Things that go bump in the night (Part 2 - Green Goblin) Things that go bump in the night: Green Goblin and Venom, the monstrous ‘heroes’ of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2! (Part 2 – Green Goblin)
What did you do to capture Green Goblin’s look?
Bryan Shutt, Art Director:
We wanted something true to the comics, but also something a bit more menacing than what you’d expect for a comic book game. We were trying to get a look that evoked what Marvel was doing with the character: familiar, but unsettling, with an undertone of dangerous unpredictability and malice. Dave Phillips (concept artist) created a beautiful head study which really set the tone for what we were trying to capture. I just love that evil smirk.
The main source of costume design inspiration came from Marko Djurdjevic’s Thunderbolts covers – #110, #114 and #121. They were classic Goblin, but also very scary. We thought the pointed scale armor and stringy tattered cloth had a home made authenticity about it.
We also liked the hand-stitched look of his cap with the oversized threading and we tried to capture that in the details of the model. The biggest pitfall we could have made with Goblin was just playing him as goofy comic relief. That’s not him: he’s crazed, but also very, very dangerous.
What about Green Goblin makes him an interesting character to animate?
Adam Olshan, Senior Animator:
That face. As soon as the model arrived and skinning was complete, everyone wanted a crack at animating Goblin’s face. It’s immediately expressive, it just wants to move. I came in one day and found that one of the animators had gone ahead and put a wicked grin on his idle animation without anyone knowing.
Goblin’s persona made him interesting to pose and animate. You know he’s crazy, you know he’s sneaky and sinister… you just want to pose him out.
Steve Vanseth, Animator:
There are actually a lot of factors that make Green Goblin an interesting character to animate. First of all he’s new to the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance lineup, so that gave us the opportunity to create a lot of cool animations that are unique to him. Second, he’s a great-looking character with a lot of details like his hat and cloth. Those details in his model make it much easier to give him a lot of personality. Lastly, he has a unique piece of equipment… his glider! Although the glider adds a lot of extra challenges to the animation, it made him a lot of fun to animate, especially for his fusions.
Did you hate animating all that cloth? There’s a rumor out there that animators hate cloth.
Adam:
Actually, the cloth wasn’t so bad for Goblin. Some of it’s procedurally driven, and one of our Tech Animators set up some nice simple controls for those bits which aren’t. Besides, animators love to throw in some overlapping action.
What sort of fighting styles did you reference for him?
For Goblin, we didn’t approach hand-to-hand fighting styles in the same way we did other characters, such as Iron Fist or Deadpool. His glider and assortment of pumpkin bombs separate him from other hand-to-hand fighters. We always thought of him as a squirrelly fighter, delivering quick swipes and painful jabs, but ultimately relying heavily on his arsenal to deliver the pain.
Green Goblin seems to be much more of a “classic monster” than other comic villains (heck, “goblin” is in the name). Did this influence you at all?
In folklore, goblins are mischievous creatures. It was easy and fun to assign that personality to Goblin, even without the wealth of comic inspiration and the great writing from years of Marvel comics, and the adaptation from our Narrative team. Green Goblin should be having fun while he’s destroying the level. He’s the guy leaving a flaming bag of dog poop on your doorstep. But in his case, the flaming bag of dog poop will probably blow up your house.
So what can you tell us about his Goblin Glider?
Steve:
His glider is really cool and it’s something that separates him from the rest of the playable characters! The glider has always been a part of his design, even from the concept stage. Once we started working on him we wanted to make sure we incorporated the glider as a part of his character and not just something that was tacked on as an afterthought.
The majority of his powers and fusions use the glider in some way and it makes him really fun to play. One thing that’s great about his fusions is that we weren’t as limited to what the glider could do or where it could go. Goblin hops on his glider and really feels like he’s connected to it and that he has control of it, which was a big concern with the animation. We always wanted to make sure it looks like he is in control of the glider and not the other way around.
Adam:
Goblin’s glider is pretty slick. It’s not only a source of locomotion for Goblin, but it also plays an integral role in some of his powers and fusion attacks. The team wanted to make sure the glider was tied to Goblin in such a way that he could call upon it to wreak havoc at any moment.
Early on, one of our engineers was toying with an idea for a different kind of glider attack. I won’t say he ‘stumbled upon’ unique functionality, but it definitely wasn’t planned. I can’t say too much about it, but Goblin’s glider attacks certainly set him apart from the other characters in our game.
I should also mention that Goblin’s glider developed a mind of its own at one point. The glider was supposed to fly off after one of Goblin’s moves. Instead, it just decided to fly up and hover somewhere above Goblin’s head, spinning around and dipping back and forth. We only knew it was there because its shadow was on the ground, following Goblin wherever he went. Eventually we fixed the bug, but for awhile, we just couldn’t get it to leave.
