Well here's the lore guy: Vikala is one of the 12 divine generals who guard one of the twelve temples of the cardinal directions just like Anila, the original 12 divine generals were people who rose up to protect the inhabitants of the islands of the sky from the astrals during the war, they all had different talents and abilities, at the end of the war they were divided into 12 temples where they protected, over time the duties of the temples were changed by the personalities of the guardians, they are managed by some descendant of the originals (like Anila and Vikala), the temple of the dog for example, they are master swordsmen and raise sword dogs as companions, the temple of the cow raises cattle for rites and its temple is almost a basically agricultural market, about Vikala herself she is the leader of the temple of the rat, which is a kind of park and idol concert, Vikala is normally loaded with negative energy and her hair is black being a disaster to interact with people and having a low self-esteem, when she puts on her mouse ears that energy disperses her hair turns white and her personality becomes more lively and outgoing, she has as a familiar a kind of sentient bear trap (I know it sounds random but the cow has a sentient motorcycle and the dog's she her dogs are swordsmen and can talk) and she is basically the idol of the island of the temple of the rat
@@pretending100 thanks for the lore. Kinda unrelated but yeah I do find it funny that the character representing The Rat Chinese Zodiac is also a walking Mickey Mouse (Or Disney as a whole company) reference and I'm not making that up.
@@Sem-ifinalist The divine generals are quite funny, the rabbit one for example is indirectly to blame for there being girls in bunny outfits in casinos, because he was a hardened gambler but with incredible luck and people began to believe it was because of his ears so they tried to imitate him until rabbits and casinos became associated concepts, in contrast the group of the vintage weapons or the evokers (the "group" of Nier) is the opposite being extremely dark and twisted whit things like betrayals, murder, cannibalism among other things.
@@meijinraditya2887 and they embrace it completely, in the mobile game big part of Vikala's kit revolves around her skill that changes the field to "utopia" which is basically her temple / Disneyland-like amusement park that gives multiple effects to allies
@@meijinraditya2887 She is also reference to Chuck E. Cheese. She has backstory similar to Chuck E. Cheese, growing up in orphanage not knowing their own birthday and such, and also her skills in gacha have a special voiceline when it's your account's birthday, similarly to how Chuck E. Cheese is known for being a place to celebrate birthdays. Oh yeah, and her nickname being "Vicky" seems like an obvious reference to "Micky" as well as the fact that her ears look like Micky Mouse ears.
Rats, rats, we're the rats We prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats [King Rat] I'm the giant rat that makes all of the rules [All Rats] Let's see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into
I love Vikala's backstory. To put it simply, she is an orphan, had a traumatic childhood, she treated pretty harshly by her peers and superiors and even told by her best and only friend that she should be more selfish since she herself is in a poorer situation and should let people who are better off be kind. And instead of becoming jaded and bitter towards everyone and the world, and with a little help from Dormouse, she sewed her own outfit, made every accessory, and organize a big bright parade so for one moment in everyone's miserable life, they can feel happy again. Not because she feels motivated make people happy, rather she is happier making others feel brighter. She pictured herself with big rat ears, so she can listen to hardships and turn that negative emotion into joy. In her words, Utopia.
Thank you for sharing the backstory. I was curious myself as someone who hasn’t followed Granblue and it is nice to know that there is a purpose behind it.
Versusia is a tough act to follow. The next dlc character is gonna have to be very spe- RATS RATS WE ARE THE RATS HERE TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER BIRTHDAY BASH MICHAEL IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY CAKE AND ICE CREAM IS ON IT'S WAY
Had her as my companion forever in the game but had no idea about her alt personality until I saw all the hype about her in the guest book 😅 very excited to try her
@@Cheezmonka Basically the Vikala shown is a persona created by her, a vision of a person she idolizes. Ironically enough, becoming the very same thing for others. The real Vikala is basically Bocchi from Bocchi the Rock, a barely functioning socially awkward introvert.
I love how her and Anila are so happy fighting. Like, there's a few things in that universe that can take down one of these Gods, almost literally Gods, so why being tense when you can wipe them if you want?
Instrumental of Vikala's character theme song, "Welcome to the Parade"!!! October 25 release - Battle Pass has her Halloween Skin! Season 2 for early 2025 huh,. the wait for season 2 reveals is gonna be great.
