It has been a week since the world has heard from the small Eastern European kingdom of Villtania. As scattered reports from the Villtanian refugees who have fled the country dribble in, the world is hearing a horror-filled tale of devastation by monsters and biogeocenosis experiments summoned for war and world domination by Villtania's leading scholar, and self-described sorcerer, Raimond. The once beautiful Villtanian countryside now runs red with the blood of its people. The United Nations have declared an international emergency and while unable to commit any of the world's armies to this strange, supernatural conflict, they have offered a huge reward to any hot-shot mercenaries or hunters brave enough to take on theses monsters from another dimension and restore order to Villtania. Even though the Guilty Gear series has been occupying the fighting game scene for a long time, it's never garnered the same fan base as mainstream franchises like Street Fighter and Dead or Alive. Despite its niche appeal, Guilty Gear is still one of my favorites when it comes to fighting games and it's always great to pick up the latest addition to the series and give it a spin. With the original Guilty Gear XX Accent Core having been released in 2007, ARC System Works has once again brought its quirky fighter to the states in the form of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus. This version is extremely similar to its predecessor but packs in a few new modes, two characters that had been sorely missed in the original and more of the fast, frantic personal loans gameplay that series veterans have come to love.

I play my import at least once a week. Sad part is, i have no one to play it with.... Still awesome~!

Did they actually go and remove the personal themes for the characters???

Man, I love watching fighting games with minimum input but batshit insane output. I suck at fighting games, but this might be the game that gets me into them...i hear the controls a simpler than the usual.

@HeavyD - It looks to me like a decimal point more than a comma, though that it's BILLIONS of damage is still wild.

Doronjo's flunkies weird me out. The Tatsunoko side might take some getting used to compared to any of Capcom's.

Anyone get a Castlevania vibe from the setting and music?

@New Challenger, Protomark -- ugh, you guys are right. Foiled again!

Y'know I really wasn't impressed with this game. The character selection (at least on the Capcom side) was crap. MvC2 is way better than this game.

I'm glad this is being brought out here but seriously... it's not that great.

They removed the character's themes! NO FAIR! There was no such music in the Import version.

Not only does Tatsunoko VS Capcom has the best intro of any game ever. It has Morrigan's shiny breasts in it.

You can't go wrong with that.

I'm dead serious. Between this, and BlazBlue, I'm not going to be picking up the PSN release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

That being said, what the hell was that Morrigan player doing. Gotta double dash rush into a the combo. Player 1 obviously threw that fight./lulz

@protomark

Saki was always in TvC, she was a character you had to unlock like Viewtiful Joe. If you have the japanese version, I recommend downloading a save file with everything unlocked.

@ Joseph Leray- You don't think Smash Bros is a 2D fighter? It's certainly in 2D, and has a whole mess of fightin' up on in it.

Anyone know the background music used int he first trailer that takes place in the toy factory? The beat is really bumpin.