Looks like we’re going to be seeing a few different neighborhood Spider-Men — and not all of them are as friendly as our red-and-blue-costumed hero — in “Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions,” seen here in this trailer on our homepage.
The game, written by Amazing Spider-Man Webhead Dan Slott, will feature four different universes, each with their own style of gameplay. I don’t know about you guys, but seeing Spider-Man AND Spider-Man Noir has gotten my brain a-turning. Which other universes could possibly be in store? Let’s speculate on any of the many, many alternate Spideys we might see:
Spider-Man 2099: Talk about a blast from the past — or the future! Miguel O’Hara has gotten a lot of video game action in recent years, serving as an unlockable character in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and Super Hero Squad. An arrogant geneticist forced to tweak with his own cellular structure by the megacorporation Alchemax, Spider-Man 2099 was a darker version of the mythos with the powers of gliding and organic webbing.
Marvel 1602: Could we be returning to England? With great power comes great kidney pie, as Peter Parquagh was originally Sir Nicholas Fury’s assistant in the original Neil Gaiman 1602. Originally a bit of a running joke — he kept coming tantalizingly close to being bitten by weird spiders throughout the series — he eventually became a hero in his own right by the end of the book, showcasing as “The Spider” in a recent Jeff Parker spin-off series. If Noir has a shot at this, I would wager that 1602 is next in line.
MC2: If Spider-Girl somehow made it into a Marvel video game, I’m pretty sure more than a few fans would go into shock. In this universe, May Parker — daughter of a retired Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson — is a typical high school student who moonlights as Spider-Girl! Seeing the expanded Marvel “legacy” world would certainly be a draw for this character, and getting a female character in the game would certainly help draw in players!
Marvel Zombies Spider-Man: They couldn’t… could they? In this universe, a plague-infected Sentry zombified most of the heroes of the Marvel Universe, Spider-Man included. Let’s just say that Aunt May and Mary Jane did not fare too well. By the end of the original series, he and “heroes” such as Iron Man, Wolverine, Luke Cage and the Hulk succeeded in eating Galactus and the Silver Surfer, causing their virulence to travel the galaxy. But seriously, how weird would it be to stick a zombie game in the middle of a Spidey adventure? Weird… and awesome.
What say you, Rama readers? Any universes we might have missed? Who’d you like to see team up with our friendly neighborhood webslinger?
March 31st, 2010 at 9:23 am
Spider-Man Reign. Old-man Spidey dotters around shouting at kids and killing people with his radioactive spider-semen.
Ultimate Spider-Man. Slightly younger-than-Amazing Spider-Man swings round doing exactly the same as the regular Amazing Spider-Man.
Seriously, I’d think that 1602 and 2099 were the most likely suspects. Enjoyed Web of Shadows so I’m looking forward to this.
March 31st, 2010 at 9:33 am
I feel like Spider-man 2099 seems like a given, and that’s a good thing. I think Ultimate Spidey is redundant in look and feel as is Movie Spider-man.
If I had my druthers I would like 2099 and Spider-Girl.
March 31st, 2010 at 9:43 am
i think Crowley’s got it, 2099s gotta almost be a shoe-in (unless they stick to Alternate Peter Parker’s) and Spider Girl makes the most sense to me.
like ya’ll said, Ultimate would just be too redundant ~ House of M might be another possibility, but i don’t think he really had any characteristic differences.
Unfortunately, while the story should be solid with Slott involved, it’s being made by a super-****ty developer, so my expectations are EXTREMELY low.
March 31st, 2010 at 10:33 am
I don’t see how they could make a game like this without using Spider-Man 2099!!! That whole world would be awesome for a game.
While I love Spidey I did not read the 1602 Spidey spin-off stuff so I have no opinion on the actual story but I don’t know how that would work/look for a game.
Ultimate Spidey would be too repetitive of Amazing. House of M…I can’t see too much difference there either…It would be interesting to see if they could work out a Zombie Spider-Man, but seriously, what would the goal be?
Truth be told, I am more worried about the developer as Activision has done #$%^ for Spider-Man’s rep in video games. Spider-Man should have had a smash game waaaay before Batman had Arkham Asylum. Because of this, I will rent before buying.
March 31st, 2010 at 10:34 am
Oh, David – Spider-Girl did make it into a Marvel game in a way.
She was an unlockable alternate costume for Spider-Woman in Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
March 31st, 2010 at 11:49 am
This looks awesome. I’d have to go with 2099 for the future element (Present is current Spidey, past is Noir) and Zombie for horror. All together would be a nice variation to game play.
Was the 2099 costume really unlockable in Web of Shadows? I played that twice and never saw it…
March 31st, 2010 at 1:18 pm
@GT29 – I think that was just in the Wii version of Web of Shadows.