Spiderman 3 (Playstation 2 version)
Walkthrough and guide
Contents
I) Legal stuff
II) Introduction
III) Contact details
IV) Spidey’s moves
V) Hero Upgrades
VI) Walkthrough
VII) Boss photos – When to take them
VIII) Unlockables
IX) Locations of the Meteorite Fragments and Spider Emblems
X) Frequently asked questions
XI) Trivia
XII) Glitches
XIII) Quotes n’ Quips
XIV) Nick’s review on Spiderman 3
XV) People Like You
XVI) Special thanks and No thanks
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[[[[[[[[[Final Version!!]]]]]]]]]
Version History –
Saturday, 05 May 2007 –
Started the guide. Got used to the controls of Spidey 3. Completed
the game, with plans to make this guide the very first PS2 Spiderman
3 guide submitted to GameFAQs.
Sunday, 06 May 2007 –
Did some more on the main walkthrough, whilst still planning on
making this guide the very first one submitted to GameFAQs.
Monday, 07 May 2007 –
Finished the guide! That means completing the game twice since
Saturday. Submitted version 1 of the guide. And hey, my guide was the
very first PS2 Spiderman 3 guide submitted to GameFAQs. The only
other guide is one for the X-Box 360 version.
Tuesday, 08 May 2007 –
I just checked the number of views my FAQ has obtained, 621 in one
day! That’s more than any of my FAQ’s has had in a month! Anyway,
after playing through the game a third time I noticed that some
button presses in boss fights are random, so I fixed that. Also added
photo tips.
Wednesday, 09 May 2007 –
Wow, this FAQ has obtained more views in one day than all my others
combined, so thanks to everyone that viewed it! Also added (with kind
permission) the current map with the locations of the Meteorite
Fragments and Spider Emblems, because of the sheer amount of emails I
was getting asking for the locations. I’ve slapped the photo
locations to the start of each boss fight as well. I’ve been through
the guide again and I’ve made some modifications to the boss battles.
Thursday, 10 May 2007 –
Just went around upgrading Spidey, collecting Spider Emblems and
Meteorite Fragments, beating gangs and tidying up the FAQ today.
Friday, 11 May 2007 –
Added the Trivia, Glitches and Quotes n’ Quips sections to the FAQ.
Also inserted a few of the questions I’ve been asked over the last
week and added a few more little touch ups to the guide. I also
placed a link that works in the Meteorite and Emblem section.
Submitted version 4 of the FAQ!
Wednesday 16, May 2007 –
After a nice break from Spiderman 3, I’ve finally decided to add some
more stuff to it. For starters, I finally figured out what it is the
100 Meteorite Fragments (and 100%) does. The answer is very
disappointing. When I say very disappointing, I mean VERY
disappointing! Also added loads of new glitches and a few more
questions that people sent me via e-mails. I tell you, if I never get
another e-mail asking me “how do you find each individual Meteorite
Fragment and Spider Emblem?”, it’ll be too soon! Finally, I added an
updated map showing even more Spider Emblem and Meteorite Fragment
locations.
Saturday 26, May 2007 –
Hehe, another long break here. I’ve just been answering emails and
stuff. I must have sent out that damn map about 50 million times now.
I swear, if nobody ever asks me for that map again it’ll be too soon.
I also saw that 2 lame sites were hosting and selling my FAQ without
my permission. The sites are Wonderdog and Cheat Code Central. I mean
come on, the legal stuff is there for a reason. If you want to sell a
guide then make your own. I added a ton more glitches too and I also
went through the guide again and made a few little tweaks to some
various parts. Anything else... oh yeah, I added another unlockable
in the Unlockables section. I even bought a Black Suit Spiderman
figure!
Thursday 07, June 2007 –
Haha! Thought I was gone didn’t ya? You... you didn’t really...
right? Anyways, I’ve added a ****load of new glitches, that both I
and other people have submitted to me. Once again thanks to all who
have submitted glitches to me. I frequently started a fourth play
through, because on my most frequent one, the damn Sweeper enemy from
the H-Bombers Gang just would not show up. I was frequently stuck at
34/35 pictures. It was driving me up the wall, just like Spiderman
himself. On my fourth play through though, I made sure to snap him
during the Carlyle mission so HA! Hey, there’s a ton more quotes
added, you can really see that the game version of Spiderman seems to
be more based on his comic book and animated series’ versions rather
than the movie version. I also added another section, a rather
special section regarding a certain e-mail I got recently. Oh yeah,
hey guess what! This Walkthrough has gained close to 200,000 views. I
never expected it to rack up so many hits. I know that it will reach
200,000 very soon! My Black Suited Spidey figure has been hurting
me...
Monday 25, June 2007 –
****!! ****!!!!! **********!!!!!!!! Ahem, sorry I encountered this
glitch in the game where the Spidey Emblems and the Meteorite
Fragments don’t show up. Anyways, I added a ton more glitches that I
found and loads more from you kind people that sent me them! I tell
you, if that glitches section gets any bigger, then its gonna be
bigger than the actual walkthrough itself... and that’s not a good
thing! For the final version of this FAQ, I’ll number all the
glitches and see how many we have encountered. I’m expecting the
number to come to around 5,000+. Hey, we finally hit the 200,000
mark! The count at the time I write this is = 225,064. ^____^
Anything else... oh yeah, more quotes have been added to the Quotes
n’ Quips section of the guide. Also, I think that Version 9 or
Version 10 of this guide will be the final version. Like I said
before, its been a real blast adding stuff to this walkthrough! I’ve
enjoyed it a lot! Oh yeah, I also added an alternate strategy on how
to defeat old Venom in the final boss battles of the game. More good
news, my Black Suited Spidey figure was demanding his breakfast
yesterday, when my red and blue suit Spidey figure came and beat the
living daylights out of him! Hooray!! No more taking orders from an
action figure... what’s that red and blue suit Spidey figure? Oh yes
of course, I’ll get your tea to you shortly... <Groan> it begins
again!
Wednesday 04, August 2007 –
Well guys and gals, this is it. It’s the final update for this guide.
There’s just nothing more I can add to it except adding the last
question, touching up a few little parts of the guide and numbering
all the glitches that were discovered by us. (Check the number of
glitches!) I also added my review of the game so check that out if
you want to know how much I liked it and disliked it. Also, any
spelling errors have won. I couldn’t find them, but I know that there
are still some in this guide... laughing at me. So yeah, the e-
mails... the only one’s I receive now are not from you, but from
stupid idiot spammers who post literally some of the most annoying
things ever – Friend Requests from people I don’t know, Update Your
Account from banks I’m not a part of, e-mails with no text, but just
attachments that I don’t want to open and all that kind of crap. I’ve
really had fun with this guide and I’ve really enjoyed reading the
various e-mails and glitches you kind people have sent to me. So...
yeah, like I said it’s the FINAL update. I never knew it would gain
so much attention, help so many people out and stuff. This is my most
complete guide yet and no doubt, my future ones will become bigger
and better because of the experience I gained from increasing the
content of this FAQ. If you want to e-mail me expressing your sorrow
over this, the final update ever, then feel free to. Don’t e-mail me
with anymore glitches, because they won’t be added. Ask me about any
queries you still have about the game and I’ll still give you the
maps if you want them.
I’ll miss you guys! See you in Spiderman 4 okay?
I’m finally done!
*Web swings outta here*
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I) Legal stuff
This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for
personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or
otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission.
Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public
display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. This
also means you Wonderdog and Cheat Code Central and Cheatcodes.com
and all other sites that try to host and sell this guide. If you want
to sell a guide then make your own. Oh yeah, and don’t be copying me
by listing all the glitches in this game either. That goes for all
the other people who plan to submit a guide for the PS2 version of
Spiderman 3.
Copyright: 2007 Nick Kazama.
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II) Introduction
Greetings true believers! Nick Kazama here bringing you my second
ever walkthrough for a game (3 of them are character FAQ’s), but my
first ever walkthrough for a Spiderman game. After hearing many a bad
thing about SM3 for the PS2, I was a little hesitant about buying it
at first, well, I’d already pre-ordered it. I started hearing the bad
things about it AFTER I’d ordered the game. When I got it however, I
saw that it wasn’t really that bad. At least to me it wasn’t. Sure,
it was nowhere near as good as the Amazing Spiderman 2 game, but it
was still pretty fun. It kept me entertained and that’s what a games
all about right? Right? Anyways, I started setting up this
walkthrough and guide during the first few minutes of playing
Spiderman 3, I wanted to do another walkthrough for a game, instead
of another character FAQ and guide. It’s been a real blast adding
various things to this walkthrough.
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III) Contact details
If you have any questions about this FAQ, then e-mail moi! My e-mail
address is –
[email protected]
Please remember to read the guide thoroughly before asking me
anything though. Chances are you’ll find your answer! And please, I’m
begging you, don’t ask me how to get the Meteorite Fragments and/or
the Spider Emblems! Seriously, my e-mail account has been severely
flooded by about 5,000,000+ e-mails asking me how to find them. Also,
if
you see this guide on any other websites other than GameFAQs, then
please let me know and you’ll score a place in the special thanks
section of this walkthrough. Many sites have already been selling my
guide without my permission. Thieves. Lowlifes. Degenerates. Etc.
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IV) Controls
The controls in Spiderman 3 are somewhat similar to the previous two
Spidey games (Spiderman 2 and Ultimate Spiderman). Here they are;
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Basic Controls
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Move Spiderman – Left Analogue Stick
Move Camera - Right Analogue Stick
Jump – (X) Button
Wall Crawl – (O) Button (when near a wall)
Quick Attack – ([]) Button
Strong Attack – (/\) Button
Web Attack – (O) Button (when targeting an enemy)
Dodge – [L2] Button
Web Swing – [R2] Button
Swing Boost – (X) Button
Web Zip – [R1] Button
Interact (when prompted) – (/\) Button
Adrenaline Attack – [L1] Button (before an attack)
Put On or Remove Black Suit - <- or -> directional button
Photo Mode – Up Directional Button
Pause Menu/Scrapbook – Start
City Map – Select
Center Camera Behind Spiderman – (R3) Button
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Photography Controls
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Toggle Photo Mode On/Off – Up Directional Button
Aim Camera – Left Analogue Stick
Zoom In/Out – Right Analogue Stick Up/Down
Take a Picture – [R1] Button
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The Black Suit
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If you switch to Black Suit then you’ll notice some changes in
Spidey. Other than the color change, Spidey will gain one or more
hits to his combos, his maximum health will become bigger and he can
jump higher. You see your Adrenaline Bar? When that fills up
completely, you’ll notice that the edges of the screen have started
turning dark. This black aura will grow and grow and grow, unless you
take that suit off! If you leave it, then the symbiote will feed off
of Peter and he’ll pass out. When he comes to, he’ll have the red and
blue suit again. Each time you take Black Suit off, it will require
some button presses. It starts out at just 2 button presses and then
raises by one each time you take it off. Once you are required to tap
the Triangle button quickly at the end of the button press sequence,
that’s when the number of required button presses stops growing.
Also, if you leave the Black Suit on too much, then the city will
start to look really grim. Trees lose their leaves, the pavements and
buildings get all cracked up and the pedestrians say nasty things
about you, instead of nice things.
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Advanced Combat
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V) Hero Upgrades
As with Spiderman 2, Spiderman 3 allows you to upgrade our hero with
things such as higher jumping, longer combos, more health and more.
Here’s how you can upgrade him. We’ll start with the combo line.
As you progress through the main story, the very first upgrades on
each branch will be automatically activated for you.
3-Hit Combos---4-Hit Combos---5-Hit Combos---Knockback Power---6-Hit
Combos
Web Mount---Mounted Smash Power---Mounted Jab Power---Health Upgrade
---Mounted Web Cannon---Health Upgrade
Lightning Strikes---Lightning Boost
Web Yank---Web Rodeo---Web Hammer---Stronger Webbing---Strongest
Webbing---Rodeo Duration
Vault---Vault Jab---Speed Upgrade---Vault Smash---Vault Webbing---
Speed Upgrade
Web Cannon Boost
Double Jump---Wall Jump---Super Fly Spidey---Higher Charged Jump---
Highest Charged Jump---The Spinneret---Freefall Headspin---Speed
Upgrade
Uppercut---Dive Bomb---Health Upgrade---Earth breaker---Uppercut
Power---Health Upgrade---
Spider Smackdown---Smackdown Boost
Note - Each time you purchase an upgrade for Spidey, Bruce Campbell
may give you a humorous line!
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VI) Walkthrough
Okay then my fellow Spidey fan, let’s get this show underway shall
we? Unlike previous Spidey games, Spiderman 3 starts you off in a
building. A guard comes to greet you, so hit him with either the
Square button, or the Triangle button. A small cutscene shows more
guards entering the room you’re in. Hello, is that Bruce Campbell’s
voice? It sure is! As he suggests, soften the bad guys up with some
soft attacks and then nail them with stronger moves. The most
effective way to get them out of your way is to do the combo shown at
the top of the screen; Square, Square, Triangle. After beating them,
head through that door and you’ll see a big explosion just outside
the window. Head to the right and another explosion will blow a hole
in the wall. Enter through the hol... erm, passage!
You’ll be in an office. A cutscene will show yet another small
explosion blow another chunk out of another wall. However, there is a
fire standing in between you and the passageway. The game prompts you
to jump over it. You can charge your jump by holding down the X
button and then releasing it. However, you don’t even need to jump
over it. Move slightly to the right and you’ll see that you can just
run around the flame. In the next room, there is a huge gaping chunk
of the floor missing and some more flames poking out of there. What
would Spiderman be without his Spider powers? I’ll tell you, he’d
be... man. Is that what you came to play – Man 3? Nope! Go up to the
wall and press the Circle button to stick to it. Of course if you
wanted to, you could just charge your jump and then press the Circle
button to stick to the ceiling, then just crawl across the fire. Head
through the door at the end.
In this room, there are 4 bad guys. Use that 3 hit combo like the
last time. You also get an option here to use the Web Splat move.
Spidey has lost the ability to web up an enemy in this game, so
instead he has the Web Splat. This move temporarily blinds an enemy.
After subduing them, another cutscene shows yet another explosion
that blows a section out of the ceiling this time. More bad guys drop
down to come and get you. You also get a prompt to use Spidey’s dodge
move. When his Spidey Sense goes off (little flashing light above his
head), press the L2 button and Spiderman will roll out of harms way.
I know, I miss the sprint function too. After these bad guys have
been dealt with, run into the little yellow circle on the ground and
then charge your jump. Release it to proceed to the next floor.
