Watching this in the future and hearing "someone we havent seen in a while" then Baiken and Testament show on screen is kinda hilarious

Chipps background is so hilarious to me. A former drugseller and canonically a stereotypical weeb who tends to misinterpret japanese culture as he tries to immitate it and declared himself as *president* of a *kingdom* that he founded and named after himself. He also holds an annual national haiku contest. I love him.

This is one of those “it makes too much sense to crossover, so we won’t” like a Tekken vs Virtua Fighter, MK vs KI, or Melty Blood vs Fate Stay Night.

Okay, just throwing this out there... Slayer v. Valkenhayn 1000 year old dandy vampire vs. 1000 year old fancy werewolf I mean, that would just be awesome to me

Me who has never played a BlazBlue or Guilty Gear game: ah, hmm, yes, great choice, makes sense, 10/10 roster.

You can't have Zato without Millia. Millia currently is Zato's only reason for fighting and being alive.

“Chipp was done dirty.” *Thats not what all the tier lists say.*

GGXBB story Will starts like this Sol: * found Ragna's wanted poster * Sol: Sorry, you know Who Is this guy? Every BlazBlue characters: Who Is this guy? Sol: ... Ragna in the azure gate: ahahahahahaha, bitch

Okay I love the idea of Sol Badguy's drive being a taunt that lets him transform after 5 uses, but it's gotta be 6 instead so that he can say D-R-A-G-O and N with every use with him yelling install on the sixth, you could even have the letters be next to the super meter as a cool way of representing it!

HEAVEN OR HELL THE WHEEL OF FATE IS TURNING DUEL 1 ACTION!

personally I feel like excluding both Axl Low and Taokaka from both the Base Roster AND the DLC is a bit sad, they're both relatively popular mainstays.

Honestly when I was thinking of a Noel counterpart I always thought Jack-O because of the similarities between the murakumo units and the Valentines but Dizzy probably makes more sense lol

Ky win quote against Jin. Ky: We both looked into the abyss. You let what it showed bring you down to this path. There is still time for you to learn to be better.

Funny enough, Arc has been talking about a crossover, but they held it off due to story reasons. Yeah, basically they want to get both into the same state, so to speak

In terms of BlazBlue' puppet characters, I'd probably put in Relius over Celica, if only because I'd like to see him and That Man out-schemeing each other in the story

I would love to see your take on a J-stars/Jump Force 2 roster since the idea of a shonen jump all stars fighting game could work so well as long as its handled under the right hands, which I think you can make a great roster for

Rip my boy Kagura, missing out on a whole new world of women...

Ky: You know for a law enforcer who commands ice, you are way too heated and crazed. Jin: What would you know your a royal. Ky: Before that I was a crewsaider and Interpol cop. I know more about law and order then you'll ever know!

Personally, I would expand your base roster by 6 characters (3 more characters per side) and your DLC selection by four characters (2 more per side). Guilty Gear: - Millia Rage: I'm not sure how she slipped past the radar, but she should be in there 100%. - Axl Low: Same as above. - Leo Whitefang - Bridget (DLC) - Slayer (DLC) BlazBlue: - Carl Clover - Taokaka - Litchi Faye-Ling - Es (DLC) - Jubei (DLC) All this amounts to a final roster of 42 characters. Not bad, if I do say so myself.

I can already tell ya what the pre-match announcment would be: "The wheel of fate is turning! Heaven or Hell! Rebel 1! LET'S ROCK!!!"

Yeah, this is the crossover that's SO obvious yet they just HAVEN'T done it yet! ArcSys isn't against the idea....but apparently there needed to be a prerequisite to be met, specifically "have Sol Badguy's story be concluded" and luckily SPOILERS guess what happened in Strive's story mode!(definitely not as SAD as Ragna's ending but a satisfying one it still is) So this game MIGHT be in our near future eventually.(still enjoyed the video of course) Also I would really like to see an even more obscure character from GG that's more less known then Testament, Bridget, Zappa or even A.B.A.:Leopaldon from GG Itsuka. Thier design was so unique and weird that I find it a shame that they never went back too it. I'd want em for Strive.

