Painwheel Rages Throughout Skullgirls

You've heard the murmurs, you may have seen her profile now located on the official website, but now Reverge Labs have fully shown off our first solid look at their latest character for Skullgirls. Painwheel was once an ordinary girl until she was captured by the Anti-Skullgirls Lab Zero and turned into a fearsome and destructive force, but deep down there's still an innocent girl crying for freedom.

You can see her introduction on the archive of the latest episode of Gamepot.com's webshow "On the Spot" (luckily the Skullgirls segment is the first up on the video, which includes a sneak peak at the main menu as well) You can also hit the jump for the Youtube version of the show.

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http://youtu.be/TPZnfCxdj0s

Painwheel may appear smaller and more lithe than the other characters thus far but she's just as, if not more, dangerous than the rest of the cast. This is possible through her character specific mechanic which allows her to charge her Normal attacks, during this brief period if she is attacked she won't be phased and her attack will push forward, any damage incurred gets added onto the power of her attack. Through careful timing you can deal twice the normal damage.

She's also able to hover around and stick around till the end of the segment to see a really amazing looking Super attack! Another visually and technically impressive character, once again Reverge Labs is outdoing themselves.

This brings the character roster to 6, with 8 planned for the game's launch, so it looks like everything is still on track for the game's "Early 2012" release window.