HANGZHOU, China — Marvel Rivals released a new character on Friday: New York City.
“We’re so excited to announce the arrival of New York City to Marvel Rivals. A lot of comic fans think of New York as just a setting in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but we think of it as actually more of a character in those films,” explained a NetEase developer in a new blog post. “That’s why we’re putting the Big Apple into the game with its own move set — one that includes hitting people with subway cars, eating health-gaining shawarma, and hurling physical insults at The Mayor, which can do splash damage for crowd control.”
Fans were quick to praise the decision.
“Holy shit, I’m definitely gonna main NYC,” said one Redditor. “Unless it’s Tank or Healer, in which case, I’ll just keep auto-locking Spider-Man the second the match starts.”
“Yooooooo!!!!! New York City is my favorite MCU character!!!” said a Twitter user. “I think it had a cameo in Taxi Driver.”
“New York is cool, I guess, but I wanna see how it plays before I get excited,” said a comment on Instagram. “It’s kinda the obvious choice to add. Really hope they include a character for real comic book fans, like Boston.”
At press time, NetEase assured nervous players that all New York City skins will have a ginormous ass.
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