New characters in the game are elements that add vitality to the game, just like the ‘new face’ in everyday life. In general, it may be accompanied by a large update, and in some cases, two or more character updates may occur at the same time. The moment the game is regarding to get bored, the game will run in the opposite direction with the update of new characters that evoke the atmosphere and increase sales. In which game will the reverse run happen?
In May, Nexon started updating new characters in various games. One of the things that received the most attention was the update of the event story ‘Barney Chasers on board’ to the subculture game ‘Blue Archive’ that was released earlier this month. In this update, ‘C&C’ members infiltrate a luxury cruise ship disguised as a bunny girl in pursuit of ‘Baekto’, a troubled child of the ‘Millennium Science School’. For the story, new characters ‘Neru (bunny girl)’ and ‘Karin (bunny girl)’, which contain the exotic appearance of the bunny girl, were introduced. ‘Neru (Bunny Girl)’ is an explosive attack type tank that moves to a designated location and uses the ‘EX Skill’ that creates a shield, and ‘Karin (Bunny Girl)’ is a mystery type dealer that deals damage to enemies within a fan-shaped area. Use the applied ‘EX skill’.
Nexon also added a new student, Asuna (bunny girl) (★3) in the middle of this month, attracting a lot of attention from users.
In the online casual racing game ‘Kart Rider’ on the 12th, Nexon introduced the character ‘Sonic’ boasting supersonic speed through collaboration with ‘Sonic’. In detail, SEGA’s representative character ‘Sonic’, including ‘Sonic’ boasting supersonic speed, ‘Super Sonic’ shining golden with the power of a chaos emerald, and two types of speed carts ‘Sonic V1’ and ‘Super Sonic V1’ A variety of themed items were presented. In the future, Sonic’s colleagues ‘Knuckles’ and ‘Tales’ are also planned to be added.
On the 20th, in the online FPS game ‘Counters Strike Online’, a lone assassin ‘Kai’ and a shadow attendant ‘Lin’ were introduced as new transcendence classes (characters).
‘Kai’ and ‘Rin’ each have skills for zombie scenarios such as ‘Time of Vengeance’ and ‘Intangible Sword Dance’, and they use ‘Hidden’ as their main skill, where monsters cannot recognize the character. When the two classes are played together, their attack power increases, and when the pairing weapon ‘plain sword’ is used, a special effect is activated. ‘Plain Sword’ is a transcendental grade melee weapon, with a fast attack speed and wide attack range. If you have 2 exclusive costumes along with ‘Kai’ and ‘Lin’, you will receive a medal ‘Assassin’.
On the 26th, in the PC online action battle game ‘KurtzPel’ developed by Cog, Karma (weapon) ‘Desperado’ was introduced. This character can freely use a long gun to aim and fire at the enemy, and is characterized by a powerful bullet attack. Using the unique skill of ‘Desperado’, an explosive attack that can inflict great damage to the enemy is possible. Along with this, the story of ‘Kara Wildcat’, the master of ‘Desperado’, was also newly revealed.
After updating a new character, it is customary to hold various events together. To commemorate the update of ‘Desperado’, Nexon will hold various events until June 9th. During the event period, if you play as ‘Desperado’ Karma, you can get the effect of ‘AP +30%’ and ‘GP +30%’.
An industry official said, “Nexon has a lot of games, so there are a lot of famous games and a lot of events. Among them, the release of new characters in popular games has a high level of attention. It is often released with better performance than previously released characters, and the development team may have a lot of trouble because it has to show a ‘different’ appearance, but it is popular because it gives users a fresh atmosphere. The new character update that was recently introduced must have had a positive impact on the game in some way, and it will be possible to reverse the game.”
