Marvel Rivals players thirst over new Squirrel Girl Summer skin: “This is an actual life or death situation. I need this skin.”

Amy Chen

Amy Chen

Here’s what players are saying about the new Marvel Rivals Summer Squirrel Girl costume. We also go over how much it costs to unlock it.

The new Squirrel Girl Summer skin arrives in Marvel Rivals soon, and some players are ready to spend all of their Units on her. Here's a closer look at the Squirrel Girl Summer skin, how to unlock it, and what folks in the Marvel Rivals community have been saying about it.

Marvel Rivals Squirrel Girl Summer skin screenshot (Image via NetEase Games)
Marvel Rivals Squirrel Girl Summer skin screenshot (Image via NetEase Games)

How to unlock the Marvel Rivals Squirrel Girl Summer skin

To add this new Squirrel Girl costume to your collection, you must wait until it becomes available on May 8 at 7 p.m. PDT. Then, just head to the Marvel Rivals shop and get Squirrel Girl's swimsuit skin individually for 1,400 Units. You can also get the Sunshine Squirrel Bundle for 200 Units more.

Alternatively, if you fancy costumes and items for both Squirrel Girl and Rocket Raccoon, then you can get the combined bundle for 3,000 Units. You can get Units by completing missions, reaching certain milestones, doing event challenges, and by progressing through the Marvel Rivals Battle Pass. If you have Lattice, then you can exchange that currency for Units as well.

The Rocket Raccoon and Squirrel Girl Sunshine skins (Image via NetEase Games)
The Rocket Raccoon and Squirrel Girl Sunshine skins (Image via NetEase Games)

Marvel Rivals Summer Squirrel Girl skin fires up community

NetEast Games released a trailer for the new Summer Squirrel Girl skin ahead of its launch, and the community was quick to react to it. For example, one X user made an edit featuring Squirrel Girl's assets and Lois Griffin from Family Guy. Meanwhile, a cosplayer dressed up as the character. Many posts were reaction memes as well, with some of them asking the hero for mercy.

"This is an actual life or death situation. I need this skin," user Miinty__ added. "I have 77 friends on Rivals so if this isn’t gifted to me when I get home imma just assume you hate me and don’t support small streamers."

Other community reactions, however, were less on the thirsty side. For example, one user stated that there's a recurring trend of overly sexualized marketing of women characters in Marvel Rivals. This post received over 1,600 likes at the time of publishing this article.

Another post, meanwhile, pointed out the duality of Marvel Rivals players.

While the community continued to react and talk about the new Summer Squirrel Girl skin, NetEase Games dropped the trailer for the Summer Rocket Raccoon costume. It can be watched below.

That's all for now. Will you be getting these new Marvel Rivals beach skins? Stick around on esports.gg for more news and updates.