Baiken
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Baiken is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making her first appearance in the first game, Guilty Gear: The Missing Link as a secret boss. She wields a katana as well as several hidden weapons, ranging from blades on chains to a cannon, all of which are concealed within her right sleeve, since her right arm is missing. Her personality can be described as vengeful and cold.
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Gameplay
Baiken's main selling point is her ability to punish on block, with several unique guard-cancel moves at her disposal. This makes her a strong defensive character, although this doesn't necessarily limit her to always being on the defensive. She has a decent "mix-up game" with a few low attacks and the ability to "tiger-knee" her aerial specials, including "Youzansen", and has reasonably strong combo potential because of her Tatamigaeshi attack. Notably, the tatamigaeshi is one of the many setups for a "Dust Loop," similar to that of Sol Badguy, but generally considered much more difficult and generally requiring FRCs, and therefore tension meter. However, she takes more damage than most characters, and is in one of the lowest weight classes, so this can put her at a disadvantage in certain matchups. Her air aerial combo ability has improved in recent installments tremendously however, in fact many would say that her real offensive strength is aerial traps and assaults, as well as her ability to Dead Angle without using up tension.Story
Background
When Baiken was young, the gears attacked the Japanese Institute she was living in at the time. During that attack she lost her mother, her father, and her right arm and left eye. Amidst the flames she could see a man, the creator of the gears, and swore revenge on him (and presumably the gears as well) for what he had done.Guilty Gear: The Missing Link
Baiken was a hidden boss and secret character in this game, and thus was not a major part of the story. Presumably, she entered the tournament seeking revenge on the gears, specifically Justice. The most likely reason for Baiken being in the game however, is that Daisuke and the Sammy staff simply felt like putting in his "female Kenshin"(see below for details) what if character. As opposed to the sequel game and on, where Baiken had more distinction, in Guilty Gear she looked and sounded almost exactly like Kenshin. She didn't have face paint in this game, her hair was bright brown instead of pink, and her appearance was more masculine than her revamped form. If it weren't for the fact Baiken were a woman she could very well be a perfect clone of Kenshin in every way. Baiken also lacked her revamped form's counter-offensive fighting style, not having any counter moves. Her basic trademark moves, such as the Tatami Geishi, and the Youzansen were all present however, but her attack power and offensive prowess was ridiculously high in this game. Baiken could chain combo's together with ease, and her combo's often outdamaged even Sol's! Obviously this and her style had to be revamped for her more official outing in subsequent games although her basic premise stayed the same.Guilty Gear X: By Your Side
Baiken is still seeking her revenge, hunting down "Monsters," including gears such as Sol Badguy and others she considers to be demons, including Potemkin and Faust. Her first ending has her nearly killing Testament and Dizzy, but then letting them go, her stated reason being that she can't find That Man. Her other ending has her accompanying Johnny for a drink.Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival
Baiken continues her search for That Man. She eventually runs into Anji Mito, who is also seeking That Man, but Anji does not wish to kill him; instead he wants to ask him questions concerning Gears. Therefore, in order to save the keeper of such knowledge, Anji attempts to halt Baiken. In one of her endings, she meets That Man, but is unable to harm him. In another, the PWAB sends a brainwashed May and a Robo-Ky after her, and she has a fairly easy time dispatching them. In her third ending, Anji stalls her, but she spares his life on the condition that he shares the information he managed to gather from That Man.Note: The said third ending, as well as specific dialogue, has led many fans to believe that both Anji and Baiken have romantic feelings for each other, although it's possible their relationship is more one of mutual respect. Nothing official has been stated.
Music References
None have been found thus far.Trivia
- Baiken was a secret character in the first Guilty Gear. She could be unlocked by first beating the game with Sol Badguy or Ky Kiske without using any continues, and then after the credits, fighting and defeating Baiken. She became normally selectable in the later installments.
- Her appearance's influence is most likely based on that of Manji, the protagonist of Blade of the Immortal. Early concept art [link] supports this, however, a more popular (though less likely) theory is that the influence was instead from the character Himura Kenshin from the anime/manga series Rurouni Kenshin. It is said that her design came out of an illustration that Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari did of Himura Kenshin when he mistook the character for a woman.
- Baiken's 'hidden boss' status in the first game has led many fans to believe that she is actually the creator of the gears. Judging by all canonical sources, this is erroneous.
| Characters: A.B.A | Sol Badguy | Baiken | Bridget | Dizzy | Fanny | Faust | I-No | Johnny | Justice | Ky Kiske | Kliff Undersn | Jam Kuradoberi | Axl Low | May | Millia Rage | Anji Mito | Potemkin | Robo-Ky | Slayer | Testament | That Man | Venom | Chipp Zanuff | Zappa | Zato-1 |
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