MAX REACTS: 2B in Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising?!

[@bananagher7555]

2B is going to be in everything eventually. The only thing I'm surprised about is that she's in the Granblue fighting game before being a collab character in Granblue itself

[@fatmatt589]

They're doing a GBF collab at the same time. Theres going to be a 2B skin for Djeeta and a 9S skin for Gran in the GBF mobile game.

[@ArtikSlash]

Soul Caliber, Naraka, Nikke, now this?

[@Ringo57869]

@@ArtikSlashYou forgot Punishing Gray Raven

[@Hinokami777]

Tbh I think Bayonetta still a bit more popular

[@disregard7275]

@@ArtikSlash Nier even had a collab with Rainbow six siege and a character has a 2B skin lol

[@PixelleHearts]

Akihiko Yoshida, the original artist for Final Fantasy Tactics is the director for Cygame's CyDesignation, the production department. This is why a lot of Granblue's designs are very early Squaresoft like. The sketchbook aesthetic to the weapon design is mostly because of how Yoshida works. It's not only that too. A lot of ex- Square Enix developers migrated to Cygames. Akihiko Yoshida absolutely loves Nier and Drag-On Dragoon. This is why I think you love a lot of the Granblue character designs, Max.

[@AofCastle]

Hope my boy Caim gets anything anywhere in the future.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Yup, this comment is very importat!

[@rud5101]

I always like that Granblue looked like FF Tactics, guess that's why!

[@silvarafafeitosa]

Yoshida also worked on Nier which helps

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Yoshida also worked in the underrated Tactics Ogre / Ogre Battle franchise.

[@asmodyan]

They put the actual combos of the original game into her move set, and works perfectly. Even one of the POD skills and her perfect timed dodge. Nier Automata is one of my favorite games and i'm so happy to see how they made her in GBVSR

[@Dracobyte]

Nice!

[@Xanek]

This really came out of nowhere. Everyone and myself was expecting a character from Granblue to be added and then suddenly 2B comes out of nowhere. No one expected a guest character, at least not this early. At least with this addition, the main Granblue game finally has a NieR collab with the new MC skins.

[@PIKMINROCK1]

I was expecting a guest character (they included that as a part of their big survey for the game) but, I was expecting it at the end of the season pass. I was also expecting they'd first do a CyGames crossover (Shadowverse, Princess Connect or Rage of Bahamut)

[@PixelleHearts]

So it really isn't. Akihiko Yoshida, the original artist for Final Fantasy Tactics is the director for Cygame's CyDesignation, the production department. This is why a lot of Granblue's designs are very early Squaresoft like. The sketchbook aesthetic to the weapon design is mostly because of how Yoshida works. It's not only that too. A lot of Square Enix developer migrate to Cygames. Akihiko Yoshida absolutely loves Nier and Drag-On Dragoon..

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

Granblue Fantasy Versus is a 3 year almost 4 year old game, it's not "early", in fact it's actually extremely late to have a crossover 4 years past a game's life span

[@skyuru]

That was an BIG surprise °D°

[@blazeknight2629]

@@GuyWithAnAmazingHatit’s technically early since Rising is essentially a whole new game as the game functions almost nothing like the original

[@ZeOHKay]

2B's song in this trailer is a remix of a song from Automata, Weight of the World. Specifically a remix of the "Nouveau-FR Version" (or the Chaos Version, as some might call it) from what I could hear.

[@Supernir]

New French version?

[@ZeOHKay]

@@Supernir That's apparently what it's called on the OST.

[@itsyaboijordan415]

Their goal is pretty much get 2B in as many collabs as possible before Square Enix decides to make another NieR game

[@altnova6643]

which is a long time since the suits at SE still refuse to give Yoko Taro the appropriate budget to make a AAA game.

[@Kango234]

​@@altnova6643I mean it's pretty well known he is friends with those suits which is why they allowed him to keep making games despite them all flopping before Nier Automata.

[@Y4ngCP]

Yeah, she is even in nikke and naraka

[@noRagretz]

He did say recently he’ll make another Nier game before he kicks the bucket, he’s just working on another title right now. Edit: Yosuke Saito (Nier series producer) said that while Yoko Taro is still alive they will release a new entry in the Nier series.

