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Spider-Man is pretty in pink for Revenge of Shinobi VC photo

The Revenge of Shinobi was one of my favorite Sega Mega Drive games, mostly because it was one of about six titles I had at the time, so it didn't have much competition. Regardless, it was a pretty cool sidescroller, not least thanks to the random inclusion of Spider-Man as a boss.

Spider-Man was the only comic character that Sega was able to license for the game, as it had previously pilfered The Incredible Hulk, Batman and even The Terminator for use in the game without their owners. Naturally, lawyers made sure that these characters never made the final cut, but Shinobi did get to legally battle the wallcrawler, for no valid reason whatsoever.

It seems, however, that Sega no longer has permission to use Spidey, as evidenced by the hasty recoloration of the webslinger in Revenge of Shinobi's Virtual Console port. Now resplendent in an all-pink costume, it appears as if he's been altered just enough to avoid Marvel's wrath. Quite a shame, as his totally pointless inclusion in the game was a highlight. 

I'm just annoyed that my original cartridge is long-lost. Probably could have made a fortune off that.








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DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 09:06
DaedHead8
That's too bad. In a perfect world, legal issues would never force a game to change. =\
Drack48's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 09:10
Drack48
Godzilla is in there as well I believe
Joyfulapocalypse's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 10:32
Joyfulapocalypse
Whoa! Are you serious?!?!

I want to play against pink spidey!!!

godzilla too? Where can I find this game?
Prince Ghidorah's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 11:04
Prince Ghidorah
I remember the Godzilla, Spiderman and weird floating Batman bosses, but don't recall there being a Terminator boss. Very random. I mean, what did Godzilla and Batman have against Shinobi?
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 11:05
Shin Oni
I forgot about Spider man in RoTS.

still. Shinobi III > Revenge of the Shinobi.
Sonic9jct's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 11:23
Sonic9jct
Hey, this game is on the Genesis 6-Pak which is relatively easy to find... at least it is at my game stores.
Calleh's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 11:42
Calleh
I still have my cart :)
SedeoInedus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 12:12
SedeoInedus
I'm pretty sure Terminator made it into the first Shinobi, no? I remember a boss at the end of the junkyard level that resembled a 1990's Scwarz that turned into a metallic skeleton after a fair whack.
SedeoInedus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 12:15
SedeoInedus
*EDIT* I meant Revenge of Shinobi
flabzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 12:16
flabzilla
I was wondering about this when I seen it on the VC yesterday, ha ha so this is how they got around it.
brimtastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 12:34
brimtastic
I was always so confused as a young lad as to why Spider-Man was there. Now Spider-Man is confusing in an entirely different way.

I also watched this speedrun of the game a few days ago. Makes it look so easy BUT IT WASN'T!
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 13:53
s0lesurviv0r
Wait, that's not Spider-Man, that's Parasite!!!!
DR EGG's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 14:39
DR EGG
Anybody beat this game, ever? The final boss is so hard that GamePro TV had a special on how to complete it. If you don't get the powerup in the wall right before you enter the last level, you can kiss your only chance at victory goodbye.

The rest of the game is totally sweet. Last boss = way too hard.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 14:42
Darren Nakamura
Huh, I never knew Spider-Man was in the original to begin with. You learn something new every day, I guess.
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 16:15
Johnny Justice
I've never played it myself, but I do remember this old I-Mockery article.

Even more odd is that when you fight him a second time he morphs into winged, discoloured Batman.
Calleh's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/09/2009 17:11
Calleh
I never beat the damn maze.
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