Honkai: Star Rail Introduces New Character Sparkle and She Goes from Cute to Crazy [UPDATED]

Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse launched the following five-star character who will develop into out there through the gacha within the second a part of the Model 2.0 cycle.

Her identify (or extra exactly, nickname) is Sparkle and he or she’s a member of the Masked Idiot faction. She’s additionally a quantum character following the trail of the Concord.

She will probably be launched in a couple of days through the “Glowing Splendor” Occasion Warp, alongside Hanya, Quinque, and Sanpo. Replace 2/28/2024: it’s going to be out there between February 20 and March 26 alongside a second Occasion Warp specializing in Jing Yuan.

Within the trailer launched right now, she goes from very cute to creating the standard Yandere face in about two minutes. 

Sparkle is voiced in English by Lizzie Freeman and in Japanese by in style actress Reina Ueda, whom it’s possible you’ll know for her roles as Ganyu in Genshin Affect and Akane Shinjo in SSSS. Gridman. 

You’ll be able to watch the trailer in English under and in Japanese that includes Ueda-san’s voice on the official YouTube channel.

Replace 2/28/2024: a second trailer has been revealed and you’ll watch it under in English and on the official YouTube channel in Japanese.

By the way, you continue to have a couple of days to attempt to unlock the earlier new five-star character, Black Swan, earlier than her Occasion Warp is changed by Sparkle’s. 

Honkai: Star Rail is presently out there for PC, PS5, iOS, and Android, and we just lately discovered that it has been downloaded an enormous 100 million occasions. 

Whereas the sport is free to play, it additionally options loads of microtransactions so that you can partake if you happen to’re thinking about getting extra out of it. In fact, forex (Stellar Jades) that can be utilized to get a greater probability to unlock characters like Sparkle are among the many best-sellers.