If it wasn’t clear sufficient earlier than, it actually is now: Bridget, longtime Guilty Gear alum and the newest addition to Guilty Gear Strive‘s roster, is a woman. The latest issue of Arc System Works’ Guilty Gear Strive Developer’s Backyard publication options, amongst different issues, feedback by Game Director Akira Katano and Developer Daisuke Ishiwatari on the character.

According to Ishiwatari, Bridget self-identifies as a girl.

Here’s the complete quote in English. The Japanese model of the article will be discovered at this hyperlink.

“We’ve acquired many inquiries about Bridget’s gender. After the occasions of Bridget’s story in Arcade Mode, she self-identifies as a girl.

So, as as to whether “he” or “she” can be the proper pronoun for Bridget, the reply can be “she.”

Ishiwatari went on to attach Bridget’s journey in discovering her id to her backstory (the place she was assigned male at beginning, however raised as a daughter resulting from her village’s superstitions), and the occasions of her story in Guilty Gear Strive Arcade Mode. Her exchanges with fellow fighters Goldlewis Dickinson and Ky Kiske, “Bridget faces parts of herself she has tried to ignore, and makes a big decision for herself.”

Katano additionally put to relaxation a false impression concerning the nature of storytelling in Guilty Gear‘s Arcade Mode.

“By the way, although the difficulty and story dialogue of Arcade Mode change depending on your match results, this doesn’t change the main plot, nor are there alternate endings such as “good” or “bad” endings. The identical goes for different characters’ Arcade tales as effectively. In common, these variations present different elements of the characters.”

This false impression was beforehand utilized by some commentators to argue that Bridget solely self-identifies as a girl in a “bad” ending of Arcade mode, thus making it invalid. Though not referencing these arguments straight, Katano’s remark seems to refute this line of motive.

Besides weighing in on Bridget’s gender id, the crew delivered different insights concerning the character and their upcoming plans for Guilty Gear Strive. They talked about that Bridget’s mechanics had been reworked from earlier appearances to make her extra accessible to newer gamers. Thanks to the reworks, Bridget in Strive is “the kind of character where it’s fun even just pressing buttons.”

In protecting with a roadmap for the sport shared early in August, the Fall 2022 season ought to see the rollout of an replace to assist cross-platform play between PS4, PS5, and PC. A seventh new character will even be added. Beta exams for crossplay will start in late September or early October 2022, with bulletins through the official web site.

Guilty Gear Strive is accessible on PS4, PS5, and PC. Bridget is playable for gamers who buy Season Pass 2.