Accent Core Plus follow-up with extra characters and modes. Animation still gorgeous, balancing retuned, content beefed up. The most complete Accent Core on Wii, strongly recommended for Arc System Works fans.
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Category
Fighting1 player12+
Description
Enhanced version of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core developed by Arc System Works and published in Europe in October 2009. Guilty Gear fighters clash in high-speed technical 2D duels with two new added characters - A.B.A and Order-Sol - and additional game modes. Roman Cancel, Overdrive Techniques, extended storyline and signature metal soundtrack. Complete European version of the arcade game.
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Few games reach such expressiveness in 2D: every fighter, hand-drawn, brims with personality down to the smallest frame of animation. Flamboyant effects and a bold palette elevate duels of electric nerviness. This graphic splendour, expanded here, remains a yardstick for 2D fighting.
Signed by Daisuke Ishiwatari, the music makes a raging heavy metal scream, matching the stylised fury of the fights. Distorted riffs and blazing solos electrify every duel with an unabashed hard-rock energy. This blazing sonic identity, set from this first entry, would become the hallmark of a cult series.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Honing your command of Roman Cancels, exploring a fleshed-out story mode and testing each fighter deepens Accent Core's high-strung versus. Challenges, unlockables and technical growth keep the session rolling without pause. The demands stay fearsome for the beginner, yet the mechanical richness and generous content hold lasting pull for the versus devotee.
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Enriched with two extra fighters, A.B.A and Order-Sol, and added modes, this expanded version widens an already dizzyingly deep system even further. Taming the Roman Cancel, the Overdrives and pixel-perfect combos eats up hours of practice, while the extended scenario and versus push the time limits further. It's that technical density, perfect for a long-term investment, that makes it the European reference of Accent Core.
Technical info
💾1,3 GB📅30/10/2009
Published by Aksys Games
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (Wii) price, value & rarity
European PAL pressing of Accent Core Plus, rarer than the American version due to reduced European distribution for this niche fighting game. The European disc, the title's expanded and definitive version, has become a sought target for anyone completing the Western editions of the Accent Core series on the Wii. Desirability rests on that print imbalance in favor of PAL, doubled by the prestige of the Guilty Gear franchise among versus-fighting fans.
Is Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus still worth playing in 2026?
An expanded edition of Arc System Works' fighter, Accent Core Plus adds characters, a fleshed out story mode and refined balancing to Guilty Gear's virtuoso formula. The richness of the roster, the legendary technical depth and the heavy metal fire of the clashes make it a 2D versus reference. The pad handling stays a compromise and the technical barrier to entry is high. An excellent fighting game for genre devotees and fans of the Guilty Gear saga.
