Rick Sanchez, the abusive alcoholic mega-genius whom types the trouble-causing 50 % of Adult Swim’s animated duo Rick and Morty, will quickly be using their devote Warner’s cartoon combat game MultiVersus (starts in brand new tab).
We currently knew Rick had been coming because of a July verification (starts in brand new tab), and of course the fact their grandson Morty is inside game, having been added in August. Mr. Meeseeks, a strange, short-lived vessel of chaos that’s made many appearances on show (and arises quickly in the present teaser), normally inside game as being a throwable product.
Rick is a “mage/ranged” character in accordance with their character bio (starts in brand new tab), which may be seemingly good fit: Rick is not probably the most real character ever (he is a substance-abusing grandfather, keep in mind), but he constantly posseses an choice of strange weaponry at their fingertips as he’s down for an adventure. The design additionally fits up well with Rick’s trickster character archetype—the other mage/ranged figures in MultiVersus are Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry—and makes a fascinating counterpoint to Morty’s character, whom like Batman, Taz, and Lebron James, is really a bruiser.
An arrival date for Rick wasn’t established, but MultiVersus game manager Tony Huynh stated on Twitter which he’s coming “very soon (starts in brand new tab).” As you watch for that to take place, you will get the lowdown on all the present MultiVersus figures thanks to our handy (and incredibly thorough) tier list (starts in brand new tab).
