Remembering Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Few games are more instrumental for popularizing the lesser known heroes and villains than Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Boasting 100+ characters within the Marvel universe, this was a transformative experience growing up as just a Spider-Man fan. If it weren't for this game, I can't say I'd have the love and admiration for Marvel that I do today.
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[@MarkGrouch]

I remember coming home from school in 2006/2007 to Ultimate Alliance placed on my PS2. Asked my mom about it and she said it was highly recommended by a GameStop employee. Shout out to that GameStop employee, wherever they are.

[@MarkGrouch]

@Amateur_genuis_ 21 Glad I bought the rereleases on PS4 before they were pulled from the PSN.

[@eternalinnocent9506]

@@MarkGrouch I regret not getting UA

[@Jdb63]

Shout out to your mom as well for buying you the game

[@dillonglaab6066]

I remember playing this as a kid and thinking Deadpool was kind of a serious scary Spider-Man. Then 2016 came... 🤣

[@metallicnole4514]

@@MarkGrouch Same here

[@rhetiq9989]

There’s something surreal about seeing Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Black Panther, etc. together and fighting side-by-side these days. It’s like back then it was a time of peace and unity, before the rights war happened

[@Josh-si6ds]

The rights war already existed back then when MUA came out. Fox had the X-Men already and Marvel Studios was just getting started. Nothing's really changed except for the fact that nobody's made a big Marvel game like MUA since then

[@guzbh]

I play with them all the time, on Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 3.

[@alejandrosegovia7109]

Probably my most replayed game of the 360 generation. I was OBSESSED! The trivia computer taught me SO MUCH about Marvel. I owe so much of my Marvel fandom to this game.

[@sikevillian]

X-Men Legends & Marvel Ultimate Alliance was my childhood. I absolutely loved these games and I never got tired of replaying this titles. Just the man to do a video about one of my favorite games from the 2000's.. 🔥

[@MrLachapell]

Yeah idk what is it with these game but i can't stop playing them even today

[@solblackguy]

@@MrLachapell it's because they're well made, fun and still hold up. I'm playing MUA now and having a blast. Only thing that sucks is the AI party members painfully stupid. Either that or I don't fully understand the ally command system.

[@kratos.8151]

They're quite grindy looking back but the easter eggs and attention to detail keep me going

[@reallyhimongod]

X-men legends 2 is sooo much better lol

[@solblackguy]

@@reallyhimongod also true. I actually spent more time with X-Men Legends 2 than Ultimate Alliance. The real ideal situation is if Ultimate Alliance got remade with X-Men Legends' engine/mechanics. But the way I see it is I'll play Legends if I'm in the mood for an ARPG and Ultimate Alliance if I'm in the mood for an arcade brawler.

[@jurg4697]

The main thing I'll always remember about this game was the getting Blade out of a claw machine and I'm so glad you mentioned it lol

[@albertoriveramena2897]

He is like I don't know why I'm here but I'll kick ass

[@jdmrules007]

They had blade!!?

[@carlhoston1654]

DUDE! fucking memory unlocked lmfaoo

[@ajlemuel969]

Another thing this game did was take a lot of inspiration from the movies and marvel media of the time. Blade's Wesley snipes costume was featured as his primary, as well as his artificial serum and his needle that boiled a vampires blood both as part of his moveset. Every single fox and marvel movie that come out was included in this game. Xmen, fantastic four, ghost rider, hulk, spiderman, blade. Not to mention they all looked identical to the movies so people recognized these characters.

[@JcgLounge]

I think both Ultimate Alliance 2 and 3 are special in their own ways(especially 3). But UA1 is a true love letter to Marvel fans. And I love every minute of it.

[@iraford5788]

Agreed most definitely.

[@matthewbraith0411]

3 isn't, 3 is trash.

