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Ultimate Alliance, delightful on the wii.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

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

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

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

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

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.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

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.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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.

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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.

It's not worth buying if you already have other X-men games.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

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.

Fun until you actually play it

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Everything about this game is really exciting except for playing it. The graphics are cool, and the choice of heroes and the team customization is pretty neat. The plot is, of course, pretty typical Marvel dribble about bad guys doing bad things and good guys trying to stop them. Personally I believe there is no good excuse for any game to rely on text for dialog... I always prefer animations with sound and I think anything less is pure laziness from the team that made the game. I'm sorry but there is nothing fun about READING a game... there are other things out there for reading; games are for WATHCING and PLAYING. Though this game isn't as bad about that as many others.

Why I returned the game and got my money back: The fighting is LAME LAME LAME. There is nothing fun about the actual game play... you run around an overly detailed course that is actually linear, even though it tries to fool you into thinking it isn't (which can just be needlessly confusing at times.) You have a few basic attacks, all of which are very hit or miss so a few tiny mistakes in a row and you just let one of your characters get killed. Personally I can't stand having 4 tiny characters and even though the team motif is kinda nifty, it's absolutely obnoxious for game play and I would far prefer to have one character that I can actually see. The screen is just too busy with computer-controlled pals. Why do I want to watch the computer fight itself? Also, it's so simple that you've honestly played the whole game within the first 5 mins... the plot, locations, and characters change... but you're still doing the exact same incredibly simple actions and they get old way too quickly. Fun for the first 5 minutes... then it's repetitive and boring.

They won't stop playing it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My husband and 2 boys spend way too much time playing this game. It must be good.
Only thing I've heard them complain about...the game needs more save spots.

Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Marvel Ultimate Alliance delivers a fun, action-packed gaming experience. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Some other reviews gave it a lower rating because Wolverine wasn't "realistic". LOL! This is a Super Hero game! Of course it isn't gonna be realistic. Have you seen Spider-Man scale buildings in real life?

Quit complaining!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: April 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Wow, I am amazed at the number of complaints about the controller for this game. Some games will work better than others with the Wii wireless remote. Here's an idea! Why not get the Classic Controller for the Wii? There you go. Problem solved. Glad I could help with the obvious! I use it (with the nyko grip) and the game is fun, frantic and easy to control. As for the graphics, This game holds its own there too. Comparing Wii to PS3 or Xbox is ridiculous. They are two different standards. Nintendo has more than proved time and time again that graphics alone DO NOT make a good game. 1 nuke or 10? It doesn't matter anymore in the graphics area, fun does and the graphics and game play on this game for the Wii are amazing, better than the PS2 and from what I keep seeing the Wii is still out selling the PS3 even with PS3's price drops. Remember, CLASSIC CONTROLLER.

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