X-Men: Mutant Academy 2

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• ASIN: B00005NOFJ
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 19, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,008 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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This sequel to X-Men: Mutant Academy lets players take on the role of their favorite mutants. As one of 16 X-Men characters, gamers utilize their special powers and train with Professor X. X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 features six new X-Men characters, all-new aerial combat, six new arenas, multiple new fighting combos and costumes, and set sketches and conceptual character sketches from the X-Men movie. Each character has his or her own unique moves and combos.

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This is the game X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 for the Playstation 1. This game may not come with the original case and instructions. We stand by our products and offer a 60 day guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for you.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars X-tremely fun!, September 24, 2001

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C.E. - See all my reviews
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This review is from: X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (Video Game)

Having bought "X-men: Mutant Academy" for the Playstation when it came out at the time that the movie was realeased, I was eagerly awaiting something like a sequel or companion game. When I saw that XMA2 was going to be released, I was somewhat hesitant to buy. Would the flaws of the original be corrected? What about characters and gameplay? I mean, c'mon you can only do so much with the 10 X-men found on the first game.
Well, I am happy to report that the flaws have been fixed and that this game is truly an enjoyable experience. The characters from the first game are back, and the developer has thrown in some new ones (Forge, Rogue, Havoc and Nightcrawler) as well as some secret ones. They have added aerial combat and given the "Academy" mode a few new lessons on combos and air-combos. The gameplay itself seems to have sped up and the matches go quickly...x-pecially if you are an x-perienced player who has mastered the combos and counter and special moves. While load times seem a bit longer than necessary, the art is nice and the load screen displays the directional instructions on how to preform the special attacks...so you can study up between matches.
The final verdict on this game is 5 stars becuase it is a vast improvement of the original and the bugs and annoying awkwardness of the original has been overcome and improved upon. Activision and Paradox development have done and astounding job on creating a game that is fun for beginners and challenging for players who happen to be a little more serious in nature. Great game!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much better, October 13, 2001

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Patrick (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (Video Game)

I read the reviews of this game and they were not good. But I gave it a try and I am very pleased with the results. I have the first game and it has a LOT of flaws. This game seems to have corrected almost all of them. Looking at it, the graphics are exactly the same as the first game. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. The first game's graphics were good for Playstation 1 standards. The biggest flaw the first game had was the gameplay which is completely corrected in this game. One thing I noticed with Mutant Academy 2 is the volume in the ending sequences. It seems to drop a bit for some reason. But the endings are much better in this one than in the previous version. And this game has secret characters such as Spider-man which is GREAT! Spider-man is a lot of fun to play. To play him just press L1 and select Cyclops to play. You'll automatically be Spider-man. I hope Mutant Academy 3 will be on Playstation 2. I was disappointed that this game wasn't.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sequel, October 11, 2001

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A. Bennett "Will 'vouge' For Food" (New Hampsha) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 (Video Game)

This is an absolute blast to play. The first "Mutant Academy" was good, but "2" is better. Why? Well because everything was improved on. Of course the major draw is the addition of the new characters: Havok, Forge, Rouge, and Nightcrawler. Not to mention two hidden characters and two more really hidden characters(you'll never guess). There are more costumes-each original character has 4, the new characters all have 3(except one..."she" has 4 too!). The academy mode has been improved too. You don't have to listen to Xavier spite each attack out. And the loading screen shows how to do special attacks for the characters playing. Controls are simple-the basic attacks are the same for each character and the special attacks are a breeze. Phoenix, Magento, Storm, and Rouge can now all fly for a short period of time. Cute-but not too effective in game play Like the original there are some characters who are total jerks and some who are easy as pie-causing the game to seem a little unbalanced in aracade mode. "X-Men Mutant Academy 2" is definately worth a play. If you didn't like the first then give this one a try(it's good) and if you've played either game...what are you waiting for!