Play as your favorite Gears and characters and become the ultimate fighter in the Guilty Gear universe! Read on to learn how it plays, what it’s about, and everything else we know so far.

Everything We Know About GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Story Plot

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-- the culmination of the over two-decade-long history of the Guilty Gear franchise, where Sol Badguy and Ky Kiske go against the bewitching I-No, the happy-go-lucky Happy Chaos, and the creator of the Gears, ‘That Man’ Asuka R Kreutz.

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Gameplay

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- is a 2D fighting game with an astoundingly revolutionary 2.5D artstyle that continues to capture and amaze fans worldwide. Paired with their signature graphics is the modern take on the 1v1 fighting game formula the series has iterated over its numerous past titles. With a total of six stick directions, five attack buttons (Punch, Kick, Slash, Heavy Slash, and Dust), and the Tension meter, master the fighting game and climb up to the Heaven rank!

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Switch Trailers

Nintendo Switch Reveal Trailer

The Nintendo Switch Reveal trailer is the official announcement of the modern fighting game making its way onto the handheld! It will have all features of the console and PC versions of the titles, alongside an unlocked roster of 28 characters!

Version 1.44

Arc System Works has released Venom along with the latest 1.44 update. Below are the patch notes from their official website.

　⚫︎　Added Venom as a playable character. (DLC)
　⚫︎　Added the Venom theme, “A Tenth of Myself.” (DLC)
　⚫︎　Added avatar items for Venom.
　⚫︎　Added BGM to Gallery Mode: A Solitude That Asks Nothing In Return (Venom’s theme from GGXX), Call Shot (Venom’s theme from GGXrd)
　⚫︎　Added new dialogue interactions for the pre-battle introduction sequence with the following characters.
Leo VS Ramlethal or Ramlethal VS Leo
Leo VS Sin or Sin VS Leo
Millia VS Millia

Digital Figure

　⚫︎　Added additional content for Queen Dizzy.
　⚫︎　Adjusted the display area in which the figures are hidden, to make it easier to take images with the camera zoomed in as long as certain areas are not visible.

Issues Fixes

　⚫︎　Fixed an issue causing the aim sight from Happy Chaos’s assist Break-In to remain on-screen under certain conditions during Team of 3 battles.
　⚫︎　Fixed an issue causing some button guides to be displayed incorrectly when the Attack Button Display Format option in System Settings is set to “Platform Based.” After this fix, the buttons will be shown based on the platform in areas outside of Combo Recipe mode as well.
　⚫︎　Fixed issues with some Command List videos differing from the actual behavior in-game.
　⚫︎　Fixed other minor issues.

Battle Related

　⚫︎　Updated the Battle version from Ver.4.02 to Ver.4.03.
　⚫︎　All changes are fixes for issues. Please refer to the list below.

Universal Mechanics:
　⚫︎　Fixed an issue when after activating Roman Cancel with a simultaneous press of 3 attack buttons a special move would activate sometimes even when the attack button is not input.
Chipp:
　⚫︎　Fixed an issue causing Chipp to move to an unintended position when performing certain inputs during Tightrope Run while in Baiken’s tethered state.

Faust:
　⚫︎　Fixed an issue causing the Hammer to go flying without an active hitbox after hitting it with Hole in One! at the same time as the second bound after throwing the Hammer.

Happy Chaos:
　⚫︎　Fixed an issue causing the block sound effect to play back repeatedly when Happy Chaos blocks under certain conditions.
Faust, Goldlewis, Johnny, Dizzy:
　⚫︎　Faust’s Bone-crushing Excitement and Johnny’s That’s My Name would not enter the cinematic after hitting at a certain timing.
　⚫︎　Goldlewis’s Down With The System would not hit consecutively during the animation after hitting at a certain timing.

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GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Switch Product Information

Title	GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- [SWITCH]
Release Date	January 23, 2025
Developer	Arc System Works
Publisher	Arc System Works
Supported Platforms	Nintendo Switch
Genre	Fighting
Number of Players	Single-Player(Story mode, Practice), PvP (Online 1v1)
Rating	ESRB T
Official Website	GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Switch Official Website

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