We’ve had our first glimpse of the Zenless Zone Zero characters we’ll be taking part in as in Hoyoverse’s new action-RPG sport, which was just lately introduced. It’s instantly clear that that is going to be a special type of anime sport than Genshin Influence with weapons, anthropomorphic animals, and a recent cityscape that includes prominently within the announcement trailer. We don’t know a lot about this new “city fantasy” journey, however its exuberant forged of characters have been proven off in loads of element.
First off, a little bit context. In Zenless Zone Zero, gamers take the function of a ‘Proxy’, an individual that’s uniquely capable of enter and discover ‘Hollows’, that are dimensional rifts which have brought on the destruction of the broader world. Hollows are additionally inhabited by roaming monsters referred to as Ethereals, and as a Proxy, you possibly can type a squad drawn from a various forged of Zenless Zone Zero characters to embark on expeditions into these rifts.
Why? That half’s a thriller for now, however one factor we do know is that the final surviving metropolis of humanity – New Eridu – has survived partly as a result of it has managed to discover a technique to exploit the Hollows for beneficial sources, and there are many factions in New Eridu that need to maximise these alternatives. So mainly, the reply is loot. For now, let’s check out every thing we all know in regards to the characters of Zenless Zone Zero.
For reference, right here’s the announcement trailer with a primary have a look at a number of Zenless Zone Zero characters:
Proxies
We all know that the participant takes on the function of a ‘Proxy’, an individual able to coming into the ‘Hole’ rifts. There are two individuals from the ZZZ announcement trailer – first at 0:22 after which once more on the finish from 2:25 – that we expect characterize the participant character – a younger man and a girl. They remind us of the Traveler from Genshin Influence, the place the participant can select whether or not to play because the brother or the sister.
We don’t know if solely the participant character is a Proxy, or whether or not the remainder of the characters who you see within the trailer are additionally proxies. We additionally don’t know if the participant character has weapons or skills themselves for fight, or whether or not their solely job is to allow different characters to enter hole rifts. The official web site states “stay twin identities, two opposing persona. Behind seemingly peaceable stress, proxies function in a warped actuality.”
Light Home / Crafty Hares
The most important faction we see within the trailer, their brand exhibits what seems like a rabbit with a menacing grin. In line with a series of tweets relating to one character, Anby, this faction is named the “odd-job” faction Crafty Hares, additionally referred to as Light Home. On this group we’ve got:
- Billy the Child – A cyborg who wields twin pistols and has a carefree persona
- Nicole Demara – The founding father of Light Home, Nicole has a tool that appears like a briefcase, which expands right into a weapon
- Anby Demara – “unintentionally” adopted by Nicole, Anby has no previous. She wields a thick blade-like weapon
- A brief lady with cat ears who additionally wields some type of bladed weapon
Industrial faction
The following faction grouping we see within the trailer seems like they’ve stepped out of an anime manufacturing unit and are able to crack heads as a substitute of rocks. The obscured identify ends in ‘Industries’, which suggests a development or mining theme, and the emblem exhibits a roaring bear sporting a hardhat. On this group we’ve got:
- A person with black and crimson spikey hair, who wears a coat over his shoulders and has arm-mounted drills for weapons
- A small, lady with lengthy crimson hair, an eye fixed patch, and a giant hammer
- A big bear man with black fur wielding a large slab of metallic that might be a rocket launcher, or only a slab of metallic
The Samurai and the Demon
This pair of characters is essentially the most mysterious, as we don’t see any partial faction identify and even the emblem is obscured. On this group we’ve got:
- ‘Unagi’ – A girl sporting a gown over a proper workplace uniform, she wields a big, sci-fi katana
- A blue-skinned lady with horns and a metallic masks. She’s sporting a brief jacket and wields a really, very giant fan on a pole
Victoria Home Maintaining
The one group whose faction identify we are able to see in full, that is one other pair of characters – a girl who’s dressed up as a maid, and a male fox-man who’s dressed up as a butler. The lady wields some type of polearm weapon that has a rotary blade on the finish, however the fox-man has no apparent armaments, however we do see him kicking rather a lot within the trailer.
Soldier 11 and Defence power
Hoyoverse confirmed off a brand new Zenless Zone Zero trailer throughout Summer season Recreation Fest in June, which gave us a have a look at a model new character and faction. The brand new character is understood solely as Soldier 11, and her faction is at the moment unconfirmed though the emblem you possibly can see has ‘defence power’ written alongside the highest.
Soldier 11 is a white-haired lady with an orange and black uniform, and she or he wields a brief, blocky sword. 11 resembles Light Homes’ Anby Demara in lots of methods – the 2 seem to wield similar-looking weapons, put on comparable equipment, and probably even use the identical combating type.
Different Zenless Zone Zero characters
Whereas the main focus of the trailer could be very a lot on the primary character factions, there are fleeting glimpses of different characters. Primarily, there are a number of small creatures that appear to be rabbit teddy bears, besides they don’t have any face apart from glowing spherical eyes. We additionally see a crab-style robotic manning a store, and a robotic with inexperienced hair and glowing inexperienced eyes sitting on a chair.
And there you will have it, every thing we learn about Zenless Zone Zero characters to date. We’ll hold this information up to date as we discover out extra. Within the meantime, learn up on every thing you might want to know in regards to the Zenless Zone Zero system necessities. Beta sign-ups are additionally open.
