Since her \ introduction in Dragon Ball FighterZ as its primary antagonist, Android 21 has become one of the most popular characters in Arc System Works' massively successful fighting game. The game-original Android has since seen further appearances in newer titles from the franchise, with Android 21 appearing in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot and even seeing fans mod the Android into Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2. Now, the game, which heralded in the arrival of the newest Android, is preparing to add a new way to play the fan-favorite character.
Android 21 was first introduced as a fully original character in Dragon Ball FighterZ with Arc System Works collaborating with Dragon Ball Z artist Akira Toriyama to design the bio-Android created with cells from another of the franchise's most memorable antagonists, Majin Buu. While Android 21 was depicted in a human form, the Majin form of Android 21 sporting the signature pink skin and white hair was previously the only version of the Android available for players to unlock. Now, Arc System Works recently revealed that Android 21's 'Lab Coat' human form is finally coming to the game.
The trailer officially introduces Android 21's Lab Coat form and her connection with Android 16 while teasing the trademark Majin hunger that led her to her original Majin transformation during the story of Dragon Ball FighterZ. The flashy gameplay segments show off a variety of Android 21's attacks with many of her special abilities taking inspiration from Android 16 with her Ultimate move, in particular, paying homage to 16's 'Hell Flash' technique. Fans won't have to wait long to play as her either as the trailer reveals Lab Coat Android 21 will arrive to FighterZ on February 24th.
Lab Coat Android 21's introduction follows a recent trend from FighterZ with the game introducing plenty of new characters from the franchise's extended universe over the past year, with 2021 seeing two new characters added from Dragon Ball GT. Early 2021 saw the addition of an upgraded form of Dragon Ball GT's first antagonist in Super Baby 2, as well as the highly-requested addition of Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta, with previous additions from the third FighterZ battle pass adding Ultra Instinct Goku and Kefla from Dragon Ball Super.
With Dragon Ball FighterZ recently celebrating its fourth-anniversary last month, the game has shown no signs of slowing down in recent years. Last August's Version 1.28 update saw sweeping changes to the game on both a balance and systemic level and FighterZ also recently crossed a major milestone with Arc System Works announcing in November that the game had surpassed eight million units sold. The success of FighterZ has been staggering and, with new characters continually being added, Arc System Works will look to maintain the game's success into the future.
Dragon Ball FighterZ is available now for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch.
