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LEGO Batman: The Videogame (Nintendo DS)

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Holy console-to-handheld videogame ports, Batman! The Rogues Gallery are up to no good (AGAIN), but this time they're separately lead by the Riddler, the Penguin and the Joker! THWACK!, POWWW!, and inflict brain damage actually fucking kill disassemble the hordes of henchmen minifigures as Batman and Robin, with the aid of special suits.

Plays similarly to the DS ports of LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga and LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, with the same formula of acts/levels being behind doors, and are locked until completing previous ones. Unlike the Console/Windows versions, the hubworld includes Wayne Manor as an explorable space, and the Villain Mode can be accessed without completing the Hero Mode.

Debug Menu#

By using the following Action Replay code for the game and pressing Start + Select while on the title screen, it will enable a couple debug options at the top of the menu similar to other Lego games on the Nintendo DS.

USA

Europe

94000130 FFF30000 
02125654 00000001
94000130 FFF30000 
021255b4 00000001

Debug Menu Options#

Screenshot

Options

Function

Chapters1..3

Allows you to jump to any of the levels in the game.

Bonus Levels

Allows you to jump to any of the bonus levels in the game.

Customisation

Takes you to the character customization screen.

Test Levels

Takes you to a list of test stages to select from, none of which that work.

Cheats

Takes you to a menu to enable and disable cheats.

4K Card

64k Card

Back

Returns you to the title screen.

Test Levels#

The test levels section of the debug menu contains a list of 6 test stages that you can choose from. However, attempting to load these will give an error that reads "The DS Card has been removed".
LEGO_Batman_DS_-_Test_level_Menu.png

Cheats Menu#

The cheats menu contains a couple cheats that you can enable and disable, some of which are self explanatory. These can also be enabled and disabled without the debug menu via the use of button combinations.

Screenshot

Options

Function

All Characters

Unlocks all the characters in the game.

All Levels

Unlocks all the levels in the game.

All Extras

Unlocks all the extras in the game.

Loadsamoney

Gives the player 100,000,000 studs.

Skip Activation

Disables the minigames on activation panels.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

There are twelve button combinations which can be activated in the main menu and which affect the savefile which is loaded afterwards. A cheat was accepted when a sound is heard after the last input.

Input

Effect

X, Up, B, Down, Y, Left, Start, Right, R, R, L, R, R, Down, Down, Up, Y, Y, Y, Start, Select

All characters unlocked (same as Debug)

Right, Up, R, L, X, Y, Right, Left, B, L, R, L, Down, Down, Up, Y, Y, X, X, B, B, Up, Up, L, R, Start, Select

All levels unlocked (same as Debug)

Up, Down, L, R, L, R, L, Left, Right, X, X, Y, Y, B, B, L, Up, Down, L, R, L, R, Up, Up, Down, Start, Select

All extras unlocked (same as Debug)

Down, L, R, R, X, X, B, Y, B, Y, B, Y, L, R, L, R, Up, Down, Left, Left, Left, Left, L, R, Right, Start, Select

All minikits collected (same as Debug)

Up, Down, Down, Up, L, X, X, X, R, Start

Skip activation panel minigames (same as Debug)

Y, Y, B, Y, Start, Select, Left, Left, Right, Right

Character 'Batgirl' unlocked

Left, Left, Right, Right, Up, Up, Down, Down, X, X

Character 'Commissioner Gordon' unlocked

Start, B, B, Up, Down, L, L, Start, Start, Right

Character 'Ra's Al Ghul' unlocked

Select, Select, Up, Down, Right, Left, Start, Start, Y, X

Character 'Mr. Zsasz' unlocked

B, B, Start, Up, Up, Down, Down, Select, Left, Right

Character 'Huntress' unlocked

X, Y, B, B, Y, X, L, L, R, R, Up, Down, Left, Right, Start, Select

Increase total studs by 1.000.000

Up, Up, B, Down, Down, X, Left, Left, Y, L, R, L, R, B, Y, X, Start, Select

Increase total studs by 3.000.000