I'd love Zappa the man possessed by countless spirits and Arakune the 'man' possessed by countless insects. Also love the vid and look forward to the next.

Kind of weird that milla and axl arent included, since theyve been in every game and theyre both pretty important

How these 2 franchises haven't crossed over yet is something I don't understand. Can't wait to see what's in store. Speaking of fighting game crossovers, any plans to do a hypothetical roster for Tekken X Street Fighter since news on that was all over the place the last couple of weeks?

35:02 Actually he is in strive in the background behind Dizzy during the end of story mode when all the characters are shown

Huh, I was expecting a certain anime fighter...this is close enough. Actually if you remember his Blazblue Cross Tag Battle video, yeah this was a LONG time coming.

19:06 this is still the greatest scene in the entire GG franchise, cracks me up every time xD

I'm feeling what Baiken players are feeling right now, I can't play a GG game that doesn't have Axl in it

I'd personally replace Celica with Kokonoe, Jam with Millia, and sneak Tao in there somewhere. But Bang not being in Cross Tag was the biggest crime committed against humanity so at least that heinous sin was fixed here.

“characters for the fans” Doesn’t include Johnny or kagura

BRING! BACK! JAM. With her available too they're free to explore the "Noel is terrible at cooking" gag story again as well. Jam has always been a main for me where available.

ROSTER TIMESTAMPS BASE ROSTER 10:23 Sol Badguy (GG) Ragna the Bloodedge (BB) Ky Kiske (GG) Jin (BB) 14:26 Noel Vermillion (BB) 16:15 Dizzy (GG) 19:24 Potemkin (GG) 21:21 Iron Tager (BB) 23:43 Chipp Zanuff (GG) 25:10 Bang Shishigami (BB) 26:59 Hazama (BB) 29:21 I-No (GG) 31:44 May (GG) 33:08 Makoto Nanaya (BB) 34:22 Testament (GG) 36:14 Nu-13 (BB) 37:40 Faust (GG) 39:15 Nine the Phantom (BB) 41:02 Celica Mercury (BB) 42:21 Zato-1 (GG) 43:45 Hakumen (BB) 45:20 Ramlethal Valentine (GG) 47:38 Rachel Alucard (BB) 49:19 Nagoriyuki (GG) 50:59 Azrael (BB) 53:04 Baiken (GG) 55:09 BASE ROSTER RECAP DLC 57:18 Hibiki Kohaku (BB) 58:57 Jam Kuradoberi (GG) 1:00:56 Bullet (BB) 1:02:13 Giovanna (GG) 1:03:37 Susanoo (BB) 1:05:19 Justice (GG) 1:07:34 DLC SEASON 2 Mai Natsume (BB) Leo Whitefang (GG) Tsubaki Yayoi (BB) Jack-O' Valentine (GG) Naoto Kurogane (BB) Order-Sol (GG)

This might be a bit of a stretch but I would like to see the interaction between Hazama and Testament. They were both henchman of their series that decided to do their own things once the big bad died/was separated.

These are sutch delightful speculations. Fusing the gameplay to make a 6 button fighter in particular was a great suggestion. Just imagining the BB cast with dust and GG with Drives is a true delight .

I am here once again to ask for Digimon Rumble Arena 3 - Build the Roster.

Gameplay wise Arakune would be a good fit for Zato=1, not because of the summoning play style, but also the gooey visual style they have in common. Also Taokaka would be a good match for Chipp, since both are quick and mostly airborne characters.

I personally would include Slayer and Taokaka. Slayer is just an immensely charming person and, as you said, could fit better as a counterpart to Rachel. Meanwhile with Taokaka... I just like her really, but she'd be a great counterpart for May or Faust considering their wacky natures.

