Lego Batman The Videogame - Nintendo Wii

LEGO Batman: The Videogame for Nintendo Wii

LEGO Batman: The Videogame for Nintendo Wii is an action adventure in which Batman and Robin pursue escaped villains through Gotham City. You knock enemies apart, build useful objects from loose bricks and find routes past blocked passages. The heroes wear different suits: a change of equipment provides access to explosives, for example, or helps with particular obstacles. A room therefore calls for more than fighting; you also need to see who can perform each task.

The story contains fifteen hero levels and fifteen villain levels. Completing a hero chapter opens the corresponding section that puts the opponents themselves in the spotlight. The Batcave and Arkham serve as bases for these two sides. Vehicles and collecting also feature between the action scenes. Studs buy unlocked characters and extras, while red bricks unlock further additions. You can also assemble your own figures using the character creator.

You play alone or locally with two players sharing one screen. In Free Play, you return with other unlocked figures and suits to find secrets that were previously out of reach. Abilities then matter more than simply picking a favourite hero. Alternating between heroes and villains lets you view the same conflict through different roles, while short building puzzles repeatedly break up the fighting. For this Wii version, each player uses a Wii Remote with a Nunchuk.

Region and language

Our Nintendo Wii games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.

Manual

LEGO Batman: The Videogame for Nintendo Wii includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.

The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.

The history of LEGO Batman: The Videogame

Traveller’s Tales developed LEGO Batman: The Videogame, which Warner Bros. published in 2008. The Nintendo Wii version belongs to that original release, alongside editions for other consoles. Following the film adventures of LEGO Star Wars and Indiana Jones, the team received a different storytelling task: building its own Batman story. The escape from Arkham brought familiar adversaries together without requiring the game to follow one particular cinema film.

The design used familiar elements from earlier LEGO games: studs, replayable chapters, different abilities and couch co-operation. Batman and Robin’s suits gave this system a form of its own. Instead of choosing a different film character for every action, the two heroes could also change their equipment. The villain chapters then expanded the playable roles and made the opponents’ traits part of the puzzles.

The original game tells its story through gestures, sounds and visual jokes, without the voiced story scenes of later LEGO Batman games. The free city exploration of LEGO Batman 2 is not part of this edition either. Here, progress runs through defined levels, the two bases and returning in Free Play. That distinction matters when comparing the early Nintendo Wii version with later DC adventures: the central building and collecting structure is recognisable, but the scope and presentation differ.

Similar games for Nintendo Wii

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures shares building, collecting studs and local co-operation. Indy uses his whip to swing and manipulate objects, while tools help with digging and repairs. Batman and Robin rely mainly on their suits. Indy also follows three existing films, whereas Batman develops an original conflict with Gotham’s villains.

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga combines the first six Star Wars films into one LEGO adventure. You build, collect studs and co-operate locally, but Jedi and droids determine which passages can open. That resembles switching abilities in this game. The Force and space vehicles nevertheless give puzzles and action scenes a different character from whips, tools or superhero suits.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1–4 shares the combination of exploration, collecting and character abilities. At Hogwarts you learn spells that later reappear in obstacles and brew potions. School life connects the events of four stories. Here too, returning with new abilities is rewarded, but magic lessons and the school setting create a different structure from separate adventure chapters accessed through a base.

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean also uses building puzzles and local co-operation and lets you control film characters. It follows the first four Pirates films and turns battles, ships and pirate antics into LEGO scenes. Character choices and finding objects remain important. The rhythm of completing a level and investigating further later is therefore familiar, but sea adventures and pirate abilities change what you attempt along the way.

Super Mario Galaxy on Wii focuses mainly on precise jumping, spinning and moving across small planets with changing gravity. LEGO adventures more often require building or the right character ability. The second player supports Mario with a pointer instead of walking alongside him as an equal adventurer. Exploration and collecting overlap, but the platforming and division of roles place different emphases.