Marvel's Spider-Man 2 developers discuss what's next for Peter Parker and Miles Morales
Two members of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 narrative team have shed more light on the game's ending, and what it means for Peter Parker and Miles Morales.
Narrative director Ben Arfmann and advanced writer Brittney Morris discussed how the ending of Spider-Man 2 will impact the likes of Peter, Miles and MJ, and spoke about a change of focus for Insomniac's series.
Please note, there will be spoilers for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in the article below. If you are yet to finish the game, and wish to keep it as much a surprise as possible, this is your cue to head elsewhere now.
Speaking with Gizmodo, Arfmann and Morris both said Miles will become the «main» Spider-Man in any future games. This is something that was heavily implied at the game's conclusion, when Miles, along with Peter and MJ, spend some time together in Aunt May's garage.
When Peter shows MJ his plans to continue the work of the Emily-May foundation, he gets a Spider-Man alert on his phone. However, rather than immediately suiting up and getting ready to save New York from whatever the latest incident to befall the Big Apple is, he instead takes MJ's hand. Miles then shows up, ready to swing his webbed-way to stop the crime that the two Spider-Men have been alerted to.
Pete fumbles over his words a bit, clearly wanting to find a way to tell Miles that for now his priorities are going to lie elsewhere, away from his role as Spider-Man. However, Miles cuts his friend off and simply says «Pete, I got this… All of it. Go be Peter Parker for a while». In this moment, the baton gets passed on, and Miles is now set to become the main Spider-Man going forward. This is something, Morris explained, that always felt like the «natural» course of action for the game, and
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