In this room, there are 4 people that need saving. To pick up a
civilian, walk up to them and then press the Triangle button to have
Spidey pick them up. These two people are stuck behind some debris
and some fire. Simply jump over the debris to get to them. After
picking one of them up, get them to the door (just follow the green
exclamation mark on the screen). When you reach the green circle on
the floor, press the Triangle button again to drop them off. After
getting the second civilian to safety, a cutscene shows you some more
bad guys – The H Bombers. You’ll also be shown that you can
regenerate some of Spidey’s health. Remember that you can only
regenerate up to the white part of the health bar (if you’ve taken
damage you’ll notice a white bit on the health bar). Beat these two
bad guys and then head through the door.
More bad guys and a health restore (the little red spider emblem).
After taking out these bad guys, run over to the tied up civilian,
move Spidey into the yellow circle and press the Triangle button.
This will begin a sequence where you must repeatedly tap the Triangle
button. Keep at it and Spiderman will break the chains holding the
civilian. After freeing him, he’ll open a door for you and then run
off. Head through the door and follow the green exclamation mark.
Notice how the number gets smaller as you get nearer? Keep going and
you’ll see a health restore. Move into the next room. Oh boy, lots
more baddies in here, but nothing you can’t handle right? Right??
Good. Around this point you’ll get another little notice about the
Adrenaline Attacks. When that white bar underneath you health bar in
full, you can use an Adrenaline Attack. Press the L1 button and the
Circle button at the same time. You can refill the Adrenaline Bar by
dealing damage to enemies.
Okay, beaten up all the enemies? Great okay, move Spidey into that
yellow circle near the tied up civilian and press the Triangle
button. Remember the last tied up man where you had to rapidly press
the Triangle button to free him? Do that again now and we’re done.
Watch the opening credits. Our hero gives us the low down about
what’s been happening. New gangs have appeared and are dividing up
the city, Harry won’t talk to Peter, New York loves Spidey and a new
guy at the Daily Bugle, Eddie Brock is annoying Peter. After the
opening credits, you have the option to change the difficulty
setting. There are 3 difficulty levels – Sidekick (the easy one),
Hero (harder than Sidekick) and Super Hero (the hardest difficulty).
Okay, head into the green circle on the ground and tap the Triangle
button to begin some training. See that blue ring in front of you?
Swing to that. Press the R2 button to swing. Swing through 4 blue
rings to get another little notice. You can change Spidey’s direction
while he’s swinging by moving the Left Analogue Stick in the
direction you want to go. Swing through 4 more blue rings to pass
this little test. Once Spidey is on the ground, head into the little
green circle and tap Triangle! Now you’ll learn about charged
swinging. To charge swing, press the X button whilst swinging and
Spidey will move faster on his web line. Charge swing through 3 blue
rings to complete this little training exercise. After completing it,
you’ll get some experience. When you have enough experience, you’ll
gain a level. These levels can then be spent on the Hero Upgrade
chart located in the scrapbook (press Start to open the scrapbook).
You can earn experience points by completing mission s and performing
combat combos. You can also save your game whenever you want (most of
the time). To save your overall progress, press the Start button and
select Save/Load.
Access the Scrapbook to proceed. Save your game. You should be 10%
done. Exit the Scrapbook and then you need to press the Select button
to bring up the map. See those colored icons that are scattered
across the map? Those are the various gangs of Manhattan. Each time
you take down a part of a gang, then they will lose some of their %.
Render their % to zero to eradicate them from the map. If you manage
to successfully beat all the icons of one gang and then render their
percent to zero, then you’ll gain a ton of experience. Okay, now
you’re free to do whatever you want. I recommend that you swing
around the city for a bit to get used to the controls. Don’t worry
about the green exclamation mark, you can go to that whenever you
wish.
Done? Okay, head in the direction the green exclamation mark is
pointing you to and you’ll see a man with a long thin pillar of
purple light above his head. This light is so that you know which
person to talk to. Press the Triangle button to talk to him and start
a crime patrol. Follow the white icon to your next destination. There
is a little timer on the top right hand corner of the screen, but it
is more than enough time for you to get to the baddies. The timer
will disappear when you reach them. There should be 4 of bad guys
here. Use combos to dispose of them quickly and then pick up the item
they leave behind. A police badge icon will appear and will lead you
to, who else? A policeman! Get close to him and press the Triangle
button to give him the item you just picked up. The cop will then ask
you to find some evidence and you’ll see 3 marker appear on the
screen. Head to any one of them. If you head to the truck, then press
the Triangle button repeatedly to open it. No evidence. Another
marker leads you to some bad guy, beat them up. No evidence. Head to
the one that’s located on top of a building and you’ll find a wooden
box. Punch it a few times to destroy it. Ding ding ding, evidence!
Pick it up (press the Triangle button when near it) and head back to
the cop. Give the evidence to them.
But wait, were not done yet! Turns out that the H Bombers stole some
power converters. Swing over to where the green exclamation mark is
pointing you to. You’ll see a van. Get behind it and press the
Triangle button to initiate another Triangle mashing sequence. After
Spidey has pulled the doors off the van, he’ll pick up the power
converters. With these in your possession, head on over to the guy
across the road and hand them to him. Mission Complete!
For completing this mission, you’ll unlock the Acrobatics Upgrades.
You’ll be brought to the upgrade chart. Feel free to spend your Hero
Points on the 4 Hit Combos upgrade and the Wall Jump upgrade. Exit
this screen. Another icon will appear, so follow it! It will lead you
to the Daily Bugle. Head into that green circle on top of the
building and press Triangle. After the cutscene, you’ll need to head
to the printing plant pronto! This is timed. To make this easier,
you’ll automatically unlock the Web Zip move as you swing along the
buildings. This is a very handy move and you can do it simply by
pressing the R1 button. This icon will lead you to a building on the
edge of town, so climb up it. A cutscene will show a baddie come out
of the door and ambush you. You’ll now learn about the Web Yank move.
You can Web Yank by pressing and holding the Circle button. This move
can disarm enemies (stuff like pulling their shields and weapons away
from them). After defeating this enemy, several more will burst out
of the building. Beat them all and then head on over to the bomb.
After defeating them, go near the bomb and press Triangle, this will
begin another Triangle button press sequence. Spidey with start
spinning the bomb around with his web line. You need to press the
Triangle button when the little moving red line reaches the end part
of the meter. Here’s a little diagram to help you out;
____________________________ __________
|| | | | Press | ||
|| | | | (/\) | ||
|| |____________________________| |___Here___| ||
You need to do this 3 times. After successfully completing this,
Spidey will hurl the bomb into the water, where it goes off without
harming anyone. Not done yet though. Another baddie exits through the
door and tells Spidey that their boss has planted bombs all down the
side of the building their on as a backup plan. Who plants bombs down
the sides of a building as a back up plan?? Anyway, start crawling
down the building and press Triangle when you’re near them to
deactivate them, yes this is timed. You see those green circles that
are guiding you to the bombs? Well, once they deplete, then the bombs
will go off. We don’t want that happening. Remember to Web Zip if
you’re running out of time. There are 7 bombs in total. Spidey
decides to check with the police, just in case there are any other
signs of this mad bomber. The cops tell him that there have been some
more bombs set up at the bugle’s regional office. Pick up that health
refill if you need it, then start swinging over to where the icon is
pointing you to.
On top of this building, beat the thugs (Square, Square, Triangle
works best here) and then press Triangle near the bomb to twirl it
around and throw it into the river. Its exactly the same thing as
before, press the Triangle button when the red line gets to the end
of the meter. After giving this bomb a bath, collect the health
refill and then pick up the “Suspicious looking Package” next to it.
Looks like some sort of tracking device... and its showing bombs
headed in your direction! The map will automatically pop up, showing
you the locations of these bombs. Exit the map screen and then
descend the building and protect it! It turns out that more thugs are
bringing the bombs to the building. Take care of them, there are 4
enemies here. A good way to deal heavy damage to them is to jump into
the air and then press the Square button multiple times. Spidey will
launch a web line onto them and then pull himself in and go straight
into a combo. After that’s taken care of, the building will be saved.
Mission complete!
You’ll earn some experience and random crimes will now start
happening around the city. Web Yanks Upgrades will also be unlocked
for you.
I wonder if things have settled down at the Daily Bugle yet. It
wouldn’t hurt to see id J. Jonah Jameson has another job for Peter.
Follow the icon which depicts a lizard on it. Hmmm, a lizard... Of
course, you don’t need to follow the icon right away – swing around
the city for a little bit until you hear a voice saying something.
This voice will also be accompanied by text at the bottom of the
screen, this is a random crime happening in the city. Complete a few
of these and rack up them Hero Points. Once at the Bugle, head to the
top and a cutscene will start. Giant Lizards? After the cutscene,
you’ll be at Central Park. Follow that green exclamation mark. As you
begin to near the point you’re headed to, you’ll hear phrases such as
“Don’t go in the park! Giant lizards!!” spoken by pedestrians. Once
you’ve reached the point, Spidey will spot what is indeed a giant
lizard! It’s pigging out at an ice cream stand. Best to not startle
our scaly friend here, we need a few pictures of these things.
Remember how to open up the photo mode? Press the Up button. The
photo controls are listed on the photo mode;
[R1] = Take a picture
(R3) = Zoom In and Zoom Out
Up = Exit Photo Mode
See that bar on the top left part of the screen (when not in Photo
Mode)? That shows how much distance is between you and the lizards.
Get too close and they’ll be startled and shall run away. Start
walking towards it and Spidey will inform you of when you get at just
the distance. Go into Photo Mode. Zoom in on this lizard and then
when you see the red circle go green, take your photo. After you take
this picture, the large reptile will notice you and run off, so its
time to find another one. Follow the marker and you’ll see one across
the lake. When the bar appears on the screen, move forward a little
bit and then repeat what you did the last time. This lizard will
escape by jumping into the lake. Now, you’ll need to rescue a
pedestrian from one of these lizards. Get to them before their health
drops to zero. While making your way to this lizard, you’ll get a
hint that tells you to Vault That Lizard! To Vault, dodge while
moving towards an enemy. This will allow you to jump over enemies and
attack them from behind. Try Vaulting enemies who dodge or block your
normal attacks.
After saving this pedestrian, a cutscene will show. More lizards have
turned up and are now trying to carry off innocent people. Head to
the marker and defeat the lizard that’s carrying the girl. A good way
to catch up to him is to shoot some impact webbing (web ball) at him.
This will blind him for a few seconds, allowing you to deal some
damage. Done that? Great, okay pick up the pedestrian and take her to
either of the 2 ambulances on the sides of the park. Your jobs not
done yet though! Another Lizard is making off with another hostage!
Go and get him, then bring the civilian to one of the ambulances. Oh,
there’s always one more isn’t there?? Track the next lizard down and
bring the pedestrian to an ambulance and we’re done! Mission
complete!
You’ll gain some experience and the Vault Upgrades will be unlocked
for you. Photo Mode will also be unlocked. If you complete the check
list in the Scrapbook, then you’ll get an experience bonus.
After the cutscene, Peter remembers that he told Mary Jane he’s meet
her at Central Park. Good thing we rid it of reptiles huh? Do some
more random crimes if you want to gain some more experience. MJ can
wait. When you think you’re ready, head to the star icon to meet up
with Parker’s lady friend. Hello, what’s that sticking to Peter’s
trainer...? After the cutscene, pick up MJ and take her home. Mary
Jane will constantly be yelling stuff to you in a friendly way (“This
is worse than a roller coaster!”, etc). When you reach the green
circle on the floor, put her down and after the cutscene you’ll be
thrust into your first boss fight of the game;
Boss – Harry Osborne/New Goblin #####################################
This entire boss battle is nothing more than timed button presses.
Peter will spend this entire fight dangling from the back of Harry’s
glider. For the first part of this battle, press the [L2] and the
[R2] button to steer the glider away from oncoming traffic.
Eventually, you’ll get a message that tells you to look for
opportunities to swing your way up onto the glider to stop Harry. To
do this you need to press these buttons when prompted ;
Triangle, X, triangle, X, Triangle.
Then press the corresponding buttons when Peter jumps onto the
glider. After doing this, a cutscene will show and Peter will once
again be hanging onto the glider. When there’s no traffic in the way,
press Triangle, X, Triangle, X, Triangle again. You can press these
buttons as fast as you want. When Peter jumps onto the glider a
second time press the 4 corresponding buttons. Harry will stab his
glider by accident and Peter will once again be hanging on for dear
life (probably not dear life as he’s Spidey ya know?). Once again,
hop onto the glider by pressing Triangle, X, Triangle, X, Triangle.
When Parker’s on top of the glider with Harry, press the
corresponding buttons and you’re done!
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Watch the cutscene. Hello Black suit! But where did it come from? Who
cares, it feels and looks great! Help out the cops by beating on the
thugs. Eventually, you’ll notice that a black aura has started to
appear at the edges of the screen. This is the black suit enhancing
your attacks. But be warned. If you wait for too long until removing
the suit then it will make Spidey pass out. Pretty soon you’ll be
prompted to take the black suit off. Press the right directional
button to remove it. You’ll now need to press 2 corresponding buttons
on the screen. Each time you wear the Black Suit and then try to take
it off, it will take more and more button presses. After taking it
off, a little timer will appear just above your health bar. You won’t
be able to don the suit until that time expires. After beating up the
thugs you’ll get a Mission Complete!
The new Trick Race Challenges will now be unlocked. As will Black
Suit!
There will now be 2 icons on the screen. It’s your choice on where to
go next. This guide however will be following the Lizard part of the
story right now. Don’t worry, you will be tackling the next part of
the story after the Lizard scenario.
Follow the icon that depicts the lizard head. The icon will take you
to the top of a building. Once on top of the building, press the
Triangle button for another cutscene. Woah, hello! It’s the Lizard!
This cutscene will begin a chase sequence. Follow the Lizard around
the various buildings (if you lose him then just look out for a
yellow exclamation mark on the screen and head in its direction).
Eventually, our scaly friend will trap a civilian underneath a car
and will set fire to another car. Step into the yellow circle near
the vehicle with the trapped person underneath it and press the
Triangle button. Now you must tap the Triangle button again rapidly
to have Spidey lift the car off of the pedestrian. After you’ve done
this, head on over to the other car that’s been set on fire. See that
fire hydrant on the pavement? Punch it and then step into the yellow
circle and press the Triangle button a few times. This will make
Spidey pull the car over to the water and it will extinguish the
flames. Resume chasing the Lizard.
The rampaging reptile will then knock 3 people off of a building, so
guess what. That’s right its up to YOU to save them! Remember, there
are no X-Men, Fantastic Four, or any other superheroes in this game
to do that. Head on over to the building and start wall crawling once
you reach the wall that they are hanging from. Pick up each one with
the Triangle button and then drop to the ground. Drop them off and
then repeat this with the other two people. Done? Great, okay resume
your chase. A cutscene will show the Lizard summoning more lizard
men to come and get you. You know what to do! You’ll also get a hint
that tells you about upper cutting enemies here. Use upper cuts to
knock enemies away from you. Upper cuts are especially effective
after you Web Splat or Vault an enemy. When enemies are in the air,
you can use web moves on them to get extra hits. Defeat these lizard
men and move forward a little to start another small cutscene. The
cops have their hands full trying to fend off some more lizard men.
