Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is set to launch later this week, and it will be taking the franchise in some bold new directions. Thanks to some dimension-hopping shenanigans, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will be introducing a slew of new characters to the game, with the most notable being new playable hero Rivet. But while there will be many fresh faces for fans to look forward to in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the game will also have some familiar faces as well.
Previously, it was teased that the new Phantom character in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is actually Skidd McMarx, and now it seems as though that speculation has been proven correct. Insomniac Games released three new character portraits for some of Ratchet and Clank’s allies in the new Rift Apart game, all of whom are members of the Resistance against Dr. Nefarious. And this includes the “Phantom” character, who is almost certainly an alternate-dimension version of Skidd McMarx.
Diehard Ratchet & Clank fans will recognize Skidd McMarx as the famous professional hoverboard racer from the original Ratchet & Clank game. McMarx would go on to have a more prominent role in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, where he would join the Captain Qwark-led Q-Force in their fight against Dr. Nefarious. The Rebellion may be analogous to the Q-Force, so it makes sense that the alternate version of McMarx has found himself in a similar situation.
The last time that Ratchet & Clank players see McMarx is at the premiere of the Secret Agent Clank movie at the end of Up Your Arsenal. There were some scant references to McMarx made in future installments of the series, but he wouldn’t appear again until the 2016 Ratchet & Clank re-imagining on PS4. McMarx’s story was a little different in that game, though it must be stressed that the events are not technically canon since the whole game is a retelling from the perspective of Captain Qwark.
Besides McMarx, the new Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart character portraits released by Insomniac Games also include a couple of other characters. Ratchet & Clank fans can get a good look at new playable hero Rivet, as well as an unknown, bulky pink alien creature of some kind that is apparently a part of the Resistance. With Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart’s release date merely days away, more information on this character will come to light soon.
In the meantime, it will be interesting to see what other older Ratchet & Clank characters make it into Rift Apart. Longtime recurring character Captain Qwark hasn’t even been confirmed at this point, so fans may have to wait until they get their hands on the game to find out more.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart launches June 11, exclusively for the PlayStation 5.
