Posts Tagged ‘Super Hero Squad Video Game’
SDCC 2010 – Super Hero Squad and Thor Video Game Round-up!
IGN has a preview of the upcoming Super Hero Squad Online MMO with a breakdown of the Helicarier, which serves as player housing. Apparently the environment is pretty interactive, and the review mentions how characters interact with objects… Hulk can lift crates, Daredevil will use the treadmill, characters gain performance benefits from collecting or using items. The game is starting to shape up!
Meanwhile, the THQ Super Hero Squad Infinity Gauntlet video game gets a preview over at Marvel.com (although you’ve already seen the Super Hero Squad Infinity Gauntlet trailer here last week.
Meanwhile, Sega’s upcoming Thor video game also gets a spot at Marvel.com. Here’s how they describe the game:
In the game, Thor battles through the numerous worlds of Norse mythology that span realms ranging from primal worlds of fire and ice to extraordinary planets inhabited by Frost Giants and Trolls to save Asgard, the capital city of the Norse Gods. Thor must overcome monstrous foes lifted from the pages of the comics including Ulik, Ymir, and Surtur, as well as other monstrous denizens. Players will wield the iconic Mjölnir, Thor’s legendary hammer, to fight enemies on an immense scale while controlling the elemental storm powers of lightning, thunder, and wind to vanquish enemies. As Thor earns Valor points through his exploits, players can acquire new abilities, powers, and weapon upgrades.
And while we’re talking about video games, hopefully we’ll get some more details soon about the Suicide Squad video game talked about over on Robot 6. Not much is known, but the phrase hyper violent keeps getting bandied about.
Sounds good right? Head over to the Rumor Buster message board to discuss!
Super Hero Squad MMO!!!
Both Newsarama and Comic Book Resources have the scoop, but here’s the run down kids:
Gazillion Entertainment seems to be Marvel’s new go-to guys for online Marvel gaming, and have put together a new MMO based on the cute-and cuddly versions of Marvel’s mightiest. Seems players will be able to walk a mile in the shoes of the actual heroes themselves, and Spider-Man (along with Invisible Woman, War Machine, and more) will be included in the character options! There will be extensive exploration of the locales featured in the show, as well as classic Marvel comic landmarks.
Be sure to discuss this new turn of events over in our forum!
SHS Animation Poster Preview/Video Game News
First off, Marvel.com is offering all kinds of insider looks at its animated shows, and today they have concept art for a Super Hero Squad Show poster. Elsewhere on the site they’ve been posting character previews for the upcoming Super Hero Squad video game (coming October 20!) Today is the Invisible Woman.
MSN reports on the Super Hero Squad video game
MSN has an article about the recent THQ video game news, but accuracy-wise… well, it has it’s points. Here’s a rundown, both high and low:
“Simon Phillips, President, Marvel International and Head of Worldwide Animation and Video Games, added, ‘Licensing of the Marvel Super Hero Squad brand is a priority for Marvel, as we see it as a great entry point for kids to experience our renowned characters…’”
This quote reminds me of something I read on a forum once when the initial news of a cartoon came out. Someone said that their reasoning for not liking the show (based entirely on the fact that it uses Super Hero Squad as a name, complete with all the prejudices that come with it) was that as children’s first experience to these characters, they’re going to feel that other versions of the character (ie, comic book versions) are “wrong.”
We’ve all met the type of fan who calls Morph his favorite X-Man, or who loves Spider-Man, but has only watched the movies. It happens, but does that mean Marvel shouldn’t put out movies, cartoons, alternate universe like the Ultimates and Marvel Adventures, all because they don’t want kids to see the “wrong” characters? What if Marvel believes the versions we love, complete with 40 years of baggage, Gwen Stacy’s death, Karen Page’s addictions, alien costumes from secret wars, mutant power enhancing drugs, a married Spider-Man, what if all that is considered “wrong” by Marvel.
Back to the article though: “An all-new Marvel brand, Marvel Super Hero Squad features an exciting, super-stylized look of the greatest Marvel Super Heroes, serving to expand the traditional Marvel audience to a core 4-10 year-old audience. Fun and humor are waiting around every corner in Marvel Super Hero Squad where popular characters including Iron-Man, Hulk, Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Thor, The Fantastic Four, and many more are thrust into adventures in a single caricatured Super Hero City. Along the way, they will have to thwart the plans of popular Marvel villains Doctor Doom, Magneto, Iron Monger, Loki, the Abomination and countless other infamous baddies.”
For the FIRST mention of Spider-Man in relation to one of the SHS spin-off, and for mention of Iron Monger, this gets a heads up. One would assume, but should not take for granted, that if Iron Monger is involved in the video game or cartoon, a figure won’t be too far behind, and Iron Monger may be the mysterious huge bad guy hand from last night’s posted artwork. It would also make sense in giving Iron Man a bad guy to go against.
“Additionally, Marvel Comics is now featuring Marvel Super Hero Squad comic strips within several of its all ages books and will be introducing a dedicated Marvel Super Hero Squad comic book series in fall 2008. Marvel has already secured deals with Hasbro as master toy partner, Disguise/Cesar for dress-up and Mega Bloks for construction toys and continues to seek deals with industry leading partners to develop merchandise based on the unique look of the Marvel Super Hero Squad property.”
Now, Mega Bloks has held the Marvel construction toy license for a while, which is one reason why Lego Spider-Man ceased to exist, and why we have those Spider-Man and Friends Duplo-sized playsets consisting of chunky mini-figs and tree-houses of 10 bricks, but it’ll be interesting to see what, if any, Super Hero Squad construction toys are made, and whether they’ll be “compatible” (whatever that means) with the current line.
The dress up information is just… well… interesting.
And finally, Marvel currently includes classic editions of its Mini-Marvels strip in it’s younger Marvel Adventure books, so is MSN getting the Mini-Marvels and Super Hero Squad confused, or are they privy to upcoming information? After all, “The statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts may be ‘forward-looking statements’ within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995″ according to their disclaimer. Still, Fall 2008 is the first we’ve heard of a date for the comic, so we may start seeing previews for it any time now.
Super Hero Squad: The Video Game
First news of the cartoon, now the potential for video games. Apparently THQ has locked up the rights to Super Hero Squad, the video game. Read Variety’s take on it.
The article discusses many things, including Marvel’s Super Hero Squad in relation to the Nickelodeon, Pixar and Dreamworks licenses THQ has worked on, will work on, and may potentially lose.
From the article:
“Multiyear deal gives the publisher rights to make numerous ‘Super Hero Squad’ games either independently or tied to the property’s incarnations in other media. First game is targeted for fall 2009.
‘We’re all about building big entertainment brands in the videogame space, and we think this Marvel deal is more of what we have done very well,’ THQ CEO Brian Farrell said.”
Since the message board posts I’ve read for Super Hero Squad, the Animated Series have been mostly negative, I wonder if internet fans will at least wait till we have more than a general pitch for the video games before damning SHS: The Video Game.
Of note: Once again, this article talks of Captain America, Wolverine and Iron Man as stars of the line. No mention of Spider-Man, who represents 25% of the toy line.
