Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls players have noticed that its version of Spider-Man has a few subtle nods to Supaidāman (also known as Toei Spider-Man).
This weekend marks the second closed beta weekend for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, which is letting lucky players go hands-on with some new characters and stages. One of those characters is Spider-Man, who, despite being in the game’s first reveal trailer, strangely wasn’t part of the first closed beta.
Spider-Man has quickly proven to be a total menace in Marvel Tokon thanks to his fast combos, but fans have also noticed that Arc System Works have put a lot of love specifically into his character. That love shows a great appreciation for a fan-favourite version of Spider-Man who frankly doesn’t get referenced enough.
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The start of the easter egg rabbit hole was pointed out by Twitter user Xeno_TG, who shared a video of Spider-Man in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls and pointed out that the web-slinger has some unique idle animations. Unlike the rest of the cast, Spider-Man has multiple idle animation poses that he’ll swap between if you leave him standing still long enough.
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That’s already a nice bit of detail for a more energetic hero, but it turns out that’s not the end of the attention to detail. Several of the comments pointed out that Spider-Man’s poses are actually direct references to Supaidāman, as he’s actually performing the same motions as the beloved tokusatsu Spidey.
Considering how few players are going to bother to see idle animations, it makes it a very easy to miss easter egg.
For those who don’t know, Supaidāman (also known as Japanese Spider-Man or Toei Spider-Man) was a live-action tokusatsu show produced by Toei that ran all the way back in 1978. Its version of Spider-Man, Takuya Yamashiro, had a drastically different origin story than Peter Parker and would often fight in a giant mech called Leopardon.
Over the years, Supaidāman has become a bit of a cult classic version of the hero, and has made appearances in various different crossovers (but still not the Spider-Verse movies), so it’s nice to see some love for him in a game as big as Marvel Tokon. Arc System Works are clearly fans of Toei Spider-Man, and we can’t blame them one bit.
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
- Released
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2026
- Developer(s)
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Arc System Works, Marvel Games, PlayStation Studios
- Publisher(s)
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Arc System Works, Marvel Games, PlayStation Studios
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
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Yes
- Franchise
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Marvel
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