Astro Bot Finally Gets 2 Long-Awaited, Fan-Requested Bots

Astro Bot conscionable got a marque caller update, adding 5 caller situation levels implicit with their ain caller peculiar bots to unlock. And 2 of the caller bots are from a bid that had antecedently gone unrepresented successful the game, contempt being beloved by PlayStation fans.

If you don't privation it spoiled, we'll conscionable accidental that you tin unlock 1 of these bots by rescuing it from the situation level High Inflation, portion the 2nd bot comes lone aft you bushed each 5 marque caller situation levels successful the Vicious Void Galaxy and rescue the different bots inside.

Warning! We're going to spoil precisely who each the bots successful the DLC are beneath the video, truthful if you don't privation to know, get outta here!

The 2 bots successful question are Cloud and Sephiroth, some from Final Fantasy 7. Cloud is the reward from High Inflation, and Sephiroth shows up if you bushed each 5 caller situation levels.

Final Fantasy representation, and specifically from 7, has been long-requested by Astro Bot fans. The crippled launched with a whopping 173 bot cameos from PlayStation history, truthful the deficiency of Final Fantasy 7 — a crippled traditionally associated with PlayStation some successful its archetypal and remake forms — was surprising. When asked astatine the time, Astro Bot developers attributed this to the prime of steadfast partners, meaning it sounds similar Square Enix wasn't antecedently consenting to play ball. But it seems the institution has changed its tune much recently.

Cloud and Sephiroth aren't the lone bots you'll find successful the caller DLC, and not adjacent the lone Square Enix representation. In fact, it sounds similar Square was blessed to manus implicit respective cameos, with 2B from Nier: Automata and Serge from Chrono Cross besides showing up to beryllium rescued. Atsu from Ghost of Yōtei besides shows up, though we already knew she'd beryllium successful this update.

Astro Bot has received a fig of peculiar situation signifier updates since launch, and it's nary astonishment Team Asobi was capable to springiness it that other emotion fixed however well-received the crippled has been. It sold 1.5 cardinal units successful conscionable its archetypal 2 months, and earned a 9/10 from us. "A fantastically inventive platformer successful its ain right, Astro Bot is peculiarly peculiar for anyone with a spot successful their bosom for PlayStation," our reviewer wrote.

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