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there's been so many movies so many
Comics so many games we like how are we
going to make this game resonate with
the most passionate Spider-Man fans or
Marvel fans out there I kind of created
this this phrase of respect the DNA of
the franchise but don't be afraid to mix
things up and we've kind of taken that
philosophy the entire time just make it
Doper like the same thing that our own
Crews tell us when we're making the
movie what did they say when when Boton
wasn't coming together the Indian
animators got together send us an email
make it Doper it's not dope enough right
we are working with these characters
that we love that are known around the
world for decades what is our
responsibility make it great so that one
of the emotions or thoughts that the
audience may have is this was made by my
fans for
fans Marco why today I'm so getting
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fired I feel like we've all probably
been asked why is Spider-Man so popular
he's probably the most relatable hero
you'll find obviously it's really
exciting to see Pete and Miles swinging
around and fighting a giant Sam right
but in order to care about the stuff in
the suit you got to care about the stuff
outside the suit because you got to have
both you a punch a punch lands harder
with more consequences you understand
what's happening up look even going
through I mean going through the
apartment and like flipping through the
records I was like okay this is I'm
feeling the texture of this world I'm
I'm you know I could get a sense for
what for what miles was going through
yeah when you were thinking about Venom
you could have got this in and just make
him a Big Blob but that's not what's
cool and that's what not important about
Venom the genius idea you had Brian from
the very beginning was let's make it
hairy it's tying back to that very
classic Spider-Man setup where I have to
fight this this monster who's in there
my best friend somebody I it's the it's
the personal stuff it's I mean in
Spider-Man one we had these backpacks
and everybody loved collecting the back
back you could learn more about Peter's
8 years of being Spider-Man through the
backpacks and we're like we want that
kind of collectible and we're like well
Pete and Miles have the spiderbots the
dream that for them well what if they
were spider bots from all over the
Multiverse and then you guys brought up
a character that didn't make into the
film and we're like and we're like well
what if you collect all the Bots and
then you get this like location it's
just one of those things where you look
back and you're like I can't believe we
were able to do that and have that kind
of collaboration I will say I think it's
generational because I do I you know
I've been around long enough now to have
worked for the previous couple
Generations where I don't even want to
call it like a competitive nature but
there was sort of this separation where
I was like no no no that thing's tied up
in this thing you can't do it if you
want to do it yeah as a fan and you know
the fans want to see it and you know you
can do it right and you can do justice
and you're not doing it as a as a you
know as the sort of throw away then it's
it's worth doing it's worth exploring
it's worth maybe staying you know up a
extra days to make it happen exactly
yeah I was going to say that was um I
can't believe we pulled it off because
it came in so late and I remember when
Brian told us he's like okay we have to
we're going to do this crossover we're
but don't worry we've got some assets
from the animation and we're like okay
get the animation uh assets and we're
like okay we can't use this oh you're
welcome yes thank you thank you
everyone let me take those off your
hands
who all the spider boss in the game were
actually done by this one artist and I
guess he's it kind of goes to show that
if you're having fun it's not work I
think that's the key yeah because it was
completely unexpected we were trying to
figure out how to do it and he just said
this is the best thing ever and he was
so passionate about it yeah and I love
that some of the same artists that
worked on the film like got to
collaborate with you guys on the game
and I think that's just wonderful that
there's this like Universe of people
they're sort of connected and passionate
about the these
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characters what was so appealing about
miles is like there was a character
whose backstory wasn't rooted in tragedy
who actually have a good established
line of communication with their parents
and that that can be its own strength
that his own
superpower that can carry you through
things and I had hadn't seen it done
quite like that um because it was so
rare for you know we see like all the
like your dad was killed by the this and
your mom was killed by that and your
uncle died here and here was like no we
love you and we'll always support you
what's interesting about miles and I
think this what what sort of Spider-Man
has evolved into is is this mantle that
can sort of be taken on y by anybody my
my kid's 8 years old miles is his
Spider-Man that's who he recognizes as
Spider-Man first off the top of my head
I can't think of another superhero
franchise that allows you to embody the
character and sort of become you know
Envision yourself as the character well
there's a thing that I noticed in comics
and comic book characters as a kid and
it's just I don't think it was anything
done on purpose on the part of the
creators but it felt like characters of
color were always the downgrade
characters they were weaker so that if
you have a group of kids sitting at a
table and say Here's a superheroes Who
Wants to Be Who Falcons last black
panthers La you there's always Luke Cage
is strong he ain't no Hulk and Miles I
wasn't even reading comics it's so
simple I just thought it was nice that
he had dope Powers Yeah the kick could
turn invisible he could shock you with
electricity on paper he it was different
but he was as powerful as another
Spider-Man just that right which and by
making him that everyone wants to be him
yeah wherever you go from here you have
to promise to take care of that little
boy for me make sure he never forgets
where he came
from and he never doubts that he is
loved
mmy we didn't even realize how important
Miles Morales became yeah to an
entire culture yep of people at around
the
world and it was almost overwhelming
yeah some fans they've been fans of this
all their life and is their life and in
many real ways that's
me Spider-Man has since I can remember
seeing that cartoon when I was three
Spider-Man's been part of my life and
and and has helped guide me and in many
ways
he saved my life he gave me a purpose he
was there for me when my parents were
getting divorced when I was bullied and
that feeling of an outsider and having
to look for other Outsiders and and the
first thing I would do when we' move is
I'd find where can I get comics and when
I had that I was centered I was a I was
a really awkward kid as I start to
stutter um and when you're when you're
awkward and you mess up and you're
insecure you don't see a future for
yourself you don't see how you're going
to be a doctor or lawyer or police
officer like my father was um you and
you might not necessarily be good at
anything yet and when someone creates a
character that you see yourself in and
that character is aspirational you can
start to see a future for yourself um so
if is if whatever it is we're making
that's our great responsibility is to
make that place where someone young and
insecure and doesn't see a future for
themselves goes that's mine I'm going to
cry I want to be a real photo journalist
you know like this photo captured by
Peter Parker you don't want his career
you want yours okay give me an action
shot I can bring to the bule you got
it the interactions with fans have been
just crazy I mean just the number of
people who have told me they want to be
in video games because of what we do um
but then also just the love that we get
because we get um fans who just say I'm
I'm in the hospital I'm very sick I I
play this game to get me through
something um this game just means so
much more and it in the way for me it's
just so much bigger now than when we
first started and I would never have
guessed at it I used to say like you
know the little kid who held on to the
Spider-Man action figure and wore the
underr like would he be happy would he
be happy in Spider-Man 1 um otme uh
works at feast and p goes there from
time to time and helps out and I
remember after that game came out we had
a a fan say he took a picture with his
aunt who also worked at homeless shelter
and he said he started volunteering
after playing the game amazing wow and I
was like if this game helped one person
be a better person that's beyond my wild
you've already changed life yeah these
jobs can be challenging at times they
can be stressful they can you know we
can have highs and lows and Peaks and
valleys but I think when I interact with
anybody who you know finds anything that
I've done meaningful I am beyond
appreciative to them because that then
goes back into the hopper and fuels me
for the next you know 5year
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