Marvel has opened an in-universe tourism website for Madripoor, a lawless fictional city featured in episode 3 of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”
Titled “Explore Madripoor,” Games Radar reports that fans first became aware of the new site as banner advertisement for it began appearing on other Marvel websites. IGN adds that visitors quickly noticed that the site contained several Easter eggs referencing characters in Marvel’s X-Men universe. At the time of writing, however, those references appear to have been removed.
According to IGN, hidden pages on the site can be unlocked with passwords, including one hidden area that revealed a list of ships docked in Madripoor’s Buccaneer Bay (a key location in episode 3 of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”).
Games Radar reports that some ships and containers listed on the secret page had names that were direct references X-Men characters like, Mystique, Daken and Krakoa.
Games Radar reports that the city of Madripoor has a huge connection to the X-Men comic books and the Easter eggs might be signaling that characters from that world are about to enter the MCU. Others are more skeptical.
In an article for IGN, Joe Skrebels wrote, “While it’s fun to imagine (that the Easter eggs were removed) because Marvel has given too much away, it’s probably more likely that these were meant simply as fun nods to other Marvel properties, and were removed to stop anyone getting the wrong idea.”
Although the X-Men references are no longer on the site, ExploreMadripoor.com still features plenty of other nods to the “Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” Tech Radar reports. Clever fans can find hidden “wanted” posters of Sam, Bucky and Zemo, as well as downloadable desktop and mobile phone wallpapers. The site also features security camera footage of Sam, Bucky and Zemo fleeing a band of Madripoor criminals as well (footage that, according to Tech Radar, didn’t appear in episode 3).
Tech Radar reports that fans can access the hidden parts of the site by using the password “powerbroker” in the Buccaneer Bay area and “sharoncarter” on the Hightown Nightclub page.