Guilty Gear Strive Confirmed For Switch In 2025, Includes Rollback Netcode

No actual gameplay in the trailer???

This is one of my favorite fighting games of the past decade. I have it on PS4 and Xbox Series X, and it is a treat to play.

That said: it runs kinda ragged on PS4 as it is, so I can't imagine this running well on Switch. I'll be happy to be proven wrong, but right now... I'll stick to modern hardware for Strive.

I've been wanting to pick it up for awhile (tried it out on Gamepass) but not seen it with the DLC at a price I like. If it ends up being a decent port I might pick up the Switch version.

I’m trying not to cuss, but heck yeah. Was thinking about buying this one (as I had been playing on gamepass). I can wait for the switch version.

At this point I am looking at Bamco wondering why they refuse to play.

HOLY CRAP WOOOOO!!!!! IM SO EXCITED!!! (i already own this game on pc) i play aba and bridget.

I would rather have Guilty Gear Isuka with reworked controls than Strive...

@Vyacheslav333 what do you have against strive!? its a great game

@Vyacheslav333 I would really like to see Xrd on there, I heard that’s the best one

@Hee-ho-master Safe, boring character designs compared to previous titles, and very simplified gameplay. There aren’t even insta kill moves anymore

Not quite interested in Strive (I already have the OG and Accent Core Plus R on Switch), but I am aware of how popular this game is among new players. Happy for those who get the opportunity to give this one a whirl.

ArcSys plz plz plz bring Xrd to Switch

@Hee-ho-master Strive is the most hated FG in anime FGs community.
@OwenGamer22 Understandable. +R is peak GG, however.

Man I would of been super hyped for this a few years ago, but I thought they would of gotten this on Switch much sooner, especially sooner than Xbox honestly, but it's neat that it's finally coming I guess. If only I didn't already cave in and get it on Playstation

Please port Xrd Rev 2. That game is actually done, still has enough GG identity, and should run fine on Switch.

Can this even run on Switch?

@Hee-ho-master They bastardized my beautiful boy....

I can tell this is gonna be a crap version already.

Fell off of Guilty Gear myself after the drama surrounding Bridget and the toxicity and gaslighting at the time. And seeing the developments in the Strive community have only gotten more toxic and more gaslight-ish from the people who stayed to the point where Strive is treated like it's own unholy community away from the main community, I just wanna keep my distance.

Which is a shame, because I loved GG's heavy metal fantasy blended with as many japanese tropes as possible. It was unique, with flavors of X Japan in it's feel, and now it's a cesspool...

@anoyonmus
It's probably going to look even more downgraded than Dragon Ball fighterz did on Switch. DBZF Switch has frame rate stuttering issues, lower resolution, plus character models, lighting and effects didn't look up to snuff either compared to the PS5 version.

I don't see the point in getting this if you already have the PS5 version, unless you want to have it in handheld mode on Switch OLED.

Brisket on switch! Basket on switch! BRIDGET ON SWITCHHHH!!!!

Mmm, i would rather have this on a switch successor, so that they dont have cut stuff to make it playable.

Thats surprising, I always expected ASW making a Guilty Gear Strive port for the Switch 2 instead (they likely still do it is my guess).
Nice news though, Strive is definitely not my top favorite among the GG games for various reasons but I still enjoy playing it nonetheless.

Finally, I get to try this out after playing Xrd, Xrd Revelator+Rev2 back then. I guess Daisuke Ishiwatari wanted to finally dip his toes in the Switch base with the current game after being hesitant at first?

Hopefully, it runs well on my 2017 Switch, I want to try out Testament after so many years because I used the character back in Midnight Carnival/Judgment & Accent Core then swapped to Sol for all the Xrd games. Hopefully the past game tracks are there alongside the present vocal tracks. Gonna be head banging to Alone Infection & Subhuman Self.

I honestly wouldn't have mind waiting for a Definitive edition with everything on there, that's really unexpected to see on my Twitter while scrolling.

