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While the character has been available on PC for some time now, Skullgirls’ first male character Big Band will be joining Skullgirls Encore on Tuesday, April 22nd on the PSN for FREE, the Xbox 360 release of the character is still to be decided however that sweet sweet price tag will not change.
Big Band, as his name states, a big character. His fight style is considered to be a high risk/high reward style where players will deal a massive amount of damage as long as the hits connect. He is also the only character that can parry attacks, taking a small amount of damage to allow for a follow up strike.
Peter Bartholow, CEO of Lab Zero Games stated the backstory for Big Band on the Playstation Blog
Once a regular beat cop known as Ben Birdland, he fell flat when he got on the wrong side of New Meridian’s corrupt police force. Birdland was broken and bent out of shape by his former colleagues, but was tuned up by Dr. Avian and ASG Lab 8. Now he is armed with a full ensemble of pneumatic weaponry, transforming him into the full fortissimo instrument of justice: “Big Band.”
Big Band was one of 5 characters that were funded by Lab Zero’s Indiegogo, and is the second to be released for Skullgirls Encore following the release of Squiggly, an undead girl with a parasitic-dragon who seeks to destroy the SkullHeart. Lab Zero also stated that they are hard at work on the 3rd DLC character that will be released, Eliza. Also the April Fools character Fukua will also be released for Free in the coming weeks.
