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Batman Day: The five best Batman games ever released

By Eric Chrisman

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Batman costume from the 1995 Batman Forever film worn by Val Kilmer and designed by Rob Ringwood and Ingrid Ferrin is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: A Batman costume from the 1995 Batman Forever film worn by Val Kilmer and designed by Rob Ringwood and Ingrid Ferrin is on display at the DC Comics Exhibition: Dawn Of Super Heroes at the O2 Arena on February 22, 2018 in London, England. The exhibition, which opens on February 23rd, features 45 original costumes, models and props used in DC Comics productions including the Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman films. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) /
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#3.  Batman: The Brave and the Bold

The animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold may never get its proper due. It was a great mix of serious and campy Batman, along with some tremendous meta-humor and a great examination of the relationships the Caped Crusader had with other DC superheroes. He was always teaming up with any one of a dozen or so regulars every episode such as Green Arrow, Aquaman and even Superman every now and again, and they all had different relationship dynamics that were well-explored in every episode. It was a fantastic show but is sadly only fondly remembered by a handful of fans.

Equally as tragic, there was a really fun side-scrolling beat-em-up video game made based on Batman: The Brave and The Bold, but it was and remains exclusive to the Nintendo Wii. The Nintendo Wii was an incredibly popular platform, but many games not developed by Nintendo had trouble finding an audience on the system, at least in part due to the rather large amount of poorly made ports put on the system for a quick buck without much effort.

But the Batman: The Brave and the Bold video game was wonderfully animated, played really well and did a great job capturing the spirit of the show it was based on. Again, it’s just a shame this is probably exclusive to the Nintendo Wii console forever, as it deserves a chance at another audience. Port it to the Nintendo Switch like they are doing to everything else or bring it to PC. Either way, it deserves a better fate than being chained to a console that people only remember for Wii Sports.

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