[@Dracobyte]

And Yoko Taro has said that every appereance of her is canon.

[@Siplexus]

I think it has less to do with the fact that 2B was in Soul Caliber and more with the fact that Cygames helped with Nier Automata (they usually assist Square Enix A LOT since well they kinda got birthed by Square Enix employees) so obviously there would be a collab

[@Fishman465]

That might explain it despite the Nier mobile game and GBF being competitors on paper

[@flashtheshapeshafter]

I think it does have something to do with SC6 since the director already have that connection on how to handle 2b

[@Siplexus]

SC is owned by Bandai Namco, 2B is owned by Square Enix, he might have been part of the reasons but he is the CEO of NA not JP so most likely he wasnt even involved in the deals in Japan between Cygames and Square especially since Granblue Collabs a lot of times in the mobile game with other Franchises (we had FF11, Jujutsu Kaisen, One piece etc)@@flashtheshapeshafter

[@Siplexus]

just because the director had something to do with it wouldnt move ANY company to do a contract for millions of dollars but a long time collab between the companies would just saying@@flashtheshapeshafter

[@Kishiiknight]

Its not that deep they have collabed with so many mobile and AAA studios already they always down for a crossover

[@TheHarDeOne]

I never expected 2B for GBVSR, not because it's unheard of, but because I expected a character from a collab that's already happened in the mobile game before a whole new collab unique to the fighting game. And it's a present surprise, I have a friend having a character crisis and 2B will instantly fix it.

[@SpectreAdept]

Wow, 2B and Nier Automata have really turned into the village bicycle of crossovers XD

[@Ramsey276one]

"...Pod." Locked on... *CHARGING...*

[@roxiane]

Yoko Taro is probably in smiles over this

[@Dracobyte]

Yoko Taro has said that every collaboration is canon.

[@HurtboxTV]

Met Okubo before SCVI released at evo, he was super cool. Talking to Harada and Murray and I had no idea he was just out of my peripheral view. I mention how I'm super happy to see SCVI and I really want Raphael. Murray turned to him and Okubo had the biggest smile and signed my SCVI poster after Murray asked him. lol Glad he's doing well, great dude.

[@dadpools]

the song is "weight of the world" but like a remix of it, which is from automata

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Kira Buckland is back as 2B VA and Emi Evans has returned for the character theme's vocals!

[@Dracobyte]

Those women are amaizingly talented!

[@SharpsPanda]

I literally bought this game at full price the moment I saw she was in it.

[@renookami4651]

The wildest part is you may even be able to play her for free when she's on rotation (probably even as promotion on release week)

[@janematthews9087]

Free on release day? Are you crazy, that's leaving money on the table! No, you get her in a character pack and you get her "for free"! When the promotion ends(usually two to three weeks after release) then you can do whatever you want with her. Always try to sell your bundles whenever you can, always.

[@SonicXeno]

2:47 Yeah it's a remix of Weight of the World, NieR: Automata's main theme song. But yeah this collab is insane and I love it since the original GBF mobile game already has plenty of insane collabs from Bobobo, to Code Geass, to PreCure, One Piece, Persona 5, even Street Fighter (and that's not even all of them)

[@maxspecs]

What are the odds we get any crossovers from any of those in this game?

[@oblisk7778]

I would love a Persona crossover with GBFVR

[@cranesilentlyplays8084]

@@maxspecs​This might be the only one, unless GBVSR does really well (the survey for the collab slot was around two years ago and there was only one slot.) As for the possibilities, they’d have to go through Shonen Jump for a few. Street Fighter is more so trying to implement one with a cooldown system and other mechanics, but not impossible considering Cygames loves SF2 and sponsored Daigo. Code Geass is giant mecha, so that’s a bit hard to implement and Persona 5 is all on Atlus.

[@RasenRendanX]

Boku no hero can be added too

[@Dracobyte]

And every crossover is canon, according to Yoko Taro.

[@tiredandangry2480]

The mobile game also has tons of awesome crossover events so it's really not surprising that the fighting game would have amazing guest characters. I wouldn't be surprised if we got more anime/video game guest characters.

