SPIDER-MAN: Miles Morales Will Be Video Game Franchise's Lead Character Moving Forward

SPIDER-MAN: Miles Morales Will Be Video Game Franchise's Lead Character Moving Forward

The ending of Spider-Man 2 strongly hinted this would be the case, but the video game sequel's creative team has now confirmed plans to shift the focus to Miles Morales in future instalments. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Nov 06, 2023 05:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man PS4
Source: Gizmodo (via GameFragger.com)

WARNING: Spoilers for Spider-Man 2 follow!

Spider-Man 2 wraps up with Peter Parker deciding to just be Peter for a while, prompting the wall-crawler to entrust Miles Morales with protecting New York City in his absence.

Throughout both Spider-Man: Miles Morales and this sequel, it's established that Miles is a hero in his own right and by no means in need of a mentor or babysitter. With that in mind, it makes sense for the franchise to shift its focus to the younger superhero and all signs now point to him being the lead moving forward. 

Spider-Man 2's creative team recently chimed in on the ending and explained why Miles being put front and centre felt like a "natural" next step for the series.

"It always felt very natural, and I think we all collectively thought it would happen," writer Brittney Morris tells Gizmodo (via GameFragger.com). "To me, it shows a great deal of evolution from Miles; at the beginning of the game, we see him struggling to figure out what he wants to do with his life. By the end, we had Miles carrying the burden of saving the city, and also carrying Pete when Pete wasn’t strong enough to carry himself at various points."

"That’s what’s been so cool about writing a story about two Spider-Men: they’re both strong, and one of them can be strong when the other is not," she adds. "By the end, Miles is more confident and he’s like, 'Yeah, I got this. How much worse can things get after what we just went through?'"

Narrative director Ben Arfmann added to that by saying, "To echo what Brittney said: the idea of a two Spider-Man story was always really essential to this game. I think pretty early on, we knew that we wanted to have that moment of handing the reins over. And as we developed it, as we started to lay down more track leading up to that moment, it just felt more and more right."

"It’s such a great moment between the two of them. And it felt like such a natural conclusion; I’m not sure when specifically we decided to do that, but it always felt like the only way the game could end."

Some fans on social media are disgruntled over the notion that Miles could be the video game franchise's sole or main Spider-Man. However, while it's obvious the spotlight will be put on Miles in any upcoming DLC or spin-offs, Peter is bound to make his grand return when Spider-Man 3 rolls around. 

After all, with Doctor Octopus plotting something, the Green Goblin's debut inevitable, and Carnage somewhere out there, that should be more than enough to force Peter out of "retirement." However, looking beyond that, the series permanently shifting to Miles and Cindy Moon/Silk may be where future games are heading. 

Spider-Man 2 is now available. 

