Marvel Super Hero Squad (video game)

Marvel Super Hero Squad
North American Wii box art
Developer(s)	Blue Tongue Entertainment
Publisher(s)	THQ
Distributor(s)	Marvel Entertainment
Composer(s)	Mick Gordon
Series	Marvel Super Hero Squad
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Release date(s)	October 20, 2009
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up, Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Marvel Super Hero Squad (also known as MSHS or simply Super Hero Squad) is a video game developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment,Mass Media, and Halfbrick and published by THQ. It was released on October 20, 2009 for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, and Wii. The game features cartoonish Super-deformed versions of the Marvel Comics characters, as seen in the Marvel Super Hero Squad toy line, as well as the television show. It is also developed by Happy Ball Productions and THQ Studio Australia.

MSHS has been split into two parts: Adventure mode and Battle mode. During adventure mode two characters (one character in the DS version) fight through a level by defeating waves of enemies. The game features on-the-fly character swapping, similar to the Lego Star Wars games, and also features drop-in, drop-out Cooperative gameplay, with AI playing the unused character during single player. Battle mode is a free-for-all fighting mode, similar to the Super Smash Bros series. Players can defeat enemies by depleting their health, or knocking them out of the arena.

Marvel Super Hero Squad's comic story has been simplified for children, and is set in Asgard, the Vault, Asteroid M, Villainville and Super Hero City, the latter two being exclusive to the Marvel Super Hero Squad continuity. Keeping in tone with the television show, Stan Lee voices the mayor of Super Hero City.Marvel Super Hero Squad follows the overall plotline of the television show, with Doctor Doom seeking fractals of the Infinity Sword.