongest looking seasons yet! I'm so looking forward to seeing it all fold out

Guys... It Ragnover...

Cant wait to see Negan as the next DLC crossover character next season

Can't wait for robo ky in season 5

as a massive cyberpunk edgerunners fan, I spent 2 seconds questioning why it was her and then went back to thinking "aw hell yeah man this is awesome"

Having completely avoided leaks, seeing Lucy announced forced me to sit down so I could process the information. My body was not ready. As a big fan of Edgerunners, I cannot wait see how she plays; and above all else, I cannot fucking wait to see Daisuke write a song about a Cyberpunk character. That's gonna be the techo-metal tune of my dreams

Personally, I feel that Ragna from Blazblue should have been the first collab Character for GG.

Something happens Gekko: "WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT-"

As someone who you convinced to play baiken... this one hurt...

Venom: "time to make the donuts"

ngl, i'm hyped for the Elphelt and Axl buffs. i've been wanting to learn Axl as backup to my Elphelt and Ky

12:00 me as a justice main in +r is really happy to hear this

I feel like its a good thing,because they can make a unique move set with her because she doesn’t have that many combat sequences, if there isnt any hacking system that comes with her going to flip a table.

I have to say somethin about this season, because its not being discussed an I see it as an issue. I live in Russia, and Im not even ALLOWED to own the season pass, which is funny, because its the first time this happened (I own all the other season passes.). As for thr reason, it wasnt announced, but i bet it has to do with CD Projekt RED and Lucy being part of the package (thank you poland, verry cool). To me personaly its upseting because... I love Strive, and i will probably buy everything standalone (what i will be allowed to, at least), but you know, its an uncomfortable uncertanty. Its an issue that isnt discussed much (+ its HEAVILY political, and everything that has to do with THAT is honestly discusting), and I probably just need to vent my frustrations.

watching evo on stream was so much fun!!

I don't think Baiken deserved any buffs as compensation, however, as a Sin main, I also expected some buffs. In the end, we are the same, you and I.

I used to play GG XX growing up with my cousins and I was in love but haven't played any of the more modern games. But after seeing this trailer, I finally decided to buy the game.

Started playing Venom in xrd to prepare for strive venom. Count your days 😈

I just want Raven man

Some people are confused by Lucy being the first guest character, but I can understand why from a worldbuilding and narrative point. Lucy is from a Cyberpunk universe (no duh), a world where technology has advanced to where tech companies run society Guilty Gear, on the other hand, is a Magicpunk universe, a world where magic, alongside approximations of modern-ish technology, have taken society by storm, and taken over for normal technology. The clash of these two world philosophies is likely part of why Lucy was chosen.

Bro wholeass forgot about the technological state of Zepp

It's crazy that GranBlue said that their next story was going to come out "When Tomorrow Comes." That company has balls!

I just finished watching cyber punk edgerunners and idk how I got so attached to the characters so fast but the ending had me crying I also didn't know cyberpunk was a franchise aside from the 2077 game and now I'm semi obsessed now, I'm probly gonna wait for a sale to get 2077 either way lol

"My theory for the Baiken thing is that this patch was to prepare her for the one in October. A one step back into a leap kind of thing." He says breathlessly between long sips from a jug of copium.

2077 is definitely getting a sequel. Lots of interviews about it already. Also hi played lots of fighting games but season 4 including Lucy (and knowing another year at minimum of support is coming) was the push for me to start playing Strive.

I'm eating so good right now, the buffs are delicious. I might need someone to explain to me how the wavedash works though...

10:28 Dizzy "hiding" Necro & Undine with her Queen Dress is hilarious to me. "ORDER in the assembly, *please"*

The Lucy thing is probably a deal that was made a while ago when cyberpunk was more relevant and prominent in media. And now we see the results of such deal, when the dust has already settled and edgerunner is no longer really a big thing anymore (the show quality is not in question, just its time in the spotlight has passed). The deal was probably made even before the show aired, because if we go by popularity, Rebecca would have gotten her place if the companies were to make the thing now. Comparing to another game collab handled by arcsis, the 2B in granblue was a better move, because she's already proven to be a staying power in the gaming landscape and peoples' minds, so she'll always be (somewhat) relevant and good publicity. I wouldn't say the same for Lucy.

Yeah depression kicked in when I saw baiken didn't get any buffs

if 3 was rush down and 4 is zoner, that must mean 5 is gonna be GRAPPLER SEASON LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

I'm so hyped for Lucy! I really hope that ArcSys & CD Projekt Red collaborate together on the writing for her in Strive and make her theme reflective of her loss of David. Curious to see if they'll have her go with Asuka or Axl in her arcade story

Calling it now: Lucy launches, people complain she's OP for a week, then realize she's actually mid-tier. Exactly what happened with Negan in Tekken.

