See First Honkai: Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero Valentine’s Day Art

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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:

Gift to the Trailblazer — Ruan Mei
It is the season for plum blossoms to once again bloom. To preserve this transient moment of spring, these petals should be dried and salt-preserved, to be used in cakes or when drinking cocoa. As such, Ruan Mei has made some experimental… pic.twitter.com/pLvovUWkcW

— Honkai: Star Rail (@honkaistarrail) February 14, 2024

Gift to the Trailblazer — Kafka
A gift from the unknown depths of the starry sky that emits a refreshingly sweet scent, momentarily stunning you in your steps.
Despite its exquisite packaging, it appears to be hand-made instead of expensive merchandise bought from a store.
Who's… pic.twitter.com/fM7BzDO3vD

— Honkai: Star Rail (@honkaistarrail) February 14, 2024

Gift to the Trailblazer — Sparkle
Sparkle left a red package with some chocolates inside. One of the chocolates is sweet, another astringent, a third is bitter-sweet, and four more chocolates contain exciting tastes that no mortals have ever experienced before.
Which one will you… pic.twitter.com/D1pDL7w2BJ

— Honkai: Star Rail (@honkaistarrail) February 14, 2024

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.

Heartfelt Bonds | Dear Proxies, Happy Valentine's Day!

"How does it taste, Corin? I got a little creative with the flavor this time."
"Urk—!!! I—I'll try my best to eat it…"
"Er… Maybe we should get some chocolate from 141. I heard it was on sale."#zzzero #ValentinesDay pic.twitter.com/LDqtwy9Xc7

— Zenless Zone Zero (@ZZZ_EN) February 14, 2024

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.

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