[@GreekShinobi223]

Personally I want to see the JJK characters, I think the mobile game did a JJK collab

[@doobiewah855]

Yepp and they just announced a my hero academia collab yesterday lol

[@Gatherway]

8:29 So basically, SoulCalibur VI, Final Fantasy XIV, Punishing: Grey Raven, Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, and now Granblue Fantasy Versus are all canon to NieR:Automata. I feel sorry for anyone who has to write any kind of official lore dump. 😂

[@reverseprime141]

2B: from Namco’s Soul Calibur 6 to Arc System’s Grandblue Fantssy Versus: Rising.

[@stevencisneros9306]

2B in the same fighting game with Siegfried, now BOTH are in Granblue Versus Rising…

[@aydenyoung8118]

I love it how when 2B first appeared in Soulcalibur VI and appeared this game

[@brandonfarfan1978]

Those two reveals were really fun to watch. And the 2B reveal came out unexpectedly out of nowhere. Nice vid Max.👍😃

[@joshireyn]

With this coming to the game,and all the positive reception, the possibilities of who else might join are endless. I am incredibly excited for what’s to come!

[@Kasaaz]

I think one of the things that makes this game look so good compared to other games they've done recently is how the characters themselves pop against the backgrounds. It's just easier, at least for me, to track characters than it is in a LOT of modern fighting games. Higher graphical fidelity has led to a lot of visual noise in the scenes. Something they do here for a semi-depth-of-field kind of effect makes the characters pop so much more clearly.

[@leithaziz2716]

That's something Arcsys in general nails pretty well. I know a lot of stages during the launch of Guilty Gear Strive suffered from washed out colours, however they seem to have fixed that issue with the DLC stages later on. You can see a big difference in colour variety in Baiken and Asuka's stages. Dragonball FighterZ backgrounds technically don't have a problem with blending in the background, it's moreoso that a lot of stages feel bland as a background (I don't have much to look at with the Cell Games arena for example).

[@Kasaaz]

I had forgotten about FighterZ for some reason. I also know even things like Street Fighter 6 in the early stages of betas and trailers, the characters had a weird effect where they felt like they were green-screened on to the stages. It's a tougher thing to do than it used to be, to make interesting stages but also not TOO interesting. I still hate when I see people pick the Buckler Arena stage and a Blue and Yellow costume in SF6 cause it's just hard to then see what's going on. I'm sure that's why they do it though...

[@Iffem]

@@leithaziz2716 to be fair, a loooooooot of Dragonball's fights take place in like... open fields or deserts... it's why "let's go fight where there's no one around!" is such a meme.

[@matrix3509]

Oh my God that mashup of Nier music and Granblue music got me beyond hyped. Holy shit, dude.

[@Dracobyte]

Kira Buckland has returned to voicing 2B, as well as Emi Evans as tye vocals on her theme.

[@neoshenlong]

The song is definitely a new version from the end credits themesong, and it sounds amazing.

[@Dracobyte]

Yeah, it is a remix of Weight of the World with vocals by Emi Evans.

[@Mene0]

Max said he got ending A in Nier Automata and thought that was it. I never forgot that

[@Ramsey276one]

XD

[@Eeyore209]

It's especially hype that Gran will be getting a 9S Inspired outfit along with 2B, knowing that they both share the same eng voice actor (Kyle McCarley) ☺

[@Iffem]

it's worth noting that those outfits are bonuses for the original gacha game, not for vs. it's the same situation as a couple of the DLC characters from the original VS (for example, Zooey gave a skin that made it so you could have her permanently in her dragon fused boss form)

[@johnyiannacopoulos639]

Yoshida did the designs for Nier and he did the designs for Knights of Glory which was like the prototype version Granblue and I believe the current art for GB is Hideo Minaba who also worked for Square.

[@ArchonKujo]

2B looks absolutely astonishing in Arc Sys graphics!

[@Strykerx31]

NineS needs more love.

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

Hell yeah!

[@johnodaz1273]

Excellent Reaction Video Max. 2B in SC6 was awesome but 2B in Granblue Versus is Dope. I haven't gotten round too Playing Rising just yet but with 2B coming, I think i'll be checking her out at the very least.

