{"id":978261,"date":"2025-08-08T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=978261"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:22:38","slug":"arc-system-works-founder-minoru-kidooka-guilty-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/games\/arc-system-works-founder-minoru-kidooka-guilty-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc System Works Founder Minoru Kidooka Talks Guilty Gear&#8217;s Big Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While the full breadth of the fighting game community came together to celebrate the Evolution Championship Series, more commonly known as Evo, in Las Vegas this August, one developer was particularly prominent and prolific at this year\u2019s event: Arc System Works. The Japanese video game studio had three games represented at the tournament\u2019s main stage competitions \u2013 <em>Guilty Gear Strive<\/em>, <em>Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising<\/em>, and <em>Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes]<\/em> \u2013 and two additional titles as part of the event\u2019s extended lineup \u2013 <em>Guilty Gear Xrd REV2<\/em> and <em>BlazBlue: Central Fiction<\/em>. There are more games represented from one company than any other studio at Evo\u2019s marquee competitions this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the main stage and extended competitions at Evo 2025, Arc System Works presence could be felt with its booth on the showfloor, including an early hands-on preview of the upcoming <em>Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls<\/em>, which consistently had the biggest line for curious attendees. The company also announced at Evo 2025 that <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/guilty-gear\/\">Guilty Gear Strive<\/a><\/em>, already the franchise\u2019s best-selling title by a significant margin, had achieved a 3.5 million user base worldwide as a testament to its continued popularity. Simply put, Arc System Works absolutely rocked Evo 2025, with company founder, president, and CEO Minoru Kidooka sitting down with <em>Den of Geek<\/em> at the event for an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MARVEL T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls PS5 Closed Beta Announce Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"js-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qpYZUnPFqbc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHistorically at Arc System Works, we\u2019ve partnered with many different companies and IPs. In the early 2000s, we had <em>Fist of the North Star<\/em> and <em>Sengoku Basara<\/em>. We have <em>Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/em> and <em>Granblue Fantasy Versus<\/em>,\u201d observes Kidooka-san about his company\u2019s partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment and Marvel Games to develop <em>Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls<\/em>. \u201cWhile our flagship titles are <em>Guilty Gea<\/em>r and <em>BlazBlue<\/em>, [the latter of] which is taking a break right now, those two games being our flagship titles, we still like to do these collaborations with different IPs. We believe that\u2019s part of the continuation of a long process of our efforts to get our name recognition out there and expand our reach globally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\r\n\n\t\t<div class=\"ad-dog__cnx-container\"><script id=\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\">\n\t\t\tcnx.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tcnx({\n\t\t\t\t\tplayerId: \"106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t}).render(\"0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796\");\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>That sense of partnership extends to the fourth season of DLC for <em>Guilty Gear Strive<\/em>, which features the franchise\u2019s first ever outside guest character with Lucy Kushinada as a new playable fighter. Originally from the acclaimed Netflix animated series <em>Cyberpunk: Edgerunners<\/em>, itself based on the CD Projekt Red video game <em>Cyberpunk 2077<\/em>, Lucy will be added to <em>Guilty Gear<\/em> on August 21. Lucy\u2019s surprise inclusion in <em>Guilty Gear Strive<\/em> fulfills a longstanding internal ambition to bring crossover characters to the hit fighting game franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Season Pass 4 Playable Character #4 [Lucy] Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"js-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hi76aA61PQQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s actually something that we wanted to do since the beginning of the release of <em>Guilty Gear Strive<\/em>. It was a little bit difficult because <em>Guilty Gear<\/em> is a big game and its characters have a long history,\u201d Kidooka-san explains. \u201cThere are many characters who are not out yet that people really want, but then we need to also introduce new characters. We want to do all those things. We actually wanted to do this much earlier, and we wish that we could\u2019ve done this much earlier, but here we are in Season 4. In the future, if there is another opportunity to bring in other collab characters, we definitely want to look forward to doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the wide world of fighting games, Arc System Works has been expanding its library more readily into other genres, including publishing one of the earliest third-party titles on the Nintendo Switch 2, the adventure game <em>Dear Me, I Was\u2026<\/em>. As part of a fruitful partnership with Techn\u014ds Japan, Arc System Works acquired many of the company\u2019s most notable properties, which includes iconic beat \u2019em ups <em>Double Dragon<\/em> and <em>River City Ransom<\/em>. Since this acquisition, Arc System Works is planning for a modern revival of the <em>Double Dragon<\/em> franchise with <em>Double Dragon Revive<\/em>, out this October as the company looks to branch further into the action game space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to put as much effort as we do into these fighting games as we do with these action games, and not just with the legacy titles, but we want to introduce new IPs as well as you might have seen with the June showcase. We want to set up a dual-axis format where, on the one hand, we have the fighting games here, but we\u2019re also pushing action games here as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div data-nosnippet=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ARC SYSTEM WORKS Showcase | 6.26.2025 | English Broadcast\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"js-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KTmGjSdePtU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a self-avowed mega-fan of all things <em>Dragon Ball<\/em>, including the hit 2018 fighting game <em>Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/em>, developed by Arc System Works and published by longtime <em>Dragon Ball<\/em> license holder Bandai Namco Entertainment. Arc System Works\u2019 own history with the <em>Dragon Ball<\/em> franchise stretches as far back as 2004\u2019s <em>Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors<\/em>. With that in mind, I closed out the interview asking Kidooka-san if he would be open to another Arc System Works-developed <em>Dragon Ball<\/em> game in any capacity following the success of <em>FighterZ<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of companies out there that are handling the <em>Dragon Ball<\/em> IP and making games. It\u2019s really hard to find a space within that already congested sphere and find a place for ASW that is not just a fighting game,\u201d Kidooka-san admits. \u201cIf Bandai talked to Arc, it would probably be about fighting games, however, as we said earlier, about wanting to expand our brand recognition around the world via action games and less niche genres, our hope is that, one day, they\u2019ll come up and ask us to create an action game or a non-fighting <em>Dragon Ball<\/em> game. That would be awesome!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Developed by Arc System Works and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls will be released in 2026 for PlayStation 5 and PC.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Guilty Gear Strive is available now for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Lucy Kushinada will be available to purchase individually or as part of Season 4 on August 21, with a fifth season currently in development.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Double Dragon Revive will be released on October 23 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the full breadth of the fighting game community came together to celebrate the Evolution Championship Series, more commonly known as Evo, in Las Vegas this August, one developer was particularly prominent and prolific at this year\u2019s event: Arc System Works. 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