Marvel.Com Interview: Spider-Man

Peter Parker’s lived his life with the admonition that “with great power, comes great responsibility.” It’s a maxim that envelops him at all times, whether he’s swinging through New York, battling the Lizard, teaching young X-Men, or battling alongside the Avengers. Now, players of the new DeNA and Marvel real-time co-op brawler “Marvel Mighty Heroes” will get to experience three variations of Spidey, including his classic costume, the all-black *[[]]* outfit and the one worn in 2099 by Miguel O’Hara.

“Marvel Mighty Heroes” lets players choose their favorite Marvel comic book characters such as Groot, Captain America, Star-Lord, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Spider-Man, and scores of allies and nemeses. Players can put together a customized team of super heroes and super villains, each with different skills, abilities and powers to clobber, shoot, smash and blast the path to victory.

Multiplayer in “Marvel Mighty Heroes” will give players a chance to test their skills against competitors and earn a spot on the leader board or combine forces with friends to save the universe one battle at a time.

DeNA art director Forrest Schehl tells us that in revealing Spider-Man, the heart and soul of Marvel Comics brings not just great power, but great responsibility to the game.

Marvel.com: You can’t have Marvel Comics without Spider-Man. The Wall-Crawler is a pop culture icon.

Forrest Schehl: Spider-Man an amazing—er—superior—wait—spectacular character and we are so excited to get the chance to bring him to life in our game. Just between you and me Captain America has always been my favorite Marvel character but there was never any doubt that Spider-Man would be a big part of our game as he means a great deal to great many people.

Marvel.com: How did you work with that level of great power and responsibility incorporating him into the game?

Forrest Schehl: Spider-Man is a hand-to-hand powerhouse, but he can also use his powers to benefit the whole team, which is something that we hope would make Uncle Ben proud.

Marvel.com: As the recent events of *[[]]* showed, there are numerous variations of Spider-Man. Which ones will players get a chance to be in the game? Is there a specific set of powers associated with each suit and outfit?

Forrest Schehl: Since our game revolves around collecting suits and their associated powers Spider-Man is a bit of a dream for us in terms of us delivering depth and breadth of customization to our players. For example, since powers aren’t tied directly to the suits after you’ve unlocked them the player will have the opportunity to customize their Spider-Man to fight and look the way they always imagined. The beauty of the *Spider-Verse* event is that it brought so many obscure and one-off versions of Spider-Man into the spotlight and we plan on delivering as many of those versions of ol’ Web Head as we can over the coming months. As to exactly which versions will be making an appearance, I’m afraid my lips are sealed!

Marvel.com: Spider-Man is a solo hero, but a team player, too. What kind of role will he have in “Marvel Mighty Heroes?”

Forrest Schehl: He’s a Scrapper, meaning he can jump in, knock out some baddies, and jump out without a scratch. But he’s not just known for his acrobatic fighting style, he can use his web shooters to assist his teammates with powers that not only do damage to your enemies but also root them in place, allowing the whole team some breathing room.