MultiVersus General Discussion

[KingofPhantoms]

I have downloaded Multiversus but have yet to actually try the game.

Maybe tomorrow if I have enough time to spare.

 

[LimeTH]

Into the Verse is happening now

 

[SneakyLink]

Tara Strong now voices three characters as she returns as Raven.

Also unrelated to the stream, but Olivia Olson (original voice of Marceline the Vampire Queen) recently reacted to the Vampire Queen’s inclusion, implying she is returning to reprise the role.

 

[LimeTH]

Missed opportunity not giving Bedtime PPG the meme hair

 

[MBRedboy31]

So, I’ll list most of the gameplay relevant changes that I can remember.

Battlepasses:
There are two regular battlepasses this season, one after the other, each with 45 tiers.
Only costs 800 Gleamium.
Since characters are no longer in the pass, tier 1 is a skin for the newest character.

”Buy the Road” bundle:
There is a bundle to buy every character you don’t have all at once (except Raven.) It’s very expensive (about 4750 gleamium if you have no characters unlocked,) but still an enormous discount compared to buying them individually. The price reduces if you do have characters unlocked.

Arena Mode:
Available for the first 3 weeks of the season
You can’t choose your character, one is picked randomly but you can spend the coins you get in the mode to reroll. You can be given any character regardless of if you own them.
Supports custom lobbies, although you won’t receive any prestige currency for it.

Gameplay changes:
Many characters have increased grounded running speed (only character directly shown was Arya)
Shorthop height lowered (so it’s actually a proper shorthop now)
Dodgelanding improved, now gives some iframes, and refunds some dodge meter if you slide off a platform and thus cut the iframes short.
Weakened status being removed. It is replaced with other benefits for each character, sounds like they haven‘t found replacements for all characters yet though.
Hitbox improvements for the entire cast, they haven‘t shown footage though.
Other moveset changes that they opted to keep secret

Shields:
Still in testing on Thursdays, although you can try them any time of the week in The Lab and in customs.
Updated visuals (no awkward shield icon in the middle, becomes less visible as health reduces, flashes when hit)
Adjusted blockstun and stuff
Shield breaker attacks have standardized knockback so that all characters can follow up from them
Steven’s aerial shield acts like a grounded shield, but attacking it pushes him higher in the air.
Stronger (or all? I’d have to double check) projectiles deal some chip damage when shielded

New Stages:
The Samurai Jack stage, Back in Time. Has a past and future variant and switches between them. Past variant is fairly simple, but the future version has a hole in the middle and extra tree branch platforms, including one offstage. Hazards off version is the past permanently, while the future version can be selected as a separate stage.

Candy Tavern stage releasing later. Has a casual variant that is a relatively large stage with lots of platforms and terrain, and a competitive variant with a pair of platforms floating offstage.

Stage that’s just a giant piano with the Rift space background, meant for making music with friends. You can attack buttons on the side of the piano to change the sound it makes.

 

[PeridotGX]

I'm starting to wonder if there's some sort of rights restriction on Agent Smith. He only has one original costume, and frankly it's not very good.

I mean maybe there's not a ton of options from the Matrix movies - but Arya proves a willingness to go wild with original skins that would never appear in the source material. There being licencing issues would make marginally more sense (it might also explain why we got Agent Smith instead of Neo).

 

[Guynamednelson]

it might also explain why we got Agent Smith instead of Neo

Keanu himself has said he doesn't want his characters in MK or Injustice, and since both are published by WB I wonder if that extends to all games by them.

 

[MBRedboy31]

I'm starting to wonder if there's some sort of rights restriction on Agent Smith. He only has one original costume, and frankly it's not very good.
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I mean maybe there's not a ton of options from the Matrix movies - but Arya proves a willingness to go wild with original skins that would never appear in the source material. There being licencing issues would make marginally more sense (it might also explain why we got Agent Smith instead of Neo).

I just assumed that they’re having a hard time thinking of skin designs for him that don’t feel super out of character. He… doesn’t seem like the type who‘d diversity his wardrobe much. Although, I guess it’s not impossible that they have a requirement that he always wears a suit (even if it has neon lights or Batman logos or whatever added to it, it’s still a suit.)

Assuming there aren’t any requirements, they could just have a costume be waaay out of character and play up the humor of it. Or, they could give him a casual clothes alt and say he’s undercover.

Edit: I hope he gets an ugly sweater skin this year. I can see it having the Matrix code on it. I think he'd just wear it on top of his suit, though.