Bryan:
We wanted to stray a bit from the classic glider look seen in the comics where the shape tries to emulate a flying bat. Most of those designs look very flat and simple like they were made of stamped sheet metal. It’s fun, but we wanted something much more formidable and aerodynamic looking, so we updated the design.
The first thing we noticed about the classic design was that there was no obvious mechanism for hovering, only lift from forward thrust. We knew that our glider was going to have to hover in place for certain moves so Dave created turbofans on the wings. Aesthetically, the back halves of the wings resemble giant pocketknife blades. Overall it’s pretty lethal looking and has a lot more tech-factor.
Regarding animation, we’ve heard about the glider bug. Did Green Goblin give you any other trouble?
Adam:
Yes. Though it was completely worth it, Goblin’s glider posed a significant challenge. As part of both his traversal and combat, it had the capacity to complicate… well, virtually everything. The whole Powers team of animators, engineers and designers worked together to push through the issues. “Cool + fun” always wins out over “difficult”, and Goblin is a blast to play as a result.
Justin Heisler, Fusion Designer
Unlike most of the other playables, Goblin’s heavily equipment-based, which makes sense, since Norman Osborn was an industrialist and an inventor. That equipment fed heavily into his fusions and powers. It was really fun to implement fusions with Goblin: He had such an arsenal of tech devices at his disposal that it was difficult to only pick a few of them! In several moves he uses standard goblin devices such as his pumpkin bombs and homing bombs. However he also uses his glider to its full extent. It fires missiles, rockets, grappling hooks and even a flamethrower. That’s one of the best parts of playing him – you always feel like you have a trick up your sleeve.
Jay Twining, System Designer
Since his beginning we knew how Green Goblin had to fit in our roster, and there were key aspects to his character that we REALLY needed to exploit. Let me assure the fans, we nailed it. Pumpkin bombs. Gliders. A crazy man’s laugh. Mayhem, panic with a bow on top. We needed someone iconic that could wade into combat, trade blows with the big dudes or hang back and bomb from afar. He excels no matter who you use him with. Being the master strategist that is the Green Goblin, I think the fans will have a blast with this one.
Adam:
We also made sure to insert little “personality signatures” wherever we could. We also use a similar philosophy with the moves themselves: One of his Glider attacks was designed with a long “cool-down,” so while his vehicle’s going to work, we used the time to make Goblin cackle maniacally. After we showed that move to the rest of the company, someone told me they’d read a line on a message board that said something like “If Green Goblin’s in the game, all I want is a button for Pumpkin Bombs, and button that makes him cackle. If they have those, I’m buying it.” You’re welcome, anonymous Internet person!
Posted by: HotDog on 06/04/09
GG looks really cool, i can’t wait to play as him
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/04/09
He’ll be on my first optional team. 
Posted by: Deadpoolfan1 on 06/06/09
Why? He’s a super-VILLAIN!
Posted by: Belial on 06/07/09
Hes a Thunderbolt..Not quite villain not quite hero..lol
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/09/09
Because he’s great supervillain!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah he is the greatest!!!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
thunderbolts are villians no matter how you look it
Posted by: FinlandMan on 07/23/09
Not all of them. Song Bird is good person.
Posted by: theladiesman on 06/05/09
wow incrediable detail
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah de details are awesome
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/07/09
me either gg was my 1st favorite marvel character i eve n got the toy of him from the toy line
Posted by: Byzantine on 06/10/09
Let’s hope for a golden goblin costume.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
golden? nah, it would rock the iron patriot or one without any costume
Posted by: Rusty_26 on 06/04/09
Great looks awesome
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
he really does
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 07/06/09
He looks awesome. His cackle better be maniacal enough though.
Posted by: Neverfate on 06/04/09
That is EPIC
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah, I never expect it, good surprise
Posted by: jumbojohn69 on 06/04/09
This is awesome. He is on my team from the get -go.
Posted by: Emma Frost fan 89 on 06/04/09
i never really gave the thunderbolts a chance when i was reading the comics and when i though they could replace other characters that i wanted in the game but with songbird GG and venom i really ant wait for the next T-bolts character im personally hoping for bullseye or maybe another ranged character.
but great work on green goblin guys, well great work on all the characters actually, cant wait for the next reveals
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/04/09
I think that Bullseye/Hawkeye will have biggest chance.
Posted by: Snake X on 06/05/09
Any character that they’ve already shown in trailers are likely not playable. Bullseye was shown leading a pack of villains in one of the trailers. That pretty much means he’s at most a NPC villain, so don’t get your hopes up.
