Xbox Wire can solely reveal considered one of Overwatch 2’s upcoming One-Punch Man collaboration skins – help hero Kiriko within the type of Horrible Twister. The legendary pores and skin comes as a part of a wider collaboration between Overwatch 2 and One-Punch Man, which has already seen Doomfist revealed in a pores and skin based mostly on the eponymous superhero himself, Saitama.
The Legendary Horrible Twister – Kiriko pores and skin will arrive as a part of a bundle, out there for two,100 cash within the Overwatch 2 in-game retailer. The bundle consists of the legendary pores and skin, the Terribly Spectacular Victory Pose, and the Horrible Twister namecard. The pores and skin – and the remainder of the One Punch Man collaboration – can be out there from March 7 till April 6.
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It’s the primary main in-game collaboration for Overwatch since a LEGO-inspired Bastion pores and skin in 2019, and I caught up with Artwork Director, Dion Rogers to learn how this surprising partnership emerged:
“It’s one thing we’ve been eager to do for some time,” he begins. “You recognize, Overwatch’s artwork type is sort of a wedding of West-meets-East aesthetics and values – there’s a little bit of an anime look to Overwatch. So, being followers of anime, we had been in search of a associate to collaborate with. And we checked out numerous studios, after which when One-Punch Man got here up, it was shocking how many individuals on the group knew the anime, they liked it, they watched it. Aaron Keller, our sport director completely is aware of all of the characters and issues backwards and forwards.
“So it was fairly shocking. We felt like that’s a fantastic one as a result of the group could be very excited by this concept – as a result of the group knew the anime so nicely, and so they had been so excited, it’s at that time that it actually felt like the proper match.”
Rogers wasn’t flawed. He says that the collaboration was so in style within the studio that, on the very first group assembly about it, the character artist for the Saitama – Doomfist pores and skin started drawing designs throughout the decision, and was sharing them quickly after. In the event you needed some measure of how a lot the Overwatch group likes One Punch Man, take into account the truth that Doomfist had a voice line referencing the present for years – “One punch is all I want” – earlier than this crossover got here collectively. “Yeah, we had been impressed,” Rogers laughs once I ask about it.
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So, what about Kiriko’s costume particularly? Horrible Twister is an extremely highly effective psychic on the planet of One-Punch Man, and comes with a definite character all of her personal. What made Kiriko the proper match to placed on her costume?
“A part of the problem of bringing among the heroes in is principally [because of] a silhouette change. So gameplay-wise, we’ve to watch out. Doomfist, for instance: as Saitama he beneficial properties a cape. Doomfist, we by no means give him a cape, in any of the skins, in order that his silhouette – the form that gamers are used to seeing – stays. So we had been very cautious after we utilized this.
“Kiriko – on prime of needing some extra skins, as a result of she’s a more recent hero within the sport – she suits the silhouette of [Terrible Tornado] fairly nicely. So it simply felt like a pure selection – we might do her coiffure, however numerous Kiriko’s base silhouette comes from her skirt, the little sort of angled components on her clothes. So we might hold that look whereas capturing [Terrible Tornado] in sort of cosplay type.”
Rogers raises an attention-grabbing level about this collaboration – in most video games, you’d sort of assume the heroes had been meant to be a model of the One-Punch Man characters however, in Overwatch 2, they’re cosplaying as them.
“Our heroes are principally conscious of the anime and are followers too. They usually’re cosplaying because the heroes.”
“That’s our method; that our heroes are principally conscious of the anime and are followers too. They usually’re cosplaying because the heroes. So if you see Doomfist sporting the Saitama outfit, he’s a fan too.”
It raises the query – is that this a one-off, or might we see extra cosplay-esque collaborations for Overwatch 2 in future?
“We undoubtedly need to do extra collaborations over time, however with the proper alternative [because] it took us a very long time to achieve right here – hopefully it doesn’t take us as lengthy for the following one. However our purpose is to do extra. It was tremendous enjoyable for the group. It’s shocking, I feel our method overlaps with Overwatch very nicely.”
“And what I like in regards to the new sport is it’s seasonal, we’ve the seasonal cadence of issues now. It’ll enable us to pursue extra issues like this, as a result of we’ve focused seasons that we are able to plug these items into.”
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I can’t let Rogers go with out asking the plain follow-up: what would his dream collaboration be as soon as One Punch Man is completed? “Oh yeah. Dragon Ball – that’s considered one of them. Truly, Road Fighter, I’d like to combo with Road Fighter in some unspecified time in the future.” Right here’s hoping one (or each!) occur at some point quickly.
Overwatch 2 is out now on Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox One. The Overwatch collaboration occasion, together with the Legendary Horrible Twister – Kiriko pores and skin, will start on March 7 and run till April 6.
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