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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Warner Bros
EAN: 0883929020720
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone 10+
Format: CD
Label: Warner Bros
Manufacturer: Warner Bros
Model: 02072
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Warner Bros
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Sales Rank: 77
Studio: Warner Bros

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The villains are on the loose



Take control of the Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin, as you build, drive, swing, and fight your way through Gotham City capturing escaped villains and putting them back in Arkham Asylum where they belong. Battle against legendary villains including The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman and more to keep the streets of Gotham clean. Then, for the first time, jump into the story from the other side and play as Batman's foes. Enjoy the power you wield as you spread chaos throughout the city.

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The Dynamic Duo

Key Features


  • Fight for justice as Batman and Robin or create chaos as The Joker, Catwoman and other villains, as you save or destroy Gotham City.
  • Rocket through sewers and bound across rooftops as you take the fight to the criminals across classic locations in Gotham City.
  • Fight on land, sea and in the air using a number of powerful Batman, Robin and villain-controlled vehicles, including the rocket-powered Batmobile, sleek Batboat and stealthy Batwing
  • Enhance the abilities of the Dynamic Duo with all new power suits, including the Magnetic Suit
  • Enjoy numerous game modes and levels:
    -Play through the game in Story Mode from both the hero and villain sides
    -Replay any level in Freeplay Mode with any characters you've unlocked. Access previously hidden areas to find additional rewards and bonus content
    -Collect LEGO studs and special LEGO bricks throughout the game to unlock tons of extra content including special power-ups and bonus levels
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Here we go again...
You'd figure that with two Lego Star Wars games and Lego Indiana Jones already under their belts, Travelers Tales' Lego games would be getting kind of stale. Well, you'd figure wrong. Lego Batman features everything that was enjoyable with the aforementioned games, and slaps the Batman license on it to boot. Playing as the Caped Crusader and his sidekick Robin, you traverse a Lego-fied Gotham City and take on the usual rogues gallery of baddies. Fans of the Batman comics will be happy to see plenty of familiar faces: Joker, Nightwing, Batgirl, Hush, Bane, and plenty more are all here for your amusement. If you've played any of the previous Lego-based games, you should already know what to expect here, as Lego Batman offers up plenty of funny and comical moments supplemented with tons of unlockables and bonus characters to boot. The game looks good and even offers Danny Elfman's classic Batman theme, rounding out the presentation. The only downsides to Lego Batman are the same flaws that were apparent in previous Lego games: the difficulty is simple to say the least, there isn't enough use of the Wii-specific controls, and the game isn't that long at all. Still, with the hordes of unlockables to find that will hold your attention and keep you playing for a while. All in all, Lego Batman is a fun and family friendly diversion that anyone can enjoy and easily pick up and play.


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - 3 stars, format's getting a bit tired
I love the Lego games I've completely beaten Indiana Jones and still going through Star Wars. That having been said Batman has some highs and lows. I'm about 50% through the game at this point and have some comments.

The highs:
Once you unlock Arkham Asylum and can play the villains this takes on a really fun new angle to the concept. And they got quite creative with some of the characters abilities. I like that is is a completely different game with all new levels for the Villians and their own plot line.

It is also fun to play the hero angle too, don't get me wrong, especially in free play mode. It is also almost TOO easy to get the full Superhero or Super villian mode.

However, the lows are:SOME SPOILERS!

The Villian level story ends just before the battle with Batman and Company! What a disapointment, I was looking forward to playing the bad guy in the big fight out! TT missed an oportunity there. Some of the Villian choices are either bizarre (Killer Moth or whoever he is??) or under utilized like Clay Face and Bane. And some just duplicate each other like the Riddler and Mad Hatter.


The Graphics seems a bit tired here there is nothing new to the game design that we did not use in some way in the previous games with the exception of making up the Villain story line games. So you play this game and you can recognize things they used in Indy or the Star Wars games.

Difficulty and vagueness, there are times when the next step in the game is so completely vague you can wander around for ages wonder what the heck you missed! And then there are other levels that are sooo easy it's a joke. I mean beating the Joker and Harley took no time but Mr Freeze took too long!

Also unlike the other games there seems to be no way to find the extras available at least I have not been able to find any! I can find the red bricks and mini kits but have no clue how you aquire the extras!!

So on the whole I give this game third place overall. With Indy being number 1 and Star Wars number 2 only just above Batman.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Raves from a 7 year old
I got this as a birthday present for a 7 year old. I heard within hours how much fun this was and how many levels he already done.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Dynamic Duo beat the blocks outta Arkham's evil doers
If you liked LEGO Star Wars and LEGO INDY, then LEGO BATMAN is already in your Wii....'nuff said. If you didn't like them...you won't like BATMAN...if you didn't try them, you should.

The LEGO games are fun for the whole family, young and old, the animated LEGO movie links to the gaming threads are wild & wicked and worth the purchase on their merits alone. The format for Batman is much like the Lucasfilm game sets, just not directly connected to any particular movies...although (thankfully) the Danny Elfman music (circa 1989) runs throughout the game, the style is generic Batman via LEGO LAND. The villains have teamed up to escape Arkham Asylum and the Dynamic Duo must stop them...each villain has a story arc to unlock, before free play is possible in the related locations...so like the previous installments, replay value is high, you can return to the story setting later as several optional characters including the villians themselves in order to find hidden "trophies" to build in Wayne Manor (part of the Batcave hub, where menus, story progress and unlockables lie). This way the same tales have many variations for players to explore, collecting the coin-like "studs" as currency for upgrades and unlockables. There's roughly about 30 separate levels to play, 15 in the hero chapters and 15 levels i the villain chapters.

LEGO BATMAN characters have individual moves, Batman for example can put baddies in a choke hold and throw them. An exciting addition to LEGO combat is the BATARANG, which will lock on targets for distance attacks. Introduced also, are special suits for Batman and Robin, these make certain combinations of characters a necessity for passing stages or solving puzzles...For example, in true comic book fashion,Robin can get a Magnetized-suit to scale metal walls, I can't explain the pleasure that came from watching Robin lumbering and buzzing up surfaces (sound fx here are classic) Other moves are standard for the LEGO games: grappling hooks for platforms and punching and kicking.

The character design is great and Gotham looks good...there are lest characters to be unlocked here than in any other LEGO game so far and lest upgrades as well. But as for the characters there are so good choices from the Batman Universe....Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Two-Face, Poison IVY, Mr. Freeze, Riddler, Killer Croc, Scarecrow, The Mad Hatter, even Bane.Like the heroes, each villain has their own special weapons and moves...I bet you can guess Banes.

Another LEGO staple is the mix and match at the hub, where you can customize a character for free play by swapping the pieces around.

No major complaints, it just seems smaller than previous efforts, maybe because no direct movie-tie-in was done...like the Trilogy format.
I do miss the "character quirks" introduced for LEGO INDY, like the fear of snakes and rats, effecting character behavior. Admittedly it doesn't work well with the superhero genre. Also, since this is a Traveler's Tales project with Warner Bros. and not Lucasfilm, don't expect to find any hidden Star Wars characters this time....sorry.



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