With the official release of this week’s Famitsu, Arc System Works has given us a peek at the direction they’re taking their upcoming arcade title Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, the follow-up to the highly-praised Guilty Gear Xrd. The article offers a brief look at the two additional characters Jack-O’ and Johnny, as well as the expansions to the system mechanics that are set to take the game to the next level. General director Daisuke Ishiwatari also shares his thoughts on the upcoming title.

Arc System Works has also released the playing manual (PDF) for the first location test, giving some more details on the system additions.

Jack-O’: The Third Close Servant of That Man Appears! An important character in the story of the Guilty Gear series, she is the third close servant of That Man. The particulars about her are unknown, but she’s likely to be deeply tied to the story.

Command List

Type Move Name Command Unique Attacks Unique Attack 1 6+K Unique Attack 2 3+HS Special Moves Special Move – Mid Attack D Special Attack – Projectile In air D Special Attack – Throw 6+D (Air OK) Special Attack – Strike Throw 4+D (Air OK) Special Attack – Rush Attack 2+D (Air OK) Set Ghost 22+P or K or S Pick Up Ghost Near ghost, 2+P or K or S →Place 2+P or K or S →Put Away 4+P or K or S →Throw 6+P or K or S Expand Organ 22+HS →Retrieve Ghost P →Speed Up K →Explode S →Defensive Formation HS →Cancel D Overdrive Attacks Overdrive Attack 1 236+D (Air OK)

or at BURST Gauge MAX 236236+D (Air OK) Overdrive Attack 2 360 rotation+D (Air OK) Instill Kill Attack Instill Kill Attack 236236+HS

Add Some Surprise to the Pace of Battle with Comical Attacks! Johnny: The Man of Chivalry Makes a Fashionably Late Entrance The Iai master of the Guilty Gear series that you know and love. The leader of the air-raiding Jellyfish Pirates is back with some new moves up his sleeve.

Command List

Type Move Name Command Unique Attacks Unique Attack 1 6+K Special Moves Mist Finer – Stance 214+Hold P or K or S (Air OK) →Mist Finer – Upper Release P →Mist Finer – Mid Release K →Mist Finer – Lower Release S →Mist Finer – Cancel Stance HS Glitter Is Gold 236+HS Bacchus Sigh 41236+P Zweihander 623+K then K Zweihander (Air) 623+K Overdrive Attacks Sore ga Ore no Na da. 632146+HS

or at BURST Gauge MAX 632146+D Treasure Hunt 632146+S Instill Kill Attack Instill Kill Attack 236236+HS

The Battle Reaches a New Stage GGXrd -REVELATOR- is being developed on the concept of pursuing strategy through expansions. The game follows the fundamental game balance of the previous one, while adding new characters and systems and brushing up on the existing system. Here is an introduction of newly added systems as well the expansions to primary existing systems, like Blitz Shield, which lets you repel attacks. Throw Clash Near the opponent, 4 or 6+HS When both players complete a throw at the same time, the throw is nullified. Blitz Shield With the no directional input (or down for crouching), press HS and an attack button at the same time (excluding the D Button) After inputting a ground Blitz Shield, holding the HS Button will strengthen its properties. Release the HS Button in this state and a powerful attack will be unleashed. Burst Overdrive Attack Certain Overdrive Attack commands + D Activates an Overdrive Attack with increased damage. *Consumes 50% of the Tension Gauge and all of the BURST Gauge.

Burst Overdrive Attack List Character Move Name Sol Badguy Tyrant Rave ver.β Ky Kiske Ride the Lightning May Great Yamada Attack Millia Rage Winger Zato-1 Amorphous Potemkin Heavenly Potemkin Buster Chipp Zanuff Zansei Rouga Faust Gamble Attack Axl Low Hyakue Renshou Venom Dark Angel Slayer Dead On Time I-No Longing Desperation Bedman Sinusoidal Helios Ramlethal Calvados Sin Kiske R-T-L Elphelt Judge Better Half Leo Whitefang Stahl Wirbel Johnny Sore ga Ore no Na da. Jack-O’ Overdrive Attack 1

Stylish Mode A mode that allows you to play the game with simple controls. Play by selecting “Stylish” on the character select screen. Stylish Mode Major Features: Perform combos with repeated button presses.

Activate special moves with the SP Button.

Keep the directional input at neutral for automatic guard. A Comment from General Director Daisuke Ishiwatari The development concept of our latest work GGXrd -REVELATOR- is the same as the current version, ” pursuing strategy through expansions”. We’re trying to increase the depth of strategy through the addition of new characters and expansions to the general system, while not particularly tuning the character balance of GGXrd -SIGN-. Because of that, you can enjoy our currently released GGXrd -SIGN- with peace of mind until the release of the next game. There are a number of GGXrd -SIGN- tournaments throughout this summer, so we want everyone to get into the spirit of battle! Two characters have been newly added to GGXrd -REVELATOR-: Johnny, who’s making a return from past games and was highly requested, and the completely new Jack-O’. Of course both will have that unique play feel fitting of the Guilty Gear series! Jack-O’ in particular has some surprising elements in both looks and feel! We also plan to show the progression in the storyline at the time of release, so please look forward to that. The game systems in this round of location tests are still in the testing stages, so in order to bring the new game to a completed state, we need everyone’s opinions. Please head to the location tests and leave your honest thoughts and impressions in the survey, by all means. And above all, enjoy these location tests and get a breath of the new title.

Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- is currently around 60% complete and is set to launch sometime this summer.

Sources: Weekly Famitsu via Kurushii, Famitsu.com, Arc System Works