Posted by: VenomMelendez on 06/08/09
Really? What makes you so sure? Do you have evidence to support your theory or are you just making it up.
Posted by: Hawkeye on 06/08/09
Because if we already know the character is in the game it wouldn’t make the reveal much of a surprise.
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/14/09
Though we saw a lot of Silver Surfer on MUA 1’s early stuff and he ended up being a late announcement… Same w/ fury!
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/18/09
I didn’t know that - there’s hope for Cable maybe?
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/22/09
An outside shot… I’d like to see him, though
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 07/06/09
Interesting idea.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
barton would be cooler
Posted by: The Might Thor on 06/04/09
Hopefully Radioactive Man. I don’t know how they’ll pull off Bullseye
Posted by: Hawkeye on 06/05/09
They could give him a couple sai attacks, a card throw move, and scalpel throws. Hawkmoon came up with a pretty decent moveset for him on the forum somewhere.
Posted by: Deadpoolfan1 on 06/06/09
wHAT IS A HAWKMOON?
Posted by: Hawkeye on 06/08/09
A forum member.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
nah, there are better characters than radioactive man
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 06/23/09
Meh. It wouldn’t bother me either way… What are some of Radioactive Man’s abilities?
Posted by: SUPERHERO on 06/04/09
wow...can’t wait to try gobey out!!!
Posted by: download on 06/04/09
green goblin is the law
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 06/23/09
I’m confused. You say he is the law, yet he is a super villain…
Posted by: Boy Banshee on 06/04/09
Can we get all these pictures moved to the respective places of this site, i.e. like Iron Fist’s character map was moved to the Concept Art section of Images.
That also goes for adding the pictures to Flickr, I’d love to see them at a higher resolution Drtruffle 
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
we need more pictures of everyone
Posted by: divinechampion on 06/04/09
WOWee,I had no I idea the many bugs you guys had to deal with pull off a stunt like the glider.I’m so happy you guys never throw in the towel.I looking forward releasing havoc on the city with GG lol 
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah, the gloder looks awesome
Posted by: deathmagnet on 06/04/09
im glad hes finally been announced! hes definetely gonna be on my main team for sure!
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/04/09
It has been almost a year since when Goblin and Venom were first revealed. I was starting to get worried when developers didn’t mention them at all.
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/05/09
I agree. This doesn’t feel like a “real” character reveal but it is nice to have the blogs on what went into making them
Posted by: Hawkeye on 06/05/09
Agreed. In the perfect world we would’ve gotten a new reveal at E3 but I’m not too bothered. All the Venom and GG info is awesome and SDCC is right around the corner where we’re sure to get a couple new reveals. (Come on Hawkeye!)
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/07/09
yeah it does i bet they were saving them…
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
a year? this is the first time I heard it
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/22/09
E3, 2008
Posted by: 1422awoods on 06/04/09
Outstanding job
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah, great design guys!!!!!!
Posted by: KingSRS on 06/04/09
Man cant wait this model looks awsom i hope this game will stay awsom by the time it comes out maybe if the post more articels like this the time will pas faster
Peace
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
you can see the 3d model in the character section it looks awesome
Posted by: I Akua I on 06/04/09
VV continues to impress me with thier models. Although I still think Songbird could use some more work in the face.
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/04/09
Agreed on both. Character models are much greater than MUA’s. Design is better and more detailed.
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/04/09
The character models are all great so far - leaps and bounds over what MUA1 had!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
well is mua2 so they suppose to be better than the ones in mua1
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 06/23/09
They better be. Otherwise it isn’t really an upgrade from the old game.
Posted by: Hawkeye on 06/05/09
I’m more bothered by Songbird wings than her face but as long as she plays well I can overlook it.
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/07/09
I agree on the wings - too much like butterfly wings - we probably won’t see her face much when playing (cutscenes) but her wings will be there a lot. Its a minor complaint though and won’t keep me from putting her on a team
Posted by: Hawkeye on 06/08/09
My feelings exactly. Songbird is too cool not to use because of her butterfly wings.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
I dont hate the wings, it make her look more feminine
Posted by: matthood5 on 06/04/09
Thanks very much, he looks great.
Posted by: kidcanuck on 06/04/09
The design looks pretty bad ass
Posted by: dbstriker on 06/04/09
“After we showed that move to the rest of the company, someone told me they’d read a line on a message board that said something like “If Green Goblin’s in the game, all I want is a button for Pumpkin Bombs, and button that makes him cackle. If they have those, I’m buying it.” You’re welcome, anonymous Internet person!”
