The latest update forMy Hero Academia: The Strongest Herois offering new content for both fans looking for a new play style as well as those looking to unlock a popular return from itsrotating roster of limited-time characters. Published by Crunchyroll’s Games division, the hit mobile game has recently come around to its one-year anniversary.
A major update to The Strongest Hero is the unveiling of a new game mode for online play. Available with the new update, the Tag Team Battles mode is designed for 2v2 online combat, designed fortwo players to join togetherand face off against other teams in ranked play on the game’s leaderboards. In its statement on the update, Crunchyroll describes that in this new mode, “the co-op gaming experience is more intimate and the stakes are higher as the player duos climb the ranks together.” Ranked modes are always going to have a more intense feel, and honing that in with a companion is sure to make fans eager for some engaging matchups that make the most of character playstyles and combat dynamics.
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Ahead of the update, Crunchyroll has offered some additional details on the new game mode. Players will join the mode together, and the 2v2 matches will comprise 4 characters from each player’s roster, composed of the show’slarge cast of heroes. Winning in the new mode will grant players exclusive in-game rewards that coincide with ranked placement. Furthermore, it’s been confirmed that the rankings for the new mode will not be influenced or carry over from other modes; the new mode will give teams a chance to start anew and experience the chaos of fresh leaderboards with all of their acquired skills and characters.
In addition to the new game mode, theStrongest Heroupdate features a return of a fan-favorite character from the anime.One of the most powerful students at Honei, Hawks, is returning for a limited-time unlock banner. In the update statement, Hawks’s banner is described as follows: “This speedy character can easily evade most attacks while sending his feathers from afar to dominate any battle he is in!”
The Hawks banner is available from September 14-27, so fans have a comfortable, but not endless chance to unlock him. If previousMy Herovideo games are anything to go by,Hawks has historically been a popular characterfor fans.My Hero Academia: The Strongest Herohas continued to be a popular companion MMORPG to the international smash hit that isMHA, featuring a roster of over 20 playable heroes from the anime and counting. Upon its 2021 release, the game was the most popular overall app download in the United States. With the new content from this update, fans have a lot to dive into.
My Hero Academia: The Strongest Herois available for iOS and Android mobile devices.
