All in all, this double package of a fantastic cult franchise arrives as another welcome entry among fighting games on the Nintendo Switch. In many crowds, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R is the absolute staple point of the franchise. This release may also be the gateway to the Revelator series making an appearance on the portable home console – especially as anime brawler Dragon Ball FighterZ was more than sufficient enough to feel at home on the system. One thing’s for sure, the almost traditional drought of fighting games on Nintendo platforms since the golden age of the SNES is over.
Guilty Gear lands on Nintendo Switch with two amazing games. More games or content would’ve been fantastic, but Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R is so good we don’t need anything else.
A fantastic addition to the Switch’s roster of fighting games and sits right up there with the very best examples of the genre the platform has to offer, mostly due to the fact that XX Accent Core Plus R is just about the strongest, most technically refined entry in the series. The original game is showing its age, but it’s still an absolute blast and together these two games provide fight fans with a neat look at how the 2D era of Guilty Gear developed from inception to its most polished and refined point. It’s a disappointment that the online mode in XX Accent Core Plus R isn’t performing as it should be right now as there’s no escaping the fact that online is a major aspect of this type of game; it definitely sullies what is otherwise an absolutely essential purchase, but there's still more than enough single-player content here to make this collection highly recommended.