Super Hero Squad

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Product Features

• Marvel Super Hero Squad contain 20 playable caricatured heroes and villains from the Marvel universe.
• Whether your squad is fighting through six extensive campaigns in adventure mode with up to 2 players, or involved in intense action with up to 4 players in battle mode, it will be a fight to the finish.
• Save the city, or destroy it. With the ability to play as heroes or villains, the choice is yours. Mix and match heroes and villains in your squad and use their own unique powers for good or for evil.
• Smash, bash and zap your opponents. Create your own combos using the unique powers of each Marvel character.
• Watch out for seemingly ordinary elements of the environment because there?s more than meets the eye.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002BUUM3M
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 20, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,616 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation2

Amazon.com Product Description

Inspired by toy line and action-packed animated Marvel TV series of the same name, Marvel Super Hero Squad is an action/fighting game that allows players to fight through campaigns full of adventure, or wage an all-out battle in the streets of dynamic environments as you mix and match heroes and villains with their own unique powers and abilities. The game features multiple play modes, including four-player multiplayer and two-player coop, as well as a roster of 20 playable villains and heroes from the Marvel universe. Story Set in the ever popular Marvel Universe, the Super Hero Squad is on a dire mission against Dr. Doom's Lethal Legion of villains to recover the hidden Infinity Fractals; fragments of the all-powerful Infinity Sword. Each Infinity Fractal holds incredible power and can have significant effects on its possessor, giving each character special abilities that could alter the game’s rules and playing field. Gameplay With more than 20 Marvel characters to mix and match, in Marvel Super Hero Squad players can choose to take on the role of their favorite super heroes and super villains, such as Captain America, Dr. Doom, Falcon, Hulk, Iron Man, Juggernaut, Ms. Marvel, Silver Surfer, Thing, Thor and Wolverine, to name a few. Using character-specific super powers and customized combo attacks, players will blast, punch, and bash in fast-moving combat with their nemesis. Players can either jump into a battle arena against up to three opponents in Battle Mode, or choose to relive six campaigns as depicted from the animated series in Adventure Mode. The game features the ability to swap characters at any time and drop in/drop out coop gameplay in multiplayer modes. Key Game Features Choose Your Epic Battles - Whether your squad is fighting through six extensive campaigns in adventure mode with up to 2 players, or involved in intense action with up to 4 players in battle mode, it will be a fight to the finish. Unleash Your Inner Hero or Villain - Save the city, or destroy it. With the ability to play as heroes or villains, the choice is yours. Mix and match heroes and villains in your squad and use their own unique powers for good or for evil. Attack and Defend with Signature Superhero Moves & Weapons - With great power comes great… attack moves. Smash, bash and zap your opponents. Create your own combos using the unique powers of each Marvel character. Dynamic Environments - Watch out for seemingly ordinary elements of the environment because there’s more than meets the eye. Huge Roster of Playable Characters - Marvel Super Hero Squad contain 20 playable caricatured heroes and villains from the Marvel universe. Screenshots: Epic Marvel battles. View larger. Dynamic single player action. View larger. 2-player coop support. View larger. 4-player multiplayer. View larger.

Product Description

Welcome to Super Hero City! Hero up! Assemble your squad and fight your way to victory to save the citizens of Super Hero City from evil schemes of Dr. Doom and the Lethal Legion in this multi-player adventure game inspired by the action-packed animated Marvel animated series, Super Hero Squad! Fight through campaigns full of adventure or wage an all-out battle in the streets of dynamic environments as you mix and match Super Heroes and Villains with their own unique powers and abilities. Pick your battle - fight for good, fight for evil or just fight for fun!

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I should have known better! I really should!, October 20, 2009

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AlexJouJou (D.C.) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Marvel Super Hero Squad (Video Game)

As with the vast majority of licensed titles pitched to the kids this one has major issues. As I am watching my son play I'm realizing that, once again, the camera is a problem. Why oh why can they not get this right? It seems a bit shaky and sometimes slow to react to changes and is frustrating as a result. The combat seems pretty good-my son had little problems picking up most of it. The music is good (theme from the show I think as I recognize it from hearing it on TV) in the theme area and just o.k. as you get into the game. There are missions or goals to accomplish so this makes it not feel exactly like an action oriented game but more almost quest like (keep in mind this is smaller scale made for kids questing). Nothing elaborate--just things you have to accomplish. My son enjoyed playing Hulk alot when Hulk is just fighting. That seems to be the problem--there isn't a lot of tutorials and he's only 9 (I think a good age for the game based on who probably watches the show) and he is a fairly experienced gamer at this point but he shut the game off in frustration twice already and we got it today. That is never a good sign. It was a reward for him so I am very bummed.

The characters are cute though and my son says they are like the show so that is a plus. He loves the show. I'm not an expert on animation and shading and all that so someone else would need to comment on that. My viewpoint is a mom who bought the eagerly anticipated game as a reward for accomplishing several goals for my son.

