Avengers: Battle for Earth will be released for Wii U and Kinect

Marvel Comics teams up with Ubisoft to launch the title The Avengers: Battle for Earth, which will be available for U Wii and Xbox 360 Kinect from this fall, although no exact date.

 

The game will unfold around the comics event "Secret Invasion" that took place in 2008 and where green aliens able to change shape called Skrulls, have been gradually replacing many of the super heroes of the Marvel Universe by their own agents to invade earth.

During the story we will see more than 20 characters but so far there are only four confirmed as available for use: Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Hulk.
Tony Key, vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft Quebec says:
 
"Fans of the Marvel universe and superhero games will love the extensive combination of characters, controlled movements with the body and competitive gameplay."

Secret Invasion is a crossover whose story line has nothing to do with the recent film The Avengers, but surely the success it is having on theaters will serve as a good springboard to get better sales.

And another thing that strikes me curious ... what capabilities the Wii U will truly have  if a game can be adapted to both the new Nintendo console and the Kinect? At least clear that they are two completely different forms of gameplay, but if so, why not release it to the PS3 too? We have to wait and see...