Champion releases in the past, while they may not have been unique, were truly special. You would get short teasers, maybe a small cinematic trailer, animated login screens and music to complement it. I truly miss those days.
I’ve been playing since just after Yasuo came out, and seeing that animated login screen was so cool. Even other exclusive things like the release of Xayah and Rakan. Having two champions release at the same time for the same lane felt like the game completely changed. Even the simple character designs of having kindred have a partner while still being one champion or the unique mechanics with champions like Ekko or Taliyah.
Even though we do get more coverage nowadays for new champions, most of it is leaked beforehand or there isn’t as much hype or content to hype up release. Granted champions have more of an identity and it seems like riot is focusing more on their story in the runeterra universe but a bit of nostalgia would be nice
