Universal Heroes

Universal Heroes is a 2019 action adventure sandbox video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Activision. It is a crossover game featuring franchises from Universal Pictures.

In the game's story, Woody Woodpecker, Peri Dazz from Computeropolis, and Kevin from Minions find that all of the defeated villains and such came back from the dead, and they have to stop them again. Their journey has them cross paths with characters and visit worlds based on different Universal properties, including those by Universal Animation, Illumination, Gingo, and DreamWorks Animation.

Universal Heroes was released worldwide for the PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One on August 30, 2019, and was met with generally positive reviews from critics.

Gameplay
Universal Heroes is an action-adventure game with open-world creation and story-driven gameplay. Players can play as and control characters by placing them on the USB game pad (which can hold up to 14 characters or vehicles and weapons) and possess unique abilities. Using a character from a certain franchise will also unlock that franchise's world, an open-world area for players to explore and complete in-game objectives. All characters and vehicles can be used in the story's worlds, though specific characters must be present to initially enter those levels or worlds. Each character from each franchise has a double jump (unless in a vehicle) and a default set of attacks, as well as a unique ability. Completing objectives in the levels and worlds will reward players with Global Coins, which can be used to upgrade vehicles, unlock costumes for your characters and give them new abilities.

There are two main modes in this game: Story and Create. A feature also allows players to pay in-game currency to temporarily summon characters they do not own in order to complete an otherwise-inaccessible puzzle in the game's story. In story mode, the player can earn items, tools, and characters to use in Create mode. Characters from one world cannot enter into another world, but players can put any characters together in Create mode. Create is a sandbox mode that players can fully customize and explore, and earn items, tools, and characters to customize and explore.

The game also has a competitive multiplayer battle mode which up to four players can straight on brawl or race through levels in modes such as Fight to the Finish.

Most of the worlds featured in the game inspired by Universal Studios properties are new to the series, including Jurassic World (based on Jurassic Park), Sinking Spring (based on Gabriel Garza), Woody's Home (based on Woody Woodpecker), Computeropolis (based on the franchise of the same), Dynastar (based on Ace of All Trades), Gru's Lab (based on Despicable Me), Paradoria (based on the franchise of the same), New York City (based on The Secret Life of Pets), Voorus (from Zina Supermoon), Calatonia (from Sing), and the DreamWorks-based worlds Far Far Away (based on Shrek), Dusk's Palace (based on Dusk and Dawn), Central Park Zoo (based on Madagascar), the Valley of Peace (based on Kung Fu Panda), Berk (based on How to Train Your Dragon), and Troll Village (based on Trolls).

The Woody's Home, Computeropolis, Gru's Lab, Sinking Spring, and Far Far Away worlds feature original stories, while other worlds such as the Jurassic World, Paradoria and New York City worlds have often loosely followed plot lines from the films on which they were based.

Characters

 * Ace of All Trades
 * Elijah Eubank
 * Sophia Sammy


 * Abominable
 * Yi**
 * Everest**


 * Ama and the Mysterious Crystal
 * Ama


 * An American Tail
 * Fievel Mousekewitz


 * Back to the Future
 * Marty McFly
 * Doc Brown


 * Computeropolis
 * Peri Dazz
 * Nicky Kickzoo
 * Vinna Binz
 * King Trojan*


 * The Croods
 * Grug Crood**
 * Eep Crood**
 * Guy**


 * Curious George
 * Curious George


 * Despicable Me
 * Felonius Gru
 * Lucy Wilde
 * Mel
 * Vector*


 * Dusk and Dawn
 * Dusk
 * Dawn


 * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
 * E.T.


 * Esqua
 * Esqua Chavez*
 * Puffy


 * Fast & Furious
 * Dominic Toretto
 * Brian O'Conner
 * Letty Ortiz


 * Gabriel Garza
 * Gabriel Garza
 * Claire Jones
 * Roge Garza
 * Vio*


 * The Grinch
 * The Grinch**
 * Max**


 * How to Train Your Dragon
 * Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
 * Toothless


 * Jurassic Park
 * Owen Grady
 * Claire Dearing
 * Blue


 * Kung Fu Panda
 * Po


 * The Land Before Time
 * Littlefoot


 * Lix
 * Lix
 * Melody


 * Luna & Zak
 * Luna McPherson
 * Zak Douglas
 * A.C.E.


 * Madagascar
 * Alex
 * Marty
 * Melman
 * Gloria
 * The Penguins (Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private)


 * Minions
 * Kevin
 * Stuart
 * Bob
 * Scarlet Overkill*


 * Nepola's Odyssey
 * Nepola
 * Pandora
 * Deimos*
 * Perseus*


 * Paradoria
 * Jamo
 * Princess Keena


 * The Secret Life of Pets
 * Max
 * Snowball
 * Gidget


 * Shrek
 * Shrek
 * Donkey
 * Puss in Boots
 * Princess Fiona


 * Sing
 * Gunter


 * Trolls
 * Poppy
 * Branch


 * Universal Classic Monsters
 * Frankenstein**
 * Count Dracula**
 * Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man**
 * Van Helsing**
 * Jack Griffin / The Invisible Man**


 * Woody Woodpecker
 * Woody Woodpecker
 * Chilly Willy
 * Andy Panda
 * Buzz Buzzard*


 * Zina Supermoon
 * Zina Supermoon
 * Tab
 * Zipper


 * * = non-playable character
 * ** = DLC character

Voice cast
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 * Eric Bauza as Woody Woodpecker
 * Jesse McCartney as Peri Dazz
 * Pierre Coffin as the Minions
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Buzz Buzzard
 * Kelsey Grammer as King Trojan
 * Jason Segel as Vector
 * James Arnold Taylor as Nicky Kickzoo
 * Sarah Silverman as Vinna Binz / Zina Supermoon
 * Steve Carell as Felonius Gru
 * Kristen Wiig as Lucy Wilde

Reception
Universal Heroes received "generally favorable" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.

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Trivia
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