Dotemu and Tribute Games to deliver Marvel Cosmic Invasion this fall

The team behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is heading to the Marvel Universe this fall.

More classic action

If you played Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, then you already know that Dotemu and Tribute Games have already turned in one of the very best side-scrolling actioners to see a console (or PC) in years. And if you loved that action-packed romp as much as we did, stay tuned true believer, because there’s more where that came from.

Revealed today at Nintendo’s Switch-centric Direct, Marvel Cosmic Invasion will seek to serve up similar action, but will swap out Turtles for Marvel superheroes. But hang on, because this isn’t the current Marvel U that the teams at Tribute will be playing off of. No, it’s just a little more special than that, as Cosmic Invasion is centered on the publisher’s past.

Classic Marvel fans take note, because Dotemu is calling the game a “visual homage to colorful ’90s era MARVEL comic books”.

In MARVEL Cosmic Invasion the immortal Super Villain Annihilus has launched an unprecedented attack across the galaxy, threatening all life as we know it. Fighters both Earth-born and cosmic must now join forces in a star-spanning adventure against the deadly Annihilation Wave. Brawl through the streets of New York City all the way to the depths of the Negative Zone to foil Annihilus’ vow to spread death across the cosmos.

Choose and control your own team of two characters while tagging between them mid-fight with the innovative Cosmic Swap system, capitalizing on distinct superpowers and special attacks to create unique team-ups and dish out devastating damage. Unlock stellar powerups and rewards while experimenting with different duos and bash through a fantastic collection of locales and nemeses from the MARVEL universe. MARVEL Cosmic Invasion’s action includes a range of accessibility features, empowering the whole family to be Super Heroes (or villains), and supports four-player drop-in/drop-out local and online co-op with crossplay.

Dotemu press release

While you can see a selection of heroes (and that villain) in action above, they’re not all the characters that players will find in the final game. Dotemu says that Captain America, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Storm, Phyla-Vell, Venom, and Nova are just “the first set of playable characters from the roster”. So stay tuned Marvellites, because this title might shape up to offer an all-star team of playable characters.

Marvel Cosmic Invasion is launching this year, and though we don’t have a firm date just yet, it’s scheduled to arrive for the Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC some time this fall.