{"id":46603,"date":"2025-04-02T16:22:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46603"},"modified":"2025-04-02T16:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:22:39","slug":"marvel-rivals-why-the-venom-twerk-emote-is-a-bigger-deal-than-people-realize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/marvel-rivals-why-the-venom-twerk-emote-is-a-bigger-deal-than-people-realize\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals: Why the Venom twerk emote is a bigger deal than people realize\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Released as the final surprise reward of the Galacta\u2019s Cosmic Adventure limited-time event in <strong>Marvel Rivals<\/strong>, Venom\u2019s Symbiote Boogie emote has Eddie Brock twerking to one of <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/marvel-rivals-how-to-deal-with-iron-fist-and-other-dive-heroes-as-every-strategist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Luna Snow\u2019s signature tracks<\/a>. The emote is taking the game by storm, but this funky dance emote does more for Marvel Rivals than players realize.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1349\" height=\"760\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1349px) 100vw, 1349px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-002.jpg\" alt=\"Marvel Rivals Groot Dance emote\" class=\"wp-image-46606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-002.jpg 1349w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-002-768x433.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"marvel-rivals-doesn-t-have-teabagging-or-offensive-taunt-emotes\">Marvel Rivals doesn\u2019t have teabagging or offensive taunt emotes&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being a third-person hero shooter, Marvel Rivals does not allow players to crouch. In addition to preventing players from adjusting their characters\u2019 heights to avoid damage, the lack of a crouch input means there is no way to teabag eliminated foes. Whether or not the lack of teabagging was an intentional design choice is something only NetEase Games knows for now, but the decision fits with the developers\u2019 goals of fostering a wholesome community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1350\" height=\"761\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-003.jpg\" alt=\"Marvel Rivals Spiderman default emote\" class=\"wp-image-46607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-003.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-003-768x433.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The same can be said for the game\u2019s emotes, all of which are wholesome from the get-go. While some will find situations to use emotes in unintended and naughty ways (such as using Spider-Man\u2019s default crouching emote to sniff Venom\u2019s butt), the amount of time needed to execute an emote coupled with the action\u2019s relative tameness doesn\u2019t have the same impact as teabagging.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1351\" height=\"764\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1351px) 100vw, 1351px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-004.jpg\" alt=\"Marvel Rival's Venom Symbiote Boogie emote\" class=\"wp-image-46608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-004.jpg 1351w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-004-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250402-46603-004-768x434.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-venom-twerk-emote-is-fun-for-all\">The Venom twerk emote is fun for all&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Symbiote Boogie is unique in that it makes fun of the eliminated players as well as the one performing it. Venom\u2019s large behind has been a topic of discussion in the Marvel Rivals community for so long that it was a surprise when the developers released an emote that lets Eddie Brock shake what his mama gave him. Combine this long-running gag with <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/marvel-rivals-to-add-new-venom-cloak-and-dagger-skins-to-in-game-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the character\u2019s typically menacing aura<\/a> and players can\u2019t help but laugh whenever an enemy or ally busts out the Symbiote Boogie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udccf April Fools is just around the corner, Rivals &#8211; and the smoothest symbiote in the Multiverse is ready to celebrate!<br> <br>That&#39;s right, it&#39;s not a joke &#8211; finish Galacta&#39;s Cosmic Adventure and collect all 24 rewards on the path to unlock the Symbiote Boogie emote! \ud83d\udc83\ud83d\udd7a Because\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ihAj1AKQtd\">pic.twitter.com\/ihAj1AKQtd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Marvel Rivals (@MarvelRivals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarvelRivals\/status\/1905635996643041502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-timing-of-symbiote-boogie-s-release-was-perfect\">The timing of Symbiote Boogie\u2019s release was perfect&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering the nature of April Fool\u2019s Day, NetEase Games couldn\u2019t have found a better time to release the Symbiote Boogie emote. It falls in line with the date\u2019s custom of making jokes and gives players something to enjoy while they wait for <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/marvel-rivals-updates-to-happen-at-the-start-and-middle-of-each-season-along-with-emergency-patches-says-lead-combat-designer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the next big content drop<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, a lot of Symbiote Boogie\u2019s novelty comes from the fact that there is no other emote like it. Releasing similar emotes would reduce Symbiote Boogie\u2019s impact and would cause Marvel Rivals to become goofier. Not everyone wants the game to become something like Fortnite but for now, players can take solace in the fact that Venom is the only superhero who can twerk out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marvel Rivals is available for PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X|S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venom\u2019s new Symbiote Boogie emote in Marvel Rivals has Eddie Brock twerking his dumptruck &#8211; which is actually an important addition to the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":46605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-46603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marvel Rivals: Why the Venom twerk emote is a bigger deal than people realize\u00a0 - 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