This Game Is HILARIOUS! Multiversus Tutorial & Character Dive 

So if Tom and Jerry win… that just means everyone else was collateral damage in Tom chasing the heck out Jerry? That’s amazing

For those who don't know: Tom screams are the same classic screams from the original Tom & Jerry shorts dating back to the 40s. The screams are performed by William Hannah, who you might know as one half of Hannah-Barbera. Hannah died in 2001, so it's wild he's gonna have a posthumous credit in a fighting game 21 years after.

The fact that Tom is still chasing Jerry in 2022 really feels clasically nostalgic.

Tom & Jerry's movements are just them fighting each other, and the every other characters are victims to their fight. Very lore accurate.

All the callbacks to character history in just the way they stand, and then they move exactly like in animation. Even Velma's crawling references the times she loses her glasses, so when she crouches she drops them, when she stands she puts them back on. If every character is like this, then watching the game is gonna be like watching an episode of a crossover cartoon, instead of a game.

Tom's death scream just sold it for me, AND THEY ARE VARIED! I'm done LOL.

I absolutely love how Velma is pushing her glasses away every time she's trying to find them while crawling. That's amazing attention to detail.

Batman's idle animation is him blending with the shadows, the same way he does in any of his iterations (animation, live action)...I love it!

Tom and Jerry take the Ice Climbers dynamic to a whole new level, goddamn.

I love Tom and Jerry to death. Glad to see the devs share that same love for the characters in how thoughtfully they designed their animations.

I love that all of Tom's attacks are basically him trying to attack Jerry but missing and hitting the opponent LOL. Very well done

Tom’s death screams are the most precious pieces of recorded voice lines in history

Dev leader: So how do we make Tom and Jerry work in this game? Random Dev.: Like Ice Climbers but they try to kill each other Leader: BRILLIANT!!!

"Shaggy is indeed, today, confirmed... a shoto" What a wild sentence I would've not considered to be true years ago.

Harley and Taz: the team you didn't know you wanted until it was given to you. 😆

Seeing what they did with Tom & Jerry has me excited for the possibilities of them eventually adding Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote.

Bro, the best part about this game is the depth they were willing to put Into the characters me. Plus they went with the memes, THE MEMEEEEES!!!!

"I have to check out Velma." You and the rest of the internet, Max

Just the fact that a lot of their idle animations have so much personality to them AND references their character histories is just amazing. Gonna have to give this game a try when it comes out.

The devs must’ve had the time of their lives making this game

I'm already loving how this game is looking. Can't wait for the open beta... and for the full roster to be available, bro imagine how Scorpion and Sub-Zero would look in this

Seeing the giant himself get to team up with Supes warmed my heart in a way I wasnt prepared for. 😭

I loved how they implemented Velma’s move set with all of the clues and detective pieces. It makes me excited for other characters they implement in this game. The characters don’t even need to know how to fight but they can have the coolest move sets

They really did justice to the characters here. Gonna go with the SU reps.

That IS a good trailer (and I don't even play rumble games like this)! The only thing that kept it back from TRUE GREATNESS tm is that when Bugs got punched he didn't say "Of course you realize this means war!"

I didn't have any big thoughts about this game initially other than it seemed kinda quirky and cool, but I am _blown away_ by the animation quality and how much attention to detail is put into every little bit of the designs.

I genuinely laughed out loud, at Tom's yell. Incredibly funny, it brought me back to childhood

I think this game does what Nickelodeon All Star Brawl was missing, which was presentation. As much as people like to go all into "who cares about presentation, it's all about the core gameplay mechanics", games like this and Dragonball Fighterz goes to show how far presentation takes things to get people interested. Sure it's not the most perfect thing, but just simply having voices and a lot of these interactions, as well as having such personality with the trailers, gameplay, and UI makes it feel like a lot of effort was put into it. It's what got people like myself to try and buy games like DBFZ and KOF XV, which many people passed on games like MVCI and KOF XIV because the presentation doesn't stick with us, despite still being good games. Hell, I even bought KOF XV because the visuals are A LOT better that XIV, and I think fit their games perfectly. Just by that trailer in the beginning alone makes me wanna try this game out. It's OOZING with personality and it makes me feel more attached to the characters that I wanna try out. Hell, even seeing gameplay I never thought I'd be interested in VELMA of all people. I think they did the characters justice here, and it's what the Nickelodeon Smash game was missing to really catch people's attention.

OMG they kept Tom scream. That’s wonderful

I think my favorite moment in this whole video is how Max is in the middle of saying something, and Batman's idle animation just completely stuns him silent.

