Any chance at a video game?

[VenomVsSpidey]

I thought USM was a good game, but it was mainly because they let us be Venom.

SAME. wish i coulda been the goblin too though..

 

[Grievous]

SAME. wish i coulda been the goblin too though..

yeah I remember telling a friend one time that it would be alot more awesome if you could free roam with any character you wanted.

 

[Doc_OCK_4MUGEN]

I wished that Ock was a boss character on USM... but no dice... A Spectacular Spidey game would rock!

 

[MaxG]

A SSM game could be pretty cool, I would like to see it happen.

 

[Pep]

Guess who Activision got to play Spider-Man in the next video game featuring the character? I'll give you a hint: it's not Josh Keaton.

This is pretty disappointing. I guess the nostalgic pedestal that so many people put the 90s cartoon on has yet to be toppled. Where's our TSSM game, damnit? I can just imagine something with Persona 3 or 4 style game mechanics. Man, that would be heavenly... not that any game developer would put that much effort into the property. I mean, it's not like anyone else has.

 

[Webhead2006]

well its not to often we get games based off animated shows. sure it happens once in a while. But activision doesmany different spidey games every year.

 

[carnage899]

Wait, the next game is based on animated show? I thought its going to be called Shattered Dimensions.

 

[Venom 1988]

Its not going to be based on the show. Its going to be in it's self-contained

 

[Webhead2006]

yea they have no real need to make a game based off any animated show at this time. due to them coming out every yr or two with some non related game thing. Though it is cool to see barnes again he was one of the things i did like in the 90s show.

 

[Dread]

Guess who Activision got to play Spider-Man in the next video game featuring the character? I'll give you a hint: it's not Josh Keaton.

This is pretty disappointing. I guess the nostalgic pedestal that so many people put the 90s cartoon on has yet to be toppled. Where's our TSSM game, damnit? I can just imagine something with Persona 3 or 4 style game mechanics. Man, that would be heavenly... not that any game developer would put that much effort into the property. I mean, it's not like anyone else has.

Well, at least Josh Keaton reprised his role as Spidey for the MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD video game. That counts, right?

It is interesting that his 90's voice actor would be given a chance to reprise his role. According to his IMDB page, Chris D. Barnes has done a bit of video game voice acting since 2002, so perhaps things just fell into place that way. It'll add buzz to the game, for sure. And it can't be more disappointing than SPIDER-MAN: FRIEND OR FOE was. I think Barnes was a fine voice for Spidey, although he did certainly have moments of "over-acting". I do agree that Josh Keaton puts in a superior performance, albeit at playing a "younger" web slinger (Spidey in the 90's was in college, as most cartoon Spidey's tend to be). That said, I have heard some downright terrible video game voice performances for Spider-Man, so going back to Chris D. Barnes isn't exactly a bad step in that way.

Still, I do agree it is a shame that TSSM isn't getting a video game. Although with the whole Sony/Marvel/Disney three way rights tango playing out that keeps the show in limbo, I imagine a video game would also be in such a state.

For what it was worth, I was stunned a video game based on "THE BATMAN" was never made. Some EPISODES were comparable to video game chapters. It might have made a better game than TV series.

The bigger tragedy to me isn't the lack of a TSSM video game, but the possibility that it won't get a chance to get enough episodes to dethrone the 90's series once and for all, which hasn't aged well in the decade since. Surely some Spidey cartoon will get a chance at 5 seasons again, or even 3 seasons. If not TSSM, released after a trilogy of films and critically acclaimed, then what!?

 

[Webhead2006]

totally i would love to see it last as long as the 90s show did.

 

[kguillou]

I for one am STOKED that Chris Barnes is back as Spidey. He is the definitive Spider-man voice in my eyes. He's the voice i always hear when i read the comics (except for when Bendis is writing him, i just hear a whiny brat.) I like Josh Keaton alot, but Barnes still hold the torch for best spiderman voice in my mind. Watch this scene and tell me you disagree: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdhWbn4AQsk

 

[Venom 1988]

Honestly Rino Romano is the definitive Spidey voice for me

 

[Jick]

And for me.
It is the voice that comes to mind whenever I read the 616 Spidey comics.

 

[Persian]

The following was originally reported by www.spidermancrawlspace.com:

Here’s what we know about the new 2010 Spider-Man video game.
1) It’s called Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
2) Dan Slott is writing it
3) Christopher Daniel Barnes is voicing Spider-Man. He voiced him in the 1990s cartoon.
4) More information will be unveiled at Wondercon in early April.
5) Here’s an image for the forum at Hero HQ. It seems to support the theory that multiple Spider-Man personalities will be in the game. Spider-Man: Noir is in this image.​

 

[Persian]

the thing that has got me excited about this game is that it is written by the talented Mr. Slott

 

[Persian]

by the way, since Activision has announced that recent spidey games suck, perhaps they are going to do redeem themselves with this one and maybe that is why they have hired Mr Slott

 

[Webhead2006]

yea should be interesting i like slott's writing. Though i havent played a spidey game since spider-man 3 game.

