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er... anyways
I got to play X-Men: Next Dimension at the comic con. The game is released in November for the PS2. I only played Nightcrawler because it is my civil duty and because everyone else played the other characters.
The games basically the same at Mutant Academy too, but much nicer looking. Nightcrawler is in his leather costume, but has a second costume too, but it wasn't avalable there. He has two swords strapped to his back.
He is a pretty tricky character. He's pretty fast, but pretty weak. It takes a lot of hits for him to bring down a character. Even his move where he ports people multiple times (It's called Dimensional Rage I think) doesn't do much. The trick is that because Nightcrawler can teleport, he can get away from almost any attack. Keep your distance then when a character charges up to do some killer move on you (they glow and the cmaera focuses on them) bamf away. It really pisses people off.
He has some cool moves with his swords. He does some one twos where he'll punch someone then slash at them. He also has this quick jab 6 hit move with his word with is cool. He even uses the sword with his tail sometimes!!
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His throws are the same. He puches the character, then ports behind them to trip them. He in the air throw has him grab the person throw them down then port down and hit them. It's pretty cool.
Nightcrawler would be best used against slow, strong characters like Juggernaut or the Sentinels. When you see a character swinging for some killer hit, jab them repeatedly with your sword.
The levels also rule. Im alsmost every level you can get knocked up to other levels. In the X-mansion all th furniture and stuff is breakable!
Overall the game is pretty cool. All the characters have intro taunts and winning taunts. The best one in the entiure game has to be Havoks. When he wins he does this little pose and says "Lets see Cyclops do that" :laugh: