Earlier today Monopoly: Star Wars™ Heroes vs. Villains held its World Premiere Trailer alongside a Gameplay Overview Trailer for the upcoming game which will be available from June 11th.
The World Premiere Trailer starts off with the icon Darth Vader on an electronic card, using the force to float some dice. It teases a battle mechanic, as Yoda and the Emperor use their lightsabers to fight for the Senate chamber card, after flashes of black and red, the full deck is revealed, showing a sleek electronic monopoly board with card on the edges and a square in the middle hosting an electronic copy of the senate chamber building and its surrounding. The lights on the board shine red, as the narrator states the Emperor won, the Emperor laughs as Yoda walks off the tile and the former blue marker hovering over the card, burrows into the card turning into a red tinted temple house.
The Premiere Trailer reveals new chance cards in coded languages that translate while Boba Fett begs, unfortunately for the character, he’s sent to jail. Han Solo laughs at him, before Boba Fett sinks into the ground and emerges trapped in “Carbonite” while Solo looks on, stunned. Rey walks past Han Solo to stand on a tile against Kylo Ren. Once she gets there, the middle square of the board lights up and forms a dice board, three red dice roll and Kylo Ren unleashes his three pronged lightsaber, Rey pulls out her own lightsaber as three blue dice are thrown on the board amongst the red. As the last deciding dice spins, a split screen of Han, Rey and Yoda on the left side and Boba Fett, the Emperor and Kylo on the right take over the screen as the World Premiere Trailer ends.
The Gameplay Overview Trailer expands on the mechanics of the Premiere trailer. Players will seemingly be able to play as either the heroes or the villains, and there’s a choice to “PLAY SOLO OR WITH FRIENDS.” There are new cards related to the Star Wars franchise and the middle part of the board showcases “3D locations” in the game. Equipped characters truly seem to move on the board and players can “claim location” though game currency, once the full set is complete, the players seem to get a “PLANET MONOPOLY.” There are “22 KEY LOCATIONS” in the game, the middle board showcases some of the locations, and players can “CHOOSE FROM 28 CHARACTERS” both villains and heroes combined. From the “ADD AI” screen it seems there are a max of three characters one can equip in a team and 14 options for the villains and heroes.
The Gameplay Trailer states that players “must balance strategy and strength with the element of chance in order to win.” In the “VS” choice, “2V2” OF “3V3” can go up against each other, and once two characters on different opposing teams land on the same card, they “face off” over the card, with different “REWARDS” for the heroes’ team and villains’ team. The “battle” occurs with dice rolls, where numbers and other surprises determine the winner of the clash. The trailer also teases different costumes for playable characters and the “carbon freezing” mechanic which literally gets your character sealed and pulled out of the game. Monopoly: Star Wars™ Heroes vs. Villains is teasing some serious heat and those interested can go order ahead for some perks, Ubisoft’s Store also notes that the game will be available on “Ubisoft Connect PC,” “PS5 (Digital),” “Steam,” and “Xbox (Digital).”