We’ve had our first glimpse of the Zenless Zone Zero characters we’ll be enjoying 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 model of anime sport than Genshin Affect 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 solid of characters had been proven off in loads of element.
First off, a little bit context. In Zenless Zone Zero, gamers take the position of a ‘Proxy’, an individual that’s uniquely capable of enter and discover ‘Hollows’, that are dimensional rifts which have prompted the destruction of the broader world. Hollows are additionally inhabited by roaming monsters known as Ethereals, and as a Proxy, you may kind a squad drawn from a various solid 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 useful assets, and there are many factions in New Eridu that need to maximise these alternatives. So principally, the reply is loot. For now, let’s check out all the things we all know concerning the characters of Zenless Zone Zero.
For reference, right here’s the announcement trailer with a primary take a look at a number of Zenless Zone Zero characters:
Proxies
We all know that the participant takes on the position of a ‘Proxy’, an individual able to getting into the ‘Hole’ rifts. There are two folks from the ZZZ announcement trailer – first at 0:22 after which once more on the finish from 2:25 – that we predict signify the participant character – a younger man and a girl. They remind us of the Traveler from Genshin Affect, 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 talents themselves for fight, or whether or not their solely job is to allow different characters to enter hole rifts. The official web site states “reside twin identities, two opposing persona. Behind seemingly peaceable stress, proxies function in a warped actuality.”
Mild Home / Crafty Hares
The most important faction we see within the trailer, their emblem exhibits what appears like a rabbit with a menacing grin. In accordance with a series of tweets relating to one character, Anby, this faction is named the “odd-job” faction Crafty Hares, additionally known as Mild Home. On this group we have now:
- ‘Billy’ – A robotic dressed up as a person, with a primary faceplate that solely exhibits eyes. He wields pistols
- ‘Nicole’ – A ladies with lengthy pink hair holding a briefcase that expands right into a weapon
- ‘Anby’ – One other lady with quick white hair who wields a blade
- A brief woman with cat ears who additionally wields some sort of bladed weapon
Industrial faction
The subsequent faction grouping we see within the trailer appears like they’ve stepped out of an anime manufacturing unit and are able to crack heads as a substitute of rocks. The obscured title ends in ‘Industries’, which suggests a building or mining theme, and the emblem exhibits a roaring bear carrying a hardhat. On this group we have now:
- A person with black and pink spikey hair, who wears a coat over his shoulders and has arm-mounted drills for weapons
- A small, lady with lengthy pink hair, a watch patch, and an enormous hammer
- A big bear man with black fur wielding an enormous slab of metallic that could possibly be a rocket launcher, or only a slab of metallic
The Samurai and the Demon
This pair of characters is probably the most mysterious, as we don’t see any partial faction title and even the emblem is obscured. On this group we have now:
- ‘Unagi’ – A lady carrying 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 carrying a brief jacket and wields a really, very massive fan on a pole
Victoria Home Maintaining
The one group whose faction title 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 sort 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 so much within the trailer.
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 like rabbit teddy bears, besides they don’t have any face aside 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, all the things we find out about Zenless Zone Zero characters thus far. We’ll preserve this information up to date as we discover out extra. Within the meantime, learn up on all the things you could know concerning the Zenless Zone Zero system necessities. Beta sign-ups are additionally open.
