From Shoryuken.com[2]
Which character will join the Guilty Gear Xrd cast next? Arcade-goers in Japan will decide that by way of the upcoming Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- Playable Character Election. The voting period is set to start on September 24 and run through October 13, with a midway report on October 2 and a final results on October 16 courtesy of an Arc System Works broadcast on Niconico Live.
But the question remains: how would each character play if they end up being selected? Guilty Gear battle planner Pachi recently broke down the ways in which the returning fighters could potentially be adapted to fit into Guilty Gear Xrd, along with brief profiles for folks unfamiliar with them.
We’ve taken the liberty of translating this information, but please take note that these are speculative comments and may not reflect how the characters will play in their finished forms.
A female homonculus whose entire body is wrapped in bandages. Because she was locked away alone in a testing facility for a long period of time, she is very wary of strangers. She fell in love her key-shaped axe Paracelsus at first sight and treats it has her spouse. If she joined the cast? | ||
A spirit born in the Backyard. He lives with other spirits in the underworld plane between the Backyard and the real world. He has a keen sense of observation but is detached and elusive individual. He has a unique, hybrid way of speaking mixing together different dialects. | ||
A life form born from the “Merciless Apocalypse”, modeled after a human (Sol’s former lover Aria). She appeared in the present world and brought about the Baptism 13 Incident, bringing ruinous damage to the capital of Illyria, but was subjugated by Sol. She keeps a balloon named Lucifero as her companion. | ||
Commander of the First Sacred Order of Holy Knights and a frontline warrior wielding his sword Dragonslayer. Though he left active duty for a time, after hearing of Justice’s revival he returned to battle. In the Second Hold Order Recruitment Tournament, he perished in a fight to the death with Justice. | ||
An extremely ordinary youth possessed by the apparition S-Ko. After being possessed he frequently fell into poor health, so he continued his journey in search of Faust, the famous doctor capable of curing any disease. However, Faust told him that spiritual diseases were out of his field of expertise. He has no memory of when he is possessed. | ||
The most powerful and most evil Gear, created by That Man. Using her ability to control all Gears she rebelled against humankind, starting the hundred-year-long Holy War. Though she brought humanity to the brink of destruction she was defeated by the Sacred Order of Holy Knights and the secret maneuvering of Sol. Afterward, she was revived as a result of the Holy Order Recruitment Tournament front, but was again destroyed by Sol. However, in the previous game SIGN, she was being revived by the hands of the Senate. | ||
Sol during his time with the Sacred Order of Holy Knights. He joined the order after being scouted by Kliff, commander of the Holy Order. There he meets Ky Kiske. Unable to grow accustomed to the actions of the order, he shortly after leaves the organization, taking with him the sword Fireseal. | ||
A half-Gear born of a human and a Gear. She has a kind heart and gentle personality, but as she is a Gear, she is targeted with a large bounty on her head. While taken in by the Jellyfish Pirates, she falls in love with Ky Kiske and the two are blessed with a son, Sin. Afterward, when the Valentine invasion begins, in order to protect her from sublimation she is sealed away in a space with an extremely slow flow of time. However, in SIGN, that seal was broken. | ||
A kindhearted young man willing to sacrifice himself for others. He was raised as the adopted son of Holy Order commander Kliff, and though he joined the Holy Order, he became wrapped in the scheme of a certain country and was modified into a Gear. Following this, he devised a plan to revive Justice using the Second Holy Order Recruitment Tournament as a front, but it resulted in failure. After regaining a human soul with the destruction of Justice, he led a peaceful life away from human civilization in the Devil’s Forest, serving as Dizzy’s guardian. | ||
A Gear in the form of a bird. He himself is insistent that he is a dragon, and despises being called a bird. He is diligent and logical. At first he looked down on humans, avoiding contact and living on a remote island with other Gears, but he finally opened his heart after coming into contact with Ky. Currently he is working with Ky to bring coexistence between human and Gear. He’s a perfectionist but is a poor finisher. | ||
A one-armed, one-eyed swordswoman of Japanese decent. A master of the Japanese sword and hidden weapons. She is hot-headed, short-tempered and strong-willed. During the Holy War she suffered severe injury and lost her family and friends. She journeys in search of the mastermind behind the Holy War, That Man, swearing revenge. | ||
Feeling a debt of gratitude towards the famous physician Dr. Baldhead, who once saved her life, she pursued a path in medicine and became a nurse in order to assist him. She journeys in search of Dr. Baldhead, whose whereabouts are unknown. | ||
A boy who was raised as a girl in order to protect him from the village law that male twins bring calamity about the land. His speech and behavior are feminine. He loves fun and his extreme actions stand out, and though he often brings trouble around him, he always seems to be be enjoying himself. He’s a yo-yo expert and uses it as a weapon. He cherishes his teddy bear Roger. | ||
A hot-blooded man who follows intuition over reason. He is of Japanese descent but hating colony life, he journeys. He has the divine weapon Zessen in his possession and pursues That Man out of intellectual curiosity. A specialist in the ancient tradition of Japanese dance, he makes use of this skill in battle. | ||
A close aid of That Man. He was born in the Middle Ages but due to his undying body he lives eternally. For this reason it is different for him experience real feeling, so he attempts to obtain that feeling through pain. To others, he appears to be an extreme masochist. His body is pierced with needles throughout. | ||
A humanoid weapon developed by the Post War Administration scientist Crow. It was designed using sample data from Ky’s battle records from his time in the Holy Order. Despite being a robot it does not heed the words of his master and is egotistical and selfish. Nevertheless it somehow has a sense of charm. It is looking for a wife. |