I like the part where someone told him about the message boards, thank you “Someone”, its good to know that someone is listening. Please hear this, I am not gonna buy this game unless GAMBIT is Playable...Thank you for you time SomeONE.
Posted by: KingSRS on 06/04/09
nice try
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/04/09
I think you’re probably a few months too late - you can always hope for DLC though!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
I hope to see alot of character for dls, gambit will be nice
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/04/09
I’m so, so happy that Gobby’s in. He’s a villain that I love to hate, and I can only imagine how fun he’ll be in the game. Also, Goblin has to be strangest character in MUA2. They really are giving fan favorites this time.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah he is one of the best villians ever, just ask spidey hahaha
Posted by: SpideyWolvie on 06/04/09
cool, can’t wait to play as Gobo
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
gobo hahaha, sound like “hobo”
Posted by: raideroutlaws on 06/04/09
I think he’ll make my first play through team.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
not in my first team, but I’ll play it
Posted by: DarkAvengersRock on 06/04/09
He Looks great in the game. Thanks for showing him in gameplay at E3. I can’t wait to see how summoning the glider is gonna work. That’s cool. I love the classic pumpkin bombs,too! I thought your detailed design was WAY better than I imagined. Great job!
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/04/09
I think the glider will be my favorite part of playing as GG
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
have you seen the gameplay video that is like 20 minutes? it looks awesome!!!!!!
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 06/23/09
Can you post the link to it?
Posted by: storm09 on 06/04/09
He’s gonna own!
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/04/09
I can’t wait to have Peter lead a team and beat the crap out of this funny faced freak! Then afterwords when he begs for forgiveness, I’ll slap him down like no other!!! “Arrest this Clown!” Then, a few days later when no one is looking, I’ll give him a try… Just don’t tell anyone!
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 07/06/09
He is a green goblin. Not funny. Clowns are the ones you make funny jokes to. Not goblins.
Posted by: FinlandMan on 07/23/09
Lol Cap.
Posted by: weaponx05 on 06/04/09
Can’t wait to play as Green Goblin, but I also can’t wait to fight him...he looks sick!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah it would be cool to beat him haha
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/04/09
Good stuff - I like how they said his glider looks like a knife blade on the sides and it also has tons of gadgets - like a swiss army knife!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
the glider is going to be the best part of him
Posted by: Foatasa on 06/04/09
Awesome. Gobby is definitely the character I am looking forward to most. Now I just hope they have the costume from the movie as an alternate.
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/05/09
I hope they don’t have the movie costume - it looked waaaayy to Power Ranger-y for me. I didn’t like it at all.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
nah, movie costume was bad
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/22/09
Depends which movie… Psych, they all were weak, no movie costumes EVER!!!
Posted by: Goose7187 on 06/04/09
GG is really going to be a great caharacter to play as! He looks amazing, you can do so much in terms of his style of play, and he has his glider in the game. I CANT WAIT!!!
Posted by: beastfromtheeast on 06/04/09
Glider will be loads of fun to use
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
“nice legs”? hahahaha
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 06/23/09
Hahahahaha. Odd comment…
Posted by: juicebeast on 07/24/09
he does
Posted by: Lanowar on 06/04/09
Very nice article I would suspect they would avoid using Ultimate Green Goblin as an alt skin because of the sheer difference in apperance. So I’m going for as my guesses of alt skins for Hobgoblin, Menance and Demogoblin
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
iron patriot and norman with a suit would be cooler
Posted by: FireMadeFlesh on 06/04/09
I can’t wait to try him.....flaming bags of poo and all!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
“flaming bags of poo” hahahahaha, nice one
Posted by: FireMadeFlesh on 06/04/09
“It fires missiles, rockets, grappling hooks and even a flamethrower.”
Maybe those cables we saw in the video were really from his glider.
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/05/09
I think the cables were a part of a fusion with Wolverine
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
but still are part of the glider
Posted by: The_Man on 06/04/09
Go Goblin!!! He looks great guys.
Posted by: Venom265 on 06/04/09
Nice work on goblin guys, He looks badass
Posted by: sadroseforlife on 06/04/09
Bro0tal!
Posted by: Deeknee246 on 06/04/09
I’m pumped for the Green Goblin being offically annouced. It’s good to see more fresh blood in this game. I was getting worried because with most of the orginal cast returning I didn’t want the game to be stale. I was particularly thinking about alternate for the Green Goblin because of the great possiblities there. I’m hoping they do four per character. My thoughts for the Goblin were:
1st - The Thunderbolts (the one they have been showing)
2nd - The Classic Green Goblin
3rd - The Hobgoblin (I feel that this is a must.)
