Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth Wii U
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  • Summary: The Skrulls have landed and now it is incumbent upon you to assume the role of your favorite Marvel super heroes and defeat epic enemies during the Secret Invasion. Unleash your inner superhero in Marvel Avengers Battle For Earth! The game features 20 different characters including the Avengers Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, and Thor, as well as other super heroes and villains from the Marvel Universe. Players use motion gameplay to execute super attacks, unleash devastating special moves, and battle their friends in a vast array of game modes.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
  1. Cheat Code Central
    Dec 11, 2012
    74
    There are parts that are exciting, yet others that I know need work, and some features that feel unnecessary.
  2. Multiplayer.it
    Feb 9, 2013
    70
    Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth can be played both on the GamePad alone or on a TV with a Wii-mote and a Nunchuk. The latter option is the better one, though it's not as accurate as the Kinect version.
  3. games(TM)
    Jan 25, 2013
    60
    Though an overall shallow affair, Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth displays lot more polish, flair and finesse than your average movie tie-in title, but like those Skrull impostors, it can't escape its true, uglier nature for too long.
  4. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    Feb 25, 2013
    45
    We applaud Battle For Earth's unique approach to simplistic fighting, but its lack of content and depth won't impress anyone but the most junior gamers.

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  1. TheQuietGamer
    5
    I've been wanting a good fighting game that features my favorite Marvel characters for a long time, and I was hoping/expecting this game to finally be just that. Oh well, maybe next time. The problem with the game is it's noticeable lack of depth that becomes apparent right after you get over how great your favorite Marvel superheroes look in the cel-shaded art style. Every character plays exactly the same and every fight is a boring experience. The action takes place entirely on the Wii-U gamepad, in order to use attacks you have to tap icons on the gamepad. This sounds like an interesting idea at first until you realize that fights become simple experiences that rely on you spamming super attacks until the battle is over. It's got several different modes typical of fighting games along with unlockables and multiplayer content, but the game is just so repetitive and boring there's really no point in playing with them. In the end Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth is a disappointing and lackluster fighting game that takes some of the best Marvel superheroes and makes them completely undistinguishable, and that might be it's worst offense.… Expand
  2. ZombieAxeHero
    4
    I really wanted to like this game. I really did. There are some great things about it, but the negatives really outweigh the positives here. For starters, the fact that this is a port of a game originally for Kinect will instantly drive people away from it. The controls, while functional, just don't really seem to fit, and I can definitely say this would have been much better as a standard 3D fighter. And of course, there is a serious lack of content. There's no worthwhile story, and while Ubisoft did manage to scrape together a large number of well-known Marvel characters (and they look pretty good in a celshaded art style), they overlooked other famous ones like Deadpool, Juggernaut, Carnage, Ghost Rider and Cyclops in favour of characters like Scarlet Witch who most people have never even heard of. And locking content on the disc and making us pay for it as DLC? Really, Ubisoft? I thought you better than that.… Collapse

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