To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Gundam Wing, Overwatch 2 has released four new Legendary skins from both Gundam Wing and Endless Waltz.
Specifically, the four mobile suits represented are the Gundam Wing Zero, Gundam Epyon, Gundam Deathscythe Hell and Tallgeese. These being reskins of Mercy, Ramattra, Reaper, and Soldier: 76 respectively.
Unlike the Call of Duty collaboration with Gundam a while back, which pretty much had players cosplay as mobile suits, these new Overwatch 2 skins have been handled far more competently.
While these are still reskins of characters, the visual styling is far more mechanically inclined, and that sells it far better.
This is in no small part due to how the Overwatch series has its own anime-infused and inspired art style to begin with, so this kind of anime crossover naturally works well.
I am just pleasantly surprised that these mecha actually look decent and seem to fit the game, too.
Gundam Wing is also a formative anime in the West, as it was one of the first to be given a proper international release. It’s not one of my favorite alternate timeline Gundam shows, as I always found it overly melodramatic, but that’s just me.
That said, I reviewed the Blu-ray box sets for both the TV series and OVA a while back. You can also still watch both Gundam Wing and Endless Waltz on Crunchyroll.
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