Granblue Fes 2020 News Recap (Day 1)

Granblue Fes 2020 Day 1 has ended, and we’ve compiled all the news and info from it for your convenience. Today had a mix of news for the mobile game, and a detailed update on Relink’s current development status – view the details below!

One thing to note, they acknowledged how quickly merchandise sold out, and they will look into restocking, with no additional details given.

Koremade GBF 2020

First up was a recap of everything that’s happened in Granblue this year. While not having new info per se, this was a chance to get some insight from FKHR and KMR.

February 2020 in GBF:

Touyama Nao: "The biggest thing was GBVS coming out!"

Shiraishi Minoru: "I thought this game had already been out for like 2 or 3 years by now with how much content they've put out" pic.twitter.com/ON4NmbltIa
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

While talking about Seeds of Redemption:

Imai Asami just uncapped Seofon to 5 stars

FKHR reports that after the event, there was a huge spike of Seox 5* uncaps pic.twitter.com/nsiwJO8xNM
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Touyama: "When I asked you about it, Shiraishi, you said you were playing a lot of Mechanic so I have a lot of Mechanic teams. Are you still playing that class?"

Shiraishi: "I play a ton of Lumberjack now"

Touyama: "Okay, I'll start playing more Lumberjack" pic.twitter.com/ZgnteBXAk9
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Katou Emiri gushes about the new versions of Sturm and Drang, and how much she loves being able to use them in the same team to hear their in-battle banter.

Shiraishi: "Itou Kanae (Sturm) was really happy about that too" pic.twitter.com/0DN6skRH2P
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

May 2020 in GBF:

FKHR: "We recently recorded New Generations' lines. It won't be immediate, but they will get their voices." pic.twitter.com/dq6z3umUi1
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

A look at the 14(!) summer characters and summons

Shiraishi: "I'm glad for Mimlemel, but look at the Harvin percentage…" pic.twitter.com/nBsxiO2dlf
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

When talking about the Tower of Babyl, FKHR says that there aren't plans to adjust the difficulty too much. It's content designed so that you can come back later to and test yourself. pic.twitter.com/mZFlmzFeou
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Katou Emiri relates that her crew didn't really feel like there was a good stopping point for Dread Barrage since there was no winning or losing, So they just kept mashing and mashing and wondering when it would end. pic.twitter.com/EKiZCXzKaX
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Katou talks about the Demon Slayer event buzz and how GBF has a reputation for being very faithful to the source material in its collab events.

FKHR: “I think that we may have put more work into Tanjiro’s CA than any other CA we’ve ever done.” pic.twitter.com/TGVAAtnAJr
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

GBF TV Channel Live

This 3 hour(!) segment featured many guests participating in party type games, and news coming in during the last 45 minutes. You can view our Twitter if you want our coverage of the guests and what they did, but it’s mostly entertaining fluff.

Ta-da! Gachapin pulls out the roulette wheel from its back room storage. There are presents behind each panel of the wheel, which can be earned by the cast passing these themed challenges. pic.twitter.com/Z5IAzUY3D7
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Rewards won by the guests

200 half elixirs
2 intricacy rings
3000 crystals
3 omega anima of Shiva, Grimnir, Alexiel, Europa, Avatar, Metatron
600 soul berries
5000 CP
Damascus Ingot
Guaranteed SSR Ticket

It's time for news!

First, a look at Threo in Shadowverse, who is Dragoncraft. pic.twitter.com/q9iePFYfvm
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Granblue Relink Updates

A timeline of development, starting in 2016 and then showing it off once a year after that pic.twitter.com/stbR6rqEuV
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

According to the slide, the game is in Alpha now. There's a ton of work to still be done.

FKHR also addresses the mystery of who "Blue" is – and the character has been shelved. pic.twitter.com/pOkexuqpAK
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

FKHR covers how the development has changed since the game changed development studios: pic.twitter.com/SAIY4D0p3g
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

The current state of the main menu:

You can change between Gran and Djeeta with the press of a button. pic.twitter.com/i8pcfxAZng
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Further demonstrations of buff skills, how to aim heals and other field spells, etc pic.twitter.com/ZRCbMsgCDK
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

The combat demo starts with some ship-to-ship cannon combat, then the Grandcypher gets boarded and it's time to get physical. pic.twitter.com/nzrTr6EpPE
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

more shots of Djeeta kicking butt.

FKHR says that Katalina can summon Ares in combat, who gives her extra moves when out.

Djeeta can pick up some enemies and toss them at each other as bombs. pic.twitter.com/Z21JDaoF5U
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

"It's like I'm watching a Granblue Fantasy movie"

The boss arrives – Garanza! (CV: Yamadera Koichi)

(VA confirmed by FKHR) pic.twitter.com/b6mqWE9leG
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

After putting Garanza in Break, the party unleashes a full chain, which just seems to piss him off and send him into his last phase pic.twitter.com/oSGKbEx7sI
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

FKHR notes that due to where they are in the development cycle, there will be nothing new to show in 2021 – we'll see more in 2022 when the game is closer to the finish line. pic.twitter.com/4L27Ej7rNx
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Mobile Game News

For the mobile game, they showed Christmas versions of Lily, Spinnah, and an outfit for Tien! Lily and Spinnah will appear in the gacha soon, and Tien’s outfit will be available for purchase.

Xeno Corow, with new Xeno Corow summon and 5* Xeno sword pic.twitter.com/ZHwXWP4Ebc
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

The Premium Friday for Christmas is special – fighting FRIED SHRIMP will award points. Points from ALL players combined will earn rewards, laid out in the next tweets:

2nd unlock: Unite and Fight boss changes from Nyarlathotep to a Tyrannosaurus.

3rd unlock: The Tyrannosaurus look upgrades.

(Nyarlathotep will become a Dread Barrage boss) pic.twitter.com/m7RKjXyIln
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

4th unlock: a treasure for all players that provides 300 rainbow crystals and a fried shrimp per month.

The skin from the event will be for Nicholas – you can make him look like God Gigantes. pic.twitter.com/cGTIVEHOcG
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Inventory filtering update: characters will be given series, including Eternal, Evoker, Summer, etc. pic.twitter.com/zNVBdTrmaO
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

"Transcended the Edge" (Eternal 6* uncaps) will have a staged rollout.

It will require: player rank 150+, character Awakening level 7, the 4th ability unlocked, and the use of a new treasure. pic.twitter.com/Pa7j9OJhEQ
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Preview art of the 6* uncaps for Anre and Tweyen, plus their weapon-wielding squad. pic.twitter.com/tNFOoKxFLs
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

Anre changes:

Fleeting Spark: Counters on dodge duration from 1 turn to 3 turns

Arm the Bastion: Gains 100% Fire damage cut

Enlightened One support grants Undying (see: Threo)

At 90, it also grants "When almost knocked out, heal Anre full/clear all debuffs (one time)" pic.twitter.com/unzA9ckZIY
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

(2/2)
Glasswing Waltz now ready immediately. CD to 6 turns (was 10)

Fortified Vigor: "Narmaya's buffs cannot be dispelled. Starts battle with Lethal Attack Dodged (1x)"

Lock Swords: Guarantees damage reflection during Kyokasuigetsu.

EMP support: +crit vs. enemies w/her debuff
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020

The Grand Blues! Blu-ray comes out in March, and will come with an as-yet-undefined code for items in Granblue Fantasy. pic.twitter.com/H6NzjnI3wt
— グランブルー EN (@granblue_en) December 12, 2020