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 Send to email | Frankenreview: Lego Batman: The Video Game [Round Up] in Round Up frankenreview LEGO BATMAN Original Top |  By Mike Fahey
el 24-Sep-2008 |  Is everything really better when portrayed in tiny, blocky form? When Traveller's Tales first introduced us to the Lego character game with Lego Star Wars, we were pretty sure anything with Lego in front of it could do no wrong, but then Lego Indiana Jones came out earlier this year, proving that while they can still be entertaining, some franchises translate much better than others. Now the third pop-culture to Lego translation has appeared in the form of Lego Batman, and while it certainly seems like an easy win, so have so many other Batman games over the years, and look what happened there. Let's take a look at what happened when the game reviewers took apart Lego Batman block-by-block.
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LEGO Batman is unique from past titles in the building blocks' franchise. The story isn't based off a movie or even a comic-book plot. This is an original tale. That gives Traveller's Tales some latitude, since there's no need to follow a well-known plot. There isn't even a direct tie-in to a particular Batman universe. This isn't Batman of movie fame, the campy TV show or the comics. It's Batman from the toy shelves, which means a sort of hodgepodge of ideas and a myriad of costumes meant to sell extra action figures. It translates well into LEGO, though I wonder if the original four movies wouldn't have made for better source material. 
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Indy and Star Wars could do silly, but where in either would you find a man-penguin and cat-lady robbing a natural history museum while riding dino skeletons? Indy rode the occasional bike, but then we guess Batman?s crocodiles, ice-cream vans, military mechs and walruses would seem a tad out of place inside the Well of Souls. His loss. Bouncing bricks here (sign there?s plenty of building to be done) guarantee that fun is about to kick off.  GameDaily
Where LEGO Batman excels over previous LEGO games is its variety of missions. The hero missions are cool, complete with exciting vehicle segments (including a fun ride in the Batmobile) and different characters to control. Villains also get their share of the spotlight. Not only do you control The Joker and the Penguin (among others), but they also get their own missions. From stealing an ice cannon to facing off against an impatient Commissioner Gordon, these stages are just as much fun as the heroes'. Don't be surprised if you find yourself growing attached to Joker's antics with his electrified hand buzzer.  Finally a Batman game worth playing. GamePro
The only gripe I had with LEGO Batman is that you really can't play it alone; the A.I. partner isn't particularly helpful and while it does an adequate job of being in the right place when it comes to cooperative puzzles, it spends most of its time just sort of standing around. But the real joy of a LEGO game is heading out with a friend to smash stuff up and grab scads of loot, so it's not that big of a deal. 
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| Lego Batman Descends Upon Your Happy Meals [LEGO BATMAN] | | And the Warner Bros/Traveller's Tales/Lego marketing juggernaut rolls on! Not content with cashing in on the current Batman fever with a Lego game, based upon their Lego Batman Lego, Warner Bros. have signed on with McDonalds to bring us Lego Batman Happy Meal [..] Read complete article | | Published 03-Sep-2008 by Luke Plunkett in LEGO BATMAN Batman Lego McDonalds News travellers tales Warner Bros
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| The Vehicles of Lego Batman! [LEGO BATMAN] | | The Batpod won't be the only ride you'll be slaughtering Gotham's worst in. Behold the completely kick ass rides of Lego Batman! What could possibly be better than chomping down on enemies with a 15 foot alligator?
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| Lego Batman Gains Lego Butler [LEGO BATMAN] | | Where would Batman be without his trusted butler, Alfred Pennyworth? Dead a hundred times over I'd say. Alfred is the human side of Batman, stitching him up when injured, reminding him of his limits, and doing his best to keep his em [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Aug-2008 by Mike Fahey in LEGO BATMAN Alfred Pennyworth Gallery Media Screens
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| Lego Batman Cartoon In The Works [LEGO BATMAN] | | Batman has been the subject of plenty of cartoons over the years. There have been cartoons based on the comics, cartoons based on the movies, so why not cartoons based on a Batman video game? Speaking to GI.biz at the Games Convention last week, Traveller's Tales producer [..] Read complete article | | Published 28-Aug-2008 by Mike Fahey in LEGO BATMAN Cartoon News traveller's tales Warner Bros.
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| Lego Batman Coming To iPhone? [Rumor] | | The latest installment in the LEGO Thing franchise — LEGO Batman — could be heading to the iPhone, reports Pocket Gamer. There have been earlier Java midlet versions of LEGO games - notably Star Wars [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-Aug-2008 by Stuart Houghton in Rumor Apple iPhone LEGO BATMAN
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| Hey Japan - No LEGO Games For You! [Rumors] | | Activision are pulling Lego Batman, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga, and Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures in Japan, according to Famitsu. All three games will shortly be removed from store shelves or simply not shipped. Batman and [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Nov-2008 by Stuart Houghton in rumors Activision Business Japan Lego
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