Dude Tom n Jerry are so fantastic in this game. I love that theyre essentially fighting eachother the entire time and everyone else is just collateral LOL

Please more of this. Do a full breakdown. Also go over the character ability customization

Wow that Batman idle animation is fucking fantastic holy shit. I got chills of hype and nostalgia! 😎

So far, Velma has been a lot of fun for me.

I love with what they did with Tom and Jerry, they put so much love and effort on those two and adding Tom's classic screams from the show, makes me laugh. 🤣

This looks like just a bunch of silly fun.

Not even a minute into this video and I already love it The intro was straight up hilarious

3:15 Agreed! Honestly I'd love a little quest mode when you can see the different interactions, more cutscenes, and see what happening why everyone is here.

im surprised Fred Flintstone is not in this game, he would fit so well

Oh man, I actually teared up when I saw Iron Giant come down and say "Superman". That was my childhood man, I definitely have to get this game XD.

Regardless of how this game does, i have one thing to praise: Whoever is in charge of character design knows how a *proper* Superman should look like because THE RED TRUNKS are present. Reminds me of how Ed McGuinness used to draw him (except the face).

It's surprising how cool this game looks. I lost it when Batman's idle animation came up.

Props to every team for making this game. Even the famous Tom scream. Classic.

I think one of the cool aspects I saw was that in the training area u can use all the characters whether u unlocked them or not, so u can choose to save the coins for unlocking if u don’t necessarily like the playstyle of a locked character. Don’t know if it’ll go to the full game but it’d be nice to try a character before u completely unlock them

This game being completely free still amazes me

The way batman went into dark mode really brought a smile to my face xD. And those Tom death screams xD.

This makes me excited for future roster additions - Animaniacs, TAS Joker, Rick and Morty, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab

I can't believe it but... they did it, this game looks amazing, freaking tom n jerry might be the most unique idea in a fighting game I've seen in a while

The screen actually blurs a little bit when Velma starts crawling while her glasses are off.

This game has some insane potential!!!! Tom and jerry as you said are soooo well done it’s amazing

Also, there are a lot of ring-out effects and cameos. Spike the Bulldog, the big blue woman from Steven Universe, Darkseid's Omega Beams, and a bull who runs and disappears through a flaming hoop are just some of them along with Porky's "That's All, Folks!".

This game is straight up a masterclass of all the principles of animation and then these animation principles are all used as mechanics in the combat itself. Just look at the staging used in Tom and Jerry's animations, the anticipation, everything, the idea of them fighting among themselves as usual and other fighters are just getting caught in their fight is genius, probably the most well animated and unique concept in all of fighting games.

One thing I was curious about was the music, and it sounds like the delivered. love the batman stage music and the adventure time theme getting a cool version is so nice to see

I can already imagine the Nickelodeon executives breathing down the All Star Brawl's Devs necks "Why does our product we hired you for not share the same high quality and excellent reception as WB's product??", ignoring the fact Nickelodeon gave the Devs breadcrumbs as budget that wasn't even enough to hire voice actors to properly give life to characters.

Man that batman idle animation is amazing.

Shaggy: I'm like a God. Velma:I'm calling the police.

i didn't know max was into animation, so seeing him praise the clean and yet quirky animation style in this game brought the grinch smile to my face

12:14 I was laughing hard as hell here when I realized they added in the classic not 1 but more than one classic Tom screams lol 🤣 as a huge Tom and Jerry fan this is just amazing on their play style calls back to numerous episodes ( I can only imagine how many skins they got planned lol there's so many of them they can make ) as a game itself this looks freaking amazing. Tons of charm from huge fans of the shows , they got basically all the actors that are portraying them in the game and the animations look amazing, it's so well done. Can't wait to play this. The fact it's free is even more insane. Some free games do do this sometimes but I hope they make a physical copy that comes with charecters or charecter skins , cause I want a physical copy too man. Want to support it that way too. This looks amazing. The Taz and Tom and Jerry ones are my favorites so far

The first thing I thought to ask when he pulled out Tom and Jerry was "Okay, does Tom do the scream." Yes. Yes he absolutely does.

Yeah, I’ve seen some videos about the game. The attention to detail RIVALS SMASH BROS!! And the devs embraced so many MEMES!! I have to give them so many respect!

Max talking like Ripley's sleeping in the next room. Very soothing.

If you think about it you’re actually chasing Jerry around because you need Jerry to create tricky combos. Without Jerry, your attacks are not as strong.

Harley treating Taz like a pet is the most wholesome thing I have seen in a long time and I never knew I needed it till now.

Looks way better than the Nickelodeon one. Unclear on whether Nick just doesn't have the financial prowess to properly fund a quality game or because of their lack of experience in the gaming space.