This is an awesome roster. My one character I’d want would be Platinum, since I’m a fan of the magical girl genre, and she was seemingly inspired by one of the shows that got me into the genre (Nanoha). I also think she’d be a good fit for May’s rival, being cutesy girls with giant weapons. Though Makoto’s a great pick as well, so I can’t complain. I really hope ArcSys makes this crossover real at some point. I think I remember hearing they didn’t want to do a GG crossover until they were done with its story? I forget where I heard that, but if that’s the case, we can maybe expect this game soon after that happens, like how BBTag came out shortly after BB’s story finished.

Pretty good job, only problem with this roster is that millia isn't in it.

I was just thinking earlier today what the next episode of this series would be. In the future, how about a roster for a Nintendo vs Sega fighting game? I think it is fairly likely since Nintendo and Sega have a good relationship with each other.

I find it weird that Millia Rage isn't part of the roster.

"Well time for the last GG rep. Probably gio or milia for the fans" Me a baiken player: "A MAN OF THE PEOPLE"

That man is now playable XD

"It's been almost 20 years since [Testament] popped up" "Guilty Gear is a very story driven game, meaning if the character doesn't fit the story, then they probably won't be in here." Mephiles: Oh how ironic fate can be.

They should call it “Arc X”

Now this is what I've been waiting for, you make such quality videos and I have no idea how you're so underrated

The reason they connect should be called “the arc system” or something like that. Cause the developers lol

Imagine thinking chipp is bad in strive. Were u recording this during the beta

So, about Testament not showing up... *that aged badly*

You should make the roster for persona 5 arena

Thinking more on this list, I feel a big flaw in the roster at least for the GG side, is aside from Nago, there is not a single one appearance only character. Like no bedman, or answer, or A.B.A or Bridget or the like. The roster for the GG side feels very safe except for its exclusions like Johnny or Slayer. That's just me tho, it didnt feel like there was any wild card picks

Nine, Testament, Zato & Dizzy would def be my go to’s. All I’d be missing is Milica Rage.

Always find these Build A Roster videos really interesting. Most of them are for games I don't even play or know much about it - I've never even touched BlazBlue or Guilty Gear - but it's still neat to see all the considerations you give to these rosters and how you balance them and choose which characters get in.

You forgot to talk about Drive abilities for Dizzy, Chip, May, Faust, Nago, Baiken, and Justice.

Please do Marvel vs DC, I beg you!

Dizzy: "Child... you too, bear hidden power. Show me, let me see if I can help you master it." Noel: "No... Don't come closer! Don't make me hurt you!"

Zappa I feel is the Guilty Gear character who'd benefit most from the Drive button. Having his ghosts be random but controllably random would be the ideal way to fully balance out that little mechanic of his. Also just seeing his animations in 2.5D would be an absolute treat.

Also chipp is like top 3 in strive and insta’s can be pulled off in any round in gg

This series is so damn addictive. Liked and subbed!!! I first watched Capcom v Snk 3 and loved it!

I was expecting this someday and I'm hype to watch this

Still waiting for that Microsoft crossover fighting game. Been waiting since the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royal 2 video. I'm certain with four generations of Xbox consoles, plus all the studios they own you can get at least 40 characters for this potential crossover.

With these being two ASW titles, I also want the commentators to start cat fights in the background when characters from different games fight, and whoever wins the round has their exasperated announcer announce the next round only to devolve into something akin to her hair getting pulled and them getting pulled off the mic. character who wins the fight has their announcer acting outrageously off cuff. Maybe has her trailing off like "Yeah, that's WTF i thought!"

Thorgi’s Arcade you are an awesome man of outstanding culture your channel is absolutely brilliant. Keep doing your thing my dude.

Great video, with the one caveat that Chipp is probably either the second or third best character in Strive right now, even with the least health in the game.

I feel like Axl would make sense in this type of story with all his time shenanigans

So uhhhhhhh…Testament huh?

Just wanted to thank Thorgi for putting this video out, since its release I got into both Guilty Gear and BlazBlue's lore and now I know both franchises enough to understand the situation with 'em.

Perfect roster 💪💪 justice at the end was excellent, one of my favorite characters I'd love to see comeback

None of My favorite characters from either franchise made the cut, still loved the vídeo thought. Well done

Well for two franchise I know some things about thanks to hype, hearsay, Death Battle, Cross Tag, and FGC knowledge, but not a whole ton of, this was pretty informative and fun, alongside the chat. Good luck with the Charity Stream

Your quality of production is so high. This channel is severely under-rated.