[@phrofile3613]

THE MUSIC THO 🔥

[@crisbucio]

You should see how many collabs characters they have in the actual mobile game. They even have Boboboboboboboobobo

[@renookami4651]

The collab roster on the wiki could easely fill multiple fighting games... xD

[@Khn_2102]

​@@renookami4651 Is GBF that big in Japan? Lots of collabs there

[@crisbucio]

@Khann_2102 yea it has a pretty big audience and they sell lots of merch. I have been playing on and off for about 8 years now. Its one of the more accessible gacha games in my opinion super beginner friendly and really cool events and collabs.

[@crisbucio]

@@renookami4651 definitely lol, cygames all stars

[@LorzIX]

My brain short-circuited for a moment and I thought she was coming to DNF Duel. I need to get some sleep.

[@jcd2822]

LETSSS GOOOOO WE GOT 2B

[@scrapkingkeita3825]

For funny lore-- they have a group of characters in the Moon that are basically Yorha except instead of robots, they're all biological beings where getting pulped isn't that bad and they just rebuild themselves over the coarse of a few hundred years

[@allainangcao28]

2B is literally one of the few RPG characters that can fit in any fighting game universe and not look out of place.

[@trevorveillette8415]

She has easily the most timeless and well designed appearance of any character or at least female character I've ever seen. It has simple details like the pattern on her chest, and complex details like the pattern on her skirt. She has excellent color contrast with black and white. White hair specifically is an iconic style choice for hair. Black blindfold is extremely iconic. Gothic lolita fashion with a NieR style twist to it. Has an easily recognized silhouette And just being really attractive without having a provocative outfit or appearance. She perfectly displays artistic choices that come together to make an unforgettable character design. Her being an amazingly well written character is just the icing on the cake.

[@frankiecardona1656]

this is how street fighter and MVC should have look

[@evdomos]

The visuals when she lands are so sharp, good wallpaper.

[@Cxrcas]

SHE LITERALLY DOING HER BASIC COMBO FROM THE GAME. thats so sick

[@Neoxon619]

At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if 2B gets in the next Smash game before Geno (probably as DLC).

[@Wallie33.]

Agree, makes a lot of sense.

[@Maaarrrrk]

Debatable

[@Sear2681]

Smash is over

[@sagen06]

Sakurai: Goku for Smash? Nah. 2B on the other hand!

[@Neoxon619]

@@Sear2681 Studio S (the team at Bamco that helped Sakurai with 3DS/Wii U & Ultimate) is currently hiring for a side-view action game. Given that most of their track record is Smash & the Switch 2 is apparently coming late next year, Smash 6 has likely already begun development. The fact that Sakurai has slowed down his KZbin video output since this past summer (which he usually films months in advance) lends further credence towards this. Either way, Smash will always keep going as long as it keeps selling. Like Sakurai said, the series is too important to Nintendo for them to ever let it end. Saying that Smash is over is like saying Mario Kart or Animal Crossing are over, Nintendo isn’t gonna end one of their biggest system-sellers.

[@djhero0071]

@7:56 you can play soccer in the lobby. It's good that the lobby actually works and functions but getting to just jam like that is one of the funnest things I've done in an arcsys lobby. These two things make it the best lobby.

[@dekaidoku]

Granblue Mobile Game has been known to have Collab with Various Series for a while now, so I guess the Fighting Game is gonna follow this up by having one per season Collab Characters

[@HandOfVecna1188]

Man the Granblue glowup has been fucking nutty

[@NickMK]

There's a 4K trailer but the game settings don't go above 1080p lol

[@BltzZ]

Clouds Voice actor & 2B?! One step closer to my ArcSys Final Fantasy fighter dream coming true 🙏

[@TheRasengan0]

Ark System making do a Dissidia reboot would be my dream

[@Neoxon619]

Also, 9S’s English voice actor is already voicing Gran.

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

It makes perfect sense because Granblue essentialy IS Final Fantasy in all but name.

[@bekomon]

Regardless of how I feel about ff16 I NEEEEED Clive to make it in this game's roster some day. Dude is just too cool to not be in a fighting game.

