Product Description

The fighting franchise that launched an entirely new style of fighting games is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the most complete and definitive version of the game. Follow the stories of the 25 crazy combatants and dish out a mind-numbing amount of insane combos that the series is known for.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9052 in Video Games
• Brand: Aksys
• Model: NWII-05
• Published on: 2009-05
• Released on: 2009-05-12
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .36 pounds

Features

• The ability to level up your character's abilities and traits in the re-tuned Survival Mode.
• Discover the back story to all of your favorite characters in the Guilty Gear mythos, with fully voiced dialogue in Story Mode.
• Accent Core Plus marks the return of fan favorites Kliff Undersn and Justice, rounding out the cast of 25 playable characters.
• Hard-rocking metal soundtrack.
• Create a three-man team in Versus Mode to find out which characters are the ultimate Guilty Gear team-up.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Guilty Gear series launched an entirely new style of fighting games, and it is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the most complete and definitive version of the game to date, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core. Follow the stories of 25 of your favorite characters who have returned with new fighting moves, as well as their unlockable original moves. In addition, the Wii "Plus" version makes the experience even better with new modes and other playable features. Old and new fighting moves. View larger. New features including Story Mode. View larger. 25 Guilty Gear characters. View larger. Gameplay Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus like all the previous iterations in the Guilty Gear series is a 2D fighter. Gameplay consist of one-on-one match ups between Japanese anime inspired characters utilizing multiple possible kick and punch combos attacks, as well as slashing attacks via your chosen character's signature weapon. These signature weapons are one way that XXX Accent Core Plus stands out from other games in the 2D fighter genre. Although players will see a bevy of familiar blunt and bladed weapons, they will notice that many characters wield off-the-wall items that have to be seen in action to be believed. Just a few examples of these are a pool cue, a talking life-sized key and an extendable pink teddy bear. Special Attacks and Defenses Although true to the aggressive-oriented gameplay that has made the Guilty Gear series a player favorite for ten years, XX Accent Core Plus strikes a balance between offense and defense through "force break" attacks and "slash backs." Force break attacks are powered-up versions of characters' special techniques used to enhance individual offense strikes as well as combination attacks. On the defensive end, players can turn defensive tactics offensive with the "slash back," which with a little practice allows characters to consistently come out of a defensive animation quickly, giving you an opportunity to more safely counterattack from a defensive position. Characters Just in time to take advantage of high resolution 480p graphics, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus features the return of over 25 beloved characters from the Guilty Gear franchise, including Kliff, Justice and many more. In addition to the shear number of available combatants, fans of the series will be pleased to find that all of their favorite characters are unlocked and ready for use right off the bat. And included with each is a brand new, never before seen story to be uncovered in story mode. Game Modes Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus features an assortment of different game modes designed to provide players with alternative play options and increase the life of the game. These modes include: mission mode, story mode, training mode, survival mode, free play and more. Key Features: Celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of most influential fighting game franchises in video game history. Discover the back story to all of your favorite characters in the Guilty Gear mythos, with fully voiced dialogue. Accent Core Plus marks the return of fan favorites Kliff Undersn and Justice, rounding out the cast of 25 playable characters. Create a three-man team in Versus Mode to find out which characters are the ultimate Guilty Gear team-up. Level up your character’s abilities and traits in the re-tuned Survival Mode.

