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Goddess of Victory: NIKKE Launches Version WAVE TO YOU With New SSR Nikkes

This update is NIKKE's first major summer event of 2026, bringing back last year's limited characters and costumes while adding new ones, a pattern that tests how the game balances new content with reruns to retain its player base.

Key Facts

  • Cinderella: Crystal Wave's recruitment runs from July 2 to July 23, while Marciana: Marine Study's recruitment runs from July 9 to July 30.
  • The update includes reruns of summer 2025 limited Nikkes Dorothy: Serendipity and Elegg: Boom and Shock, plus new limited costumes for Little Mermaid and Tia.
  • A mini-game called 'ISLAND BREAKER' tasks players with breaking driftwood by bouncing a ball, running through July 23.
  • Solo Raid Season 38 runs from July 3 to July 8, offering cube enhancement materials and rewards based on cumulative damage rankings.

Reporting from 4 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark, Inside.

Goddess of Victory: NIKKE Launches Version WAVE TO YOU With New SSR Nikkes

Level Infinite and SHIFT UP released the latest version "WAVE TO YOU" for Goddess of Victory: NIKKE on July 2, 2026, following scheduled maintenance. The update introduces two new SSR Nikkes: "Cinderella: Crystal Wave" (voiced by Aoi Yuki) and "Marciana: Marine Study" (voiced by Yuki Inagaki). Cinderella's recruitment runs from after maintenance on July 2 to 4:59 on July 23, while Marciana's runs from 5:00 on July 9 to 4:59 on July 30. A fully voiced story event of the same name runs alongside the update, following Marciana's group on a graduation trip and Cinderella's group searching for Hansel and Gretel as they are caught in a vortex and meet on a mysterious island. The update also includes reruns of the summer 2025 limited Nikkes "Dorothy: Serendipity" and "Elegg: Boom and Shock," new limited costumes for Little Mermaid and Tia, reprints of six summer costumes, a 14-day login event, a mini-game called "ISLAND BREAKER," and the reopening of Solo Raid Season 38 from July 3 to July 8.

The update also includes a recruitment bonus event tied to "Cinderella: Crystal Wave." Players who recruit her can earn collection care materials and advanced recruitment tickets based on the number of recruitments they perform, according to the press release from Level Infinite and SHIFT UP. The bonus runs from after maintenance on July 2 to 4:59 on July 23.

Alongside the new content, the game adds an archive entry for the event "FOR REST" and a new storyline titled "WAVE TO YOU," both accessible from the Command Center after maintenance. The mini-game "ISLAND BREAKER" tasks players with breaking driftwood on the coast by bouncing a ball to clear debris and Rapture. It runs through July 23.

The six reprinted summer costumes are for Pepper ("Ocean Vitamin"), Yan ("Sunrise Market"), Maiden ("Under the Sun"), Guilty ("Disbelief Wave"), Centi ("Ocean Repair"), and Tove ("Sunblaze"). They are available in the cash shop from July 2 to July 23. The Solo Raid (Season 38) boss can be challenged with multiple squads for cube enhancement materials, treasures, and collection care materials. Rankings in challenge difficulty are determined by highest cumulative damage, with limited frames and jewels as rewards.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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