BATTLE FOR THE GRID Getting 3 Characters for Free in Update
It looks like nWay is doing its best to placate upset and concerned fans of Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid. They recently announced that in their first update for the game, all players would get three characters for free: Dragon Armor Trini, Udonna, Cenozoic Blue Ranger. Udonna is not a surprise as we’ve known that she was set to be in the game, but no one predicted the other two.
I also find it interesting that they went with Cenozoic Blue as we don’t really know anything about that character from the 2017 film. He is the Blue Ranger before Billy takes the mantle. Many fans are happy to finally have any Blue Ranger though.
This announcement is the unofficial confirmation to many fans about the small roster. Originally, the game was supposed to have a 15-character roster, but that was shrunk to 9 when it came time to release. The theory that fans have had is that they shrank the roster to get Battle for the Grid released earlier so that it wasn’t completely overshadowed by Mortal Kombat 11. This in turn is actually giving many fans a flicker of hope that is getting them to get behind the game.
This announcement also has many fans curious though since we know the Zeo Gold Ranger was going to be in the game, but he’s not in this list. My theory is that he is actually going to be part of the Season Pass. My thinking is that these free characters aren’t really characters people were expecting or wanting per se, but it helps boost the roster and still gets people excited and engaged. Zeo Gold is highly favored and demanded by fans which means they’d probably be willing to drop some money to get him.
I can definitely see this being a thing where nWay will periodically add new Rangers that aren’t the most popular as free boosts to the roster, but then the more popular Rangers are parts of the Season Pass. I could be wrong though and Zeo Gold could simply be for the next batch of free characters to be released.
Unfortunately, there is no release date for Update 1, but I would guess sometime next week. Are you playing Battle for the Grid yet? Who do you want to see added and are you excited for these new characters?