All the villains in the Marvel's Wolverine trailer, and 3 we hope to see

Wolverine facing off against a massive Sentinel
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The first gameplay trailer for Marvel's Wolverine is here, and the absolutely brutal, bloody gameplay is punctuated by the presence of many of Wolverine's arch-enemies, including a whole host of cyborgs and mecha villains for him to tear through.

We combed over the trailer to spot all the villains present in the clip, and we've also got three top Wolverine villains who don't appear, but who we hope appear in the game.

The Reavers

Wolverine slaughtering an enemy cyborg who is likely a Reaver

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The cyborg soldiers that Wolverine tears through in the trailer seem to be Reavers, a militia of mutant-hating extremists who alter their bodies with cybernetics. Led by Donald Pierce, the Reavers are responsible for the creation of Lady Deathstrike, and were the villains of 2017's Logan.

Omega Red

Omega Red wrapping Wolverine up in his tentacles

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A classic '90s X-Men villain designed by legendary artist Jim Lee, Omega Red is a Russian mutant who is also a serial killer. Captured by the KGB, Omega Red is turned into a kind of twisted super-soldier with Adamantium tentacles that enhance his mutant ability to release deadly pheromones known as "death spores."

Prime Sentinel

A massive cyborg with Wolverine in a chokehold

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The big guy who has Wolverine in a chokehold looks a lot like a Prime Sentinel, as seen in X-Men '97. Prime Sentinels are humans who are infected by nanites that turn them into sleeper agents who can be activated to become mutant hunting cyborgs.

Mystique

Close up on Mystique's face in Marvel's Wolverine

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Mystique appears in the Wolverine trailer, shedding a disguise to take on the Reavers in what seems to be their home base. It's unclear whether Mystique will be friend or foe in the game, or a combination of both.

Bastion

A villain who looks like Bastion in Marvel's Wolverine

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It looks a lot like Mystique's initial disguise in the trailer may be another X-Men '97 character, Bastion, the cyborg creator of the Prime Sentinels who has an agenda to wipe out mutantkind through his advanced weaponry.

Sentinel

Wolverine facing off against a massive Sentinel

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There's no mistaking the massive Sentinel that caps off the trailer for Marvel's Wolverine. These are the original mutant-slaying robots, massive killing machines that are all but unbeatable. That's right in keeping with the trailer's themes of anti-mutant cyborgs and mechs.

The Wolverine villains we want to see in the game

Silver Samurai

Silver Samurai in full armor brandishing his sword

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Silver Samurai is one of Wolverine's most visually striking enemies. A mutant with the power to channel energy through his sword, Silver Samurai would be a perfect addition to a combat heavy game.

Lady Deathstrike

Lady Deathstrike ready to fight

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With the Reavers in play, the inclusion of Lady Deathstrike feels almost inevitable as an eventual boss character. An assassin with a vendetta against Wolverine, Lady Deathstrike undergoes an Adamantium bonding process that leaves her with massive, gnarly talons.

Sabretooth

Sabretooth looking menacing against a backdrop of flames

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If there's any single villain that absolutely needs to be in Marvel's Wolverine, it's Sabretooth. The bloodthirsty Sabretooth is Wolverine's biggest arch-enemy, a feral killer with a healing factor that rivals Wolverine's who has enigmatic ties to Logan's past.


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George Marston

I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert and general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site reporter at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)

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