When Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid first launched on Switch back in March of last year, we found ourselves with an enjoyable fighter that was let down by its frustrating desire to keep content tucked away inside Season Passes. Since that release date, the game has been receiving more and more content and it's about to end with a bang as it reaches Version 2.0.
The update gives players access to online lobbies, a spectator mode, and crossplay with players on PlayStation 4. Up to eight players can now join up in an online lobby to battle against each other, up to four different matches can run simultaneously, and all participants can spectate online while they're waiting to get back into a match themselves.
Developer nWay has provided us with a list of the changes you'll find since that base version released last year:
- 18 Rangers & Villains across Generations
- Standard Edition comes with 12 starting warriors, including Jason Lee Scott, Tommy Oliver, Gia Moran, Ranger Slayer, Magna Defender, Kat Manx, Mastodon Sentry, Goldar, Lord Drakkon, Cenozoic Blue Ranger, Udonna and Dragon Armor Trini.
- Season 1 Pass, which is bundled with the Collector’s Edition, comes with 3 additional warriors, including Trey of Triforia, Jen Scotts, and Lord Zedd.
- Season 2 Pass contains 3 new warriors, including Doggie “Anubis” Cruger, Eric Myers, and Dai Shi.
- 9 Arenas across Iconic Locations
- Battle against iconic locations from the series, including Zordon’s Training Room and Command Center from Mighty Morphin POWER RANGERS, Harwood County Warzone from POWER RANGERS Super Megaforce, Mystic Forest from POWER RANGERS Mystic Force, Lord Drakkon’s Throne Room from Boom! Comics’ Mighty Morphin POWER RANGERS, Corinth from POWER RANGERS RPM, Planet Earth: Cenozoic Era and Tower from 2017 Movie, and Space Patrol Delta Base from POWER RANGERS S.P.D.
- 4 Megazords (Ultras)
- Summon Megazords and monsters, such as Dino Megazord, Dragonzord, Mega Goldar, or Delta Squad Megazord, to stage epic comebacks.
- Original Story: A Reimagining of the Shattered Grid Event
- Story Mode’s narrative is written and voice directed by writer/director Kyle Higgins (Mighty Morphin POWER RANGERS: Shattered Grid, Nightwing, Batman: Gates of Gotham).
- The mode also features original artwork by Eisner Award-winning illustrator Dan Mora (Go Go POWER RANGERS, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Klaus). In Story Mode, players experience a re-imagining of the critically acclaimed Shattered Grid event from Boom! Studios’ POWER RANGERS comic book series.
- When Lord Drakkon, an evil alternate version of Tommy Oliver, sets off a massive campaign across time and space to destroy all POWER RANGERS, they must band together and fight back before all of existence falls to his armies.
- Voiceovers by Original Cast
- Story and combat voiceovers are performed by original POWER RANGERS cast members, including Jason David Frank (Tommy Oliver), Austin St. John (Jason Lee Scott), David J. Fielding (Zordon), Kerrigan Mahan, (Goldar), Dan Southworth (Eric Myers) and Meghan “Strawburry17” Camarena (Kimberly).
- Crossplay & Cross-progression among PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC
- POWER RANGERS: Battle for the Grid enables crossplay among Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC, where players across all gaming platforms can battle against each other in Ranked, Casual, Direct or Lobby Matches.
- Crossplay helps players find matches faster against similarly skilled players and opens up a larger matchmaking pool, making the game more competitive. The game also enables cross-progression, so players can carry progress made on one platform to another.
- Challenge Your Friends in Direct Match & Online Lobbies
- These new features make Battle for the Grid more social.
- Direct Match lets friends or any two specific players match up against each otherr.
- Online Lobbies allows up to 8 players to join together in friendly matches, where participants can battle in up to 4 different matches at a time or spectate on a match and be the next player up.
- These new features make Battle for the Grid more social.
Taehoon Kim, co-founder and CEO of nWay, has shared the following in a press release:
"We are proud to be able to offer POWER RANGERS: Battle of the Grid players more content and features over the past several months. With the latest update, the game is now exactly what we had envisioned when we started creating the title knowing that players will enjoy all of the competitive features, immersive story-lines and wide range of characters and arenas that make the game one of the best fighting games available."
