These are fancy new cards featuring both
prominent special characters and villagers from the series which can be scanned into the game for a couple different purposes.
Not exact matches
Not only was Mary Magdalene the most
prominent among the disciples of the Galilean Jesus Movement, the discipleship of the women also has a very
special character and occasionally expresses the quality of «true discipleship» over against the failure of Peter who denies Jesus and Judas who betrays him.
On the plus side, the first six episodes are impressively free of sorcery and
special effects, and instead rely on the stuff of any deeply dark HBO epic: corruption, deceit, illicit sex (incest in this case), unflinchingly gory violence, and a willingness to kill off a
prominent character or two in the service of plot.
The differences in
character abilities aren't quite as
prominent as they are in later Mario sports titles, and there aren't any wacky
special moves, but they all add a nice dose of versatility to the experience.