 

[CapitaineCrash]

Man the battle pass skins continue to disappoint to me. The PPG skins is a highlight, but the obsession with Black Adam and Velma is really starting to be annoying when Joker, Jason and Shaggy still got nothing.

 

[LimeTH]

I'm starting to wonder if there's some sort of rights restriction on Agent Smith. He only has one original costume, and frankly it's not very good.
View attachment 396009
I mean maybe there's not a ton of options from the Matrix movies - but Arya proves a willingness to go wild with original skins that would never appear in the source material. There being licencing issues would make marginally more sense (it might also explain why we got Agent Smith instead of Neo).

I just assumed that they’re having a hard time thinking of skin designs for him that don’t feel super out of character. He… doesn’t seem like the type who‘d diversity his wardrobe much. Although, I guess it’s not impossible that they have a requirement that he always wears a suit (even if it has neon lights or Batman logos or whatever added to it, it’s still a suit.)

Assuming there aren’t any requirements, they could just have a costume be waaay out of character and play up the humor of it. Or, they could give him a casual clothes alt and say he’s undercover.

Edit: I hope he gets an ugly sweater skin this year. I can see it having the Matrix code on it. I think he'd just wear it on top of his suit, though.

I keep picturing Smith with a Hawaiian shirt as an original skin for some reason. I dunno, just makes sense to my head.

 

[Opossum]

The datamines tomorrow should be especially interesting. We only know about two unrevealed characters who are in a semi-complete state at the moment, so we may very well start to be able to fill in some of the unknown internal fighter numbers.

 

[Faso115]

The datamines tomorrow should be especially interesting. We only know about two unrevealed characters who are in a semi-complete state at the moment, so we may very well start to be able to fill in some of the unknown internal fighter numbers.

I thought they scrubbed most of internal files? At the very least, this patch should confirm Marceline being C031.

 

[CapitaineCrash]

I thought they scrubbed most of internal files? At the very least, this patch should confirm Marceline being C031.

Yeah at this point I'm not expecting a lot of new things from datamine, past update didn't have a lot iirc.

 

[Donaldtoon]

Tara Strong now voices three characters as she returns as Raven.

Also unrelated to the stream, but Olivia Olson (original voice of Marceline the Vampire Queen) recently reacted to the Vampire Queen’s inclusion, implying she is returning to reprise the role.

If we got Ben 10 in the future it would be fourth

 

[LimeTH]

If we got Ben 10 in the future it would be fourth

Or Yuri Lowenthal.

 

[Fields - Ultimate's Great]

I'm starting to wonder if there's some sort of rights restriction on Agent Smith. He only has one original costume, and frankly it's not very good.
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I mean maybe there's not a ton of options from the Matrix movies - but Arya proves a willingness to go wild with original skins that would never appear in the source material. There being licencing issues would make marginally more sense (it might also explain why we got Agent Smith instead of Neo).

Agent Smith is a very very grumpy man and would not partake in random events like the Olympics and Halloween. So him being prioritized over more fitting options wouldn't make sense. Unlike Jason who has the "scary dude in silly situation" meme factor that even Friday the 13th franchise poked fun of, Smith would just be horrendously out of character if you tried too hard to make him silly. And half of the original costumes right now are silly (or based off existing costume, which the Matrix doesn't have much of for Smith). He's genuinely villainous, he doesn't vibe and I wouldn't really like it if MVS tried to force something so incompatible.

Considering MVS' entire point is being true to the characters, it's easy to understand why he isn't involved in the current events. He'll probably get stuff later that actually fits his style. He should get Resurrections, Bane and Lady in Red variants at least.

 

[SneakyLink]

Patch notes. Get your patch notes here!

 

[LimeTH]

Nice to see the game getting faster and the hit boxes getting better at least. Gonna have to see how it plays out.

Also while they’re decreasing sizes, can they make Jack shorter? He’s the same height as Jason for crying out loud.

 

[MBRedboy31]

Queueing for Wacky Weekend has a chance to start a game of Star Contender! Use a limited moveset to knock star coins out of your opponents. First team to 7 coins wins.

I wasn’t expecting them to add a reference to UFO50’s Hyper Contender in Multiversus, but here we are. I wonder what other fighting games they’re going to parody, given how there’s also already the “COUNTER” mode that’s a Guilty Gear reference.

 

[Capybara Gaming]

I'm so glad they removed weakened. It was such a poorly designed mechanic.

 

[SneakyLink]

Something from the website:

Raven is not classed as a DC character.

