When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works

Home / News / Marvel Battlegrounds brings Smash Bros-like brawling to Disney Infinity 3.0

Marvel Battlegrounds brings Smash Bros-like brawling to Disney Infinity 3.0

Four-player superhero showdowns coming as play set expansion

Disney Infinity is considered a platform more than a traditional game, because the flexibility of the concept allows developers to take it in all sorts of directions. And Marvel Battlegrounds proves that once again.

Announced amidst New York Comic-Con this week, Marvel Battlegrounds is an upcoming play set expansion for the recently released Disney Infinity 3.0, offering not only a big, new Marvel Comics experience for the Star Wars-led entry, but also a brand new play experience.

For the first time in the series, Marvel Battlegrounds will support four local players – and they’ll be battling against each other at the same time. Based on the trailer below, the chaotic combat looks a lot like Nintendo’s popular Super Smash Bros, or perhaps Capcom’s old Dreamcast and arcade classic, Power Stone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHmAjKKb2WY

There’s a logistical hurdle that hasn’t yet been revealed: the Disney Infinity base, used to transport the smart figurines’ characters in the game, only takes two heroes and villains at a time. So will Disney require two bases for the mode? Will this play set come with some sort of add-on hardware to facilitate the process? That part remains unclear.

Along with the play set, Marvel will release a brand new Captain America: The First Avenger figure modeled after the movie version. And it’ll play a bit differently from the previous, masked version for Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes, with more of mid-range focus on battle.

Can Disney Infinity deliver the multiplayer Marvel experience of our dreams? We’ll find out in March.

[Sources: YouTube, Polygon]

Profile image of Andrew Hayward Andrew Hayward Freelance Writer

About

Andrew writes features, news stories, reviews, and other pieces, often when the UK home team is off-duty or asleep. I'm based in Chicago with my lovely wife, amazing son, and silly cats, and my writing about games, gadgets, esports, apps, and plenty more has appeared in more than 75 publications since 2006.

Areas of expertise

Video games, gadgets, apps, smart home