Since announcing Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- last week, Arc System Works has revealed that the follow-up to 2014’s -SIGN- will introduce two playable characters to the current roster: returning Jellyfish Pirate captain Johnny and newcomer Jack O. New screens from Famitsu, however, hint at one more fighter debuting in the upcoming release.
As you’ll see in the rough scan below, the -REVELATOR- character select screen has been expanded to include the aforementioned additions as well as one conspicuous spot occupied by a question mark. While some have speculated that it’s merely the random select slot, it’s possible we could see another cast member unveiled at some point before the title’s launch.
Furthermore, it’s possible to narrow down the group of hypothetical veterans that could fill that slot due to character placement elsewhere in the select screen.
As you might have already noticed, many characters are mirrored by significant players in their respective stories, be it perennial rivals Sol Badguy and Ky Kiske, crewmates Johnny and May, or sisters Elphelt and Ramlethal Valentine. With that in mind, we see that Faust is opposite the mystery spot, allowing us to dig through his past and suss out some possible scenarios.
Since many of the characters Faust encounters in previous titles (I-No, Venom, Slayer, etc.) are already playable, these leaves only two contenders: Dizzy and Zappa. While the former is probably the most likely due to the part she’s already played in the Xrd narrative, one could argue that Faust’s heightened importance in the latter’s story could make them more suited for the current character select arrangement.
Of course, like everything involving unreleased games, this is all speculation, so feel free to let us know what you think of this uninhabited character slot in the comments below.
Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- location tests are planned for this weekend; stay tuned for more details in the near future.
Source: Famitsu via Kurushii