[@charzi_5357]

@@matthewbraith0411I respectfully disagree. I’m currently playing through it and it’s so fun. And I like the story line so far

[@brookethebook5692]

I remember when I was like seven playing this game for the first time with my dad and my little brother. We literally debated for like an hour about who we would sacrifice in Mephisto’s Realm. This has always been my favorite game and me being the MASSIVE Marvel nerd I am now, it all started here

[@chrisa8863]

I always made sure I had Dr. Strange with me going into mephisto's realm because he could break out of the prison and make it back to your team once the level was over

[@sheriefwoodard8686]

@@chrisa8863 I’ve had this game since I was little and just learned I could do that by accident last year. God this game is awesome

[@chrisa8863]

@@sheriefwoodard8686 one of my favorites of all time! I'm so lucky I kept my copy from when I was 9 because you can't buy it online anymore, so I can just plug in my 360 and play anytime. It's funny because it's like the only game you play as spider man on an xbox haha

[@PaulieWalnuts13]

This game literally is my childhood. You're the man for this channel Matty

[@SpoonieSnipes]

I remember getting my 360 as a kid on Christmas with this game, Halo 3 and Oblivion. Good memories :)

[@Cubs1719]

One of my friends in college went abroad and left me his console. I used to take pics of me playing and the darkness and send them to him hahaha

[@retrorebound8887]

That's a heck of a start. Wow!

[@9and12wholepizzas]

Same here but instead of oblivion got DDR and Guitar hero, was a great time :)

[@planetpoog]

damn dawg that’s literally my three favorite childhood games. shout out to whoever bought you those

[@berzerkbankie1342]

Those are some serious bangers to start out with

[@segastationx]

Ultimate Alliance was part of my childhood, man. I remember picking this up when Civil War had just dropped in 2006.

[@vintageoriginallegit]

Matty is honestly my favorite gaming KZbinr. Him, skillup, ACG, and jake Baldino are my favs on KZbin for gaming.

[@Cubs1719]

Man when ham radio was him ach and Dustin were some of the best convos I ever heard on gaming. The holiday gaming episode is my favorite.

[@abbywilliams9633]

skillup is a shill but the rest you said are awesome .acg is also great

[@thajazzzprovidaaa26]

@@Cubs1719 ugh I miss acg and matty tbh, they were fucking hilarious for years

[@huey6248]

check out spawn wave

[@TonyMontana-ys5xz]

Not your favourite,actually the best

[@bobbyislegend]

This is crazy, I was just thinking about Ultimate Alliance today. Retro Rebound is GOATED.

[@GarrettTheViking]

This is one of my favorite games ever. I've played it so many times, but it never gets old. It introduced me to a lot of Marvel characters I hadn't heard of like Doctor Strange and Moon Knight, and the gameplay is just fantastic.

[@trevinodude]

When I played Ultimate Alliance 1 and 2, I always had Spider-Man in my party because he’s my favorite character in all of fiction, but I loved changing up my party every playthrough. That said, I can confirm Nightcrawler is broken and playing him is so satisfying as a result, but yeah every hero had a pretty solid moveset which is very impressive for a game with so many characters! I miss the old UA games.

[@krsnavigliotti4611]

They really dropped the ball with the sequels, this game was insanely deep

[@Myleslambeth]

I personally disagree great sequels

[@diegotm4365]

@@Myleslambeth MUA 2 is lame comparing to the first

[@Myleslambeth]

@@diegotm4365 why you say that? I loved the civil war aspexg

[@Myleslambeth]

Aspect

[@krsnavigliotti4611]

@@Myleslambeth I thought the actual combat gameplay and engine was improved, but idk it just didn’t “feel” the same. The sequel was really short, and I wish they continued with the galactus storyline in the 2nd instead of the 3rd

[@atomicspid2129]

I remember getting Ultimate Alliance for the Wii in 2009. I had been a Spider-Man, Hulk, and Ironman fan for a few years at that point but it expanded my knowledge on other Marvel heroes.

