Highlights
- Guilty Gear Strive's first Season 3 DLC character, Johnny, has a hidden Easter egg where he can have facial hair, delighting fans.
- Johnny is a highly requested fighter and the leader of the Jellyfish Pirates, with his latest appearance in the series being as a DLC character in a previous game.
- Some fans may not be familiar with Johnny's bearded look, which may have been inspired by his appearance in a Japan-only slot machine visual novel game.
Fans have discovered a fun little Easter egg regarding Guilty Gear Strive's first Season 3 DLC character, Johnny, where it gives him facial hair. Guilty Gear Strive is still going strong with three seasons of DLC, with its second season wrapping up earlier this year. The second season pass comprised a variety of returning and new fighters, which included Sin Kiske, Bridget, and Bedman(?), along with the final character being Asuka R#, all of who were highly requested fighters. Arc System Works was quick to confirm the third season pass, with the first character of this season having been revealed earlier this August at the premiere fighting game tournament, EVO.
Before the top six finals of Strive, Arc System Works revealed that Johnny, a highly requested Guilty Gear fighter, would be coming to the game on August 24. Johnny is the leader of the Jellyfish Pirates, the same group that May is a part of, and has been a regular character in the series ever since the very first game. His latest playable appearance in the series was as a DLC character for Guilty Gear Xrd and its re-release, Rev 2. With him coming to Strive, some fans have gotten the chance to play as him early, with some finding out a feature that Arc System Works implemented to change his look.
This discovery was made at another fighting game convention, VSFightingXI, where players got a chance to try out Guilty Gear Strive's latest changes for Season 3 in person. Those in attendance, like Twitter user MysticSmash, got the chance to try out Johnny's kit, where they then tried messing around on the character select screen with him. If a player presses up while Johnny is highlighted, he'll have an alternate skin where he has a full-grown beard. Many fans were excited to see this Easter egg, with some thinking he rocks the look.
This bearded look may be lost on newer fans of the series, with some wondering when this fan-favorite Guilty Gear character ever had facial hair. Some commenters have pointed out that this look could have derived from Johnny's appearance in Guilty Gear Vastedge XT, a Japan-only slot machine visual novel game that was released on pachinko and mobile devices. That game did feature Johnny with a beard, though this iteration has been updated with his latest character model.
Johnny is being billed as one of Guilty Gear Strive's beginner-friendly characters, where he's classified as "Easy-to-Use" by Arc System Works. This third season pass will contain four characters in total, with the second one also coming in 2023. The pass will be rounded out with the last two arriving sometime next year. This pass will also add new color costumes, gameplay changes, and two additional stages.
Guilty Gear Strive is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: EventHubs