I'll be honest, I have no idea why any PS4 or later gen games are being ported to Switch now. Same way I felt about Arkham Knight...just wait for the new system.

That being said, it is funny that all the fighting games I'm interested in are coming to Switch now between this and the two upcoming Capcom collections. All we need now is a Soul Calibur.

@kkslider5552000 What is it about selling something to 145 users you object to? They would have started this over a year ago. You can't expect them to be doing nothing. Switch is super popular, man. Like PS2 levels of popular. I mean, you may as well brace yourself now, because Switch is still going to be getting games for the next 2 years lol.

And well said...where the heck is Soul Calibur?

I am having one of those "Finally!' moments lol.

Fan of the Guilty Gear series here. Looking forward to see how this turns out on the Switch.

This is a pretty big deal. Have not played a fighting game in ages, and I dunno if I'll jump in, but... Good. Very good.

The game runs on Unreal Engine 4, so scalability might not be too much of an issue.

@LadyCharlie Strive on Nintendo Switch /j

@kkslider5552000 I think it's a similar situation to Ace Combat 7, where the development of the Switch version started way before the developers even knew about the existence of the successor

@Slowdive Dragon Ball Fighterz (also by ArcSys) is also on Switch, and that one runs mostly fine. So there's hope for a good port, at least.

Here comes the DISCOURSE.

@AllieKitsune I try to shut it out, by having fun in the game making yo-yo girl do the hacky slashy.

@Lightsiyd Just look up a trailer. @Liam_Doolan linked the season 4 dlc trailer, not one for the base game. Plus it hasn't been officially announced yet so there isn't any Switch gameplay. But if you haven't seen the game at all, there's plenty of footage out there

@yohn777 Good point. Will do.

While I love the series I hate that the publisher kept skipping the Switch or Nintendo consoles in general when it comes to releasing entry of this series. If you know you had fanbase on all platforms, then bring every game to all platforms. It's nice to get Guilty Gear Strive but where's Guilty Gear Xrd? The last time Switch got a Guilty Gear game was Guilty Gear XX and Guilty Gear 1, where's Guilty Gear X and Guilty Gear 2? These are different series you know, we want to know the full story of each game, not giving us the full story is a scummy move.

Again I'm excited for Guilty Gear Strive but Arc System Works Red Team really needs to know how to commit and stay with the platform or stopped doing so entirely. For those who don't know Guilty Gear starts with the original then had a sequel that is not a fighting game called Guilty Gear 2, after that they evolve into Guilty Gear X and then Guilty Gear XX following that game after multiple updates, and then Guilty Gear Xrd following that after multiple updates as well and then finally Guilty Gear Strive which will have multiple updates as well. I hope those also made it to Switch.

@Serpenterror I think that Xrd hasn't come to Switch because it was developed on UE3, and I believe the Switch doesn't support it for development. So if they do want to port it, they would have to jump through a bunch of hoops to make it work, and even then since they added rollback on PC, they probably don't want to release the game again without it so it's kinda just stuck where it is for the moment

@anoyonmus I think with how long the Switch is on the market, developers finally know how to tap into the hidden powers of the Nintendo Switch now. I could understand why they wouldn't be able to do something like this in the Switch early years but for its ending years most are probably more familiar with the system than even the PS5 or Xbox Series X. They wouldn't bring it to the Switch if they knew it'll run like crap or if there are no install base for it. My only issue with them is that they kept coming and then leaving never giving us the rest of the other GG games.

@Fighting_Game_Loser I see still they should had find a way to implement it. Most of the people I know start the series on Nintendo platform like the DS and Wii and were wondering why the series kept coming only staying for a short time and then leaving never coming back until many gens later. It's difficult for them to follow or invest in the series if it can't stay committed to its platform.

@Fighting_Game_Loser I don't think that's accurate, pretty sure several UE3 games have been ported. The only example I can think of is Mortal Kombat 11 at the moment but there's definitely others

@yohn777 MK11 is UE4. I mean there maybe is other UE3 games on Switch, but they probably would of had to Switch engines I'm assuming in like a full remaster or something. If I am wrong with a specific case please tell me, but that's just what I heard.

