HoYoVerse posted its first batch of pictures for Valentine’s Day on the Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero social media accounts. This is the first year since the game launched and the other was announced that we’re seeing Valentine’s Day art for them.
This year, the Honkai: Star Rail characters that we receive gifts from are Sparkle, Kafka, and Ruan Mei. While the Genshin Impact Valentine’s Day posts read like the characters are directly talking to the player as they hand out their gifts, the Honkai: Star Rail ones are descriptions in third-person. Kafka gives an exquisitely-wrapped box of handmade chocolates. Meanwhile, Ruan Mei has made some experimental pastries and Sparkle has a bag of varied chocolates.
Here are the Valentine’s Day 2024 posts for Honkai: Star Rail:
While Kafka has been around the game since launch, serving as the very first character you can control, Ruan Mei and Sparkle are relatively new characters. Sparkle is not even playable as of the time of writing, yet she appeared in official seasonal art ahead of more familiar characters like Himeko or Serval. Granted, when Genshin Impact first started releasing Valentine’s Day art in 2021, the characters HoYoVerse chose were Keqing and Ganyu (with Ganyu’s playable debut being January 2021). Sparkle’s inclusion could also be a way to hype her up, as her banner will be in the second phase of the current Version 2.0 patch.
Meanwhile, here is the Zenless Zone Zero Valentine’s Day art. It shows Victoria Housekeeping characters Rina, Corin, and Ellen.
Honkai: Star Rail is readily available on the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. Zenless Zone Zero is expected to come to the PS5, PC, and mobile devices in 2024.
