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   SOL
   Member

   DID anybody seen this?

   Source: http://kotaku.com/5130806/who-owns-the-rights-to-guilty-gear
   Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3902/dodging_striking_winning_the_.php

   There are rumors that Sega Sammy Holdings now owns the rights to Guilty Gear, the flashy fighting franchise from developer Arc System Works. Game site Gamasutra tries to find out if they are true.

   Background: Sammy, which bought SEGA in 2004, has published Guilty Gear tiles like Guilty Gear X, Guilty Gear Isuka and Guilty Gear XX Slash. (However, Arc System Works self-published Gear XX Accent Core and the recent Guilty Gear 2: Overture).

   Here's the exchange between Gamasutra and GG designer Daisuke Ishiwatari:

   Gamasutra: This is a tough question, I don't know if you can answer it, but there have been some rumors on the net about Guilty Gear and Sega getting the rights, which is why [Arc System Works' Dynasty Warriors-style action title] Guilty Gear 2: Overture didn't feature too many older characters — and stuff that I don't really understand. Though you might not be able to provide any answers...

   Ishiwatari: Right, I might not be able to provide answers there.

   Gamasutra: You know, rumors... on the Internet...

   Ishiwatari: Yeah, I can't really talk about it much... except to say that they're basically true. (laughs)

   So that basically seems like a confirmation from Ishiwatari himself. Be sure to read the whole Gamasutra piece. It's meaty.

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   matty
   Yes.

   Sammy, which bought SEGA in 2004, has published Guilty Gear tiles like Guilty Gear X, Guilty Gear Isuka and Guilty Gear XX Slash. (However, Arc System Works self-published Gear XX Accent Core and the recent Guilty Gear 2: Overture).

   
   Now, does this effect the entire series in name, or the first few GG games? What about future titles?

   

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   Fenrir
   Member

   Since the real future of the series Is GG II, i think this should'nt affect the future of the series too badly....i hope XD

   Posted 3 years ago #
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   EdgeKun
   Member

   While I'm hardly going to claim to know this for fact, I'm speculating that it could mean the end of a GG fighting series, at least until the issues are resolved. =| I thought I read somewhere (be it in that article or someone commenting on the article) that the licensing problems were the big reason there were so few cameos in GG2.

   All things considered, they also talk about how much they're marketing Blazblue to the GG audience. I (further) speculate that Arc may be trying to replace the GG series, if nothing else just to avoid copyright issues with Sega.

   That said, this is just me tossing ideas around in my head, and nothing more than my 2 cents.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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