WarnerBros. Games’ answer to mashup beat ‘em ups like Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros and Shonen Jump’s Jump Force has finally shifted from beta to full release, but its roster is no less of a randomised IP cocktail. Here are some of MultiVersus‘ weirdest characters to choose from on launch…
Jason Voorhees
Like me, you may not have even realised the silent summer camp slaughterer was under the Warner umbrella, but apparently, he has been since the media conglomerate snapped up the Friday The 13th distribution rights and trademark for Jason in 1993. The more you know! Pitting him against the teen characters (Shaggy, Finn The Human, etc.) would be bang-on-theme if not childhood-destroying.
Banana Guard
Yes, the Adventure Time Candy People from Princess Bubblegum’s castle, and one of a handful of the weirdest characters in MultiVersus from the beloved Cartoon Network series. Always in pairs, they’re listed as ‘Bruisers’ in the game and are famously bad at their jobs for the sake of comedy, so perhaps won’t be anyone’s ‘main’ but like Jigglypuff in Smash Bros, could be dark horse in the right hands…
LeBron James
The only revealed character who isn’t a fictional character, LeBron is here because of his Space Jam role. Maybe MultiVersus is the third instalment to the series in which the basketball legend continues to be sucked into cartoon chaos, this time forced into gladiatorial combat for our sick pleasure. At least he wasn’t trapped in a green screen prison for this one.
Agent Smith
The Matrix baddie is an interesting pick over Neo, his heroic counterpart, but who doesn’t like playing the villain? Having a rogue computer program in the game may tempt another twisted, messianic power grab collapsing the virtual reality in on itself. Or you can just do the “Superman thing” with him.
MultiVersus is available now for PlayStation, Xbox & PC.
Price: FREE (with in-game purchases).
Info: multiversus.com
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