From: Activision Inc. Average Rating: Binding: Video Game ESRB Age Rating: Rating Pending Label: Activision Inc. Model: 81501 Platform: Nintendo Wii Release Date: November 15, 2006
Features:
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
Product Description: 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
Amazon.com:
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is an all-new action/RPG where players create their Marvel dream team from the largest roster of Super Heroes ever in an epic quest that will determine the fate of Earth and the Marvel universe. For decades, Earth's Super Heroes have opposed evil in their own cities, and on their own terms. But now, Dr. Doom and a newly reformed Masters of Evil - the greatest collection of Super Villains ever assembled - have plans for world domination, and the heroes must band together to defeat them. Playing as some of the most revered Marvel characters, gamers will embark on a dangerous journey across exotic terrain and well-known comic book locations like Atlantis, the Shield Heli-Carrier and the Skrull home world in an attempt to defy the world's most notorious Super Villains. Created by Raven Software, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance lets players control the most powerful Super Hero alliance the world has ever known.
Marvel's greatest Super Heroes come out for Wii's launch!
Control characters and compare their abilities and powers.
Who will eventually win control of Earth?
Who will be on your Marvel dream team?
Use Wii Remote gestures to initiate powerful attacks.
Over 140 Marvel characters are waiting! For the first time ever, the world's largest army of Super Heroes is under your control. Truly become your favorite Super Heroes with the fluid Wii controllers. One of the most important implementations on the Wii is the Advanced Gesture-based Combat System which pushes the capabilities of the Wii-mote and Nunchuk controllers. Players can even chain gestures together to create very powerful attack combos. With the Wii-mote, you can swipe upwards for upper cut punches and kicks, swipe down for stun attacks, sweep left or right for trip attacks, jab forward for heavy attacks and shake for quick, light attacks. Further, attack powers are custom for each character and are mapped to the Wii-mote gestures, and the Nunchuk can be used for picking up objects, throwing, blocking, dodging/rolling as well as movement via the analog stick.
Create your Marvel dream team Experience the full scale of the Marvel universe with a combined cast of over 140 popular comic book characters. Players create, customize and control their ultimate four-person strike team, selecting from an initial roster of 20 playable Super Heroes, including Spider-Man, Wolverine, The Thing, Captain America, Elektra and Thor and battle notorious Super Villains including Dr. Doom, Galactus and countless others. Ultimate Alliance offers gamers total team customization. Players can form their favorite Marvel dream team, create their own team name, team icon, team vehicle and establish a team reputation as they play through an original storyline hand crafted by renowned game developer Raven Software and Marvel's own C.B. Cebulski. Additionally, players have more control over leveling up each team member to their liking, or upgrading all team members together to keep their heroes balanced.
With new and dynamic combat capabilities, Super Heroes can now fight while airborne, on the ground, and even submerged underwater as they traverse through 17 exotic locales and play out some of the most legendary comic book battles from the Marvel universe. Players will have access to a host of fighting tactics and accessories, including melee combat moves such as grappling, blocking and quick combos, new chargeable Super Hero powers, more environmental objects that can be used as weapons, and unique one and two-handed weapons.
Indivisible, with Liberty, and Multiplayer for All Marvel: Ultimate Alliance features a unique storyline where players not only determine the fate of Earth, but also control the fate of the Marvel universe. The missions players accept, the objectives completed, and how players interact with other characters throughout the game will have a direct impact on how the story plays out. In addition to the epic single-player storyline, players can also battle the world's most evil Super Villains alongside friends in both on and offline cooperative story modes. This robust multiplayer component also features a Competitive Mode - where the game keeps track of various in-game stats so players can see how well they stack up against one another - affecting the amount of experience points and how equipment is distributed.
Ultimate Alliance, delightful on the wii. Marvel:Ultimate Alliance is a truly well designed game. It features many of your favorite super heroes and has a great storyline. I like that you can create your own team of four from more than 21 playable characters. A little into the game you can either stick with the team you have or put together a team with certain combinations that have bonuses. If you pick a team that does not form a special combination then you can create your own team name and avatar and it will add a general bonus. Some combinations are femme fatale, with all females, there is the Avengers, X-men, and Fantastic four as well. There are many combinations that provide great team bonuses. I thought the controls on the other systems were easier, but once i got the hang of it, the wii controls become more satisfying. Never before have we had an rpg game with superheros that is so appealing. The x-men rpg was good, while the dc heroes ones like justice league were not. No other superhero game is more satisfying than Ultimate Alliance. I strongly recommend this game on any system, including the wii. One thing to note each system has a slight variation of characters. So each system features a slightly unique experience. I would check to see which system has the compliment of characters that you like the most. Also i thought replay value was good. Yes the game is scripted, but still very satisfying. I usually hate scripted games, but this is different. Replay is good for two reasons. You can try out countless combinations of teams, with their own unique abilities, and the gameplay is fun even on the second or third time. Secondly there is another feature; throughout the game you can collect comic missions to play. Each mission is a solo mission by the character in question and usually has historical significance. There are at lest 40 missions to play, and you even can play using some villians. I felt that the comic missions were ok, but not as good as the rest of the game. you just seem to fight a bunch of common enemies over and over and that gets old. just common soldiers in different uniforms. yes there is a boss in the end, but it just is not all that satisfying, Still there is replay value. I think that the future holds even better games then Marvel:Ultimate Alliance, but for now this is as good as it gets.
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
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.
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.
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.
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