[@BltzZ]

@@TheRasengan0 facts! They could still do 3v3 tag too. Since it fits the combat system

[@goldenboy3850]

I'm really wondering how tf Arc System hasn't created a FATE game yet I won't be surprise if they add Gilgamesh or Saber in this game

[@danielbeam3113]

“I will do anything for money.” - Yoko Taro (legend)

[@DelphinSquared]

Yokotaro's words made sense. NieR Automata also appeared as costumes in a rhythm game heavy on video game and anime references.

[@ron8162]

she has to be the most collabed character in history, I now want her in tekken

[@KingpinOfSteel295]

If I had a nickel for every time 2B was a guest character in a fighting game, I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't alot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@sagen06]

Now if you had a nickel for every collab shes been in. Youd be nearing a whole dollar.

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

Not just that but both fighting games are medieval fantasy games

[@SuperRamos619]

If I had a Nickle for everytime I read this quote, I'd have 1 dollar and 45 cents.

[@gbsartworks4963]

They definitely made a very good decision having her as a DLC!

[@Krescentwolf]

2B, after finishing up her stint in FF14, was thankful for her time training in Soul Calibur 6. She's good at fighting games by now. XD

[@manaswin123]

Granblue mobile game could be the game which has craziest collab ever, and my expectation for the future of GBVS collab after this is sky rocket

[@SuperCozzmic]

2B is the “featuring Dante from Devil May Cry” of this generation

[@disturbedrebirth]

The song is from the game.

[@peterkazembe5219]

That reaction when he realised it was coming out late feb 😂😂😂 i can go sleep now 😂😂😂😂

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

🤣🤣

[@FirionLeFleur]

I can't believe 2B was only a guest fighter in Soul Calibur 6, feels like she was everywhere.

[@nier_gojiraTTV]

It is wild. But I think it’s because NieR cross over to other non fighting games, it’s probably why it feels like 2B is everywhere

[@Hailstormful]

I mean, she was also in Nikke, Nakara Bladepoint, Octopath Traveler, Phantasy Star Online 2 and FF14, from memory at least... the outfit itself is also everywhere

[@NicholasMakaveli]

Granblue is having one of the best reboots/comebacks in fighting game history rn i swear. Never played granblue and bought this one, the game is amazing, the neutral is so fun.

[@NekuGrandChase]

Coincidentally, we have Haohmaru in the browser game rofl (just an SR though since it was a time when collab characters can't be SSR).

[@ruggedlemmings9163]

Wonder what the over-under is on Goku making it in as a guest character. :^)

[@TKLRU]

So what will max do when cloud strife joins fantasy rising?!

[@dungeonmaster16]

“Who else they gonna add.” (Jump to evo or whatever Japanese/fighting event, starts playing blazblue music)

[@DieselJT]

Perfect addition to this game! I'm all about it!

[@lowecypher8761]

I wouldn't be surprised if one day we see a huge multiverse linkage series centering 2B.

[@Barijoker]

granblue has had many collabs in their mobile game so seeing more guest characters is pretty much guranteed

[@darksahde]

Max : you get 2B, the most premium anime character ever. circa 2023

[@mcyume02]

granblue has collabed with A LOT of series so maybe in future we might see more

[@ian2714]

Funny how all the major raids bosses for HL are coming as characters. Love Lucilius have spent many months farming that raid. That's pretty cool they gave him the Dark Opus weapons.

[@sadisticD]

With the way Yoko Taro is about 2B's guest appearances, somehow this will be cannon.

[@habijjj]

Her artwork is from soul caliber 6

[@WillTBear1]

Is the song a remix of Weight of the World? It's been a while since I heard it, but I think that's it...

[@Glux247]

Aeyo, That PSO2 Christmas in the background!

[@Ramsey276one]

1:29 THREE Pods?!

[@macavityomega]

So just to note, GBF has done crossovers with (and special thanks to Tv Tropes for this list) Slayers, Street Fighter, iDOLM@STER, the Tales series, Sakura Wars, Samurai Showdown, Shadowverse, Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu, Cardcaptor Sakura, Attack on Titan, Detective Conan, Persona 5, Love Live, Pretty Cure, Princess Connect, Code Geass, Gachapin, Demon Slayer, Bobobo, Gintama, Doraemon, Uma musume, Final Fantasy XI, One Piece, Sanrio, and Jujustu Kaisen. So now Nier can be added to that list.

