Power Rangers fans don’t have much to work with right now when it comes to new content. No new TV show since 2023. No confirmed movie. No console games on the horizon. But at least the mobile fighting game Power Rangers: Legacy Wars is still getting updates, and the one dropping on August 28 is a good one — Scott Truman, the Red Ranger from Power Rangers RPM, is officially joining the roster.
It’s a small win in the grand scheme of where the franchise is at right now, but for fans of RPM specifically — which is saying a lot, because RPM fans are passionate — getting the team’s leader in one of the most popular Power Rangers games is a moment worth celebrating.
RPM Red Ranger — What We Know About the Scott Truman Legacy Wars Update
Scott Truman, officially known as Ranger Operator Series Red in the show’s lore, will be added to Power Rangers: Legacy Wars as an Attacker class character. That designation puts him in the same combat role as other offensive, high-damage fighters in the game’s roster, which fits the character well — Scott was always the straight-ahead, hit-first leader type on the RPM team, not a tactician or a defensive player.
This marks the third RPM character to be added to Legacy Wars. The game previously added Green Ranger Ziggy Grover and Silver Ranger Gemma in earlier updates, so the RPM roster in the game is starting to take shape. There are still several RPM Rangers who could potentially follow — Blue Ranger Flynn McAllistair, Yellow Ranger Summer Landsdown, Black Ranger Dillon, and Gold Ranger Gem all remain absent from the game — so there’s a clear roadmap of future additions if nWay keeps this momentum going.
Why RPM? The Case for Power Rangers’ Best Season
For anyone who hasn’t seen Power Rangers RPM, or who wrote it off as just another kids’ action show, it’s worth explaining why this particular season commands such a dedicated following in the franchise community.
Power Rangers RPM aired in 2009 on ABC Kids and ran for 32 episodes. On paper, it was adapted from the Japanese Super Sentai series Engine Sentai Go-onger — a comparatively lighthearted, comedic show. But rather than play it straight, the American showrunners took the source material in a completely different direction. RPM is set in a post-apocalyptic future where an AI virus called Venjix has conquered most of the world and wiped out most of humanity. The last survivors are holed up in a domed city called Corinth, defended by a team of specially built Power Rangers created by the reclusive, genius prodigy Doctor K.
The tone is darker, the character backstories are more complex, and the writing takes real dramatic risks that most Power Rangers seasons simply don’t attempt. The Rangers each carry genuine trauma — Scott Truman, for instance, lost his brother in the opening battle that started the whole conflict, and his relationship with his father, Colonel Truman, drives much of his character arc through the season. That kind of emotional depth, in a show aimed primarily at kids, is what makes RPM stand out.
Scott Truman — Who Is the RPM Red Ranger?
Scott Truman, played by Eka Darville, is the leader of the Ranger Operators and the son of Colonel Mason Truman. Before becoming the Red Ranger, Scott was a military pilot who always lived in the shadow of his older brother Marcus — a better pilot, a better soldier in his father’s eyes, and the one the Colonel actually had faith in. When both brothers’ jets were shot down during the fall of Corinth, Marcus didn’t make it. Scott survived, barely.
That backstory gives Scott a very specific kind of weight that most Power Rangers Red Rangers don’t carry. He’s not just the confident, natural leader archetype — he’s someone who has something to prove, who carries survivor’s guilt, and who has never fully earned the respect of the man he most wants it from. His arc through RPM is about stepping into that leadership role on his own terms, not his father’s. It’s genuinely good character writing, and it makes him one of the most compelling Red Rangers in the franchise’s history.
In his Ranger identity, Scott pilots the Eagle Racer and carries the Street Saber as his primary weapon. He’s the decisive leader of the team — in combat situations, his call is final, and he takes that responsibility seriously. Legacy Wars placing him as an Attacker fits that profile perfectly.
The State of Power Rangers Gaming Right Now
The Legacy Wars update is good news, but it also highlights a frustrating reality for Power Rangers fans who primarily play on console. The situation there is basically: there’s nothing.
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, the console fighting game that launched in 2019, hasn’t received any roster updates in years. There are currently no RPM characters in that game at all, and no new seasons of DLC have been announced. The game exists in a kind of limbo — still playable, still respected in the fighting game community as a solid title, but clearly not being actively developed anymore.
The most recent Power Rangers game to actually release was 2024’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita’s Rewind, a beat ’em up inspired by classic arcade brawlers. It drew on the original 1993 season’s nostalgia and earned mixed reviews — appreciated for doing something different from the fighting game format, but not universally loved in its execution. Since then, nothing new has been announced for consoles or PC.
That leaves Legacy Wars as basically the only active Power Rangers game in terms of receiving updates and new content. The mobile fighter has been running since 2017 and has accumulated an enormous roster over the years — covering Rangers and villains from across the franchise’s history. The ongoing RPM additions are a sign that the team behind it is still paying attention to the fanbase’s preferences and digging into the franchise’s deeper catalogue rather than just cycling through the most mainstream seasons.
The Bigger Picture — Where Is Power Rangers As a Franchise?
This is the honest part of the story that any RPM fan update has to acknowledge: it’s a rough time to be a Power Rangers fan waiting for new content in the main show.
The franchise hasn’t had a new episode since 2023, when the 10-episode Netflix season Cosmic Fury and the anniversary special Once & Always both aired. For a franchise that ran a new season almost every single year
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