OFFICIAL: 6.3 Update Notes - Big Band Rework and Replays

Hey everyone,

6.3 is here, and it’s a doozy! We’ve got a wide array of updates this time around including extensive Fighter and Character tuning, new ways to get Event Fighters, the long awaited arrival of Replays, and a whole lot more! Here’s a quick rundown of what’s covered by these update notes:

• New Monthly Fighters
• Shard Exchange Store
• Replays
• Big Band Major Update
• Fighter Adjustments
• Economy – Skullgirls Mobile Hub
• Other Changes – Login Binding Rewards
• Coming Soon

Let’s get to it!

NEW MONTHLY FIGHTERS

As usual, we’re adding six brand new Fighters in this update! Each month a brand new Gold and Diamond Fighter will debut as monthly exclusives in Event Relics. The Gold Fighter will also be available on the All Access Track of the Backstage Pass as a guaranteed, final reward!

Although only two new Fighters will be released each month, if you want to try these Fighters out yourself before they appear in Event Relics, look for them on Recruitment Nodes in Parallel Realms. You may also run into all six of the upcoming Fighters in random battles dotted throughout the game.

If you manage to find them, take a screenshot and let us know on our socials!

As always, the new Diamond Fighters have additional visual flourish effects to make them shine. Let us know what you think of them when you spot them!

Going forward all new monthly event Fighters come with brand new unique art for their cards! These cards were penned by MadameRinRin!

PREVIOUS MONTHLY FIGHTERS ADDED TO RELICS

Previous Monthly Fighters added in 6.0 have also been added to regular Relics in this update.

Scare Giver, Foot Soldier, Primal Prodigy, Bombshell, Demon Artist, and Web Crawler are now available in all the usual places like the Cabinet of Curiosities, Premiere Relics, Character Relics, Elemental Relics, etc.

Do you want even MORE ways to get previous monthly Fighters? You may be interested in the…

SHARD EXCHANGE STORE

Missed out on pulling your favorite monthly Event Fighter? Can't wait 9 months for a chance to get them from standard relics? Have Gold or Diamond Relic Shards gathering dust in your Stash? You're in luck!

A brand new tab has appeared in the Offers Store that lets players exchange Gold and Diamond Relic Shards for specific Monthly Event Fighters!

Typically there is a 9 month gap between when Fighters appear in Event Relics until they appear in Regular Relics. All event Fighters will now appear in the new Shard Exchange Store 3 months after their initial debut.

Gold Fighters will cost 5,000 Gold Relic Shards. Diamond Fighters will cost 5,000 Diamond Relic Shards.

Here’s the schedule of upcoming Fighter availability:

Special Launch Event June 23rd - July 31st:

• Diamond - Fukua - Apex Complex
• Gold - Annie - Cosmic Rebel
• Diamond - Valentine - Seraph Soldier
• Gold - Parasoul - Indomitable
• Diamond - Beowulf - Ogre Achiever
• Gold - Robo-Fortune - Buffer Zone

July:

• Diamond - Peacock - Deal Breaker
• Gold - Filia - Curl Scout

August:

• Diamond - Big Band - Brass Bandit
• Gold - Marie - Grin Reaper

September:

• Diamond - Black Dahlia - Hex Caliber
• Gold - Eliza - Noble Mogul

In that Store tab, you can also convert Gold or Diamond Fighter Relics in your inventory back into Shards in case you need a few extra to get over the hump.

As with any major in-game economy feature, we'll be monitoring engagement with these offers closely and may make adjustments to the Fighter availability cadence in the future.

REPLAYS

Starting in 6.3 you will be able to view replays of your recent Fights, and even share them for other players to watch!

The Replay Parlor is a new button right in the middle of the Main Menu screen that will unlock at Player Level 16. The adorable Teeby hosts this page, and they will automatically save your 10 most recent Fights. They only have limited capacity, so they’ll erase your oldest fight to make room for new ones if you play more than ten matches.

Don’t worry though, you can also Favorite up to 10 Replays that will be saved from automatic erasure... this means in total you can have 20 replays total on your account.

