Lego Batman: The Videogame is the first video game of the Lego Batman series.
Synopsis for "Lego Batman: The Videogame"
Unlike most other Lego games, Lego Batman features an original storyline, not based on any films in particular. Following a mass breakout at Arkham Asylum, Batman and his sidekick Robin (Bruce Wayne and Tim Drake respectively) must defeat all of their most dangerous foes, and foil their various plans. The escaped criminals have formed three groups. The story is split into three chapters, one for each group, whose leaders hope to achieve certain goals.
In each chapter, the player controls Batman and Robin as they fight through hordes of henchmen to reach and defeat each villain, foil their plans, and send them back to Arkham. After clearing one chapter, the player is able to play it again, this time through the villains' perspective, controlling them and seeing how they carried out their individual plans.
Gameplay
The game features Batman and his sidekick Robin fighting their most dangerous foes, who have all broken out of Arkham Asylum and split into three groups to wreak havoc across Gotham City. The story is split into three scenarios, one for each group whose leaders hope to achieve certain goals:
- The Riddler and his group (consisting of Clayface, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, Two-Face) plan to stage a heist on the Gotham Gold Reserve.
- The Penguin and his group (consisting of Bane, Catwoman, Killer Croc and Man-Bat) plan to hold up Gotham with remote-controlled penguin robots.
- The Joker and his group (consisting of Harley Quinn, Killer Moth, Mad Hatter, and Scarecrow) intend to destroy a cathedral and spread his deadly laughing gas across Gotham.
In each scenario, the player controls Batman and Robin as they fight through hordes of goons and henchmen to reach and defeat each villain, foil their plans, and send them back to Arkham.
In the DS version, there is also a Villain Hunt mode which tasks Batman, Robin, Huntress, Azrael, a SWAT officer, a policeman, Commissioner Gordon, and Harvey Bullock with finding 9 villains who do not appear in that version's storyline and also the Joker as he appeared in Batman: The Killing Joke.
Appearing in "Lego Batman: The Videogame"
Featured Characters:
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (First appearance)
- Robin (Tim Drake) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth (First appearance)
- Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) (First appearance)
- Commissioner Jim Gordon (First appearance)
- Harvey Bullock (First appearance)
- Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) (First appearance)
- Lucius Fox (First appearance)
- Nightwing (Dick Grayson) (First appearance)
- Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Bane (First appearance)
- Black Mask (Roman Sionis) (First appearance)
- Catwoman (Selina Kyle) (First appearance)
- Clayface (Basil Karlo) (First appearance)
- Clayface (Matt Hagen) (First appearance)
- Firefly (Garfield Lynns) (First appearance)
- Harley Quinn (Harleen Quinzel) (First appearance)
- Hugo Strange (First appearance)
- Hush (Tommy Elliot) (First appearance)
- Joe Chill (First appearance) (Mentioned only)
- Joker (First appearance)
- Killer Croc (Waylon Jones) (First appearance)
- Killer Moth (Drury Walker) (First appearance)
- Mad Hatter (Jervis Tetch) (First appearance)
- Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom) (First appearance)
- Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries) (First appearance)
- Mr. Zsasz (Victor Zsasz) (First appearance)
- Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot) (First appearance)
- Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley) (First appearance)
- Ra's al Ghul (First appearance)
- Riddler (Edward Nygma) (First appearance)
- Scarecrow (Jonathan Crane) (First appearance)
- Scarface (First appearance)
- Talia al Ghul (First appearance)
- Two-Face (Harvey Dent) (First appearance)
- Ventriloquist (Arnold Wesker) (First appearance)
- Yeti (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Jeremiah Arkham (First appearance)
- Superman (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Lego Batman (First appearance)
- Gotham City
- Ace Chemical Processing Plant
- Arctic World
- Batcave
- Monarch Theater
- Snowy Cones Ice Cream Factory
- Wayne Manor
- Gotham City
Items:
- Joker's Bang! Flag Gun
- Joker's Joy Buzzer
- Lego pieces
- Mister Freeze's Cold Gun
- Penguin's Umbrella
- Kryptonite (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
Cast
- Steve Blum as Batman, Joker, Killer Croc, Killer Moth, and Two-Face
- James Arnold Taylor as Robin
- Ogie Banks as Clayface and Mr. Freeze
- Vanessa Marshall as Poison Ivy and Catwoman
- Grey DeLisle as Harley Quinn
- Tom Kenny as Penguin and Riddler
- Fred Tatasciore as Bane
- Dave Wittenberg as Scarecrow
Also featuring
- Chris Edgerly as Various voices
- Keith Ferguson as Various voices
Trivia
- Several characters such as Ventriloquist and Scarface do not appear on the console version of the game, but instead appear in the Nintendo DS version. Interestingly, such characters that do not appear are mentioned only under the info section of Bat-Computer.
- Bane is the only main villain in the game to not have a boss fight in the console version, although he does have one in the Nintendo DS version of the game.
- The console version of the game appears to have had six levels cut. Had these not been cut, the hero and villain episodes would be symmetrical like in the Nintendo DS version.
See Also
- Images from Lego Batman: The Videogame
- Characters from Lego Batman: The Videogame
- Other things related to Lego Batman: The Videogame
- Video Game Gallery: Lego Batman: The Videogame
Links and References
- Lego Batman: The Videogame at the Lego Batman Wiki