[@WQMKE223]

I remember my grandma getting a Guitar Hero Alvin in the Chipmunks game for my birthday but I didn't have a guitar for the PS2 so we went to Best Buy and exchanged it for Ultimate Alliance with the 2 disks. I'll never forget playing it for the first time

[@ri3sch]

Ultimate alliance 1 is one of my favorite games of all time. I still have the original release copy for the original Xbox. So much marvel content (like through the trivia computer for extra xp) and I loved how finding collectibles actually had consequences in the game and altered subplot endings. Fantastic game

[@dylanlicare7227]

Yo let’s run it up!

[@ryankeith2712]

What a great game, so many memories playing this with friends and my brother. Iron man is GOATED

[@diegotm4365]

I didn't knew that Blade was a Marvel comic character until I played this game.

[@haisex3]

It’s a shame they delisted the remasters on PS4 because I still wanna play them :/

[@jasonl1468]

I’m glad I bought this game on the PS4 before it was pulled off the store. I’ve been replaying it on the ps5 and I have to say I’ll never get bored of playing it again, it’s such a masterpiece. From PS3, PS4, and finally PS5. This game is one for the books!

[@Secarstra777]

You don’t miss with these retro rebounds, could tell we’re around the same age man it’s awesome to see some content centered around the 2000s boyz

[@splinter4161]

For some reason, I got a core memory of sitting in the parking lot of the mall, talking to my aunt about super heroes and finding out she loves daredevil. This is just after I bought Ultimate Alliance 2 and was waiting in the car for my mom. I was so unbelievably hyped to play the game.

[@icarusgaming6269]

Holy shit, you have played this a lot. I've never seen anyone make it look this dynamic

[@MatheusYami]

One of my favorite games ever, I have beaten it like 10-12 times already, and playing on PC (the 2006 version) the best thing ever is going to MUA Mods and see what other fans have created as new mod characters or new custom skins, download it and loading up on your game and start the game one more time but having some new Marvel Characters, DC ones, and others from other games or pop culture an have a new experience in the game I love already!

[@AlbertMiran]

Just when I’m thinking about a childhood game you never fail with a video to follow up

[@the_detective_prince46]

absolutely loved this game growing up, never got around to the second game, though

[@ROCK_UNIVERSE97]

2nd game is great. Played with my brother alot.

[@Ashephalt]

The second game is fun but definitely doesn’t hold up as well as the first.

[@ROCK_UNIVERSE97]

@@Ashephalt Never really played the first but maybe someday i will.

[@Ron_Junkman]

Fun little fact for you, on the Nintendo platforms they planned to have Link and Samus as playable crossover characters. The rumor is that they showed off footage of them in the game to Nintendo but someone messed up and had PlayStation button prompts show up and that made Nintendo think that they would be on all the other platforms too so they had them can it.

[@lildb9]

One of my favorite games of all time Beat it like 7 times on 360 and even psp. Once i foundout how OP deadpool and wolverine were it was over. God Mode is a life changer. One of my favorite games of all time.

[@joeturner1843]

Played this on ps4 again recently, still so good. Sucks new people can’t buy it anymore for ps4 though

[@cruelwraith2games926]

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 the Gold Edition and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 with all the DLC I bought it before it got delisted I beat those game so many times I still have 360 physical copies and the first thing Microsoft should do when they acquire Activision is make Marvel Ultimate Alliance backwards compatible

[@andysanchez1215]

That would be awesome! 👏🏼👍🏻

[@feistyylilthing]

I was playing this on my PS2 last night!

[@electricburst0986]

You where the perfect age to appreciate this game in its fullest sadly I was a a little too young to fully understand how monumental this game was. Wish it came out like 2010

[@jordanmachuca6087]

I’ll never forget this game being my first exposure to characters like Blade, Deadpool, Galactus, etc. as a kid!

[@redlightning9000]

When I played this for the first time, I was in the 2nd grade and only knew about Spiderman. This game is what introduced so many characters to me. It really got me into marvel. I remember when I saw Deadpool for the first time, I legit thought he was a new Spiderman with swords. Good times.

