SNK Heroines Adds Fighting EX Layer's Skullomania in Female Form
By Jason Fanelli ·
In another surprising DLC move, Skullomania (Skullolady?) is making her way to SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy as the second downloadable roster addition.
After Terry Bogard of Fatal Fury fame was announced as future downloadable content for Fighting EX Layer, it looks like Arika will be returning SNK’s favor with Skull-o-Mania being announced as the second downloadable character in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy.
The news came via a Tweet from NIS America, who publishes SNK’s game in the Western market:
Friend or Foe... Enter the Skullolady!? Skullo Mania brings the justice in SNK HEROINES Tag Team Frenzy October 11 as a new DLC character! See her(?!) amazing moves in our newest trailer here: (https://t.co/I8hiOgqzE6) #SNKHEROINES #PS4 #NIntendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/utWak73EPt
— NIS America, Inc. (@NISAmerica) September 27, 2018
SNK Japan’s official Twitter account followed with an announcement of its own. Both tweets also linked to Skull-o-Mania’s reveal trailer, the English version of which can be seen below:
Skull-o-Mania follows Thief Arthur from Square Enix’s Japan-only fighter Million Arthur series, and she also follows Terry Bogard as a character who is predominantly male in the source game, but has been converted to a woman here to keep with the all-female aesthetic.
Reaction around Twitter was a mixture of excitement and “huh?”:
Female Skullomania joins SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy on October 11th.
— SpectreOfTerror #SpookyHalloween #BOO! (@PJSalohcin) September 28, 2018
Me: pic.twitter.com/Uij2LvX4BR
The absolute madmen. They added Skullomania to the roster!!!
— Patrick (Capitalist111) (@Capitalist111) September 28, 2018
I was gonna wait until the holiday to get this, but I'm tempted to move the purchase date up now... https://t.co/qbRgign9go
FEMALE SKULLOMANIA WAAAAAAAAAT
— Houndy Poundy (@TheHoundWolf) September 27, 2018
After two surprising downloadable entries, it’s anyone’s guess where SNK Heroines will go next. We’re wondering if Capcom’s number will be called with an established female fighter or another gender-bend. Female Ryu, anyone?
Skull-o-Mania will be available for download on October 11th. For more on SNK, check out our coverage of the recent return of Samurai Shodown.