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A 2010 downloadable game by ''[[Ubisoft]]'' for the [[Playstation Network|PlayStation Network (PSN)]] and [[Xbox Live Arcade|Xbox Live]] based off [[Scott Pilgrim|the series of the same name]]. Was made in conjuction with the [[Scott Pilgrim (Film)|film]] and the PSN version was released on the week the film was due out ([[Xbox 360|360]] version came a week later). The game is a [[Beat 'Em Up]] not unlike ''[[River City Ransom]]'' made in a deliberate retro style that harkens back to the 8-bit and 16 bit era of gaming days. The [[Plot]] is the same as the series: you play as either Scott, Ramona, Kim Pine, Stephen Stills, [[Downloadable Content|Knives Chau]] or {{spoiler|Nega-Scott}} as they battle their way through countless mooks to take on Ramona's Seven Evil Ex-Boyfriends so that Scott has a chance to date her. There are a few changes from the comic to help fit the game.
 
Both series creator Bryan Lee O'Malley and film director Edgar Wright were heavily involved in he creation of the game. The sprites were made by famed sprite artist and animator [http://probertson.livejournal.com/ Paul Robertson] with music provided by [[Anamanaguchi]], a chiptune punk band.
 
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Near the beginning of Level 4, Roxy's sword is able to actually cut parts of a Toronto Streetcar in the game; she does it TWICE.
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* [[Background Boss]]: {{spoiler|Super Robot Fighter}}
* [[Battle in The Center of The Mind]]: In ''Gideon's'' mind.
* [[Beat 'Em Up]]
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The credits give special thanks to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_pao_chicken "Gong Bao Ji Ding"]
** At one point, Knives will appear and call you a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_Mud_Horse grass mud horse.]
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* [[Dragons Up the Yin Yang]]: The Katayanagi Twins' combo moves are accompanied by random taijitu.
* [[Dual Boss]]: The Katayanagi Twins.
* [[Eleventh Hour Superpower]]: {{spoiler|The Power of Love sword appears stuck in a cloud for you to pick up right before the fight with Gideon's [[One -Winged Angel]] second form}}.
* [[Everything Is Trying to Kill You]]: True to the old-school beat-em-ups it's based on, almost everything can hurt you. Trash cans can be thrown at you, dogs will bite you and most people you meet are trying to beat you up.
* [[Evil Twin]]: Nega-Scott is a more [[Black and White Morality]] version in the game. He doesn't seem to represent anything but evil, has an [[Evil Laugh]], [[Necromancer|apparently animates zombies]] and {{spoiler|takes over the world in his ending.}}
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* [[Nintendo Hard]]: For first time players, the levels will take some time.
* [[No Animals Were Harmed|No Pixels Were Harmed during the making of this video game.]]
* [[One -Man Army]]: Obvious, given the [[Beat 'Em Up|genre]] of the game, but it's also the name of one of one of the trophies.
* [[One -Winged Angel]]: The fight with Gideon. {{spoiler|First, Gideon grows to twice his size for the first part of the battle, and when the fight goes into Subspace, Gideon plays the trope for all it's worth - He's bigger than the screen, the Gideon parts of him are frankly demonic looking, and from the waist down ''his body consists of the faces of the other six exes''}}. Also, in the first part of the battle, {{spoiler|when Gideon attacks, his sprite turns into a literal One Winged Angel}}.
* [[Palette Swap]]: The Katayanagi Twins, [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|despite their full portraits retaining their different hairstyles and clothes from the comics]].
* [[Panty Shot]]: Kim, Envy and Lynette all do this. Ramona looks like she's only wearing panties.
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* [[Turns Red]]: All the evil exes do this when low on health.
* [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]: People are already trying to figure out how to get to the Mario-style Green Pipes scattered throughout the overhead screen.
* [[Victory Fakeout]]: {{spoiler|You fight Gideon three times. All of them could conceivably pass for a final boss (particularly his [[One -Winged Angel]] second form).}}
* [[Wake Up Call Boss]]: Todd Ingram. While Matthew and Lucas weren't too hard to deal with, Todd will murder you if you try the same tricks you used on them. It also doesn't help that he's the first boss you meet that's nigh impossible to beat if you've been neglecting your stats: if you haven't been building your strength up, all you get is a nice bunch of ''1's'' when you hit him.
* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Gideon isn't kidnapping girls to make them his girlfriend in the video game, {{spoiler|he's ''growing them'' from test tubes and [[People Jars]].}}
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