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Why does Arkham Asylum exist?

Amadeus Arkham originally founded Arkham Asylum in the memory of his mother, who he euthanized as treatment for dementia. The historic facility was built on the grounds of the Arkham family's historic mansion on the outskirts of Gotham City
Gotham City
"Gotham" has been a nickname for New York City that first became popular in the nineteenth century; Washington Irving had first attached it to New York in the November 11, 1807, edition of his Salmagundi, a periodical which lampooned New York culture and politics.
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on the secluded Arkham Island.
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What's so great about Arkham Asylum?

Arkham Asylum is masterfully paced and structured, and isn't screaming in your ear every five seconds about some new distraction to go and investigate. On a more basic level, Metroidvanias are just better than open worlds.
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Why does Arkham City exist?

Arkham City (also identified as Old Gotham) is a mega-prison that was constructed to house all the inmates from both Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Prison.
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What is the Joker's disease in Arkham City?

The Joker in his last hours of life. The Titan Disease is an extremely potent and deadly blood disease that originated from Dr. Penelope Young's research into the super-steroid, Venom and its powerful successor, the Titan Formula. This disease would ultimately claim the life of the Joker.
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Why is Joker sick in Arkham City?

Batman linked the infection to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), but it was mutated beyond anything on all medical records. Like CJD, the infection attacked the brain and damaged the tissue affecting the victim's mood and behavior.
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Arkham Asylum is over.

Has Arkham Asylum ever cured anyone?

Gotham's Arkham Asylum doesn't cure criminals, it creates them. People who have been sent to Arkham Asylum have ended up coming out far, far, worse.
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Is it okay to skip Arkham Asylum?

You can acquire Arkham Origins and "skip" both Asylum and City, but imo skipping the Asylum in order to play City is gonna make it a bit harder for you to catch up with the story, gameplay and several other things.
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Is there a secret ending in Arkham Asylum?

As many of you May know Arkham Asylum has three Alternate endings based on how many challenges you completed: 1.
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What is the fake ending in Arkham City?

In an alternate ending in Batman: Arkham City it gives players a choice as Catwoman. Catwoman is about to leave with money she stole from the vault. She learns that Batman is knocked out and dying.
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Who is the serial killer in Arkham Asylum?

Martin "Mad Dog" Hawkins was a misogynistic serial killer-turned-patient of Arkham Asylum during the institute's opening years.
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What happens if you leave Arkham City as Catwoman?

SPOILER: At the end of the third Catwoman mission, she is given the option to rescue Batman or leave Arkham City. If she chooses to leave the city, the credits will roll and the voice of Oracle can be heard pleading for help because everybody else has been killed.
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What happens if you pirate Batman: Arkham Asylum?

If Rocksteady's Batman Arkham Asylum detects a pirated copy, Batman's cape will refuse to open, preventing players from gliding.
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Can you avoid Joker's bullet in Arkham Asylum?

Just a reminder that you need to use middle stick to dodge Joker's bullet.
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Why do villains always escape Arkham Asylum?

[Batman] The reason Arkham villains always escape is because their focus on Batman keeps crime down, and so Batman lets them escape so he can defeat them. Most Batman villains have shown a decent amount of obsession with him.
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Why did Poison Ivy sacrifice herself?

In Batman: Arkham Knight, she starts as a minor antagonist, but soon, she will join Batman to defeat the Scarecrow and to protect plants from Gotham, finally, Poison Ivy will sacrifice herself to cleanse the city of the Scarecrow's toxin.
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Why did Ivy sacrifice herself?

Her devotion to the environment itself and everything that nature needs to prosper pushed her to make the ultimate sacrifice. In order to help eliminate Scarecrow's debilitating toxin from Gotham City, Ivy absorbed a lethal dosage of it into her body, saving millions from the effects of the toxins.
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Was Jason alive during Arkham Asylum?

Jason was kidnapped and taken to an abandoned wing of Arkham Asylum, where he was tortured by the Joker, who manipulated him into hating Batman over the course of a year. Joker faked Jason's death by sending a tape to Batman in which Robin was apparently shot and killed.
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What happens if you don't burn Joker?

NORMALLY, the game starts with you burning the Joker's body. Any button you press at the start intensifies the flames. But if you start a new game plus, you instead get an intro where the Joker comes alive, screams, and says “this is how it happened. This is how the Joker died.” Neat, huh?
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What is Joker afraid of Arkham Knight?

Arkham Knight Incident

Unfortunately, exposure to the toxin caused Joker to see his fear of being forgotten letting Batman retake his being, and Scarecrow was not immune to his latest batch of toxin causing him to go mad.
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Can you reflect Joker's gun?

I noticed during some spirit battles against spirits equipped Franklin Badges that they can still be hit by Joker's gun. I tried it out with Zelda's neutral B in training, and sure enough, it doesn't reflect the bullets.
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How many endings does Arkham Asylum have?

Rocksteady Studios' Batman: Arkham Asylum has three different endings, but its sequel Arkham City sadly chose to follow up on the most boring of the three.
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What happened to Scarecrow after Arkham Asylum?

After Arkham Asylum Incident. Scarecrow's survival. Though terribly injured, Scarecrow managed to swim out into the Gotham river, grabbing onto a crate of the Titan Formula. Using it to float, he managed to sneak into Gotham, where he received medical attention.
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Can you keep playing Arkham Knight after beating it?

These endings can be accessed only once (though it is possible to keep playing after witnessing one or both endings) and require you to complete a certain amount of the games Side Quests - known as Gotham's Most Wanted except for the missions from the Infamy DLC.
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Has Catwoman ever been to Arkham?

Catwoman's first appearance following the start of DC Rebirth is in Batman (vol. 3) #9, where she is revealed to be imprisoned in Arkham Asylum for the alleged murders of the Dogs of War.
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Is Batman not allowed to go down on Catwoman?

"A perfect example of that is in this third season of 'Harley' [when] we had a moment where Batman was going down on Catwoman." "DC was like, 'You can't do that. You absolutely cannot do that. ' They're like, 'Heroes don't do that,'" he continued.
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