Go help them out.
After killing these lizard men, a cop will lead you to some more of
them. Beat them and you’ll notice that these lizards are coming from
the sewers. To web up the sewer entrances, simply get near them and
press the Circle button. You’ll know if you’ve successfully webbed up
a sewer entrance when a big web circle appears over them. You’ll need
to web up 2 sewer entrances. After you’ve done this and beaten all
the lizards in the area, follows the icons again to even more lizard
men! Beat them all. Hey, if you have purchased (or have enough Hero
Points to purchase) the 5 Hit Combos, then these lizard men should go
down in just 5 hits each. Make sure to web up the next two sewer
entrances in this area. Heads up! Lizard’s gone into an alley! Follow
him and he’ll unleash some... kitten men to come and fight you. Okay,
I lied, its more lizard men. I’m just getting tired of writing lizard
men you see. Beat these lizards and it’s off into the sewers. Mission
complete!
Your Uppercut upgrades will be unlocked.
Listen to what Spidey says here; he makes references to the Green
Goblin and Doc Ock from the previous two Spiderman the movie games!
You’ll also be able to go to the other icon now, but this guide will
be continuing with the Lizard plot now. Head down into the sewers.
Oh boy! The sewers! We haven’t been able to head into the sewers
since the first Spiderman game for the Play Station 1! Ahem, anyway
head through that entrance. In this room, if you just keep going
forward and you’ll notice some pods... these are what the lizard men
burst out of. Hmmm, pods that hatch living things. Invasion of the
body snatchers eat your heart out. To the left is a railing and
beyond this railing is another area. Hop over the railing and move
forward a little. Hey look! Some lizard men just hatched. Beat the
**** out of them and continue on. That sewage can’t drown Spidey or
anything, it’ll just make his outfit smelly. If you want this to look
somewhat cool, then web swing over the river of sewage here. Proceed
through the tunnel. You’ll be constantly attacked by enemies as you
make your way through this large tunnel. At the end, you’ll notice
the Lizard running through a door, so follow him.
In this area, after you’ve moved forward a little more, you’ll be
ambushed by, is it? It is! MORE ****ING LIZARD MEN! After fighting
them for a while, you’ll get another hint about using the Web Mount
move. Use the Web Mount to attack large enemies you can’t yank. Once
you’re mounted, punch away. Don’t stay on to long though! You’ll also
be introduced to a new type of lizard man here, these ones are much
bigger than the others and are stronger too. After you’ve disposed of
them, head on into the next area. Jump over the platform into the
space below and Spidey will comment that its too quiet all of a
sudden... Speak of the devil. You should have predicted what type of
enemies will attack you down here, so just pound away at them. There
are quite a few to go through here. After killing them all, head
through the newly opened door. Move forward and you’ll come to the
entrance of a big tunnel. Jump through either the left circle or the
right one and proceed.
As you head down this tunnel, enemies will now start popping up out
of the sewage in an attempt to ambush you. Beat them all for the
experience and keep going until you see that the passage is blocked
by a lot of steam. Don’t touch the steam or you’ll get hurt. Head on
over to that console on the left of the screen and press Triangle.
Now press Triangle again rapidly to have Spidey turn the wheel and
the steam will be no more! Proceed. Oh look, more steam! Turn the
wheel just like you did with the previous one. Keep going and you’ll
come across a third wall of steam that’s blocking your path. Turn the
wheel again. Now head to the end of this large tunnel. At the end,
charge your jump to reach the platform up above and then enter the
door there. Keep moving forward and you’ll see a door to Spidey’s
left. He’ll automatically enter it.
In this next area, jump over to the green exclamation mark and press
the Triangle button to turn the valve. You now need to seal the leaks
o the pipes. Head on over to the 5 yellow exclamation mark points and
seal up the pipes with your webbing by pressing the Circle button.
Webbing – 1, Lizard Goo – 0! This will remove the goo from the door
in this area. Head through it. Keep moving forward. Mission Complete!
The Web Mount Upgrades will now be unlocked for you.
Okay, in this area, follow the green exclamation mark and drop down.
You’ll now have the option to either take a break from this mission
and swing around the city, or continue the mission. Continuing on,
move forward through the door and in this next area, you’ll need to
defeat a few more enemies. Defeat them, then head through the newly
opened door. In this area, beat some more enemies and then head into
the next area. There are humans in this area, that need rescuing.
There are 4 humans that need your help. Scoop ‘em up and then bring
them to that door on the right hand side of the screen. Drop them off
at the door and then defeat the lizards. They’ll appear on a raised
platform. But wait, there are gang members fighting with our scaly
friends? They all need rubbing out, so kill ‘em all. Head down this
tunnel and go through the door. In this room, there are dead lizard
men and gang members for you to fight. After disposing of them, head
on up that door on the raised platform and keep going, to initiate a
cutscene.
After the cutscene, Spidey will be flung into a trap! This is not a
drill, repeat, this is NOT a drill!! A huge metal drill is bearing
down upon you, so technically it IS a drill but hey you get the idea!
Now swing! Swing like you’ve never swung before! Be sure to avoid the
tanker which is giving off flames and keep swinging until you see
long thin sideways pillars of flame. Spidey will most likely swing
around these naturally because of the swinging physics in this game.
They’re easy enough to avoid though. After you clear this set of
flames, some more await you, so swing past them. After clearing this
set, a final third set of flames appear. Swing past this set and keep
going till you reach the end of the cavern and you’re home free! In
this next area, Spidey comments on the slime on the walls. He says he
won’t be able to climb them, nor does he even want to try climbing on
them. Head around the corner and go into the green room to start a
boss fight;
Boss – Dr Curtis Connors/The Lizard##################################
Photo - Lure him over to one side of the area and then immediately
afterwards, swing over to the other side. This should give you plenty
of time to position the camera correctly and take his picture.
He’s not so tough. He’s not really that hard at all, so save Black
suit for the next boss battle. The Lizard is always accompanied by
his lizard men followers, so they might make things a little
difficult for you. If you’ve purchased that 5 Hit Combo, then his
health bar will deplete a lot faster! The Lizard rarely seems to
attack you and even if he does get a hit off on you, he doesn’t do
much damage. By the time you’ve finished one combo, the Lizard will
be stunned, so use another combo on him. Jump out of the way of his
lizard followers and you’ll be fine!
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Leaping Lizards! After you’ve defeated him, the Lizard jumps away to
a door that’s very high up. Spidey follows and this will begin a
timed button press sequence. Press the corresponding buttons that
appear on the screen.
The order is probably random with each play, as with many other boss
fights, etc. Mission Complete! After completing this mission, you’ll
be back at street level. You must now tackle the Dragon Tail gang in
order to get a lead on Doctor Connors and Kraven the Hunter. In order
to do this, simply bring up your map. You see those question marks?
Head to each one of them and complete the selected objectives. Its
not hard at all. There should be 9 question mark icons on the map.
Head to each one and complete all of them. After you’ve done this,
you’ll get the heads up to swing to another green exclamation mark.
It’s coming from an alley way. Oh no... oh no... MORE lizard men want
to say hello. Drop down into the alley way and beat them up. You’ll
also notice that a few Dragon Tail gang members are duking it out
with them. Beat up whoever you want first, or just jump around
wildly, knocking everyone around. Mission Complete!
Okay, you’ll now be standing on, or near a green area. Press Triangle
and you’ll be thrust into a boss fight;
Boss – Sergei Kravenoff/Kraven the Hunter ###########################
Photo - After he gets dizzy from dashing around the area (after he’s
consumed his potion) that’s the best time.
Its time to make the hunter become the hunted! Kraven will almost
always be accompanied by at least 2 Dragon Tail gang members. Trust
me, the easiest way to get past this first part of the boss battle is
to just switch to Black suit and pound away. Kraven won’t even get a
chance to attack you and you’ll rack up a decent combo number! After
you’ve whittled his health down by halfway, Kraven will take a swig
at his special potion. This will make him gain a yellow aura. He’ll
also be accompanied by many more gang members this time. Take them
out if you want for experience while Kraven dashes around the area
like a mad man. Pretty soon, the hunter will get tired and stop. Now
is the time to hit him! After you’ve dealt enough damage to him,
he’ll drink some more of his potion and will start dashing around the
area again. Just kill some more gang members until he tires himself
out again and then beat him to a pulp.
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Mission Complete!
You’ll now be inside another area. Run forward and pick up the health
restore if you need it. After going through this small corridor,
you’ll be in a bigger room. Follow the bleeps, or the exclamation
mark, and run into that glowing yellow circle on the floor. You’ll
now be able to once again take a break from this mission and swing
around in the city or something, or you can continue the mission.
Chose to continue and Spidey will meet up with Doctor Connors
again... Wait a minute... oh god...
Boss – Mega Lizard ##################################################
Photo - If you can, get behind one of the generators and Mega Lizard
will almost always be on the other side. Edge to the side of the
generator so that he still can’t get to you and take his photo.
Woah! Huuuuuuuge Lizard Alert! Dr Connors took some more of his
formula and has now transformed into a massive lizard monster. You
cannot hurt him at all in this fight, at least not with your punches
that is. Here’s what you need to do; you see those 4 generators in
the area? Well, you’ve got to lure the lizard beast into one of those
so he shocks himself. Get near one of the generators and then jump
out of the way, just as he reaches for you. Lizard will shock
himself. Be careful not to get too close to the turbines yourself, or
you’ll lose some health. Oh yeah, and watch out for his acid spit!
You need Monster Connors to shock himself 2 times. After the second
generator, he’ll learn his lesson. Now, he won’t shock himself
without some serious encouragement. Get close to him and the second
you see the Triangle button icon appear on the screen, press it! Soon
after, the Square button icon will appear, so press the Square
button, now all that remains is the press the Circle button, when the
Circle button icon appears on the screen. This order may be random.
Spidey will now be riding Mega Lizard! Yeehaw! Git along little
doggy, um cowboy, er Spider... just forget it. To have Spidey stay on
the Lizard, keep your thumb on the Left Analogue Stick and keep the
little pointer in the middle of the curved line, just like in the
Tony Hawk games! When the Mega Lizard is near enough to a generator,
the icon for the Circle button will flash on the screen, so press it!
Lizard will go head first into a generator! Spidey will jump off just
before the Monster Lizard shocks himself a third time. Wait a second,
oh crap! The fourth generator has turned off! You need to get it
running again. See those 2 switches on either side of the room?
You’ve got to switch both of them on. Press Triangle near them and
then press it again repeatedly as fast as you can, because old
Godzilla here ain’t gonna stop chasing you. After you’ve switched the
both of them on, get near the monster again and press the correct
buttons in order when prompted. Now, keep the little pointer in the
middle of the curved bar as long as you can, cause the Lizard may run
for longer this time. After a while you’ll see the Circle button icon
on the right hand side of the screen, so press it. Shocking! Now all
that remains is a well placed finishing move. Stand in front of the
Monster Lizard and press the Triangle button. Now press it again
multiple times and you’re finally done!
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Mission Complete!
Now, head toward the lizard icon and press Triangle. The Lizard
himself may have been taken care of, but there are still plenty more
lizard men lurking around in the city. We’d better mop ‘em up. There
are 5 groups of lizards and there should only be 4 lizards in each
group. Mission Complete!
That’s it, that’s the end of the lizard threat!
Now head to the star icon. This is just a little FMV cutscene with
Doc Connors and Spidey talking about the symbiote. Okay then, New
York is finally lizard free and there are now 2 new icons for you to
go to. Firstly, head for the icon that has a man with all of his head
showing A.K.A. the one that doesn’t lead you to the Daily Bugle. This
mission is quite humorous because J. Johna Jameson will have to join
you! After the cutscene, follow that helicopter, once you get close
enough the enemies will drop off Jameson. Now Spidey will be carrying
Jameson whilst chasing the helicopter. After a few moments of
chasing, these baddies will set up a bomb on a building. Set Jameson
down, beat up the enemies and then press Triangle near the bomb to
begin another swinging session. Remember to press the Triangle button
when the little marker reaches the end part of the line. After this,
the helicopter takes off again. Pick up Jameson and follow it! Pretty
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bad guys, then do the whole swinging mini game again. After you’ve
disposed of this bomb, pick up Jameson once again and continue
chasing down that helicopter until it stops and the top of a
building. Set Jameson down and beat up the bad guys. Its time to
fight;
Boss – Carlyle ######################################################
Photo - When he’s been forced out of the sky, use your Square,
Square, Triangle combo on him and when he’s lying on the floor,
that’s when you shoot... your camera that is!
Not really a hard boss at all here, just an annoying one. Okay
firstly a word of warning – DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT LEAVING THE
BUILDING YOU ARE ON!! Seriously, there is a weird glitch that happens
if you jump off the building. Carlyle will just float above you and
you won’t be able to continue with your game.
Okay, Carlyle will spend his time hovering around you and shooting
missiles at you. When he does, you’ll occasionally get the Circle
icon on the right hand side of your screen. When you see this, press
the Circle button and Spidey will use his webbing to hurl the missile
back to Carlyle. You need to do this a few times. If you want, you
can beat up his endless swarm of henchmen. There is no end to them.
Anyways, after you’ve flung enough of Carlyle’s missiles back to him,
he will lower to your level and start trying to attack you manually
(A.K.A. He will now fight like a man). Just batter him with your
normal combos, or if you really want to cause some damage, then hit
him with some heavy attacks. After he’s taken enough damage, he’ll
start hovering around the area again. Do exactly what you did before,
fling his missiles back at him and eventually, he’ll lower himself to
your level again. After taking a bit more damage, he’ll say that its
time to finish this, which it is! This will begin a button press
sequence. Press the following button combination in order and you’re
done;
[], O, X
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Mission Complete!
Okay, up for a little vampire hunting? Then follow the icon. It will
lead you to the Daily Bugle. After the cutscene head to where the
marker is pointing you to. This destination is very far. You’ll find
that it leads you to a pavement. Press the Triangle button to begin
the mission. You’ll now have a police badge icon directing you to a
police car. Wait for it to stop at some traffic lights or a zebra
crossing before you hop onto it. Eventually, you’ll here the radio
talking about a vampire. Hop off the car and follow the green
exclamation mark. This is timed. After you make it you’ll see a
cutscene featuring Spidey meeting Morbius, the living vampire.
Mission Complete!
Afterwards, you’ll be on top of the Daily Bugle so swing to the icon
which is again quite far away. Once you reach the icon. Press
Triangle to begin the next mission. Notice how moody Spidey got
lately? Anyways, it’s that time again! Boss battle time!
Boss – Michael Morbius ##############################################
Photo - After he’s been snagged in the web net.
