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Games that feature co-operative play for 4 players.
Characters either begin with multiple outfits, unlock them through play, or purchase them as in-game items. These costumes are sometimes integral to play.
Sometimes, rather than building a character model from scratch, a developer will sometimes use a real person as a template and use his or her physical attributes to create a similar character model to be used in their video game. In some cases that real reason will appear as themselves in games.
Comic book or manga characters who are also in video games. There are tons of games with superheros such as Batman and Spider-Man out there.
Games involving characters that round up local hoodlums for the good of the community.
The Fantastic Four are a group of superheroes in the Marvel Universe.
In games, fire can be an obstacle, a tool, a weapon, or a solution. Just don't play with it...unless you really want to.
The ability to create, shape, and control fire at will. This is a common and well known power in fiction, its appearance dating back to ancient literature.
Video games that are based on comic books, manga and graphic novels.
Sometimes movies are based on comic books, many of these movies go on to gain video game adaptations.
When a developer begs and pleads and offers to do laundry for even a tiny guest appearance, sometimes those famous characters will still flake on them. At least they still have their laundry.
Uses Havok Physics in the game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
Human Torch is part of the classic Fantastic Four issue that has been homaged many times.
The small models within the Lego franchise which represent people. They appear almost in every Lego game.
The ability to float through the air without the aid of a mechanical device such as a jetpack, or the usual biological aids, such as wings.
These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
A pseudonym is a fictional name that is different from the owner's real or legal name. They can be pen names, secret identities, or even alternative names because their real name is unpronouncable or shouldn't be said.
Radiation is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body. Radiation in videogames is typically represented as a field, inside of which units will take damage.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
The Superhuman Registration Act is a controversial registration act that led to Marvel's Civil War.
Games featuring characters which posses superhuman abilities and powers.
The Avengers are Marvel Comics' premier superhero team, a team of Earth's Mightiest Heroes banded together to stop threats no one of them could fight alone. there have been several teams of Avengers over the years, including the New Avengers, Young Avengers and Secret Avengers.
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