Blizzard lately launched its thirty ninth Hero to its multiplayer shooter Overwatch 2, within the type of Mauga, a tall, thick-set Samoan tank who, gamers have famous, appears relatively like Pixar’s portrayal of the Polynesian demigod Maui in its animated movie Moana. Properly, it seems there’s extra of a hyperlink between the 2 than only a passing resemblance, as Mauga instantly references Maui in his voice strains.
This was noticed by gaming YouTuber Dan Bumbler, who posted a short video clip of Mauga on the web site previously referred to as Twitter. Within the clip, Mauga utters two voice strains. The primary is just “pleasure’s all mine”, whereas the second is the phrase “You’re welcome”. Crucially, Mauga doesn’t simply say the second line, he sings it. “Y’know, I had a suspicion, and OF COURSE MAUGA SINGS HIS “You are welcome” VOICE LINE. Blizz, u cheeky bastards,” Bumbler says.
If you happen to’ve seen Moana, then you definately’ll know precisely what this refers to. If you happen to haven’t, nicely, when Maui first meets Moana within the movie, he sings a full musical quantity titled “You’re welcome” throughout which he repeatedly utters the phrase “You’re welcome”. You’ll be able to watch the total quantity under. It is good!
In brief, the possibilities of this being a coincidence are as small as Mauga and Maui are massive. That is fascinating as a result of Mauga’s obvious similarities to Maui have proved considerably contentious, with some followers displeased by what would possibly look like a fairly stereotypical portrayal of a Samoan man, whereas others reckon those that make such lazy comparisons are telling on themselves. The truth that Mauga now appears to be at the least partly impressed by Maui additional muddies the waters.
Outdoors of his similarities to Maui, it’s nonetheless too early to inform the affect Mauga is prone to have on Overwatch 2’s play, although his harm discount talents and prowess at wielding two chainguns is definitely prone to shake issues up a bit. A brand new character is unlikely to alter Overwatch 2’s ailing fortunes, nonetheless, with the sport nonetheless sitting on an “Overwhelmingly Damaging” total ranking on Steam.