UnNews:Lucy makes surprise appearance in fighting video game
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Sunday, September 22, 2024
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eird is all the white male rage in 2024, and unusual figures have appeared in fighting video games, such as Cristiano Ronaldo in Fate Fury: City of the Wolves; and Conan the Barbarian, Ghostface and the T-1000 in Mortal Kombat; and Bert and Ernie and Barney the Dinosaur in Street Fighter. But none of them come close to the belated announcement that none other than Lucy will be featured as a DLC fighter in Guilty Gear Strive, the latest installment originally released in June 2021. No, not Lucy Liu. Not Lucy Lawless. Not Lucy Van Pelt. Not even Lucy from that weird French movie based on that bullshit myth that humans only use 10 percent of their brain. We're talking OG Lucy... Ricardo, as played by Lucille Ball on the classic and groundbreaking 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy.
Why Lucy? "We noticed a bizarre trend in which baby boomers, silents and whoever's still alive from the Greatest Generation have been buying video games at a rate outpacing even teenagers, nostalgic Millennials and Xers, and fat, greasy frat boys with beer guts, thick glasses and acne," Arc System Works said in their July announcement at EVO 2024. "Yeah, we're just as surprised as you are. They're selling like vinyl to these old geezers. Plus, I Love Lucy is a timeless sitcom that has been beloved by generation after generation for 70 years. Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason (no, not Joffrey) convinced millions of Americans to buy their first TVs in the 50s. So we figured we'd corner all markets with TV's first trailblazer."
Don't expect to hear the I Love Lucy theme. "We couldn't even get the rights to 'Babalu,'" says Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari. "And we're not waiting ten years for ['Babalu'] to enter the public domain so we can get a cheap artist to record a cover of it for peanuts in a bad Desi Arnaz impression."
"Fuck me," he continued, "Ice-T can get the rights to cover 'Comfortably Numb'... with David Gilmour! But we can't get the rights to any music from I Love Lucy. No theme song, no 'Balalu,' no 'Cuban Pete.' It's like God is playing a sick joke on copyright clearance lawyers."
The game will not feature Ricky, Ethel or Fred. "Though it would have been amusing to see Fred and Ethel fight each other," Ishiwatari muses.
A July trailer confirms that Lucy will be available in black and white and color versions. The DLC is out today July 22 for $23 on Steam.
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- Graham Smith "Cyberpunk Edgerunners' Lucy is coming to fighting game Guilty Gear Strive in season pass four" Rock Paper Shotgun, July 22, 2024
- Carver Fisher "Cristiano Ronaldo brings Fatal Fury back from the dead with City of the Wolves crossover" Dexerto, July 22, 2024