"An interesting choice": Marvel Rivals Season 1 surprise villain leaves fans excited

The trailer for Marvel Rivals Season 1 was released on January 6, 2025. The clip, featuring the Fantastic Four and a surprising supervillain, instantly garnered thousands of impressions worldwide. The villain shown terrorizing the super-family in the Marvel Rivals Season 1 trailer was revealed to be none other than Dracula.

Reacting to the revelation, Marvel Rivals player @AdamTWrestling shared their opinion on the popular social media platform X. The user felt that Dracula was an interesting choice for a villain since the character isn't particularly mainstream among Marvel Cinematic Universe fans:

"Dracula is an interesting choice for the first proper villain of marvel rivals (I’m not counting doom he ain’t done shit yet) But I also like that they’re not letting MCU popularity dictate who gets in the game or not"

The trailer also sent shockwaves through the Marvel Rivals fandom. An impressed fan going by @mws called Rivals the best game in the market right now and also showed excitement regarding the gameplay reveals of the Fantastic Four characters:

"Rivals is really the best game out rn by FAR i can’f wait for gameplay of the fantastic four"

Marvel Rivals Season 1 certainly has the potential to go in many possible directions regarding the characters and storylines. This is pointed out by Marvel enthusiast @SteadyFang:

"IS THAT DRACULA?!?! This means we could get the goat Morbius soon, that would definitely make this game a couple Morbillion dollars. Also, we could get a MoonKnight interaction with Dracula where he tries to get his money back, the possibilities are endless"

Moon Knight and Dracula are rather popular among fans, thanks to a few trends linking the characters together. Meanwhile, Morbius is yet another popular Marvel character, much akin to a Vampire. Clearly excited about the upcoming character releases, user @Nerdy_Cap said:

"Not only do we get the Fantastic Four, but also DRACULA!! So hyped for Season 1!"

Finally, X user @CrookesalotG revealed that they started playing Marvel Rivals very recently; however, the release of the new trailer featuring the Fantastic Four has left them rather excited.

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What is the storyline of Marvel Rivals Season 1?

The story of Season 1 involves the Fantastic Four in Marvel Rivals (Image via NetEase Games)

Marvel Rivals Season 1 sees Doctor Strange getting trapped in the Entangled Astral Plane, leaving the city of New York without its protector. Taking the opportunity, Dracula seemingly teams up with Doctor Doom and disrupts the orbit of the Moon.

This causes an eternal nightfall and unleashes an army of vampiric creatures that need to be dealt with. Therefore, the Fantastic Four has to join forces with the rest of the Marvel Rivals roster to save the world.