Skullgirls’ Annie Receives a New Trailer

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Skullgirls&comma; throughout 2020&comma; had a rather eventful summer&comma; but not the good kind&period; A very public falling-out of developers happened&comma; as Lab Zero <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eventhubs&period;com&sol;news&sol;2020&sol;aug&sol;25&sol;lab-zero-no-longer-working-skullgirls-autumn-games-and-hidden-variable-taking-over-development&sol;&num;&colon;~&colon;text&equals;Autumn&percnt;20Games&percnt;20and&percnt;20Hidden&percnt;20Variable's&comma;involved&percnt;20Mike&percnt;20over&percnt;20the&percnt;20years&period;">split from Hidden Variable and Autumn Games<&sol;a> &lpar;credit&colon; EventHubs&rpar;&period; Around that time&comma; Hidden Variable teased a new character for Skullgirls&comma; known as Annie&period; Annie&&num;8217&semi;s currently playable in Skullgirls Mobile&comma; as of the time of writing&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Last night&comma; however&comma; Hidden Variable shadow-dropped a brand-new trailer on the official Skullgirls Twitter&period; The new trailer focuses entirely on Annie&comma; showcasing in-engine gameplay for the upcoming character&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"M6vMtFwyG9s" title&equals;"Skullgirls 2nd Encore - Annie Teaser Trailer"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;M6vMtFwyG9s"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;M6vMtFwyG9s&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Skullgirls 2nd Encore - Annie Teaser Trailer"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">About Annie’s Gameplay<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Annie’s gameplay&comma; from the footage shown&comma; seems to centralize around having multiple air specials and tricky hitboxes&comma; with multiple divekicks and a strong-looking anti-air to boot&period; From her supers&comma; she has a standard beam super and strike-based super &lpar;shown below&rpar;&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">For a Level 2 super&comma; Annie seems to have an install that behaves similarly to the V-ISM mechanic of Street Fighter Alpha 3&period; In that game&comma; you spend bar&comma; and for a limited time&comma; can 2-in-1 cancel all buttons and specials into each other&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-167760" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;02&sol;01151529&sol;Annie1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Skullgirls Annie" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Something else shown in the last few seconds of the trailer was a tease at yet another character being developed for a future release&period; Who that character is&comma; is currently unknown&comma; as well as their release date&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ll update those details when we know who it is&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Annie&&num;8217&semi;s release schedule was also detailed&period; She&&num;8217&semi;s scheduled to release first on the Endless Beta on Steam&comma; where Hidden Variable plans to collect play data&period; Then&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;ll use that to make any necessary changes based on bugs and buffs&sol;nerfs needed before the retail release&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400">Annie will be added to Skullgirls in early 2021&period; Skullgirls 2nd Encore is out now on PC via <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;steampowered&period;com&sol;app&sol;245170&sol;Skullgirls&sol;">Steam<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;playstation&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;product&sol;UP2032-CUSA01606&lowbar;00-SG2NDENCORE00000">PlayStation 4<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;games&sol;detail&sol;skullgirls-2nd-encore-switch&sol;">Nintendo Switch<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What did you think about the Annie trailer for Skullgirls&quest; Do you plan to get the new DLC&quest; Are you thinking about who the next DLC character will be&quest; Let us know in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>If you liked this article and DLC coverage&comma; you can read our coverage on Street Fighter V&&num;8217&semi;s Summer Update <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;street-fighter-v-summer-update-new-characters&sol;">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;