Marvel’s Spider-Man may be one of Yuri Lowenthal’s most famous performances as Peter Parker, but the actor had played Marvel’s webhead countless times before Insomniac took on the acclaimed character. His performance in Marvel’s Spider-Man has been highly acclaimed since the game was first released in 2018 with a version that shows Peter Parker in his early 20s navigating life as both a superhero and a recent graduate, and this version of Spider-Man was already quickly becoming a fan favorite. Despite this, many fans may not be aware that he appeared as Spider-Man in several games almost a decade earlier. Marvel’s Spider-Man‘s release.
Yuri Lowenthal’s take on Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man nailed the character, with the game showing him as a young adult as opposed to a young high school student. As required for a character like Spider-Man, Lowenthal’s performance gave players moments of levity that made the experience of playing Marvel’s Spider-Man fun and exciting, before delivering heartbreaking moments that made some of the game’s heartbreaking events even harder. Lowenthal returned in 2020 Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, in which Peter took on a mentorship role as he helped Miles understand his own powers and what it means to be a hero, even leaving behind custom training programs for Miles to try out. Both Peter and Miles return in Marvel’s Spider Man 2 next year to take on villains like Venom and Kraven.
although Marvel’s Spider-Man was Lowenthal’s most prominent turn as the character, it was far from his first appearance as Peter Parker, as this came a decade earlier with ZEN pinball machine in 2008. In the decade that followed, Lowenthal voiced the character in other pinball titles such as Marvel pinball in 2010 and the follow ups Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles in 2012 and Marvel Pinball: Venom in 2014. Another notable appearance as Spider-Man came in the Marvel Super Hero Squad Online game in 2011, where Lowenthal also voiced other more vicious Marvel characters such as Spider-Man’s nemesis, the Green Goblin, as well as the God of Mischief, Loki. 2014 was the year Lowenthal featured the wall-crawler in mobile titles such as Spider Man Unlimited and The Amazing Spider Man 2‘s movie tie in game. Like its console counterpart where Sam Riegel pronounced Peter Parker, The Amazing Spider Man 2 very loosely incorporated elements from the film, but saw Spider-Man go up against one of his famous symbiotic villains for the final showdown. While the console version saw Carnage as the primary antagonist, the mobile versions instead had a showdown with Venom.
Yuri Lowenthal has voiced Spider-Man in games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
After the success of Marvel’s Spider-Manit was nice to see Lowenthal return as Spider-Man in the 2019 Nintendo Switch exclusive Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. The Black Order did not follow any of the events seen in the previous one Marvel Ultimate Alliance titles where Quinton Flynn and Benjamin Diskin spoke the webhead. Instead, developer Team Ninja chose a story that closely resembled the then-ongoing Infinity Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring Marvel and Got mainstay Thanos and the Black Order appear as antagonists. In 2021, he also voiced Spider-Man in Marvel’s first mobile open-world action RPG, Marvel Future Revolution.
Fans of Yuri Lowenthal’s portrayal of Peter Parker will have plenty to look forward to as the actor will continue to appear in several upcoming titles such as Spider-Man. As well as his aforementioned return as Insomniac’s Peter Parker in the PlayStation 5 exclusive Marvel’s Spider Man 2 in 2023 it has been confirmed that he will voice the character in the upcoming tactical RPG Marvel’s Midnight Sun. XCOM developer Firaxis has confirmed that Spider-Man’s appearance in Marvel Midnight Suns is not affiliated with the Marvel game universe of Insomniac. However, the team has revealed to: VGC that they heard Lowenthal’s performance in the Marvel’s Spider-Man series and agreed that he sounded like the perfect Peter Parker, leading to his being cast for the upcoming title.
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