The special Christmas edition of SAGE its here! And we are very proud to announce that sXc is a part of it! New gameplay mechanics, a new stage and a special winter-themed medley are some of the gifts we got for you this year!

Without any further a do, let's go to the patch notes!

[Big Additions]

• New Stage: Filming Session (Winter);

Take a peek behind the scenes during a photoshoot with EMI's favorite idol group!

[General Changes]

• Some moves now get the enemy on a special hit state after a counter hit.
• All moves now do more hitstun if they are a counterhit.
• Added more frames of throw invencibility after blockstun and hitstun;
• Dodge recovery time has been reduced;
• Half-circle motions are now easier to input.

[Hanayo Changes]

• Pushblock now costs a bit of guard points to use.

[Sakuya Changes]

• Light Sakura Bomb now knocks down the targetin a special slide state.
• Heavy Sakura Bomb now has fewer startup frames and can be cancelled into other specials.

[Asako Changes]

• New move added: Blackhole Catcher.

[Hitokage Changes]

• Silent Shadow Step can now be used on air or during combos.
• Summoning another dummy into the screen now only destroys the previous one.

[Lillykage Changes]

• Airdash now teleports Lillykage (she is still fully vulnerable during the animation)
• New animations for Heavy Faux Wake-Up Strike and its followup.
• New animations for both versions of Gotcha!.
• New super move: Steamroll.

[Mariya Changes]

• You can now combo into Sword Throw.
• You can now catch her sword in middair.

[Hoshiko Changes]

• New command move added: Wild Voltage.

[EMI Changes]

• New command move added: Fine Way to Die.
• New command move added: Diabolosis.
  
• Bad Flower is now a special move.

[Neri Changes]

• You can now cancel air normals into air dashes.

And that should be it! As always, thanks for the support!