As the year draws to a close after quite the round of superhero adventures from Marvel Studios, the Avengers are finally free to declaw the cape, and take a good night’s rest until the next round of summon. Although the Marvel Cinematic Universe may permit some recharge hours for the saviors of tomorrow, fans are not exactly sold on the idea. After all, the conclusive stretch are the busiest days of the year and they are attentively calling for more and more characters for Marvel Rivals to end the year in a marvelous way from the comfort of their couch.
Marvel Rivals is a 2024 third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by NetEase Games in association with Marvel Games
. It was released on December 6 for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S, boasting a presence of 33 playable characters from Marvel Comics. The game is free to play and also has cross-play features across every supported format. Marvel Rivals is primarily a multiplayer game where six players of one team compete against 6 of the opposing.
What new Marvel character would you like to see get added to ‘MARVEL RIVALS’? pic.twitter.com/2U5JLhP5TB
— ScreenTime (@screentime) December 23, 2024
The superheroes and villains Marvel Rivals currently comprises from the Multiverse include Captain America, Doctor Strange, Groot, Hulk, Magneto, Peni Parker, Thor, Venom, Black Panther, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Hela, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Magik, Moon Knight, Namor, and Psylocke. More characters including Spider-Man, Scarlet Witch, Squirrel Girl, Star-Lord, Storm, The Punisher, Winter Soldier, Wolverine, Adam Warlock, Cloak & Dagger, Loki, Jeff The Land Shark, Mantis, Luna Snow, and Rocket Racoon complete the roster.
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Considering just how huge the universe of Marvel Comics truly is, fans still have some more names to pitch for, and safe to say, the Merc with a Mouth and Gambit are winning the poll with major consensus.
Fans make compelling cases for additional characters in Marvel Rivals from Deadpool to Gambit
After Ryan Reynolds’ R-rated blockbuster journey with Deadpool & Wolverine
, which basically pulled up the Marvel Cinematic Universe from the graveyard, the vouch for the regenerate degenerate was almost inevitable since his clawed counterpart has already made it to the catalog. Meanwhile, the Marvel geeks were equally pleading for Gambit
’s inclusion, among other names. Some fans even suggested some universal crossovers to make Marvel Rivals even more thrilling.
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Gambit pic.twitter.com/xYYQuYV078
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A few folks hilariously nominated Aunt May from Spider-Man
for the ultimate holiday hijinks.
Daredevil is so underrated
— Myrophile (@Myrophile) December 23, 2024
The GOAT pic.twitter.com/w4OWBBvJPB
— Joe Friedman (@Joe_Friedman99) December 23, 2024
Throw in a grumpy Aunt May with a rolling pin ultimate chaos unlocked!
— R𝙴𝙱𝙴𝙻_𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘳 🦖 (@THE_DANK_STUFF) December 23, 2024
Fans additionally brainstormed through their comic favorites to appoint Nightcrawler
and Daredevil
while some selected Jean Grey
as their last pick. On the flip side, there were superfans of Cyclops
who wanted nothing less than their “GOAT
” to appear. However, these were not the only names that made it to highlights, as from Phoenix
, and Ghost
Rider
, to Domino
and Thanos
, every character showed up at some point.
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