Does MultiVersus Really Need A Story?
MultiVersus is technically still in its open beta phase at the time of writing, even though its first official season kicked off a short while ago. Despite that, the game has been an unmitigated hit, pulling in more than ten million players and counting across all platforms. Going free-to-play was a stroke of genius, and although it might never fill the Smash-shaped hole left in many of our hearts, there's a very real chance more people are going to play this game than have ever played Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
That'll happen when you take Batman, Steven Universe, Finn from Adventure Time, Velma, and stick them all in the same game together so they can fight each other over and over again. Not to mention some characters still to come. Black Adam and Stripe have already been confirmed, and it seems almost nailed on Beetlejuice and The Wicked Witch will be joining them. This is a Warner Bros. property, so the list of characters that could potentially become a part of MultiVersus moving forward is almost endless.
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With so much for the millions of MultiVersus players to look forward to, it begs the question why its creators are seemingly working on a story mode? Nothing has been confirmed just yet, but the evidence continues to stack up. References to storyboard artists have been discovered in the game's credits, and Reindog, the one and only original MultiVersus character added to the roster so far, has too in-depth a backstory in his bio for it to not be building to something more. The guardian to the Zanifeer royal family? Yeah, something's up.
The question I'd like to pose at this point is effectively the same one that heads up this article. Does
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