You need to stall him in this first part. Stand in the yellow circles
on the ground and press Triangle to web them up. Morbius needs to be
trapped in one of these webs 3 times. After the third time, the sun
will start to rise and you’ll now be able to hurt him. Unload some of
your combos on him and watch out for his swooping attack which he
seems to love doing. If he’s too far away from you, he’ll most likely
perform a lunging attack to get to you. After you’ve brought his
health bar down enough, he’ll try to fly straight at you. Press the X
button and the O button when prompted to have Spidey bring him back
down to your level. Now you can start pounding on him again. After a
few more hits have been dealt to him, Michael will try his attack
again to which you must press X and O again. A few more hits on him
will defeat him.
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Mission Complete!
There will now be 2 icons. A star one and a Morbius one. Head the
Morbius icon first. Its time to meet Mrs Morbius. Within seconds of
meeting her, she sets her brainwashed “children” on you. Time to lay
down the hurt! Beat up all the thugs you see here. After this is
done, you’ll need to swing over to the green exclamation mark. Now
she’s started brainwashing civilians. She’s even making them walk
into a cloud of toxic gas spilled by an overturned truck. Bad mother,
BAD! Use the Circle button to web up some of the punctures in the
truck and then escort the 2 women here to the nearby ambulance. After
fighting with the thugs in this area, the truck will explode. Defeat
the other thugs (they have shields now press the Circle button to
yank them away). After this, its time to find Shriek again. Follow
the green exclamation mark up the building where you’ll encounter;
Boss - Francis/Shriek ###############################################
This entire fight takes place on a tall, narrow building. Shriek has
placed a big pillar in the middle of this skyscraper and THAT’S what
we’re gonna use to defeat her. Start by avoiding her mental blasts.
Jump over them. Stand in front of one of the four satellites and jump
out of the way at just the right moment to make a mental blast hit
the dish. Now, run into one of those 4 yellow circles on the ground
and press the Triangle button. After pressing Triangle, you’ll need
to rapidly press the [L1] button and the [R1] button several times
each to destroy a meteor on her obelisk. You’ll need to repeat this
action 5 times. On the last time, Spidey will probably shout “Yeah!
No one can stop me now!”
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Mission Complete!
Okay, after the boss “fight”, head back to Dr. Connor’s laboratory,
remember to follow the Morbius icon. Enter the lab. We must now
investigate where Shriek has gone. Press the Select button to bring
up the map. See those Question Mark icons? Head to each one of those
and complete all the objectives. Not really hard at all, just a
little time consuming. After you’ve done all that, you’ll be told to
follow the trail of shards. Just keep following the green exclamation
marks and pressing the Triangle button to pick up the shards. You’ll
know you’ve reached the end of the shard collection objective when
you see 3 of them all next to each other. Pick them all up. In case
you are wondering, no these Meteorite Fragments will not add up to
your overall tally of collected Meteorite Fragments in the Game
Progress menu. It would really be nice if they did, but they don’t,
sadly enough. They should’ve included something like this when you
search for the actual Meteorite Fragments and later the Spider
Emblems. Seriously it would have saved everyone a whole lot of
bother! Mission Complete!
Follow the Morbius marker and enter Doc Connors’ lab. The screen will
fade to black and then Morbius will be with you. Before you pick him
up, back off a little and take his photograph. If you want an ever so
slight challenge, then don’t take his picture right now. Regardless
of what you choose to do, pick him up and swing to Shriek’s hideout.
Do it quickly though, because there is a timer and the hideout is all
the way over at the other island! Just walk into the yellow circle to
begin another boss battle;
Boss – Morbius and Shriek ###########################################
Photo - Pull the planks off of a window, lure Michael into the light
and then move away slightly. While he is stunned and Shriek is
repairing the window, NOW is the time to take those pictures! (Note
that you may have to do this method twice).
Yep! You have to fight 2 bosses at once. Sounds hard... well it
probably is to some people, but if you’ve upgraded Spidey’s combos
then this fight will be cakewalk. Okay, Shriek is making Morbius
fight you against his will. Aside from garlic and crucifixes, what
else do vampires hate? That’s right, sunlight! See those boarded up
windows? You have to stand on the yellow circles and then press the
Triangle button to Web Yank them off the wall. Be careful that
Morbius doesn’t attack you while you’re pulling the boards off of the
windows. Get Michael into the light and then use your strongest
combos on him, preferably ending with the Triangle button strong
attack. His life goes down much, much quicker than the last time you
fought him. After a while, Shriek will place the boards back onto the
window so you’ll have to yank them off again. After you’ve depleted
his life bar, Shriek will revive him with her powers. Notice how
every time she revives Michael, HER health bar depletes? Keep
following this strategy and you’ll be done in no time.
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After the battle, Shriek flies off and Morbius is unconscious. Follow
her through the newly opened door and you’ll be in a small hallway.
You’ll see... Mary Jane?? What’s she doing here? The hallway turns
bright white. Keep on running forward for another boss battle;
Boss – Shriek #######################################################
Morbius won’t be joining her in this boss battle, but she has 4
henchmen with her. Spidey figures out that Shriek’s power comes from
the meteorite, so maybe his black suit does too. Unfortunately,
Shriek shrieked and your black suit was rendered immobile just before
this boss battle. To make matters worse, Shriek has transformed
herself and her 3 followers to look like Peter’s closest friends –
Mary Jane, Curtis Connors, J. Jonah Jameson and Harry Osborne. While
in this form, they will all be defeatable with just one punch,
however they’ll respawn immediately after. After punching any one of
them, Spidey’s Adrenaline Bar will fill up ever so slightly, but
Black Suit makes the meter go to zero so there’s no point really.
Just punch the one you hate the most (if you hate any of them), for
fun. You need to wait for the black suit timer to deplete and then
switch to Black Suit to see the illusions for what they really are.
Black Suit is of course more powerful than regular Spiderman, so the
minions and Shriek shouldn’t pose you too much of a problem. After
she’s taken enough damage, Shriek will shriek again and your Black
Suit will be taken off you. You now need to wait for the timer to
deplete again. Keep on dodging the illusions and then switch back to
Black Suit when the time is right. Pound on Shriek a little more and
you’re done! By the way, you don’t even have to dodge the illusions
of Peter’s friends, just climb up a wall and wait until the black
suit’s timer expires.
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Mission Complete!
Okay, head to that star icon. I know, I know, it’s really far away!
The star icon will bring you to the Daily Bugle. After the cutscene,
head to all 4 green exclamation marks and press the Triangle button
at each one. Spidey will place a camera at each spot. After the
fourth one has been placed, switch to Black Suit. Now follow the
person marker and then pick up the guy you come across. Swing through
the first 3 blue rings and you’ll see all the photos that are being
taken of you and your new friend. Ignore his whimpering and for the
last blue ring, you’ll need to climb to the top of a building and
then drop down into the blue ring. You’ll know if you’ve done it
right when small chunks of the ground fly up from where you landed.
What’s this? Spidey was just reported mugging someone? He can’t be in
2 places at once now can he? Unless Ben Reilly is in Manhattan, which
he’s not... Its time to track down this phoney! Follow the green
exclamation mark. This is timed, but don’t worry, because you get
more than enough time to reach your destination. Okay, after the
small cutscene, continue to follow the green exclamation mark, this
is also timed, but don’t worry as you have quite a bit of it. Make
sure to take this impostor Spiderman’s picture here. You need to do
this before the cutscene! It’s quite easily missable, because Eddie
Brock doesn’t stand out in the crowd that much and doesn’t really
pose you much of a threat at all ya know? At least until he gets a
certain black ooze... Knock out this impostor with 1 punch. Mission
Complete!
Oh hey, Mary Jane’s favorite band is coming to town. We should head
to Times Square and get some tickets! The Times Square you knew from
Spiderman 2 and Ultimate Spiderman is dead. Now it just looks like
any other ordinary street. I miss those gigantic neon signs and
lights and everything... anyway, head for the star icon. We’re off
into the subway! We’re also off to fight;
Boss – Flint Marko/Sandman ##########################################
Photo - During his healing sand tornado is the best time.
It’s about bloody time that Sandman showed up! He’s only like, one of
the main characters of the movie! For the first part of this boss
battle, you will not be able to utilise the power of the Black suit,
everytime you try to use it, Spidey will just say “I can beat him
without the black suit!” Press the Left Directional button multiple
times to have Spidey repeat himself if you want! Okay, for the first
part of the boss battle, avoid Sandman’s attacks. You can’t hurt him
yet. After a short while, you’ll notice the Triangle button icon
appear on the screen. Press it quickly and Spidey will throw Sandy
into one of the trains. Flint will fall onto the next level, so
follow him and pick up that health restore along the way! On this
level, stall him once again until you can press the Triangle button
to send him into a train and down to the next level. One more time
now and then we can start the second part of this battle! Once again,
hurl him into one of the trains. After the third time, you’ll both be
in another part of the subway. You still can’t hurt him though...
Spidey said he’d ditch the Black Suit for a while, but one more time
couldn’t hurt, right? Right...? After you get the heads up to switch,
change to Black Suit! You can now hurt Marko. Pound on him and...
hey, have you noticed that the screen is getting blacker a little TOO
early? Don’t worry though, Spidey will control it... sort of... Black
Suit’s combo’s will now be infinite, but only for this boss battle.
Press the Square, or the Triangle button multiple times to have our
darker hero use an infinite combo. After hurting Sandy enough, he’ll
create a sort of sand tornado to try and heal himself. We don’t want
this happening so jump up to that valve and press Triangle. Now press
the Triangle button again several times to give the Sandman a bath!
Rinse and repeat and you’ll be done!
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Mission Complete!
No time to celebrate your victory now! Peter needs to hurry to the
restaurant or he’ll be late for his date with Mary Jane! At this
point, Peter has grown too attached to the symbiote, so you won’t be
able to change out of your black suit. You’ll constantly have a
slight black aura around the edges of the screen and the city will
now look really decayed. Head to the star icon. Notice how cruel
Peter was being in that cutscene? Now its time to take MJ home. Like
the last time you took her home (before your battle with New Goblin),
Mary Jane will constantly say things to you if you swing, however her
comments will not be happy ones. During your trip back to MJ’s place,
you’ll need to stop some thugs. Be careful, they’ll throw small
petrol bombs at you. After you defeat them, Peter will make an out of
place comment about how good it felt to beat them up. Pick up Mary
Jane again and head over to the yellow circle on the ground. Put her
down and its time to say good bye to Black Suit...
Hee hee, did you enjoy that cutscene? After it, normal Spidey decides
to head back to his apartment to relax for a bit. You now no longer
have Black Suit. Before heading to the star icon, you may want to do
some last minute upgrading for the final boss battles, as there are 4
of them in a row. Enter Peter’s apartment. After the cut scene, head
to that construction site to begin the final boss battles!
Boss – Flint Marko/Sandman ##########################################
Round 2 with the man of sand! That’s... Sandman... anyway, he has a
constant sand tornado around him during this fight and it’ll be
hurling random objects at you. You cannot hurt him yet, so don’t even
think about going near his sand tornado. Just run and jump away from
Flint. Every so often, his sand tornado will hurl a canister at you.
Press the Circle button at just the right time and Spidey will use
his webbing to throw the canister back at Marco! Now is your chance
to pound on him! Use those strong attacks (Triangle button) at the
end of your combos to deal more damage. You’ll notice that his health
drops more rapidly than the last time you fought with him. Keep this
up and he’ll eventually go down.
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Boss – Eddie Brock/Venom ############################################
You were looking forward to this fight weren’t ya? Harry Osborne/New
Goblin will be helping you in this fight. Well... not really, as all
he does is fly around the battlefield until the on screen button
press sequence. This battle is also timed. I know, I was thinking
“WTF!!” as well. The timer gives you 5 minutes. Okay, first things
first, grab that health restore if you need it, because Venom is one
tough cookie. Wait for him to finish his attack and then run up to
him and press the Square button multiple times to do a combo on him.
One of the most effective combos to use on him is the Square, Square,
Square, Triangle one. Straight after you’ve hit him, jump away to
avoid his attacks! What ever you do, don’t jump up and then press
Square (to make Spidey attach a web line to Venom, pulling himself in
for an attack), because Brock will just hit you and stop the combo
instantly. Also, be sure to not get hit by his combo – its lethal!
After you’ve taken off a quarter of his health bar, Eddie will start
pulling himself along the floor with his webbing. Don’t be near him
when he does this, or you’ll get hurt! If you’re Adrenaline Bar is
full, then use an Adrenaline Attack (L1 + O) to knock of a very good
portion of his health bar! Pretty soon, his body will have tentacles
flailing off of it (remember like in Ultimate Spiderman?). It is
around this time that Harry will actually help you out after saying
“Knock him up into the air and I’ll do the rest!”. Press the Triangle
when prompted and Spidey will kick Venom into the air, where New
Goblin will slash at him a few times, dealing about 1 point of damage
to Brock. Yeah REAL helpful there Harry! Straight after he’s landed,
run over to Eddie and punch him a few times, before jumping away and
starting this whole process over again. Keep at it and eventually,
he’ll go down! However, don’t think we’re done yet!
ALTERNATE STRATEGY I DISCOVERED THAT WORKED...... for me anyways
Just keep jumping up and pressing the Triangle button, before
immediately jumping away afterwards. I was able to defeat Venom using
this cheap strategy, suffering only miniscule damage ya know! I did
this after playing through this glitch fest... I mean game for the
fourth time. Wondering why I accidentally spouted glitch fest? Well,
check the Glitches section...
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Boss – Mega Sandman #################################################
My, what big... everything you have grandma! Easy, easy, EASY!! Wanna
know what this boss fight is? IT’S EASY!! Don’t let his big size
intimidate you. Remember what they say ; “The bigger they are, the
harder they fall!”. Giant Sandman never moves from that spot. He’ll
try and attack you with slamming attacks and such, but they’re easy
enough to avoid. When he shoves his arm into the ground, jump away to
avoid his crushing hand that will pop up beneath you. See those
yellow circles on the ground? Well, when they appear run into them
and press the Triangle button. Goblin will drop off an object. Spidey
will then start twirling it around. Look familiar? It should do,
because this is played out in exactly like when you threw a bomb
away. Press the Triangle button again when it reaches the end of the
meter. I’ve put the diagram from before here for you, just in case;
____________________________ __________
|| | | | Press | ||
|| | | | (/\) | ||
|| |____________________________| |___Here___| ||
You may have to dodge for several moments after throwing each bomb.
Note about the locations of the 4 yellow circles. There are 2 in
front of him, 1 on his left and 1 on his right. Do this 4 times and
you’re done! Now there’s just one more boss fight to go...
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Final Boss – Eddie Brock/Venom ######################################
Photo - After you slam the steel planks down to weaken him. While
he’s weakened is the best time.
Oh yeah, he’s back and Harry isn’t here to help you this time. Venom
has a new attack, a ground pound. When he slams his fist onto the
ground, jump away from him. So how are we meant to beat Venom?? Well,
you remember how symbiotes are extremely sensitive to sound right?
