Spider-Man 2 New Game Plus Spawns Strange Symbiote Meme

Highlights

• Fans are finding a funny detail in Spider-Man 2’s New Game Plus mode, turning Peter into “Poop Man” with his Symbiote Suit.
• Players can enjoy a comical twist with Peter’s Symbiote costume, resembling fecal matter in certain lighting during the game’s opening.
• Fans have jokingly said they will boycott the DLC if Insomniac removes “Peter Pooper” from the game.

Fans are quickly noticing a bizarre detail while playing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s newly-added New Game Plus mode while wearing Peter’s alien Symbiote Suit – and it’s already becoming a meme. Months after the game first came out, Insomniac has finally added the much-requested New Game Plus to Spider-Man 2 in its latest update, allowing fans to restart the main story campaign with all of the unlocks from their initial playthrough.

This includes the alternate costumes players can equip Peter Parker and Miles Morales with in Spider-Man 2, drawing from their many appearances in comics and films. In Peter’s case, this means that players can have him don his infamous Black Symbiote costume hours before he gains it in-universe, along with some menacing new color variants unlocked when starting New Game Plus. While this usually makes Peter a darker, more intimidating web-slinger, a quirk in Spider-Man 2’s pulse-pounding opening act is putting the Venom-infected hero in a more comical light.

Spider-Man 2 opens with Peter and Miles confronting a rampaging Sandman through the streets of New York City, braving a massive sandstorm and dodging flying obstacles as they struggle to reach the tragic and empathic Flint Marko. This causes sand particles to cling to the Spider-Heroes’ costumes, and as Twitter user Lukec1605 recently pointed out, Peter’s Symbiote looks more like fecal matter after going through Sandman’s raging cyclone. Other users like TrafalgarLog have started calling Peter’s new look “Poop Man,” and playfully speculating that the fear of players discovering this unsanitary new hero caused Insomniac to take so long to add New Game Plus to Spider-Man 2.

Spider-Man 2’s New Game Plus Mode Turns Peter Into Poop Man

Fans like TrafalgarLog have started to embrace Poop Man as a meme, even threatening to boycott Spider-Man 2’s speculated DLC if Insomniac removes “Peter Pooper” in a future patch. Others are humorously citing it as the primary reason to try out Spider-Man 2’s New Game Plus Mode, which came with other long-wished-for features like the ability to change the time of day while exploring the open world of New York City and altering the color of Peter’s Symbiote tendrils after completing the story. Peter and Miles have also gained a pair of stylish new costumes inspired by their appearance at the latest Hellfire Gala as part of the latest update.

Peter might not want to bring his Spider-Man 2 New Game Plus Poop Man look to a formal superhero gathering, but it’s an amusing testament to the level of detail Insomniac brought to the game – which includes leaving Peter and Miles realistically covered in sand after their opening battle against Flint Marko. This has the unintended side effect of giving the Venom Symbiote’s appearance a less hygienic look, but Peter might find this preferable to being corrupted by a mind-altering alien being in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.