I find it weird that they didn't give her a Yintopia mode, since that aspect of her character is the entire reason behind her gigantic popularity, to the point where you barely see this version of her character appearing in the gacha these days (and when she does appear with her rat ears on, she generally loses them to some contrivance very quickly). Edit: For those who don't know, this version of Vikala is actually a fake extrovert persona she achieves by using a form of self-hypnosis triggered by putting her rat headband on. The real Vicky is a huge introvert (or a "Yintopian" as she puts it) with extreme social anxiety, to the point where she can barely talk or interact with other people. She also happen to be incredibly cute, funny and moe while in that state, hence the massive popularity.
her most recent version in the gacha (halloween) has her in yang mode pretty much the entire time. Her only gacha version that is in yin mode is summer (and she has a premium summer skin as well that's in yang mode). This is a fighting game, and she only fights in yang mode, so it'd be weird for that to not be how it works. Besides, we haven't seen her win poses (it wouldn't surprise me if she had a yin mode appearance there) and her yin mode *is* already in the background in the zodiac stage
@@10001vader Well some characters have a punish state where they are without tools, like how Death goes limp if you hit her out of a combo, but I get why it isn't used. It was a big reason why I was thinking she wouldn't get in in the first place, but turns out the best way is to not mechanically use it
tbh tho in her recent fate episodes it's not really a fake extrovert persona at that point but really a part of her that just comes up whenever the headbands are on that's why the yin/yang symbolism
a shame that Cygames doesn't put english subtitles in the japanese server which should did like Granblue Fantasy instead of letting Crunchyroll mess with it
I hope she comes with an easter egg or something where you can take the ears off and and she keeps fighting but her poses shift slightly from confident to shy. Like in her R version.
After all her brave points are gone those ears are getting removed like Vega’s mask, probably… but only at the end of a combo in case she’s using them up during one.
shes so cute, hope they show a bit of her normal self in the win/ lose cutscenes before she puts on the ears otherwise you'd just think shes just a happy idol character lol it was a big apart of her appeal
She's definitely one of the ones I want the most too! Hopefully they give us a nice mix of characters this next pass. I definitely want another Harvin race character. :(
I wanted Sandolphin first :/ Im ok with everyone in this season pass tho so im going to buy the pass asap. Thank you for coming out with this incredible game. The most fun i have ever had in a fighting game since DragonBallFighterZ and GuiltyGear. Keep supporting this game for more years to come please, you have my full support.
@montelhelem8707 You need to chill cuz I am very patient. Im ok with her coming out first. I said i wanted Sandolphin first but that does not mean that im not ok with the order. Im ok with whoever is in any order. "sheesh"?
All this does for me is getting hype for Sandolphon later this year, so I don’t really care for this character all that much lol. But she looks interesting.
Shes so adorable, charming and funny and love that she's basically a living disney land 🤩🤩🤩🤗🤗🤗🤗💖💖💖💖🩷🩷🩷 Also so excited for character pass 2 with sandalphon and the other upcoming characters🤗🤗🤗😎😎🩷
@@ZephyrK_ Cygames has little investment by Nintendo Just because the game is on Playstation doesn't mean exclusivity, XBOX isn't loved by a bunch of japanese studios
Well here's the lore guy: Vikala is one of the 12 divine generals who guard one of the twelve temples of the cardinal directions just like Anila, the original 12 divine generals were people who rose up to protect the inhabitants of the islands of the sky from the astrals during the war, they all had different talents and abilities, at the end of the war they were divided into 12 temples where they protected, over time the duties of the temples were changed by the personalities of the guardians, they are managed by some descendant of the originals (like Anila and Vikala), the temple of the dog for example, they are master swordsmen and raise sword dogs as companions, the temple of the cow raises cattle for rites and its temple is almost a basically agricultural market,
about Vikala herself she is the leader of the temple of the rat, which is a kind of park and idol concert, Vikala is normally loaded with negative energy and her hair is black being a disaster to interact with people and having a low self-esteem, when she puts on her mouse ears that energy disperses her hair turns white and her personality becomes more lively and outgoing, she has as a familiar a kind of sentient bear trap (I know it sounds random but the cow has a sentient motorcycle and the dog's she her dogs are swordsmen and can talk) and she is basically the idol of the island of the temple of the rat
ay appreciate the lore. world building sounds goofy.
@@pretending100 thanks for the lore.
Kinda unrelated but yeah I do find it funny that the character representing The Rat Chinese Zodiac is also a walking Mickey Mouse (Or Disney as a whole company) reference and I'm not making that up.
