Guilty Gear Isuka (0)

First release date

2004-11-02

Platform

PlayStation 2 Xbox PC

Developer

Arc System Works Co., Ltd.

Publisher

505 Games Arc System Works Co., Ltd. ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd KISS ltd Funbox Media Ltd.

Theme

Guilty Gear

Franchise

Guilty Gear

Overview

Guilty Gear Isuka is a 2D fighting game developed by and published by for Japanese on December 17, 2003.

A version of (and one of the two games in the series released on Sammy's Atomiswave platform, the other being an update of ), the game features the ability to let up to four players fight each other simultaneously (either in teams or free-for-all). This is compounded by a system (called "souls"), two fighting "planes" or "lines" (allowing players to switch between them on the fly, in similar vein to the series), and a new "Special" button (which is used in conjunction with other buttons for turning around, switching between planes, and attacking opponents behind them).

The game was later ported to the on November 2, 2004 (published by Sammy in both North America and Japan, and by in Europe). Japanese and European regions also received a port for the (published by Arc System Works in Japan and 505 in Europe) and (published by in Japan and in Europe) between 2004-2006. The PC version was later digitally re-released worldwide on (by and ) on January 16, 2014.

The console version received a new character to the series () and two new Game Modes: Boost Mode (a two-player arcade-style beat 'em up in which players co-operate against waves of enemies to accumulate items, health, and experience) and Factory Mode (in which players can customize a special version of by teaching it certain special moves, combos, and abilities).