The YOUNG AVENGERS Initiative (Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League DLC)

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The YOUNG AVENGERS Initiative also known as Young Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes (in U.K, Mexico and New Zealand) is a American action-adventure MCU/DCEU crossover DLC expansion pack of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League developed by Rocksteady Studios and Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Games (under license from The Walt Disney Company). It's released on PC, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation Flex, Apple Arcade (as a exclusive) and Nintendo Switch on March 12, 2025. 
== Synopsis ==
Set in an alternate universe where MCU and DCEU have crossed paths, Amanda Waller and A.R.G.U.S. have assembled a group of young superheroes (ages ranged from 10s to early 30s) known as The Young Avengers to keep the world in balance and safe from threats while trying to work together as a team and a family unit.
== Characters ==
=== Playable ===
==== The Young Avengers ====
* Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel (voiced by Iman Vellani) - The 16 years old mutant hybrid, a former student at New Jersey's Coles Academic High School and the leader of Young Avengers whose main weapon is her grandmother's Quantum Band.
* Kate Bishop (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) - The Young Avengers' main archer and expert tactician who is 22 years old and idolized Hawkeye.
* Cassie Lang/Stature (voiced by Kathryn Newton) - The 18-year-old daughter of Scott Lang who wears the Stature suit that can make her shrink or grow, making her the team go-to size shifter.
* Peter Parker/Spider-Man (voiced by Tom Holland) - A former 17 years old student of Midtown School of Science and Technology who's also Spider-Man after his identity was exposed by Mysterio and now the only people that he can trust are Waller (despite her manipulative nature) and The Young Avengers.
* Riri Williams/Ironheart (voiced by Dominique Throne) - A 19 years old MIT student and gifted inventor/engineer, who created various cutting edge designs, such as a flying suits of armor, based on the Iron Man suits, She serves as the tech support of Young Avengers group.
* Groot II (voiced by Taika Waititi, as a young adult) - A Flora Colosuss and the son of the original deceased Groot.
* Tommy and Billy Maximoff (voiced by Jett Klyne and Julian Hilliard respectively) - The 10-year-old twin construct sons of Wanda Maximoff and Vision whose powers are enhanced by The Speed Force and The helmet of Nabu respectively to keep them in the physical world.
** Tommy is a Speed Force conduit who loves to play pranks (mostly harmless) and incorporates them into his fighting style while Billy is the wise, mature and intelligent and uses the Helmet of Nabu to cast spells.
* G'iah (voiced by Emilia Clarke) - The Harvest-engineered female 30-year-old Skrull who is the daughter of Talos and Soren.
* Shuri/Black Panther (voiced by Letitia Wright) - The 22-year-old sister of the late T'Challa, princess of Wakanda and the current Black Panther.
*Joaquin Torres/Falcon (voiced by Danny Ramirez) - The 23-year-old former United States Air Force lieutenant and intelligence officer and the current Falcon after Sam became Captain America.
==== Unplayable ====
* Amanda Waller (voiced by Viola Davis) - The high-ranking official of the United States Government, the director of A.R.G.U.S. and the commander of the expendable Avengers-type field team, The Young Avengers.
* Lex Luhtor (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) - The CEO of Lexcorp and creator of Doomsday.
* Teth-Adam (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) - The former champion of the Council of Wizards and Kahndaq.
==== Antagonists/Bosses ====
* Doomsday (voiced by Corey Burton) - The reincarnation of General Dru-Zod after Superman killed him via neck snapping.
* The Thinker (voiced by Peter Capaldi) - The hyper-intelligent metahuman scientist, known as The Thinker. He was used as One of the top scientists of Corto Maltese's dictator General Presidenta Luna to help develop Project Starfish.
* Starro the Conqueror (creature's sounds provided by Frank Welker) - The gigantic starfish-like extraterrestrial that captured and imprisoned in Jotunheim on Corto Maltese and the primary subject of Project Starfish.
* Ishmael Gregor/Sabbac (voiced by Marwan Kenzari/Tony Todd) - The member of Intergang who sought to obtain the Crown of Sabbac to take over Kahndaq.
* David Kane/Black Manta (voiced by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) - The mercenary leader of the Manta Men.
** Kordax (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - The king of the Kingdom of Nercus, the younger brother of King Altan and the creator of the Black Trident
* Steppenwolf (voiced by Ciaran Hinds) - The powerful New God and the former herald of Darkseid, his nephew and lord of Apokollips.
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==== Enemies ====
* Intergang mercenaries/Sabbac's demons
* Corto Maltese's guards and soldiers
* Manta Men
** Necrusian soldiers
** Orichalcum-mutated grasshoppers
** Orichalcum-mutated carnivorous plants and flowers
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* Parademons
== Locations: ==
=== DCEU's locations ===
* Kahndaq
* Task Force X Black Site
* Task Force X Safehouse/Young Avengers' headquarters
* Devil's Deep
* The Lost Kingdom of Necrus
* Gotham City
* Corto Maltese
* Metropolis
* S.T.A.R. Labs
==== Real-life locations: ====
* Egypt
* Coney Island, New York City
* London, U.K
* Antarctica
== Vehicles ==
* The Hoopty Asis - It's originally a pilot test jet built by Mar-Vell to test her Light-Speed Engine, But it was remade by Wayne Aerospace as The Young Avengers's means of transport with new components such as Kyrponite fuel engine, a built-in miniature world engine, grenade launchers, defensive systems, miniguns and blasters. It's a 2 story tall jet with compartments such as a cargo space, living quarters, a medical bay with Medpaks, etc.
* War Machine - TBA
* Intergang Hoverbikes - TBA
* Atlantis Fleet Carriers - TBA
* Octo-Pods - TBA
* Manta-Subs
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== Missions/Levels ==
* Level 1: 
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== Gameplay ==
The DLC plays as a open world platforming and combat-based game as you play as The Young Avengers members who has a different variety of powers to solve puzzles and you can switch between the characters, with each 7 locations inspired by the films of DCEU containing missions (both mandatory and optional to add replayability), the player can travel the world and the DLC completely removes the live service/looting elements of it's predecessor, The DLC has a skill system that can be used to upgrade your moves and skills, The other characters are controlled by a responsive and useful A.I. 
Tommy and Billy function like The Ice Climbers (Smash Bros franchise), Ren & Stimpy and Angry Beavers (Nickelodeon All Stars franchise), If the player dies, The Maximoff twins can use their powers to reverse time and resurrect their teammates to restart again. 
==== Free Roam Activities: ====
* Mini missions
* Races
* Buying needs
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* Interactions
* Taking photos with civilians 
== Modes: ==
* Easy
* Medium 
* Hard
* Extra Hard
== Reception ==
Upon release, The DLC gained much more overwhelmingly positive reviews from causal gamers, critics and fans of both MCU and DCEU for its characters, tone, humor, upgraded graphics, superb voice-acting from The Young Avengers members, improved game-play and removal of the live-service elements with some saying that this was "this is what Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League should've been" while some are mixed on The Young Avengers lineup and the story.
== Triva ==
* This is the very-first Marvel/DC crossover DLC.
** The first DLC to use Unreal Engine 5.
* It's rated E10+ for mild fantasy violence, mild humor and minor swearing.
* This marks the first Young Avengers' appearance in gaming.
* This is the second time that Groot is voiced by a different actor rather than Vin Diesel.
* The Young Avengers ranges from age 10 to 30s.
* The main writers of this game are Greg Weisman (The Spectacular Spider-Man, Gargoyles and Young Justice) and Christopher Yost (Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Thor: Ragnarok).
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