@GrailUK Counterpoint, if, for example, the Switch version runs poorly either they burn people who won't buy Guilty Gear again (in general or at least on a Nintendo platform) or it sells poorly and they decide people don't want Guilty Gear on Nintendo and use a bad port as their excuse.

@kkslider5552000 It's the Switch Edition. It has the suffix "Switch Edition". I don't think folk think much further than wanting to play Guilty Gear on Switch somehow. And besides, we have no idea yet what it plays like. So I'm not going to be a negative nancy for the sake of it.

@Fighting_Game_Loser No it isn't. Very well known UE3 based game. Just look it up, dude lol. Mortal Kombat 1 is the UE4 NetherRealm game. Why would you keep arguing if you didn't even know

Great news for me. Hope Xrd comes eventually as well.

As a casual Bridget main, I hope the Switch port works well.

@LadyCharlie Ironically, despite the flag in my PFP, I'm not much of a Brisket fan.

I was always more about Ky, because I have a weakness for lightning-based characters.

Still not sure why they don't just wait for Super Nintendo Switch. To test their abilities? They have to have some knowledge of it if they're making Kyle Hyde Collection

Cool news. Gotta wonder why this wasn't announced at the Partner Showcase though.

H…how??? How is this going to work?

Well, it’s official. Mid is actually coming to the Switch

This is the one I was waiting for. Let's see how it runs, and if it has decent performance I'm in.

@Fighting_Game_Loser MK11 is using a heavily modified UE3.

UE3 doesn’t natively run on Switch while UE4 and 5 do. They have to do some more work to get UE3 games on Switch.

@GrailUK It says Switch edition.

I honestly kinda bet it ain’t gonna run well. I would be surprised if it did though.

Dragon Ball Fighterz came out pretty well on the Switch (from the perspective of a super casual fan) so I don’t think Strive will have a difficult time with it. Mortal Kombat 1 this isn’t.

@anoyonmus It's going to be a "handheld" version of the game. I'm sure it will be fine to play in a non competitive environment lol.

@Notsoavid OUR SWITCHES GONNA EXPLODE WITH THIS ONE.

@GrailUK maybe but I still doubt it. Would love to be proven wrong but I just don't have much hope for it.

@anoyonmus Trailer looks mint!

@GrailUK mint?

How did they manage to make it look like this!? Looks amazing.
I already have it on my Gaming pc. But i will double dip, just for the support.
Love this game.

@anoyonmus Like, great

Love fighting games but Guilty Gear never interested me, big part of that is the most obnoxious fanbase for any fighting game out there lol.

But good that this is finally releasing on Switch, about time.

@Lightsiyd It opens up with Sol vs Ky gameplay.

Seriously, what's with all the negative comments, if you don't want to play it on Switch then don't. I was waiting for this, day one purchase for me!

Good that it's now official but will the game be running at 60fps like Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core Plus R?

@anoyonmus right!? Like okay, let’s pretend that they simplify a lot of the animations and roll back the visuals, there still aren’t a lot of fighting games on switch with roll back netcode because of the added technical challenges. If this game runs well, looks even marginally acceptable, AND doesn’t explode the console - a miracle may have occurred. But hey, Im always hoping for a miracle.

@IceClimbersMain Guilty Gear =/= Strive community

If it has crossplay? ...maybe.
If no crossplay, then I don't need to buy this game a third time.

But dang, it does look pretty good on Switch after all.

The game that split the Guilty Gear fanbase in half. Oh boy. Then the Bridget fiasco came in and that made things worse. Lol.

Not bad, looks good.
And next year, that's perfect. By then I will have gotten a larger capacity SD card.

@Vyacheslav333 what are you talking about…. Strive is not the most hated game in the community, and never has been. I can tell your never played Strive and never been part of its community.

