Höllvania Central Mall demo
During TennoCon 2024, many reveals were shown off for the upcoming update, Warframe: 1999. When the TennoLive panel began, a new location appeared in the game, on Earth, called Höllvania Central Mall. This was a hub area set in a deserted shopping mall in the year 1999. Players were free to explore the area and note the décor and environmental details.
After the TennoLive panel concluded, the Hex, a faction of protoframes shown off during the gameplaydemo, were suddenly present in the Mall. They had idle dialogue when players were nearby.
The Höllvania Central Mall location would persist after TennoCon ended, for about a week.
Arthur
Arthur was a protoframe resembling Excalibur who could be found on the first floor, leaning against a counter, spinning his sword on the ground.
"Dunno why we even bothered with that cleaning rota."
"Yeah, we can hold this place."
"Still too open. We need more chokepoints."
"Bottled water. Like sodding gold dust."
"We'll find you, Doctor. That's a promise."
"Well, Amir's still alive. That's a win."
"We need to keep Lettie on her feet. If she goes, we all go."
"Stop sniffing around my head, Eleanor. If I want to talk, I'll talk."
"Question. Could I take Quincy down if he turned on me?"
"One day, Aoi. No more roadblocks and checkpoints. Just you and me and the bikes, open road for miles, all this bullshit far away. I swear to Sol."
Aoi
Aoi was a protoframe resembling Mag who could be found on the first floor, sitting on a table, telekinetically manipulating spheres of liquid metal and constructing playing cards from them, with which she would build a tower and then destroy it repeatedly.
"Nearly time for the On-Lyne boys."
"Yep. I can live like this."
"Metal, metal, metal, what do you want to be?"
"Dear past self: we finally got those super powers we always wanted. Whaddayaknow."
"GodDAMN. Lettie, would you keep your frickin' rats OUT of my SPACE?"
"Arthur needs to keep some fuel in the tank for himself. Goddamn saviour complex that man has…."
"Amir! Remember to hydrate!"
"I oughta get some headphones. Then I wouldn't have to hear Quincy work off all that surplus testosterone!"
"Aw. If they take Entrati out, who's going to look after that mutant jaguar of his? Poor thing won't last five minutes in the wild."
"I don't wanna go on patrol. I wanna take stuff apart."
Amir
Amir was a protoframe resembling Volt. He could be found in the arcade on the first floor, simultaneously playing pinball and a fighting arcade game, zipping between both with super speed.
"A little zap, and… infinite credit! No more 'insert coin'! Not that we could insert coin. We have no coin. Once we had coin, but now Aoi has smooshed all the coin. Coinnnn."
"Ungh! This violent video game is influencing my emotions! Societal norms… eroding! Morality… subsumed! I MUST KILL!"
"Why did they never make a console port?"
"Ooh! Hey, Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Dahh, you missed it."
"BAD MOVE, SPACE CAA-DET."
"This place used to smell so good. Coffee. Cookies. Fresh clean socks. Now it's just rust, pain, and old socks."
"But the one thought none of them spoke out loud was – could Lettie reattach a head?"
"Oi'm Quincy. Oi'm gonna blow out yer kneecaps. Mashup in yer chip shop alright."
"Eleanor? Are you there? Can you— can you give my brain a hug please? [sigh] Thank you."
"We're getting a little too excited, let's step it down, step it down before we get the blue cracklies. In-one-two, out-one-two."
Leticia
Lettie was a proto-frame resembling Trinity. She could be found standing on the second floor, holding a rodent in her hand.
"Never signed up for this. I'll be home, Mamá. Your little girl doesn't end here. No te preocupes."
"The boss says care for his sister, I care for his sister. As long as you still are his sister… and as long as I feel like listening to him."
"Man, I've been awake so long the spiders in my head have all gone to sleep."
"Wacha: unless you're pissing blood right this second, whatever it is can wait."
"¿Qué onda? The Lady Eleanor ain't no more freaky than the last time you checked in. 'Less… you know different?"
"Being loved and being hurt, yeah I make no distinction. I knew someone, once, wired the same way. Kept me sane. And what of it? Te crees muy acá, ¿no? Get outta my head, Eleanor."
"I swear, should lock Aoi and Amir in a cuna. Didn't sign up for no babysitting gig."
"Yo, Aoi. Chill, hermana. Do something for yourself, for once. Arthur ain't gonna blow away if you blink."
[laughs] "I got nothin' to prove to you, Quincy! Go play your little games, niño."
