X-Men: Mutant Academy is a fighting game starring Marvel's famous mutants on the Game Boy Color. The stages have been designed in 2D due to hardware limitations, and there are differences in gameplay compared to its bigger brother.
The character roster includes four X-Men (Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, and Gambit) and five evil Mutants (Magneto, Toad, Mystique, Sabretooth, and Pyro), as well as two secret characters that can be unlocked by completing the story mode. The game also features training mode, battle mode with teams of three characters each, survival mode where one character takes on all others with only a single bar of health, and versus mode using the Game Link cable.
The gameplay involves kicking and punching (or basic mutant abilities like Cyclops' eye beam) using the Game Boy's two buttons. A rage bar will slowly fill during a fight, allowing for powerful special attacks activated through button combos.