November Update

New sprites for Noel (Phase 1)

Most of Noel's animations have been overhauled with full-color, hand-drawn, finished quality sprites. Some of her animations are not ready yet (mostly her normal attacks) so the rest will come in the next regular content update.

New Status Icons

A new set of icons appear when a player is punished or is at frame disadvantage, replacing the old programmer art.
There are two variants of the frame disadvantage icon. When a player is -20, more minus signs appear compared to -10. The icon also appears more reddish in color. (The old version had two variants too, but they were harder to tell apart.)
The new icons now appear above the characters instead of on top of them, so as to not get in the way of the action.
These icons now appear during replays by default. There may later be an option to toggle them on/off depending on player feedback.

Palette enhancements for Noel and Marv

Noel and Marv now use 10 total colors rather than 8 for their palettes, and there should be better fidelity between the defined palette colors and what is rendered in game.
These additional colors give better flexibility for alternate palettes, including user created custom palettes. For instance, Noel's lips used to be locked to the same color as her shirt. Now they are on different shades.
Most of the default palettes for Noel and Marv have been adjusted slightly to account for their access to more colors. For instance, Marv and Jayne now have green accents in their Color 6.
Noel has a new "armor" palette that appears for a brief instant if her Plant Armor triggers.

System changes and fixes

While a player is hit by Noel's rapid whip attacks, their position will jitter slightly. Additionally, the "knockdown" animation will now only trigger on the last hit.
Fixed an issue with Paul sometimes snapping slightly below the stage if Paul is hit during a specific frame of Paulcano.
Paul's back throw has been adjusted in appearance slightly. It is still somewhat of a placeholder, like other back throw animations.
Hit sparks have been moved forward in the sorting order so that they aren't drawn under the hit player's lineart. This behaviour may need to be revised more in the future.
Fixed some odd knockback effects during Noel's Fightning Flail