How FromSoftware Used MCU Strategies With Elden Ring's Toughest Boss Malenia

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Nobody likes spoilers, but unfortunately with the internet, they tend to be everywhere. Movie or video game trailers too can sometimes be spoiler-filled, but there’s been a recent trend with some Marvel movie trailers that help mitigate some of these early discussions. Interestingly enough, there is a similar strategy seen with some ofElden Ring’s early trailers—if almost inverted.

Indeed, trailers forElden Ring were far and few between, with the marketing driving hordes of fans “hollow” while waiting. What was shown was precious, though, especially as more and more came to light. Yet, there is one element of early trailers that was as misleading as any MCU trailer.

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MCU trailers are misleading so as to keep the integrity of certain plot elements intact.Infinity War is a good example as, while the trailer showed Bruce Banner as the Hulk, he’s actually incapable of turning into the green guy in the film. He’s running around in the Hulk Buster suit instead. Had it been done any other way, the impact of Hulk’s storyline could have been undercut. Another good example is how Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men were edited out of the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer.

What the MCU does show can be equally misleading—needless to say, the plot goes in a different direction in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness than one would presume. Although it’s a slightly different tactic, early Elden Ring trailers were misleading fans on one element: Malenia.

When Malenia was first shown, some believed she was a class of the main playable character or an important woman in the early game—similar to the Doll in Bloodborne and the Maiden in Black in Demon’s Souls. Players even,