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ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/6/2023, 5:02 PM
I'm sure until he's forced out of retirement just like the comics.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 11/6/2023, 6:07 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - honestly just do two franchises they will sell like hot cakes. alternate years. one year of release miles turn, the next release will be parker. in each game there is crossover between the two when they need help but they never overtake the others spotlight. honestly they should build an entire marvel univers of games off this engine and the new york back drop. just hard core story quality control and go to town releasing games , like DD, avengers, hulk xmen , iron man, etc. [frick]ing just reskin new york for new cities in the new games or create new playgrounds like savage land, latveria, wakanda etc for other games to use in a massive shared sandbox of gaming development, they can make tons of [frick]ing money if they just kept a choke hold on the quality control.
Usernametaken
Usernametaken - 11/6/2023, 7:04 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - my guess is during the third act of the next game.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/6/2023, 7:55 PM
@supermanrex - Not a bad idea, I mean they both have enough have enough character depth for it.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/6/2023, 7:56 PM
@Usernametaken - I'd bet even sooner, but I'm looking forward to the eventual Parker makes his badass return moment.
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 11/6/2023, 5:02 PM
thats fine, someone has to make spiderman grow bc the comics sure as hell dont
although be be fair that goes for both dc and marvel and all their characters
SpiderBrad
SpiderBrad - 11/6/2023, 5:47 PM
@Superheromoviefan - The new Spine-Tingling Spider-Man is interesting if you want something different. But you're right, they are all going stagnant.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 11/6/2023, 6:02 PM
@Superheromoviefan - well at dc batman and superman have children. of course batman will never be happily married as we saw with the bullshit they pulled with cat woman. the kids at dc all grew up and are mentors to the new generation. dick is grown, Jason Todd is grown now, Tim Drake has grown into a man, now Damian is the young robin. compare to marvel the ff kids are still kids even with comic book time being slower than real time they're stagnant aging is weird with the ff kids. so weird that somehow Valerie the little baby girl has caught up to Franklin in age damn near. she was born years after him. they do wink wink nudge nudge kinda of aging at marvel.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 11/6/2023, 7:19 PM
@Superheromoviefan - people don't like Spider-Man to grow. Despite him being one of the smartest people alive everyone wants him to struggle consistently and always break up with MJ or any love interest
LiteraryJoe
LiteraryJoe - 11/6/2023, 11:41 PM
@MyCoolYoung - because we want an impossible situation to be relatable so we can all feel just a liiiiittle bit spectacular. Maybe it’s just me.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 11/7/2023, 1:45 PM
@LiteraryJoe - I'm not mad at that, but i do feel he needs to grow and grow up some. Let him battle being successful and Spider-Man a little
LiteraryJoe
LiteraryJoe - 11/8/2023, 12:40 AM
@MyCoolYoung - Trye imagine the quality writing if they introduced a solid spidey villain that didn’t exist for Peter through the game they’ve shown they can popularize no names in the franchise with Mr negative.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 11/8/2023, 9:48 AM
@LiteraryJoe - I love that. Obscure villains give a little more creative control since many of them aren't beholden to the portrayals of what came before
GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/6/2023, 5:07 PM
As long as he retires them wack beats and that god awful “Miles Morales original” suit from the third act of this game, it’s all good
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/6/2023, 7:11 PM
@GhostDog - [racial slur] need to cut them wack ass twists off too
LiteraryJoe
LiteraryJoe - 11/6/2023, 11:43 PM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - Bro for real the nephew wouldn’t get caught twisted in them in the spider verse. Gwen would be like nah. He’s just lucky his girl can’t hear everyone hating on Miles hair at school
GhostDog
GhostDog - 11/7/2023, 8:11 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - Got Miles lookin like a black auntie. Bring back the cut from his own game or just give him a little low taper.
CoHost
CoHost - 11/6/2023, 5:08 PM
Can't wait for all the grown men to be angry about this.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 11/6/2023, 5:29 PM
@CoHost - idk how a spidey who can turn invisible and got electro powers isnt OP for everyone lol
SolarSoldier
SolarSoldier - 11/6/2023, 6:23 PM
@Matchesz - Peter Parker was a teenager who could stop a train, but yes, Miles is "overpowered".
SethBullock
SethBullock - 11/6/2023, 6:40 PM
@SolarSoldier - I have never read the Miles Morales comics, the first Ultimate Spider-Man comics were released around the last years I bought comics so I read those (like the first ten or so), though I know a little bit about Miles from the Spiderverse movie or from reading about him online in sites like this one, but his powers never made any sense to me, he should just have the same powers that Peter has, no idea why he is invisible and has electro powers, even if it's explained in the comics, still makes zero sense to me, how are those powers related to spiders, at least Peter's powers make some sense, but Miles seems to have the same powers plus electro stuff and invisibility, I think it's just ridiculous, I would have just given him the same powers that Peter had.
BlackSpider
BlackSpider - 11/6/2023, 6:43 PM
@SethBullock - No. Its not really "Ridiculous" its a comicbook world. Be boring if he had the exact same powers
Thing94
Thing94 - 11/6/2023, 7:18 PM
@CoHost - Groan, God forbid grown men have complaints about anything, especially what they like
Taonrey
Taonrey - 11/6/2023, 8:18 PM
@Matchesz - I mean Pete himself is OP, just make the villains strong it really isn't a issue
Matchesz
Matchesz - 11/6/2023, 8:27 PM
@SolarSoldier - Miles has super strength also, plus electro and invisible girl powers. idk how you got so many upvotes when you didnt prove anything lol
BlackSpider
BlackSpider - 11/6/2023, 8:30 PM
@Matchesz - Can you stop calling it electro invisble girl powers. They are pretty well known super powers beyond those two characters. Also dont get upset about upvotes
videovac
videovac - 11/7/2023, 3:17 AM
"Peter Parker was a teenager who could stop a train, but yes, Miles is "overpowered"." - @SolarSoldier

You're defending a character who's blatantly copying off of another character, and patting yourself on the back for calling out a flaw of the original character?

Heh, ha ha.

There would be no "Miles" if it weren't for Peter. I thought Supergirl was a rip-off, but I ain't never seen a spin-off character so unoriginal as miles Morales.

It's the problem with sidekicks and legacy and spin-off characters - they don't have their own backstop. Everything they have is the product of another. You can name a million Spider-Man villains. Name a hundred Miles Morales villains. Name a hundred Dick Greyson villains. Name a hundred John Stewart villains. Name a hundred Supergirl villains. You can't.

Pete's got villains for days. Fukc Miles got? Playing as his girlfriend doing graffiti, with no sound? The problem with a sidekick character or a spinoff character is that the writers never imbue the sidekicks world with its own cast. The closest thing I can think of as a villain for Nightwing/former Robin/Dick Greyson is Deathstroke, and he's an antagonist to half the Justice League.

