History VideoGame / XMenMutantApocalypse

** Downplayed with Exodus, as this game comes close to portraying him accurately, and even this game features him only as a MiniBoss with a fraction of his powers.
** Apocalypse himself. Despite bein immotal and immensely powerful in the comics, and even a LargeHam in the 90s cartoon, in this game he's merely a BaitAndSwitchBoss, who gets quickly demoted and replaced by [[spoiler:Magneto]] upon defeat.

* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed with Exodus, as this game comes close to portraying him accurately, and even this game features him only as a MiniBoss with a fraction of his powers.

Gameplay-wise, the player has an attack button, and a jump button. You can choose among Wolverine, Gambit, Psylocke, Cyclops, or Beast, each with their own set of moves and combos. At the title screen you can choose to play Mission Mode (The normal mode), or Training Mode (You can only play the first stage of each character; you start with three lives per character, and special moves can be performed with the X button). At the start of the game, each character has a mission to complete. When all missions are accomplished, the game continues linearly.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Psylocke may appear as this for those more familiar with the 90s [[WesternAnimation/XMen cartoon]]. There were nine X-Men in that show, and Betsy wasn't one of them. Averted by the end, she's not so unexpected to those more familiar with [[ComicBook/XMen the original comics]], she was part of the team at some point.

* [[TheCameo Cameo]]: [[spoiler:If you're able to beat the game without using passwords, and without losing a single life, you will be rewarded with an extended cutscene with Bishop, Rogue, Storm, Jubilee and Jean Grey]].

* [[TheDragon Dragon]]: [[spoiler:Exodus is this to Magneto]].

* [[spoiler:SelectiveMagnetism: Magneto uses his magnetic powers as a force fiels, or to summon metallic plates, and throw them at you.]]

* SpaceBase: The [[TrueFinalBoss True Final Boss']] space station, Avalon.

* TrainingBoss: You must battle Omega Red and Juggernaut in Danger Room, as a preparation for the upcoming battle with [[spoiler:Magneto]]. Subverted by the fact that you lose a life if you're defeated.

** The Brood are exclusive of the forest stage.

* FiveManBand: [[TheLeader Cyclops]], [[TheLancer Wolverine]], [[TheChick Psylocke]] [[TheBigGuy Beast]] (Who may also count as TheSmartGuy) and [[TheGambler Gambit]] are dispatched by [[TheMentor Professor X]] to the island of Genosha to rescue fellow mutants that are forced into labor by the evil Apocalypse.

** Also Exodus, who is (sometimes) assisted by his Acolytes.
* FragileSpeedster: Wolverine and Psylocke are very fast, with good combos to deal a lot of damage

* VehicularAssault:
** The battle against the tandem rotor helicopter miniboss in Gambit's stage takes place on a motorized surfboat.
** Also the battle against the train boss in Cyclops's stage.

** Also Exodus, who is (sometimes) assisted by his teleporting mooks.

** Exodus is also fond of this tactic, and so are his mooks.

** Queen Brood sends her insect babies at you to try keeping you at bay.

** Queen Brood also sends her insect babies at you.

* PaletteSwap: The regular Genoshan mooks come in three different colors as an indicative of their attack patterns. The same goes for the insect babies in the forest stage.

** Queen Brood's insect babies are exclusive of the forest stage.

* ReformulatedGame: This game came the same month along with ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' for the arcades, but the SNES version is a BeatEmUp with PlatformGame elements, while ''Childern Of The Atom'' is a FightingGame.

''X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse'' is a BeatEmUp / PlatformGame developed and published in 1994 for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo SNES]] by Creator/{{Capcom}}, based on the popular Comicbook/XMen comic, with a few elements from the TheNineties [[WesternAnimation/XMen cartoon series]]. Professor Charles Xavier has dispatched five of his best X-Men to the island of Genosha to rescue fellow mutants that are being forced into labor by the evil [[BigBad Apocalypse]]. However, after completing this mission, enters [[spoiler:Magneto]], threatening to blow Genosha in 24 hours; so, the heroes departed to his space station, Avalon, to stop him before he [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroys the world]].

-> ''Mutants--humans possessing incredible powers as a result of genetic mutation. Persecuted by their fellow man for being... [[FantasticRacism different]]. In order to teach mutants to use their powers [[ComesGreatResponsibility for the benefit of all, even those who hunted and feared them]], Professor Charles Xavier created the X-Men. His ultimate goal: to create a world where [[{{Utopia}} humans and mutants can live together in peace]].''
-> ''Genosha, a little known island where mutants are imprisoned, forced into labor by [[ArmiesAreEvil a brutal army]] and [[MechaMooks robot Sentinels]]. There is one being whose [[ForTheEvulz evil mind]] has other, far more sinister plans in mind for those captured mutants of Genosha... the [[EldritchAbomination monstrous entity]] known as Apocalypse.''

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Sentinel bosses in some of the first stages.

* BackgroundBoss: The Sentinel boss in Wolverine's stage; you have to fight its head, and the rest os its body is only visible in the background.

* BullfightBoss / RammingAlwaysWorks: The guard robot minibosses. Be ready to dodge if it starts flashing in gold.