They can’t stand loud noises. The ringing bell in the church weakened
the symbiote long enough for Peter to tear it from him self. In one
of the corners of this construction site are some metal planks. Use
the same strategies on Venom as you did before. As soon as you’ve
whittled his health bar down enough, you’ll see a green exclamation
mark that’s leading you over to those steel planks. Get into the
yellow circle on the ground and press the Triangle button. Spidey
will use his webbing to slam a metal plank onto the ground, creating
a VERY LOUD NOISE! Venom cannot stand this and it will cause him to
be momentarily stunned. Now’s your chance to hit him with a longer
combo! You’ll get to do this at least 3 times during the fight. Keep
at it and you’ve got the monster! Alternatively you could just use
the cheap strategy mentioned above in the first Venom battle section!
Game complete!!
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Phew! Main story over and done with! Congratulations. But wait,
there’s still plenty more things to do around the city. Those gangs
need to be taken care of, you still need to collect all of the
meteorite fragments, there’s races that need completing, you can
finish upgrading Spidey on the Hero Upgrade chart and now there is a
whole other set of things for you to collect – The Spider Emblems.
See the Unlockables section below to see what you can unlock!
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VII) Boss photos – When to take them
To reach that elusive 100%, you’ll need to take photos of the bosses.
This can prove to be quite difficult, so here I have listed the best
possible time to take a snap shot of those super villains;
Carlyle – When he’s been forced out of the sky, use your Square,
Square, Triangle combo on him and when he’s lying on the floor,
that’s when you shoot... you camera that is!
Kraven the Hunter – After he gets dizzy from dashing around the area
(after he’s consumed his potion) that’s the best time.
The Lizard – Lure him over to one side of the area and then
immediately afterwards, swing over to the other side. This should
give you plenty of time to position the camera correctly and take his
picture.
The Lizard Transformed - If you can, get behind one of the generators
and Mega Lizard will almost always be on the other side. Edge to the
side of the generator so that he still can’t get to you and take his
photo.
Morbius Vampire - After he’s been snagged in the web net.
Shriek and Morbius – Quite easy here. Pull the planks off of a
window, lure Michael into the light and then move away slightly.
While he is stunned and Shriek is repairing the window, NOW is the
time to take those pictures! (Note that you may have to do this
method twice).
Sandman – During his healing sand tornado is the best time.
Eddie Brock – Make sure to take his picture while he’s dressed up in
his dime store Spidey suit. You need to do this before the cutscene!
It’s quite easily missable, because Eddie Brock doesn’t really pose
you much of a threat at all ya know? At least until he gets the
symbiote...
Venom. During the last fight with him, after you slam the steel
planks down to weaken him. While he’s weakened is the best time. OR,
if you want a challenge, try to take his picture in the first fight
with him! Jump across from him and try to position the camera as he
advances menacingly towards you.
And there you go!
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VIII) Unlockables
Black Suit –
Are you missing your black suit? Well, you can get it again! How, you
ask? Simple... kinda! Collect all 50 Spider Emblems scattered around
the city. This time however, the black suit is controlled by Peter.
You no longer get that annoying black aura around the screen leading
to you passing out. That’s right, you no longer pass out from wearing
the black suit! Also, when you want to switch back to regular Spidey,
you don’t have to force the Symbiote off you.
A yellow sign saying “Congratulations!” –
To get this simply astonishing unlockable, you need to collect all
100 Meteorite Fragments scattered around Manhattan and get 100%.
Isn’t this just the most amazingly astonishingly outrageously cool
thing you’ve ever seen in a game before!? I’m at a loss for words at
how Vicarious Visions managed to place this incredible unlockable in
the game. They really outdid themselves. I mean, who would have
thought that for all the hours you spent collecting the 100 Meteorite
fragments, that you would get THIS unlockable?? A sign that
congratulates you!! It’s just so freaking amazing!!! I am not lying
about this, repeat, I AM NOT LYING ABOUT THIS! And forget the rumours
you may have heard, Venom is NOT a playable character, he’s only a
boss that you fight against in the main story. But hey, who needs a
playable Venom when you can get a little sign that congratulates
you??
*Faints because of the aura of awesomeness that is this unlockable*
More Trick Races –
To unlock more Trick Races, simply complete all of the current ones
that there are at the moment. You can find them by going to your mini
map and pressing the left or right buttons to find them. Remember to
try for that Superhero time on each race ya little monkey!
Unlock playable New Goblin –
Buy the Playstation 3 version.
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IX) Locations of the Meteorite Fragments and Spider Emblems
Some of the users at GameFAQs have scanned in the official Bradygames
map with all the locations of the Spidey Emblems and Meteorite
Fragments and have given me kind permission to use the maps in this
walkthrough, so a big thanks to them. Unfortunately, the official map
with the locations is WAY off, so these great users have been placing
the correct locations on the map. Here is the map with the current
locations;
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h297/NIck_Kazama/SM3MeteorEmblemmap
jpg
Should the above link not work, then try it a few more times by
editing the end of the link (the “.jpg” part). If that still doesn’t
work, then try the second link below.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h297/NIck_Kazama/SM3EandM.jpg
If it STILL doesn’t bloody work, then just email me for the maps.
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X) Frequently asked questions
Q) Hello, I was reading your Guide to Spidey 3 great job. I was a
little disappointed with the shortness of this game, however I was
reading the back of the case for the game and it says "Choose One of
5 storylines to play including the movie plot" Do you know what this
is referring to? Are there alternate stories? Thank you for taking
the time to answer my question. Again great job on the guide
A) Thank you very much! To answer your question, the other “5
storylines” are the other parts to the story (you know, like Morbius
and Shriek, Carlyle, etc). At some points in the game you can chose
which 2 parts of the 5 part story you want to do. Take the early part
of the main story, you get 2 little icons on your screen. This means
that you can either go and beat Carlyle (1 story), or go and take on
the Lizard instead (Story 2). I would have liked it if each story was
longer, because these 5 storylines all feel like exactly the same 1
story line.
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Q) Well, Here’s the thing.... First can I say what a great guide you
made, it’s the best spider-man 3 guide I’ve read. Second, I need a
little help. I went and did the thing that everyone else does when
they get a new game, Play it to get through the levels and didn’t
look at the big picture ( The 100% ending ) So I got to the Sand Man
Fight in the subway and it Hit me.... I forgot to take the Super
villains Photos!!! So I went around and got all the gangs photos but
I need pictures of Kraven, The Lizard, The Lizard Transformed and all
the other lizard creatures, Plus Morbius and his wife. But I’ve
defeated them, they’re gone!!! Do I need to start again or is there
away to get these pics? Thanks!!!
A) Thank you! Sadly, you will have to start a new game to get those
pictures. The same thing happened to me with the Eddie Brock photo. I
didn’t know when you were supposed to take it and I ended up missing
it… I had to restart the game 3 times to get the photos – The first
time I didn’t bother with many of the photos, the second time I
missed the Eddie Brock (in the fake, dime store Spidey suit) photo
and in my third play through, I’m still trying to find one of the H-
Bomber’s so I can take his picture. I’ve been searching for hours on
end for him, but he NEVER shows up.
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Q) If you do manage to take all villain photos apart from 100% what
else do you get? If anything. Also what happens if you get police
100% control of Manhattan? Thanks.
A) For getting all the Villain photos, you get 15 exp points. For
getting the Police in total control of New York, you get some more
exp points. I know, the rewards should have been a little better!
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Q) Anyway, I just want to know if you can slingshot on the PS2
version of spider man 3. And if you can I would like to know how,
thanks.
A) Sadly, you cannot slingshot on the PS2 version. I saw a video on
Youtube once where Spidey used the Slingshot move, he ended up
"flying" past half of the city, it looked like such a blast to do!
So, yeah it pains me to say it, but the Slingshot move isn’t in the
PS2 version.
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Q) I have a question about the game: what suggestions do you have for
web slinging faster? I'm trying to get the 200 mph achievement, but
I can't get past 163. I'm using boost at the bottom of the swing
arc, and letting go at the bottom as well, but nothing seems to be
working. Thanks for your help!
A) Vicarious Visions made a big mistake in making SM3’s web swinging
similar to Ultimate Spiderman. Have you noticed that Spidey almost
always wants to attach his web line to the corner of the building he
has is currently passing? You need to try and get the web line to the
far corner of the building you’re swinging past. The only problem
with this is that Spiderman always wants to attach his web line to
the wrong place at the wrong time. You should try releasing the web
line in different places in order to make him reach a point that will
enable him to swing at higher speeds. Hope that helped you!
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Q) Anything you know about "friend or foe" would be nice.
A) At this point, very little is known about Spiderman Friend or Foe.
The only known things are that it is based on the Spiderman movie
franchise (like the previous Spiderman movie video games and that it
will have “A new take on the legend”. I’m not sure of anything else
about it, but I’m excited! The official website is up right now, but
at the moment it’s just a little cutscene featuring Spiderman and the
Green Goblin. Spidey looks amazing, but the Green Goblin looks like
an action figure or something, but hey, remember that it’s probably
only beta graphics! Only time will tell us more about Spiderman
Friends or Foe…
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Q) Is Venom Unlockable?
A) Venom isn't playable, it was confirmed earlier today by somebody
that showed visible proof that he had obtained 100% and gotten all
the Meteorite Fragments and Spider Emblems. It disappointed many of
us! Don’t believe what you read on websites, Eddie Brock is
unplayable and that’s final!
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Q) How do you do game saves because I can’t do all the emblems and
meteorites
A) Sadly, I haven't the foggiest on how to do game saves. But I'm
sure that in the near future, somebody will be kind enough to upload
their 100% completed save file... Trust me if I could, I would have
already uploaded quite a few for people to play a round with.
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Q) How long do you have to stay in the black suit for things to get
nasty (i.e.: leaves fall off trees, people start saying mean things
about Spider-Man)?
A) Do a few crimes in the black suit and the city should start to get
very gritty. In some missions during the main story, the city will
suddenly look completely ruined out of the blue...
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Q) How do I commit crimes in the Black Suit?
A) . . . . . um, you don’t. Spidey may go a little bad when he dons
his black symbiote suit, but he’s still a superhero albeit a very
violent superhero! I mean, watch his subway fight with Sandman in the
movie!
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Q) Hey what on earth do I do when that glitch occurs that makes me
not able to continue the story? It messed up before Escape Under New
York.
A) Restart your console. If the problem persists then you may have to
restart your game. It's a real pain in the butt, I know. Silly
Vicarious Visions and their (billions of) glitches!
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Q) Can I get the bosses photographs after completing the game?
A) In answer to your question, you'll sadly have to restart the game
and play through it again to get those pictures. I had to play
through the game 3 times to get all the photos. They should have had
Spidey say something like "Hmm, I should take this guys photo now..."
to remind you!
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Q) Is there anyway to swing around flagpoles and light posts?
A) Sadly, Vicarious Visions took that feature out as well. They left
hardly anything from Spiderman 2 in Spiderman 3.
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Q) I was looking at your SM3 guide and I'm wondering if you can help
me. I'm having trouble on (you guessed it) the lizard mission. It
looks like the game transitions immediately from lizard mission one
to two. Is that right? I took my pics, returned them. I remember
following the footprints up a building and stuff, but I must have
gone the wrong way and gotten side-tracked by other missions. Now I
don't know where to go to pick the trail back up and the lizard 2
mission isn't available to me on the map. Do you know if there's any
way to pick up where I left off? What part of the map was the
entrance to the sewers where you pull up that grate? Is there a
mission that I need to do before it will show up on the map? The only
missions available to me are the stupid gang missions and the Bugle
photo missions. There doesn't seem to be a way to progress the story
of the game (if there is one).
A) Hmmm, try the Bugle Photo mission and I think you'll be able to
continue. If not then that means that you've uncovered yet another
glitch in this game. You'll probably have to start a new game if you
still can't continue after the Bugle Photo missions.
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Q) Hey man u did a GREAT job that was a really great guide one of the
best. Anyways I cant believe u cant play as Venom I was looking for
meteorites for DAYS then I took a look at your guide then it said
venom is not playable then I was mad. I don’t get it they do such a
good job for Playstation 3 and XBox 360 but there getting lazy with
ps2. Well like I said good job with your guide. Oh one question is
there anything that’s fun to do after u beat the game.
A) Wow, thanks dude! I really appreciate the comments. I know,
Activision really landed them selves in hot water when they lied to
us. They said that PS2 (and Wii) owners would be getting the EXACT
same game as the next gen owners, only with slightly less better
graphics. Instead we got an extremely half arsed game built from
scratch, made by a completely different company. After the game,
there's really nothing more to do except try to get a pointless 100%.
Then go and plat Spiderman 2 again!
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Q) Do you have any tips for finding the "Advanced" gang members to
photograph? I am currently 56% complete on my first run through the
game on the PlayStation 2 and have noticed that the only time I seem
to find the "Advanced" gang members is in the Shakedown the Gang
missions where you have to go to the question marks on the map to
find leads on the current boss you are tracking. This was true on the
Lizard shakedown with the Dragon Tails and The Shriek's Hideout
shakedown with the Waste Tribe. I have not found any "Advanced" gang
members from the Apocalypse gang or the H-Bomber Advanced Knight.
A) Sadly, it would seem that (in my game at least) that all the
enemies you face are random. I’ve been searching for the Sweeper
enemy of the H Bombers, but he never EVER turns up. I’m beginning to
think that it might be yet ANOTHER bloody glitch in the game.
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Q) I have a Spider-Man 3 for the XBOX 360. Is it still possible to
have multiple save lots as in Spider-Man 2 or do I only get one now?
A) Eh sorry, like the title of this walkthrough suggests, this FAQ is
for the PLAYSTATION 2 VERSION of Spiderman 3 the game. So, I know
next to nothing about the X-Box 360 and the Playstation 3 versions of
this game. I only know that Treyarch developed the next gen versions
and that they put time and effort into them... unlike Vicarious
Visions who thought it would be really cool to put a multitude of
unfixed glitches into the Playstation 2 version of the game. And the
Wii version, I think...
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Q) I read on IGN that you can play as Sandman, New Goblin and Venom.
I know you can't play as Venom, and I seriously have doubts that you
can play as New Goblin and Sandman.
A) Don't believe that. The only playable character is Spidey and
that’s it. If New Gobby, Sandy and Venom were playable then proof
would have been posted by now and I would have listed it in my guide.
-_^
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(((Don’t ask me any more questions as this is the final update!)))
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XI) Trivia
If you change Spidey’s costume to Black Suit just before an FMV
starts then he’ll be wearing Black Suit in the FMV!
If you have Spidey stick to a wall and leave him for a few seconds,
then he’ll change his pose.
