Toxic (Masculinity) Crusaders

DATE:
25 YEARS AGO

GPOW 25TH
A N N I V E R S A R Y

Many similarities Wonderful 101 shares with Viewtiful Joe are seen instantly on the surface with the style of the character design. The Wonderful 101's character roster is literally comprised of 100 (yes, one-hundred) characters (and even more if you count the unaccounted-for civilian helpers that join your team after being rescued)! My squad was once a eclectic collection of schoolgirls, SWAT, and businessmen! Instead of enemies, The Wonderful 101 turns the tables and gives you, the player, all the strength in numbers only dreamt of. It's the biggest roster ever in the side-scrolling fighter genre, even beating out Sega's monstrous SpikeOut - Battle Street on the original XBox. Each of these 100 heroes begins with the prefix of "Wonder" and are pulled from a wide variety of backgrounds that include (but are not limited to) pirates, knights, shopping fashion icons, divers, street lights, postal boxes...you name it! Yes, there are literally characters with mailboxes and street lights for heads!