@@Sem-ifinalist The divine generals are quite funny, the rabbit one for example is indirectly to blame for there being girls in bunny outfits in casinos, because he was a hardened gambler but with incredible luck and people began to believe it was because of his ears so they tried to imitate him until rabbits and casinos became associated concepts, in contrast the group of the vintage weapons or the evokers (the "group" of Nier) is the opposite being extremely dark and twisted whit things like betrayals, murder, cannibalism among other things.
@@meijinraditya2887 and they embrace it completely, in the mobile game big part of Vikala's kit revolves around her skill that changes the field to "utopia" which is basically her temple / Disneyland-like amusement park that gives multiple effects to allies
@@meijinraditya2887 She is also reference to Chuck E. Cheese.
She has backstory similar to Chuck E. Cheese, growing up in orphanage not knowing their own birthday and such, and also her skills in gacha have a special voiceline when it's your account's birthday, similarly to how Chuck E. Cheese is known for being a place to celebrate birthdays.
Oh yeah, and her nickname being "Vicky" seems like an obvious reference to "Micky" as well as the fact that her ears look like Micky Mouse ears.
Rats, rats, we're the rats
We prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats
[King Rat]
I'm the giant rat that makes all of the rules
[All Rats]
Let's see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into
Punch
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK LOL
I love Vikala's backstory. To put it simply, she is an orphan, had a traumatic childhood, she treated pretty harshly by her peers and superiors and even told by her best and only friend that she should be more selfish since she herself is in a poorer situation and should let people who are better off be kind.
And instead of becoming jaded and bitter towards everyone and the world, and with a little help from Dormouse, she sewed her own outfit, made every accessory, and organize a big bright parade so for one moment in everyone's miserable life, they can feel happy again. Not because she feels motivated make people happy, rather she is happier making others feel brighter. She pictured herself with big rat ears, so she can listen to hardships and turn that negative emotion into joy.
In her words, Utopia.
That is so sad but also so hopeful
Thank you for sharing the backstory. I was curious myself as someone who hasn’t followed Granblue and it is nice to know that there is a purpose behind it.
I love her, she resonates with my own past too much, I can't wait for her (≧▽≦)
@@Doktor_dooom😊
Versusia is a tough act to follow. The next dlc character is gonna have to be very spe-
RATS RATS WE ARE THE RATS
HERE TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER BIRTHDAY BASH
MICHAEL
IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY
CAKE AND ICE CREAM IS ON IT'S WAY
Next character is probably sandalphon which is going to be whole thing
Thank you, it's not my birthday, but thank you anyway.
@@messiahnyx971It’s not probably, he was already revealed to be the next character for the next pass a while ago and is shown at the end of the video.
Had her as my companion forever in the game but had no idea about her alt personality until I saw all the hype about her in the guest book 😅 very excited to try her
Absolutely repulsive eng dub for her, anyone using it online should be permanently banned not only from the game but steam.
@@henreader717 today's weebs have no idea how good they have it if they think this is bad lol
@@henreader717Online or not, your language preference only applies to you anyway.
Alt personality?
@@Cheezmonka Basically the Vikala shown is a persona created by her, a vision of a person she idolizes. Ironically enough, becoming the very same thing for others.
The real Vikala is basically Bocchi from Bocchi the Rock, a barely functioning socially awkward introvert.
looks like random item toss like Faust/Platinum. Has a trap but doesn't seem like her gameplay revolves around it like Cag. Overall looks fun to play.
I love how her and Anila are so happy fighting. Like, there's a few things in that universe that can take down one of these Gods, almost literally Gods, so why being tense when you can wipe them if you want?
Her back throw animation is the best thing ever
Cheesed to main her
Cheesed is probably how ur gonna get most of ur wins.
Her animations are so smooth. Her spot dodge is 10/10
Oh no the comment section is full of 🐁s
🐁
🐁
What do you expect? She is the most popular divine genaral!
🐀
It isn’t. You’e lying.
🐭
Instrumental of Vikala's character theme song, "Welcome to the Parade"!!!
October 25 release - Battle Pass has her Halloween Skin!
Season 2 for early 2025 huh,. the wait for season 2 reveals is gonna be great.
That is some fantastic animation and character design.
I find it weird that they didn't give her a Yintopia mode, since that aspect of her character is the entire reason behind her gigantic popularity, to the point where you barely see this version of her character appearing in the gacha these days (and when she does appear with her rat ears on, she generally loses them to some contrivance very quickly).
