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[Loudninja]

He’s almost here: Big Band, Skullgirls Encore’s first male character, arrives for free next Tuesday, April 22nd!

Once a regular beat cop known as Ben Birdland, he fell flat when he got on the wrong side of New Meridian’s corrupt police force. Birdland was broken and bent out of shape by his former colleagues, but was tuned up by Dr. Avian and ASG Lab 8. Now he is armed with a full ensemble of pneumatic weaponry, transforming him into the full fortissimo instrument of justice: “Big Band.”

Thanks to the incredible support of Skullgirls’ fans, Big Band is the second of 5 additional characters funded by Lab Zero’s Indiegogo campaign to be added to Skullgirls Encore. Big Band is Skullgirls’s first male character, and lives up to his name with unique gameplay mechanics that take advantage of his tremendous size and musical motif.

Big Band’s a high risk / high reward sort of character – he has a versatile and powerful moveset for just about any situation, but many of his attacks will leave you vulnerable if you miss or misjudge your opponent.

Big Band’s “Bagpipe Blues” taunt actually powers up two of his supers: Super-Sonic Jazz and Tympany Drive. So if you can end a combo and squeeze in a taunt while your opponent is knocked down, the next time you hit could lead into some really huge damage.

Big Band is also the only member of the Skullgirls Encore cast who can parry incoming attacks. He’ll still take a little damage when parrying, but it will give you the opportunity to retaliate against your opponent with a special move or combo.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/04/18/big-band-coming-to-skullgirls-encore-tuesday/#sf2633428

 

[PandaPedinte]

It's worth to note that Fukua will also be released in the upcoming weeks.

The sneak peeks for Eliza make her looks amazing:

 

[DiscoShark]

Oops, you beat me to it.

Great news!

BigBand Trailer

Along with what you mentioned there's also confirmation that Fukua will be coming out to PSN in "a few weeks."

We let our fans decide if they wanted to keep a “clone” character like Fukua in the game, and the answer was a resounding “Yes!” So since her April Fool’s debut, we’ve been testing her in the PC beta, tuning and improving her, and preparing her for primetime.
So in the coming weeks, PS3 Skullgirls Encore players can expect another update, which will add Fukua to the game, completely free!

... and that glorious sneak peek at what Eliza's going to be bringing to the table!

Can't wait!

 

[Ravidrath]

The sneak peeks for Eliza make her looks amazing

She's going to be something special.

 

[NEO0MJ]

Nice. Also, can't wait to see more of Eliza. Any idea when she'll be really for the beta?

 

[Beats]

Great trailer! I can't wait.

Eliza is looking amazing too.

 

[joe2187]

She's going to be something special.

She looks damn good, I've been out of it for a while, has there been any confirmation for her VA?

 

[GuardianE]

I'm almost afraid to ask. Any ETA on any 360 update?

 

[joe2187]

I'm almost afraid to ask. Any ETA on any 360 update?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxKldA-8m1A

 

[Ravidrath]

I'm almost afraid to ask. Any ETA on any 360 update?

Was really hoping to have something to announce on that today, but with it being tested at MS Japan, it's already the weekend there.

Fortunately, MS can put things on the store with almost no lead time. So once it passes, it should be out quickly.

 

[PandaPedinte]

She's going to be something special.

[Hype intensifies]

Can't wait to see more of her!

 

[Mesoian]

Looks like it'll be time to dive back into Skullgirls on Tuesday.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Neat.

Did the Mega Drive color scheme make it into the game?

 

[PfantzyPantz]

Super hyped for Eliza, and I can't get enough of Big Band's music vids; really shows how awesome SG and it's fans are.

 

[Ravidrath]

Neat.

Did the Mega Drive color scheme make it into the game?

Sure did.

 

[Roubjon]

He looks so fun! I need to start playing again for sure.

 

[TheOGB]

... and that glorious sneak peek at what Eliza's going to be bringing to the table!

Can't wait!

Lawd...

The hype is real. Team Music is one step closer to completion!

 

[Rated-G]

Oh, Hey! Big

Spoiler

Zam

Band!

Seriously though, it makes me happy that this game has continually received love from both the fans and the creators alike so long after release.

 

[Ravidrath]

The patch that adds Big Band is live now.

Download tonight to save yourself 882 megs of waiting tomorrow!

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Obligatory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSAaz47YmGs

 

[Astarte]

Oh boy, if Eliza looks this good I wonder how Beowulf will make the jump?

 

[sixteen-bit]

Glad this is free. Will definitely check it out.

 

[Ravidrath]

Big Band is available (and free) on Steam now!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/245175/

 

[.la1n]

Is there a separate unlock code needed for Big Band because after the patch all I see is he is on the select screen and it says "Download Content Available!"

 

[Ravidrath]

Is there a separate unlock code needed for Big Band because after the patch all I see is he is on the select screen and it says "Download Content Available!"

Yes, you need to go "buy" that from the PSN store to unlock him.

He can be a little hard to find:

Games > New > Add-ons > New PS3 Add-ons See More > Scroll to bottom

 

[EastOfEden]

Got Big Band on Steam today - he's super fun to play. Great story mode too - glad he's one of the nicer Skullgirls characters.

Only problem for me is I keep getting stuck on his MP taunt due to button mashing.

Excited to see him in the next three characters' story modes!

 

[Hours Left]

Eliza looks incredible.