Marvel Rivals Players React To The New April Fool's Emote Breaking Their Brains

Published Mar 28, 2025

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Players of Marvel Rivals can now earn a hilarious emote in the game that's eliciting a range of fun responses online. If you're entertained by an otherwise violent Marvel character showing off dance moves in-game, this emote might be for you, but you can only get it for a limited time in observance of April Fool's Day.

From March 31 to April 3, players can get the Symbiotic Boogie emote for Venom, which has him twerk while heart eyes pop out of his face. You can get the emote by completing Galacta's Cosmic Adventure and collect all 24 rewards from the event tracker. "Don't let this one wiggle away," a tongue-in-cheek post on the Marvel Rivals X about the limited-time emote reads. This is more than certainly the "hidden twist surprise" that the developers promised with this Marvel Rivals update. Reactions range from eye-rolling to enthusiasm for this extremely silly addition to the popular online game.

The Sight Of Venom In Marvel Rivals Twerking Is Too Much For Some

But Most Fans Are Welcoming The Limited-Time Emote

For the most part, Marvel Rivals players think that the Venom twerking emote is hilarious. Several Reddit s are joking about the unlockable, with Malikili-360 calling the emote their "favorite gender," and the top comment from MenLover221 calling the emote "peak" while sharing a GIF depicting Venom drinking a can of Fanta and an orange Venom performing the dance.

A Venom main called Duvoziir expressed hope that it was a permanent addition to the game, saying "I know games like to put in things like this for april fools and takes them back at the end of it." The Marvel Rivals developers have not said either way if players can still perform the dance after April 3.

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On the other hand, replies to the official X are mixed. Some are similarly celebrating, while others aren't too excited. "Please don’t Fortnight [sic] this game," replied allowing players to make them do several real-life dances. One reply from X @MarvelSkins stated, "You are sick. Children play this." The post was subsequently ratio'd with replies of disagreement.

Marvel Rivals Is Not Afraid To Get Silly, Despite Using Established Characters

Venom Is A Dark Character, But The Movies Showed A Funny Side To Him

Marvel and its parent company Disney are notoriously protective of their intellectual property, so it's somewhat surprising that Marvel Rivals not only has an emote of Venom twerking, but the game is actively promoting the awfully silly animation. Venom is known as a darker and bloodthirsty character in the larger Marvel canon, and we certainly wouldn't expect someone like Captain America or Wolverine to be pulling the same dance moves.

At the same time, modern interpretations like Tom Hardy's version of Venom in Sony's film trilogy has taken itself less seriously, with a dancing sequence in Venom: The Last Dance and a memorable scene in Let There Be Carnage where Venom crashes a party at a club. Ultimately, the developers of Marvel Rivals are simply having some April Fool's fun, and it looks like most of the community is down for it too.