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Wakanda Forever salute

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Doesn’t Let Peter Parker Do the Wakanda Forever Salute

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has a wonderful tribute to Black Panther with the Wakanda Forever salute. However, gamers are only able to perform the gesture with Miles Morales, not Peter Parker.

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As reported by Kotaku, TikTok user SpectreXGaming posted a clip showing the difference between Miles and Peter when they approach the Wakanda Embassy:

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The side-by-side shows a button prompt appearing for Miles at the embassy’s front door, which allows him to perform the Wakanda Forever salute. When Peter approaches the building, though, the prompt does not show up, meaning he can’t do the gesticulation.

While Wakanda is not a real place, it is depicted as being a part of East Africa. For Miles, being part African-American, it makes sense to have him be able to perform the salute. And while I do not think it would necessarily be racist for Peter to do the signal, it would certainly be cringe.

Time will tell if players will raise a stink about this and make Insomniac Games patch the ability for Peter to do the move. Personally, I think it has more important issues to address, like changing the Cuban flag to the Puerto Rican one. And, you know, the glitches and bugs.


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Arthur Damian
Arthur Damian has been covering the video game industry for over ten years, and joined The Escapist in 2022. He is a huge fan of platformers, indies, and fighting games, and strives to cover them for The Escapist every chance he gets. Arthur received his Bachelor’s Degree in English from Brooklyn College in 2009. He is also the Editor-in-Chief over at That VideoGame Blog. When he isn’t writing, Arthur enjoys playing games on his Switch and PlayStation 5, and sings the praises of the greatest video game ever, Chrono Trigger, to anyone who will listen.