Its sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, did more of the same. However, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 followed its movie counterpart’s events directly while weaving in new narratives and character iterations for side activities, as well as other primary antagonists such as Cletus Kasady’s Carnage. The Amazing Spider-Man’s continuity has been canned since 2014, but it is nonetheless possible that it could continue in future video game installments.
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The Amazing Spider-Man Could Be Kept Alive in Games Rather Than Movies
Marvel Cinematic Universe fans who see Spider-Man: No Way Home will find some familiar faces among its cast of characters. Because of mystical spells, certain characters from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s films appear, including villains like Doc Ock, harkoning back to nostalgic Spider-Man movies and Sony’s umbrella outside of Marvel proper. It’s unlikely that Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man will return in another standalone movie, but video games offer another means.
Sony could keep this continuity alive and well through subsequent game installments, whether it is handed back to Beenox and Activison for more sequels or given to another developer and publisher. The Amazing Spider-Man’s original game adaptation is not so much retelling the movie as it is an epilogue narrative that takes liberties with particular characters and how they interact after Curt Connors is cured. With this as a blueprint, more stories could be told for Garfield’s Spider-Man.
Mainstream Spider-Man antagonists such as Scorpion, Alistair Smythe, and Rhino are in the games introduced, but the movie’s official sequel showed that they were not canon. Despite this, there is still room for these titles to improve so long as more attention to detail is afforded to connect them to their source material. Garfield did not provide the voice talent or likeness for either The Amazing Spider-Man or The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which disrupts the immersion that a licensed movie adaptation could otherwise offer.
Regardless, a third installment in The Amazing Spider-Man’s franchise could offer closure on the movie franchise’s events and supply players with more of its story moving forward. Many fans believe that the wall-crawler’s arc was cut short after only its second movie, and would love to see Garfield and his iconic villains return. Spider-Man: No Way Home’s reprisal of Electro and the Lizard has generated a lot of discourse online from people who wish to see these characters, and Garfield’s Spider-Man, flourish in another entry of The Amazing Spider-Man.
This reaction to Spider-Man: No Way Home addresses the admiration that fans have for previous Spider-Man movie continuities. Marvel’s introduction of a multiverse does present many opportunities for characters in the future, but while Sony and Marvel have a strange relationship it is uncertain which franchises will be pursued, especially if it is a continuity that has seemingly been ceased.
Whether The Amazing Spider-Man’s villains appearing in Spider-Man: No Way Home is a one-off or the start of a larger connection is yet to be confirmed. Tom Holland’s MCU Spider-Man will receive another trilogy of movies that follow the impactful events of Spider-Man: No Way Home. However, while Garfield’s Spider-Man may not be taken in that direction, a video game revival of the franchise could be the key to its successful second wind.
The Amazing Spider-Man is available now for 3DS, DS, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360.
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