I know nothing about either of these games, but this was a lot of fun nonetheless. This is a fantastic series and look forward to what you do next.

Now THIS is a crossover I never knew I needed.

For what characters I'd put on each side, I was thinking 24 for the base game but I'll bump it up to 26 for the sake of your idea of a starting roaster size. I'm also more for varying the roaster a bit more rather than trying to match up every character to another perfectly. There is 100% interaction material between each character pairing so I'm not concerned about that. I'm actually more concerned with properly representing various parts of the series history. So for the the Blazblue side I would include: Ragna, Jin, Noel, Rachel, Taokaka, Tager, Bang, Hakumen, Nu-13, Hazama, Relius, Kokonoe, and Naoto. All of them are them through Nu are all core characters, Hazama is the more iconic villain, Relius is a puppet character and villain as well as one of the most powerful characters lore-wise. Kokonoe and Naoto are a good variety for play styles as well as being good representation for the newer entries in the franchise. On the Guilty Gear Side I would include: Sol, Ky, May, Potemkin, Millia, Faust, Dizzy, Zato, Slayer, Ramlethal, Leo, I-No, and Nagoriyuki. Again, everyone is a serious core character through to Zato, while Slayer is THE powerhouse of an ArcSys character that everyone thinks of when they think of memes (Aside from Faust). Ram and Nago are both good representation of the newer games much like Koko and Naoto as well as being insanely popular. I-No is the playable villain you envision much like Hazama when it comes to GG, and Leo and just the kind of character that NEEDS to be included in the game in some way shape or form and I think from a developer point of view it makes more sense to include him as a base game character rather than DLC. Where I'm going to differ with you format and opinions the most is the DLC though. I agree that there definitely would be some, but I'm thinking more than less. So instead of there being 6 for three characters from each series, I'm going to go with 10 for 5 from each and pretend that they'd drop five waves with two characters coming per-wave, mostly because that's how they did it with BBTAG. So my picks for the Blazblue DLC would be: Tsubaki (or Izayoi), Nine, Arakune, Jubei, and Terumi. As much as I do like Makoto, I don't think she should be superseding Tsubaki who is WAY more important to the plot of Blazblue and comes with two incredibly unique play styles that you could choose for her so Makoto would be a second wave DLC or beyond for me. I agree that Nine is a fan favorite and that her playstyle is super cool which is specifically why I think it would be better to have her as DLC. There's a ton of good picks in the base roster with some "Whoa" picks as well, so keeping Nine for DLC would 100% get people interested. Arakune and Litchi are the two major OGs not represented still and I think Arakune is a more interesting pick between the two in both design and play-style. Jubei and Terumi are the two powerhouses of the series and I think having them both be playable makes sense, especially having Terumi as another villain (I do think Susaano is a good pick as well). My picks for Guilty Gear DLC would be: Baiken, Johnny, Jack-O, Raven, and Brigid. Baiken and Johnny as you said are REALLY popular, which is why both of them are 100% going to be DLC in Strive which is why it also makes the most sense to have them as DLC here as well. I think Jack-O is the character that would fit Blazblue the best of any GG character, her whole gimmick is basically a Drive in the first place and she's super popular. I want another villain for GG as well and I honestly think Raven is the best pick, I like his style and character and I see them using a more recent character than someone niche like Testament or Justice who I wouldn't imagine them bringing back to the series in a crossover. Brigid is my final pick because just like Baiken and Johnny he's an insanely popular pick with a fun style that would differ just enough from the rest of the cast. If I were to pick two additional characters that are REALLY close to being picked by me it would be Izanami and either Elphelt or Giovanna. It's all just my thoughts though. I'm here still hoping for more BBTAG DLC or P5A so who knows what we'll get any more.

