Thank you as always for playing FIST OF THE NORTH STAR: LEGENDS ReVIVE

Director Uematsu brings you Director's Letter Vol. 02.

Although it's belated, we would like to thank you for participating in the recent survey. Thank you very much.

We are sincerely grateful for the many responses from Revivers, and we are carefully reviewing each one with appreciation.

In this letter, we will address some of the feedback and questions we received.

We would also like to share, within what we can disclose at this time, our concepts and design policies for the future battle environment. 

We've also brought information on a new fighter scheduled to debut soon--please look forward to it!

Once again, thank you very much for your cooperation with the survey. 

We will strive to reflect your feedback in future app operations.

This time, we will address some of the feedback we received.

1.About fighter compositions in the current environment and overall game balance

We have received many comments that "new characters are too strong, causing team compositions to become fixed." We appreciate this valuable feedback and would like to share our policy going forward.

For upcoming new fighters and buffed fighters that will become eligible for a rarity upgrade, we plan to design them not to directly counter top-tier characters (i.e., target specific characters), but to emphasize unique qualities that enhance each character's strengths and allow them to serve as a "team-building axis."

With the goal of avoiding any single "must-pick" slot, we aim to create an environment where multiple win conditions (synergy axes/role axes) can coexist.

2. About UI improvements

Based on your feedback regarding UI visibility and usability, we will first pursue a policy of making "incremental improvements." While small in scale, the late-November update will include some initial measures to make team formation easier.

Next up is new fighter information.

Here is the new fighter arriving from 11/14!

"Water Bird's Honorable Love Rei" will newly appear as a fighter eligible for a Rarity Upgrade.

Enduring the harsh side effects of the vital point "Shinreidai," Rei returns with white hair.

With ever-sharper technique and a relentless offensive, he overwhelms enemy fighters! 

Here are the details of his battle performance!

1.Increases Fist Speed by a percentage (stackable)!

When "Water Bird's Honorable Love Rei" is in the lineup, increases the team's Fist Speed by a percentage. 

This increase can stack with other skills.

2. Debuff enemy fighters with the new effects [Bloodloss] and [Bleed: Damages]!

[Bloodloss] reduces the afflicted fighter's Fighting Spirit gain, and sets the healing-received reduction of [Bleed: Damages] to (number of stacks × 10%).

"Water Bird's Honorable Love Rei" can weaken enemy fighters by applying [Bleed: Damages] to deal damage and further hindering them with [Bloodloss].

3. Upon Fate Unleashed, debuff effects become even stronger while also enhancing ally support capabilities!

"Water Bird's Honorable Love Rei" enters Fate Unleashed based on the number of Battle Garbs lost by all enemy fighters.

Upon Fate Unleashed, increases the Damage Resistance Rate of allied fighters who have [Max Damage Lock equal] applied.

In the Fate Secret Technique, the target range of Bleed: Damages] applied to enemy fighters expands, further strengthening its debuffing power.

Next, we would like to share our concepts for the future battle environment.

As mentioned briefly in the survey section, our goal for future battles is to realize a variety of "team-building axes." 

We will place greater emphasis on synergies from fighter affinities and combinations, as well as on cohesive team concepts, and will gradually deliver battles where many fighters can shine depending on the lineup and opponent.

We are currently developing new skills that will allow LR Fighters to generate even greater synergy with each other depending on their combinations.

In addition, as mentioned in the roadmap during the recent live stream, we are progressing with development on multi-fighter battle content so that you can enjoy switching between multiple team compositions. 

We plan to share more details at a later date, so please look forward to it!

To gradually realize these "varied team-building axes," we believe it is essential to first deliver many LR Fighters who can excel in the latest battles.

 To that end, we are currently coordinating within the team to enable many UR Fighters to be upgraded in rarity to LR. 

We will proactively pursue this to fulfill our vision of "letting you enjoy battles with nostalgic fighters you're attached to," as previously shared.

These will all take some time, but we will deliver them sequentially so you can feel the improvements little by little. Please look forward to it.

That's all for this Director's Letter.

We plan to release a video in late November to share information for next month. 

The next Director's Letter is scheduled for mid-December. 

Our development team will continue to work tirelessly to make Hokuto ReVIVE even more enjoyable for all Revivers.

Thank you for playing FIST OF THE NORTH STAR: LEGENDS ReVIVE.