Overwatch Fan Brings Wrecking Ball to Life Using Their Pet Hamster

2022-07-22 22:48:02 By : Mr. Victor Fu

An Overwatch player uploads photos of their pet hamster cosplaying as Wrecking Ball, one of the tank heroes in the video game.

Many of Overwatch's playable heroes are adored by fans to the point of dressing up as them. One fan uploaded photos of their pet hamster dressing up as Wrecking Ball, a Tank hero in the game who happens to be a hamster.

Overwatch is one of the most popular first-person shooters in the world. While there haven't been many updates in a long time as Blizzard Entertainment has been developing Overwatch 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the game, there used to be many additions to Overwatch since it released in 2016. Fans especially looked forward to new maps and heroes, such as Wrecking Ball, also known as Hammond.

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Wrecking Ball is a Tank hero who happens to be a hamster in a giant, robotic suit and was added into Overwatch on July 24, 2018. He is able to grapple onto objects in order to swing around the map, making him one of the fastest heroes in the game. He can also knock into enemies to deal damage, and attack them with Quad Cannons and Minefields.

A Reddit user, atsuamy, uploaded two photos of their pet hamster on top of Wrecking Ball's suit. The only differences between the two photos are the directions that the hamster faces and the captions at the bottom, with the first reading "Be the Ball" and the second reading "She's called Toilet Roll." Both photos can be viewed in the full Reddit thread.

A lot of other Overwatch fans liked this cute costume that atsuamy made for Toilet Roll. When asked, atsuamy revealed that it took two minutes to get Toilet Roll to stay on the Wrecking Ball suit, which they obtained from a Funko and removed Hammond from so Toilet Roll could stand in his place. Many other Reddit users told atsuamy that this was the best recreation of Wrecking Ball they had ever seen.

Many Overwatch fans are looking forward to playing as Wrecking Ball in Overwatch 2, which is releasing on October 4 on the Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. A lot of the heroes that were already playable in the original game have gone through some changes, including Wrecking Ball, who will have a lot more health in the sequel. Overwatch 2 will be free when it comes out, containing three heroes, six maps, dozens of skins, and more in the game's first season. More will be added in each season, including a PvE campaign coming in 2023.

Overwatch is available on PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.

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Kit Morris has been playing video games and writing since he was a child. He decided to combine the two passions when he began freelancing and has been writing for Game Rant since August 2020. He has written news articles and lists on some of his favorite video games, including The Last of Us, Super Mario, Kingdom Hearts, Elden Ring, Overwatch, Pokemon. In his spare time, he also streams on Twitch and uploads YouTube videos as BadGamerKit.