Ben leaps into action only to encounter Professor Paradox, a Doctor Who clone complete with eccentric English accent (David McCallum no less), who takes Ben and co back in time to prevent Vilgax's plan from ever coming to fruition. Parking my cynicism for a moment, the game opens with Ben and his friends being confronted with an invasion of the Earth by Vilgax - basically Cthulhu dressed as Conan the Barbarian. Transformers only usually transform into one other thing, Ben transforms into 10. It's no surprise that a committee created Ben 10, the merchandising opportunities alone are enough to give most parents nightmares. Tragically, the game hardly uses the Wii's motion capabilities at all in what is a pretty average third-person platformer.įor those who don't have kids Ben Tennyson is an average kid who discovers the Omnitrix, an alien device that gives the wearer the ability to transform into one of ten different extraterrestrial forms. Actually being able to slap your wrist when wanting to change into an alien would have created a more engaging experience, after all it's the device any ten year old kid would want for getting out of scrapes and intimidating siblings. In fact that was my first thought with any Ben 10 game, surely the coolest thing in the world would have been the ability to incorporate a wrist-watch like device with the Wii-mote. I strapped on the Omnitrix (well, Wii-mote) to check it out. That's the premise of Ben 10 Alien Force Vilgax Attacks, based on the hugely successful kids series. The Earth is under attack and you, Ben Tennyson, with the capability of transforming into ten different aliens, stand in their way. Dinosaurs, special powers and a teenage protagonist tick boxes for young players, but it's less inspiring for the parents playing along.
Each Ben 10 movie can also be found on DVD with the exception of the Generator Rex crossover, "Heroes United".Ben 10 Alien Force Vilgax Attacks paints by numbers and misses its opportunity to use the Wii controls to create something more novel. (All Ben 10 movies can be found on iTunes.
Īll Ben 10 Series are also available on DVD (please note that Omniverse was not released in its entirety on DVD) The Ben 10 Reboot is a separate continuity and can be watched on its own with "Ben 10 Versus The Universe" set after season 4.īen 10 (Original Series)- Hulu, Amazon Video, iTunes, HBO Maxīen 10: Alien Force- Amazon Video, iTunes, HBO Maxīen 10: Ultimate Alien- Amazon Video, iTunes, HBO Maxīen 10: Omniverse- Hulu, Amazon Video, iTunes HBO Max (we recommend using this link to aid you in watching Omniverse through Hulu due to the fact that Hulu has some episodes uploaded in the wrong order.)īen 10 (Reboot)- Netflix, Amazon Video, iTunes, HBO Max. The Heroes United crossover episode with Generator Rex can be watched at any time around Alien Force and Ultimate Alien. Original Series > Secret of the Omnitrix > Destroy All Aliens > Race Against Time > Alien Force up to S03E10 > Alien Swarm > Alien Force from S03E11 onwards > Ultimate Alien > Omniverse If you wish to include the movies in your viewing experience: Original Series > Alien Force > Ultimate Alien > Omniverse This can include posts that don't encourage discussion, seem to have no point to them, or are spammed recolours.īen 10 should be watched chronologically in the following order: