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[thetrin]

Nightwing is basically a weaker batman who's dumber and doesn't have as much money, and he doesn't have a cape.

It must be soul crushing for you to know that Dick is Batman, now. :lol

Wow, if you really think that that is Batman, just a dude in a suit that scares people, then you really haven't been paying attention for atleast this last decade.
That was never his mission, his mission is a solo one, he takes it upon himself to safeguard Gotham. And he's only willing to risk one life, his own. And the fact that he's a genius, trained his body to the human physical limit, has an analytical mind, is always atleast 10 steps ahead of you, a contingency plan for everything makes him the only one true Batman.

I agree that this is not how the character Batman started, as the embaressing pictures above show his origins. But that doesn't matter now, just like how every character is changed/evolves trough time. So did Batman and as he is now he's an equal/superior to any meta. The odds of him finding not one but two successors in his lifetime is just plain stupid. Atleast Terry we understood eventually why he was able to be Batman. Dick and Tim cannot/shouldn't be Batman.

I have a feeling you haven't been paying attention to comics this last decade either.

 

[Salsa]

This made me think that i want a Return of Bruce Wayne game, PIRATE BATMAN YARRRRR!

 

[Rayven_king]

It must be soul crushing for you to know that Dick is Batman, now. :lol

:lol :lol :lol

 

[onegoodlogan]

yes, because he is crap and nullifies what makes batman cool.
What else do you like??? the batmite????

When Grant Morrison writes him as the drug-induced illusion if a broken down Batman he's pretty cool.

 

[thetrin]

When Grant Morrison writes him as the drug-induced illusion if a broken down Batman he's pretty cool.

batmite made RIP, imo.

 

[Joei]

Why do people automatically tie this to co-op? Was there an announcement I missed before? There's a lot of different ways they could incorporate Robin into the game. He could even do a similar role to as what Barbara Gordon did in the first.

 

[Scootydowopp]

All this blind Robin hate makes me laugh, especially since so much of it seems to come from ignorance of the character in his true home, ie the comics.
It's like hating the Mario franchise because of the stupid show and movie without ever playing one of his classic games.

Robin is great. If he is in the game, i'd gladly play as him and my cousin can be Batman.

And Robin makes Batman look silly because he's a kid fighting crime?
Half the point of robin is that he gets underestimated, and also, he introduces teamwork into the fight on crime.
And batman looked silly before Robin came into the picture(which was soon after the drawing started).

Robin rocks, since he's the human element of Batman that Bruce would willingly neglect if left to his own devices.

 

[thetrin]

All this blind Robin hate makes me laugh, especially since so much of it seems to come from ignorance of the character in his true home, ie the comics.
It's like hating the Mario franchise because of the stupid show and movie without ever playing one of his classic games.

Robin is great. If he is in the game, i'd gladly play as him and my cousin can be Batman.

And Robin makes Batman look silly because he's a kid fighting crime?
Half the point of robin is that he gets underestimated, and also, he introduces teamwork into the fight on crime.
And batman looked silly before Robin came into the picture(which was soon after the drawing started).

Robin rocks, since he's the human element of Batman that Bruce would willingly neglect if left to his own devices.

This is very true, especially as Bruce gets older. Robin is always the one that can get under Batman's skin and draw out his humanity.

 

[krypt0nian]

Fantastic news. One of the best characters in comics.

Loving the hate.

 

[Cold-Steel]

It must be soul crushing for you to know that Batman is a dick, now. :lol

Fixed!

Spoiler

Batman purists FTW

 

[LSauchelli]

Okay, whatever. I guess no amount of evidence that Robin is a good character and had been one since forever (and has had some great solo comics) will change some people's minds.

If this news turns out to be true, I will welcome it gladly. If it doesn't, I will just shrug it off and play Arkham 2 anyway.

Last thing: Batman's mission hasn't been a solo one since a long time ago, just take a quick look at his supporting cast.

 

[Kittonwy]

It must be soul crushing for you to know that Dick is Batman, now. :lol



I have a feeling you haven't been paying attention to comics this last decade either.

SACRILEGE! I had always hoped that both Dick and Tim would both die horrible, HORRIBLE deaths before getting the chance to take over the cape and cowl.

 

[MarshMellow96]

I haven't been looking at names but seriously guys, you must be the same no-hopers who are in the Portal 2 thread saying how awful it's going to be. :lol

Rocksteady did a bang-up job last time. I think they'll manage this time too, co-op or no.

 

[deepbrown]

What was that from?

It's from the cartoon - think Hamill was doing the voice of Joker.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Robin is the Chinese-made, Wal-Mart version of Bat-Man.

No, this is

 

[HK-47]

Almost every great Batman story (save the ones where he's just starting out) involve Robin. I'd argue that if you want to tell a great Batman story you have to introduce him eventually because he's just as important as Gordon or the Joker.

If you want a great non-camp Robin story watch the animated series two parter about his origin story. It won emmy after all

How about Arkham Asylum?

 

[HK-47]

batmite made RIP, imo.

I disliked RIP heavily. Morrison should stick with the Jungian imagery for Batman...

Then again I'm not a fan of any of Morrison's recent stuff save for We3.

 

[thetrin]

SACRILEGE! I had always hoped that both Dick and Tim would both die horrible, HORRIBLE deaths before getting the chance to take over the cape and cowl.

Dick is a damn good Batman, actually. It's a great arc. Totally worth reading.

 

[Sullen]

No, this is

Abnormal Drug Trafficker :lol

 

[Vice]

Because that doesn't matter. It's the concept of this little kid(which is how they all start) fighting crime with succes.

Me personaly, i hate the concept of Robin,Nightwing because it undermines and destroys the uniqueness of Batman. I see Bruce as one in a million. It doesn't matter that you train as hard or are as smart as him. There is only one true Batman and that is Bruce Wayne. He's the only one that as a mere human can be equal to titans like Superman,WW.
None the less, i don't really care. They can put Robin/Nightwing in AA2, it established itself well to be more in the comicverse.

Nolenverse, keep that kiddyshit out of them. The only way i would want to see Dick as a vigilante in them is if they make him out to be a total loser and dies by the end to show that no one can do what Bruce/Batman does.



You nailed it. As if anyone in the real world would take Batman seriously seeing a stupid tough acting kid beside him. In a month's time that boy would be kidnapped,raped,tortured,killed,ect.

:lol

Batman is inherently kiddy. It's a man in a bat suit fighting colorful villains. In the real world Batman would die in the first week.

Bruce Wayne isn't even the best human in the DC universe.

 

[Ephemeris]

If it has co-op I will be most pleased.