Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace

by GameBoy

Product Features

• Classic characters
• an excellent story
• four spider suits
• password saves
• single-player action

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005ME6E
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 18, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,128 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace is the first Spider-Man game to be featured on the Game Boy Advance platform. Set in New York, the game lets you assume the role of Spider-Man as you take on supervillain Mysterio and his illusory tricks. You must fight a slew of Mysterio's sinister conspirators and gadgetry to get to the bottom of the plot and free New York from Mysterio's mind-warping grip. Special attacks, multiple power-ups, suit upgrades, and old Spidey standbys (like wall crawling and webslinging) make playing as Spider-Man a fan's dream come true.

Product Description

The nefarious Mysterio has a mind-warping hold on the City of New York, and it's up to Spidey to stop him before he takes over the entire city! Control the web-slinging superhero through level after level of fast-paced action and deadly obstacles, trying to halt Mysterio's bevy of perilous illusions. Needless to say, your adversary will come at you with all sorts of henchmen, gadgetry, and original weapons, so don't be afraid to use those webs when the going gets tough. You'll have four unique spider suits to choose from, and all of the action takes place in beautifully rendered 2D. The characters, however, appear in 3D, giving the game a texture and feel all its own. The story is lifted straight from the pages of the popular Marvel Comic, so you can be sure there will be plenty of plot twists to keep avid fans and die-hard gamers glued to the gameplay. All that, and you can even save your progress with the use of a password.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, best graphics, animation, gameplay, and variety, December 23, 2001

By 

Jeff Johnson "Jeff Johnson" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace (Video Game)

After playing every Spiderman and X-Men game for the Super Nintendo, I was expecting the same sort of mediocre game. Instead this game is an amazing platform adventure. The graphics first off, the backgrounds and levels are incredible and detailed. There are bright colors, great backgrounds and lighting. The animation runs smooth for all of the characters and enemies. Second there is fantastic play control and a variety of tactics, from punches and kicks, to shooting a web around goons and even shooting a web bullet. Also, it is probably the simplest game to stick to the walls and ceilings. Just walk into it and Spiderman will cling! Also in this game you are able to select different levels that fit what villain or crime you are trying to conquer, rather than just beating a level and going to the next without a choice. With the past Spiderman games, it gets very boring fighting the same thugs time after time, with this game there are lots of different looking thugs for Spiderman to take on, and a comic book storyline between levels too!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best GBA game so far, September 23, 2001

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Ryan P. Maus (Northfield, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace (Video Game)

I bought this game yesterday and I love it! It uses the GBA's advanced graphics capabilities way better than other side scrollers like Castlevania. The gameplay is fairly realistic and fast-moving with lots of action. Like the Spiderman games for the GBC, the levels are vast and colorful, and in "Mysterio's Menace" they are also quite realistic as well. There are also 3 difficulty settings: Easy, Normal, and Superhero. I started out on easy and went through the first few stages fairly easily, and defeating Hammerhead, Electro, and Rhino(the bosses) was fairly easy. On normal, the levels aren't too hard, but the bosses are really hard to defeat. Neat powerups, like special armor and web cartridges keep the game interesting. Overall, I strongly recommend this game, especially if you haven't been impressed by the GBA's rather weak showing up to now in the game department.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST!!, February 13, 2002

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Elizabeth Harbor (Orlando, Fl United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace (Video Game)

This is a definite classic. The best out there. It has the new Advanced Game Boy graphics. You will find 3-d things in it. The game play is astonishing. I have beaten it twice but I still find it fun to play because of all of the moves. It comes with fighting combos that are much easier than the Mortal Kombat combos that require things like left-right-jump-punch-left-down. It has good replay quality because the difficulty level is alot harder when changed. I highly recommend this instant classic to be the first game you buy. It was my first game for it and I am not sorry. So if you like scrolling action, fighting and adventure then buy it now.