A more comic book infused story was promised with the sequel. A sequel was announced about a year and a half after the original. The game got high praise from critics and fans. 23 playable heroes led the game, with 16 system exclusive characters. Nintendo saw models of the characters, but they were in the PS2 game, angering executives. The Wii port originally planned on including Link from The Legend of Zelda and Samus Aran from Metroid. Mark Griskey, Chance Thomas, and Cris Velasco composed the soundtrack, adding up to almost an hour of original music.Ī ridiculous number of heroes and villains show up in the game. This was dropped for Ultimate Alliance, first titled as Marvel Legends. The games were okay, but looked wonderful thanks to comic-like cel-shading. Raven previously worked on two other Marvel games: X-Men Legends and X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse. The company used Vicarious Visions’ Alchemy engine, with ports coming from Vicarious Visions and Beenox later. Ultimate Alliance is the product of Raven Software. Development and Release of Marvel Ultimate Alliance Way, way down the road, Xbox One and PS4 players would get versions too. The game later released for PSP, Wii, and Windows, as well. We won’t touch on it much, but a watered down Game Boy Advance version also released. For that reason, the last cycle and the current cycle of consoles got the game. On October 24th, 2006, the Xbox 360 was almost a year old, and the PS3 was one month from release. This game released for both generations because of its placement in the console lifecycle. The game released for Xbox, Xbox 360, Playstation 2, and Playstation 3. Marvel Ultimate Alliance dates back to 2006. A History of the Series Image Credit: Activisionīefore getting into the first two games, here is a little introduction for those new to them. So, to refresh fans and newcomers alike, let’s take a look at the history of the series, and what’s to come. It’s been a long time in between this new game and the last in the series. Another soon-to-be hit is on the way too: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 to be released later this month. The big announcement from Square Enix of a Marvel collaboration for an Avengers game is a huge deal. For that reason, and the rising popularity of Marvel, more mature titles are coming. The LEGO series is very popular, but tied to younger audiences. Lately, a lot of comic book video games are in LEGO form. They seem like a great fit, but a lot of titles fall flat.
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