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Until I read about her family link to Maya, I suspected she was supposed to be Mina Harker from the Dracula book, but it appears that was me drawing wild conclusions. The one character for this season that wasn’t from another franchise was Mira, apparently the sister of Maya, but transformed into a vampire. Rash from Battletoads joined the cast, bringing the same zany action and massive spiky boots that he had in his original title, Arbiter joined from the Halo universe, coming tooled up with a futuristic laser rifle in addition to a surprisingly deep knowledge of martial arts, and finally General Raam jumped from Gears, bringing his Krill and massive pointy knife that cut Lt. The new-to-the-game lists were not altogether new either.
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Both these characters are strong and damaging, as you’d expect from boss characters, and while fairly hard to use, they were more than capable of causing all kinds of mayhem. For most people this would be something of an inconvenience, but Eyedol makes it work, somehow. Eyedol has changed since his first appearance in a game, when he was a two-headed beast: now he has been killed by Gargos, resurrected by Kan-Ra, and instead of two heads, he has one head, split in half. Gargos was able to come to Earth after the sorcerer Kan-Ra opened a portal – I want to say by mistake, but I’ve never been sure it was an accident.
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Later in the season, the boss of the first and second games became playable, as first Gargos and then Eyedol were released to players’ control. Now he is whole again, and sets out to kick all kinds of ass on his mission to stop Gargos. He was once a guardian of Earth against the threat of invasion from the astral realm, but he was robbed of his memories and so sat and watched as Gargos invaded the Earth. Tusk is pretty much the opposite – massive and slow, and armed with an enormous sword. Armed with enchanted dragon nunchucks, she is a fast, acrobatic fighter who uses her speed to her advantage. Kim Wu is a college student who inherits a dragon spirit called Yeoujiu, and is called upon by Jago to help in the fight against Gargos.
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From Killer Instinct 2, Kim Wu and Tusk returned, and while they couldn’t be more different in style, they are both firmly on the side of good out to stop Gargos, the big bad of the piece. The returning fighters were a mixed bunch, to say the least. As the focus of this article is on Season 3, it’s worth, I think, shining a spotlight on the new cast members. Finally, Season 3 released on March 29th, 2016, again dropping a familiar mix of old and new characters into the fold. Season 2 was released in October 2014, and again brought a smattering of original and new contestants to the table, including another of my personal favourites, Riptor. Seriously, I hated the way his moves had to be performed then, and still do now. It featured a mix of old characters and new ones, and among the original characters returning was my perennial favourite, Sabrewulf, and my least favourite, Jago. The new and improved Killer Instinct was first unleashed on November 22nd, 2013, just after the release of the Xbox One itself. I feel that a little history lesson may be in order before we discuss Season 3, but I promise it will be brief. No, what we are here to discuss today is the updated Killer Instinct, and more precisely the release of the third season, the imaginatively titled “Season 3”.