Frosty Faustings XVII will feature a trial version of Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact. The event will occur from January 23 to 26, 2025, at the Yorktown Center in Lombard, Illinois. The demo will be available to play all weekend long in the casuals ballroom. Moreover, this Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact demo will be the game’s latest build, so Frosty Faustings XVII attendees will be able to experience the latest changes.
Previously, Arc System Works released a notice to confirm that Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact has been delayed to 2025 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The developers for Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact noted that the game was delayed in order to implement rollback netcode. There were plans to release the game with delay based netcode, but the developers decided to use rollback to ensure smooth online matches.
The latest trailer for Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact revealed Morel as a playable character. He’s known as the Single-Star Sea Hunter and one of the members of the Chimera Ant Extermination Team. Morel uses a giant smoking pipe and smoke projectiles to attack his opponents.
Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact will launch with 16 characters:
- Gon
- Killua
- Leorio
- Kurapika
- Hisoka
- Netero
- Bisky
- Machi
- Uvogin
- Chrollo
- Feitan
- Meruem
- Genthru
- Razor
- Morel
- Kite
Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact will launch with 16 characters. Eighting, the developers of DNF Duel and Marvel vs Capcom 3, are lending their expertise in the genre for this new game. Their other titles include the series of Naruto: Clash of Ninja, Bleach: Heat the Soul, and Tatsunoko vs Capcom.