The Rangers: Awakening of Heroes

*“Every superhero awakens with a call for justice!”*
―Game tagline
***The Rangers: Awakening of Heroes*** is a third-person singleplayer video game developed by Nakamura Interactive and published by Morningwood Arts for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC through the Steam client.

The game's story follows the rise of several superheroes who would together as the Rangers, who all seem to be a play on Marvel's The Avengers. The protagonist is a Canadian-version of Captain America named Steven Roberts who would eventually become Captain Canada.

## Story

### Acts

#### Act I: Awakening

* Chapter One: Birth of Heroes - Justice calls for heroes.
* Chapter Two: Captain Canada - Don the armour worn by your grandfather.
* Chapter Three: Platinum Man - You have created a suit. Now wear it with pride!
* Chapter Four: Peace Machine
* Chapter Five: Goose
* Chapter Six: Incredible Moose
* Chapter Seven: Doctor Syrup
* Chapter Eight: Black Bobcat
* Chapter Nine: Beetle-Man
* Chapter Ten: Bride
* Chapter Eleven: Snow-Man

#### Act II: Rangers Assembled

* Chapter One: Battle of Ottawa
* Chapter Two: Recovery
* Chapter Three: The Frozen Soldier
* Chapter Four: P.E.A.C.E. Civil War

### Characters

* Captain Canada
	+ Captain America (Mentioned only)
	+ Blue Skull (Mentioned only)
* Platinum Man
	+ Whiplash
	+ James Kramer (Cameo only)
* Peace Machine
* Goose
* Incredible Moose
* Doctor Syrup
* Black Bobcat
* Beetle-Man
* Bride
* Snow-Man
* Frozen Soldier

### Organizations

* HYDRA
* Smith Industries (Chapter Three: Platinum Man)
* Kramer Industries (Chapter Three: Platinum Man, Mentioned only)
* Rangers
* P.E.A.C.E.

## Trivia

* During the marketing campaign of the game, Morningwood Arts and Nakamura Interactive received backlash from Marvel fans, their own fans and even some members of Marvel Entertainment as well as Disney for the similarities between their superheroes and Marvel's Avengers.
	+ However, the game continued to be developed and released by Morningwood Arts after discussions with Marvel.
* Since all of the Rangers are parodies on Marvel's Avengers, the only Marvel superheroes who don't have parodies are Vision, Black Widow, Thor and Guardians of the Galaxy. Mainly due to the fact that Vision was created from the remnants of Iron Man's personal A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S.; Black Widow originating from the U.S.S.R.; Thor being the God of Thunder and residing on Asgard; Guardians of the Galaxy being a team of former intergalactic outlaws.
	+ However despite this, they apparently do have parodies but Nakamura Interactive decided to keep the game only Earth-based as most of these parodies aren't like their Marvel counterparts.
* During Act I: Awakening, Chapter Two: Captain Canada, Steven makes mention of Captain America. This is either a reference of Captain America or is Nakamura Interactive's equivalent of Captain Marvel.
	+ It was confirmed by Nakamura Interactive that *The Rangers: Awakening of Heroes* was NOT set or connected to the Marvel Universe at all. And that the mentioned Captain America is actually their parody version of Captain Marvel.
* The organization P.E.A.C.E. is a parody version of S.H.I.E.L.D. Its official and full name is Preservation Enforcement Agency of Canadian Emergency.