[@solarflare8476]

Zone of the Enders too

[@phrofile3613]

Aight gotta buy this game now

[@riyadvanderwesthuizen4257]

I just got full body goose bumps for the trailer

[@DuhBla]

Wow "2B is canon in every game she cameos in" is such a GIGACHAD line, your character is so ingrained into pop culture that you're allowed to say that. She's like Deadpool levels of badassery.

[@JohnnyBlake-bu4hl]

2B: *Breathes* Everyone: *OMGAAAA! 2B! MUMMY! MUMMY THICC! THICC QUEEN! STEP ON ME!*

[@levarhiggins6082]

Im not surprised they have 2b and 9s in shadowverse as leaders. And theres a lot of shadowverse characters in granblue

[@mas8705]

*Watches 2B, Kratos and Spawn put their hands in the middle* Three characters who were first guest characters in Soul Calibur before moving into another Fighting Game IP altogether. Mind you it was still nice to see Kratos and Spawn in Mortal Kombat, but 2B showing up here feels like a puzzle piece that just fit in perfectly.

[@dracocrusher]

I know it'll never happen, but I really wish we could just get a Taroverse Arksys fighter. Like imagine having a game with 2B, A2, Caim, both the Father AND Brother from Nier using different weapons and Weiss spells, Kaine, Zero and her dragon, Emil... Like Drakengard 3's Intoners alone could fill out a roster. And then you add in crap like the King of Facade and his guards or Devola/Popola for the really wild out-there fighting styles, it would be so fucking good, dude!

[@hmxmisfit2120]

Glad you're enjoying this game max. One of the best fg out there

[@joemurray]

Beautiful music

[@Zero001]

I have been playing the OG GBF since high school in like 2010-ish. Never would I have ever imagined that my cute browser Gacha would have grown so much over the years or see Max playing it. Cygames always shows cares for GBF even if it is not always their biggest game, and I am happy that Arc System works made the game as a very comfortable introduction to what GBF is. Granted, players who join the gacha will be surprised how different some characters are from what VS showed. Mostly Vira who is still portrayed as the "Super Creepy and insane Yandere waifu" when that hasn't been true for the last 3 or for years. We could, indeed, fix her.

[@SuzakuX]

Okay, now, can we get Yoko Taro to direct a fighting game developed by Arc System Works?

[@EternitynChaos]

Your thinking of Sydney, and he's short the Blood Sin, but had wings in place lol, also no prosthetics

[@playinshakeoleg4379]

Where can I find the full version of music in intro?

[@pabloosset2533]

2B really be like: "Another game, another collab."

[@RatchildUK]

2B won the great waifu wars

[@smashfangroup3996]

Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising is absolutely cooking year 2024

[@ezsonofez9654]

Cygames have actually collabed with Nier in the past. 2B and 9S had a collab in their card game, Shadowverse.

[@fordesponja]

Just imagine if this was the next revelation after Elphelt in Strive, how many cubic kilometres of digital ink would be spent on dounjins.

[@FrankEPhresh69]

Waiting for the Hello Kitty collab to get added for gbvs

[@Zangelin]

Cinnamon roll OP

[@WGProductionsREUBEI]

2b was the reason I got soul Calibur 6.

[@crownmemory6945]

There's another reason why 2B can easily picked by cygames, nier automata's art direction was handled by cydesignation; a sub company of same parent of cygames that also handle a lot of artwork of other non cygames' games Like the critically acclaimed MMO FFXIV :))

[@Dracobyte]

Akihiko Yoshida is the director of Cydesignation.

[@julbot1]

You see, it's not just Okubo's contact with Yoko Taro that let this happen. Yoko Taro will also collab with anyone that pays him money.

[@MoonlightIndigo]

Song that comes on at 7:37? Great video btw Max!

[@TheCreepypro]

2b makes so much sense and that dude definitely looks like sydney from vagrant story!

[@bertoarevalo8219]

jerry of the river?.... needed a minute.

[@rickflorida3838]

Simons room must be sticky as hell after seeing this 😂

[@ItsJustHenriHeck]

Complete and utter perfection. Shes getting my 8 bucks expeditiously