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X-Men : The Official Game

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Also known as
X-Men: El Videojuego Oficial X-Men: Il Gioco Ufficiale X-Men: Le Jeu Officiel

Control Wolverine, Colossus, Iceman, or Nightcrawler in a side-scrolling beat-'em up across 25 stages.

X-Men: The Official Game was released for Game Boy Advance in 2006, the same year as the original multi-platform release. The GBA version was developed by WayForward Technologies and published by Activision.


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Released
2006
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Size
2.69 MB
Rating
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About X-Men : The Official Game

X-Men: The Official Game adapts the narrative of the third X-Men film into a side-scrolling beat-'em up format. Players progress through twenty-five stages, navigating environments that scroll horizontally, vertically, or present labyrinthine layouts, with the objective of reaching an exit point.

Combat revolves around a variety of punches to dispatch enemies. The playable roster, consisting of Wolverine, Colossus, Iceman, and Nightcrawler, is distinguished by their differing attack range and damage output. Each character possesses a unique special attack and inherent ability, such as Colossus being able to smash specific materials or Wolverine gradually regenerating health.

Character selection becomes available after an initial segment with Wolverine, allowing players to switch between the four X-Men at will during the campaign. A power bar system is present for each hero; collecting blue symbols fills this meter, which can then be activated to temporarily increase the damage dealt by attacks.

X-Men : The Official Game Screenshots

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Title screen
I hate cartridge-based games with loading periods.
Main menu
The tutorial is non-interactive and consists of two screens with text explanations.
The starts at once without an intro.
At melee with red pseudo-ninjas.
Cut scene - the close-up character portraits are the graphical highlights of the game.
Boss fight against Sabertooth
Meeting Iceman
Holding L lets you choose between all available characters.
Only Colossus can break these walls of ice.