Via Twitter, the Rockman X DiVE development team revealed that Swimsuit Iris will be coming to the game as the new limited S rank character. She will be joining Alia, Layer and Roll as the fourth swimsuit character in this year's Summer Carnival event.
While the development team didn't say anything in terms of a release date, if we carefully consider the way they've operated in the past, she will be released this Thursday. We can also expect Iris to have at least one alternate color, too. (much like Roll or Layer)
The development team only shared a low quality gif of Iris right now. Nevertheless, what do you think about it
She looks great!
ReplyDeleteYeah!. My favorite swimsuit so far.
DeleteSo cute.
ReplyDeleteShe seems to be missing the robot articulations, though.
I would have expected a one piece swimsuit for Iris, but this is cute, too.
ReplyDeleteNow why can't Layer have a nice suit like this one? I like the one they made for Iris.
ReplyDeleteI like the Iris one and the one for Alia (And would have liked that they use the one from MMX Legacy collection for Layer), but on the other hand, it does'nt seems too out of character for Layer to wear a sexy one when i consider her usual attire. (I mean, if someone goes *to work* wearing that, they're probably not unlikely to go for a risqué swimsuit), so i'm not too surprised they did that with Layer, but not the others.
DeleteI dunno, a cutesy frilled swilsuit is something i can see Iris or Palette wearing, but Layer is different. They should have stuck with the one from the Legacy collection illustration, like for Alia.
DeleteI agree; I really don't know why they changed the Layer one. It was fine as it was; I actually hope they change it to that one because it matches better.
DeleteLayer has underboob and exposed abs and slightly exposed thighs in her default regular outfit, so I mean, sexy revealing outfits is kinda her thing? I still don't get why so many people are up in arms about Layer's swimsuit when it's par for the course for her. Of course Alia, Iris, and Roll won't dress like that, because that's not the kind of thing they'd wear, but it IS how Layer would dress.
Deletei think it's rather cute and harmless(still wish layer had her legacy outfit and i hope pallete,classic,protoman with his hair unveiled and the other maverick hunters are next,would be funny seeing vile as well.)though i really now want to see art of them all interacting with each other.(i really love capcom artwork of them all together like the one of iris with roll & kalinka.:3)
ReplyDeleteI wonder what her abilities will be...either way, I thibk they did a great job with this design.
ReplyDeleteI love her casual swimsuit. It is beautiful and tasteful, it goes extremely well with Iris!
ReplyDeleteOn another note, I hope this game will see a western release one day.
it's cute, but this is usual app game attention retaining strategies
ReplyDeleteThe game is less about Mega Man X and more of a waifu simulator
Not really. First, there are lots of female characters, but aside from the White Day and Summer event, all of them from the games.
DeleteThen, characters like the X armors and Awakened Zero are there too. And that's just the player characters, not even talking about the levels and bosses taken from various Mega Man games.
So yes, this get lots of "waifu" elements, but let's not see things in a manichean way. There's still lot of Mega Man elements as well.
Though I pretty much like the art and all the robo girls in swimsuits... What are they doooooooooooooooing to the game???!! I'd be more okay with all that art being a part of a stand alone art book like Street Fighter did with that swimsuit beach special whatever art book they released recently but.... they're turning the game franchise into an overly sexualized soulless gatcha! Never liked X Dive, probably never will. I find this disappointing. Also, why no robo boys in beach shorts if you're already at this level?
ReplyDeleteGacha makes money, and Capcom needs money to continue megaman series. Do the math.
DeleteYou're acting like this is the first time Mega Man has done this, and to pure for it. Stop that, its happened before, the Battle Network anime has had the cast in swimsuits, as well as Rockman Xover. Mega Man is a Japanese series, and it will likely continue to do this every now and then over the course of the series' life. I don't see the point in singling this game out for it.
DeleteGacha makes money because people are dumb enough to spend hundreds of dollars on credits to ATTEMPT to unlock additional playable characters at a 2% rate for a game that will be lost with no recompense when service ends.
DeleteDo the math on this: How much money one would waste buying credits to do rolls versus the price of any physically released Mega Man game?
Theyr're not turning "the franchise" into a gacha. They're just making a gatcha as a side-game developed by Capcom Taiwanese branch.
DeleteAs for the absence of boys, if the playerbase is anything like the closed beta test (that is, very largely male), they're just putting male oriented-fanservice because the game is mostly played by guys. I would love seeing a swimsuit Axl, but it's no surprising they would'nt bother.
