Enhanced Arkham City version with armor and GamePad use for gadgets. The original game remains excellent. WiiU integration is polished if not revolutionary. The best way to play one of the best Batmans on a Nintendo console.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player16+
Description
Batman explores Arkham City, a vast sector of Gotham transformed into an open-air prison, to thwart the plans of Hugo Strange and the Joker. Published by WB Games, released in 2012 in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Enhanced Wii U version of the original game featuring exclusive Armoured Edition metal suits, the GamePad for gadgets and real-time map, and included DLC.
Batman - Arkham City - Armored Edition review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
MAX
Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
An open-air prison city, this decaying Gotham stacks cracked concrete, gargoyles and garish neon beneath dirty snow. The gothic-industrial architecture and the armoured silhouette of the vigilante compose a darkness of total coherence. This oppressive mood, dense yet readable, lingers on the retina.
Locked inside an open-air prison given over to chaos, Batman unravels a plot where his worst enemies intersect. Vaster and darker, the tale pushes the vigilante to his moral limits, up to a striking finale. Its assumed darkness and carefully drawn characters make it a peak of the superhero game.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾18,6 GB📅08/12/2012
Published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Batman - Arkham City - Armored Edition (Wii U) price, value & rarity
Is Batman - Arkham City - Armored Edition still worth playing in 2026?
A Wii U port of Rocksteady's masterpiece, Batman Arkham City Armored Edition unfolds an open world prison district where you chain fluid combat, stealth and gadgets as the Dark Knight. The polished writing, the gallery of villains and the rhythmic combat system remain a genre reference. This edition adds GamePad controls and a dispensable armour mode, without distorting the essentials. An excellent action adventure for Batman fans and lovers of well written superheroes.
