Game producer Lauren Soanes and senior narrative designer Joshi Zhang walk us through the origins of Dokiwatch and the passion that inspired it.
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Inspired the instant pick of juno for the next 3 months. “Juno and freya vs juno and freya and sombra isnt invited but somehow gundums and magical girls got invited” sounds like the title of season 16.
Huh? So you wanted a Magical Girl Sombra or…?
“We’re not meant to take Nocturna of the Hollow Hearts that seriously,” said senior narrative designer Joshi Zhang. “She’s kind of like ‘Ha ha! I’m just an evil person!’ you know?”
Sounds like the people banning Sombra
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So it sounds very likely they do a dokiwatch 2 sometime down the line which is very good. That and mirrorwatch are seasons I think deserve a sequel (maybe starwatch too, but that’s not my personal aesthetic)
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That was a fun read!
So are Nocturna D.Va and Doki Brigitte ex-lovers? 
Im excited for Part 2 with Mysterious Missing Mercy. Heart of Healing? 
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Great to get some insight into how the new skins were made!
They’re so pretty!
Would love a girly skin for Reinhardt!
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Oh, wow, so they basically confirmed another anime collaboration coming this season. Jo Jo Lifeweaver might be real…
Anyways, Madoka Magica was pretty cute if anyone was interested in watching a magical girl anime that is more adult.
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Narratively, Dokiwatch is also a chance to temporarily escape the more serious angles of the game’s ongoing story. “
So many wrong things in this sentence…the only true thing in this here is that Dokiwatch is temporary (but I’m sure Mythic Juno will be in the game long enough to remind us of it) .
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Yes the “story” that has progressed 3 in-universe days at most, in the span of 10 years
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Hopefully you’ll add heroes to this… Would love to see Odessa and Zarya get a Doki skin lol.
Noo that cant be true , nothing will take Dvamattra or tokkitsune away from me!!
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With how few of the good-guy outfits are actually in the battle pass (and locking Freja’s to that obnoxious Ultimate BP bundle), it takes was a great theme and degrades it into a brutal cash-grab.
I understand the game needs to make money, but this goes too far. I’ve been looking forward to this theme for months, and while I didn’t expect much in terms of the proportion of good skins in the battle pass, this time it’s below even my muted expectations.
It’s great art for the magical girls. Most of the demon skins are just forgettable and undesirable (Mauga’s an exception).