TOKYO, Sept 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Yet another Capcom legend is joining the TEPPEN roster, just in time for the first-ever TEPPEN World Championship tournament! GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. (GOE) (TOKYO:3765) announced Nero of the Devil May Cry series will be the latest addition to the already amazing cast of icons from the Capcom universe. Nero will join nine other heroes including the likes of Street Fighter series’s Ryu and Chun-Li, Darkstalkers series’s Morrigan, and Devil May Cry series’s Dante. Nero and a new TEPPEN card set expansion will be released in November 2019.
Fans of Nero will also be happy to learn he will be playable during the inaugural TEPPEN World Championship. Taking place on Dec. 21, 2019, players from around the globe will be competing for their share of a 50 million yen (~$500K US) prize pool.