You can Favorite Replays by tapping the little Heart icon in the Replays page, or you can also Favorite a Replay directly after you complete a Fight if you know you just did something cool and want to save it!

Every Replay has its own 8 digit code that you can copy and share with your friends. You can even send the Replay code directly to the in-game chat. Tapping on the code in the chat message will open the Replay directly.

Once you’ve opened a replay to watch you’ll see a big circle button at the bottom of the screen. This lets you adjust the speed of the replay to skip forward to the good stuff, or slow down the fight to half speed to figure out exactly what happened in a tricky exchange.

Please note that because replays need accurate up to date game data to function, every time there is a major update, all previous replays will cease to function and will be deleted. This includes Favorited Replays. When a new update approaches, if you have any replays you REALLY want to keep, you’ll need to record them with a screen recorder on your device or something similar.

Also, as a side note, if you’re ever submitting a fight bug report, please Favorite a replay of the fight and send us the code. It’ll help us a LOT. ❤

Replays are a feature that internally we have wanted to include for a LONG time and we are delighted for them to finally make their debut! Be sure to share some of your coolest replays with us on our socials!

BIG BAND MAJOR UPDATE

The day has finally come! Big Band is getting a long overdue tune-up!

These adjustments touch just about every part of Big Band: his Specials, Blockbusters, Marquees, and even Prestige Ability!

As part of this extensive kit rework, the following Big Band moves and abilities have been improved

We hope these changes will be music to your ears. Be sure to give all your Big Band moves and Fighters a spin again to see how they fare in action!

Furthermore, G.I. Jazz and Private Dick's days of only playing backup are over - both have received Signature Ability improvements to make them worthy of the spotlight. More info on that below!

FIGHTER ADJUSTMENTS

It’s been a while since we did a major Fighter Rebalancing, and we’re back with a vengeance! Some Fighters only received small tweaks to their Signature Abilities (SAs), but others got complete ability reworks.

There’s a LOT of info here, so it’s been broken up into spoilered sections for ease of reading:

Thank you to everyone who has been offering feedback on Fighters. We read your suggestions, especially if they’re posted here on the forums, and are eager to see what you think of these adjustments.

6.3 LAUNCH CELEBRATION

To celebrate the launch of 6.3, we’ve scheduled some special events so you can earn lots of extra goodies! Check them out:

When you log into 6.3 for the first time there will be a free gift waiting for you, including a special exclusive Avatar to celebrate Big Band’s big update!

Parallel Realms will be reset every day until Monday July 1st to allow you to earn heaps of rewards.

Medici Prize Fights will also be available every 48 hours until Monday July 1st.

ECONOMY UPDATES

SPLASH THE POT OFFER - EVO 2024

We had so much success with the Splash the Pot offer (which raised over $11,000 for the competitors at the SGCS Finals at Combo Breaker) that we’re RUNNING IT BACK!

From June 24-27, this offer will be available once again! Once more, ALL proceeds will be added to the pot bonus for Skullgirls 2nd Encore at Evo.

Thank you in advance for showing the Skullgirls 2nd Encore competitive community your support!

SKULLGIRLS MOBILE HUB

We’re excited to announce the soft launch of the Skullgirls Mobile Hub - a portal featuring news and updates for the entire community!

Here’s a quick guide of all the neat things you’ll find there:

STORE

• Browse through special offers here - including exclusive deals that you won't find anywhere else!

REDEEM CODES

• Redeem codes to claim free in-game rewards. Keep an eye on socials and your favorite SGM content creators for these!

NEWS

• Our latest social posts all in one spot, curated for your viewing pleasure.

UPDATES

• Skullgirls Mobile game updates and release notes, organized neatly for easy access.

EVENTS

• Exciting announcements for Skullgirls community events, including art contests, tournaments, giveaways, streams, and trade shows.

