Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
| Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu | |
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| Developer(s) | Ubisoft Montreal |
| Publisher(s) | Ubi Soft Entertainment |
| Distributor(s) | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | Xbox, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, GameCube |
| Release |
Xbox & PlayStation 2 Game Boy Advance
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| Genre(s) | Action, beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, cooperative gameplay |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 61.68% (GC) 61.62% (Xbox) 59.44% (PS2) 58.80% (GBA) |
| Metacritic | 67/100 (Xbox) 63/100 (GC) 63/100 (PS2) 63/100 (GBA) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | 7/10 |
| EGM | 5.5/10 |
| Game Informer | 7/10 (GBA) 5/10 |
| GamePro |    |
| GameSpot | 7.5/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GameZone | 7.2/10 (PS2) 7/10 (GC) 6.9/10 (GBA) 6.5/10 (Xbox) |
| IGN | 6.5/10 5.5/10 (GBA) |
| Nintendo Power | 3.4/5 |
| OPM (US) | |
| OXM (US) | 6.1/10 |
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu is a 2003 beat 'em up video game released for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance and GameCube consoles. It was developed and published by Ubisoft in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics. It is based on the television series The New Batman Adventures and is a sequel to the game Batman: Vengeance.
As Batman, the player has to fight groups of enemies. The story mode, which forms the bulk of the game, can be played either alone or co-operatively, and rewards players for completing levels not only by continuing the story, but also with an upgrades system. This allows players to purchase new moves for their character and other game bonuses. There is also a challenge mode in which players (either cooperatively or competitively) take on groups of thugs without a storyline.
The game is played under a time limit, and features co-operative play. It also has 4 different difficulty levels: 'Easy', 'Medium', 'Hard', and 'Dark Knight'.
Batman faces a new enemy unlike any he has faced before. This mysterious foe plunges Gotham City into chaos on the night of the anniversary of Bruce Wayne's parents' murder. Apart from Sin Tzu, other Batman villains featured in the game are the Scarecrow, Clayface, and Bane. Batman is aided in his quest to save Gotham by Robin, Batgirl, and Nightwing.
One of the main draws to the game was that it introduced a new character into the Batman universe, as Batman: The Animated Series did with Harley Quinn. This new character, Sin Tzu, was created by comic artist Jim Lee. However, Sin Tzu did not gain popularity as a character and was never to be seen again in any media, with the exception of the game's novelization. The game shipped in regular versions with just the game, and boxed special editions that came with action figures for the Xbox and PS2 versions, and a lithograph with the GameCube version.
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