Guilty Gear Strive Switch port leaked at PAX West

Switch owners may ask the question, “Heaven or Hell?” soon as a PAX West banner has reportedly leaked a Guilty Gear Strive port early. The event begins this weekend, but the banner was put up earlier than publisher Arc System Works likely wanted.

Guilty Gear Strive is likely heading to Switch

In an X post by SoySauceAsian_ that’s since been taken down, an image of a Guilty Gear Strive banner advertising a Switch version was published to the internet. It has since been circulating around Reddit and other outlets. The banner says “Nintendo Switch Version” in bold letters, asking PAX West attendees to pre-order the game.

You would think the developer would let attendees check out the game. Arc System Works, however, doesn’t have a booth at the event, according to the exhibitor list on PAX’s website. Perhaps Nintendo could be hosting the game as Guilty Gear Strive is a popular title within the fighting game community. Come to think of it, it’s strange that Guilty Gear Strive wasn’t revealed during the latest Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase.

An official Guilty Gear X page has confirmed over 3 million copies have been sold since the game’s launch in June 2021. With this success, the series is also getting an anime adaptation. It makes sense if Arc System Works wants to expand the game’s reach to the Nintendo Switch audience. The developer has also previously launched Dragon Ball FighterZ and DNF Duel on the system.

Our 8.5/10 review called Guilty Gear Strive “a good, solid, very online-capable fighting game with plenty of big swords, charging dolphins, and doctors with questionable credentials to go around.” That sounds like a recipe for a great anime fighter.