So äh, Stellar Blade was a bomb with this cool NIKKE DLC collab, and the Internet merged all common sense into one heap. Chaos ensued. The Genki_JPN tweet supporting the crossover made gamers react in ways that one would have to dub… very Internet.

A clip featuring, uh…..clears throat… advanced jiggle physics pretty much gave birth to your run-of-the-mill hype, memes, and life-questioning responses to the notion of the game itself. Someone even said, “Missing all shots just for the jiggle 🤣.” Relatable, really. Another chimed in: “I was too focused on the gameplay 😂,” which we’re all secretly in agreement means something all too different.

And the gibberish wasn’t the only thing gamers talked about; there were some genuinely excited about the collab. “Nikke on console with those graphics would actually sell a lot,” someone said. And actually, that’s not something far from the truth. Mixing NIKKE’s look with Stellar Blade’s already well-regarded visuals spells something out for gamers. Or highly distracting if you ask a certain few.

And that, of course, was not accepted by all. “Why someone need things like that in a Videogame?” asked an ominously suspiciously suspicious player to which the answer from the rest of the Internet was collectively, “because we can”. Then others viewed it as a win against, uh, certain trends in gaming: “If gamers have to make a choice between this and shoehorned gender bender political b…. The choice is actually really clear,” said one. Yikes.

There were jokes, and they were endlessly many. “Advanced Jiggle Physics,” said one user deadpan, while another shared a meme of PC Gamer throwing a tantrum. And then there was that one guy that said: “Men are truly simple creatures.” Too accurate.

Yet beyond the chaos, a wild destiny for the DLC exists. Gamers have started calling Stellar Blade as possible Game of the Year, and with collabs like this one, it’s not hard to see the reasons why: solid action, brilliant visuals, and now? Added pizazz.

So yeah, whether you keep track for the gameplay, the memes, or for the… physics-well, it’s happening. And we are genuinely enjoying the ride.

Now, I will pretend I am totally playing for the story.