Marvel Rivals Timeline/Reading Order

[Dragaron01!]

The tweet says that the comic in it is a prequel to the game so maybe early season zero if not pre time stream entanglement

 

[BabyBomber]

This looks interesting

I wonder how this will play out and when. This looks like a separate story, so other than maybe mentioning in game events (like hellfire gala or eternal night etc) this will probably be at the end of the timeline. Thoughts?

Thx for posting

 

[Frizzy]

The tweet says that the comic in it is a prequel to the game so maybe early season zero if not pre time stream entanglement

Yeah it could be. Would be nice to get more lore from the early parts of the story. But I think this tweet means there is a prequel comic to the new game they are advertising in the tweet.

Thx for posting

No problem

 

[BabyBomber]

As much as I love Rivals getting more tie-in media, I don't have too much faith in this actually tying in (I am absolutely hoping for it)

It does say it's a prequel but a lot of the Lore Entries would technically qualify as prequels so it's possible that it goes early into the Entanglement, but considering the lineup it could potentially fit a short time before the Hellfire Gala. That sounds like the most ideal time where Venom, Jeff, Luna, Sai, Cloak/Dagger, and Emma could be in the same place.

 

[BabyBomber]

Thanks to the Season's Beatings Gallery Card, and basically the entire game's premise, there's also a precedent for these characters just being variants of the game's mainline counterparts. If this doesn't fit with the Rivals version's established histories the story could potentially be added as an alternate timeline so long as there's no big swings that'd interfere with the game's lore (what kept me from adding the Infinity Comic)

 

[BabyBomber]

I think I'm going to start working out better placements for the Team-Ups I slapped at the end of the timeline, since I finally opened my eyes to these characters just sort of hopping around coming and going to the Empire of Wakanda.

 

[BabyBomber]

Team Up Profile: "Fastball Special"
• Placing it before the S1.5 one for the same reasons as before and I'm placing this one before the S0 Gamma Charge team-up. Since Logan and Iron Man are both part of that Eternity Knights team from S1 I felt like this was a decent spot since the placement for both are vague and involve Hulk

Team Up Profile: "Fastball Special" (S1.5)
• Placing this one after Thing's hero story since the story suggests that Thing's been prioritizing saving civilians and I think this gives some decent wiggle room

Team Up Profile: "Storming Ignition"
• Placing this one after Fastball Special S1.5 since it mentions a showoff competition involving Ben and Logan and I think it'd make sense that Ben and Johnny came to Wakanda together

Team Up Profile: "Jeff-nado"
• I think it can slot after Storming Ignition for the same reasons as before since I think this also takes place in the Training Range

Team Up Profile: "Chilling Assault"
• Placing it after Atlas Bond because Luna Snow is there and it's a clean fit since Hawkeye would be in Wakanda by then

Team Up Profile: "Ammo Overload" (S2)
• Both Ammo Overloads can go after Chilling Assault bc Rocket mentions the Quantum Technology he got on Klyntar so it has to be after it and by this point Star-Lord and Widow are in Wakanda for Festivals and Friends (Rocket and Punisher can easily be there too)

Team Up Profile: "Ammo Overload"
• Same as before

Team Up Profile: "Rocket Network"
• Can go after Ammo Overload since by this point Rocket would still be here and Peni would be done with the Web-Warrior stuff (for the time being)

 

[BabyBomber]

Reread the Ignite comic to finally free my soul and get cleaner placements so that the timeline won't have anything else just slapped at the end

Marvel Rivals Ignite: "Demon Days: Ko-Sute-Iwa"
Marvel Rivals Ignite: "Tsuchigomo"
• I think both of these can fit after "Galacta's Snack Time" (she talks about Chronovium's creation) early into the Entanglement since, assuming this is the main Rivals Sai, she hasn't been affected by the Entanglement and it hasn't affected Peni/Punisher yet either. They'd go pre-entanglement if the third story didn't suggest that the multiverse was still at risk

Marvel Rivals Ignite: "Sounds of Victory"
• Easily the hardest of the three because it uses Demon Days skins but treats them like the main versions. This can kind of be ignored the same way the Hellfire Gala trailer has Battle Pass skins that they shouldn't be wearing yet. Luna's also under the impression that the Timestream Entanglement was fixed so it can't be after she's joined Cap's Avengers in Wakanda. I also considered that Loki is the main Loki and Luna is a variant and this Luna is the one that attended the Hellfire Gala but the main Luna mentions being at Krakoa in the Summer Spectacular. I'll place it after Operation Microchip

It's:
1. After Thor gets banished
2. Before Luna is shown crossing paths with the people at the heart of the Entanglement
3. Has Loki in power
Not to mention that Loki uses his Ult and turns into Hela which also suggests that Hela is nearby

 

[BabyBomber]

It is done…I can watch the sun set on a satisfying timeline (until more stuff drops Friday)