The release of Marvel's Wolverine is approaching, and new promotional materials are being published online. Some players noticed fragments of gameplay: during location exploration, a "trail" appears on the screen, representing the scent that Wolverine can smell.
On social media, it has already been dubbed the "stinky trail," and various jokes have been made about it. A representative of Insomniac Games studio noticed these discussions.
James Stevenson, Community Director, answered one of the questions about whether this scent "trail" could be turned off.
According to him, this "scent trail" in Marvel's Wolverine will not always be active:
It reflects Logan's canonical mutant super-senses and his elite tracking skills. The trail only appears when Logan is tracking a specific scent or sound (a person, whiskey, or another scent-clue) — at certain points in the story or mission, or when he picks up the scent of a collectible item that can be picked up.
Marvel's Wolverine is expected to be released on September 15 for the PlayStation 5 console. The first reviews have already appeared online.