Typically there’s nothing extra enjoyable than loving a villain, and now Honkai: Star Rail will give followers the chance to do exactly that. Developer Hoyoverse launched new advertising and marketing on Tuesday confirming that Sunday, the bold antagonist of the Penacony storyline, shall be coming to the sport as a playable character. Now followers who’ve been anticipating his launch for the higher a part of a 12 months are celebrating his triumphant return with memes, fan artwork, and basic pleasure.
The official Honkai: Star Rail account shared extra particulars on the upcoming character. Sunday shall be a 5-star Imaginary character that follows the trail of the Concord. This makes him the primary male character within the recreation to comply with the trail of the Concord and provides some much-needed buffs to different characters. We donβt have particulars past this submit, however his splash artwork appears to be like gorgeous and brings out a godlike, celestial aspect to the character.
Sunday was first launched to Honkai: Star Rail as an NPC within the 2.0 model of the sport. The two.0 patch launched again in February 2024, so heβs been part of the forged for the higher a part of a 12 months. Since his look, Sundayβs superfans have been ready on every replace with baited breath within the hope that he would develop into playable. Nevertheless, the builders actually made gamers wait, and a few even misplaced hope when latest occasions in the primary storyline took members of the Astral Categorical again to the The Xianzhou Luofu. However, as of right now, heβs again β and followers couldnβt be extra thrilled.
Followers replied to the official announcement in full awe and pleasure. Shoto, a well-liked Vtuber, replied with the straightforward exclamation βHEβS REAL,β and greater than 8,600 individuals appreciated it. One other individual tweeted, βIT MAY BE A TUESDAY BUT IT SURE FEELS LIKE SUNDAY,β in reference to his title.
Sunday has a sister named Robin within the recreation. Sheβs already a playable character, so individuals celebrated that the 2 would lastly be reunited and playable.
Others celebrated by creating memes utilizing his character artwork. The picture under imagines Sunday scoring a slam dunk as he reaches up into the sky.
Others shared beautiful fan artwork of the character.
We donβt have a confirmed date for when Sunday shall be launched. Nevertheless, based mostly on how Hoyoverse has dealt with character releases prior to now, the timing of the announcement means he’ll doubtless launch as a playable character within the 2.7 patch. So should youβre a kind of sickos who has been hoarding Star Rail Particular Passes for months on finish , your time to shine will lastly come.