I feel that the 4th could be open to anything also:
Menace
Green Goblin 2099 (was this the same one from Spider-Man Unlimite)
Ultimate Green Goblin
The Green Goblin Armor (the first Spider-Man movie suit)
Just some ideas and thoughts
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/05/09
I’d like to see Menace.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
menace is kind of lame imo
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
iron patriot and norman osborn with out any costume just a power suit
Posted by: Jean_Grey on 06/04/09
oops, i posted that comment in the wrong dev blog.... anyways green goblin looks very detailed and amazing, keep up the good workd dev’s. *please make jean grey just as amazing! *
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
jean in mua2? naaaaaah
Posted by: Mad Dog on 06/04/09
See to be honest, the amount of people who keep moaning about Jean Grey is starting to do my f*cking box in!
She SUCKED. She was a TERRIBLE CHARACTER.
They didn’t waste time making her playable in MUA, which i’m glad at, i enjoyed choosing Nightcrawler over her again and again, and i hope to God they don’t put her in the new MUA.
Goblin looks smart
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
hahaha, some hate to jean there, I dont hate her but yeah she has nothing to do with mua2 there are so many better characters imo
Posted by: Nitefall on 06/04/09
I’m glad we finally get to play as Green Goblin. He looks awesome. Is it just me or does he have short legs in that first picture? He looks kind of monkey-ish. Could just be the pic.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
I think is the angle that make them look like that
Posted by: Nexus on 06/04/09
I can’t wait to see the glider capabilities in action.
Posted by: iron24 on 06/05/09
He looks so good! Menacing, crazy, scary very nice. I love the bug with the glider following Gobby around. Great blog and thanks for the great inforatmion.
Posted by: Spider Boy on 06/05/09
Green Golbin gonna be awesome in the game. YEAH!!!
Posted by: Thanos on 06/05/09
Yes yes and more yes. I love it. The best character in the game so far as i am concerned :D
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/09/09
Thanos has spoken.
Posted by: storm09 on 06/05/09
Be interested what Green Goblin says to Spider-man…
Posted by: Jadryx on 06/05/09
Yeah I bet his conversations would be good - I wonder if they’ll have banter if they’re on the same team
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/09/09
Hopefully they have lots of fighting. Both physically and mentally.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah hope spidey has very good comebacks
Posted by: Danny Rand on 06/05/09
Looks cool!
btw, in the last part, tha answer from Justin Heisler, Fusion Designer, u wrote Norman Osborne, I think it is Osborn
Posted by: Deadpoolfan1 on 06/06/09
I LOVE IRON FIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Batroc on 06/05/09
Looks nice.
Posted by: Quasimodo on 06/05/09
looks like they’re hinting at bullseye
Posted by: galactus2688 on 06/05/09
he looks great, the only thing i hope they don’t do is put all the characters on the same screen because that made controlling the camera difficult especially for online play because everyone has their own way of playing and if you can’t control one character individually on your own screen during mulitplayer then their no point in online play, for all that you can play locally offline with three others.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
you can see the gameplay video it looks awesome
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/05/09
I just got done reading Amazing #595, the beginning of American Son, and right now I want nothing more then to back hand me some norman osborn… Maybe I’ll put him on my team just to watch him die slowly and painfully!!! You’re going down, Norman, but who is going to be the one to take you down… Your son Harry, or your Arch-Enemy, Spider-Man???? The buildup to #600 is Sick!!!!
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/09/09
I think that Norman stays in power for a year or two. BTW, ASM #600 will have forty paged Doc Ock story!
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/10/09
Yeah I read that, written by Stan “The Man” right? It will be good to see ol’ Doc back in the mix… I’d like to use him on this game!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
i’m in 579, dont say spoilers, hahahhaa
Posted by: marvelover1 on 06/05/09
Looks amazing! good job!
Posted by: Danny Darko on 06/05/09
Brilliany guys. It just keeps getting better
Posted by: Danny Darko on 06/05/09
Brilliany - I mean brilliant lol
Posted by: blakpantha on 06/05/09
he looks awesome!..i wanted other people in the game but venom and gobby changes the predictablity of the game. good show..good show
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 06/23/09
You need a couple villains to mess things up and they fit perfectly. Unfortunately, they are both spidey villains and I would have preferred more diverse villains..
Posted by: Hawkeye on 06/05/09
Another amazing blog. Thanks for all the hard work, guys and gals.
Posted by: Naxohh on 06/06/09
Green Goblinn… AWESOME!
Posted by: sealy on 06/06/09
green goblin is awsome
Posted by: sealy on 06/06/09
i think there should be hodgodlin instead
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/09/09
Nah, he hasn’t been active for years. And Norman’s more well known and more important.
