A first-time Marvel’s Spider-Man player managed to find a hilarious Easter egg while playing one of the game’s Mary Jane levels. Insomniac Games’ open-world, web-slinging title puts players in the boots of the iconic arachnid hero. The game’s story involves new foes who threaten New York City and Peter Parker’s loved ones. While players spend most of their time swinging around and stopping crime, Marvel’s Spider-Man also features Mary Jane as a playable character in some stealth-based sections.

While Marvel’s Spider-Man received enormous praise upon its release back in 2018, the title’s Mary Jane stealth levels were divisive among gamers. In Insomniac’s interactive adaptation of the classic Spider-Man mythos, Mary Jane is Peter Parker’s ex-girlfriend and an investigative journalist at the Daily Bugle. With none of the hero’s amazing powers at her disposal, playing as MJ forces gamers to slowly sneak around to gather evidence and lend aid to Spider-Man. The iconic character also plays a huge role in the game’s story, as Spider-Man must learn to trust his allies and eventually rekindles his relationship with MJ. Marvel’s Spider-Man‘s Mary Jane Watson segments also help illustrate Spider-Man’s powers, with the levels temporarily putting players in the shoes of a normal human rather than a wall-crawling superhero.

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During a first playthrough of Marvel’s Spider-Man, Reddit user xeggplays discovered an adorable Easter egg while playing as Mary Jane. In one section of the game, MJ infiltrates a museum, and players must complete a puzzle in which they change a statue’s pose piece by piece. However, first-time player xeggplays found that repeatedly opening and closing the statue’s mouth elicits a comment from MJ. The jovial journalist says “Nom nom nom,” as if the statue were eating, and the post’s comment section suggests many players had never discovered this humorous moment for themselves.

2018’s Marvel’s Spider-Man included a number of classic villains and supporting characters, including Mary Jane, and the sequel promises to introduce even more iconic figures. Announced back in September 2021, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will feature Kraven and Venom as major foes for players to face. The reveal trailer also confirms that both Peter Parker and Miles Morales will be playable characters, following Miles’ own spin-off title that launched in 2020. While it has not been officially confirmed whether Mary Jane will be playable once again, Spider-Man’s companion will no doubt appear as part of the sequel’s narrative.

Offering a radically different gameplay style and developing an essential supporting character, the Mary Jane sections in Marvel’s Spider-Man were a divisive yet essential addition. Playing as a normal human gives players a new appreciation for Spider-Man’s abilities, and tasing villains as the intrepid reporter can be very fun in its own right. The eating statue Easter egg is one of Mary Jane’s more humorous moments in the game, bringing heart and levity to a tense stealth level.

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Marvel’s Spider-Man is available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

Source: xeggplays/Reddit

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