The third-person sci-fi shooter Goddess of Victory: Nikke is teaming up with Dave the Diver for a collaborative occasion. The occasion launches with the summer season replace on July 4, and ideal for summertime, it provides a brand-new minigame set underwater that mixes the gameplay of Dave the Diver with the characters of Nikke.
If you haven’t had the prospect to take a look at Goddess of Victory: Nikke but, it’s a free-to-play RPG obtainable on iOS, Android, and PC. You play as a commander main a squad of troopers known as Nikkes into battle in opposition to alien invaders. You can change between Nikkes to fireplace their respective weapons or use their distinctive skills to finish missions in an effort to take again Earth.
Nikke’s newest collab is with Dave the Diver, an action-adventure recreation that has you spend your days diving into an ever-changing physique of water and utilizing a harpoon gun to catch fish of various varieties and sizes. You then spend your nights working at an area sushi restaurant, the place you identify the menu based mostly on what fish you caught.
To rejoice their new collaboration, Yoo HyungSuk — Director of Goddess of Victory: Nikke — and Jaeho Hwang — Director of Dave The Diver — answered some questions on what introduced them collectively, their plans for the longer term, and extra.
Can you share the story behind Nikke’s collaboration with Dave the Diver? How did this chance come up?
Yoo HyungSuk: Nikke and Dave the Diver are each video games developed in Korea. We occurred to debate a collaboration as a result of our Nikke staff typically loves inventive video games, and naturally, we additionally loved taking part in Dave the Diver. Additionally, Dave the Diver combines informal administration gameplay with its diving mechanics, making it a superb fusion of various gameplay kinds. Nikke has additionally constantly tried to convey new experiences to gamers by means of varied forms of informal minigames in several variations, together with a survival minigame for its first anniversary and a tower protection minigame for its 1.5-year anniversary. We hope to convey gamers totally different experiences by collaborating with Dave the Diver and studying from their experience. So we’re honored to have this collaboration challenge.
Were your staff members acquainted with Nikke earlier than the collaboration?
Jaeho Hwang: Many of us within the staff are gamers of Nikke, so once we obtained the collaboration proposal, it is honest to say we felt each anticipation and concern. This is as a result of the platforms and artwork kinds of the 2 video games are fairly totally different. Previously, Nikke collaborations have primarily centered on storytelling and characters, however we have been interested by how this collaboration may combine Dave’s gameplay into Nikke.
However, after receiving the check construct, we noticed that the Nikke improvement staff had blended Dave and Nikke very properly, creating a beautiful synergy between the 2 video games. We are deeply grateful for this and are much more enthusiastic about this collaboration occasion.
What is the concept behind every collaboration with Nikke?
Yoo HyungSuk: Our objective is to maximise the enjoyment of the collaborative IP as a lot as doable. While we’re creators of those video games and cultural content material, we’re firstly customers of video games and cultural content material. We respect the works we collaborate with and hope that by means of Nikke, you possibly can as soon as once more expertise the intentions and enjoyable of the unique work. We stay up for extra various and thrilling collaboration alternatives sooner or later.
Will there be any particular occasions or actions in Dave the Diver to enhance this collaboration?
Jaeho Hwang: Of course, we plan to convey Nikke-themed boat pores and skin into Dave The Diver. Please stay up for it!
What gameplay or attribute components are anticipated to be included that may convey gamers a brand new expertise?
Yoo HyungSuk: Since it’s a collaboration between the 2 video games, you’ll see scenes that includes each Dave the Diver and the Nikke characters collectively. Additionally, diving as a Nikke character as an alternative of Dave will supply a special sort of enjoyable. We integrated the fishing and sushi restaurant operation gameplay of Dave the Diver into Nikke, designing a brand-new minigame that mixes the traits of Nikke characters and weapons. We hope it will shock and delight gamers.
How would you consider the particular version Diver Nikke (Mast, Anchor, Helm) launched by Nikke?
Jaeho Hwang: Dave the Diver would not have many feminine characters, so we’re delighted to see the charming feminine diver characters in Nikke. In specific, the staff responded very properly to Mast’s outfit. It seems {that a} wetsuit could be each cute and horny! Who is aware of, possibly Duff will find yourself liking Nikke’s characters greater than Leahs!
