Marvel introduced that “quickly” swimsuit-themed skins might be showing in fashionable free-to-play shooter Marvel Rivals. Do you hear that loud noise? That’s the sound of Marvel Rivals developer NetEase putting in new vaults to carry all the cash they’re about to make.
On April 17, Marvel introduced that in July it’s bringing again its Swimsuit Particular. This was an ongoing collection of special-edition comedian books launched within the Nineteen Nineties that depicted superheroes and villains carrying bikinis, swimming trunks, and speedos. The collection was pure fan service, however over time—because it added extra gender parity—it was generally celebrated by critics in the way it equally sexualized men and women. The final Swimsuit Particular arrived in 1995. It’s doable Marvel opted to carry it again after seeing DC do its personal assortment of swimsuit-themed summer time paintings in 2024.
Now, for followers of Marvel Rivals on the market, you’ll be very on this bit included within the Swimsuit Particular announcement:
The problem may even embrace designs for brand spanking new costumes coming quickly to Marvel Rivals, the mega fashionable multiplayer online game from Marvel Video games and NetEase Video games.
We don’t have any extra info on when to anticipate these outfits or what they are going to seem like. However based mostly on the actual fact they’re exhibiting up in a Swimsuit Particular, I’d wager all my Lattice and Models that we’re getting some bikinis and speedos in Rivals.
It’s predicted that the swimsuit skins will arrive in Marvel Rivals across the identical time as Marvel’s launch of the brand new swimsuit-themed comedian, which is ready to hit stands on July 9. Coincidentally, that’s roughly after we anticipate season 3 of Rivals to begin.
Will the battle cross for season 3 be fully devoted to summer time seems and swimwear? Maybe. And in that case, NetEase goes to have set up a number of extra vaults to include all the cash they’re about to make. And hey, possibly they’ll use a few of that cash to pay folks as an alternative of laying them off? Only a thought!
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