Zappa (Guilty Gear)
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Zappa is a character in the Guilty Gear fighting game series, making his first appearance in the third game, Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival. He is said to be a normal guy from Australia, except that he is possessed by a variety of ghosts, the most prominent of which is called S-Ko.
Gameplay
Zappa can be a powerful and fast character, and his dash can be used to avoid medium and high hits. His main niche in the game is as a rushdown character. His power to summon random ghosts is often useful, and depending on his ghost, he can unleash staggering attacks, devastating combos, or extremely confusing tactics. Certain moves, if they hit successfully, can build up orbs around him, which ultimately lead up to calling forth the supremely powerful Raou, who lasts for sixteen seconds and whose attacks outstrip most in the game as far as power and start-up frames. In certain circumstances, the Dog summon can be used for a pseudo-infinite (Real infinites are impossible in GGXX, due to the burst mechanic). Since, apart from Raou, the ghost that he summons is impossible to predict, he is very difficult to play, and beginners consider him a poorly-constructed character. But, if used well, he can be just as deadly as any other fighter.In Guilty Gear XX: Slash, Zappa's dog summon began to suffer from pushback, which made corner infinites impossible, and the already-rarely-possible non-corner infinites even more difficult. He gained a new way to throw his ghost projectiles, making him less vulnerable to ground-to-air assaults, and his sword's normal attacks were completely revamped, most of them gaining multiple hits, and a few becoming much more prominent in his mixup game (6H, for example, hits twice, once high and once low.)
Story
Background
Zappa is just a normal guy, looking for a wife and writing in his diary about his new "disease" he has, which, from his point of view, consists of fainting and then waking up somewhere else, possibly with alarming wounds and fractures and no memory of how he got there. Like Axl in the previous game, he seeks the "Dark Doctor" Faust to cure his paranormal ailment. When entering a battle, he is unconscious, with S-Ko and the other ghosts having control of his actions.Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival
In his search for Faust, Zappa encounters several people, most of which he ends up fighting involuntarily, and later finding them unconscious. In one ending, he meets up with Ky Kiske, who arrests him for assaulting an officer (the officer being Ky himself). In his other two endings, he actually finds Faust and fights him (once again involuntarily). In one ending he defeats Faust, and then, after regaining consciousness, sees Faust injured and unconscious. At this point, it is suggested that S-Ko assumes more control over Zappa. In another ending, Zappa loses the fight with Faust, and Faust gives his diagnosis: this disease cannot be cured! He then suggests that Zappa isolates himself until a cure is found.S-ko
S-ko is the foremost spirit possessing Zappa, and the only one with a significant place in the story. Little is known about her, except that she is very volatile and spiteful. She allegedly committed suicide because her boyfriend abandoned her. Because of the ambiguity surrounding Axl Low's significant other, S-ko is assumed by some fans to be Megumi herself, a theory that is supported by Zappa's winquote against Axl.S-ko is a reference to the film and book Ring's malevolent apparition, Yamamura Sadako. Supporting this is Zappa's Instant Kill, which causes S-ko to reach out and grab at the enemy. If caught, the victim is made to view a tree blowing in the wind while kana appears before the screen cuts to blaring static with an eye in the center.
Music References
Zappa is named after Frank Zappa. His attack "Last Edguy" is a reference to the German power metal band Edguy
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