Version 1.3 just dropped, bringing some nice to have features and a new character!
The VA-11 Hall-A connection
The cat's outta the bag and best boss Dana Zane finally enters the ring!
Dana's not a simple character.
She hits hard, she has a plethora of wrestling moves and she can HURT, while also having access to two unique mechanics that make her stand out in a cast of weirdos.
Drinktionary
Every single one of Dana's strikes changes which ingredients she has at her disposal. Some strikes grant them and some strikes use them up. You can stockpile up to one charge of Karmotrine, Adelhyde, Powdered Delta, Bronson Extract and Flanergide each.
What do they do? Well, they give Dana access to a series of command grabs. The leftmost ingredient (discounting Karmotrine, which has a different use) dictates which move is performed by pressing forward + the grab button.
Adelhyde: Grizzly Temple (red) -> this grab must be broken with the Grab button
Powdered Delta: Grizzly Temple (blue) -> this grab must be broken with the Kick button
Bronson Extract: Piledriver (yellow) -> this grab must be broken with the Punch button
Flanergide: Piledriver (green) -> this grab must be broken with the Dash button
None of the above: Dana loses access to her command grab
Karmotrine has a different effect: it grants her one use of Fringe Weaver, an unbreakable grab that stuns the opponent in place and can easily be comboed into.
White Knight Helmet
Her super has her fall to the ground and get her head stuck into Sei's helmet. While her helmet is up, she becomes immune to High grabs, her chops are replaces with headbutts and she gains access to Spiked Fringe Weaver (replacing the normal Fringe Weaver), which becomes a one-hit-kill move.
Using headbutts, missing Spiked Fringe Weaver or being hit reduces the Helmet Gauge until the helmet falls off. During this mode, she cannot gain super meter.
Dana comes with 3 costumes and 1 arcade ending. Notice that her ending and win quotes might be slightly updated in a future patch to better reflect Sukeban Games' unique style so think of them as an appetizer for what's to come!
Quality of life improvements
Version 1.3 comes with two quality of life improvements:
Quick rematch in versus mode
While playing against the CPU or another player in Free Match, the loser can immediately press START on the winner's victory screen to trigger a quick rematch.
Quick input remap in versus mode
Joypad players, rejoice: by pressing START in Versus mode, you can now remap your controls easily. This should help with tournament setups
Miscellanea
New gallery entries, among which some pictures of EVO 2025, and one new Lore Archive document
Balance changes
There have been some minimal changes compared with v1.2 which will be detailed later down the line, but nothing really extensive in terms of gameplay or individual character tools.