You may remember that we are supposed to have a fighting game for he Avatar franchise sometime this year. In recent months, developer Gameplay Group International has been conducting gameplay testing and gradually revealing Avatar Legends List of 12 people. For air master fans, the roster is pretty much what you’d expect, and if you want Legend of Korra…well, it’s basically an honor to have someone from that program so early in the fray.
While Korra and an Avatar State variant made the cut, the only other person from her show included in the release is season three baddie Zaheer. In isolation, it is a good option; certainly up there on the show’s list of villains, arguably its coldest momentand adds some Airbender representation beyond Aang. That all goes on, and it’s a shame we don’t currently get to see how Zaheer plays to show how evil the wrestling community will be to him.
Still, it’s a strange move to be so air master biased and leave Korra with crumbs Maybe not everyone in his version of Team Avatar is fighting game material; Sorry Mako, but look at a Fire guy, I’ve seen them all, but surely some like Asami and Lin Beifong deserve attention. This will likely be fixed with DLC, but it all depends on whether the game has enough of an audience for the studio to create DLC. It’s not the only fighting game based on a licensed IP that will come out this year and a brand does not guarantee a future.
Speaking of the future, we also have a release date for Avatar Legends: July 2 for PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 1 and 2 and Xbox Series X|S. And if fighting games aren’t your thing, the Aang solo animated movie arrives on Paramount+ in October.
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