Guilty Gear Strive studio desires to develop the combating game group by extra collabs like Dragon Ball FighterZ
On: August 9, 2022
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Growing the combating game group has been a problem for a lot of builders over time. The style is aggressive by nature, so it’s straightforward to really feel excluded or gatekept should you lack the abilities to carry your personal in a struggle. Guilty Gear Strive developer Arc System Works desires to see the group broaden, and its answer entails extra collaboration.
Speaking to IGN at EVO 2022, Arc CEO Minoru Kidooka mentioned that partnerships are the trail ahead. Specifically, working with different firms can assist the studio achieve extra of a foothold within the West, where its video games aren’t as standard. “We need to expand communities through IP,” Kidooka mentioned. “In the future, if we have such an opportunity, we are actively pushing to collaborate with new IP owners.” Arc’s game library already comprises a number of collaborations, with 2018’s Dragon Ball FighterZ (among the best Dragon Ball video games ever) being the latest. Modders have already put Goku in DNF Duel, one other latest Arc outing, so clearly there’s a variety of love for the Dragon Ball IP amongst combating game followers. Arc System Works hopes to capitalize on extra of those fandoms sooner or later.
Collaboration is one methodology by which the group can develop, however that’s only one path. Warner Bros platform fighter MultiVersus had the same objective: artistic director Tony Huynh needed to “remove as many barriers as possible” for brand new combating game gamers, ensuing within the game being free to play. Clearly, that technique is working, as a result of MultiVersus has reached 10 million gamers regardless of nonetheless being in beta.
Even combating game staples like Street Fighter want to be extra interesting to newcomers. Street Fighter 6 features a “modern input” system that can permit new gamers to extra simply choose up and perceive the mechanics of the game. Pair that with the introduction of recent characters like Kimberly, and you’ve got likelihood of increasing the participant base. Some Street Fighter followers even suppose the brand new game ought to go free to play like MultiVersus to additional improve its attraction.