@Ohmytoogood you cared

@ShinNioh Guilty Gear fans speak otherwise

@nilcam It has been updated. At the time I made my comment, it wasn't there.

From what I have gathered, there are two types of Strive Haters:

1- Those who do not like the gameplay changes to be made simpler, which is understandable

2- Sad people who cannot fathom the existence of one character being different than them

Sucks to see that the game re-releasing will open the floodgates once more. I hope at the very least this will be the push to drive out more bigots from the fanbase so future discussion on Strives flaws can be made in a civilized manner. Stay safe y'all

@Samalik The ones in your head lol, Where are these so called fans you speak of hating on the game.

Personally I would get more excited for Granblue Fantasy Versus than Strive, but it's still a win for Nintendo gamers. I'm hoping all the Granblue Fantasy games get proper ports for the Switch successor!

@The-Chosen-one This is my concern as well. Now that the Switch successor is so close, I would prefer for studios to wait and port their games to Switch 2 instead, in order to make the least amount of compromises possible.

Let's say for instance that the Switch version of Hogwarts Legacy is playable on Switch 2. However, most likely what would happen is that the game would still represent the neutered Switch version, just upscaled at maximum performance settings.

Playing a nerfed Switch port on Switch 2 won't magically enhance textures, lighting, draw distance, etc etc. And most studios simply will not be able to make a brand new Switch 2 port less than 2 years after investing so much time and money into a neutered Switch 1 port.

@Ulysses I don't think you should have this worry with something like Strive, it still has future characters and seasons on its way with new content that the Switch will recieve beyond the Switch 2 release day so it's a pretty easy bet that ArcSys has a Switch 2 version/upgrade already underway as well.

If anything them releasing this port this close to the successor makes the most sense if anything, they're bringing it now to the ecosystem of 150 million players with the hype of a new console coming out in the next 6-8 months, where their game is gonna be fully ready and going with a shiny new Switch 2 version they'll give to people who already dove in with on Switch 1.

@JohnnyMind Well... I don't recommend you to play Strive...
@Ohmytoogood Yeah, real FGs fans don't really care about Strive. They do care about Guilty Gear XX ΛCore Plus R. 😉
@ShinNioh Yeah, there are no reasons for me to play bad and/or awful FGs, lol. BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION, UNIclr, UNI2, Phantom Breaker: Omnia, CHAOS CODE -NEW SIGN OF CATASTROPHE-, Persona4 The ULTIMAX ULTRA SUPLEX HOLD, Guilty Gear XX ΛCore Plus R, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, and old FGs exists, lol.
Also, Guilty Gear is divided into two groups – Guilty Gear fans and Strive fans. Strive is not Guilty Gear, however...

@ShinNioh The ones who played the guilty gear games before Strive....

Ask a lot of the OG players what they think of Strive in multiple circles and most will tell you they don't like the game for various reasons. Some will point to oversimplification as the reason, others will point to retcons invalidating what they loved about the old characters as another. I'm more in the latter camp.

@Liam_Doolan @AlanaHagues Hello I was just wondering since the title of the article updated to saying the Switch version will have rollback netcode, could either of you tell me where arcsys says this information?

@Serpenterror Yes it says that it will on the arcsys website!

Very nice. Definitely interested in picking this up on Switch next year.

@GarlicGuzzler I greatly appreciate your comment for calling out a big, big problem ❤️

Game of the year

@JohnnyMind Understood. Just, I wanted to warn you about Strive. There are too much many good games to play bad(and worse) ones instead. Strive is in the latter category.

@anoyonmus Ah alrighty. I guess that would explain that. I never would of thought that a big triple A game like MK11 would of still been using UE3, I guess the upgrades they made to it made it look a lot better than the average UE3 game with realism.
Also @yohn777 I apologize for my mistake I legit thought that MK11 was on UE4. I haven't really ever gotten into NRS games so I had no idea they had been using their own version of UE3 the whole time

@Fighting_Game_Loser All good. Everyone makes mistakes, just make sure you know for sure before you try insisting or arguing with people.