You can get ya little up-votes but dissing the original is...stupid. No one's buying a Robin game. Oh hi Gotham Knights.
SethBullock
SethBullock - 11/7/2023, 1:46 PM
@Tigerman33 - Well, it would make sense that they had the same powers.

And afaik they have the same powers, but Miles also has electro and invisibility powers, but why, how is that related to spiders, idk of any spiders that can become invisible or that can elctrocute their enemies.

Miles gets his powers from a spider, like Peter, so it would make sense they both had the same powers, which they mostly do, but the extra invisibility and electro powers are unnecessary and make no sense imo.

Lots of sidekicks or "legacy" characters have the same powers that the og superhero has, and that's also the case with Miles, same powers, same name, basically same costume with different colors, does that make him boring?

I don't see how invisibility and eletro powers make him more fun or more interesting, it's like if Robin had laser eyes or elasticity (like Reed Richards) powers, would that make it a better character because it would be different to Batman?

I rather have a powerless boring Robin tbh, I don't see how a Robin with laser eyes and elasticity powers would make any sense and would make him a better character, quite the contrary.

And I know it's a comicbook world, but I didn't see Wally West having extra powers like having wings made of light, he just had the same speed powers that Barry had, maybe he could use them differently, but all his habilities afaik were related to the speed force, he didn't have any other extra random powers unrelated to his hability to move really fast as a speedster, he didn't have telepathy or a magic sword to make him different to Barry.

Maybe the invisibility and the electropowers have an explanation, idk, I just don't see why those extra powers were necessary and how are they related to spiders, or why he has the same powers that Peter has plus those extra ones, just because the writer decided to give him those extra powers, but how do they make any sense if he got his powers the same way Peter got them.
ANewPope
ANewPope - 11/8/2023, 11:51 AM
@Thing94 - Lol, we got one
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 11/6/2023, 5:08 PM
I recall some dude trying to argue that Miles wasn't replacing Peter, well there it is ladies, now if we can just get the same with Superman and Batman then were golden and racism on real world planet earth will be defeated for good.
KelvTwelve
KelvTwelve - 11/6/2023, 6:43 PM
@HashTagSwagg - It's just a video game. It's not replacing the entire franchise as whole.

But also, Wally West was a very well beloved character, as was Barry Allen, and the majority of the Green Lanterns that replaced their counterpart before them - you know before we deemed comic canon immovable.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 11/6/2023, 7:20 PM
@HashTagSwagg - Cut it out. Because the only replacement that nobody would have an issue with for Batman is Dick Grayson. As long as the replacement is well written and integral for the original character there is no issue. Stop eating a nothing burger it's unhealthy for your mind.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 11/6/2023, 7:25 PM
@SonOfAGif - Dick would get the least push back out of all the main robins but Dick wont stick, no matter how many times in the past they tried, Bat Dick never stuck, he became is own as Night wing and worked out best for the character. That's the same path they should go with Miles, else he's always gonna be in that shadow of just another cheap 2.0.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 11/6/2023, 7:29 PM
@HashTagSwagg - That's the point of Miles though. He's a Spider-Man. But out of all spinoff and multiversal Spiders he is the most popular. Spider-Gwen is also getting just as popular. Look at the different forms of media. It's Pete, Miles, and Gwen. That's going to be the new trio. I think people forget that Miles being a Spider-Man doesn't negate Peter from being a Spider-Man. Just like Yelena Belova being a Black Widow doesn't negate Natasha Romanoff from being a Black Widow.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 11/6/2023, 7:38 PM
@SonOfAGif - "Miles being a Spider-Man doesn't negate Peter from being a Spider-Man", dude, they had Peter quit at end of the game. He literally says to Miles "why would the city need me, when it has you?"
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 11/6/2023, 7:39 PM
@SonOfAGif - "he is the most popular"......tell me you don't read spider-man comics without telling me you don't read spider-man comics
BlackSpider
BlackSpider - 11/6/2023, 7:58 PM
@HashTagSwagg - Dick was never supposed to replace batman though. Even all the way back to knightfall Dick was never gonna be batman
BlackSpider
BlackSpider - 11/6/2023, 8:09 PM
@harryba11zack - Nobody talked about Bein Reilly for years until spiderverse. Superior and gwen are more populer, and of course miles
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 11/6/2023, 8:19 PM
@Tigerman33 - they literally used his suit in reverse colours for both civil war and homecoming, ben's been around a lot longer as well. mile's popularity is only recent, give it time.
BlackSpider
BlackSpider - 11/6/2023, 8:21 PM
@harryba11zack - Eh, dont get me wrong, I love Ben. But ask your average joe and they will think its just an alt suit of Peter. He's also assosiated with that awful clone saga. Miles will probably be around for many many years.

However he is a good character. Dont get me wrong.
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