Edit: For those who don't know, this version of Vikala is actually a fake extrovert persona she achieves by using a form of self-hypnosis triggered by putting her rat headband on. The real Vicky is a huge introvert (or a "Yintopian" as she puts it) with extreme social anxiety, to the point where she can barely talk or interact with other people. She also happen to be incredibly cute, funny and moe while in that state, hence the massive popularity.
her most recent version in the gacha (halloween) has her in yang mode pretty much the entire time. Her only gacha version that is in yin mode is summer (and she has a premium summer skin as well that's in yang mode). This is a fighting game, and she only fights in yang mode, so it'd be weird for that to not be how it works. Besides, we haven't seen her win poses (it wouldn't surprise me if she had a yin mode appearance there) and her yin mode *is* already in the background in the zodiac stage
I already miss her introvert side!
@@10001vader Well some characters have a punish state where they are without tools, like how Death goes limp if you hit her out of a combo, but I get why it isn't used. It was a big reason why I was thinking she wouldn't get in in the first place, but turns out the best way is to not mechanically use it
tbh tho in her recent fate episodes it's not really a fake extrovert persona at that point but really a part of her that just comes up whenever the headbands are on
that's why the yin/yang symbolism
@@GaioMare I mean it's like Seox's mask-- it's a security blanket for all intents and purposes
0:29 "Instant poop"
LOL this made me burst out laughing when i rewatched
@@Kunai96 I think what makes it funnier is the small pause between saying poop
Diarrhea
I promise I didn't say "poop" xD
@@SyllaAria Wow, wasn't expecting Vikala herself to clear that up for me! 😂
You did great by the way
Nice, as a major fan of Princess Connect, this has my attention (Vikala a main character of mine there. Djeeta too~)
a shame that Cygames doesn't put english subtitles in the japanese server which should did like Granblue Fantasy instead of letting Crunchyroll mess with it
didnt know that vikala got into pcr
Alright, this character rules.
The grab animation is just so good
Finally an interesting DLC character 🐀
NOT THE MICKEY MOUSE LAUGH AT 0:27
LMAO
Arc did it again!
Her animations are amazing!!!
Vikala then Sandy right after. I LIVE
Wait she looks amazing, I wasn’t expecting to change my main like this but everything about her looks fun.
🐁
I don’t think anyone else in game looks as cheerful and positive when attacking as her at the moment.
Which is funny because she is secretly a introvert
gonna remove her ears real quick
@@fabbae215 Rat in Piece
"Crazy? I was crazy once"
Oh no...
"They locked me in a room"
“A rubber room…”
Anila and Vikala are now my mains!
Might be fun to play with
Man...I was waiting for this trailer to drop and i don't even really know her🙏😭
I hope she comes with an easter egg or something where you can take the ears off and and she keeps fighting but her poses shift slightly from confident to shy. Like in her R version.
After all her brave points are gone those ears are getting removed like Vega’s mask, probably… but only at the end of a combo in case she’s using them up during one.
shes so cute, hope they show a bit of her normal self in the win/ lose cutscenes before she puts on the ears otherwise you'd just think shes just a happy idol character lol it was a big apart of her appeal
gap moe
This character looks crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me ragequit
“Rats, We’re Rats, We’re furry and forlorn; we live in sewers, love in sewers and our hearts our torn”🐀
I'm liking that artstyle!!
She looks like she's gonna be fun to play with
0:48 DOOT DOOT 0:57
let the rat DOOT DOOT
Ive waited since the original game for her to drop. Yall better be ready for my main bois
必玩Vikala!👍
Vicky is here...been waiting for this, new main here we go
No lie, she looks fun to use 🐀👌
Yes Yes!
Oh my glord it’s adorable
WE ARE HEREEE!!!! Finally an update to the gsme
Hey guys it’s Vikala from Granblue Fantasy Versus:Rising (Steam Edition) and I am very cheesed to meet you
Oh no she got moved back, ah well, she will still be awesome and I cant wait!
Please give us Catura, we need more mootorcycle and cowbell in our lives.
She's definitely one of the ones I want the most too! Hopefully they give us a nice mix of characters this next pass. I definitely want another Harvin race character. :(
She's silly, she's goofy, she's a 🐀 I'm in
I wanted Sandolphin first :/
Im ok with everyone in this season pass tho so im going to buy the pass asap. Thank you for coming out with this incredible game. The most fun i have ever had in a fighting game since DragonBallFighterZ and GuiltyGear. Keep supporting this game for more years to come please, you have my full support.
