The two platforms thus justify themselves as separate experiences. The content is also completely exclusive to the separate versions even when there’s overlap between playable partner heroes, they play differently. There’s a lot more smaller differences to the specifics of how each version plays but they aren’t worth getting into. The Wii game has simultaneous co-op in longer “episodes” (even including introductory teaser fights like the show), with a smooth animated look and depth to the foregrounds and backgrounds. On DS you have a single-player experience, a selection of relatively shorter levels to pick from and extra mini-challenges, rendered in fluid pixel-art style. WayForward’s game adaptations are authentic to the format, with the Wii version in particular feeling like you’re playing out episodes of the show.īoth games are beat-em-up/platformer hybrids, but they differ from each other quite a bit. The character designs are often intended as retro throwbacks, including Bats himself. The show “The Brave and the Bold” is a villain-of-the-week affair, with each episode having Batman team up with another hero from across the DC universe. Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Wii/DS)īack on the WayForward train, with a pair of games based on the 2008 Batman cartoon of the same name.

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