X-Men: Mutant Academy
X-Men: Mutant Academy is a 3-D/2D fighting game developed by Paradox, the company behind Activision's Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style and the never-published Thrill Kill, and based on the X-Men characters from Marvel…
X-Men: Mutant Academy is a fighting developed by Midway Studios Los Angeles, released 14 July 2000 on Nintendo 64 and PlayStation.
What X-Men: Mutant Academy is
X-Men: Mutant Academy is a fighting game developed by Midway Studios Los Angeles and released in 2000. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo 64 and PlayStation.
The premise, in the publisher's words
X-Men: Mutant Academy is a 3-D/2D fighting game developed by Paradox, the company behind Activision's Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style and the never-published Thrill Kill, and based on the X-Men characters from Marvel Comics. The game was released for the Game Boy Color and PlayStation as a tie-in to X-Men. X-Men: Mutant Academy is a basic fighting game that uses six buttons: three buttons for punches and three for kicks. Due to the success of the game, it was followed by two sequels: X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 and X-Men: Next Dimension. The game's characters can be played both with their comic book costumes and their costumes from the 2000 film X-Men. Characters not present in the film were given…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Marvel series
X-Men: Mutant Academy is the 67th of 404 entries we hold in the Marvel series. The next entry was Spider-Man in 2000. Its critic score of 30 is 34 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.
How it was received
X-Men: Mutant Academy holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 42 points below the year average.
What it launched against
X-Men: Mutant Academy launched on 14 July 2000, within three weeks of Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX and Jet Set Radio. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX, Jet Set Radio.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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