Lady Loki Might Be the Most Impressive ‘Marvel Rivals’ Skin Yet

In addition to the regular injections of heroes and villains from the Marvel Multiverse, their rivals‘Cosmetic skins keep the game fresh with iconic comic looks, homages to the films of the MCU (and beyond), and lots of fun original ideas. But one of its most gorgeous skins to date is a wonderful merger of inventiveness and comics know-how that transforms one of the game’s most funky support heroes into a divine goddess.

After a few teases here and there in recent weeks, today NetEase revealed the first official look at one of its most fascinating ideas for a skin: a full gender-swap take on Loki. Inspired by Lady Loki’s appearance after being reborn after Ragnarok in 2007 thor Run, the new skin isn’t just a model change for Loki as he currently appears in the game; She comes with her own unique animation and voice acting, provided by day and dayAbby Trott (who is already familiar their rivals Community as the voice of Illyana Rasputina aka Magic). Plus, he has some fun, unique emotional outbursts and the usual special MVP animation.

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“Fate has its own little surprises, doesn’t it? No less for me than you, as my appearance testifies.”

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there have been many their rivals There are skins from the past that already have the voice lines and sound effects changed, and there are plenty of skins that make some radical changes to the silhouette of a given character. And, of course, there are plenty of skins to cover all their rivals‘The cast, male and female alike, with a little risqué skin. But what makes Lady Loki stand out is that it presents the character entirely in the context of a gender-change, which is their rivals Haven’t done this before (apart from creative PC modders doing it themselves for fun).

This opens up a very interesting set of floodgates for what the game can do next in terms of similar skins for other members of its roster. Loki’s sibling Thor is certainly an easy potential next step, giving us a skin based on Jane Foster’s Mighty Thor. Even though they’re clearly different characters in the comics, Deadpool’s arrival in the game in the next few weeks could leave us open to a Gwenpool version, or one of the many female Spider-heroes becoming a stand-in for Peter. Not only is this a gender swap, but it may also reflect the shared identity and qualities of Jean Gray and Madeline Pryor, combining Jean’s fiery phoenix abilities with the Goblin Queen’s demonic powers.

you can’t go Very Of course, go too far with that – otherwise you risk disappointing fans of characters who might be interesting mirrors to the current members of the cast, or turning them into twists, reduced to a skin rather than their own fleshed-out, unique member of their favorite roster (for example, no one would want to see She-Hulk, But it’s still a fun new path their rivals To begin the quest, now that the seal of the proverbial Pandora’s Box has been opened by Loki himself.

Lady Loki please marvel rival Starting January 1, purchases will be available from the in-game store throughout the month.

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