One of Spidey’s quotes has him saying “I should start giving out T-
Shirts, you know ones that say ‘Spiderman kicked my butt and all I
got was this lousy T-Shirt?’” This is a reference to the game Grand
Theft Auto Vice City where, once you completed the game, you got a T-
Shirt for the main protagonist Tommy Vercetti that had ‘I beat Vice
City and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt’ printed on it.
Whilst fighting Apocalypse gang members, they’ll sometimes switch on
a jukebox that you can destroy.
The Hulk is mentioned by Bruce Campbell after you obtain an upgrade
on the Hero Upgrades Chart, as is Ant Man.
Unlike the Playstation 3, XBox 360 and PC versions of Spiderman 3,
the Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii versions were developed by
Vicarious Visions. Spiderman 3 is not this company’s first time
developing a Spiderman game, as they were the ones that brought us
Spiderman 2 – Enter Electro for the original Playstation console.
Bruce Campbell sadly doesn’t eat a sandwich in this game (PS2 and Wii
versions at least). I’m not orally fixated or anything!
Every single mother in the city, no matter what decent she is, will
speak to you with an Asian accent after you return her kid to her. A
very bad Asian accent I might add...
The cover for the game is incorrect. The spider emblem’s 2 top legs
on the red piece of the suit should be pointing straight up; instead
the whole spider emblem looks like the one that shows when the black
suit fully takes over.
Hey, when you want to web zip up the side of a building, you just
need to press and hold the R1 button down to have our hero quickly
use multiple web zips to scale the building instantly!
When you get to the bridge with Morbius, web-sling to the bridge and
fall in the water. This does not make you fail the mission, but it
takes away the timer and if you fall into the water about half way
across the bridge, you end up across the bridge very close to the
hideout when you are re-spawned. - Mike Howard
Right before the "My Date With MJ" mission, do not go to the
destination mark. Instead, go around and start beating the gangs
down. The Rage meter will go up, but when it gets to the black circle
on the edges, it won't go any farther. It will let you do the strong
attacks without passing out. Also, you can't take the black suit off.
Hope this helped! - Cole Atchison
Just wanting to let you know about the easier way to take the lizards
1st picture. In the room where Spidey mentions he can't climb the
walls, you can see the lizard in the room where you fight him. Take
it from up there instead of doing it while fighting....trust me, it
works. - From.....your friendly neighbourhood Eiljam (hehe!)
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XII) Glitches
One of the main reasons that many people don’t like this game is
because it is ridden with glitches, some big and some small. Now I’ve
heard of a game with lots of glitches before but this is just effing
ridiculous! Here are the glitches I’ve located at the moment ;
1) Males sometimes speak with female voices and vice versa.
2) Buildings and objects in the distance sometimes have sections
missing.
3) Sometimes, the meteorite fragments and the spider emblems don’t
make that little beeping sound.
4) Sometimes you will get the Mission Failed screen straight after
starting the next part of a gang mission.
5) At times, Spidey’s web line will attach to nothing at all, yet
he’ll still be able to swing.
6) Whenever Spidey picks up a child, the kid will always go through
his arm before going onto the Web Head’s shoulder.
7) Whilst holding a kid, climb up a wall and move the camera to
Spidey’s side. He isn’t even holding the child!
8) On very rare occasions, the screen will go pitch black during a
mission. You’ll still be able to see the Health Bar and the little
icons telling you were you’ll need to go, but you can’t see anything
else. You can however still control Spiderman and hear the sounds of
the city...
9) Spidey will (very rarely) be able to land in mid air after a jump
sometimes.
10) Every single pedestrian can (and probably will) walk through
anything they can.
11) During missions where you have to give a policeman some evidence
they will (very rarely) be invisible.
12) Some people have reported receiving no icons at all making them
unable to progress with the story. This mostly happens during the
“Escape Under New York” mission.
13) One time I chose to do a transport the patient to an ambulance
mission, but the ambulance was way too far away. The patient’s health
declined to zero and it failed me. That ambulance was way way WAY too
far away.
14) One time I had Spidey jump and I saw his shadow in the air, right
above him.
15) Ambulances sometimes park through bus stops and walls.
16) When you rescue a pedestrian and take them to a waiting
ambulance, they will sometimes thank you twice with a different voice
each time.
17) Hey, do you remember those little red lights located on the
corners of some sky scrapers? I saw one of those little red lights
about 10 cm away from a building. In other words, it was flying!
18) You know when you get a city patrol / mission voice over from the
police woman? Well one time, Spidey said “Yeah! No one can stop me
now!” instead of the police woman speaking.
19) As I delivered one guys bag to him after a crime patrol, he
didn’t say anything.
20) Even after you defeat all of the gangs, you will still get
“Police Crackdown!” notifications.
21) There’s this building at the very North-East corner of Central
Park, on the East side. If you climb to the top of it, then you’ll
notice that you can jump on top of those 6 big fans on top and see
the streets below. But how would you be able to when there should be
walls in the way, blocking your view? This also happens with a few
other buildings as well.
22) On some sky scrapers, if you try to crawl down to the ground,
then Spidey’s top half will disappear underneath the side walk while
he continually crawls.
23) You know how when Spidey changes his position if you leave him
sticking to a wall? That’s only supposed to happen if you have him
upright, but it once worked for me when he was sideways.
24) I had Spiderman stick to a wall once and he was positioned on it
in a really weird way. He was crawling up the wall VERY slowly and
his top half was inside the building…
25) Just before the first Morbius fight, Spidey will mutter – “You
ticked me off on the wrong night Count!” twice.
26) When the Lizard knocks those 3 people off of the building in the
part where you’re chasing him around the town (just before the sewer
bit of the game), what exactly is that lady on the far right hanging
on to…? Does she have Spider powers as well?
27) You know how the ground beneath you cracks while landing on it
from a long distance? Well, a few times the ground was heard cracking
and bits flew off of the ground, but there was absolutely no visible
damage to it whatsoever.
28) In the sewers, when you have to make you’re way through the long
tunnel with the walls of steam throughout, if you move the camera
downward then you can see that the “sewage” is really just a flat
surface that covers Spidey’s lower legs.
29) Cars will sometimes drive right through you when you take the
black suit off.
30) One time I saw a car appear out of nowhere right in front of me.
31) I started a random crime and straight after I started swinging to
the location, it said “Mission Complete”…
32) Sometimes you can’t start a random crime event because straight
after the girl starts talking, you get a police crackdown message on
screen at the same time.
33) Some object appeared right in front of me on a rooftop as I ran
along it.
34) During the cutscene with shriek on the building (the one just
before you fight her the first time) out of nowhere the sound of
Peter being hit “Agh!” was heard.
35) When I went to hand over a bomb (to a normal civilian I might
add), Spidey crouched down to put it on the floor, but he was still
holding it, as the normal pedestrian walked forward a little bit.
36) While swinging through the trees in Central Park, invisible
objects will get in your way.
37) Sometimes when Spidey swings a bomb into the air, it doesn’t
explode and just... vanishes…
38) The web targeting system keeps switching between the enemy your
facing and an enemy that’s behind you. Very VERY annoying!
39) One time I did a charged jump, but Spidey didn’t jump until a few
seconds later.
40) On some occasions, when I view the map, it will slightly be
moving forward and when I zoom out, it will automatically zoom in
again.
41) A similar thing sometimes happens with the photo mode, it’ll just
be zooming in constantly.
42) On my fourth play through, I noticed that some of the audio clips
where repeated at the start. For example, Bruce Campbell’s line went
like this ; “What would Spi-What would Spiderman be without his
spider powers…?” It only started happening on my fourth play through
and I don’t know why it started then, and it is VERY frequent now…
43) When I saved a random African American civilian once, he slid
back several feet AND he spoke to me in a white man’s voice.
44) One time I was trying to fight some Apocalypse gang members and I
tried to run around a car. Spiderman’s health started depleting
REALLY quickly for some reason.
45) Hey, Morbius can turn himself invisible ya know! It’s true! When
you have to transport the weakened Morbius to Shriek’s hideout, pick
him up, stand still and then pause the game. Remember how the screen
swivels around when you pause the game? Well, you’ll now see that
Spidey is holding nobody!
46) Another glitch for the carrying Morbius section! Jump and do 1
flip in the air whilst holding the weakened Morbius. Pause the game
immediately whilst Spidey does his flip, and you will see that he’s
not holding onto Morbius at all! Michael appears behind the Web
Slinger.
47) I’m not sure if this should make it into the glitches section,
but what the heck – Spiderman finds out where Shriek’s hideout is, he
then transports the weakened Morbius to it. On the way, listen to him
say “Where’s Shriek’s hideout??”
48) At one point during the Shriek and Morbius dual boss battle, I
pressed the Triangle button to make Spidey pull the planks off of the
right window and he walked extremely fast into the centre of the
circle! It was quite funny!
49) When chasing Shriek down the long tunnel (where Shriek starts
trying to play with our hero’s mind), he yelled “NO!! MJ!!” </pre><pre id="faqspan-3">
immediately afterwards he said his line “Yeah! No one can stop me
now!”
50) If you get hit by a train during your first battle with the
Sandman in the subway, then sometimes, Spidey will phase through it.
51) While on my way to the final 4 boss fights, I could see through
one building.
52) Also on my way to the final 4 boss battles, Spidey thought it
would be fun to jump exactly sideways!
53) During the Venom battle, Harry said “Knock him up into the air
and I’ll do the rest!” after he had attacked Venom.
54) One time during the Mega Sandman boss battle, at the very start,
I was sucked into him and instantly failed the fight.
55) Also, during the Mega Sandman boss battle, I saw that his hand
stayed in the ground for the duration of the fight. Whenever I
touched it, it damaged me slightly.
56) Yet ANOTHER bloody glitch in the damn Mega Sandman boss fight!!
At one point, the camera went underneath the ground for a few
seconds.
57) Yes, another glitch for the Mega Sandman fight... another one...
at one point he said “Now you really are an itsy bitsy spider!” and
“Agh!!” at the same time.
58) Yep, another one for the Mega Sandman fight. At 2 bombs down and
2 to go, my health bar just started going down for some reason.
59) Oh Em Gee, how many glitches does this boss battle need? Is this
Vicarious Visions’ way of making the game more of a challenge??
Anyways, one time I had to dodge Mega Sandman’s attacks for like 10
minutes before Harry finally dropped off a bomb to me. The sandman
only ever did his pop up hand attack which was extremely annoying.
60) Oh yeah, one more for the Mega Sandman fight. One of the bombs
didn’t even go into Marko, but it disappeared...
61) This glitch really pissed me off. The first Spider Emblem you see
didn’t even bloody show up. For God’s sake Vicarious Visions. I re-
did the four final boss fights again and again, but it STILL didn’t
turn up. No Black Suit for me then, isn’t that right Vicarious “We’ll
rush this game to make money!” Visions
62) My attacks frequently went through Venom, causing him no damage
whatsoever.
63) During the first Venom fight, Spiderman uttered “Yeah! No one can
stop me now!” twice in a row while getting battered by Brock. Spidey,
I don’t think that Venom needs you to say what he’s thinking!
64) During the first Venom fight, on the second time that I had to
knock him up into the air so that Harry could do his miniscule 1
point of damage, Spiderman never came into contact with Venom, and
neither did Harry, but the cutscene proceeded along anyway...
And these are just the glitches that I’ve found!
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The following glitches were submitted by
various people via e-mail. Thank you to
all that submitted a glitch to me!
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65) After bringing an injured person to an ambulance if you get on
top of the ambulance and press "A" you will get inside of it. –
gamerelite1
66) Can I say that I found a glitch that is not in the walkthrough?
Do you know Spiderman can push people walking straight into them?
Well, if you try to push someone into the water, that person will
walk on air... quite strange, uh?
Maybe this is already in the guide and I missed it, but... cars
appears form nothing and disappear while you are not looking. Thanks
again for you walkthrough: it was very useful. – DracoMT2
67) Sometimes when you see enemies, vehicles, people and other
things, sometimes they don't have detail, just white things. No face,
just a body - Kyde Dimaandal
68) After finishing taking all photos you get 15 upgrade points,
after that, if you save the game and then restart the game(not
restarting as into re-load the save, but as returning to the Wii main
menu and restarting the game completely) and load the save you just
made, you will get the 15 upgrade points again, you can then save
again and repeat for unlimited upgrade points. - Neo Angelus
69) Sometimes the game gives you a new mission objective (only on
gang missions) and after about 5 seconds it says that you
successfully completed the objective - Neo Angelus
70) Sometimes when a ‘Protect The News Van’ mission is given, the
news van is not(or out of range) spawned, thus the gang members have
nothing to smash and will be standing around nothing. Neo Angelus
71) Sometimes when a rescue a person mission is given, the person is
spawned out of range and the gang members just run around without
taking the person, leaving the person just standing around without
any danger. - Neo Angelus
72) Sometimes on evidence missions(or anything that needs to be
returned to the police) the police officer you have to return the
object(evidence) to engages combat with nearby spawned gang members,
this will make the police officer leave his predefined spot and
unable to receive the object(evidence) and you unable to finish the
mission - Neo Angelus
73) Sometimes when on a (gang-)mission where you need to return(or
give) an object to a person, you will fail the mission objective if
you, when carrying the object, smash into other objects at high
speed.(at least it happened to me when I accidentally smashed into
the wall behind the person I needed to deliver the object to,
happened when I was ran over by car, happened again when I smashed
into a random wall, that is why I suspect smashing into things at
high speed, bit uncertain on the high speed though, I just think that
high velocity is needed, because it does not happen every time I
smash a wall) – Neo Angelus
74) After I finished the last mission objective in a gang mission,
the NPC thanked me for returning the object in question and after
that the game said Mission Failed and I had failed the mission(though
I did complete every objective successfully) - Neo Angelus
75) The above glitch happened again, but this time it was even worse,
because after completing the last objective it said Mission
Successful (or what is says when you successfully complete a mission)
and after that (after about five seconds) it said Mission Failed with
the results of failing the mission (so the area was kept under gang
control) – Neo Angelus
76) This time it isn't a Glitch, but a solution to a Glitch and maybe
something useful to know(though I suspect you already know, or it is
just too logical) the fix is for the Glitch where a Police
Officer(the one you need to give the evidence(or other things)
to) will join a battle if gang members are nearby leaving his
designated spot and never returning to the green circle place...after
which you can not give him the evidence in the green
area(circle)...but if you lay the evidence on the ground close to the
Police Officer it will still pick it up and you will complete the
objective... – Neo Angelus
77) When you pick up a person to get them to safety from a gang,
sometimes the person is standing up on top of Spiderman while he is
swinging them away – monzurul
78) During the venom battle, is I tried to do a web combo. After I
finished, a long string of web was attached to me, even if I run
around, it still is attached to me – monzurul
79) When I was taking some pictures I saw a pedestrian falling down
from nowhere then he landed in the middle of the street and stood
there - Till Lindemann
80) I was swinging by and stop to crawl a little and Spidey started
crawling backwards, his hands and feet were on the other side his
back was facing the wall. Maybe for the Playstation 3 version only) -
Till Lindemann
81) Me and my friend were just playing Spiderman 3. And every thing
was running smoothly until I got to the level where you have to chase
the lizard through New York. Instead of chasing the lizard through
New York I was chasing a giant red exclamation point. I was cracking
up because when he is rampaging through, normally you see the lizard
but here’s this big red exclamation point flipping cars and knocking
people off buildings – Brian
82) On the ps2 version, when you go on a bomb call, sometimes the
bombs do not blow when you throw them. I have encountered a few that
keep you from progressing the story. - chaotix 2007
83) I have been on an evidence mission and there was nobody there to
deliver it too. - chaotix 2007
84) I have also had one time when the next part of the mission came
to
me. IE an enforcer mission after an officer assist, the gang was
there after the officers were done talking. - chaotix 2007
85) In the missions where you have to bring the child to their
mother, after you put the kid down, in the five seconds you have
before the screen goes black, you can pick the kid back up and swing
away with him, and no one will say a word. – dballzbeo
86) Yesterday when I was playing, I was taking the vamp to shriek and
the sky kept going from clear blue to black cloudy. Shortly after
some of the people on the street turned into big red "!". A few
minutes later during the battle with shriek the game froze. I tried
it again and the same thing happened. It didn't do it the third time
though. – Joe
87) Spiderman can fall/web sling into the middle of buildings...and
slowly "vibrate" out of the wall again. Go Spidey! - Spence
88) Sometimes if your on ground level webbing up (its happened to me
on a small wall, lamp post and I think some buildings) you web up,
come off the ground....but the web is just a solid line, and your
hovering off the ground, moving around attached to this solid line
keeping you up. - Spence
89) Spider-man struggles (or in my case CAN NOT) swing all the way
under the bridge to the other side. For some reason he falls before
shooting his web and hits the water. - Spence
90) When you start some gang missions on the smaller island, you will
have to travel back across the bridge. Instead of trying though,
sometimes the game will decide for you that you're no good and fail
the mission for you....or sometimes just stop the mission and not
tell you either way. How nice of them.... - Spence
91) You can get the upgrade to uppercut people allowing you to
"juggle" them by repeatedly hitting them once in the air.
