Get ready to keep super animals “busy”; Season 2 of Super Animal Royale has come! The Season 2 update is a huge loss of content, including cross-play parties, the all-new Busy Busy Animal Pass, a new Super Animal, map location, exclusive Game Pass Perks rewards, and much more.
Michael Silverwood, co-founder of Pixile Studios, joins us for an exclusive insight into the update. Let’s pull back the curtain and get the details right out of the Super Horse’s mouth.
Season 1 was designed around the amenities and attractions of the Super Animal World theme park. Can you tell us what the focus is for Season 2?
We like to pick topics that allow us to include a wide variety of articles so hopefully there is something for everyone. Our latest episode of our YouTube animated series covers the “busy” theme this season in great detail. Super Animal Royale tonight, and pays homage not only to the Super Beavers who keep the island going behind the scenes, but also to Thomas Sledison, the inventor of the Super Husky park, who develops all the weapons for the Royale. It also aims to satisfy the desires of anyone who just wants to disguise themselves as an eager bee.
With beavers joining the battle royale battle, why was this particular animal chosen as the newest addition?
Super Beavers as playable animals have been one of the longest running requests from our community as they first appeared in the SAR Tonight episodes at the start of Early Access. So far, they’ve always been on the sidelines, repairing royale damage and building new areas on the island to explore, but now they’re finally joining the fight alongside their own map location! The three new breeds of beaver bring the total number of animals in the research laboratory to 356, and since we can seldom resist a good pun, one of the breeds is the yellow and black striped super bee
What makes the Beaver Construction HQ’s new map location different from a gameplay perspective?
The new point of interest is pretty central on the island and is likely to become one of the hotter drops. As such, it contains two large buildings full of loot, which are connected by 3 traversable dams across a river. Crossing the narrow causeways between buildings leaves you a bit vulnerable, much like the bridges in Pete’s Swamp, but towers in the middle of the walkways give you some cover if you need them. We’ve got lots of little details scattered around, like vending machines selling selected types of wood, motivational posters, scale models for building projects, and Bamboo Resort’s previous Lunar New Year statues that are replaced every year.
Can you share details about the DLC pack you’ve put together for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks?
We’re so grateful to all the players in the Xbox community for helping us out during the game preview when we were developing our first Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perk, so we’ve put together a new pack that has 4 elements in the signature green Xbox color scheme contains. There’s a hoodie, two weapon skins, and a pretty nifty looking sword. We’d love to do more of this, so it would be great to hear what the Xbox community wants to see next!
Season 2 comes along with a new holiday event, Super CRISPRmas. What festive goodies can players expect and what is this “CRISPRmas” holiday about?
CRISPRmas is when Super Animals come together to celebrate the miracle of (ethically dubious?) Gene editing! CRISPR is a real gene editing technology, and in the world of Super Animal Royale was part of the puzzle that led to the creation of the Super Animals.
The island is completely decked out for the holidays, with tree decorations all over the island, candy canes scattered, and a large CRISPRmas tree in the lobby of the Welcome Center with Christmas music. The collected candy canes can be exchanged for 8 new Christmas cosmetics and 17 recurring legacy items. We’ve also permanently added two vacation-themed super breeds to the research lab: the new Super Arctic Fox and Super Reindeer.
Are there any other key features that players can look forward to and anything else that you would like players to leave before they go online to check out the update?
The game has supported cross-play matchmaking and cross-platform account syncing on Xbox since day one, but we’re really excited about this update to finally bring cross-play parties as well. At cross-play parties, the game generates a 4-digit code that you can share with your friends and then you can team up or play duos regardless of each player’s platform.
We’ve also brought back the limited-time Bwoking Dead infection mode that we debuted this Halloween, and it will be playable for the entire 3-week duration of the CRISPRmas event. In this mode, selected players are infected with The Cluckles, turning them into super-fast zombie chickens who try to infect every other super animal before they can escape the island on the back of a giant eagle.
There are a lot more content and quality of life updates out there so I’ll let everyone read the full patch notes if they’re curious. We’re so grateful for all the support this community has shown us since launch, we’re proud of the foundation that Season 2 is setting, and we’re excited to see where we take the game next in 2022. We hope everyone who celebrates has a relaxing holiday season and enjoys spending time with friends and family!
Super Animal Royale
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It’s a fight for furvival! Super Animal Royale is a frenetic 2D battle royale for 64 players in which murderous animals fight with teeth, claws and machine guns in an abandoned safari park. Collect and customize your favorite animals and weapons, then use them in solo games or team up as a team of up to four players! Main Features • Survival of the Fittest: Loot a variety of powerful weapons, armor and items to become a top robber in intense 64-player online battles. • The Superest World: Explore a huge, beautifully illustrated 2D island and discover its hidden lore by chatting with its residents and searching its rich surroundings for clues. • Different stripes for different battles: collect hundreds of breeds of animals and customize them with thousands of cosmetics, weapons, outfits and even umbrellas! • Evolving Events and Updates: Enjoy an endless flurry of new content, including seasonal outfits, animals, and collectible weapons. • The Fastest and the Furriest: Flatten your enemies while you get dirty in a hamster ball, or mount a giant emu and peck your way into the promised land.