Astro Boy: The Video Game
Become the iconic hero, Astro Boy, and take to the streets and skies on an epic adventure to save Metro City from the clutches of the evil President Stone and his robot army. Utilizing Astro's entire arsenal…
Astro Boy: The Video Game is a platform developed by High Voltage Software, released 8 October 2009 on PlayStation Portable, Wii and PlayStation 2.
What Astro Boy: The Video Game is
Astro Boy: The Video Game is a platform game developed by High Voltage Software and released in 2009. It was published by D3 Publisher. It is available on PlayStation Portable, Wii and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Become the iconic hero, Astro Boy, and take to the streets and skies on an epic adventure to save Metro City from the clutches of the evil President Stone and his robot army. Utilizing Astro's entire arsenal of iconic weapons and abilities -- Finger Lasers, Arm Cannon, Butt Machine Guns and Drill Attacks, players will battle hordes of robot enemies and colossal bosses including some never-before-seen enemies across Metro City and the mysterious Surface. Using an intuitive combat system that adds depth to gameplay, players will experience classic platform action and exhilarating flight combat levels as they use Astro's unique rocket boosters to hover, avoid enemies and zip out of the way of…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Astro Boy series
Astro Boy: The Video Game is the sixth of 9 entries we hold in the Astro Boy series. It arrived 5 years after Astro Boy. The next entry was Astro Boy: The Video Game in 2009.
How it was received
Astro Boy: The Video Game holds a critic score of 43 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 24 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Astro Boy: The Video Game launched on 8 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Bayonetta and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Bayonetta, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.
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