TL;DR
- Mint and Prika will be released this May
- They will be released back to back alongside seperate events into the lead up to June.
- New songs will keep being added to Tracing the Stars (T.T.S)
- ‘Hurricanes’ will be available for free with Mint’s update.
- T.T.S will open up a ‘Special Shop’ and release a music pack for its debut
- The pack does not contribute to progress into the main game and is not mandatory for progression within T.T.S.
- It is mainly for those that enjoy T.T.S. standalone.
- The pack contains 9 tracks
- Rankings will be seperated by difficulty in July.
- Other improvements to the game mode will be rolled out starting this May update.
- MEMORIES TELLER (Stellar Blade collab) event will be available in the archive.
- EVE and Raven banners will also be available for some time.
- The free skins for EVE and Raven, alongside the free SR Lily, will be obtainable through the MEMORIES TELLER event within Archive.
- EVE and Raven banners will also be available for some time.
- A major three week event will occur in June, after Prika’s event.
- Will offer a ‘fresh experience’ unlike past events seen.
- Pick-Up recruitment of a ‘long-awaited character’ that ‘many commanders will definitely love’ will also happen.
- My personal guesses are Sugar in a swimsuit, or Silver Gun Marian.
- BOOM! THE GHOST! (2025 Summer event) will be added to Archives in June.
- Its minigame, BFG CLEAN UP, will be available in Arcade with the June update.
- Skill Upgrades will be ‘improved’ in June, for the sake of convenience.
- Starting July throughout the rest of 2026, improvements will come to Arena, Champion Arena League, Coordinated Operation, Union Raid and other content.
- Champion Arena League will have increased participants for its qualifiers.
Read in finer detail below.
Hello, Commanders.
I’m Hyungsuk Yoo, the director of GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE.
In this developer’s note, I will briefly introduce the major updates to be implemented in May and June.
But before I begin, I’d like to talk about the recent updates in spring.
From the April Fool’s Day event and side stories to the 3.5th Anniversary update, we released a variety of content and saw many Commanders having fun with it.
Seeing that the content we prepared was well received by you, the developer team is delighted as well.
We sincerely thank you for the support and suggestions you sent through the community and social media.
To repay your support, we will work harder on the upcoming updates for everyone.
Among them, I personally look forward to the 4th Anniversary story the most. We will do our best to create something that you will enjoy.
New Nikkes in May and Event Preview
First, let me introduce the new Nikkes coming this May.
In the 3.5th Anniversary update, we presented the new look of the Counters Squad through the over-spec version of Anis and Neon.
The fact that the members of the Counters, who have kept us company for a long time, would be showing a more mature side of themselves made this update an especially exciting one for the development team as well.
We believe this update also raised your anticipation for what comes next in the story.
Of course, many of you showed strong interest in T.T. STAR through the 3.5th Anniversary event, and we’re sure many of you are anticipating the appearance of the other members.
In response to your expectations, we are making preparations to let Mint and Prika meet you again in May.
To explore the stories of these two Nikkes in more detail, the Event Story B-SIDE IDOL and BITTER SPICE will run respectively, along with Pick–Up Recruitments of Mint and Prika. Please look forward to them.
TRACING THE STARS Rhythm Game Updates
Next up, let me go over the updates for the rhythm game TRACING THE STARS.
T.T.S. is a content that the developer team poured their blood, sweat, and tears into.
Although it started off as a mini game in an event, we wanted it to stand as a fully polished rhythm game on its own.
Because of this, we invited external experts to enhance the game and let you experience NIKKE’s music through well-crafted patterns.
For our existing Commanders, it’s another content that you can enjoy in the game, and for people who have yet to experience NIKKE, it’s also an opportunity to showcase NIKKE’s music and atmosphere.
As such, we will keep adding new music content and improving T.T.S. in the future.
To begin, one of the most popular songs from NIKKE, Hurricanes, will be added to the game for free in May. We hope you have fun playing this well-loved piece in T.T.S.
Aside from this, we plan to launch the T.T.S. Special Shop and release a pack.
The pack to be sold in the T.T.S. Special Shop consists of only T.T.S. tracks and does not contain any Gems or development materials, and therefore will not affect the gameplay progress in NIKKE. We hope this is a well-structured pack for players who primarily enjoy T.T.S.
The first pack contains 9 tracks, and details will be available later through a notice and in-game information.
Starting in May, improvements to T.T.S. will also be rolled out progressively. We will share more details in an update notice, but I’d like to mention in advance that we are planning to separate the rankings by difficulty.
Currently, scores from all difficulty levels are reflected in the overall ranking. For Commanders who mainly play on intermediate levels, we think this scoring system is somewhat vague.
To allow everyone to enjoy competing and setting records at their preferred difficulty, we plan to separate the rankings by difficulty levels in July.
We hope this improvement will make the T.T.S. experience more comfortable and enjoyable.
Addition of MEMORIES TELLER tothe Archives
Now, I’d like to share the plan to archive the Stellar Blade collaboration event, MEMORIES TELLER.
The story in MEMORIES TELLER carries significant weight, and the event itself is meaningful, being a collaboration between two IPs under the same company.
In a previous developer’s note, we also shared our intent to archive it, and we plan to add it to the Archives through the update this May.
The story received positive feedback when it was released, so for Commanders who have yet to experience it, this is a great opportunity to play it in the Archives.
Alongside this, Pick Up Recruitment reruns for EVE and Raven will also take place. We hope this information helps you plan your Gems accordingly.
Upon unlocking the event in the Archives, you will obtain Lily, the character distributed at that time. The costumes EVE – Keyhole Dress and Raven – Planet Diving Suit(6th)V2 can also be obtained for free via the event missions.
June Update Contents
Next, I will introduce the content updates coming in June.
A three-week event with a field will be held in June. Although it does not have a formal theme like the bunny events or maid events, we believe it will offer a fresh experience different from previous events.
Moreover, the Pick Up Recruitment of a long-awaited character that many Commanders will definitely love will take place along with this event.
We want to keep it a surprise for now, but further details will be revealed through a notice in the future, so please stay tuned.
In addition to this, the event BOOM! THE GHOST! will be added to the Archives in June.
The mini game BFG CLEAN UP will also become available in the Arcade, and we invite you to re-experience this mini game that many players enjoyed.
Lastly
Lastly, let me briefly go through the ongoing efforts being made to improve ease of play.
To make gameplay more comfortable for Commanders going forward, we will keep enhancing the game’s ease of play. As part of this, we are planning improvements to skill upgrades in June.
Skill upgrade is often conducted in the process of growing Nikkes, so we want to make it more convenient to use.
We are also carefully listening to your feedback on gameplay content. In the latter half of this year, we will increase the number of participants in the Champion Arena League and gradually implement improvements to the Arena, Coordinated Operation, Union Raid, and other content.
While it is difficult to revamp everything all at once, we are committed to being mindful of the inconveniences you experience over time while playing.
We will carefully review your suggestions and make the right improvements.
We are sincerely grateful to all Commanders for your love, support, and feedback on GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE.
We will take these sentiments as nourishment and strive to do our best as always, as the development team and operations team of NIKKE.
Once again, thank you for always supporting GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE.
Hyungsuk Yoo
GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE Team