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/22/09
Yeah, no question that they got the right guy, on at least 10 different levels… I could see a hobby skin, though…
Posted by: FinlandMan on 07/22/09
I’m 90 % sure that we’ll see Hobgoblin skin.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
nah, this is fine
Posted by: The White Knight on 06/06/09
I can’t wait to play as Green Goblin.
Posted by: Spidermark on 06/06/09
Goblin using the glider is gonna be fun.
Posted by: tfevers2 on 06/06/09
great grean goblin
Posted by: the_mediator on 06/06/09
Alright, more Thunderbolts moving into MUA2. Green Goblin looks absolutely stunning, especially all the hard work that went into his glider utility. Great job, VV.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
we need more hahaha
Posted by: Elijah Strange on 06/06/09
I agree with the mediator.green guy does look cool!
Posted by: theshredder39 on 06/06/09
i’m so phycked that he’s going to use the glider, that was the only thing he was missing in Spider-man Friend or Foe (don’t get me wrong but truthfully i think that game sucks)
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
wos for ps3 was very cool
Posted by: THEDARKKNIGHT33 on 06/07/09
I can’t belive how great goblin looks. I would never had imagine him looking so good in a video game. Also, great job on the glider.
Posted by: maxknight69 on 06/07/09
Goblin is definetly going in my pro-reg party with venom and song bird. Can’t wait to see who else they add or what dlc they come up with after the game releases.
Posted by: Teh Monkey on 06/07/09
Can wait for this game!
Posted by: Firestorm on 06/07/09
some how he looks a bit like link
Posted by: Jaywave on 06/07/09
Whats wrong with his feet?
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
the angle make them look that way
Posted by: theshredder39 on 06/07/09
i hope the character select screen was desiged the same way as in the first game, that was a very creative way to set it up
Posted by: XQHInc on 06/08/09
I just hope we get plenty of hidden characters and download characters, Civil War was epic and MUA had some great characters that belong in MUA2. the more the merrier! Keep up the good work guys and keep making characters, please.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah, I agree wit you
Posted by: spider carnage on 06/08/09
he looks like a cool person to play i hope i get the game
Posted by: The Might Thor on 06/08/09
Green Goblin looks like Rumpelstiltskin with his short and crooked legs.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
hahahahahaha, good one
Posted by: VenomMelendez on 06/08/09
Green Goblin looks awesome.
Great job. I wonder what happens if you team him Spidey.
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/08/09
i hope hobgoblin is playable so i can put him in caps side & make gob & hob fight
Posted by: theshredder39 on 06/08/09
Hob Goblin is better off an alternate costume, cause if he was a seperate character his moveset wouldn’t be much different than Green Goblin’s and that would be a waste of character, although if Activision seperates alternate costumes that resemble other characters (like Ironman to War Machine in the first game for example) then i’m pretty sure you could do that, and also you bring up a good point about putting them against eachother cause since the game is gonna be sort of like that, there might be a vs mode a little bit like the one that was in X-Men Legends 2
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/08/09
well actually if you saw the last episode of the 90s spiderman hob had a bomb that looked like a doll so there not really the same…
Posted by: theshredder39 on 06/08/09
i don’t know if Activision will go THAT far onto the past but ok
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/08/09
but it wasnt that long ago
Posted by: theshredder39 on 06/08/09
yeah i realized that as soon as i posted the comment what i really wanted to say was that Hob Goblin used pumpkin bombs most of the time and even if they do use that for Hob Goblin in this game its still wouldn’t be much different from playing as Green Goblin, it’s like Fox and Falco in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, they both had different colord lasers but yet playing as Falco still felt like playing as a slightly slower Fox with a little bit more power
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/08/09
well hobgoblin is still way differant than green goblin
Posted by: theshredder39 on 06/08/09
in personality yes, in moveset not so much, but who knows you might be right, these game developers come up with everything they might as well think of something if Hob Goblin does becaome a seperate character
Posted by: VenomMelendez on 06/15/09
They basing thios game on the comics NOT the cartoons.Besides, fact is they are way too similar and he’s better off as an alt.
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 06/23/09
Agreed. Hobgoblin should be no more than just a simple alternate costume…
Posted by: karlos22 on 06/08/09
i thik it’s kool this guy
buy i don’t like him because he doesn’t
eve have a real power !
but aniway u did a good job guys !! XD
Posted by: theshredder39 on 06/08/09
so you don’t like ironman as well?
