They do not own the rights to Indivisible. This is not legally possible afaik.
I can see the something like the Umbrella alpha being announced or launched around EVO but I don't think they will announce the next character so early; I doubt we will hear about them till around the end of the year. Although if everything goes according to plan, we'll get 2 characters announced at the same time so we can vote on which one will be made/released first.
Umbrella will most likely be released after EVO (lines up with the SGM promo code: TWOWEEKS that was shown at the Summer Blockbuster). There will not be a hint on the next character til her release though (based on how umbrella was announced during annie's development).
Out of curiosity, why did you think they’d wait until Season 2 to release Marie? If anything, she feels like technically the least likely character for a season 2 simply because the only reason they wouldn’t add her in the first season is if they made a conscious decision not to add her at all for some reason.
My logic at the time is she's a really popular and important character and using her as the "flagship" character to sell Season 2 would make sense.
Now that's heartbreaking.
Lol I'd like to think the possibility is there but I would not be expecting it. If we do get it it would be a pleasant surprise.
Yeah I do believe HVS being in charge of SGM gives them an incentive to keep updating with new characters into the future, but for now I'm not sure how realistic it is for FC to keep working on SG. They are a pretty small company and if they wanna launch a new project, I don't know if they would be able to do both that and SG DLC development at the same time. Like we saw that when LZ started working on Indivisible, practically no development was happening for SG. There are probably other options but I will probably remain cautiously optimistic for now.
Yeah I think that is a pretty good list. Out of all the Egrets, Panzer is definitely is most popular. Although unfortunately I also think gameplay design-wise he is the most boring lol. But at least being a straightforward character would make it easier to develop his moves and gives more freedom to the devs to add new unique mechanics I guess.
Kind of sad, really. But maybe that's exactly the point.
I hope she'll make it in, her proposed playstyle sounds like fun. And she feels pretty unique. I'm not even talking about story mode possibilities.
Brain Drain is ought to become playable one day. Even if for the sake of the story.
Still, not enough, judging by Umbrella's story mode. I was hoping he'll get at least one speaking line in the main game, but no...
Yeah out of all the potential Lab 8 characters I'd like to see Ileum the most. Super interesting design and so much potential to make her attacks really brutal and disgusting. As a PW player I love that sorta things.
Now that you mention it, both Minette, Feng, Stanley, and Brain Drain do have a much greater shot at being added in Season 2 than Isaac because of that developer's departure. Glad to know.
Oh, yeah. I forgot about Aeon. She seems to be pretty popular as well and her time abilites would be cool to have in Skullgirls if Isaac is unlikely to make it in.
Aeon's mechanics are even more difficult to get right than Isaac's I think lol.
Isn't that, like, her thing?
Yay, chance to implement the Alternate Samson idea.
Surprisingly, yes. Not so much, but still counts.
The Dio inspiration I'm pretty sure would be something like his famous "Toki wo tomare" move, where he stops time, set up dagger throws and drop a friggin road roller on the enemy, which is also referenced by Peacock:
Yeah I was referring specifically to the things like "she can record combos and play them back" and other mechanics that are supposed to use GGPO save states. It's super vague and I honestly don't see how that's gonna work well and be balanced in actual gameplay.
It's not impossible but Marie definitely has the better chance I'd think. I don't think Minette is as popular as she was in 2013 to be honest.
IMO Marie is currently #1 and Minette is #2 in terms of popularity and fanart for non-playable characters. Marie got to keep most of her popularity from the heydays because she's very relevant to the lore, whereas every other character from the fan vote went down due to the natural cycle of the game aging. Minette is still staying relatively strong because she's close to Ms Fortune, who I'd say is top 4 in popularity (In a tier with Valentine, below Squigly and Filia).
I feel Minette is a definite possibility, but not over Marie.
Hmm, maybe I hadn't been looking at the right places but I feel like Feng and Panzer are getting more attention than Minette lately. I haven't looked at any hard data on that. Would be something that is interesting to see.
I'm actually pretty curious to see how another vote would go now that the game is 10 years old, a lot of the most popular picks are already playable/in-development and the fanbase has changed and shifted a lot in the interim. Which characters would retain their popularity? Which characters would get more votes this time around? Which have been forgotten by time? How much attention could another vote bring to the game?
