''Teen Titans'' is a
video game
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released for the
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...
on October 16, 2005. The game is based on the television show ''
Teen Titans
The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...
'' and features the five main characters from the show as playable characters:
Robin
Robin may refer to:
Animals
* Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae
* Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including:
**European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'')
**Bush-robin
**Forest rob ...
,
Raven
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,
Beast Boy
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,
Starfire, and
Cyborg
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Gizmo,
Jinx
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The word ''"jynx"'' meaning the bird wryneck and sometimes a charm or spell has been in use in English since the seventeent ...
,
Mammoth
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, and
Brother Blood
Brother Blood is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first iteration, Sebastian Blood VIII, is a power hungry priest and the head of the Church of Blood, as well as the eighth person in the DC ...
. The game was going to be released in
Europe
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shortly after its release in
North America
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, though the European release was later cancelled. A sequel, ''Teen Titans 2: The Brotherhood's Revenge'', often shortened to simply ''Teen Titans 2'', was released exclusively in North America for the Game Boy Advance on October 23, 2006.
Story
Tired of the Teen Titans defeating him, Brother Blood decides to make clones of them to do his bidding. The Teen Titans must hunt down his students and get their DNA back.
Reception
The game was met with mixed reception upon release;
GameRankings
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gave it a score of 60.30%,
[ while ]Metacritic
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gave it 61 out of 100.[
]
Sequel
The sequel was met with mixed to negative reception, as GameRankings gave it a score of 62.50%,[ while Metacritic gave it 45 out of 100.][
]
See also
*Teen Titans (console game)
''Teen Titans'' is an action beat 'em up video game released in 2006 for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. It was released at a lower list price than a standard console game. A game under the same name was released for the Game Boy Advance ...
References
External links
2005 video games
Behaviour Interactive games
Game Boy Advance-only games
Game Boy Advance games
Majesco Entertainment games
North America-exclusive video games
Superhero video games
Teen Titans (TV series)
Video games based on animated television series
Video games based on DC Comics
Video games developed in Canada
Video games set in the United States
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