“Our lead artist, Hidehiko Sakamura, is a big fan of the Witcher series. We originally wanted to reach out to CD Projekt to see if we were able to bring in either Geralt or Ciri from The Witcher 3,” Miyauchi-san reveals. “At that time, CD Projekt was actually working on The Witcher 4. They were telling us that a lot of changes were going on around Ciri. To make sure that they could keep the series’ branding consistent, they didn’t want to put the IP out to different IPs at that moment.”
This early effort so as to add Ciri or Geralt in Guilty Gear Strive led to continued discussions between Arc System Works and CD Projekt Red, with Miyauchi-san talking straight with CD Projekt’s Japan nation supervisor Honma Satoru. With Satoru-san additionally a producer on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, he advisable the Strive growth staff additionally think about crossing over with CD Projekt’s bold sci-fi franchise. Looking to introduce a singular character not like some other beforehand established fighter within the Guilty Gear franchise, Arc System Works contemplated the inclusion of different Cyberpunk characters in Strive earlier than deciding Lucy Kushinada was the very best match.
“We were thinking about maybe bringing in Johnny Silverhand or V from the game. Of course, in the game itself, the main character is the player so it’s hard to characterize that into a fighting game,” remembers Miyauchi-san. “We ended up picking a character from Edgerunners, looking into the characters, and we ultimately decided to pick Lucy.”
With a fifth season of DLC confirmed at Evo 2025 and Guilty Gear Strive ported to the Nintendo Switch at first of the yr, Arc System Works remains to be arduous at work constructing out the favored title’s ongoing development and powerful place throughout the preventing recreation neighborhood. While there have been no formally confirmed plans for a sequel or standalone follow-up, Miyauchi-san has been speaking about his observations of Strive carefully with its director Akira Katano. These conversations have naturally included what the 2 would do if given the chance to work on a possible new Guilty Gear title.
“There were a lot of experimental things that we tried to do, seeing what could work better. We’re doing a lot of post-mortem right now, seeing what worked, what was really received well, what wasn’t received well, going over what was discussed within the community,” Miyauchi-san observes. “If we have another chance to make a new Guilty Gear game, what could be done better is something that we’ve discussed internally a lot.”
Guilty Gear Strive is accessible now for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Lucy Kushinada, the ultimate character in Season 4 might be launched August 21. A fifth season of DLC is at present in growth.
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