Spider-Man 2 launched last week and it didn’t take long for fans to notice an error in one part of the game that developer Insomniac has already promised to fix.
Redditor TheHouselessTurtle spotted the Cuban flag inside and outside of Morales’ apartment. Both Miles and his mother Rio are Puerto Rican.
“Can anybody explain why there is a Cuban flag inside and outside of the Miles Morales apartment when he and Rio are Puerto Ricans?” TheHouselessTurtle asked. “And very proud about it in the previous game.”
Others noticed too, and took to social media to bring attention to the mistake.
Looks like Insomniac mistakenly have the Cuban flag instead of Puerto Rican flag in Spider-Man 2. Here’s a picture of Miles Morales walking inside his apartment. I hope @insomniacgames can fix this soon.
The odd thing later in the game, you can unlock his suit that has the PR… pic.twitter.com/OZhbRfqUDd
— Danny Peña (@godfree) October 22, 2023
@Sony @PlayStation @insomniacgames Hello Insomniacs. You did an amazing job in Miles Morales representing the Puerto Rican culture. In Spider-Man 2, you’ve replaced the Puerto Rican Flag with the Cuban. We would love for the Flag to be updated to accurately represent Puerto Rico. pic.twitter.com/WfLyCS6eVs
— Tracy Santiago (@Sephiroth0017) October 22, 2023
@insomniacgames loving Spider-Man 2, but…..I think y’all got some flags mixed up 😅. pic.twitter.com/xFG9WjCO45
— Justin (@JustinUprising) October 21, 2023
@ChrisRGun did you notice that in Spider-Man 2 they messed up the flag in the house and put the Cuban flag instead of the Puerto Rican flag? pic.twitter.com/Ak4qNCFd5e
— Jamo (@JoseMendoza48) October 22, 2023
While the Cuban and Puerto Rican flags are similar in design, they use different colours. It’s a clear mistake, one Insomniac is working on a fix for. “Fix is coming for that,” James Stevenson, Director, Community and Marketing at Insomniac, tweeted in response to a fan who had pointed out the error.
Fix is coming for that
— James Stevenson (@JamesStevenson) October 20, 2023
The Morales flag isn’t the only thing Spider-Man 2 players have noticed since the PlayStation 5 exclusive came out. Spider-Man 2 also pays tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, who famously played Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
If you’re playing, check out our list of the Spider-Man 2’s Best Skills to Get First as well as all of the Spider-Man 2 suits in the game.
We wrote in our Spider-Man 2 review, “As a sequel in a spectacular series, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is both blessed and cursed… Insomniac refines a successful formula of combat and web-swinging without revolutionising either in major ways, making them comfy and familiar with just enough new tweaks and abilities to elevate them to fun new heights. The part that feels like it actually needed a radical rethinking is the open world of New York City, which has been made bigger but not better, with an exhausting checklist of mostly repetitious side activities.”
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
