Alright, readers, this fourth update to Skullgirls X BBTAG is the moment of truth we've been waiting for. We'll do this in a past, present and future format.
The Past:
The six eligible characters out of eight in the original Skullgirls' starting roster is a good starting point when it comes to 3v3 battles. It starts out all female like in Them's Fightin' Herds. It has one depicting a BlazBlue character, three depicting Persona 4 Arena characters and two depicting Under Night In-Birth characters. It has Labrys, Mika, Teddie, P4A Mitsuru Kirijo, Makoto Nanaya and Merkava.
The number of eligible characters have been increased from six to eleven, with the difference of five additional eligible characters. Hilda, Iron Tager, Hakumen, Kanji Tatsumi and Aigis are the additions and all five funded DLC characters in the Indiegogo campaign are eligible. As a result, it is no longer all female because Big Band and Beowulf in Tager and Kanji's colors are on there. It now has three BlazBlue palettes, five P4A palettes and three UNI palettes.
This is a good odd number of characters and that's the number of characters Them's Fightin' Herds will expand to with its Season 1 Pass, which contains Texas, Stronghoof, Nidra and the fourth yet to be announced character. Nidra was supposed to come out this year, but they pushed her back to early next year so that she can come out clean with the best experience possible. If the fourth character in the Season 1 Pass is revealed to be a female character, it can make it perfect to match the Skullgirls X BBTAG roster of nine female characters and two male characters during the Indiegogo period.
Practically speaking, the three versions of Crossing Fate require at least four characters of the same department and thanks to the Indiegogo campaign that added two more characters eligible for P4A palettes, that's more than enough to play Crossing Fate ft. P4A with these characters in game in 2v2 and 2v3 formats. If there is a 6th character eligible for their P4A palette, it can hit the maximum amount of six characters in game. Their Personas are not included.
The Present:
And now, here we are. All four Season 1 Pass characters have been added to the Skullgirls X BBTAG roster of 15 eligible characters. Izayoi, Platinum the Trinity, Nine the Phantom and Orie are the new additions. An odd number of 15 is actually good because Marie in Orie's colors is in the middle of the collage to make it stay true to the fact that she is the current Skullgirl being faced by an even number of characters in their BBTAG palettes in the BBTAG 2.0 period. That makes it six BlazBlue palettes, five P4A palettes and four UNI palettes.
Thanks to the Season 1 Pass period that adds three more characters eligible for BlazBlue palettes, it is more than enough to play Crossing Fate with these characters in game in 2v2, 2v3 and 3v3 formats. The BlazBlue palette department is at the number of characters at the maximum amount in game. If there is a 7th character eligible for their BlazBlue palette, it can exceed the maximum number of characters in game. But hey, the more the merrier, right? Their Drive attacks will not be included.
Playing Crossing Fate ft. UNI is something I wanted to do and since Marie is the fourth character eligible for her UNI palette because of her maid's outfit and her ability to summon her Stand despite being a Skullgirl, it is likely to happen more than ever. I'll be playing it either after Marie hits Alpha or after she is fully released in 2nd Encore. But it must be 2v2 as BBTAG tradition in order for it to work until a 5th character eligible for their UNI palette is confirmed. While the Canopy Kingdom is mostly nighttime, it is not considered a Hollow Night and their EXS will not be included.
As a bonus, Under Night In-Birth II: Sys:Celes was announced at EVO and this will be in response to that.
BBTAG 2.0
The BBTAG 2.0 period has six empty spaces left while the BBTAG 3.0 period has five empty spaces. The Under Night In-Birth row is likely to be left with one empty space in both periods because it has six eligible characters on the department. During the BBTAG 3.0 period, it has six P4A palettes. I'm keeping Cerebella in Mika's colors because of her forte of punching and grabbing things along with Marie in Orie's colors.
BBTAG 2.0:
BBTAG 3.0:
During the course of Marie's development in Mobile, she didn't get her Orie palette. But there is still a chance, which is during her Alpha phase. If it didn't make it, it will stay on this palette pack.
Introducing the Skullgirls X BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Season 1 Pass; featuring Annie, Umbrella, Black Dahlia and Marie in Izayoi, Platinum, Nine and Orie colors.
Best friends, rivals, ASG warriors, TV stars, Renoir sisters of the Canopy Kingdom, Parasite users, Fortunes and grapplers! The Skullgirls X BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle cast of 15 characters is coming along nicely!
In case if you're wondering if there will be more characters beyond Marie, yes, there will be more of them. But the characters on my Discord server's splash art must be smaller in order to fit more characters on there.
Now, that being said, it's time for the full story for this.
Skullgirls X BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle pits warriors in their BBTAG palettes in a "Dark Deco" world. Their mission is to fight the current Skullgirl that is Marie in Orie's colors. Marie is unlockable when you beat the General Story Mode, like in all games developed by NetherRealm Studios. Marie's Story Mode is half visual novel and entails her connection with the Skull Heart. On the hardest difficulty, Marie's skin turns red and she turns into Marie 300% in Orie's colors, but with a red skin.
In a fortunate turn of events, the Skull Heart has been destroyed, but Marie herself is spared and freed from all influence from the power of the Skull Heart, thus making her both an unchained Skullgirl and a playable fighter.
And finally, my fanmade character select screen now has a portrit of Marie in Orie's colors. The blank green square is the random selection. Also reverted the podiums to the original one. I didn't add the ? mark on the green square because importing my own fonts requires Canva Pro.
It's now time to post more BBTAG Trinities.
Team Best Friends - Big Band, Peacock and Marie in Tager, Teddie and Orie colors. Peacock isn't alone because Marie is her best friend at the castle orphanage and Big Band is a close friend at the ASG labs. Those who have the balls to run this BBTAG Trinity will make them a legend.
Skullgirls X BBTAG 1.0 Wave 1 - Umbrella, Beowulf and Marie in Platinum, Kanji and Orie's colors. Because you just want to embrace the goodness of this BBTAG Trinity without being obvious that others are being embraced right now.
The Future:
Without Marie:
With Marie:
You think that I'm done with my endeavor of making BBTAG palettes out of Skullgirls characters? Well, guess again, becuase we are down to the future of my projects that this update will not be the final one. My collages above have four more empty slots. Without Marie in Orie's colors, it can hold up to 18 characters in their BBTAG palettes while with Marie in Orie's colors, it can hold up to 19 characters in their BBTAG palettes. The empty slots are for the eligible non-playable characters below.
And that covers everything in this moment of truth update. Phew, it was a lot that I had to go through. All of my projects are now updated to have a final picture of Marie in Orie's colors and they are coming along nicely even more to become a masterpiece. It's finally over. This is the moment of truth, but that doesn't mean this will be the final standalone update because if they greenlight a Season 2 Pass, I'll be ready for that as long as it contains at least one character eligible for Skullgirls X BBTAG. I am gonna share this on X, but it will not happen until I finish posting the rest of the quips. I am coming down the wire on it.
Let me tell you this. When I was watching SPL, right? When I was watching SPL, it was the tip of the iceberg that the Oni Warriors would break the 2-0 run of the remaining European SCC team, Hex Mambo during Summer Masters. It was the icing on the cake. They would've completed their undefeated journey in Phase 1, but the Styx Ferrymen managed to do so.
Now that all of my projects have a final picture of Marie and since she is the final Season 1 Pass character, I can now wait for her Alpha to full release and post the rest of the quips on X with a clear mind, as well as waiting for Sonic Frontiers' The Final Horizon update coming out tomorrow. Signing out.
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