The Evolution of CHEETAH in Video Games (1995 - 2022)

Описание: Kristen Wiig stars as Barbara Ann Minerva, better known as Cheetah, in the upcoming DC Comics movie Wonder Woman 1984! But did you know Cheetah has also appeared in many DC video games? Here we take a brief look at every video game Cheetah has appeared in to date!

00:03 - Justice League: Task Force (1995) - Sega Mega Drive / Genesis / Super Nintendo (SNES)
00:55 - Justice League: Injustice For All (2002) - Game Boy Advance
01:24 - DC Universe Online (2011) - Windows / PS3 / PS4 / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch
02:25 - LittleBigPlanet 2 (2011) - PlayStation 3 (PS3)
04:16 - Scribblenaughts Unmasked (2013) - Nintendo Wii U / 3DS / Windows / Switch / PS4 / Xbox One
06:05 - Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (2014) - PlayStation 4 / Xbox One / PS3 / Xbox 360 / Wii U / PS Vita / Windows / 3DS / Android / iOS / Mac
07:15 - DC Legends (2016) - iOS / Android
07:44 - Injustice 2 (2017) - PS4 / Xbox One / Windows / iOS / Android
09:11 - DC Unchained (2018) - Mobile
09:55 - Lego DC Super Villains (2018) - PS4 / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch / Windows / MacOS

Dr. Barbara Minerva, also known as the Cheetah, is a British archaeologist who was empowered by the plant god Urzkartaga, giving her the ability to turn into a ravenous, cannibalistic cheetah woman. She is a frequent villain of Wonder Woman.

Born as the heiress of a vast fortune in Nottinghamshire, Barbara Minerva's life would change dramatically following an expedition she led into a dense African jungle. She was searching for the legendary lost city of the Urzkartagan tribe, but, on her adventure, her team was betrayed by their guides. The native Urzkartagans ambushed them, with only Minerva and one other, Dr. Tom Leavens, escaping alive into a nearby river.

Minerva and Leavens washed ashore to find themselves at the foot of the lost city, its people in the midst of a ritual. One of the other members of their research team was captured and offered as a human sacrifice to their god Urzkartaga by the high priest Chuma. The ritual had been intended to restore the health of an ailing woman, who was regarded as an avatar for their cheetah god. Before the ritual could be completed, an outside tribe attacked the village, slaughtering everyone but Chuma, who was saved by Minerva. Due to a grenade blast, Minerva and Chuma became trapped within the temple with no hope of surviving.

While they were trapped together, Chuma explained that the ritual, which could only be performed on the full moon and required a blood sacrifice, would have turned the old woman into a cheetah god and restored her youth, having lived for centuries before her murder by the invading tribe. Dr. Minerva demanded the ritual be done to her so she could have her chance at power and immortality, but Chuma refused, further explaining that a human sacrifice was necessary for it to proceed. When Minerva's research partner successfully found them and dug the two out of the cave in, aggressively, Dr. Minerva immediately murderer him and drank his blood to initiate the ritual to begin.

Chuma obliged and performed the ceremony, but the native invaders returned, putting the survivors into danger once again. By the time the invaders reached Chuma and Minerva, the ritual was complete, and Dr. Minerva had been transformed into a feral cheetah-woman. Mercilessly, the Minerva attacked the native tribe, slaughtering and devouring them all before she reverted back to human form. Grateful for her new powers, Minerva brought Chuma with her back to England.

Unfortunately, there was an unforseen side effect to her transformation. The ritual had called for a virgin woman to become the Cheetah, and Minerva did not qualify. Hence, rather than grant her youth and vitality, after the transformation she became weak and frail. Only on the night of the full moon, when she became her feral alter ego, was she strong again.

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