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/08/09
wait are you talking to me or karlos22
Posted by: theshredder39 on 06/08/09
i was talking to you, the site probably glitched cause karlos probably posted a comment before i finished my reply to you
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/09/09
Norman Osborn does have superpowers! Goblin Formula gave him superhuman strength, endurance, speed, intelligence and healing factor. Even without his gadgets, Norman would be very dangerous man.
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/10/09
That he does, I just “saw” Spidey wipe his ugly hide all over a few building in NYC, then the geezer just answered his phone… The dude has powers!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
yeah, he even defeat death once
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/08/09
oh then i will answer you yes i like iron man i meant by putting hob in caps side because i hate hob
Posted by: Helllion on 06/09/09
whoa, cant wait for this one =]
some of his fusions look AWESOME
but, can someone tell me, is it meant to be Norman, Harry, or one of the (numerous) other goblins??
Posted by: FinlandMan on 06/09/09
It’s supposed to be original and greatest Goblin, Norman.
Posted by: King Zach on 06/09/09
they should put Gambit in this
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/09/09
they not gonna because there isn’t a way to make him cool
Posted by: theshredder39 on 06/09/09
that’s not true, remember Activision is a very creative game company, and also think about it who would expect Green Goblin to look this awsome in a game, and look at Deadpool, if Activision can do that then they can come up with something for Gambit
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 06/10/09
wait i didn’t finish gambit never really appeared in the comics
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/14/09
See: Hulk and Thor… not a very good argument… If the fans want them, they have a chance, and Gambit as a very solid fan base and is reemerging on the Marvel scene
Posted by: VenomMelendez on 06/15/09
Except Gambit aslso has many people saying he’s over-rated.
I like him and all...But there are better choices.
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
neither do hulk
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/23/09
Actually, Gambit is now a definite possibility!!
Posted by: proxydriod17 on 07/05/09
wait… i just saw the cover and it has gambit on it
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
maybe as dlc… i hope
Posted by: Shocker on 06/09/09
Goblin looks awesome and I look forward to him. It’s just...his legs. His torso is huge but his legs look so small but I think I know why that is. I think he is sort of crouched so his thigh is angled a bit forward and well, it blends in, just a bad screenshot. At least that’s what I’m hoping, if it’s not I hope it’s fixed.
Posted by: IllumPhan on 06/09/09
love the creepy new look of GG and the streamlined new glider.
Posted by: Dhall23 on 06/09/09
his attacks sound so cool i can’t wait to use his pumpkin bombs and flamthrower on his glider
Posted by: VivaLaNES on 06/11/09
He looks stinking amazing.... Soooo cool!
Posted by: Annonymuss563 on 06/12/09
His alternate suits will be interesting.I’m thinking his Classic,Modern and.....uhm.....I’m stuck.Probably unmasked,or maybe even Iron Patriot.
Posted by: juicebeast on 06/13/09
INCREDIBLE VIDEO!!! ‘Lonely Island’ incredible! You know what I mean!
Posted by: chappy422 on 06/13/09
looks pretty incredible.
Posted by: Bloody Mess on 06/14/09
Green Goblin >>>>> Bullseye, totally. 2nd favorite Thunderbolt, other than Venom. He looks absolutely horrifying and Halloween-y.
Posted by: jackolantern on 06/14/09
looks awesome
Posted by: Helllion on 06/15/09
i want moonstone now, just to finish the Thunderbolts team. i could deal with hawkeye or bullseye instead though.
STILL want Emma Frost =]
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/17/09
Doesn’t Norman claim to be nuts and assassinate a Atlantean Delegate? I wonder if they are going to try to tie this in at all…
I doubt it, it won’t fit too well, but The writers do have a bit of a poetic license so we’ll see if they tie it in....
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 06/23/09
OOOOOHHHH… Drama in a game like this like that would be funny.
Posted by: Punisher 09 on 06/17/09
who do you think will be next first venom now green goblin my two fiv spiderman villans i hope some more villan will be in it to spies it up i read the comic book it is sweet all thos villans to chose from it will fucking off the wall
Posted by: Punisher 09 on 06/17/09
who will be next
Posted by: Guy that likes stuff on 06/19/09
GG would have really good fusions with some characters
Posted by: marvelnewkidflame on 06/21/09
i hope new goblin is in this aswell and doc ock and it would be awesome! if the heroes had there zombie costume from marvel zombies and carnage and it is rumored that electro is a boss on the first level
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/22/09
If there is even a New Goblin skin, I seriously may not buy this game… I’m so very serious on this one…
Posted by: Dom Tha King on 06/21/09
I want to the fusion with spiderman and the green goblin where he dont kill spiderman. I hope they will have the spiderman 3 costume for the green goblin
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
nah, the movie costumes are really bad
Posted by: Captain Spidey on 06/23/09
you mean the “new goblin” costume??? No, Never!! Here that guys, NEVER!!!
