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Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 9 critic reviews
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Based on 7 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: TDK Mediactive
Developer: Lucky Chicken Games
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fighting
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: July 23, 2003
Summary
Aquaman, the dynamic DC Comics super hero, stars in a spectacular underwater action / adventure brawler as he defends the deep-sea city of Atlantis against his most infamous arch-enemies Ocean Master, Black Manta and the Lava Lord of the Fire Trolls. Aquaman fans, here's your chance to wield Aquaman's legendary super powers and cybernetic morphing hook/hand against these seemingly invincible villains and their armies. [TDK Mediactive]
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What The Critics Said
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Village Voice
Everything looks blurry, and it's tough to move around and fight—some combos require you to punch a dozen buttons. Plus, the panel-by-panel narrative looks more cheap than it does charming. Aquaman is all washed up!
Read Full Review >Maxim Online
There’s just no way to make Aquaman more exciting than beached jellyfish. It’s time to let the scaly superhero sleep with the fishes already.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
The battles are well-executed, if a little slow, but the overall experience is one-dimensional. [Oct 2003, p.140]
IGN
Much like Aquaman himself: pathetic...unoriginal, uninspired, and sleep-inducing.
Read Full Review >netjak
I will say one thing about TDK and Aquaman: The comic book character is unbearably pitiful and TDK managed to translate that perfectly into a just-as-pitiful game.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Even the most hard-core Aquaman devotees will likely find little use for this short, shallow, problematic ramshackle game.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
Call me crazy, but punching an enemy while doing the doggy paddle doesn't exactly generate a whole lot of excitement. [Oct 2003, p.131]
Nintendophiles
In case it isn't abundantly obvious, this game is bad. It's horrible. It's awful... might just be the worst game on the Gamecube.
Read Full Review >GameShark
Unfortunately, no matter how much you change his appearance or try to play up his role as King of Atlantis and his responsibility for patrolling the majority of the planet, Aquaman still sucks.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 5.4 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Aquaman Rules gave it a10:
Simply one of the best games ever made. I don't know why people think this games sucks because it doesn't. Simply breath taking!
[Anonymous] gave it a 1:
Pathetic. The worst game out there. So poor in graphics and game play, dont ever get this pathetic, terrible game. I took it back to the store the day I got it.
