Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival

was released in 2003. #Reload was intended to further balance high-level play. Many moves were altered, from slight tweaks in speed and damage to almost complete reworkings in some cases, False Roman Cancel points were added, and notably, Robo-Ky was changed entirely, made playable from the beginning, and considered tournament-legal from then on. In actuality, two versions were released, the first being referred to as "Red Reload." Red Reload contained many errors and was quickly revised and redistributed, this time widely called "Blue Reload."

The soundtrack for the Korean version of the game was composed by Korean musician Shin Hae Chul

Shin Hae Chul

Shin Hae Chul is an avant-garde South Korean pop music performer.-History:Born in Seoul, South Korea, Shin has been involved in many musical projects since his debut in 1988. He has acted as musician, singer, and producer. He introduced the techno music technique in his nation with a huge...

, and features a darker tone to the music, with some techno influences and more focus on the rhythm of the music rather than melody. However, the rock

Rock music

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/thrash

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

/metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

theme of the series' music remains in this soundtrack, as well.

The Windows version of the game was based on the PlayStation 2 game, but added an extra movie in gallery mode. The Xbox version contains an extra movie as well. Online versus play is available thanks to fan-based patches.

Slash

is the second GGXX revision and was released in 2005 in Japan, this time with much more significant changes. Once again, the game's balance was reworked by changing properties of certain moves. This time, however, the changes were more pronounced, including entirely new moves for some characters and a complete reworking of the tiers of the game. Two new tournament-legal characters were introduced, these being A.B.A, who debuted in Guilty Gear Isuka, and Order-Sol, who was a version of Sol Badguy with an entirely different costume, moveset, stage, and theme music. Two new stages were added for these characters, and all of the existing stages were changed similarly to the difference between them in GGX and GGXX. A stage/music selection system was added to the console version's Versus mode.

Λ Core

is 3rd version of Guilty Gear XX released to Japanese arcades on December 20, 2006. A home console version on Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

's PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

was released on May 30, 2007 in Japan. A Wii

Wii

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version of this game was released on July 26, 2007, also in Japan, complete with support for the Classic Controller and Nintendo GameCube controller

Nintendo GameCube controller

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, along with a setup using both the Wii Remote

Wii Remote

The , also known as the Wiimote, is the primary controller for Nintendo's Wii console. A main feature of the Wii Remote is its motion sensing capability, which allows the user to interact with and manipulate items on screen via gesture recognition and pointing through the use of accelerometer and...

and Nunchuk. Aksys Games released the PS2 version in America on September 11, 2007 and released the Wii version on October 16, 2007.

In addition to balance changes along the lines of those in #Reload and Slash, Λ Core features a new type of special move, the "Force Break," which consumes 25% of the Tension bar when used. Most characters have gained new special moves, and some have had existing specials (or powered-up versions of existing specials) converted into Force Break attacks. It also introduces moves that make opponents stick briefly to walls or slide across the floor of a stage. New additions also include "Slashback," a form of parrying with reduced block stun, and throw breaks.

Λ Core also underwent the first major aesthetic change for the series since the original release of Guilty Gear XX. In addition to a new opening movie and a redesigned menu, all voices, including that of the announcer, have been re-recorded (or replaced with previously unused samples), sometimes by different actors. The playable characters artwork was also redone, and two new music tracks, Launch Out and Keep The Flag Flying, were added. Since this revision has been made to balance the game, two characters deemed illegal by tournament standards, Justice and Kliff, were removed from the game's playable roster.

Both versions of the game feature three gameplay modes per character, based on the Guilty Gear, Guilty Gear X, and Λ Core fighting systems.

Despite the bugs reported in the Japanese PS2 version of the game, Aksys corrected the majority of glitches in the Japanese version for the US release.

Λ Core Plus

An enhanced version of Λ Core titled was released on March 27, 2008 for the PS2 in Japan. No changes to the battle system have been made, but new features were added. Features include the return of Kliff and Justice, with appropriate changes and additions made for the game, the return of Mission mode, a new Survival mode with level-up features, a new Gallery mode with new illustrations, and bug fixes, rebalances, and tune ups from the previous version. A cheaper "Append" version of this game requires the Λ Core disk upon start-up.

Λ Core Plus also features a new Story mode. The story is a continuation of the storyline from Guilty Gear XX. All characters have a storyline, and the stories cover the major events involving the mystery of Gears, "That Man" and conflict with the Post War Administration Bureau, etc. The mode uses a full branching path Zapping system with a total of 350 scenarios. The game also introduces a new NPC character: the Post War Administration Bureau scientist Crow, who attacks the cast in the Story mode using mindless clones of Justice.

A version for the PlayStation Portable with 3-on-3 tag matches was released on July 24, 2008 in Japan.

Aksys Games released Λ Core Plus for the US market on April 7, 2009 for the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

and PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

and on May 12 for the Wii

Wii

.

Zen United announced that the game would get a surprise PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

release in Europe for December 3, 2010.

The Wii

Wii

and PSP

PSP

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versions of the game were due to be released in Europe on May 6, 2011, but the release date was pushed to May 20, 2011.

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Slash

Λ Core

Λ Core Plus

#Reload

Accent Core

Accent Core Plus