Posted by: mauryguionbajo on 06/22/09
great art work BTW
Posted by: The White Knight on 06/22/09
i love the artwork!
Posted by: The White Knight on 06/22/09
I cannot wait to play as Green Goblin!
Posted by: The White Knight on 06/22/09
I wonder how his Glider will operate!
Posted by: Teh Monkey on 06/22/09
i think it will be very glichy and odd but i guees it will be fun
Posted by: Toa Jaller on 06/26/09
He looks great, I love the new high-tech appearance of the glider. I can’t wait to see more! *crosses fingers for Ghost Rider*
Posted by: Silver_Surfer on 07/01/09
I wanna see Silver Surfer (another that could ride on something like goblin) or Iceman… just think of the awesome fusions you could come up with one of those guys being the other half of a fusion. It would be Epic.
Kudos on Green Goblin… sounds like he is gonna be so much fun to play. Too bad its not his armor from the spiderman movies though. =/
Posted by: DarkAvengersRock on 07/02/09
can’t wait to see if there’s an Iron Patriot suit! no, really! can’t wait!
Posted by: DarkAvengersRock on 07/03/09
GG is way cool!
Posted by: juicebeast on 07/26/09
Levar Burton is way cool!
Posted by: DarkAvengersRock on 07/03/09
GG is way rad
Posted by: DarkAvengersRock on 07/03/09
GG is WICKED!!
Posted by: juicebeast on 07/26/09
So is Bauston! The do wicked good baked beans theah
Posted by: DarkAvengersRock on 07/03/09
GG is one I want to play
Posted by: DarkAvengersRock on 07/03/09
GG is gnarly, dude!
Posted by: dragonflame22 on 07/05/09
Looks good - i just hope they make him scary and evil & not just another hero…
Posted by: dragonflame22 on 07/05/09
I wonder what Goblin & Spidey’s Fusion will be like? Maybe the two of them trying to beat the *$#^ out of each other & causing general mass destruction…
Posted by: Gambit_Rulez on 07/06/09
My team Would Be
Gambit(if playable)
Iron Fist
Green Goblin
Cloak and Dagger(if playable)
or Song Bird
Posted by: APoorLittleSeal on 07/07/09
I would have gambit, iron fist, gobby, cloak and dagger, deadpool, venom, maybe wolverine, and possibly jug. I would not have those traitorous Pro-Reggers on my team…
Posted by: Silver_Surfer on 07/08/09
what is this obsession everyone has with this iron fist fag? He looks so stupid.
My team thus far (unless someone epic is revealed) will be:
Iron Man
Spider-Man
Green Goblin
Human Torch or Deadpool
Posted by: Pink Austin on 07/10/09
i still want emma frost
Posted by: marveldiva on 07/11/09
i hate green goblin hes a murderer! and i hate his fans youre all sick!
Posted by: The Might Thor on 07/12/09
Word UP
Posted by: SuperHiepsi on 07/17/09
I agree he shouldn’t be part of a playable heroes list. But again, he seems to be done with such inspiring care and talent I’ll have to try it out.
Posted by: warbyte on 07/13/09
the goblins crackle is going to be the pride & joy of his character personification, which entitles him to be my first go when choosing team members. Good job on the hard work that went into getting ‘GG’ just right. Early two-thumbs up!!
Posted by: FinlandMan on 07/22/09
I love how Goblin laughs in CWO!
Posted by: juicebeast on 07/17/09
wow i just watched the vid again, and it’s still jaw-dropping! I’m so damn impressed with VV.
Posted by: Nova Prime on 07/23/09
He looks very cool—I just don’t generally play villains
Posted by: godsell on 07/26/09
he look cool
Posted by: john317 on 07/26/09
Goblin looks great! You’ve got some fine artists.
Posted by: wanderers on 07/27/09
Adding the Green Goblin makes sense since he’s a major player now
Posted by: Grakk on 08/03/09
Zemo would be awesome, but I know he probably won’t make it into the game.
Posted by: Danny Rand on 08/07/09
He looks so.. WILD.. incredible 
Posted by: blackthor on 09/12/09
wow they made him look realy cool at first i didnt care much for him but now that ive seen him im interested
Posted by: Nexus on 09/15/09
Gobby is one of my new favorites.
Posted by: PerfectExample on 10/31/09
Go Thunderbolts!!!!
Posted by: PerfectExample on 11/02/09
love the glider
Posted by: PerfectExample on 11/02/09
one of my fav charac
Posted by: FinlandMan on 11/05/09
It’s fun to read these old comments.
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