Customer Reviews

Dust off that arcade stick!
If there is one type of game that the Wii has been missing it's good 2D fighters. With the exception of the the previous Guilty Gear release, King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown collections there aren't any solid 2D fighters for the system. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core was great but severely lacking when stacked up against the rest of the series. The biggest reason was the lack of story or mission modes, the story mode has always been one of the best features of Guilty Gear. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus is what the last game should have been, the definitive Guilty Gear in my opinion. Story and mission modes return, along with the mighty Kliff Undersn and Justice. Now, Kliff and Justice were taken out of this series for good reason, they are both completely unfair and ridiculously unbalanced when it comes to tournament play.....nothing wrong with beating on the computer with them of course! The rest of the characters have been rebalanced, thankfully Order Sol is still unstoppable if you know what you're doin :) On the Wii the game displays in widescreen at 480P if you have the connections, the resolution has been cleaned up a bit compared to the last one too. Even after 10 years of Guilty Gear the graphics are still pleasing, the soundtrack is great as always and the gameplay is second to none. As always, the voices are in Japanese with English subtitles...which is a turn off for some (for some reason), I can't imagine this game in English and I don't want to. You absolutely positively MUST have a classic controller or arcade stick to really appreciate this game, I'm sure that anyone reading this already has that taken care of. Guilty Gear XXACP has so much depth and replay value that it could seriously keep you occupied for months, it's great just to pick up and play too. A bonus soundtrack cd has been included for the fans, won't last forever though as it's only packaged with the first run of this disc. As Aksys has now moved on to Blaz Blue, this will almost certainly be the last Guilty Gear game, if you've been missing out for the last 10 years now is your chance.

An Excellent Fighter
This game was my first exposure to the Guilty Gear series. As someone who grew up playing Street Fighter, I wasn't sure what to expect. Many of the reviews and discussions you will find online about Guilty Gear seem to indicate that those who do enjoy this game consider it their favorite fighter. I have to agree.

The combination of speed, technique, and variety of gameplay among characters makes this a very enjoyable game that will keep you coming back. If you enjoy the 2D fighter genre, I'm positive you will like this game. The only downside to it is the controls--I tried for a while and found that it's a pain to play with the remote/nunchuk combo. I highly suggest this game be played with the classic or GameCube controller.

Excellent high-octane 2D fighter... IF you can play it, that is.
As a long-time Guilty Gear fan, this game is something of a dream come true for me. Take Accent Core, the latest and most balanced installment in this long-running fighting franchise, add in new characters, modes, options, gameplay tweaks, and extra material, and you've got not only what is arguably the best installment in the entire GG series, but one of the deepest, most polished 2D brawlers of the decade. Every fighting game fan should own a copy of this game, pure and simple.

That having been said, proceed with caution before you invest in the Wii version of this game. While the majority of Wii owners who have purchased this game seem to be able to play it without any problems, a handful of buyers (myself included) have encountered a bizarre system incompatibility issue that effectively renders the game unplayable. For some reason that even the manufacture's tech support team has thus far been unable to identify, certain Wii consoles will corrupt this game's save data after the system is rebooted and prohibit it from loading unless you first delete the old save file. This makes accomplishing anything within the game an exercise in futility since you literally have to erase all of your progress each time you want to play it. In other words, forget about ever experiencing any of the unlockable content or completing any task you can't finish in a single sitting.

Again, the problem only seems to affects a small percentage of Wii owners, but because the error is within the system itself and not the software, playing this game will be virtually impossible if you happen to be one of the unlucky few who experience this glitch. I personally went through three separate copies of this game (two of which I tested and found worked fine on a friend's Wii), and all of them had their save data files corrupted and refused to load after playing the game once. I've been in contact with two other individuals who experienced the same problem, and none of us ever found a permanent solution, even after consulting the tech support teams and both Nintendo and Aksys Games.

While Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus is a game that I can confidently say is worth every penny, those pennies will go waste unless you get a copy of the game that WORKS. My recommendation is to hold off on a purchase unless you are certain that you can get a full refund if you happen to run into this annoying save data error; as I stated before, exchanging a "bad copy" of the game for a new one will do you no good since the problem lies in the Wii hardware itself and not the actual game disc.

If you're unable to get a money-back guarantee and unwilling to gamble a piece of your paycheck, I recommend instead buying the PS2 version of this game, which is more or less identical to the Wii version except for the lack of a motion control feature. If you don't mind losing that, then the PS2 version is definitely a safer buy. Ditto the PSP port if you'd prefer to play this game on the go.