Along with this I bought my daughter the Bakugan game that came out today. I hope at least I chose well for one of them or I'm going to be very upset. I've already re-affirmed my promise to myself that I would no longer buy any licensed franchise stuff for kids from TV shows or Movies. We have had so few successes and so many misses that to me now it seems it's just cashing in on the label and was put to market without adequate testing and it lacks the ending quality control if that makes sense--and many seem to lack any understanding of the market. They are either too hard or too easy with few exceptions. My son and I are now reading the booklet to see if that helps at all but most kids just jump into the game and are not going to take the time to read the manual. Plus the manual is not going to help you through a mission--it just tells you what a mission is. This game needed to do like the Lego games and provide some more tutorials or maybe help walk the kid through the first couple of missions or make it so evident where to go/what to do. Not so easy like the Dora and Diego games but not complicated like a T game either.

In the end he did enjoy the fighting so this is why the 2 stars. I would normally have him spend a lot more time with a game but I felt compelled to write this one because our level of dissapointment was high. Maybe the 2 player will be better-we haven't tried that so I can't give my opinion. If it's better I'll edit my post to add that. Let's hope this is the case!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excrutiatingly boring for adults, but my son is still playing it 3 months later!, March 28, 2010

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David Thomas - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Marvel Super Hero Squad (Video Game)

I will write 2 reviews: one as my 7-yr-old would describe it, one from me.
If you are <age 10: This game is really cool! You get to play over 21 characters from Marvel Comics and the Super Hero Squad show! The voices and personalities are from the cartoon. Each hero or villian has unique fighting skills and combos. Two people can play in story mode - this mode requires you to play as certain heroes to defeat the bad guys. Battle mode lets up to 4 people pick characters and fight each other in a ring. You can unlock different costumes, so you can be Iron Man or War Machine, Red or Green Hulk, and lots of other great heroes and villians! I got this at Christmas, and I am still playing it 3 months later. It is my favorite PS2 game.
For Adults: Remember when Nintendo and other games first went from 2D scrolling games to 3D, and how bad the 3D was? This game plays like it was designed in the late 1980's. Yes, the characters have unique fighting (Falcon and summon his pet Redwing for ranged attacks, everyone who should fly can fly in the game), but they all die just as easy. Thor should not be as weak as Hawkeye or an Aim agent. Yes, the additional costume unlocks adds to the characters. It makes sense for War Machine to be an alternate costume for Iron Man, and Red Hulk looks meaner, just like in the comics. But Loki is just Thor in a green costume (no Loki horns), and Enchantress is likewise just Storm in green, even though their powers should be completely different.
The camera angle focuses on Player 1, so Player 2 frequently disappears of the screen if you are too far away from each other, even though Player 2 is still fighting and getting hit. After a few seconds, player 2 will reapear at the center of the screen. When fighting hoards of Doombots/Lokibots/molemen, sometimes you wipe them all out, then wonder around for 10-30 seconds waiting for the game to realize you are ready for the next stage to start.
The cutscenes are incredibly lame. The dialogue is sometimes cute (Thor: My brother doth hast violated the laws of nature and copyright!; everyone calls Ms. Marvel Ms. Crankypants just like in the cartoon), but the scenes are stills of the characters with dialogue - no actual movement/animation.
You can't save in the middle of a level, as far as I can tell. So you have to do a 30-45 min level all over again to go back and find the Spiderman unlock token.
One good note: 3 months after receiving it, my 7-yr-old still plays it everytime he is allowed to play videogames. We have a PS3 in the living room and the old PS2 in the toy room w/ the old TV. The PS2 machine has become a Super Hero Squad machine. There are VERY few videogames that can get 3 months of intense use for just $19.99 plus tax. Although I grit my teeth everytime I play it w/ my son, if your kids love Marvel Superheroes/the Superhero Squad cartoon, and you don't like the violence/flirtatious overtones of other superhero games, you will get a lot of mileage out of this 20 bucks.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars some fun, the two player is terrible, October 27, 2009

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Christopher M. Lanotte "all the dude wanted w... (san diego) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Marvel Super Hero Squad (Video Game)

this game is kind of fun, in one player mode. the characters are ok, they could have a wider range of "powers", though, like ultimate alliance. the animation is pretty good, the plot forgiveable, i suppose.

that being said, the two player aspect of this game is absolutely pathetic. the poor sap who is player two is often cut out of the screen and has to wait until player one finds player two, or player two reappers after waiting about seven seconds. then you're out of the picture again and hve to wait again. the way the camera angles work with the characters make it even harder, especially at times when going from one room to another, the switch is so fast you get turned around.

to sum it up, this game totally blows in two player mode. if that's what you're looking for, avoid this game like the friggin' plague.

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