yesterday was Cygames Cup 2023, a JP tournament for GBVS (the original). before grand finals they showed a teaser trailer for Anila who'll be in Rising when it launches! they didn't show any game footage of her except for what looks like her match intro. there'll be another trailer on March 4. trailer and more info below!

the prize for winning the tournament was 1 million yen. before the grand finals matches started, they showed a slide that said what each player would spend their 1 million yen on.

Tororo: "Paying back those who've been taking care of me, a new PC, traveling overseas, eating lots of delicious food"
gamera: "Zoo"
after that, Tororo beat gamera with a quick 3-0 in grand finals, getting revenge for EVO 2022.
they revealed a few more details about Rising:
first, they showed their design philosophy for the game- adding new characters and mechanics without losing the GBVS feel.
dash attacks. they didn't talk too much about them, but every character will have 3 dash attacks available to them. it seems like the specifics will mostly be dependent on character.
new auto combo finishers. all characters can go into either a low or an overhead at the end of their combo. this seems really nice, giving people an easy way to vary their pressure is great.
there's some small clips of the two new mechanics being used by a couple characters on the official GBVSR site. they reminded everyone about the GBVSR beta tournament happening at EVO this year and said that people who aren't going to EVO will get another chance to try the game further down the line.
really excited to see what the other new system mechanics are and for the game in general. we'll probably see what anila actually does in-game next week!
