{"id":132675,"date":"2025-08-29T00:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=132675"},"modified":"2025-08-29T10:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:49:17","slug":"the-list-of-honkai-games-gets-bigger-with-creature-collector-honkai-nexus-anima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/08\/29\/the-list-of-honkai-games-gets-bigger-with-creature-collector-honkai-nexus-anima\/","title":{"rendered":"The List of Honkai Games Gets Bigger With Creature Collector Honkai: Nexus Anima"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>HoYoverse<\/strong> is venturing into the creature collector space with <em>Honkai: Nexus Anima<\/em>, an upcoming &#8220;creature-collector adventure strategy&#8221; for PC and iOS. Registration for its first closed beta test has begun and will remain open until September 12.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The game will put players in the role of a &#8220;plane-hopping traveler who has escaped captivity, embarking on an all-new adventure&#8221; that brings the player into contact with &#8220;Anima companions with distinct personalities and forge bonds that carry through both exploration and combat.&#8221; Expect a journey beginning &#8220;in a tranquil town that opens into uncharted realms&#8221; and a story that involves uncovering &#8220;the mysteries of the protagonist\u2019s past.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nexus Bond Teaser: Side by Side | Honkai: Nexus Anima\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5FV_6jirKU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The Anima and journeying aspect get a showing in <em>Honkai: Nexus Anima<\/em>&#8216;s teaser trailer, which sees a bizarre unicorn-like creature leaving its owner&#8217;s side to help retrieve a wind-swept piece of paper. The chase shows off a few locations (a town with relaxing holiday destination vibes, areas with more greenery, a beach) and a large array of creatures (none as weird as the unicorn thing).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">There&#8217;s also a four-minute gameplay video that previews various features and content, from Anima-based traversal and on-foot exploration to customizing your character and riding a swing with an Anima companion. One portion sees a cute raccoon-like Anima going to town on a room&#8217;s walls and furniture, presumably a demolition-themed sidequest or a mini-game (the text in the video is in Chinese).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">For combat, it seems that&nbsp;<em>Honkai: Nexus Anima<\/em> is opting for the auto-battler\/auto chess route, based on the last chunk of the video. &#8220;So that&#8217;s why we kept getting those strategic mini games for the events recently across the hoyoverse games huh?&#8221; quips one of the comments.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In-game footage from Honkai: Nexus Anima\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dGfTS72aEOs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Honkai: Nexus Anima<\/em> was originally teased in May during <em>Honkai: Star Rail<\/em>&#8216;s anniversary concert, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/honkai-star-rail-concert-reveals-new-honkai-game-kiana-blade-nexus-anima\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media outlets<\/a> noting that the teaser featured <em>Honkai Impact 3rd<\/em>&#8216;s Kiana and&nbsp;<em>Honkai: Star Rail<\/em>&#8216;s Blade (you can find their profiles among the website&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/hna.hoyoverse.com\/en-us?utm_source=sns&amp;utm_medium=CM_YouTube&amp;utm_campaign=cb1_post_en_250829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Animaster roster<\/a>). The name of the game hadn&#8217;t been confirmed at the time, but fans had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StarRailVerse1\/status\/1915725508639179139\">already spotted<\/a> the creation of <em>Honkai: Nexus Anima&nbsp;<\/em>X\/Twitter accounts prior to the concert.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">If you&#8217;re still hungry for more details, below is a blurb from the press release and some official images:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In this world, Nexus is the unseen bonds woven between paired concepts, such <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">as Love and Hate, Light and Dark, Life and Death, among many others. However, this <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">balance is unexpectedly shattered when a sudden rupture severs those connections, scattering <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">their remnant powers across the land in the form of Anima. From this fractured order, players <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">embark on a journey: through missions and combat, they forge bonds with these Anima, <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">unlocking abilities that reflect the unique concepts each embodies. Moreover, these abilities <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">can be combined to create diverse battle tactics and influence how players explore and engage <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">with the expansive overworld.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-132692\" data-id=\"132692\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.jpg?resize=696%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, 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