Marvel Ultimate Alliance

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance lets you create a four-member strike force of Marvel Super Heroes. If you had to assemble a team of the best heroes, who would you pick? Choose wisely, because this is an alliance for the ages -- the team you create will face incredible evils, from the most exotic locations on Earth to the neighboring solar systems. Partner, battle and interact with more than 140 characters from the entire Marvel Universe, in a multi-mission quest with an innovative combat system. Command the largest roster of Super Heroes ever, as you determine the fate of a universe. Compete or cooperate online - coverge in battle against legendary villains, and switch between cooperative and competitive mode to partner or challenge 3 other players

• Experience the full scale of the Marvel universe with a combined cast of more than 140 popular comic book characters -- choose from 20 playable Marvel Super Heroes, unlocking more as you progress
• Universal team upgrade system - Balance your heroes' powers, or customize each member to maximize their effectiveness
• Outfit your heroes with a vast selection of power-boosting equipment, create a team name, team icon and team vehicle, and establish your team's reputation as the story progresses
• Change the course of the game - The missions you accept, the objectives completed, and how you interact with other characters throughout the game will have a direct impact on the storyline
• No-holds-barred combat - Fight while you're airborne, submerged underwater, even out in space! Multiple combat tactics and accessories available - grappling, charge attacks and a destructible environment, where lampposts and chairs become dangerous weapons

Customer Reviews

Reviewed on 2008-02-23 Fun for all Being a mom of girls, action packed video games never made it to our home, but now since I have 2 son-in-laws and 3 grandsons, I decided to get this game for the guys. All I can say is they all love it, from my 5 yr. old grandson, my 2 son-in-laws 27 & 30 to my 50 yr. old husband. I like the fact that it is exciting and fun for all of them, and not difficult to play, easy enough for the 5 year old and challenging enough for the older guys. Great game

Reviewed on 2008-01-18 A lot of fun The game is great the motion controls are a bit tough at first but you have the option of not using them at all. Overall great game to play with others.

Reviewed on 2008-01-15 Brightly colored spandex optional. Originally I bought this for the Playstation 2, but when I bought my Wii I thought, (A) it would serve as a good way to test the Wii-mote's controls on an action game, (B) it included 2 of my all-time favorite comic heroes as playable characters (Moon Knight and Colossus), and (C) it was on sale for $20. Well, the controls were pretty comfortable as far as the standard melees go, but I found it hard to execute certain types of hits (usually, the heroes performed a trip move when I wanted the standard punch and vise-versa). Also it was pretty hard to remember how to execute certain super powers. Some were easier than others to perform, like Captain America's Shield Throw, but once again, the exact movements aren't always triggered correctly, so at different times I would perform some other, less effective moves. And each hero has an ultimate Super move, which I had no idea how to perform and at times went off at random moments. But this is still a pretty cool game. The graphics aren't the greatest if compared to the PS3 or 360 (but if I was concerned about the graphics, I would've gotten either of those instead), and once the controls are mastered, there is a lot of fun creating your own super hero group and sending them out to defeat the likes of Dr. Doom, Mephisto, Galactus and all sorts of other super villains. So overall, it's a fun game. I liked it because of the deep roster of heroes I can play with (If only Punisher was included, I would've had the ultimate team of street vigilantes with Spider-Man, Moon Knight, Daredevil, and Punisher.), the controls could've been tweaked a bit more to make more exact moves, but otherwise, it's not bad for a first crack on an action-oriented game.

Reviewed on 2007-11-25 Great game. Controller issues aren't if you pay attention and practice. For all the people who had a problem with the controls: You can also get around shaking the controller and get to all the special moves by holding down B, then cycling through the powers with Z. You then use your selected power by holding B and hitting A. It's actually pretty easy. I wish a lot of the reviewers would have actually read the controller layout on the Options menu. Maybe then they would've had a better experience. Review: I really enjoy the Marvel Universe and the story for this game was pretty engaging. My sister-in-law, her husband, and I got hooked on this game. We read the controller layout and practiced our moves in easy areas and didn't really have any controller issues. There were a few quirks with having 3-4 humans playing. You obviously all have to go the same direction, but sometimes one of us would miss a door or the stairs and the rest would have to backtrack a bit, but it didn't happen all that often. You don't have that problem playing solo and it predictably happens less often with just 2 players. I would give the story 4-5 stars, the fun factor of playing with friends 5 stars, the voice acting 4-5 stars, and the graphics 4 stars (though I only have composite cables so I'm only getting 480i). It's not an instant classic for non-Marvel fans though so I gave it 4 stars. When you beat the game, stay around for the credits. There's some funny audio clips of the voice actors playing around as if their characters were the real voice actors.

Reviewed on 2007-07-24 It's not worth buying if you already have other X-men games. The graphic of Wii version is the same as my Xbox classical but it still looks good to me. The game play is not more interesting than the old X-men game I have on classical Xbox. The most disappointing thing is the Wii remote controller does not work well with action games. Many times, I moved the controller to one direction but my character moved to a different direction or it did not respond at all. To get accurate movements, I have to use Nintendo classical controller to play action games. This is where Wii loses its attraction because movements on the classical controller are not as "natural" as the Wii remote. The only positive thing about this game is it has more characters than in other X-men games. In short, it's not worth buying if you already have other X-men games.

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