MultiVersus

MultiVersus
Developer:	Player First Games
Publisher:	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S
Release date:	May 28, 2024

MultiVersus is a crossover fighting game developed by Player First Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game features many franchises within the Warner Bros. Discovery catalog, including Rick and Morty. Morty Smith was added as a playable fighter on August 23, 2022 as part of Season 1, while Rick Sanchez was added as a playable character later in the season on September 27, 2022. The full game launched on May 28, 2024 after a year long closure.

Synopsis

The multiverse is at your fingertips with intense 2v2 matches. Do you have to fight Batman and Shaggy? Try using Bugs Bunny and Arya Stark! This platform fighting game allows you to create teams with your favorite characters in a fun cooperative game or for supremacy in a 1v1.

Characters

Adventure Time

• Finn
• Jake

DC

• Batman
• Black Adam
• Harley Quinn
• Superman
• Wonder Woman

Game of Thrones

• Arya Stark

Gremlins

• Gizmo
• Stripe

Looney Tunes

• Bugs Bunny
• Marvin the Martian
• Taz

Player First Games

• Reindog

Rick and Morty

• Morty
• Rick

Scooby-Doo

• Shaggy
• Velma

Space Jam: A New Legacy

• LeBron James

Steven Universe

• Garnet
• Steven Universe

The Iron Giant

• Iron Giant

Tom and Jerry

• Tom & Jerry

Maps

MultiVersus currently contains nine stages, one of them being Cromulons. This stage is based on the music performance from the episode "Get Schwifty", with a remix of the song playing while on the stage. Other stages include:

• Batcave (DC)
• Scooby's Haunted Mansion (Scooby-Doo)
• Sky Arena (Steven Universe)
• Space Jam Court (Space Jam: A New Legacy)
• Throne Room (Game of Thrones)
• Training Room (Player First Games)
• Tree Fort (Adventure Time)
• Trophy's E.D.G.E. (Player First Games)
• Townsville (The Powerpuff Girls)
• Dexter's Laboratory (Titular)

Trivia

• Morty and Rick were voiced through archived audio from Season 1 to Season 5 of Rick and Morty in the game. When the full game launched, Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden reprised their roles as their respective characters.
• Many characters, locations and items from Rick and Morty appear in the game:
  • Mr. Meeseeks act as training dummies in the game’s tutorial.
    • Some of the Meeseeks training dummies hover in the air, wearing grappling shoes from “Pilot”.
  • The Mr. Meeseeks Box is an assist item that can be used to attack enemies.
  • The stage, Cromulons, features the titular aliens (along with Armagheadon) and is based on the episode, "Get Schwifty".
  • The profile icon, 20 Minutes Adventure, references Rick's line in "Rest and Ricklaxation".
  • The profile icon, Evil Morty, features the titular character.
  • The profile icon, I'm Pickle Rick, features the titular character from the episode of the same name.
  • The profile icon, Infini-Morty, features the Goodbye Moonmen scene from “Mortynight Run”.
  • The profile icon, Toxic Morty, features the titular character from "Rest and Ricklaxation".
  • The screaming sun from the Screaming Sun Earth appears as a ringout from "The Wedding Squanchers".
• Morty's move-set contain references from the show:
  • "Aw Geez, Snakes!", "Aw Geez, Air Snakes!", "Aw Geez, More Snakes!", "It's a Grenade, I Think", and "Yep, That's a Grenade" features the grenades Morty uses in "Mort Dinner Rick Andre", along with the pistol Morty uses in "Total Rickall" and the Space Snake from "Rattlestar Ricklactica".
  • "Unresolved Anger Issues" and "Armothy Assault" features Armothy from "Rickmancing the Stone" and Hammerhead Morty from "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind".
  • "Barbarian Instincts features the axe Morty uses in "Look Who's Purging Now".
  • "Power of Fire!" and "Power of Earth!" features the elemental rings Morty uses in "A Rickconvenient Mort".
  • "Plumbus Time!" features the titular item from "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate".
  • "Another Portal?" features the Narnia Dimension portal from "Mort Dinner Rick Andre".
  • "Uh, Auto-Pilot?" features the Space Cruiser.
  • "Temporal Back-Up" features the save point device Morty uses in "The Vat of Acid Episode".
  • President Morty and Evil Morty are variants for Morty from "The Ricklantis Mixup" and “Never Ricking Morty”.
  • Morty's default taunts references the orange juice he drank in "Raising Gazorpazorp".
  • One of Morty’s taunts, "Head Bent Over", is his dance during the song from "Get Schwifty".
  • One of Morty's perks, "Extra Fleeb Juice", references the Plumbus commercial from "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate".
  • One of Morty's perks, "I'm More Than Just A Hammer", references Hammer Morty's only line in "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind".
  • Morty's losing animation is him jumping in a fake vat of acid, referencing “The Vat of Acid Episode”.
• Rick’s move-set contains references from the show:
  • "Itchy Ricked Finger" and "Shooting Guns In The Air!" features the Laser gun Rick uses in various episodes of the series.
  • "Yeah, Fart Bomb!" features the fart bomb Rick uses in "The Old Man and the Seat".
  • "Shove It Waaay Up There" features the Mega Seeds from "Pilot" and is named after Rick’s line in the episode.
  • "Meeseek and Destroy" and "Meeseeks, Up Here!" features the titular aliens and is named after the episode, "Meeseeks and Destroy".
  • "Baricksic Portal Theory" and "Aerial Portal Stunts" features the Portal Gun Rick uses and the green portals.
  • "You Like Augments?" features Rick's arm cannon and laser blades used respectively in "The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy" and "Mortyplicity".
  • "Plasma Whip, Baby!" features Rick's whip used in "Solaricks".
  • "Personal Space" features Rick's force field belt used in "Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender".
  • "Collatrickal Damage" features Rick's rocket boots used in "Star Mort Rickturn of the Jerri".
  • "Polymorphrick Ray" and "Freefall Polymorpher" features Rick's magic ray used in "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty".
  • ”Jetpack. NBD.” and “Goin’ Even Higher” features Rick’s jetpack used in “Rest and Ricklaxation”.
  • SEAL Team Rick is a variant for Rick from "The Rickshank Rickdemption".
  • One of Rick’s taunts, "Get Schwifty" is his dance during the song from the episode of the same name.
  • One of Rick's taunts, "Shake" is his dance during the song, Shake That Ass Bitch, from "Ricksy Business".
  • One of Rick's perks, "Bit Of A Stickler Meeseeks", references one of the Meeseeks' lines in "Meeseeks and Destroy".
  • One of Rick’s perks, "Hephaestus Who?", references the titular character from "One Crew Over the Crewcoo's Morty".
  • One of Rick’s perks, "Squanchin’ Pyrotechnics", references Squanchy.
  • When clinging onto a wall, Rick will wear grappling shoes from “Pilot”.
  • When dashing, Rick will wear his Sanchez ski shoes from “The Ricks Must Be Crazy”.
  • When dodging, Rick will leave a shadow trail from various episodes of the series.
• Rick's quote on the MultiVersus website is from the episode, "Mort Dinner Rick Andre".
• The profile icon, Rick C-137, references the Rick and Morty/Run the Jewels music video, “Oh Mama”.