Spooky Scary Fantendo Showcase 2023/HammerSig

== Spooky Scary Fantendo Showcase 2023 x Elites Versus II ==
Hello everyone, it's HammerSig here. You're probably expecting a preview of what I'll be showcasing in the Spooky Scary Fantendo Showcase 2023, and you're also probably expecting it to be about Elites Versus II, the game I'm currently working on....and you'd be right! So, roll the preview!
== Preview! ==
Tune in on 21/10/2023 for a full showcase of the final major reveal of Elites Versus II, the Endless Dread single player mode! Plus, the release date that will mark the completion of the base game, after nearly 8 months of work. 
So that's it, you might be asking? Well, there will be a special announcement at the end of the presentation if that's not enough for you...
I know it's an underwhelming line-up but as I always say, quality over quantity is key! So I hope to see you there on the 21st if you're not too busy with Spider-Man Wonder! I mean...Super Mario Wonder!
-HammerSig
==The Showcase!==
The day is here! This is the final piece of launch content I'll do for Elites Versus II, the main single-player campaign called Endless Dread. So, without wasting any more time, let's get into it!
===What is Endless Dread?===
As I already said, Endless Dread is the main single-player mode for Elites Versus II, and acts as the only way to unlock things like playable characters and Assist Cores. As you may already know, the main threat of the game is Kiindred, an original character whose very existence is threatening the stability of reality. Sounds bad, doesn't it? But just who, or what is Kiindred? 
===Kiindred, The New Disturbance===
If you're familiar with the first game in the series, Elites Versus, you may remember a similarly named character, called Kiin. At the end of Elites Versus, the main characters managed to take out Kiin, ending the Disturbance, an event caused each time Kiin travels from one universe to another, which damages realities affecting those living in them. In Elites Versus II, players will learn that Kiin, although destroyed, is virtually immortal, coming back into existence stronger than before. Like so began the age of Kiindred.
===Fight back the Disturbance!===
The main goal of Endless Dread is to clear out the remnants of the Disturbance (called 'Rifts') into a land formed by Kiindred himself. If you're a fan of any of the games featured in Elites Versus II, you'll notice a few familiar landmarks in the land's map!Once you choose one of the three starting charcters (pictured above: Mario, Sackboy and Dovahkiin) you'll have to clear a certain number of Rifts in order to access Kiindred's hiding realm and fight him, in a hopefully final attempt to end the Disturbance once and for all! So, let's see how this mode works exactly, starting with a snazzy demonstrative image!
That's a lot to take in, right?
Don't worry! To put it in very simple terms, you can think of it as a mixture of the Events and the World of Light modes seen in the Super Smash Bros. series (shocking, I know), where you face a series of challenges of varying difficulty to clear out the Disturbance and access the final boss. For the hawkeyes out there, you may have noticed that you can clear more challenges than what is required to acess Kiindred's boss battle. Well, if you manage to clear all of them, you'll be rewarded with a boss battle against Kiindred's terrifying form known as Kiindread. You may be wondering what's stopping you from trying to get to the true boss battle right away...well, it's quite simple: you don't get unlimited attempts at these challenges, as you can see in the bottom right of the image. This forces players to carefully choose each battle, and to be quite confident in their skills if they want to attempt to clear them all. So then, what do you get in exchange for these battles?
===Recruit Characters, Assist Cores and...Paraphernalia?===
Each Rift has a difficulty that goes from 1 to 3 stars, and the more stars, the better the rewards you'll get for clearing it. Completing only 1-star challenges may not always result in a bonus reward at all, for instance, but a 3-star one? That's when you're likely to recruit new characters in your party! If you manage to reach the end and defeat Kiindred, you'll unlock every character in your party to use in the other modes! Choose carefully though, as you can only recruit 5 additional fighters along the starter.Characters are the obviously the most prized reward, but they aren't the only thing you'll unlock: Assist Cores are unlocked pretty much the same way, assigning one to each playable fighter in your party.You already know what Assist Cores are, so let's jump into a brand new type of unlock: Paraphernalia! Parapher-what? Paraphernalia are items, weapons, clothing articles from the various realms affected by the Disturbance that you'll be able to assign to a character to gain exclusive bonuses. In practical terms, you might want to equip Luigi's Hat if you want to jump higher and have less traction, or Caduceu's Staff" if you fancy healing 30% of damage after a KO. I referred to these as "Perks" in the EVSII page, but they are being rebranded to make them more interesting.
===About these Challenges...===
Are you wondering just how many of these challenges are there? Wonder no more, it's a nice, even 100 unique challenges that offer a fun alternative to undertake between one online match and another, just to keep things fresh! I'll publish a comprehensive list of them in a dedicated Endless Dread page that will hopefully pop up in the coming days.
==Wrapping things up==
Hey, you made it all the way here! Thank you for reading all that. I'm nearing the completion of a project very near and dear to my heart, and to see it brought to life on a community of other videogame fans makes it that more special. Thank you all for the support, the kind words, and the interest shown in this silly project of mine. See you next time!
===Aren't we forgetting something...?===
Yes, yes...I guess we are. Well, here you go!
That's right, DLCs are coming! Stay tuned!
Bye, for real this time!