Liked some of your ideas here, such as giving the Guilty Gear cast Drives and having Justice and Susano'o be the final DLC characters. For fun, I'll have a go at creating my own roster of 26 base characters, plus 6 DLC characters, for a total of 32: Guilty Gear: 1) Sol Badguy (main protagonist; mirrors Ragna) 2) Ky Kiske (secondary protagonist; mirrors Jin) 3) May (mainstay; mirrors Platinum) 4) Axl Low (mainstay; zoner) 5) Potemkin (mainstay; grappler; mirrors Tager) 6) Faust (mainstay; unique; mirrors Litchi and Platinum) 7) Slayer (fan favourite; not in Strive; mirrors Rachel; too damn cool) 8) Sin Kiske (fan favourite; not in Strive; could be the new Guilty Gear protagonist if Sol is retired in a future game) 9) Elphelt Valentine (fan favourite; not in Strive; mirrors Noel) 10) A.B.A (not in Strive; was designed and voiced by the creator of BlazBlue, if I recall correctly) 11) Bedman (not in Strive; villain; arcade mode mid-boss when playing as a Guilty Gear character) 12) I-No (villain; arcade mode final boss when playing as a BlazBlue character) 13) Order Sol (not in Strive; alternate version of a protagonist; arcade mode secret boss when playing as a BlazBlue character) (DLC) 14) Anji Mito (mirrors Amane) (DLC) 15) Bridget (fan favourite; not in Strive; mirrors Platinum) (DLC) 16) Nagoriyuki (mirrors Hakumen and Azrael; too damn cool) BlazBlue: 1) Ragna the Bloodedge (main protagonist; mirrors Sol) 2) Jin Kisaragi (secondary protagonist; mirrors Ky) 3) Noel Vermillion (tertiary protagonist; mirrors Elphelt) 4) Rachel Alucard (mainstay; mirrors Slayer) 5) Iron Tager (mainstay; grappler; mirrors Potemkin) 6) Litchi Faye-Ling (not in Cross Tag; mirrors Faust) 7) Arakune (not in Cross Tag; unique) 8) Hakumen (mainstay; mirrors Nagoriyuki) 9) Makoto Nanaya (fan favourite; rushdown) 10) Hibiki Kohaku (fan favourite; not in Cross Tag) 11) Relius Clover (not in Cross Tag; villain; arcade mode mid-boss when playing as a BlazBlue character) 12) Yuuki Terumi (not in Cross Tag; villain; arcade mode final boss when playing as a Guilty Gear character) 13) μ -No.12- (not in Cross Tag; alternate version of a protagonist; arcade mode secret boss when playing as a Guilty Gear character) (DLC) 14) Amane Nishiki (unexpected; not in Cross Tag; mirrors Anji) (DLC) 15) Platinum the Trinity (mirrors May, Faust and Bridget) (DLC) 16) Azrael (fan favourite; mirrors Nagoriyuki) If I may suggest a video idea, I think Arc System Works vs. Capcom would be nice to see, since Sammy vs. Capcom was in development in 2003 before being silently cancelled, and Sammy published the Guilty Gear X and XX games. This time, though, all of ArcSys's IP would be on the table, including Double Dragon, River City and BlazBlue.

Great video, Thorgi. I’m really digging this series. I think a good idea for a Build a Roster episode you could have fun with would be for a Digimon fighting game. Could work as a 3v3 or 1 on 1. Only rules I could think to apply is to pick humanoid Digimon only, and ignore the power levels of various Digimon. Meaning we could have a match between Angemon (Champion level), Weregururumon (Ultimate level) and Wargreymon (Mega level). And there’s a lot of awesome looking Digimon to pick from so you’d have ALOT of fun picking fighters.

I think that there's a pretty clear way for Sol's drive move to be animated, him loosening his headband. That's how he used to go into Dragon Install in the older games. So every time he does the taunt, he loosens the headband slightly more and more which would very slightly buff all of his stats, until the final charge where he just rips the headband off entirely going into his full Dragon Install form in OVT/Xrd providing him with insane amounts of buffs showcasing how ridiculously powerful full Dragon Install Sol is.

I-no who is gonna be my main in this game!