What have been a few of the greatest challenges you encountered in the course of the recreation’s improvement, significantly with the Dave the Diver crossover?
Yoo HyungSuk: We put in a whole lot of effort to current Dave the Diver on this planet of Nikke faithfully. Nikke is accessible on each PC and cell platforms, so it was difficult and rewarding on the identical time to supply an fulfilling Dave the Diver expertise on cell platforms as properly.
Given the distinct kinds of Nikke and Dave the Diver, how did you handle to merge them seamlessly?
Yoo HyungSuk: The gameplay of Nikke and Dave the Diver could seem considerably totally different from one another, however they’re in reality comparable in some methods. For instance, each video games function capturing components to some extent. This time, now we have mixed Dave’s underwater weapons with the distinctive traits of Nikke characters’ weapons, permitting gamers to expertise a differentiated diving and fishing expertise by working totally different Nikkes. In phrases of artwork model, we retained the unique model of Dave the Diver, aiming to supply a visible expertise that’s totally different from Nikke.
Can you discuss your design concepts for the minigame of this collaboration?
Yoo HyungSuk: Dave’s recreation content material is huge and wealthy, whereas Nikke’s minigames lean towards offering a light-weight expertise. Therefore, the problem within the design course of was the best way to simplify the framework whereas retaining the essence of the unique gameplay, and on the identical time, incorporate Nikke’s distinctive components. We hope the end result can convey you enjoyment and a special gaming expertise from earlier than.
What else can Nikke gamers anticipate from this collaboration?
Yoo HyungSuk: In the collaborative minigame, you possibly can catch varied sorts of fish. Separately, you possibly can get pleasure from a fishing minigame within the Nikke occasion discipline. We imagine lots of it’s possible you’ll discover it enjoyable to match the forms of fish you possibly can catch in every minigame.
What concerns led to incorporating the brand new minigame into Nikke?
Yoo HyungSuk: Although Goddess of Victory: Nikke relies on arcade capturing gameplay, we have at all times strived to supply varied enjoyable components past that, together with storylines, character assortment and progress, ornament, puzzle video games, explorations, and co-op mode. Therefore, now we have developed many several types of minigames to supply all Commanders with a richer and extra diversified expertise.
How does this collaboration and minigame examine to what you’ve finished prior to now?
Yoo HyungSuk: The minigames now we have developed up to now have been fast-paced, light-weighted ones (e.g. grilling skewers), whereas Dave the Diver is definitely a larger-scale recreation with extra complete gameplay. In this collaboration, now we have built-in the settings of each video games with the intention to absolutely benefit from the enjoyable of Dave the Diver in Nikke. Besides, we’ll attempt to cowl extra various and thrilling genres within the Nikke minigames.
What are your ideas on how this collaboration aligns with the summer season occasion’s theme?
Yoo HyungSuk: While collaborating with Dave the Diver, we may also launch Nikke’s summer season occasion — Beauty Full Shot. The occasion’s storyline revolves across the participant (commander) and a number of other Nikkes spending their trip on the seaside. We’ve ready quite a lot of actions that mean you can absolutely get pleasure from your summer season trip each on the seaside and underwater. We hope everybody can have a refreshing summer season along with Dave the Diver and Nikke.
What sort of collaborations do you foresee sooner or later?
Yoo HyungSuk: Nikke has already engaged in varied types of collaborations and can proceed to take action sooner or later. Especially, there may be an unannounced collaboration plan for this yr. Stay tuned for extra updates!
Dave the Diver just lately celebrated its anniversary. Could you inform us about the important thing actions and important plans you could have for the way forward for Dave the Diver?
Jaeho Hwang: The new story of Dave the Diver can be launched within the type of a DLC. We are working arduous to develop it and can attempt to launch related data as quickly as doable. Additionally, as a result of many gamers just like the characters in Dave, we’re internally discussing the opportunity of exhibiting extra of the tales of every character within the recreation. Please keep tuned!
The Goddess of Victory: Nikke and Dave the Diver collaboration will run in July and incorporates a new story and new artwork to your favourite characters. You can obtain Nikke on the official web site, on the App Store, or Google Play. If you need assistance settling in, be a part of Nikke’s active Discord, test the Twitter account, and get tons of information from the sport’s YouTube channel.