A special invitation to the Skullgirls Mobile Hub (and a gift!) will be sent to your in-game mail a couple days after 6.3 release. So be sure to keep your eyes peeled for a strange visitor in your inbox…

CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Tributes Tab (Skill Points)

The following Fighters have been added at a premium 5000 SP price:

• Cerebella - Scare Giver
• Peacock - Primal Prodigy
• Squigly - Demon Artist

The following Fighters have been updated to use the standard 2500 SP price:

• Umbrella - Psykid
• Valentine - Final Fang
• Black Dahlia - Red Rider

MISC

• Lots of new weekly avatar offers have been added, so keep an eye out for ones you like!

• As mentioned above, the Fighters added in 6.0 (Scare Giver, Foot Soldier, Primal Prodigy, Bombshell, Demon Artist, and Web Crawler) have been added to all regular Relics.
• In our next update, Daily Relics and Take a Break Relics will be retired from the Relic Store and the Daily Relic will be will be exclusively claimable as part of the Daily Gift in the Store. Until that update, however - enjoy an extra Daily Relic! (both in the Relic Store and in the Daily Gift)

OTHER CHANGES

LOGIN BINDING REWARDS

We have always encouraged players to have more than one binding on their accounts for security and safety. Now in 6.3 we’re literally going to pay you to add more bindings!

For every login method you attach to your account you will receive 200 Theonite. If you’ve already added logins to your account before 6.3, don’t worry, you’ll still be able to claim the free Theonite!

MENU MUSIC SELECT

Do you long to return to the days of yore and listen to the old SGM main menu music? Have you always wanted to hear the Skullgirls 2nd Encore menu theme in SGM? Now you can! In the Gameplay section of the main Options menu you’ll find a new option to choose the background music. Currently there are three tracks to choose from. Let us know which one is your favorite!

MISC

• Tapping any Fighter portrait when shown in Offers or the Backstage Pass will now bring up their entries in the Catalog for easy reference.
• Added a cute little visual flourish when you claim an Artifact in Parallel Realms.
• Fixed an issue where the buttons on Prize Fight cards could overlap on certain devices.
• Fixed an issue where clicking on a player's name in Chat would not direct to the player's profile.
• Fixed an issue where certain Offers could disappear from the Store when exiting and reentering the Store.
• Fixed an issue where Accolades for inflicting a certain amount of debuffs would not trigger correctly.
• Fixed an issue where a line could be seen in the sky of Hilgard's Castle.

COMBAT

• Updated the End of Match details screen to include the Fighter Score of teams that included random Fighters.
• When something inflicts a random debuff on a Fighter it is now possible to inflict Quietus.
• Adjusted Double's Catalyst Corrosive Element:

• Squigly's Silver Chord, Parasoul's Egret Moto and Umbrella's Salt Grinder now ignore Unflinching.
• Fixed an issue where the Doom from the Gehenna's Oblivion Artifact can be transferred to the player's character by some abilities.
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to spawn multiple barrels with Black Dahlia.
• Fixed an issue where the Yearning of Venus Artifact would not trigger correctly on delayed projectiles.
• Fixed an issue where Marie - Megalomaniac's SA would trigger and grant Armor when Peacock's Lonesome Lenny explodes. Poor Lenny, not considered a teammate anymore. 
• Fixed an issue where Robo-Fortune - Overclocked would not trigger her SA while benefiting from permanent Precision. (Most notable in the August Event Prize Fight)

COMING LATER THIS YEAR

We still have a couple of major updates planned for this year. Take a peek at the 2024 Roadmap for a hint at some of the things we have planned.

Something we’re VERY excited for is Guest Stars, which will make their debut towards the end of the year. Keep an eye on our socials for regular updates about Guest Stars in the next few weeks! Very soon you may even get a peek at another Guest Star who will be joining the roster…

In the meantime, here’s a look at the first two Guest Stars: Minette and Brain Drain!

Rough animation of one of Brain Drain’s Guest Star attacks.

Rough animation of one of Minette’s Guest Star attacks. I’m sure Filia is fine.​

Whew that was a big one! There’s a lot of stuff in this update that was the direct result of player feedback, so as always, thank you for keeping in contact with us here and on our social media pages.

If you have any questions, let us know down below!

Thanks so much for all your support!

All of us at Hidden Variable <3