Shift Up's back at it with Nikke's Global Popularity Poll 4, running till April 14 because nothing says 'player engagement' like making F2P plebs log in daily to dump five votes on their 2D crushes. Top waifu gets a free costume and theme song handed to every account—devs dodging art costs by crowdsourcing their roadmap again. Voters snag 13 hours of growth junk and three recruit vouchers, just enough bait to keep the gacha itch scratching without whales batting an eye.

X is already a waifu bloodbath, with stans spamming votes for Scarlet, Sugar, Sakura, Nihilister, Dorothy, and a dozen more forgotten side-thots. Official promo from @NIKKE_en is racking likes while players post their lineups like it's a damn election. Early leaderboard on the vote site? Ade: Agent Bunny scraping 2 votes, Admi at 3—looks like the first sad loners hit refresh at midnight.

Past polls crowned Modernia in '23, Red Hood '24, Rapi '25. Bet this year's the same recycled favorites, since new banners don't print loyalty. Whales like me? We spark dupes anyway—F2P, enjoy your pity pulls while we laugh from orbit.

Winners drop April 18 on YT stream. Dev greed never sleeps, but neither do the votes.