Chance: 5%. Okay, discussing this character's chances is going to be a bit of a walk. Red vs. Blue is an IP directly based on and animated using assets from the Halo franchise. So, while RoosterTeeth is owned by Warner Bros and therefore Red vs Blue is a Warner Bros IP, I'm unsure if you could add Caboose into Multiversus without Microsoft being involved. The webshow Red vs Blue is clearly fair use as a parody, but would Red vs Blue content in Multiversus have the same distinction? My impulse is no, but I'm also not an IP lawyer... but, either way, I don't know if it'd be worth the risk to Warner Bros to find out!
So, yeah, I think Red vs Blue isn't going to happen... at least not on its own.
Let's go back to the central question that has prevailed over most of my write-ups: What is this game trying to do?
The game is clearly designed to show off Warner Bros IPs fighting each other, but the developers seem keen to clarify that they aren't feeling beholden to stick with that branding. It could expand to other IPs... and therefore... I think there is a possibility that this game is going to turn into a Platform Fighter Fortnite. I don't know if I want Platform Fighter Fortnite, but it doesn't seem impossible to be that Multiversus will use Warner Bros IPs as a jumping off point to show off every crossover they can get... And Halo is a giant IP with a big fanbase...
That said, this conversation is still silly. It's not like Halo does fighting game crossovers!
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Well... It's not like there's known demand for Halo content in a platform fighter!
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But still... It's not like Red vs Blue would be used to market any other high-profile Halo crossover!
Oh. Right.
And so, here's my hot take: Red vs Blue would probably get content in Multiversus if Halo gets any content. If they call up the big M and get some stuff in the game, then I think they'd use their powers of brand synergy to work together and put in some RvB stuff. It allows Warner to be hip and with the times with some web show content as well...
Plus, Shaggy's Uncle Shagworthy alternate costume shows that characters can get alts that turns one character into a completely different character.
Now, obviously this is speculation on top of speculation on top of speculation - I am giving a low rating for a reason. The Halo TV show being a Paramount+ Series is also not a great sign, but... I think there's a scenario where the stars align for this to happen. It's not probable, but it does strike me as technically possible.
Want: Abstain. I am not deeply attached to either of the IPs involved personally. Still, it makes for an interesting thought experiment...
Willy WonkaChance: 70%. Well, the Dahl Estate doesn't seem super into putting their IPs into video games in general. I guess it makes some sense - after all, the (god-awful) Warner Bros remake made Mike Teavee into a character suffering from video game addiction. That said, we do know that they're willing to work with shows every once in a while when it is a good collaboration for them...
So... I do think it is plausible! Wonka is coming out soon-ish and that's sure to be a big movie for Warner Bros. Wonka's constant stream of remakes makes him fit into the "multi-generational nostalgia" vibe that a lot of the known cast already fits into. He's iconic and he's a bit of a meme. His factory is objectively dangerous and therefore certain would provide enough sugar-coated goodness to make a moveset out of. He has dozens of adaptations for various costumes options. If all the rights holders sign off on it, then this feels like a pretty safe bet!
Want: Abstain. Willy Wonka is another character who has had so many adaptations that I do not have a particular opinion on him. The Gene Wilder movie is a classic. The book is an interesting story. Then you get the Depp movie which is both tonally and graphically a little bit of a mess... And, of course, there's the 2013 musical adaptation which reads like a Facebook post about how "Back in my day, kids didn't have mental health struggles; we walked to school uphill both ways, barefoot in the show" - like, seriously, they explicitly say Mike Teavee has a disability and then treat his struggles as a personal moral failing, which is just... super gross.
Noms: Rebecca Bunch x... 20, I guess?
