

The 3DS version of Omniverse 2 is a side-scrolling beat ‘em up/platformer that stars the titular Ben Tennyson, a wisecracking teen with the ability to transform into different aliens, each with their own special abilities. Unfortunately, Ben 10: Omniverse 2 is not one of those games.
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Still, a good game has the potential to transcend its license if it holds up as a stand-alone entity. As a result, I don’t have any nostalgia to draw from when it comes to Ben 10: Omniverse 2, the latest release from D3 Publisher that follows the Cartoon Network show. By the time Ben 10 and its successors came along, I was long gone. Like most people my age, I lamented the changes, and moved on. Slowly but surely, Cartoon Network’s great shows ended, and Toonami was regulated to smaller and smaller timeslots before being canceled altogether. "The game assumes that everyone is already familiar with the series, and makes no attempts to explain what’s going on or who the characters are, so much of the dialogue will be unintelligible to the uninitiated."īut like all good things, it didn’t last. The afternoon belonged to Toonami, which aired popular anime like Dragon Ball Z, Yu Hakusho, Rerouni Kenshin, Gundam Wing and Zoids, as well as more traditional American animation such as Teen Titans, Batman: The Animated Series, and Justice League, while late nights hosted blocks like Adult Swim and the Midnight Run, which aired uncut episodes of Dragon Ball Z and Gundam Wing, as well as now classic titles like Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Blue Gender, and Fullmetal Alchemist. At that time the network was running quality, original shows like Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dexter’s Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and miniseries like The Clone Wars. Like most gamers in their mid-twenties, I grew up during Cartoon Network’s golden age.