That "welcome back to the stage of history" at 0:42 coupled with the statue made me have a double take; I thought for a moment Batman had warped into Soul Calibur!

i love the detail at the end of trailer in the background, you can see yellow orbs in mountains represent other characters that will be added in the game!

I watched a friend play this for a bit, but I didn't get to see it slowed down to admire the animations and now I've picked up some interest in the game. Good stuff!

This game doesn't just have heart. It has soul!

Dark Knight Returns reference mid combo is crazy 15:20

Cool video, thanks for demoing this. It's really nice to see these characters back, and so lovingly rendered. Daffy, Elmer, Joker...I bet there'll be a lot more to dl. I hope it succeeds.

Man you can really see that love was put into this game, it's so cool.

Crazy how great Tom & Jerry look. Thanks for the showcase Max.

It truly looks amazing. All the characters are so well done but I must say the Tom & Jerry had me crying :D The death screams, the 'accidental' teamwork and just the overall feel that you don't rly fight against other players, you just go after Jerry and others just happen to get in the way of your attacks xD So good.

You can tell a lot of genuine heart and soul went into this game and I love it.

This game has so much spice and love put into it, the way the characters talk to eachother and are animated is amazing

what would be funny is if shaggy and batman knew each other from the crossover episodes.

I’m actually amazed by how good and how much love is being put into this game, the characters animations and gameplay as well as the stages and music, I can’t wait to play this game. ❤️

The iron giant and superman. That was wholesome as fuck ! xD

I love the insults and other interactions between characters when you knock them out the map

As long as they add the Items from the series it will be crazy quality

Hearing the brass ‘Come along with Me’ in the background of the Adventure Time Tree House stage made me feel something

Tom and Jerry are probably the most well designed and and animated characters in this game, the amount of love and care that clearly went into that character is amazing. And the fact that everyone else is just collateral in their fight I love it so much.

This is my first time seeing one of your videos and I just wanted to say your intro is by far the coolest thing ive ever seen

the team went above and beyond for the character interactions in this game, even more than smash which is impressive for a free to play game. Also hoping for either Samurai Jack, Ben 10, Mortal Kombat or even Jojo (Warner Japan handles the anime series like Warner handles Game Of Thrones) to make an appearance.

All I want, is for Freakazoid to be in this game. P L E A S E!

The love they put in for each of the characters is crazy.

The animations in this game are just so amazing, Batman's glide, Tom and Jerry's....everything! i love it

I LOVE the ring out animations. They really add to the game. My favorites are Space Kook (my favorite Scooby Villain) and Shazam

That intro was so hilarious! Gotta say, it's so fun and Great! I love that they added Tom's classic screams, makes me so happy to hear! Can't wait to see who next to join, I wanna see Mordecai, Rigby and Ed, Edd n Eddy.

Not just the character animations, but also the game design ideas that went into each character is really stunning. I’m really excited to try it when it comes out.

Wow, im seriously grinning like a madman here!! Tbh, i was/am playing some old skool "Xcom Enemy Within" atm on my series X...& had a laptop running some YT vids on the side. I found myself playing the game less & less until i finnally came to a complete stop wiv a bg goofy grin on my face!!! Max, dood, this is 1 FINE vid bruvva!!! Im totally sold ( i think) on this concept & style . im the wrong side of 50, so i REALLY appreciate anything that makes me smile like this!! Good job sir!!

I really would love a video of him just going through each and every character and looking at all the things they do

I’m not into the game itself, but god they poured so much personality into the characters. Tom and Jerry are the highlight for sure!

Watching this tutorial, this has put this game on my radar. It looks amazing and the uniqueness and personality of each character blows me away! I’m interested in seeing who else makes it into the game.

The level of polish in these characters is *_INSANE!_*

Finally Max uploading and started watching the trailer and playing the Closed Beta

dang this game looks hella fun

I like how one of Batman’s dialogues against shaggy he says “Eat this Hippie”

The actual music from the shows/movies being used is a nice surprise too.

I know alot of people love to say how "Nicktoons isn't as good because there are no voices!" but I find myself looking at both games and feel like the Nicktoon games also lacks... Spirit. When you play Smash, you feel like you are in control of those characters. When you play Multiversus, you see how much personality all the characters have. But for the Nicktoons... Yeah, you are playing as them, but it is almost like going to Disneyworld and interacting with someone wearing a mascot outfit rather than feeling like you are playing as the character. It isn't to say the game is bad in comparison to Multiversus (and who knows if Hugh Neutron will change that tune), but overall, I feel like I would be more than happy to invest some time into Multiversus and might play two or three matches in Nicktoons before moving on to something else. Overall, we know exactly who to blame for this... Viacom...