Developer Shift Up has introduced that the most recent crossover occasion deliberate for its shooter-RPG Goddess of Victory: NIKKE will see characters from the basic Neon Genesis Evangelion anime franchise be a part of the sport’s playable roster. The occasion launches on August 22, 2024.
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Shift Up promoted the approaching crossover, which is titled “You Can (Not) Evade,” with a brand new animated trailer.
NIKKE x Evangelion Crossover Trailer
The trailer begins by emulating the visible model and title playing cards utilized in Evangelion episodes. It additionally paid homage to the Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 movie by recreating the assault of the Angel Ramiel, the octahedron entity that tried to destroy Tokyo-3 with a large beam weapon. The Evangelion characters Asuka Langley, Rei Ayanami, and Mari Makinami are seen donning their acquainted plugsuit uniforms and selecting up much less acquainted firearms. Their commander Misato can also be current, although it’s unconfirmed if she’ll be playable. From the NIKKE solid, characters like Rapi, Anis, and Neon present up, alongside newer characters like Ein, Marciana, Zwei, and Rei.
In promotional posts, Shift Up confirmed that each Asuka, Rei, and Mari and Rei might be added to the playable roster, obtainable through a particular gacha banner. Although their weapon sorts usually are not confirmed as of this writing, from the promo video, Asuka is more likely to be an Assault Rifle unit, whereas Rei will seemingly be a Machine Gun or Rocket Launcher unit. Mari could also be a Sniper Rifle unit. Leaks from knowledge miners on social media additionally confirmed that each one three characters can have a number of costumes accessible to accumulate. Traditionally, NIKKE has hooked up costumes to a battle pass-like system with a separate buy, in addition to by a separate, restricted gacha-style prize roulette.
The Evangelion crossover is NIKKE‘s fifth crossover occasion. The primary occasion concerned the Chainsaw Man anime adaptation, whereas the second added characters from NieR: Automata, together with crossover queen 2B. The third occasion added characters from the Re:Zero anime sequence, whereas the fourth crossover was extra of a mini-event coinciding with the sport’s summer season seasonal festivities. That crossover added a minigame and costumes primarily based on Dave the Diver.
NIKKE is accessible on iOS, Android, and PC. The Evangelion crossover occasion launches on August 22, 2024.
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