Have you played much of Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid on Switch? Are you liking the sound of these changes? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Didn't this game suck a lot?:s
Ah yes that original power rangers cast member who famously played Kimberly - "Strawburry17"
The mechanics are great, and were from the start, but the range of characters was let down slightly from a focus on the Mighty Morphin' era, and the fact that the season passes locked some of that variety away. The addition of the free characters helped spice things up a bit, but the roster still feels lacking in representation of all of Rangers.
I'm hoping for more free content added to the game, but I can see why they wouldn't want to continue support. Hopefully some more new games can come along that aren't arena fighters.
I love this game and I’m happy to hear that more content and features are coming soon.
I've got the physical cart from Limited Run. Sounds like a perfect time to open and play!
@TAndvig No. It's quite fun actually. Not big into Power Rangers, but I still play the heck outta this. Very reminiscent of MvC.
I'm holding out for the eventual ultimate edition with all characters, stages, colors, etc. As big a fan I am of Power Rangers I cannot support this type of marketing. With as much content they had access to why do we have such a dismal roster? With over 20 seasons it should have rivaled Smssh in playable characters!
Gotta open my sealed package to update.
@GameOtaku
Probably because it's a niche fighting game with a limited audience, developed to a tight budget. Extra content requires game sales to fund the work.
@TAndvig Nah, it was surprisingly good, just lacking in content. Though, every additional update has helped fill in missing features and add additional content. It's still a little bare for the price, but if you can get it even a little on sale it's worth it. Though, it helps to care about the source material.
Nice that it still has legs at least. I'm honestly surprised they havent added any Rangers from the latest incarnation Beast Morphers to promote the current generation of PR kids to play the game......or indeed visversa for older fans to check out Beast Morphers XD
@GameOtaku Well, the big reason it doesn't is that each character has a moveset based around their unique weapon and abilities, rather than having generic movesets with minor alterations for each member of the team. Combo that with the game's low price and niche nature requiring a small budget, and there was no way they were reaching Smash numbers. The only games that have (DBZ Budokai/Tenkaichi series for example), do so by having tons of characters that are only minor variations. In Smash's case, it's insane sales for a fighting game let it have a much larger roster than other titles while still being profitable. Not to say the roster shouldn't be a little larger, but no way should it be Smash sized.
I bought the physical from Best Buy and played it a few times, thought it was okay. I might give it another try.
@cheesedude
Had they gotten away from the mindset of Legacy Wars and made an actual effort to make a decent sized roster though it'd sold better. Think about it the game is 3 on 3 and you have around 10 characters not counting DLC . That's a ton of fighting the same characters over and over again!
Still awaiting a new Super Sentai game. This is ok if I play with no volume. Middling fighting game though.
@link3710
With over 20 seasons each consisting of a core 5 (mostly anyway) and a sixth ranger you could easily have 100 characters. If you look at Wild Force they have the same fighting style, only difference would be their weapons.
@GameOtaku
True. But from what I've read I have the impression that there was only so much content that could be delivered in the work hours available to deliver the game to budget. You can't deliver more content than there's time or money for.
Still no billy ... so sad
I’ve heard only good things about this may have to jump in.
I have this game, but I haven't played it as much as I'd like too(which makes me get bodied when I go online).
The work that the devs have been continuing to do on this game is amazing considering the state it launched in.
Biggest issue for me is "With the latest update, the game is now exactly what we had envisioned when we started creating the title"
Which I totally agree with. It was an unfinished game when it launched, and honestly the character pool of the deluxe should be the BASE pool. Way too few characters in the initial purchase.
Has the update gone live yet?
Ok it's up! Time to see what they have to offer!
This is a really fun game imo. I paid full price for the base game and season passes and I think it was well worth it. It's on sale quite frequently, so I would recommend at least picking up the base game to see if the paid dlc would be worth it. Even without the dlc there is a decent amount of content
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