The Batman’s Riddler Has a Secret Website

If you have been wowed by the most up-to-date trailer for The Batman, you could not have seen the unusual symbols on the backside of the title/solid card that seems on the very finish. It turns they have been a message left by the Riddler (through the Warner Bros. PR division) for you.

If you probably did discover the symbols, then you definitely’re acutely conscious they’re extra of the unusual ones the Riddler ceaselessly leaves behind together with his signature query mark. These were decoded after the first trailer was launched again in 2020, so it presumably didn’t take those self same sleuths lengthy to appreciate the message on this trailer is “You are el rata alada.” “El rata alada” is Spanish for “the winged rat,” which is a standard (though incorrect) epithet for the animals amongst bat-haters. But “you are el” is phonetically the identical as URL,” main of us to see if “www.rataalada.com” held any surprises.

It actually does, a minimum of to an extent. It’s a text-based, MS-DOS-inspired web site run by the Riddler, who invitations guests to unravel three riddles. I don’t know which stunned me extra—that the riddles are extraordinarily straightforward or that the supervillain is exceedingly affected person with individuals who guess incorrectly, even when they’re being assholes, like me:

Entering all three appropriate solutions (I’ll stick them on the backside, simply in case you need them) nets you a trio of Gotham City Police Department witness sketches of Batman:

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I adore how horrible and unhappy the left-most Batman seems. It’s like Commissioner Gordon noticed this pitiful drawing, ordered the GCPD’s 10-year-old police artist to go to artwork college for a decade, after which strive once more. There’s one other little bit of much less tragic promo artwork to be discovered in case you reload the location, because the Riddler asks in case you’ve been to Penguin’s Iceberg Lounge; both reply offers you entry.

Honestly, it’s not the best Augmented Reality Game/viral film tie-in, and definitely doesn’t have a lot within the rewards division, however I wouldn’t commerce my time with this depressed, full-lipped gentleman for something.

The Batman premieres on March 4, 2022—and people solutions, in case you have been questioning, are “street,” “law,” and “Batman.” You’ll know which is which.

[Via CBR]

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