Adventure Time has been a staple property in MultiVersus. Since its announcement, more characters from the Adventure Time crew have made their way into MultiVersus but, unfortunately, one major character seems to have been left behind in the Land of Ooo.
With so many major properties in MultiVersus and more on the way, adding yet another Adventure Time character after MultiVersus‘ Marceline back in December 2024 seems unlikely for the time being. Still, the exclusion of one character in particular feels odd considering the heavy amount of Adventure Time content in MultiVersus.
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Adventure Time has a Grip on MultiVersus
As one of the most heavily represented properties in MultiVersus, Adventure Time has plenty of representation both on and off of MultiVersus’ character roster. As mentioned previously, Marceline the Vampire Queen is the most recent groundbreaking addition to the game’s character roster while other Adventure Time characters have been a part of MultiVersus since the beginning.
Adventure Times‘ Jake the Dog and Finn the Human were announced as part of MultiVersus’ initial character roster and were even available during the game’s first tech tests.
Warner Bros. and Player First Games made the odd choice to include Banana Guard as a full-fledged fighter in MultiVersus. In Adventure Time, Banana Guards are a type of Candy People who guard Princess Bubblegum. They are shown time and time again failing at their duties, which is why Princess Bubblegum tends to rely on Finn and Jake for quests.
Characters that drive Adventure Time’s plot forward more so than the Banana Guards have been relegated to NPCs in MultiVersus, like Lady Rainicorn and BMO. However, these characters have their own Announcer Packs and Finn can use BMO as a moveset character if purchased from Choose Goose. Adventure Time also notably has two maps in the game. The Candy Kingdom and Tree Fort maps have two and three variations respectively.
With MultiVersus clearly prepared to pull from the more obscure aspects of Adventure Time, it’s incredibly surprising that one of the main members of Finn and Jake’s crew hasn’t joined them in the game. After Marceline’s addition, it only makes sense that her on-and-off-again lover and favorite royal Princess Bubblegum should join MultiVersus’ character roster.
Princess Bubblegum Should Reunite with Her Friends in MultiVersus
Princess Bubblegum would not only fill out MultiVersus’ roster of Adventure Time characters but her lore in the game is very conducive to creating a set of fighting moves. Bubblegum is not simply just a princess; she is a dedicated scientist whose experiments sometimes go awry. Though he’s also notably a great scientist, Rick’s MultiVersus Attacks and Specials tend to involve technology that he created in Rick and Morty rather than scientific explosions. If MultiVersus took a more scientific approach to Bubblegum, the game could differentiate the two characters’ skill sets while emphasizing their scientific backgrounds.
Of course, Bubblegum needs some more traditional fighting moves rather than just chemical explosions if she wants to win a fight. Princess Bubblegum can notably project pieces of candy, and even root beer, out of her hands.
MultiVersus has included Princess Bubblegum’s Peppermint Butler in the background of one of the Candy Kingdom maps. He’s one of Princess Bubblegum’s most loyal subjects with a disturbing interest in the dark arts, and perhaps he could be incorporated into Bubblegum’s kit in some way. While Princess Bubblegum’s addition is likely far away, she should join her friends in MultiVersus at her latest convenience.
- Released
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August 15, 2022
- Developer(s)
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Player First Games
- Engine
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Unreal Engine 5
- ESRB
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T For Teen // Fantasy Violence, Language