Can't wait for Homer Simpson in season 5

Personally, I am super excited to see what they do with Lucy, but I have to agree that I honestly only ever thought it would be Ragna and if 2B wasn’t already in like 2 fighting games I’d say throw her in there, but I do completely understand. I still think Lucy will be really cool and I’m excited to see the story link they do with it.

Now that the doors have opened, I'm really curious to see what guest characters people would want for next season?

I just really wanna know what the hell Daisuke's cooking up for Lucy's theme

Genuinely, I think this patch will bring so much new life to the game. While RC DP is a GG staple, I think it'll make strive thrive!

"The Guilty Gear world is completely devoid of technology!!" uuhhh there's lots of technology in the Guilty Gear world lol. The plot in the first GG game says it all "In 2010, mankind discovered an unlimited energy source of incredible power, which was labeled “magic”. Despite providing a solution for the world energy crisis, war conflicts continued to exist. The power of magic was combined with humans and other creatures via experiments, creating living weapons known as "Gears" " And aren't you for getting about Robo-Ky, Bedman and Justice ? they are all very robotic characters.

Lucy as crossover character is even more confusing when you consider that because of her some regions can't buy whole new season pass or new repackage... and this is not just sad but depressing

My interpretation of Guilty Gears lore is the world is an instance running on a server (the backyard) so I hope they incorporate Lucy in the lore somehow and maybe even have some "hacking reality" kind of moves.

WE SO BACK BABY!!!

arc sys better be working on giving Baiken a complete rework with how mistreated she is.

I think that unika might be another child of aria and sol, like dizzy and since dizzy got the zoned genes from justice, unika will get the rush down genes from sol

Lucy before Ragna is NASTY work.

Lucy is such an interesting dlc character! Can’t wait to see how she plays!

Honestly I’m pretty fine with everything they did for this patch BUT the fact that they buffed elphelt for some reason I don’t know why but I just don’t have a good history with The way people play the character

I would wager the reason for Lucy from Edge Runners is coming to GG because Studio Trigger made the anime and they are also working on the GG anime that got revealed at AX. Think they also worked together previously on the Kill la Kill IF game.

My guess as to why the guest character is Lucy, is that the studio doing the GG anime is apart of the same larger company as studio trigger

New Dizzy looks fuckin' beautiful, mate. I'm in love.

I imagine if the 3v3 mode has competitive legs, then FGC events that have the 3v3 mode will have stations set aside for it all connected up to the venues Broadband network and we'll pseudo-LAN party it

Unika is either going to play like Justice, or like Order Sol, and there is no other options

insane how much better dizzy looks when she isnt dressed like the cougar on the street corner

I like how you wall broke with wild assault at 10:17 even though I'm sure you realized that doesn't work anymore once you did it

as someone who only just got into the game with strive and then fell off, the announcement of Lucy from Edgerunners got me buying the DLC and starting to play again.

I think lucy might have been transported through a portal or something of the sort

I hope he explanation is that she's somehow on the moon for too long, Asuka finds her, realizes that she's got tech that is way more advanced than what the great technological catastrophe would've allowed and now he's just bringing her along as a study. also 2B should be in strive next, we need more advanced tech characters so we get more insight on the great technological catastrophe. That could even be why these characters are in Strive. Lucy could've gotten stranded on the moon after being brought into guilt gear, and had to rescued by Asuka.

I’m 3 seconds in and I already know this video is going to be 99% gekko screaming

Why is October the month where every company and every person suddenly locks in

There are two sides on the Unika theory: 1) She's justice 2) She has a dragon install

I think Lucy is included bc Studio Trigger (animators for Edgerunners) and Sanzigen Inc. (animators for the GG anime) are owned by the same parent company (Ultra Super Pictures) and maybe it was a deal between them and Arcsys or something

Dizzy looks so cuuuute and elegant with her hair all done up 😊 cant wait to hate playing against her

Dizzy redesign looks so good. 3 years of waiting, like about time maiden of the grove returns, welp see u in October

I think watching the fucking wires in Lucys moves is gonna be sick af

Wait... I thought this was a meme... We got Lucy from edgerunners before Robo-Ky... Damn

13:40 there will be a spinoff of cyberpunk edge runners, idk what came first tho the guest or the vote for the spinoff

So the why for Lucy being added is most likely due to the fact that a new cyberpunk game is in the works, 2077 will not be getting any dlcs because they want to focus on their next cyberpunk game (from what i heard) so this is most likely going to be her release around when they start teasing the game or announce it

My Guess why Lucy is in strive is that the same studio who made edgerunners is going to work on the strive anime so this is a sorta test to see how they handle the strive system and style

Reversal options should never give a knockdown

Lucy is cool but david would have been awesome with a sandevistan

hilarious and great video!