Guilty Gear Strive’s New Update Ensures Photo Mode Stays Classy

Arc System Works has rolled out an update for Guilty Gear Strive that subtly addresses how its Digital Figure mode operates—by making fighters disappear when viewed from “inappropriate” angles.

As highlighted by Automaton, version 1.41 of the game tweaks its photo mode, where players can pose characters and freely adjust the camera’s position and zoom. However, new restrictions now ensure that if the camera ventures into areas deemed too intimate, the character vanishes from view until the perspective shifts.

Interestingly, while this change is most relevant to female fighters with revealing outfits, it doesn’t exclusively apply to them. Male characters, too, can “poof” out of existence if you position the camera awkwardly—say, from a direct upward angle.

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Arc System Works hasn’t confirmed the exact reason for this adjustment, but it likely ties in with Japan’s rating board, CERO, which recently upped the game’s classification. Previously rated CERO B (suitable for players aged 12 and up), the game is now rated CERO C, marking it as appropriate for ages 15 and above due to its heightened content.

Given CERO’s stricter criteria for sexual themes, horror, and violence, this disappearing act seems designed to help Guilty Gear Strive stay within its updated guidelines.