Marvel Rivals is crushing its first season launch with hundreds of thousands of concurrent players across console and PC, and players are getting to know Mr. Fantastic and The Invisible Woman as its two new heroes, with The Thing and Human Torch coming in a month and a half or so.
I’ve done previous lists of leaked upcoming characters, which I believe is now up to 16 or so, which would likely be two full years of content, should all make it to production. But I think players may also be interested in which new skins are coming up, and if they will launch for their favorite characters or not. I know I’m interested.
Some of these have been teased by NetEase themselves, others are going to be based on comic looks we haven’t seen yet. Here’s what we know is coming:
More Chinese New Year-inspired skins, this time Jade Maiden Mantis and Sorcerer Immortal Doctor Strange, as seen above. These two will be launching in less than a week on January 17.
Teased in official art for the season are upcoming skins in the vein of the vampire season 1 theme for Winter Soldier:
Black Panther:
And Psylocke:
There also appear to be Spider-Man and Peni Parker skins designed by acclaimed comic artist Peach Momoko, who Marvel Snap players will also recognize:
There is already a Wanda skin that is Hellfire Gala inspired. There is a whole category coming of dressed-up Hellfire Gala looks besides her.
Other themes for upcoming skins are Gothic Recursion (this might be the vampire themed ones), Clashing Lions and 60th Wedding Anniversary. Clashing Lions may be linked to an upcoming event with a special mode. 60th Wedding Anniversary I had to poke around about, and I am now 100% sure that this is Reed and Sue getting married in 1965, 60 years ago. Looking this up, hilariously enough, while Sue Storm wore a wedding dress, Reed just shows up in his normal Fantastic Four outfit. But hey, maybe they’ll give him a tux for this, as I doubt people are going to be googling this comic.
There may be more and I will keep hunting for others, but this is what I can dig up for now between real art and upcoming leaks. I will be picking a few of these up, certainly.
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