Rather, she is considered a Teen Titans character.

 

[LimeTH]

Something from the website:

Raven is not classed as a DC character.

Rather, she is considered a Teen Titans character.

Interesting. Could that be a mistake? Like I recall the Batman characters have both "DC" and "Batman" labels.

 

[Will]

They want to be Harry Potter so bad

 

[Faso115]

Something from the website:

Raven is not classed as a DC character.

Rather, she is considered a Teen Titans character.

Maybe spin-off get their own subseries? Lebron technically is part of the Looney Tunes.

 

[SneakyLink]

Maybe spin-off get their own subseries? Lebron technically is part of the Looney Tunes.

Seems to be a site only thing as Raven is counted as DC in game.

 

[CapitaineCrash]

Interesting. Could that be a mistake? Like I recall the Batman characters have both "DC" and "Batman" labels.

I'm guessing it's just that Teen titans is considered different enough to have a different label. On youtube, the Titans tower stage music also have a Teen titans logo instead of general DCU logo.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Interesting. Could that be a mistake? Like I recall the Batman characters have both "DC" and "Batman" labels.

My take on it is that DC is practically the Super Mario of Multiversus in that things that spun off of it are big enough on their own that they can warrant getting their own labels. Teen Titans absolutely earned the right to stand out.

 

[PeridotGX]

The datamines tomorrow should be especially interesting. We only know about two unrevealed characters who are in a semi-complete state at the moment, so we may very well start to be able to fill in some of the unknown internal fighter numbers.

Not gonna lie, the lack of new characters being datamined has me nervous. Pretty sure there hasn't been anything new since relaunch, we're just whittling down the list. It reminds me of how we know Mario Kart Tour was shutting down months ahead of time, because they stopped adding assets for new courses in the code

 

[darkvortex]

There's apparently not much character stuff this time, though the witch continues to get updated

 

[LimeTH]

Marceline has Wicked Witch interactions. There's even a Wicked reference.

 

[SneakyLink]

Not gonna lie, the lack of new characters being datamined has me nervous. Pretty sure there hasn't been anything new since relaunch, we're just whittling down the list. It reminds me of how we know Mario Kart Tour was shutting down months ahead of time, because they stopped adding assets for new courses in the code

I wouldn’t really use lack of new data as a worrying point. If anything, it just means the devs are getting better at hiding things.

Of course, some things (mostly skins relating to events) may slip through the cracks.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Marceline has Wicked Witch interactions. There's even a Wicked reference.

Marceline is a singer who IIRC had a conflict with a witch in the show, so it makes sense that she'd have interactions with the defining evil witch character and a reference to a musical starring her.

 

[Opossum]

The fact that the Wicked Witch and seemingly only the Wicked Witch got even more localization files in this patch...yeah, she's definitely one of the season five characters.

 

[fogbadge]

Marceline has Wicked Witch interactions. There's even a Wicked reference.

perhaps she'll have an outfit to promote the film like black adam

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

The fact that the Wicked Witch and seemingly only the Wicked Witch got even more localization files in this patch...yeah, she's definitely one of the season five characters.

Didn't we get someone saying before Season 4 was announced that she and Aquaman were definitely Season 5?

 

[Opossum]

perhaps she'll have an outfit to promote the film like black adam

Wicked is Universal, not WB.

 

[fogbadge]

Wicked is Universal, not WB.

oh, nvm then

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Have there been any updates on characters who were data mined, but haven't been added or officially announced for the game yet? I remember that Ruby Rose was one of them, but haven't heard any news about her or any of the remaining ones in a while.

 

[Opossum]

Have there been any updates on characters who were data mined, but haven't been added or officially announced for the game yet? I remember that Ruby Rose was one of them, but haven't heard any news about her or any of the remaining ones in a while.

The only one who got updates this time around was the Wicked Witch, meaning she'll probably be coming next season.

 

[LimeTH]

Have there been any updates on characters who were data mined, but haven't been added or officially announced for the game yet? I remember that Ruby Rose was one of them, but haven't heard any news about her or any of the remaining ones in a while.

Spoiler

I think besides Wicked Witch and Aquaman, all we know for sure is Daffy Duck, who had very rough leaked animations.
Pickle Rick and Mr. Meeseeks are in a weird limbo where we don’t know what they are, Gandalf and Ruby are in a weird limbo where it’s unclear if they’re still happening or not, Dexter who has been constantly hinted at despite not being anywhere in the files, and whatever the hell is going on with Scooby Doo.