Ed Nygma - in Other Media - Video Games

Video Games

The Riddler has appeared in several video games based on Batman.

• He is a boss in Batman: The Animated Series for the Game Boy, The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the SNES, The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Sega CD and various video game adaptations of Batman Forever. The SNES game had Riddler reusing the Riddle of the Minotaur Maze from "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?" and the chess board from "What Is Reality?". In the Sega CD game, which had fully animated cutscenes, John Glover reprised his role as the Riddler. In the PC game Toxic Chill, Riddler teams up with Mr. Freeze.

• The Riddler is a character in Lego Batman: The Videogame with his vocal effects provided by Tom Kenny. He is one of the three masterminds of the Arkham breakout in the game; and leads Two-Face, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, and Clayface, with the goal of stealing the contents of the Gotham Gold Reserve. In this game, his trademarked question-mark cane grants him the ability to exert mind control over marked targets, or to confuse other characters if they are close enough.

• Riddler is in the 2009 game Batman: Arkham Asylum voiced by Wally Wingert. The Riddler is never actually seen in the game but hacks into Batman's communication system. He challenges Batman to solve various riddles located throughout the Asylum, though only one is required to complete the game. He grows increasingly unstable as Batman finds more of his riddles. If Batman finds all of them, he transmits the Riddler's location to the police leading to his arrest. In his interview tapes with Dr. Young, it is revealed he was fully aware of Joker's plans. The interviews also reveal he believes Batman is actually a criminal who steals from the criminals he defeats and that Commissioner Gordon is covering it up (his reasoning that this is how Batman is able to afford all his high-tech gadgets) because in his mind no person can truly be selfless. The tapes also reveal the origin of Riddler's psychosis: When he was young, his father would recurringly beat him for being a "moron", so a young Edward attempted to disprove his father by entering a riddle-solving contest in school, which he wound up winning. Upon doing so, his father accused him of cheating and proceeded to beat him. The traumatic event caused Nygma to become obsessed with riddles as a form to prove his intellectual superiority over others, as well as developing a need to punish those whom he deems to be "morons" for not being able to solve his riddles.

• Riddler appears in DC Universe Online voiced by Shannon McCormick. A chain of quests leads the players on the hero campaign to solve one of his riddles in order to talk to him. In the game, Riddler is a detective in recluse hiding from the Joker. When Joker sends Deathstroke to kill Riddler, the players help Query and Echo protect Riddler from Deathstroke. When Deathstroke is defeated, Riddler mentions to Deathstroke that Joker never made the payment transfer and Deathstroke leaves. Before departing to another location where Joker will never find him, Riddler then has the players tell Batman that Joker is working with T.O. Morrow on a new Joker Venom.

• Wally Wingert reprises his role of Riddler in Batman: Arkham City. He kidnaps Aaron Cash's Medical Protection Team and the medical personnel they were guarding, sets up death traps, and threatens to murder them all if Batman does not solve his riddles and save them. He also places down Riddler Trophies across Arkham City to be collected as part of the challenge. To access the location of Riddler's various trophies and riddles, Batman must interrogate his henchmen who are scattered throughout Arkham City and blending in with the gangs of Joker, Penguin, and Two-Face. At certain intervals, when Batman finds enough "challenges", the location of a room containing a hostage is revealed. Batman must then outwit the deadly conditions within the chamber and rescue the hostage, much to the increasing confusion and chagrin of the Riddler. He does this four times, and comes to a dead end when the fifth hostage is rescued. Believing that this final room would end Batman once and for all, the Riddler neglected to create any more leads to his remaining captives. Batman must then continue to find secrets in order to discern where the Riddler is hiding himself and the medical staff. When 400 Riddler challenges are completed, Oracle (Barbara Gordon) discovers a connection between all of the death trap rooms through a shared property broker. She then contacts Batman and tells him where she believes his hideout may be. Once inside the Riddler's base of operations, Batman observes that the remaining hostages are trapped in a prolonged torture: they must continuously walk or the explosives strapped to their heads will detonate. Batman must then avoid walking in front of each hostage until he reaches a weak point below the Riddler's office and proceeds to pull the Riddler through the floor and incapacitate him. Aaron Cash and the remaining hostages are freed from their traps, and the Riddler is in turn hooked into one of the devices himself. The explosives are diffused...but they don't tell the Riddler that. Fearing for his life, the Riddler must walk as he forced his captives to do. The defeated and humiliated Riddler proceeds to once again swear vengeance upon the Dark Knight. His unlockable interview tapes reveal that he was fully aware of Hugo Strange and his manipulation of Mayor Quincy Sharp with the aid of Mad Hatter. He was also aware of Strange's all-consuming desire to become greater than Batman, comparing it to his own obsession with outwitting and humiliating Batman. The Riddler was, however, completely unaware that Strange had already discovered Batman's secret identity and was enraged when Strange revealed this discrepancy between their knowledge of the Dark Knight. He then demanded (then pleaded) with Strange to share Batman's true identity with him. Hugo, finally having an advantage in the conversation (which had largely consisted of the Riddler bragging about his superior intellect and belittling Strange) refuses to tell him and relishes in the Riddler's anguish. The Riddler also plays a major role in the game's challenge mode which is called Riddler's Revenge. Various challenge maps show him having numerous henchmen working for him including TYGER Guards, Ra's al Ghul's ninja assassins, Mr. Hammer & his twin Mr. Sickle, a Titan-empowered henchman, and even Black Mask.

• Riddler is referenced in the game "Gotham City Impostors". Players are able to unlock a Riddler inspired pattern for their weapons, depicting the iconic green background with purple questions dotted around it.

• Riddler appears as a minor antagonist in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes voiced by Rob Paulsen impersonating Jim Carrey's interpretation of the character. He appears as a boss in the level "theatrical pursuits" and is later an optional boss fight and unlockable character, found on top of Wayne Tower.

• Riddler will appear as a boss in the upcoming video game Young Justice: Legacy.