In Genshin Impact, the new heroine Nahida celebrates a successful launch, earning over 5 million dollars on the first day. But why is she so popular among players?
Who is the new heroine? The new heroine in Genshin Impact is named Nahida. She belongs to the “Dendro” element and is the vessel of the Archon “Lessers Mistress Kusanali” – one of seven deities of Teyvat, each connected to one of the elements.
Nahida’s design depicts a young girl with white hair and green eyes, wearing a white dress adorned with green and golden decorations.
Nahida appeared in Genshin Impact with update 3.2 on November 2nd, immediately breaking the record for the most successful character launch.
Nahida banner brings HoYoverse over $5,000,000
What is the record? Nahida celebrated a record launch and has the highest revenue 24 hours after the release of a banner.
In Genshin Impact, players obtain new characters by drawing from a banner. Luck is required in the drawing, making it random whether you acquire a new character on the first or only on the 90th attempt.
The banner that allows Genshin Impact players to unlock Nahida also contains the re-released character Yoimiya – a combination that earned the developer studio HoYoverse $5,268,000 on the very first day after release. This is a new peak value.
Close behind is the re-release of the character Venti with nearly $5.1 million, as well as the banner of Ayato and the rerun of Venti with $4,849,000 (via genshinlab.com).
Nahida impresses players with her overall presentation
Why is Nahida so popular? Overall, there is no single, specific reason for Nahida’s success, as seen in the comments from players on reddit.
Instead, the heroine impresses through the entire design of the character – including backstory, abilities, her element, and existing as an Archon vessel.
What do players say about Nahida? We took a look at the Genshin Impact subreddit and gathered various impressions that speak to Nahida’s popularity. For instance, the heroine has a skill that is particularly good for farming items (via reddit).
User LivingASlothsLife also mentioned “top-notch marketing in the form of teasers etc.” as well as the fact that she is the Archon of the new region (via reddit). TheCharge408 subsequently added that basically everyone in the game either wants all Archons or needs a high-quality Dendro support character (via reddit).
The reddit user evrien also states that Nahida is very popular in China, due to the design of a young girl with white hair (via reddit), and fantafanta praises the character development of the heroine (via reddit).
In general, Nahida seems to make a good impression as the new Archon. While Genshin fan Taezn identifies her as their favorite among the four known Archons (via reddit), CTMacUser believes that she does not feel like a “real Archon” but stands well in comparison to the last three (via reddit).
In summary, players praise not only her design and backstory but also the abilities and the character videos released by HoYoverse.
If you also want to play Nahida but haven’t had any luck yet, you could certainly use some Primogems. It comes just in time that Genshin Impact is currently giving away some.
Genshin Impact: Current code in November 2022 gifts you 60 Primogems