..Can anyone do that?! On my game he doesn’t hit them high enough OR
even straight up- he just his them upwards- but forward so you cant
jump and attack. - Spence
92) When you web sling/zip into a building spider-man ALWAYS runs
down the building in stead of just clinging to it or going up. I
don’t know if it’s a glitch- but it’s REALLY annoying.... – Spence “I
second that!” – Nick Kazama
93) I was retrieving a stolen purse from the apocalypse gang and the
person it was given back to was a man. – Josh David
94) Another weird on was when I was doing a patrolling mission for
one of the gangs and I followed the marker to where I was supposed to
go but there was nothing there so I couldn’t finish the mission –
Josh David
95) Hey, I found a glitch during the first fight with Sandman. I
went to hit the button to do a counter and as Spidey went to do it he
got hit by a train coming by. well he didn’t finish the move and when
you were able to move again it was still like a cutscene where he
would have thrown him into the train and sandman just sat there and
did nothing I tried to web him up and all of a sudden he disappeared
so yeah I had to start from my last save so I figured id tell ya so
it don’t happen to ne1 else - J.C. Reeves
96) I was battling one of the waste tribe shield guys and I pulled
off his shield but when I went to hit him I was hitting an invisible
shield - Josh David
97) As I was swinging around, a came across QUITE a few buildings
that cause a rather sad glitch... if there is a roof with anything on
it, water towers, vents, anything it just needs to be low or on the
opposite side of you. Well if you go to swing from that building,
your web attaches to it, and as the web line come across the building
and hits the edge of the building the line becomes rigid all the way
across. If you let Spidey sit like that for a bit, he actually just
hangs in one spot as the line is almost parallel to the ground -
Garry Gabriel
98) Sometimes on a gang mission where I have to save a news van
neither the van nor the gang members spawn keeping me from
progressing – Autoswing
99) I found that when I'm in the middle of an action like climbing
atop a car, or doing an aerial flip during the shriek/spire fight
atop the building, and I am interrupted by a loading screen(like for
objective completion or the next part of the shriek fight) I would
get stuck in position when the screen finishes loading. Atop the car
I would have been sitting on, I end up sitting on the street and I
can't move. Also I was doing a flip with Shriek and I got locked into
a position that looked like Neo from the Matrix jumping up in the air
with his arms extended away from him, and I would slowly drift down
to the ground diagonally in the same position - AceHunter71
100) There are times when I swing through the city and I run into
invisible walls. I don't know if any one else has come across this
problem yet but it is really bugging me -The Game
101) Once I paused the game but nothing but the background of the
menu showed up....basically it froze. I had to start the gas leaking
because of shriek mission again - ICcold
102) Sometimes on certain buildings if you attack a web to the corner
of it (you might have to do this while walking/on the ground) Spidey
with shoot a web to it and jump up and just stay there. You cannot
swing to the swing a lot and your just stuck there until you let go
of R2 - ICcold
103) Sometimes when you finish a mission the audio track of the
people is delayed and it starts much later than it should and goes
over the loading screen...I also had music problems because it would
load a short clip of a sound and play it over the current mission I'm
on over and over and over...quite annoying - ICcold
104) If you wall crawl on a building down towards the street and web
zip at the right height (at least I think it is that way...could be
some other way) Spidey will web zip into the ground and his head will
clip into the sidewalk and he will keep on Web Zipping as long as you
hold/tap R1 until he walls off the corner or you feel like continuing
with the game – ICcold
105) I got all the emblems so I’m really happy, but, I am
experiencing some glitches. For example, that timer shows and I have
to wait sometimes and that black aura still shows up sometimes too! -
Sebastian Dunne
106) When you are called to save a shop keeper who doesn't pay his
protection money, in the hotdog van. You may find that there is no
gang members there, just that on its own. If this occurs you can not
complete the mission and you must quit the mission. Also, sometimes
ambulances are parked with their backs against a wall making it
difficult to put your injured person on the floor. If this happens
put them on the roof as close as you can to where the green circle
would be. - Mr Deftino
107) I also noticed that after collecting 49 of the emblems it says
that I only have 46. – Joe
108) After doing a crime patrol mission where I had to rescue a
hostage Spiderman looks like he’s carrying someone but he’s not -
Josh David
109) Extremely rare but if you let a car hit you on some rare
occasion you’ll float up and away from the car looking like the car
is still hitting you can get out of it by jumping though but it looks
cool - rvg2012
110) Sometimes on gang missions wear you have to protect a TV news
van, the van will be at the designated spot but the gang members
won't making it impossible to complete the mission -
rouguesquadron2000
111) Hey man I have another stupid glitch to tell you and it is about
wearing the Black suit you see I already got all the Spider emblems
and I also bought all of the Hero upgrades including all the health
upgrades and the six melee combat upgrade then when I put on the
black suit anytime my health bar will be reduced and I cannot perform
the 6 melee combo attack and when your adrenaline bar is full it will
be reduced to 0% again!! Damn Vicarious Visions they didn't even
bother fix the glitches! - Alfonso Luis Maquilan
112) When You Return Evidence To A NYPC ("fuzz") Sometimes the person
won't be a cop (VERY Rare but it happened to me twice) - Cole
Atchison
113) When you fail to change suits after you complete an objective
from a gang mission, the black suit will automatically (sorry for
misspell) change into the red and blue suit and the 45 second timer
will start - Cole Atchison
114) I don't know if this happened to anyone before but when I saved
a hostage and I had to take him to the ambulance on the bridge from
Roosevelt Island, the back of the ambulance was floating over the
water. The yellow circle was right behind it so I had to climb under
the bridge and when I placed him close to the circle, he was standing
upside down under the bridge! That, I think, has to be the funniest
thing I have ever seen from a video game. Thanks for the laughs! -
Cole Atchison
115) When you get rid of a bomb, sometimes a building will be in the
way. It will go right through it and it will look like it blew up in
the building - Cole Atchison
116) When you are locating shards to get to Shriek's hideout,
you might get stuck between two shards with enemies and you will have
to back and forth until the game freezes - Cole Atchison
117) I found yet another glitch in the game that I did not see in
your FAQ. When I was taking Morbius to Shriek's hideout I was
swinging and accidentally ran into a car. All the sudden Morbius
disappeared I went back thinking that I had dropped him and didn't
see him. Then I noticed that my arms were in the shape of Morbius’
body and I was still holding him and he was just invisible! When I
arrived at Shriek's hideout I could see him once gain. I agree with
you though PS2 owners got ripped-off! – ryancobb
118) Hey man the glitch that you told me that you couldn’t find the
emblems well I encountered that one when I played a new game all the
spider emblems that I found at the previous were gone so you have to
start another game hey it might sound stupid but in the end you will
enjoy believe me I did it and **** Vicarious Visions -
dudethathatesglitches
119) I believe I have found a glitch not present in your guide. I've
beaten the game, and have gotten 49 emblems...the last one is nowhere
in the city. I have heard that this is caused by starting a new
game from the main menu, but this is on my first play-through. The
emblem is not in any of the locations, and resetting the console is
not helping. If this is in your guide, sorry, I didn't see it, but I
thought it was worth pointing out. I think the only solution is to
start a new game from the main menu. (Here's hoping this glitch
doesn't make the glitches section longer than your extremely
informative FAQ...) – seraphssavior
120) Sometimes after you have to bring a patient to an ambulance on a
gang mission, you can set the patient down on the green area and then
pick him/her up again, and he/she will be standing on your left
shoulder, and you can then put them down anywhere you want, even if
you're away from the ambulance, then still continue the mission. -
David Adair
121) One glitch is that when you use Spiderman's earth breaker or
that one move where you jump and then use your web to grab him then
you kick him with 2 feet, sometimes Spiderman keeps staying in the
air like he's "hovering". I think this works when the enemy is behind
a car. Sometimes this works - SM3Player?
122) Another glitch is that when you have to talk to a gang member
after you defeat him/her, they'll die then wake up to talk to you -
SM3Player
123) Another glitch is that when you have the black suit, you're on
top of a car, and when you're trying to take off the suit, the car
might move and then you float. This works when you are at the last
stage, when you keep pressing triangle. If you don't press it, you'll
jump up and punch the air and then there will be some cracks on the
"air" - SM3Player
124) Ha ha! This glitch made me laugh for days on end. It was a
mission where I had to return a lost child to his mother. The child
was a boy but he had a girl’s voice. He/she was also black but his
mother was white with an Asian accent... HA HA!!! - Joel Felske
125) Sometimes when you jump up and try to do the strong web kick
attack you just sort of twitch in the air and slow down your descent
for a split second instead of attacking - Sim Lord1
Vicarious Visions... 125 glitches. One hundred and twenty five
glitches!! Now that’s a LOT of glitches! For shame Vicarious Visions.
Seriously, this game has more glitches than all my 42+ Playstation 2
games put together... and all my Playstation One games and that’s
REALLY bad. I think that you shouldn’t make any more games okay? Or
at least hire some games testers for crying out loud.
You’ve proven that you rushed this game to make money.
(((Don’t send me any more glitches! Any glitches sent to me now will
be ignored, as this is the last update I’m ever gonna do! Thanks a
lot to all those that contributed glitches to me! Give yourself a pat
on the back and a cookie if you sent me one.)))
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XIII) Quotes n’ Quips
Here are some of the various quotes you’ll come across during the
game;
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Peter Parker/Spiderman
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“Okay, hold still doc! This won’t hurt. . . . . . me.”
“Just think of me as karma in a red and blue suit!”
“Nice suit, Harry. But, don't you hate wearing hand-me-downs?”
“If this is industrial espionage then maybe I’ll get a chance to say
‘Man, Spiderman!’”
“What did I ever do to you? I mean seriously what??”
“You ticked me off on the wrong night, Count!”
“I’m a pretty average guy... so I guess that makes you below
average!”
“Admit it! You’re just jealous of my costume!”
“Hey JJ, don’t you ever cut a guy a break?? I’m saving your life
here!”
“Geez, this guy blows things up even when he’s losing!”
“This may sting a little! Hey it worked!”
“Lets see if JJ has any work for me... maybe even the paying kind!”
“This guy thinks he’s a vampire huh? I bet if I wait until night I’ll
have a better chance of tracking him down!”
“And then there were none!”
“All in a days work!”
“Don’t worry about it, now RUN!”
“Geez! More of you guys? Gimme a break!”
“You know, I’ll never forget the words of the last guy who threatened
me, he said ‘NOT IN THE FACE! NOT IN THE FACE!!’”
“Fasten your seatbelt, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!!”
“Thanks for flying Air Spidey!”
“Every bodies a critic!”
“Hmmm, what’s that suspicious package over there...?”
“Are you... breaking up with me?”
“This suit makes me feel even MORE good about being Spiderman!”
“I’m still not sure what this is, but... I’m sure I like it.”
“I just can’t get enough of this!”
“Now you know why I love this new suit!”
“Webbing - 1, Lizard goo - 0!”
“Ah, why didn’t I just think of a black suit in the first place??”
“Its like this makes me a whole new Spiderman...”
“Time to speed things up!”
“Move it Spidey! This is NOT a drill... hmmm, well actually it is!”
“Faster Spidey, you know the drill!”
“If they really wanted to punish this guy, they could of just made
him eat his own food!”
“Dr. Connors, wait!!”
“Got to avoid that debris or it’ll slow me down!”
“Can’t let that falling debris slow me down!”
“Stop Kraven! These are people you’re killing!”
“YUK!!! These walls are covered in slime! I don’t think I’ll be able
to climb them... not even sure I’d want to!”
“Nowhere to run now Doc!”
“”Leaping Lizards and I thought I was acrobatic!”
“Great, he went into the sewers! Uuugh, I gotta build a nose filter
into this mask one of these days!”
“You say the nicest things! Maybe you could talk to my landlord about
an extension on my rent!”
“Yep, I’m in the right place!”
“With all things considered, you got off easy!”
“No problem, I’m even better than I was before!”
“Look out New York! Spiderman is better than ever!”
“Tell all your friends that Spiderman’s a little tougher than he used
to be.”
“Wouldn’t it have just been easier to ask for an employee discount?”
“Did that hurt? Good!”
“You don’t have a thing to worry about with me on the job.”
“Too bad that’s all ya got, I was hoping for more of a challenge!”
“Doctor Connors!”
“Gotta get these lizards off my back if I’m gonna catch up with Doc!”
“I hope they don’t get any bigger than that guy!”
“It’s a little too quiet all of a sudden...”
“I’m not TRYING to hurt you... but there’s a pretty good chance of it
happening anyway!”
“Now, can’t let Doc Connors get away!”
“How does it feel to go from the hunter to the hunted Kraven?”
“You’re about to find out that spiders are much harder to kill than
lizards!”
