Guilty Gear Strive somewhat-surprised fans late last week when it announced its first crossover character, Lucy from the excellent anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, a show based on CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 (and, consequently, the OG Cyberpunk TTRPG).
I say "somewhat", because crossover characters (or 'guest' fighters) aren't at all uncommon in fighting games—they're practically tradition. However, Guilty Gear Strive came out in 2021—making it three years without so much as a multiversal cough in its direction, so the sudden debut of Lucy was at least enough to raise my eyebrows and make me say 'huh, neat!'
