Marvel Rivals Fans Think the New Captain America Skin Is a Mod, But It's Actually Just His Rod

NetEase Games is celebrating the 4th of July with a Marvel Rivals swimsuit tegument that comes bundled with Captain America's large package.

It's been hard to debar the comic publication leader shooter for the past fewer days arsenic fans flock to respond to the First Avenger's caller cosmetic. This latest successful a enactment of revealing swimsuit outfits for Marvel Rivals' ever-expanding roster of heroes and villains includes beachwear for Loki and White Fox, too, but the Captain America tegument truly lays it connected thick.

Called Seaside Sentinel, the outfit gives Captain America a USA summertime makeover conscionable successful clip for the holiday. Those who acquisition the cosmetic volition let Steve Rogers to ditch his accustomed battle-ready attire successful favour of small much than an inflatable ducky shield and, of course, a very, precise choky mankini. The jiggle physics are the icing connected the cake.

— Marvel Rivals (@MarvelRivals) July 1, 2026

"The formation unit voted Captain America should antheral the grill," an authoritative statement for the swimsuit tegument says, "just similar the red, white, and blue-blooded specimen of American masculinity radical judge helium is. Unfortunately, his skills connected the grill were not astir arsenic calculated arsenic his shield throws."

Captain America is truthful bulky present that it looks astir similar an close recreation of that infamous Rob Liefeld drawing, and it's got galore wondering if the images and videos circulating astir the net are from a fan-made mod. There's nary request to fear, though, arsenic IGN tin corroborate that the outfit and each of its contents are so precise existent and disposable to acquisition done the Marvel Rivals store.

Regardless of whether you're connected a affable oregon force team, there's a bully accidental you'll beryllium distracted if different subordinate waltzes retired successful Seaside Sentinel. As if you needed immoderate impervious of that, look nary further than societal media reactions crossed the internet.

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— HOD_ BlackPanther (@HodBlackpanther) July 3, 2026

modders realizing netease doing their jobs for them pic.twitter.com/UDpgX8r0fm

— Zolanski (@zolanskimiraj) July 2, 2026

"Bro Steve stole Thor's hammer," 1 Reddit idiosyncratic reacted.

"Literally America's ass," different said, "that's my goat."

"F**king finally," an X/Twitter idiosyncratic added.

Despite NetEase's insistence that it doesn't intentionally make "gooner content" for its heroes and villains, Marvel Rivals fans person agelong called attraction to its reliance connected revealing outfits. At slightest arsenic much swimwear joins the collection, players tin remainder casual knowing Captain America gets a portion of that cake.

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— BD (@BellowDGaming) July 3, 2026

Marvel Rivals is disposable present for PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S. Other heroes who received swimsuit skins see Daredevil and Black Widow.

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