Netease Games’ Marvel Rivals borrows characters from the Marvel Universe – ranging from its comics to its movies. As such, the game features a vast and often diverse cast of characters – each with different abilities and niches of their own.

This often results in surprising discoveries, such as the fact that Iron Man is unable to walk across the map like most characters – only flying from one spot to the other. This curious observation may seem like a glaring omission at first, but in truth is just clever resource management and game design.

The mystery of Iron Man not being able to walk in Marvel Rivals Marvel Rivals lacks a walking animation for Iron Man | Image Credit: Netease Games

Players logging into Marvel Rivals might want to play as one of its most popular heroes – Tony Stark aka Iron Man, popularized into the mainstream thanks to an excellent portrayal by Robert Downey Jr....