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Robin To Appear In Arkham Asylum 2?
After recent Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 casting leaks, the Game Informer comic book nerds have amassed to suss out who else would logically come along for the ride. Could the Boy Wonder be a likely candidate?
So Talia al Ghul's voice actor blew it on Twitter that the character will be in Arkham Asylum 2. What could this mean? Talia is the daughter of Ra's al Ghul, who was dead in a body bag in Arkham 1. Anyone who knows Batman comics knows that Ra's is certainly NOT out of the picture as he can be resurrected in any one of the world's many Lazarus pits. Or course, Ra's is a cool villain, but at this point we're more interested in his grandson.
According to comics stretching back to 1987, Batman/Bruce Wayne had a *** son with Talia that he had no idea about. Only in the last few years has Damian Wayne reappeared to be a pain in Batman's ass. The hot-headed young boy was trained by the League of Assassins to fight and kill Batman, and his entourage constantly had to keep him on a leash. Now that Bruce is dead and/or stuck in some kind of crazy time loop, Damian has taken over the role of Robin to Dick Grayson's Batman.
If Robin were to appear in the followup to Rocksteady's hit, this seems a more interesting origin in line with the dark and gritty tone the developer has established. Joker introduce Batman to his wayward son Maury Povich-style during the game, and maybe they'd eventually have to work together to save Talia. Batman's already got a crapload of old Robin costumes laying around the Batcave, so he could totally hook Damian up.
This would certainly be cooler than trying to work in Dick Grayson's circus family origin. Damian's already fully trained in martial arts by stone cold assassins. Plus, these killers could show up as some tough enemies later in the game.
What do you other comic book nerds out there think? Any other theories based off of the Mr. Freeze and Talia casting leaks?
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