He's coming early next year, be patient sheesh.
@montelhelem8707
You need to chill cuz I am very patient. Im ok with her coming out first. I said i wanted Sandolphin first but that does not mean that im not ok with the order. Im ok with whoever is in any order.
"sheesh"?
@@Clouds12012 cringe
@@montelhelem8707
Dont come in here and instigate with me you troll. Mind your business
@@Clouds12012 cringe
Beelzebub was like 😠
Lucilius was like 😑
Belial was like 😈
She’s so silly I love her
Cagliostro 2
I won't complain
Hello my friend!!! She reminds me of platinum for Blazblue
Rats off to ya
IVE BEEN GOONING TO THIS
Never goon
Can't wait to play as Hakos Baelz's cousin.
Are two season passes planned just like the first Granblue Fantasy Versus game?
It's Vicky Mouse!
🐁🐁🐁Let's gooooo🐁🐁🐁
I like her voice
I feel like ZZZ Anton would love this Mouse.
My girl is FINALLY HERE! I do prefer Yangtopia though, but Yintopia is great too.
Is there a reason this channels videos never shows in my subscription feed?
OOOOOH SHIIIT A RAAAAAT!
CAN'T WAIT FOR THERE TO BE A EMU OTORI OVER VIKALA MOD
All this does for me is getting hype for Sandolphon later this year, so I don’t really care for this character all that much lol. But she looks interesting.
I do love the music
My beloved Rat daughter 🐀 !!!
Very Nice!
*Insert Lythero Rat Joke here*
Russian Badger:" I'm such a f**king rat bro, I'm such a Rat" 😂
And the rat drove me crazy... Crazy!?...
Is that the voice actor for planetina from Rick and Morty?
Shes so adorable, charming and funny and love that she's basically a living disney land 🤩🤩🤩🤗🤗🤗🤗💖💖💖💖🩷🩷🩷
Also so excited for character pass 2 with sandalphon and the other upcoming characters🤗🤗🤗😎😎🩷
Why do these trailers not appear in my sub feed unless I specifically filter it to this channel?
So we went from world endingly powerful, indian mythology inspired dragon lady to tiny, super kawaii rat idol? Seems legit.
This is a big year for rodent girls
Platinum the Trinity is back...god help us all.
I can already hear *him* typing
*This is a certified Skavenblight classic.*
Give us yinutopia version cygames! I wanna see her introvert version!
I love her
Oh no, it's platinum all over again.
LUCKY!
Damn $8 for a character tho?! How much is the character pass?
Tom & Jerry looking real weird today
Oh shit! Its a 🐀
Steps back and forth*
Imma kick yo ass
Imma kick yo ass
Grimmir 2U into camera*
CUTE RAT
Her gameplay reminds me of Teddy from Persona 4 Arena 😂
More like Platinum the Trinity from Blazblue
No fighting game is safe from the Category Five Silly Billy
Cheesed to Meet You
It's amazing knowing Ironmouse voiced this character
she voiced Dormouse not Vikala
@@muhammadnurfitri196 My bad, a character that's a part of Vikala's moveset, I Google'd it
as nice as it is,its not that nice given we have no idea how many lines dormouse even has
Mouse Girl?
The little dances she does 😭 may have finally found my main
Ped0
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY ZONERS I JUST WANT TO HUG PEOPLE WITH A SCYTHE.
SHE HAS SPIN KNUCKLE EXCUSE ME???? 0:28
Lmao
imagine someone mod her into ratatouille
Uhhhhh, cygames failed to at least show her catchphrase.
But I hope she will shout Lucky! Cookie! Vicky! in game.
Cyagames, please bring Gran's team like Rosetta, Io and Rackam to GBVR in the second season. This fighting game really needs them.
If they are not in top 20 of popularity poll, the chance is almost nil
jokes on you that all the characters are the top rated popular ones, if they're not part of the top 20 then don't think it'll happen
Batte pass when ?
any plan for granblue to release on nintendo switch with all dlc ?
Unlikely, Sony seems to have a deal with Cygames on the Granblue franchise.
@@ZephyrK_ Cygames has little investment by Nintendo
Just because the game is on Playstation doesn't mean exclusivity, XBOX isn't loved by a bunch of japanese studios
I already miss her introvet side!
When update in granblue fantasy relink?
never,its done already
Oh man she is going to be frustrating to go against.
Relink updates when