%%* CompetitiveBalance:

* EyeBeams: Cyclops's Optic Blast.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Cyclops.
** TheLancer: Wolverine.
** TheChick: Psylocke.
** TheBigGuy / TheSmartGuy: Beast.
** TheGambler: Gambit.
** TheMentor: Professor X.
* FlunkyBoss: The Sentinel boss at Wolverine's stage is assisted by some Genoshan mooks.

* IconicLogo: It appears a Capital X near your lifebar, and a Capital E ([[CaptainObvious for Evil]]) near the boss lifebar.

* KnifeNut: The knife wielding mooks.

* LifeDrain: Used by Omega Red. He drains your lifebar and adds that energy to his own.

* MookMaker: Tusk attacks by sending his Tuskettes at you.

* OneHitPointWonder: The weaker versions of the GasMaskMooks are this.

* PlasmaCannon: You find two of them in a large shaft in Wolverine's Avalon stage.

* PlayingWithFire: Gambit and his telekinetic cards.

* RecurringBoss: The guard robot miniboss in Wolverine's, Psylocke's, and Beast's stages. Each time it has a slightly different attack and pattern.

* ReformulatedGame: This game came the same month along with ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' for the arcades, but the SNES version is a BeatEmUp with PlatformGame elements, while Childern Of The Atom is a FightingGame.
* RiseToTheChallenge: At Apocalypse stage, lava rises in a large shaft leading to Apocaylpse's room.

* [[spoiler:SelectiveMagnetism: Magneto. Who else?]]
* ShockAndAwe: The guard robot miniboss at Beast's Stage shoots balls of electricity at you.

* SpikesOfDoom: Tusk appears coated in these.

* TeleportSpam: Apocalypse uses this to confuse you.

* TheJuggernaut: And how.

* TrainingBoss: You must battle Omega Red and Juggernaut in Danger Room, as a preparation for the upcoming battle with [[spoiler:Magneto]].
** Subverted by the fact that you lose a life if you're defeated.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Psylocke may appear as this for those more familiar with the 90s cartoon. There were nine X-Men in that show, and Betsy wasn't one of them.
** Averted by the end, she's not so unexpected to those more familiar with the original comics, she was part of the team at some point.
* UniqueEnemy: Queen Brood's insect babies are exclusive of the forest stage.

* VehicularAssault: The battle against the tandem rotor helicopter miniboss in Gambit's stage takes place on a motorized surfboat.

** DownTheDrain: Beast's stage.

** ElevatorActionSequence: Psylocke's battle against the Sentinel boss takes place inside an elevator.

** EternalEngine: Wolverine's stage is a factory where Sentinel robots are being mass produced.

** JungleJapes: Cyclops's stage.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Magneto]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Beast.
** Psylocke has purple hair.

* CompetitiveBalance:
** JackOfAllStats: Cyclops.
** FragileSpeedster: Wolverine and Psylocke.
** MightyGlacier: Beast.
** LightningBruiser: Gambit.

--> ''-- OpeningNarration''

''X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse'' is a BeatEmUp / PlatformGame developed and published in 1994 for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo SNES]] by Creator/{{Capcom}}, based on TheNineties [[WesternAnimation/XMen cartoon series]]. Professor Charles Xavier has dispatched five of his best X-Men to the island of Genosha to rescue fellow mutants that are being forced into labor by the evil [[BigBad Apocalypse]]. However, after completing this mission, enters [[spoiler:Magneto]], threatening to blow Genosha in 24 hours; so, the heroes departed to his space station, Avalon, to stop him before he [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroys the world]].

* UnexpectedCharacter: If it's based on the 90s cartoon, why is Psylocke playable? There were nine X-Men in that show, and Betsy wasn't one of them.

''X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse'' is a BeatEmUp / PlatformGame developed and published in 1994 for the [[SuperNintendo SNES]] by {{Capcom}}, based on TheNineties [[WesternAnimation/XMen cartoon series]]. Professor Charles Xavier has dispatched five of his best X-Men to the island of Genosha to rescue fellow mutants that are being forced into labor by the evil [[BigBad Apocalypse]]. However, after completing this mission, enters [[spoiler:Magneto]], threatening to blow Genosha in 24 hours; so, the heroes departed to his space station, Avalon, to stop him before he [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroys the world]].

* {{Shoryuken}}: Wolverine's Tornado Claw requires the same input as in StreetFighter.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The X-Men have merely shattered Magneto's plan, and he escapes again, not without first vowing to [[IShallReturn come back]]. Professor X appears to congratulate the team for their victory, and tells them that they must continue their mission of making a world where humans and mutants can coexist in peace.]]

* CompetitiveBalance:
** JackOfAllStats: Cyclops.
** FragileSpeedster: Wolverine and Psylocke.
** MightyGlacier: Beast.
** LightningBruiser: Gambit.

[[caption-width-right:256:The Main Screen]]

Gameplay-wise, the player has an attack button, and a jump button. You can choose among Wolverine, Gambit, Psylocke, Cyclops, or Beast, each with their own set of moves and combos. At the start of the game, each character has a mission to complete. When all missions are accomplished, the game continues linearly.

* EasyLevelsHardBosses: With several candidates to be ThatOneBoss, this had to happen sooner or latter.

* NintendoHard: With several candidates to be ThatOneBoss, this game is certainly not easy.

* TechnologyPorn: The backgrounds in Avalon stages are gorgeous.