Anime Vanguards Winter Update 3.0 Brings Lobby Revamp and New Portals Game Mode

Anime Vanguards' Winter Update 3.0: A Sweeping Update with New Units, Game Modes, and Quality-of-Life Improvements

Developer Kitawari has released a major update for their tower defense game, Anime Vanguards, introducing significant changes to the unit roster, lobby experience, and overall gameplay. This Winter Update 3.0 is packed with new content and improvements designed to keep players engaged for weeks.

The most striking change is the complete overhaul of the lobby. Kitawari addressed player feedback regarding the previous lobby's cramped size, stating the need for more space to accommodate new game modes. The new lobby is described as "10x more impressive," featuring a customizable day/night cycle accessible through the settings menu. This update also includes a refined UI, particularly a cleaner and more intuitive stage selection interface.

Key features of the Winter Update 3.0 include:

• Twelve New Units: These units are available across a new Winter Banner, the Portals game mode, the Battle Pass, and leaderboard rewards. Specific units include Emmie (and her Ice Witch variant), Rom and Ran (Fanatic), Foboko (Hellish), Karem (Chilled), Rogita (Super 4), Soburo (Contract), Regnaw (Rage), Dodara (Contract), Sosora (Puppeteer), Seban, Rodock, and Giyu.

• New Game Modes: The update introduces "Portals," a new game mode with unique mechanics and tiered rewards. Using winter units and skins boosts team damage and rewards. A "Sandbox Mode" allows players to experiment freely with units, enemies, and resources.

• Quality-of-Life Improvements: Several quality-of-life changes enhance the overall experience, including smoother unit placement, improved UI search functions for skins and familiars, clearer enemy targeting indicators, and the relocation of Evolution Quests to a dedicated tab.

• Other Additions: The update also includes a rerun of the Blood-Red Commander Igros boss event (with weekly rotating boss events), a new Winter Currency system, unit XP fusing, a revamped Battle Pass, new tournament titles, collection milestones, enemy index milestones, a trophy exchange shop, enhanced spectate mode options, a revised base health system (using stocks instead of a single health pool), access to a hidden challenge via a Worldlines reward, in-game update logs, new unit filters, and numerous bug fixes.

The full patch notes detail all the additions, changes, and bug fixes implemented in Winter Update 3.0. This update builds upon the November update, which added content inspired by the anime Dandadan. For more information, including active in-game codes, refer to the provided link.