I am so glad I found this channel I love this

This has come up in a lot of fighter lore videos I’ve watched lately. Sooo-sah-no-oh

This is a pretty cool roster. If I could add in any new characters I would add Millia and Venom on the GG side and I’d add Taokaka and Jubei on the BB side

Just wanted to help with rival stuff, so here's some thoughts on the stuff you got stumped on. Testament vs nu 13: the former puppet of Justice vs. The puppet of hazama. Faust vs. Nine: a doctor who went insane but regained his sanity vs. The mage genius who was corrupted by madness and not willing to comeback to the light. Celica vs zato : the key to the future vs the key to resurrection. Or the person brought back to save the world vs the person resurrected only to test the possibility and was meant to die and didn't and is able to redeem himself. Hakumen vs ram: the hero of lore who lost it all vs the doll who gained emotion and therefore got everything to live her life as she wants to. Or what you said about the boundary and the backyard. Baiken vs azreal: the beastly woman with bloodlust toward one individual (that man) vs the beastly man with bloodlust toward all who are deemed strong by him. Dlc section Hibiki vs jam: the right hand man to an official who dutifully serves vs. The woman who works for only herself and her restaurant. Bullet vs Giovanna: the mercenary who hates beastkin vs the secret service agent shamin who channels a dog. Appreciate your work as always, thorgi, and have a great day, everybody.

Does anyone else come back to build a roster youve seen before to kill time and also try to remember the roster thorgi made

i feel that Hazama and Happy Chaos would be a better fit than I-no since HC and Hazama have pulled at the strings of the story since the beginning. also the both have a laid back style.

GG vs. BB would be RAD. But hear me out. Under Night In-Birth vs. Melty Blood.

Ok but… can we talk about the fact that Gabriel never was playable in any guilty gear ?

I need this hahaha Also, great as always Thor

Potemkin and Iron Tager upon meeting each other give a MANLY HANDSHAKE like that scene in FMA with Armstrong and Curtis. That's it. There is no battle AMONG TRUE MEN. ♂️🤝♂️

Okay hear me out... Daisuke makes all the music for this cross-over game

On the Guilty Gear side of things Baiken is so popular some hardcore fans refuse to get the games that don't haver her in them. Coining the phrase "No Baiken, no buy then." I don't know if BlazBlue has any characters like that.

I think I called like 75% of the characters. And if I gave myself more time to think about your reasoning before the reveal, I would have easily got close to full 100%. An amazing video We got Asuka a year later in Strive, so now it only makes sense for Ragna to literally come out of a portal made by Slayer and Rachel combining their powers and make this video feel like it aged better as it already is. I would kill for BBxGG with combined mechanics and 1v1, not tag teams, hoping for this to come at some point

I've never seen one of your videos before & this is the first one I ever watched but I must admit it's Dope 🔥🔥🔥🔥 So I subscribed right away!!! Oh & I love fighting games too 😂😂😂

Surprised they haven't tried this yet. Maybe now that both original eras of the stories of both series are completed, they might try.

For some reason in all of these build the rosters my favorite characters are always left out

Awesome video!!

Honestly you covered all my bases on the Guilty Gear side with Dizzy, Ramlethal, Jam and Giovanna. For BlazBlue alongside Noel, Hakumen, Rachel and Bullet I would've liked to see Platinum, Jubei and Litchi, but aside from that this whole roster looks amazing!

Kingdom Hearts-y! HOW DARE YOU! OUR PLOT IS EVEN HARDER TO FOLLOW THEN KH! WE ARE NOT EQUAL!

I saw blazblue On the title card, and makes me pretty excited For the episode.

Love the series, it's the whole reason I found and began to enjoy your content. I have an idea for a Roster, but it depends...Do they have to be a game that can REALISTICALLY happen, or can they be purely hypothetical? Cause my need to see a DC vs Shonen Jump and a Cartoon Network fighter are **VERY** strong

Guilty Gear and BlazBlue already feel like long lost twins, any sort of cross over would be super easy to balance gameplay and universal mechanics wise