Common Sense Media Review
By Marc Saltzman
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Fun superhero brawler on Kinect with no blood or gore.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 13+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Play
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Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth
What's It About?
MARVEL AVENGERS: BATTLE FOR EARTH is a fighting game that fuses the hands-free, motion-sensing Kinect interface with Marvel's most renowned superheroes and villains. The cartoon brawler is based on the iconic Secret Invasion storyline, where The Avengers must face off against an extraterrestrial race known as The Skrulls in order to save the planet Earth. Gamers can choose to fight as or against about 20 classic Marvel characters, including Captain America, Doctor Doom, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Loki, Magneto, Spider-Man, Storm, Thor, Venom, and Wolverine, to name a few. Fighting is the name of the game as you master each character's moves by acting them out in front of the Kinect peripheral: punch like Hulk, fling arrows like Hawkeye, or raise your imaginary shield as Thor.
Is It Any Good?
Teens can play against the game's artificial intelligence, challenge a friend or sibling beside them, or hop online to battle others even in different cities. The game also houses a number of different modes to keep things fresh; aside from the main campaign, there's also challenges, arcade, versus, and tournament options. Using your body to control the characters usually works, but at times it's hard to get the fighters to do what you're instructing them to do. Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth does get a bit tiring after a while (compared to a button-based controller), but it is a fresh way to tackle a fighting game that also gets you up and moving.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about whether Kinect for Xbox 360 games have gotten better since the technology debuted a couple of years ago. Does this hands-free gaming really change the experience or has it been an over-promised yet under-delivered technology?
How do you feel about combat when you're doing the actions?
Game Details
- Platforms : Nintendo Wii U , Xbox 360
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : applying information , memorization , strategy , Health & Fitness : exercise , gross motor skills
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : UbiSoft
- Release date : October 30, 2012
- Genre : Fighting
- Topics : Fantasy ( Magic ) , Superheroes , Family Stories ( Siblings )
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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