The announcement of the Honkai Star Rail x Honkai Impact 3rd collaboration recently sent the Honkai community into chaos. The Honkai Star Rail universe is connected to the Honkai Impact 3rd universe, with Welt (and Otto) being the only characters revealed to have jumped from the HI3 universe to HSR. Honkai Star Rail has many characters who share the same identity as HI3 characters but from a different universe, known as EXPYs or character exports, an example being Acheron and Raiden Mei. However, HI3 has not released or featured any HSR-specific characters in their game, until now. A new video has been released on HI3’s YouTube account, giving slight details about the upcoming HSR x HI3 collaboration. The best part of the video was Announcement of Sparkle’s debut in Honkai Impact 3rd version 7.9.
Sparkle Debuts at Honkai Impact 3rd
Honkai Impact 3rd will debut with Sparkle on version 7.9 on November 28, 2024. Sparkle’s debut in Honkai Impact 3rd could be a major step in bringing the two worlds together. Honkai Impact 3rd has a very dedicated player base, but it has dwindled significantly over time. Compared to that, Honkai Star Rail is one of the best gacha games on the market right now and only second to Genshin Impact for Hoyoverse. With the collaboration between the two games, the developers could be looking to revive HI3’s player base.
Sparkle can serve as a bridge between the two worlds As revealed in the trailer, it seems that it will be Sparkle from HSR who will be making her debut and not an EXPY character. This means that Sparkle could be the only character after Welt (and Otto) to cross between universes.
Will Sparkle be playable in Honkai Impact 3rd?
It is currently unknown if Sparkle will be a playable character. in HI3 7.9 or not, there’s a good chance it will happen. So far, it seems like she’ll only appear in the story and not as a playable character. Otherwise, I don’t think they would have used the word “Debut” to describe her appearance. But I could be wrong and Sparkle might become playable in HI3 in 7.9.
However, I’m more excited about what this means for the future of both games. Characters like Kiana Kasvana are beloved in the community and seeing her join the HSR universe would be incredible. Let us know what you think of the collaboration between these two Hoyoverse behemoths.
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