Web of Shadows allegedly found in Spider-man 3

[SuperiorIronman]

Stumbled across this on Youtube today but within the Spider-man 3 debug menu was elements of what would go into 2008's Spider-man: Web of Shadows.

- Classic style Spider-man
- Classic style Black suit
- A mission or two is playable with Venom being used in place of the symbiotes
- Hellicarrier is able to be spawned in



Interestingly if this is to be believed they'd been working on Web of Shadows using Spider-man 3 as a base. The PS2, PSP, and WII version would have a system where you could swap suits on the fly which is something WOS ultimately utilized. If legitimate it would mean that it was very much a springboard for the game they wanted to make and kind of cool to see how elements essentially prototyped in SM3 ended up in the final product.

An aside here while potentially meant for WOS it was said to be cut because it was meant for SM3. Iron man was conceptualized for the Raimi universe but was cut from the game due to legal issues with Marvel. No idea where he would've appeared had he made it into the final game but I felt it was definitely weird enough to be brought up. Another option is that a rumored Iron man game was in development at roughly the same time and when SEGA got the license the game was canned. This could also be one of if not the earliest look at MCU Iron man so maybe this is what Tom Cruise was to be wearing I honestly don't know.
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[Dzika_Sowa]

This is some really interesting stuff, thanks for sharing. We really need more Spider-Man game threads. It's interesting to look at this medium - like for example, Spider-Man on Genesis was so popular it supposedly saved a licensing deal between Marvel and Sega:


According to developer Randel B. Reiss, this version was a huge commercial success: two thirds of all Mega Drive owners at the time also bought the game, and single-handedly convinced Marvel Comics not to cancel the licensing deal they had with Sega. - at least that's what Wikipedia Says.

[Frontier]

That's an...interesting Iron Man design.

[Spidey_62]

There's a few screens out there of the cancelled Iron Man game, it had the early 2000s comics armor. I believe it was being made by the same people making the X3 movie tie-in game but the comic based Iron Man game didn't make it after X3 took up most of their time and came and went.

I think the hero designs in Web of Shadows all lean pretty close to comic suits at the time so I'd have to agree that this would have had to be for SM3 then because the design is just so radically different and weird- the SM3 game had a lot of weird villain redesigns. I remember seeing the Iron Man image going around a few months ago on Twitter. There's something real fascinating about seeing stuff like this buried in a game.

Side note, I really liked the Mysterio design in the SM2 movie game. That was a really fun take on Mysterio.

[Speed Force League Unlimited]

I saw this video months ago but didn't consider sharing.

I see some of Spider-Man 3 assets when I play Web of Shadows, so I guess this helped conserve budget.

[Frontier]

There's a few screens out there of the cancelled Iron Man game, it had the early 2000s comics armor. I believe it was being made by the same people making the X3 movie tie-in game but the comic based Iron Man game didn't make it after X3 took up most of their time and came and went.

I think the hero designs in Web of Shadows all lean pretty close to comic suits at the time so I'd have to agree that this would have had to be for SM3 then because the design is just so radically different and weird- the SM3 game had a lot of weird villain redesigns. I remember seeing the Iron Man image going around a few months ago on Twitter. There's something real fascinating about seeing stuff like this buried in a game.

Side note, I really liked the Mysterio design in the SM2 movie game. That was a really fun take on Mysterio.

SM2 Mysterio is the best boss fight in a Spider-Man game .

[Speed Force League Unlimited]

SM2 Mysterio is the best boss fight in a Spider-Man game .

My brother taught me to jump forward in the convenience store, no other command is necessary to win.