<s>
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rise	I-Application
of	I-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
primarily	O
by	O
Raven	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
follow	O
up	O
to	O
2004	O
's	O
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2005	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
N-Gage	B-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
set	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
and	O
features	O
the	O
mutant	O
supervillain	O
Apocalypse	O
as	O
the	O
primary	O
antagonist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
intended	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
greater	O
sense	O
of	O
scale	O
than	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
story	O
where	O
the	O
villains	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Brotherhood	O
of	O
Mutants	O
would	O
need	O
to	O
ally	O
themselves	O
with	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
to	O
defeat	O
a	O
greater	O
threat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sold	O
enough	O
copies	O
to	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
budget	O
line	O
known	O
as	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
's	O
Greatest	O
Hits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
unites	O
two	O
Marvel	O
Comics	O
superhero	O
teams	O
,	O
the	O
heroic	O
X-Men	B-Application
and	O
the	O
villainous	O
Brotherhood	O
of	O
Mutants	O
as	O
they	O
together	O
face	O
the	O
mutant	O
supervillain	O
Apocalypse	O
and	O
his	O
minions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rise	I-Application
of	I-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
features	O
a	O
central	O
hub	O
that	O
players	O
return	O
to	O
between	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Biographies	O
of	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
and	O
their	O
enemies	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
here	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
also	O
participate	O
in	O
an	O
X-Men	B-Application
trivia	O
game	O
which	O
awards	O
experience	O
points	O
for	O
correct	O
answers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	B-Application
phone	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
primarily	O
a	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
with	O
role-playing	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
console	O
versions	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
plays	O
as	O
a	O
side-scroller	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
vein	O
as	O
the	O
1999	O
X-Men	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rise	I-Application
of	I-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
is	O
not	O
set	O
in	O
any	O
particular	O
Marvel	O
Comics	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
some	O
time	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mutant	O
supervillain	O
Apocalypse	O
,	O
having	O
witnessed	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
'	O
s	O
defeat	O
of	O
Magneto	O
remotely	O
,	O
declares	O
that	O
the	O
Age	O
of	O
Apocalypse	O
is	O
nigh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
begins	O
with	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
and	O
Brotherhood	O
of	O
Mutants	O
uniting	O
forces	O
to	O
save	O
Professor	O
X	O
and	O
Polaris	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X-Men	B-Application
work	O
through	O
the	O
wreckage	O
and	O
find	O
out	O
what	O
he	O
was	O
searching	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
teams	O
work	O
at	O
helping	O
Nick	O
Fury	O
regain	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
Sentinels	O
from	O
Bastion	O
,	O
sabotaging	O
Apocalypse	O
's	O
army	O
and	O
resources	O
,	O
and	O
defeating	O
Holocaust	O
and	O
the	O
Stepford	O
Cuckoos	O
,	O
Stryfe	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
mind-controlled	O
Deadpool	B-Application
,	O
but	O
Emma	O
Frost	O
and	O
Angel	O
are	O
kidnapped	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
features	O
18	O
playable	O
characters	O
,	O
limited	O
to	O
only	O
six	O
in	O
the	O
mobile	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
playable	O
characters	O
return	O
from	O
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
,	O
and	O
select	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Brotherhood	O
of	O
Mutants	O
are	O
also	O
playable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
non-playable	O
X-Men	B-Application
and	O
Brotherhood	O
characters	O
appear	O
during	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
features	O
four	O
additional	O
playable	O
characters	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
features	O
two	O
exclusive	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rise	I-Application
of	I-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
October	O
21	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
exactly	O
one	O
month	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
for	O
the	O
Gamecube	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
approximately	O
one	O
month	O
later	O
on	O
October	O
19	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
first-generation	O
N-Gage	B-Device
handheld	O
platform	O
on	O
October	O
31	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mobile	B-Application
phone	I-Application
version	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
December	O
19	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
With	O
the	O
environments	O
we	O
tried	O
to	O
create	O
 [ something ] 	O
more	O
exotic	O
and	O
organic	O
"	O
stated	O
Dan	O
Vondrak	O
,	O
Project	O
Lead	O
on	O
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CGI	O
cinematics	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
Blur	O
Studio	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
cinematics	O
for	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Marvel	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
and	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Force	I-Application
Unleashed	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
also	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Karthik	O
Bala	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
felt	O
strongly	O
that	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
should	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
gameplay	O
as	O
the	O
consoles	O
:	O
"	O
One	O
of	O
our	O
main	O
goals	O
 [ ... ] 	O
was	O
to	O
really	O
bring	O
the	O
depth	O
and	O
detail	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
game	O
over	O
to	O
portable	O
form	O
on	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
new	O
exclusive	O
characters	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
along	O
with	O
nine	O
new	O
side	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
control	O
system	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
modified	O
to	O
accommodate	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
's	O
fewer	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
play	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
,	O
both	O
in	O
ad-hoc	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beenox	O
ported	O
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rise	I-Application
of	I-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
received	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
NPD	O
Group	O
,	O
Rise	O
of	O
Apocalypse	O
sold	O
over	O
63,000	O
units	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
during	O
the	O
month	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sold	O
enough	O
copies	O
to	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
budget	O
line	O
known	O
as	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
's	O
Greatest	O
Hits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PALGNs	O
Jeremy	O
Jastrzab	O
felt	O
that	O
Rise	O
of	O
Apocalypse	O
"	O
caters	O
for	O
X-Men	B-Application
fans	O
and	O
if	O
you	O
can	O
gather	O
three	O
others	O
,	O
you	O
're	O
going	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
great	O
time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Byron	O
of	O
1UP.com	O
praised	O
several	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
felt	O
that	O
amidst	O
The	B-Application
Incredible	I-Application
Hulk	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
,	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Spider-Man	I-Application
and	O
Fantastic	B-Application
Four	I-Application
game	O
releases	O
in	O
2005	O
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
the	O
best	O
release	O
from	O
Marvel	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameTrailers	O
's	O
reviewer	O
disliked	O
that	O
several	O
famous	O
X-Men	B-Application
and	O
Brotherhood	O
characters	O
were	O
not	O
playable	O
,	O
but	O
appeared	O
only	O
as	O
side	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
X-Men	B-Application
Legends	I-Application
series	O
led	O
Raven	O
Software	O
,	O
Marvel	O
,	O
and	O
Activision	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Marvel	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
several	O
consoles	O
,	O
handheld	O
devices	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marvel	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Marvel	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
jointly	O
developed	O
by	O
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
,	O
n-Space	O
and	O
Savage	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marvel	B-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
several	O
consoles	O
and	O
handhelds	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
developed	O
the	O
PS3	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
360	O
versions	O
,	O
while	O
n-Space	O
developed	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Savage	O
Entertainment	O
ported	O
the	O
version	O
developed	O
by	O
n-Space	O
to	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
