Batman Rise Of Sin Tzu

Batman faces a new enemy unlike any he has faced before. This mysterious foe plunges Gotham City into chaos on the night of the anniversary of Bruce Wayne's parents murder. Apart from Sin Tzu, other Batman villains featured in the game are The Scarecrow, Clayface, and Bane. Batman is aided in his quest to save Gotham by Robin, Batgirl, and Nightwing.

The bulk of the game has the player battling groups of enemies in the style of games like Battletoads and Double Dragon.

The story mode, which forms the bulk of the game, can be played either alone or co-operatively, and rewards players for completing levels not only by continuing the story, but also with an upgrades system. This allows players to purchase new moves for their character and other game bonuses. There is also a challenge mode in which players (either cooperatively or competitively) take on groups of thugs without a storyline.

The game is played under a very strict time limit, which can be too difficult for first time players even under the 'normal' difficulty setting. The action is fairly hectic, and even when playing cooperatively, players are usually outnumbered by the number of enemies on screen.

Playable
• Batman: The strongest of the four heroes, although he is rather on the slow side in combat.
• Batgirl: The most agile and well-seasoned combatant of the four heroes, but lacks in strength.
• Robin: Along with Batgirl, Robin strikes quickly, but induces less damage than Batman or Nightwing.
• Nightwing:- The more balanced member of the four, he packs great strength and reflexes in the battlefield, even so far as to exceed Batman's by his sheer will of determination and purpose.

Non-playable
• Commissioner Gordon:
• Mr. Freeze:(cameo)
• Poison Ivy: (cameo)
• Harley Quinn: (cameo)
• The Joker: (cameo)

Villains
• Scarecorw
• Clayface:
• Bane:
• Sin Tzu

Playstation 2	XBox	Game Boy Advance	Gamecube

• To help raise even more publicity, a novel based on the game with the same name was released around the same time of the games release date. The novel, written by Devin Grayson and Flint Dille (who wrote the game's script) was told in the first person, with Clayface, Scarecrow, a Stonegate inmate named Freddie Galan, Bane, a Hispanic thug named Ramon Domingo, Sin Tzu, Batman, Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Alfred each providing the narrative at different points.

• Batman: Shadow of Sin Tzu is a web-comic, meant to tie in with the video game Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu, though it does not share its continuity, the DC Animated Universe. It started in the fall of 2003, with one comic strip every week day, shown at America Online's children's section Kids Online.

• The game shipped in regular versions with just the game, and boxed special editions that came with action figures for the Xbox and PS2 versions, and a lithograph with the GameCube version.

Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu Novel
Batman Shadow of Sin Tzu