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Marvel Super Hero Squad (video game)

Marvel Super Hero Squad is a video game developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment,[1] Mass Media,[1] and Halfbrick[1] and published by THQ. It was released in October 2009 for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Wii. The game features cartoonish super-deformed versions of the Marvel Comics superhero characters, as seen in the Marvel Super Hero Squad toy line by Hasbro, as well as the television show made by Film Roman and Marvel Animation for Cartoon Network.

Marvel Super Hero Squad
North American Wii box art
Developer(s)Blue Tongue Entertainment (Wii)
Halfbrick (DS)
Mass Media
(PS2 and PSP)
Publisher(s)THQ
Director(s)Robert Blackadder
Designer(s)Phil Anderson
Hartley Mitchell
Programmer(s)Alister Hatt
Paul Baker
Artist(s)Julian Lamont
Darren Tibbles
Alex Ries
Writer(s)Mark Hoffmeier
Composer(s)Mick Gordon
SeriesMarvel Super Hero Squad
Platform(s)Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Release
  • NA: October 20, 2009
  • AU: October 21, 2009 (DS, Wii)
  • EU: October 23, 2009
Genre(s)Beat 'em up, fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

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Marvel Super Hero Squad is split into two parts: Adventure Mode and Battle Mode. In Adventure Mode, there are 6 chapters for each hero: Iron Man, Silver Surfer, Hulk, Wolverine, Falcon and Thor. In the character selection, and the level players are playing, there is the main character, then the player gets to pick their own superhero, and they have a large amount of choices. In each level, they have to defeat a wave of enemies and achieve their target (Ms. Marvel tells them what to do). If it's a boss level, it is similar to the Battle mode although what the player has to do is either achieve 5 points, 7 points or 10 points in order to defeat him. Battle Mode is a free-for-all fighting mode. The player makes a new profile, then they either have two options: Versus Mode or Squad Mode. If it is Versus Mode, they pick their character they want to play as but if it's Squad Mode, Player 1 picks two characters and Player 2 picks the other two characters. Then in the Options section, the player picks how many points they can achieve in the battle: 5, 10 or more. Then they go and play the battle. Once finished, they can play again with different characters or go back to the main menu.

Plot

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The Hulk battles A.I.M. soldiers

A group of soldiers cover an Infinity Fractal. Doctor Doom plans to get the Infinity Fractal so he can make the Infinity Melder (a small version of the Infinity Sword). AIM Agents then ambush the soldiers, leading to a shootout between the two groups. Then the Super Hero Squad intervene and destroy the fractal into pieces and one large chunk of it is stuck in MODOK's forehead. Iron Man tells the Super Hero Squad to find all 6 missing pieces of the fractal. Doctor Doom says that he can't let those super heroes get the fractals first. Iron Man introduces to the team a new invention called: The Stark Shard Locator and Monitor (SSLAM for short). So the team get into action and they find the 6 missing pieces of the fractal.

When they've collected all the 6 missing pieces of the fractal, the Mayor of Super Hero City congratulate them for their heroics. The civilians cheer for them then the Mayor reveals the fine works of art of the superheroes. Then Dr. Doom stands in one of them. Iron Man says it's the real Dr. Doom. The people scream. Dr. Doom shock-blasts the superheroes then unleashes his secret army (which is Modokbots). Doctor Doom blames MODOK. The team put on Stark Industries Mind Control Nullifying Belt Buckles and they have to defeat all the Modokbots. Once they've finished defeating Dr. Doom with the Infinity Sword, he's defeated and Ms. Marvel with the helicarrier takes him in. Iron Man congratulates the superheroes for their hard work.

Development

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Marvel Super Hero Squad was first announced on May 28, 2009, and later presented at E3 2009.[2] It marked the first game to be developed from a licensing agreement between Marvel Comics and THQ.[3]

Reception

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The game received "mixed" reviews on all platforms except the Wii version, which received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4][5][6][7]

Sequel

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Main article: Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet

A sequel titled Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet was released November 16, 2010. Griptonite Games developed the sequel. Like the first game, it was released on the Wii and Nintendo DS, but was also released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 rather than the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

Main article: Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat

Another sequel, Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat, was produced afterwards, requiring the uDraw GameTablet peripheral.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Chiappini, Dan (July 26, 2009). "Marvel Super Hero Squad Hands-On Impressions". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Retrieved March 29, 2022. Blue Tongue is spearheading the lead version of the game for the Wii, while PlayStation 2 and PSP versions will also be available at launch and are being handled by developer Mass Media. A DS version is also in the works and being handled by fellow Aussie studio, Halfbrick.
  2. ^ "THQ Announces Marvel Super Hero Squad Game". SuperHeroHype. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
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  17. ^ Bozon, Mark (October 21, 2009). "Marvel Super Hero Squad PSP Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  18. ^ Logan (October 23, 2009). "Test: Marvel Super Hero Squad (DS)". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  19. ^ Logan (November 17, 2009). "Test: Marvel Super Hero Squad (PSP)". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
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  21. ^ "Marvel Super Hero Squad (Wii)". NGamer. Christmas 2009. p. 63.
  22. ^ "Review: Marvel Super Hero Squad (PSP)". PlayStation: The Official Magazine. No. 28. January 2010. p. 87.
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