The constant sexualization is starting to really annoy me, too. As if a Mega Man game couldn't stand on its own. I really hope they will keep this stuff to this particular game and that it won't infest the rest of the franchise.
DeleteIf you've seen what Layer already dresses like in her normal default outfit, I'd say the main series was already "infested" with fanservice since at least X8.
DeleteGuys guys here me out.
DeleteGyro Man in swim trunks.
How naïve you are to think the original Megaman can survive without other financial supports. Just a reminder, while recent Megaman works do make some money, those aren't the top sellers and Capcom definitely needs more money.
DeleteAlso Gacha players and original series players are two different groups, I really don't mind Capcom using Gacha fans' money to provide better games for us original players. They got anime girls sprites, we got nice games, win-win.
Gyro Man? Sure, why not. I think Heat Man would be kind of funny, personally.
Delete"Is it hot in here? Oh wait, that's just me." - Swimsuit Heat Man
DeleteGachas are pretty degenerate and I'll never approve of them. I never thought of them as an alternative source of revenue that could go to the main games, which is a potential silver lining. I'm not sure that money will actually go to making proper Mega Man games, though. If it makes money, it seems more likely that the series will move more in that direction, which is what happened with Fire Emblem.
Hate gacha all you want, it's still the hottest money making thing right now.
DeleteAlso did you forgot Three Houses just released last year and it's quite a hit? They didn't just "move on" and doing app games only. If you wanna go there, at least use something like Fate series as example.
Will swimsuit VAVA keep the helmet? I mean does he even have a face?
I feel like the helmet is Vava's face. Some things are better off left to the imagination, hoho.
DeleteGacha makes money, but it still sucks. You think you're going to convince people to take their cash elsewhere by not talking smack about it?
DeleteFans of older Fire Emblem games are getting to the point where they realize that Three Houses was only a superficial return to form which hasn't actually corrected the unwanted direction Fates (the trio of Fire Emblem games) was going down, and Heroes plays into and encourages many of those same problems.
Vile will keep the helmet on no matter how small the swimsuit.
So this is probably what swimsuit VAVA gonna look like:
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I'd buy it.
DeleteI know old FE fans don't like Three Kingdoms, but let's not forget Intelligent Systems has been turning FE into dating Sims way before the mobile FEH. Just like GameFreak has been putting more efforts in character design rather than Pokemons and gaming systems for years.
DeleteSo far Megaman series, besides X Dive, do not have any signs of shifting focus from gaming into character sell-outs. Even X Dive still puts (a little) more efforts into gaming systems compare to other app games, though I won't call it a good game due to some other technical problems.
So yeah, I really don't think that Capcom using one of their old brand to create one app game, which is what every Japanese gaming companies are doing right now, deserves that much of whining.
I wonder if they will add Lumine since gender confusing characters are quite popular right now.
Swimsuit GyroMan and HeatMan because why not.
DeleteThough Robot Masters probably won't look that much different since their default designs are mainly armour with tight shorts and/or bodysuits.
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Swimsuit Iris, eh? Interesting suit as well as color choice. I think they should have saved Iris for later and given us Palette this week but still cool nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteIt would have made sense to pick Palette since we got Alia and Layer.
DeleteI guess they just choose Iris because she's more popular.
Now I understand why Zero had no reason to go on
ReplyDeleteOh! Oh… Mm, okay. I like the swimsuit, itself, but… those shoes are pretty ugly. They look like sandals the Bride of Frankenstein's Monster would wear~
ReplyDeleteAgreed 100%
DeleteI dunno; I think they're cute. Just my opinion. :)
DeleteI don't see what's wrong with those shoes, but even if you don't like them, the "Bride of Frankenstein's Monster" remark seems overly harsh.
DeleteSo this is what Zero was fighting for.
ReplyDeleteSo this is what Zero was fighting for.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great swimsuit. Iris is beautiful as always :)
ReplyDeleteShe's the best, hands down. The BEST. :)
DeleteAm I the only one who doesn't feel anything about this cause, I know she's dead? Morbid I know but, anything with her always ends up having me say "oh honey".
ReplyDeleteStill miffed that they're giving these gals shoes instead of sandals. Also,those aren't Iris' colors. Her colors are red,blue,with some light purple.
ReplyDeleteThere is a point to the colors, though.
DeleteThose are Zero's colors. I loved them even more after I realized it. <3
Awwwwww ... :)
DeleteStefan got a foot fetish.
DeleteWell orange isn't Alia's usual color nor is blue Roll's, I think that the swimwear is an independent color choice.
DeleteAs for the shoes, who knows what we'll get later down the line. Besides, I think Iris's shoes look good on her.