“Looks like hunting season’s over! I’ll let the police know you’re
here!”
“Hmm, its’ shocking how I didn’t know of that before!”
“What’s happening to me...?”
“I should get some rest, my apartment sounds real good right about
now...”
“Good thing you’re here, now I don’t have to hold back any more!”
“If this person they kidnapped is really a psychic, how come they
didn’t know they were gonna be kidnapped?”
“You can’t see it, but really, you’re making me blush...”
“Oh... you’re good at this whole shady informer thing!”
“Come on, isn’t anybody scared? Just a little...?”
“I bet that’s JJ’s vampire! Time for his photo shoot!”
“I should hurry, the last thing this city needs is a vampire on the
lose!”
“Well well well!”
“Hmmm, seems like our dark prince is afraid of the light...”
“Where’d he go?”
“Hey! Wanna go on a little tour?”
“Might be a good time to see how the research is coming along at Doc
Connors’ lab...”
“You can’t hide your secret’s forever! I’ll find out what you are!”
“ALL THOSE TESTS ARE FOR NOTHING!!!”
“I don’t lose... especially now!”
“Anything broken? NO??”
“Nice fangs, you’ll be picking them up off the ground in a minute...”
“Wait, did Halloween come early and nobody tell me?”
“That’s not the only thing that’s about to expire!”
“Wow, either this guys a real vampire, or the best method actor I’ve
ever seen!”
“We both do!”
“Careful doc, he could attack again!”
“Pretty soon I won’t even be able to get arrested in this town;
cops’ll just shoot me on site!”
“Hot air is the best they could come up with? They should really
leave the funny stuff to the professionals like me!”
“They say New Yorkers are jaded, but this is kinda ridiculous.”
“What happened to the good old days when bad guys had a little style?
No offence, but you’re no Green Goblin.”
“I wouldn’t call you a loser, but I’m definitely thinking it!”
“This should be a happy ending. I beat the villain, got the girl and
brought a family back together. But it's not that easy. Being Spider-
Man always comes with a price. And today, that price was a steep one.
What keep’s me going is Uncle Ben's words: "With great power...comes
great responsibility." In the end people need heroes. As tough as it
gets some days, I have to fight on. Maybe the best way to honour the
people that I love, is to never stop being... your friendly
neighbourhood Spider-Man.”
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Eddie Brock/Venom
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“What’s he up to?”
“This isn’t over...”
“God! How could you give this up!?”
“Fair is fair Parker! Now let’s end this!”
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Flint Marko/Sandman
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“Now you're just an itsy bitsy spider!”
“I’m this way because of a freak accident, what’s your excuse?”
“Who’s the spider and who’s the fly!?”
“Leave me alone pal, I’m trying to think...”
“PENNY!!”
“Who’s the big man now!?”
“You’re not big enough for me, little man!!”
“Now you really ARE an itsy bitsy spider!”
“You’re gonna be a red and blue stain!”
“I’ve got much more sand than you’ve got webs!”
“You could hardly handle me when I was your size, what are you gonna
do now!?”
“Got a web big enough for me... little man!?”
“Still playing the hero? I’ll give you a hero’s death!”
“Death is too good for you!”
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Mary Jane Watson
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“Stop it, I’m gonna get sick!”
“Peter, this is worse than a roller coaster!”
“Woohoo!”
“Wooooooooooh!!”
“Stop it right now!”
“Peter, do something before someone gets hurt!”
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Harry Osborne/New Goblin
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“Time to put the Sandman to sleep!”
“Peter...”
“Knock him up into the air and I’ll do the rest!”
“Over here!”
“Hey beach breath, I’m right here!”
“Keep it up, he’s looking weakened!”
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Dr. Curtis Connors/The Lizard
==============================
“You should not have followed me Spiderman!”
“Don’t think you’ve won Sssssssspiderman!”
“Sssssoon you will be my most powerful lizard ssssservant!”
** Note that these are the only 3 things that he actually says in the
game. The other things he spouts are just generic screeching and
growling noises.
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Special lines
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Mary Jane – You should start charging tourists for rides!
Spiderman - No thanks. With my luck I'd get one of those passengers
who stick gum under the seat.
Jameson – Now, what does a piece like that need?
Peter – To be thrown in the trash?
Venom - God! How could you give this up!?
Spiderman - Not sure about the name, but that face sure rings a bell.
Venom – Like looking in a mirror, ain't it? Only I'm bigger... and
better!
Spiderman - I bet I could sue you for copyright infringement and win.
Sandman – You saved her. Thanks Spider-Man. I'm sorry. I didn't want
to fight you. I swear. It's just that Venom, well he said he'd kill
her if I didn't help him. I had no choice.
Spiderman - Well she's safe now. That's all that matters.
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XIV) Nick’s review on Spiderman 3
Wondering what I felt of the game? Well, take a peek at my review of
Spiderman 3 to find out!
"Relax New Yorker’s, Spidey’s back in town!"
Well, Spidey never left town but whatever. Spiderman is back for yet
another adventure on the Playstation 2 (and various other consoles
too). In the year of 2002, Treyarch developed the official Spiderman
the movie game. I for one loved it, mainly because I was a huge
Spidey fan back then (and still am now) and because I was younger.
While it was a great game, it did have some problems that prevented
it from being something really spectacular ; You couldn't reach
ground level in the outdoor sections, Spidey's web lines still
attached to the sky when he swung around the city and the difficulty
was a nightmare during the later parts of the game (Oscorp security
robots anyone?). Treyarch fixed some of these problems with their
sequel Spiderman 2 and it became the truest, funnest, coolest
Spiderman game to ever hit the Playstation 2.
The biggest improvement was the web swinging amongst other things.
The swinging physics alone made it an instant classic. Spidey game
collectors like myself had high hopes for the comic book based
Ultimate Spiderman video game adaption, but sadly it was a severely
downgraded version of Spiderman 2. The swinging had become way too
different (in a bad way), it felt slow and boring. The difficulty was
also a monster. This didn't stop me from wanting Spiderman 3 though.
A few months before the games release, Activision released lots of
new info on it. You would be able to go down into the subways and
sewers to free roam, the city was going to be much bigger, the
graphics were going to be improved and much more……… on the next gen
versions.
How unfortunate that Activision didn't tell us that we PS2 owners
(and Nintendo Wii owners) would not be getting the same game as the
next gen owners. If there's one thing I cannot stand, it's being lied
to and that's JUST what Activision did. We were supposed to be
getting the EXACT same game as the next gen console owners only with
slightly less powerful graphics, not an all new game made by
different developers. With this, the free roaming subways and sewers
were eliminated, the graphics were made worse, the gameplay was way
different and many other things. I found out about all the bad stuff
an hour after I pre-ordered the PS2 version.
Graphics –
Well… they don't look too bad, but they don't necessarily look good
either. The only thing that looks PS2 worthy is Spidey's character
model. The lighting on his model is somewhat close to the next gen
version. He moves fluidly and everything so no complaints there. The
city however is a different story, as it looks no better than the one
featured in Spiderman 2. It actually doesn't look as good as the city
featured in a game that was released in 2004. The pedestrians' mouths
still don't move when they speak and when you look at a civilian
walking past, he or she always lacks a decent frame rate. Usually
when there is more than one thug on the screen, the frame rate drops
drastically and it is very difficult to see what he hell is going on.
Sound –
Gotta give them props for the sound on this game. The songs are great
and suit whatever mission you're doing. It's a shame that the track
list is very short. Several stars of the Spiderman film franchise
have come to reprise their roles from the movie. You've got Tobey
Maguire returning as Spidey, Topher Grace as Eddie Brock, Thomas
Haden Church as Flint Marko and in a series first, James Franco
actually voices Harry Osborne. Also making his triumphant comeback is
the always hilarious Bruce Campbell! From the start of the game, he's
there giving you advice and generally funny lines. It's a shame that
Campbell's dialogue is much more limited than it was in Spidey 2 as
he gets all the best lines. Still, I'm thankful that he came back to
narrate again.
Now for the bad parts of the sound. Spiderman 3 the game has some of
the most god awful forced accents I've ever heard in a game. Period.
All the mothers of little children that you rescue all put on this
really stereotypical Asian accent. Its really not nice to listen to.
At other times, men speak to you with female voices and vice versa. I
am not joking about this. Pedestrians even talk to you in two
different accents sometimes!
Gameplay –
So, has Spiderman 3 made up for the horrendous bastardization of the
web slinging found in Ultimate Spiderman? Nope. The web slinging is
now a combination of Spidey 2's and Ultimate Spidey's swinging. The
biggest problem I have with the swinging is that Spidey now has to
almost always attach his web line to a corner of a building. The
thing is, his web line always attaches itself to the corner of the
building that you've just passed. This eliminates all speed from web
swinging. At other times, he'll attach a line to a building you
really didn't want him to. Sometimes he'll shoot a web line directly
left or right of himself, so he will glide along the ground going
either left or right. I even noticed that his web lines sometimes do
not even attach to anything.
The combat is not bad. Not great, but not bad. The upgrade system has
changed a little and you now earn experience from doing things such
as beating up thugs, or completing missions. Each time you acquire
enough experience you will obtain a skill point which can then be
used to buy new upgrades for Spidey. It's a nice new way to do the
upgrade system and it would be great if the moves actually worked
when you wanted them to. Take the Web Rodeo for example, that was
easy to perform in Spidey 2, but in this game, Spidey simply attaches
his web line to an enemy and if you're lucky, he'll swing them around
when you move the left analogue stick. As least that's what happens
in my game.
Remember the sprint button in Spidey 2? Well, after Ultimate
Spiderman, I had hoped that they would put it back in. They didn't.
Now, the L2 button makes Spidey perform a little rolling dodge move
that you probably won't be using much anyway.
However, the gameplay isn't all that bad. The boss fights are a lot
of fun and I usually hate boss fights. When you can get a super rare
speedy swing, then web swinging feels a little decent. I also liked
the Black Suit, sure it only upgraded Spidey a bit, but it was nice
to switch back and fourth between Red Suit and Black Suit at any time
in the game once you've unlocked it.
Lifespan –
The main story is over in about 4 hours. That's right, around 4 hours
for the main story. Well, it’s even shorter than that as I completed
it in under 4 hours. There are however plenty of other things to do
around the city to keep you occupied. The races make their return
from the previous two Spidey games, there are 4 major gangs in New
York that have to be taken care of, there are two types of tokens to
collect that are scattered around the city and you get to take (but
not view) pictures of enemies. You can also unlock Black Suit again
after the main story is finished, by collecting the 50 Spider Emblems
that are hidden around the city. You can even collect the 100
Meteorite Fragments that are scattered across various roof tops if
you want a little yellow message that says “Congratulations!”... I'm
not lying about that by the way. Searching for the Spider Emblems can
be quite frustrating by the way, as they sometimes do not make the
blipping sound they're supposed to. The Playstation 3 and X-Box 360
version owners got it lucky. They can unlock the Black Suit again by
simply completing the game. The one thing that we current gen console
owners had over the next gen owners had to be given to them.
Overall –
Well, it was an enjoyable game in my opinion, but Activision really
shouldn't have lied to us. They don't normally do that (I think), but
they should definitely never lie to us again. I started setting out a
walkthrough for this game within my first few minutes of playtime and
I would have stopped and cancelled the guide immediately if I really
couldn't stand Spidey 3 the game. I was pleased that my guide was the
very first one for the PS2 version to be submitted to GameFAQs.
Spidey 3 is fun, but it is too full of glitches. My FAQ lists a lot
of glitches, there has to be over 50 of them now. So yeah, it's
glitchy, the gameplay is nowhere near as great as it was in Spiderman
2 the game, but Spiderman 3 can be quite enjoyable, if you let it be.
It's a good weekend game. But that’s it.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to do another mission... what??
Mission failed?? But I just started it! Damn glitches!
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XV) People Like You
Well, you may be wondering what this little section is all about
right? Heh, I thought that all the e-mails I got regarding this guide
were going to be questions about the walkthrough, or requests for the
Spider Emblem and Meteorite Fragments maps. But then I got this e-
mail ;
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Hi Nick,
I don't know how you folks do it! A game comes out, and you write a
walkthrough for it so quickly! I just want to say, I am a Dad, and
my son Ryan just loves Spiderman, and he was bouncing off the walls
with excitement about Spiderman 3 (the Movie) coming out, and then he
wanted the game. It is too hard for him, of course (I thought,
anyway), and in order to get through, we absolutely have to have a
walkthrough.
So, I just want you to know that of those thousands of views you get
on your walkthrough, you have a lot of people who really need the
help, and where it really makes some little kid out there very
happy. This is certainly the case here, and I just wanted to thank
you for all your hard work and effort.
I'm off to play Spiderman 3 with Ryan now for his "special time" with
Daddy. :)
Reid
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Its people like you Reid, who make me want to keep writing
walkthroughs and adding new content to older ones. So thank you! -_^
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XVI) Special thanks and No thanks
Special thanks
- Stan Lee and Steve Ditko for bringing us the Web Slinger
- Sam Raimi for directing the Spidey movies and all the cast and crew
that made the films possible
- Vicarious Visions for making this game I guess
- Spiderman cause he’s the star!
- Black Suit for helping me out. I’ll get you back someday! I
promise!
- Everyone who emailed me with a new glitch or question to put up on
the walkthrough
- Alison Kaplan for informing me of Wonderdog’s evil doings
- Me for writing this guide and constantly updating it
- You for reading this guide, unless of course you’re someone I hate
No thanks go to
- Activision for lying about what PS2 and Wii owners would get
- Treyarch for only developing the next gen console versions
- Whoever’s bright idea it was to take out the free roaming subways
and sewers from the PS2 and Wii versions of the game
- Vicarious Visions for not fixing the multitude of glitches in this
game and for giving us nothing for obtaining 100% completion
- Some retard who complained about this guide being in the X-Box 360
version section on GameFAQs, even though that automatically happens,
just like the 360 walkthrough appears on the PS2 section. He then got
really stupid about it and started sending me “threatening” e-mails,
saying that nobody wants me alive and how I should stop doing rude
things with my parents. I would copy and paste his e-mails, but you
would simply lose precious brain cells reading them. I are did losing
brains cell reeding eemayls of his. His e-mail is
[email protected] so feel free to send this poor sad idiot some
spam.
- Wonderdog.com for selling this guide without my permission
- Cheat Code Central for also putting this guide on their website
without my permission and ignoring e-mails that I have sent them
telling them to take the guide off the site
- Cheatcodes.com for also submitting this guide without my permission
and then another user for uploading this guide in the WII SECTION of
the site. Stupid idiot. Both he and the site are ignoring me and will
not remove it, so **** them
- Mycheats.com for hosting this guide without my permission and then
acting all angry with me when I told them to take it down
Remember that if you host my guide without my permission then I will
not stop until its removed okay? Okay.
Looks like you’re done now, go outside and play.