Eleanor
Eleanor was a protoframe resembling Nyx. She could be found in a lounge area on the first floor, lying on a couch. Unlike the other protoframes, she does not speak out loud, but through telepathy.
"I don't think Doctor Entrati expected me to survive. I had a lot more than just a cough. But… survive I did. And Lettie has not forgiven me for it."
"I know you're there. I can feel you. It's okay. I won't tell the others."
"I thought there were going to be two of you! Where's the other one?"
"Blood. There's going to be a fight. Something… bursting. Crossed swords. Arthur!"
"Oh, you're going to make such a difference this time around."
"What on earth is a 'Mara Lohk'?"
"Oh. OH. She's wonderful. Triple-Faced Goddess! But there's a shadow on her, isn't there?"
"Aoi? She's lovely and kind and strong, and… I kind of hate her a little bit. Because it should have been her spreading her happiness into everyone's heads, and me throwing cars and trucks around."
"Quincy thinks he's going to wake up one night to find me chewing the flesh from his ribs. Maybe he's right."
"Don't expect me to tell you what I've seen inside Amir's head. He's not a beautiful, broken marionette, and he's nobody's project. He's one of us."
Quincy
Quincy was a protoframe resembling Cyte-09, a warframe that was not released at the time of TennoCon but was shown off during the Art Panel. He could be found on the first floor, firing his rifle at a shooting gallery consisting solely of posters of Doctor Entrati.
"Thassit… nice and steady."
"Don't mind the waiting. Plenty to be thinking about."
"You don't know me. Never see what darkens your rooftops. Inevitable, like the rain. Handing out consolations in a transient connection. Boom. Smoke. And ghost."
"Don't look up, Doctor."
"Arthur needs to leave the Major to me, innit. Respect my methods."
"How many men have the opps got? Not enough t'be takin' me. Never."
"Oi, Lettie! Grab y' strap and let's go! Best a' five buys the drinks?"
"Tsch. Amir is a weak, weak boy. Like Aunty said, 'duppy know who fi frighten.'"
"You wiv me, Eleanor? How deep in you go? See anythin' you fancy, girl?"
Party of Your Lifetime
On the first floor, near Quincy's makeshift firing range, was a stage set up for a band performance. Over the speakers could be heard the sounds of On-Lyne's song "Party of Your Lifetime". The lyrics are given in the official music video posted to YouTube.
(Everybody come in, everybody to the party)
We're On-lyne, On-lyne
We're On-lyne
Step into the night, where all the stars are bright
We're back again to do this, and we're gonna do it right
Something wild's in the air, I just know it
Now we're moving quicker, keeping on track
And once we hit the scene, there's no turning back
Gonna bring that feeling, gonna feel the heat
On-lyne is in town and we can't be beat
We come alive, moving under the neon glow
(Everybody rock)
It's the party of your lifetime
The signal's strong, can you feel it in the floor?
(Everybody rock)
It's the party of your lifetime
Now that you can see, there ain't no stopping me
The city's on 11, it's two thousand degrees
Something big is coming, but it's just the beginning (this is just the beginning, just the beginning)
Neon lights flicker, DJ spins the track
The boys are in sync, and there's no turning back
Now that you're invested, we're turning up the heat
Everybody sing together on the one, two, three
We come alive, moving under the neon glow
(Everybody rock)
It's the party of your lifetime
The signal's strong, can you feel it in the floor?
(Everybody rock)
It's the party of your lifetime
Floating higher as the stars align
Here on the edge of 1999
All systems go in this moment like you've never known (you've never known)
Join us, embrace us, don't ever erase us
Join us, embrace us, don't ever erase us (On-lyne's in the house)
Join us, embrace us, don't ever erase us
Join us, embrace us, don't ever erase us (On-lyne's in the house)
Stop!
On-lyne's in the house to bring the party of your lifetime
We come alive moving under the neon glow
(Everybody rock)
It's the party of your lifetime
The signal's strong, can you feel it in the floor?
(Everybody rock)
It's the party of your lifetime
We come to life, we come to life on the floor
(This feeling's what we came for)
The beat is strong, we can feel it in the floor
Party of your lifetime
Party of your lifetime
Party of your lifetime
Shortly after TennoCon concluded, a collection of pages were posted to the Warframe website. These were hosted at https://www.warframe.com/1999, which provided links to three other web pages. All these pages offered a 1999-themed version of the normal Warframe website features (such as link directories and Warframe account access).
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