Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects is a fighting game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Nintendo DS, and PSP, which ties into the "Marvel Nemesis" comic book series. It was released on September 20, 2005, in North America and October 14 in Europe. The game focuses on Marvel Comics characters facing a new team of super villains known as The Imperfects. Upon release, the game received mixed to negative reviews from critics.
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
PAL region cover art for PSP Wolverine is replaced by Captain America
The game pitches a series of Marvelheroes and villains, including Venom, Wolverine, Iron Man, and Spider-Man against a series of original EA-created/owned characters. Combat is simplified in favor of allowing the player greater movement, and the game initially drew comparisons to Power Stone, Super Smash Bros. and Ehrgeiz as a result. The game featured Fatality-like finishing moves that could be triggered as soon as an opponent's health falls to 25% or lower.
Plot summaryedit
As heroes battle invading aliens, a Daredevil in distress calls Elektra for help. She finds him on the Daily Bugle building, where he fights her. She defeats him and removes an alien device from the back of his neck. This releases him from the control of one Niles Van Roekel, who lets his Imperfects into the city to fight heroes. The heroes also find more alien devices and fight any "infected" to remove those devices.
Meanwhile, a girl named Maya trains to fulfill Roekel's goal to create the best and most deadly warrior. She begins by destroying different alien devices. As training continues, she takes on the name Paragon, fighting the same aliens the heroes are.
She fights her way out of the secret headquarters of the Imperfects and into the city, where Magneto finds her. So that Paragon will serve as his minion, he uses an alien device to control her. Paragon eventually breaks free of the device's control and defeats Magneto. She realizes that she is not evil and plans to stop Roekel. Roekel reveals that he is an alien, is responsible for and will spread the invasion. Maya attacks Roekel and kills him by taking away his life force. She stops the invasion, and she and the other Imperfects join to share the Earth with the heroes.
Rise of the Imperfects was the first game from a Marvel-Electronic Arts partnership from 2004 to 2006. From July 2005 to December 2006, Marvel Comics published a six-issue comic booklimited series. Written by Greg Pak and drawn by Renato Arlem, it was a tie-in and prequel to the game.
Points in the video game story and the comic books directly contradict each other. The two still share the same characters and introduce the EA characters with, minor details aside, the same background stories and powers. Though the story implies the EA characters are part of the regular Marvel continuity, they have yet to appear elsewhere in the Marvel Multiverse due to the game's poor reception and EA's ownership of the characters.
The consoles and PSP versions received "mixed or average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic, while the Nintendo DS version received "generally unfavorable reviews".
The game was criticized for its poor story mode and limited multiplayer.[citation needed] Many complaints about the game revolved around the fact that AI opponents would chain-abuse projectile special moves, dealing significant damage to a player character, with the AI character immediately triggering the fatality upon dropping the player to low health.[citation needed]
Referencesedit
^"Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^"Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^"Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects for Game Cube Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^"Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^"Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects for DS Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^Palley, Steve (September 22, 2005). . GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects is a fighting game for the PlayStation 2 Xbox GameCube Nintendo DS and PSP which ties into the Marvel Nemesis comic book series It was released on September 20 2005 in North America and October 14 in Europe The game focuses on Marvel Comics characters facing a new team of super villains known as The Imperfects Upon release the game received mixed to negative reviews from critics Marvel Nemesis Rise of the ImperfectsPAL region cover art for PSPWolverine is replaced by Captain AmericaDeveloper s Nihilistic SoftwareEA Canada PSP Publisher s Electronic ArtsPlatform s GameCube PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable Nintendo DS XboxReleaseSeptember 20 2005 PlayStation 2 GameCube XboxNA September 20 2005PAL October 14 2005PlayStation PortableNA October 4 2005PAL October 28 2005Nintendo DSNA October 11 2005PAL October 28 2005Genre s FightingMode s Single player multiplayer Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot summary 3 Characters 3 1 Marvel 3 2 Imperfects 3 3 Non playable 4 Development 5 Reception 6 References 7 External linksGameplay editThe game pitches a series of Marvel heroes and villains including Venom Wolverine Iron Man and Spider Man against a series of original EA created owned characters Combat is simplified in favor of allowing the player greater movement and the game initially drew comparisons to Power Stone Super Smash Bros and Ehrgeiz as a result The game featured Fatality like finishing moves that could be triggered as soon as an opponent s health falls to 25 or lower Plot summary editAs heroes battle invading aliens a Daredevil in distress calls Elektra for help She finds him on the Daily Bugle building where he fights her She defeats him and removes an alien device from the back of his neck This releases him from the control of one Niles Van Roekel who lets his Imperfects into the city to fight heroes The heroes also find more alien devices and fight any infected to remove those devices Meanwhile a girl named Maya trains to fulfill Roekel s goal to create the best and most deadly warrior She begins by destroying different alien devices As training continues she takes on the name Paragon fighting the same aliens the heroes are She fights her way out of the secret headquarters of the Imperfects and into the city where Magneto finds her So that Paragon will serve as his minion he uses an alien device to control her Paragon eventually breaks free of the device s control and defeats Magneto She realizes that she is not evil and plans to stop Roekel Roekel reveals that he is an alien is responsible for and will spread the invasion Maya attacks Roekel and kills him by taking away his life force She stops the invasion and she and the other Imperfects join to share the Earth with the heroes Characters editMarvel edit Captain America a b Daredevil c Doctor Doom a Elektra Human Torch c Iron Man Magneto Spider Man Storm Thing Venom Wolverine Imperfects edit Brigade Fault Zone Hazmat Johnny Ohm Niles Van Roekel Paragon Solara Wink Non playable edit Hulk b Punisher b a b Exclusive to the PSP version a b c Cameos in the intro of the console versions a b Not available in the PSP versionDevelopment editRise of the Imperfects was the first game from a Marvel Electronic Arts partnership from 2004 to 2006 From July 2005 to December 2006 Marvel Comics published a six issue comic book limited series Written by Greg Pak and drawn by Renato Arlem it was a tie in and prequel to the game Points in the video game story and the comic books directly contradict each other The two still share the same characters and introduce the EA characters with minor details aside the same background stories and powers Though the story implies the EA characters are part of the regular Marvel continuity they have yet to appear elsewhere in the Marvel Multiverse due to the game s poor reception and EA s ownership of the characters Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacriticPS2 53 100 1 XBOX 58 100 2 GC 54 100 3 PSP 58 100 4 DS 34 100 5 Review scorePublicationScoreGameSpot6 4 10 PS2 6 The consoles and PSP versions received mixed or average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic while the Nintendo DS version received generally unfavorable reviews The game was criticized for its poor story mode and limited multiplayer citation needed Many complaints about the game revolved around the fact that AI opponents would chain abuse projectile special moves dealing significant damage to a player character with the AI character immediately triggering the fatality upon dropping the player to low health citation needed GT Video Review Team Xbox Review The Daily Raider ReviewReferences edit Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects for PlayStation 2 Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Archived from the original on February 19 2022 Retrieved December 2 2020 Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects for Xbox Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Archived from the original on February 19 2022 Retrieved December 2 2020 Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects for Game Cube Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Archived from the original on February 19 2022 Retrieved December 2 2020 Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects for PSP Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Archived from the original on February 19 2022 Retrieved December 2 2020 Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects for DS Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Archived from the original on February 19 2022 Retrieved December 2 2020 Palley Steve September 22 2005 Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects GameSpot GameSpot CBS Interactive Archived from the original on 2007 09 30 Retrieved December 5 2020 External 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