 

[Dread]

The following was originally reported by www.spidermancrawlspace.com:

Here’s what we know about the new 2010 Spider-Man video game.
1) It’s called Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
2) Dan Slott is writing it
3) Christopher Daniel Barnes is voicing Spider-Man. He voiced him in the 1990s cartoon.
4) More information will be unveiled at Wondercon in early April.
5) Here’s an image for the forum at Hero HQ. It seems to support the theory that multiple Spider-Man personalities will be in the game. Spider-Man: Noir is in this image.​

There is a part of me, a gut part, that thinks that "NOIR" is there because they want to capitalize on the success of BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM and I was thinking, "What is this, Spider-Man Arkham Asylum?" That said, the angle of inter-weaving the default Spidey with parallel universe versions of himself isn't a bad one. I wonder if Ultimate Spider-Man, which once got a game himself, will be one of the other parallel versions.

Barnes sounds good, although one can tell it has really been about 12 years since he played Spider-Man; he sounds older.

My feelings on Barnes as well as the 1993-1998 series is mixed. On the one hand, it was the Spidey cartoon of my generation. I'm old enough to have watched SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS when it was still on syndication on NBC, but those memories are vague and I really only got to watch that show as a teenager when UPN would re-air them on Sunday mornings (this would have been 1997-1999 or so). For it's time it was the best Spider-Man cartoon ever made, as well as one of the longest lasting. It had a solid, strong sense of seasonal story arc, a practice that is only now becoming a norm. It also capitalized on the fact that ANY Marvel hero from the animation library could appear; Cap, Iron Man, Blade, even the X-Men. All but Hulk, basically. And there are good performances there.

That said, I haven't watched it in years, and I fear a lot of it has not aged well in the decade since it ended. The animation quality got worse every season (especially after the middle of Season 2) and by the end you could make a drinking game picking out re-used stock footage. The editing got choppy and the digital effects were primative even for the time. While there were classic, iconic scenes, conflicts, and performances, there were also some miscast roles (MJ always sounded like she was 12), some over-acting, and some downright terrible episodes that had nothing to do with the censorship board, or the toy crazed producers (why did The Spot, Rocket Racer, and Big Wheel all DEMAND two episodes of their own; the Prowler one hardly accomplished anything either, and I could go on...). Fox's censors on violence rendered much of the battles almost non-existent, even compared to X-MEN; no show on their network had the restrictions this show had, and it was a top rated show! The time is long past due for another cartoon to be given a chance to retire this as the best Spidey's gotten. TSSM is the best chance of that in a good, long while.

We just need more than 26 episodes.

At the very least, TSSM hasn't quite ended on as much of an unresolved cliffhanger than S:TAS did in 1998, even after five seasons (assuming the harsh reality that TSSM is not renewed comes true). There are dangling plot threads; Peter realizes Gwen is the girl for him, but Harry is deliberately keeping them apart out of spite. Norman Osborn is a fugitive on the run. But that's not as bad as MJ never being rescued from some sepia colored dimensional void because the final episode decided that reruns of flashback animation was worth more than a few more minutes of animation (not to mention Spider-Man's final battle is against some whacked out version of himself that he beats with a hug from Uncle Ben; I get the point of it but it always seemed like an anti-climax). Compared to the series finale of X-MEN, which to this day can almost make even the sternest fanboy well up (the part where Xavier calls Cyclops a "true son" and seems to wish he was his biological father always gets to me), it doesn't hold a candle.

 

[kguillou]

Even though the 90's spiderman cartoon will always hold a fond place in my heart (it was the show that made me fall in love with Spiderman and got me into comics), it does not hold the test of time at all. I can watch Batman TAS today and still marvel at the quality of the animation and the superb acting, but Spiderman TAS doesn't hold up nearly as well. Its incredibly rough and choppy and some of the acting is very cheesy.

HOWEVER, I will contest that Chris Barnes still gives me goosebumps whenever he speaks as Spiderman, especially whenever he's angry or getting emotional. I love Josh Keaton, but to me Chris really became the mature Spiderman that I used to love until Marvel de-aged him. For that reason alone, I am very excited for this new game.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea the clips were pretty cool and the trailer was neat. i too can see barnes older sounding voice. I wonder what the other two dimensions will be. it sounds to be an interesting type of game, and the graphics look great.

 

[Jick]

But is it really him voicing Spidey?

 

[Webhead2006]

yea its barnes doing the voice.

 

[carnage899]

1ST Shattered Dimensions TRAILER!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v463-fNalQQ Looks good.

 

[SpaceWay2009]

Will this game be on the PS2 or just for the new generation console?