This has been rumoured for a little while, but now it's official: MultiVersus is Warner Bros' answer to Super Smash Bros. The game is a platform fighter, meaning you'll secure victory by knocking opponents off-screen, and it's set to feature a varied range of well-known characters.
The likes of Batman, Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Superman, Steven Universe, and Shaggy are all part of the initial roster, alongside many others. You can see them all in action in the above video, which goes over the basics of what the game is.
Developer Player First Games says that co-op play is the main priority, and it's giving each character options for collaborative moves so you can fight effectively as a team. For example, Bugs and his teammate can use a tunnel through the ground, while Steven Universe will give allies a shield. Even though team modes are the focus, you'll be able to play solo as well.
One notable difference between MultiVersus and Smash โ or Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl to give a PlayStation example โ is that it'll be free-to-play. Coming to PS5 and PS4, this will be a live service game, with new characters, arenas, and events being introduced over time, putting it more in line with something like Brawlhalla. Oh, and unlike the Nicktoons fighter, this will feature full voice acting with many returning actors.
It's launching next year, will support cross-play between all platforms, and features rollback netcode for smooth online bouts. It all looks pretty promising to us, but what do you think? Tell us in the comments section below.
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This looks pretty promising. I like the cohesive art style and the roster looks mad enough to be fun.
Only complaint is the gameplay seems way too slow in the clips shown here.
My word itโs gloriously horrifying. The rosterโs genuinely brilliant and the gameplay looks decent but the free to play obvious Fortnite elements will probably just annoy. Worth it for Ultra Instinct Shaggy though.
This has 2 significant advantages over Nickbrawl:
Also looks like characters have some pretty diverse tools.
What remains to be seen is whether it's actually fun to play and how much it's ruined by microtransactions
I bet if you play online it's just all Batman.
Looks very good and polished, leagues better then the Nick game and everyone is not a mute! But why F2P though ๐
They won me over with Tom and Jerry
Arya Stark va Shaggyโฆ yeah that would be a fair fight LOL
I have to try this. That's all there is to it.
Could be pretty fun. Already have an advantage over the nicktoon game with voice acting.
Lol the shaggy reveal they saved for the end was great. I suppose there will be little to none single player content as it's free 2 play, but will probably try it none the less.
I'll definitely keep an eye on this one. I didn't care for Brawlhalla's F2P model so that's a bit concerning.
The legitimate unholy beatings I foresee people perpetrating as Shaggy will make this worth it. Will probably check it out, I was king as Roy on Melee in uni and since then I've been hurting for some off-Nintendo Smash....
Well, this looks surprisingly good?
@get2sammyb I also thought the gameplay looked slow and sluggish.
I'm not sold on this game at all. Most likely going to pass even though it's free.
I'd be happy to be wrong about it though.
@shadow2k I always loved Dr Mario in Melee! I was really happy when he got brought back and heโs loads of fun in Ultimate.
The character voices adds so much - take note Nickelodeon Brawl....
I get why they've gone for the art style they've gone for, but this game would be 1,000,000 x more appealing to me if instead of looking like Fortnite, they went with like the Wonder Woman from the movies fighting against cartoon Tom & Jerry and Sir Ian McKellen Gandalf doing wizard business. It'd be horrifying in the best way. Like the Pirates of the Caribbean bits of Kingdom Hearts.
Hoping for an arcade mode.
Can't beat free-to-play so why not ? I like the art style , it looks pretty cool .
@nessisonett Dr Mario in the right hands can be brutal (see also: Jigglypuff).
Isnโt Harry Potter WB? Youโd think heโd make the cutโฆ.
@Stocksy are you sure you aren't expecto-ing too much?
For being free to play, what do I have to lose. I'm not going to buy any costumes, and if I don't like it I'll delete it. If I do like it, then I get to crush my enemies as Shaggy or "mage" Bugs Bunny.
It's an all-win scenario.
Multiversus is just such a generic lame name I can't get past it.
I mean sure yeah, calling it Warner Bros Multiversus may have got the Nintendo ninja lawyers after them but you have to put SOMETHING in front of the name. "We're All Here: Multiversus" then people could call it WAHM, pronounced Wham. Or ya know, just type WAH. ๐คทโโ๏ธ Yeah OK not great, just off the top of my head and it's still better than Multiversus. ๐
Watched the vid, looked fun to me. I know you all don't like to have fun in your highly competitive 2D fighters but that's what this looks like, online fun.
Do I spend another $140 for controllers for a free game is the question. Assuming 4 player 2v2 couch. I'm not one for online.
Anyone reading this far tell me what rollback netcode is? Seems like a legit reason for it not to be on Switch. Dedicated servers sounds good though.
This looks like it could actually be pretty decent. It's all up to the gameplay.
@shadow2k love it. Ha.
@Stocksy Gandalf was leaked before, so Harry Potter characters aren't a stretch.
I can't believe this is real. This game seems to be very fun, and the fact that it appears to be better than NASB in every way PLUS it being free-to-play - I'm definitely playing this. Also Tom and Jerry already sold this for me LOL
Looks cool as hell! And the voice acting seems really solid!
Also, free to play? I'm so in!!!!
I assume they'll make their money off of skins
Friendly reminder that this was rumored to be developed at Netherealm Studios
Also, is it weird that they want you to know the game is guaranteed to have Bugs at launch? Devs these days, smh ๐๐
@Voltan I want Daffy or Tasmanian Devil!
'Free-to-play'
This is going to be character pack micro-transaction hell....
Cannot wait I feel like a kid being excited for this game
@lolwhatno haha thanks man ๐๐ฟ
@Voltan "guaranteed to have Bugs at launch" bwahahaha jeez I'm using that in my work meeting Monday (we were talking about this game today in our morning meeting)
Loved the trailer alot, have high hopes we'll be getting Harry Potter and Gandalf among other characters.
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