CARRYING YOUR GUILT

As well As conversions of the main series, handhelds have played host to A number of unique guilty gear games

guilty gear petit

WONDERSWAN COLOR ■ this handheld rendition of

Guilty Gear X features some beautiful tiny pixel art and an exclusive character, a nurse called Fanny. unfortunately, it’s really light on content – there are only seven characters to play with.

guilty gear petit 2

WONDERSWAN COLOR

■ Only eight months after the original Guilty Gear Petit, this sequel added eight extra characters from the main games and improved the presentation of fights. Of the two Wonderswan games, this is easily the one to pick.

guilty gear x: Advance edition

Game boy advance

■ this brave port doesn’t quite come off as hoped. the graphical quality of the game is heavily compromised, and while the fighting isn’t bad and team modes are present, the CPU opponents are generally too easy to defeat.

guilty gear dust strikers

DS ■ rather than offering traditional one-on-one combat, Dust Strikers takes after Guilty Gear isuka, offering brawls for four combatants in very tall arenas filled with platforms. PSP it only received a lukewarm critical reception.

guilty gear Judgment

■ although it contained a brand-new beat-’em-up that was worthwhile in its own right, many felt the main attraction was the conversion of Guilty Gear XX #reload (or

Slash, in Japan) that also came on the disc.

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DS ■

this oddball platform game stars Chimaki, the series’ mascot, who visits hot springs and gets attacked by a variety of animated spa items. this game was released exclusively through the Dsiware service.