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07-21-2022, 11:53 AM
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Nani?The Apex Legends (https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-apex-legends/) anime event is now underway, and will be available for the next few weeks or so (until August 2, 2022).
As is the case with many battle royale tie-ins, it's mainly an opportunity to sell cosmetics, as there are "40 event-limited" items to peruse in Apex Legends, led by the Revenant, Mirage, Octane, and Wattson legendary skins. All of those are featured in the promo video below, which is a fun little literal gaiden (side story) dealing with core cast members in anime form. Wattson even literally does a Kamehameha, (https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Kamehameha) but the One Piece, My Hero Academia, and Naruto inspirations are the most obvious places the development team goes.
There's also a big spender promo going on, as you can "unlock all the skins to automatically get the Bangalore Apex Commander prestige skin." I mean, this IP has to have a TV show at some point, right? That's just how every lucrative "this didn't go out of business for several years" gaming IP rolls now.
An anime tie-in event is a normal theme to go for in the genre (https://www.destructoid.com/fortnite-naruto-crossover-announced-november-epic/) (as well as MOBAs (https://www.destructoid.com/heroes-of-the-storms-new-event-is-mecha-themed-just-in-time-for-evangelion-on-netflix/)), as it kind of just seems inevitable. A lot of the developers on these games are fans of the medium, not to mention it has a lot of potential to sell copious amounts of out-there skins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLvyEhGw11Y
The post Apex Legends is anime now with the Gaiden event (https://www.destructoid.com/apex-legends-is-anime-now-with-the-gaiden-event/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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Nani?The Apex Legends (https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-apex-legends/) anime event is now underway, and will be available for the next few weeks or so (until August 2, 2022).
As is the case with many battle royale tie-ins, it's mainly an opportunity to sell cosmetics, as there are "40 event-limited" items to peruse in Apex Legends, led by the Revenant, Mirage, Octane, and Wattson legendary skins. All of those are featured in the promo video below, which is a fun little literal gaiden (side story) dealing with core cast members in anime form. Wattson even literally does a Kamehameha, (https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Kamehameha) but the One Piece, My Hero Academia, and Naruto inspirations are the most obvious places the development team goes.
There's also a big spender promo going on, as you can "unlock all the skins to automatically get the Bangalore Apex Commander prestige skin." I mean, this IP has to have a TV show at some point, right? That's just how every lucrative "this didn't go out of business for several years" gaming IP rolls now.
An anime tie-in event is a normal theme to go for in the genre (https://www.destructoid.com/fortnite-naruto-crossover-announced-november-epic/) (as well as MOBAs (https://www.destructoid.com/heroes-of-the-storms-new-event-is-mecha-themed-just-in-time-for-evangelion-on-netflix/)), as it kind of just seems inevitable. A lot of the developers on these games are fans of the medium, not to mention it has a lot of potential to sell copious amounts of out-there skins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLvyEhGw11Y
The post Apex Legends is anime now with the Gaiden event (https://www.destructoid.com/apex-legends-is-anime-now-with-the-gaiden-event/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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