[@destroyingchipmunk9506]

I JUST bought both Ultimate Alliance 1&2. I got the gold edition. It was such a nice part of life a core memory if you will. I used to play the first game with my cousin back in like 2007. It was the first game i played and i have so many fun memories. When i get my cousin were gonna beat it. Then my goal I've been working on for so long will be complete.

[@ervly3234]

Love how in depth and how much care is put into your marvel videos and i would love to see you talk about marvel nemesis

[@willowwithin]

I'm so thankful that I got to play this when I was younger, it introduced me to so many Marvel characters. It made the MCU all the more exciting for me, I'd played as these characters and now I was going to watch them on screen? Honestly the best. I remember Deadpool being my favourite, he was just as broken as Nightcrawler though.

[@Xcalee92]

Still got it on my PS4 and the 2nd one. 🔥 I love them both.

[@crashx9973]

This game was and is still a vital part of my childhood. Played the 360 version of this and eventually picked up the MUA bundle when it came out.

[@kidaqua115]

I remember getting this game as a package deal with my 360. As a kid I assumed since it came with my 360 it wouldn’t be that good, but man I was wrong. This game was so fun. It’s a reason why I’m a huge marvel fan today

[@ethan_syloss4912]

Man the biggest thing I remember about this game was getting the bad ending where Galactus eats the planet, I was like 6 and was God damn traumatized by it, beyond terrified that the world was gonna end cause I lost

[@sheriefwoodard8686]

This is em the channel I’ve been looking for for years that brings all these old legendary games back into relevance. Also I was first introduced to Deadpool through his interaction with the one shield agent he saved on the helicarrier and have been a fan ever since

[@Ashephalt]

X-Men Legends and Ultimate Alliance are some of my favorite games of all time because I played them with my brother. I love so much about Ultimate Alliance, the soundtrack is great, seeing the consequences of your actions and/or inactions at the end of the game, the characters and story, seeing the art between loading screens, little references if you talk to certain characters using a specific team member. GOD it’s just so good, I really wish we got a proper sequel with 2 and 3, the fact that we never got that galactus storyline makes me sad despite the fact that I like 2 and 3.

[@sikevillian]

Mine too! Really glad to hear somebody else is cultured by these 2 games too haha.

[@Cubs1719]

Woah now I can't remember what I used to play legends or alliance. What was the difference

[@jeremyroberts8822]

@@Cubs1719 legends was all X-men whereas ultimate alliance had several characters from across the entire marvel universe not just the X-men. Ultimate alliance even had characters who were pretty niche at the time like moon knight

[@iraford5788]

Agreed most definitely.

[@ScarFace5566]

Props to John Kassir(voice of Deadpool & The Crypt Keeper) for a bang up job in this game!

[@makaveliandcheese]

I really like this video. A lot of videos talking about older games will go through the story beat by beat and spend most of the video reiterating what we already know. You get straight to talking about the game itself and I like that.

[@ghost_of_nyc]

Man I love retro rebound and love this game great detailed video with passion. I own it on my ps5 and this video was my call to play it again

[@jbwanthony3177]

Literally just platinum trophied this game. Soooo happy it got a ps4 release a few years back.

[@JoeNayDoh]

I always liked the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games, but I LOVED the X-Men Legends games. As a 90s kid, it just felt like a continuation of the animated series and I always preferred the cell shaded graphics that still look good to this day. Also honorable mention to Justice League Heroes. Not as good as either Legends or Alliance, but does not get the respect it deserves.

[@dhopss]

A classic. Have really fond memories of playing co-op on the first game. Back in the days when you could watch movies with friends on the netflix xbox app.

[@Subtlence]

Love how enthusiastic you are man can really see your appreciation for the series it’s awesome

[@marcgodley3064]

So glad I got this on PS4. It would be nice if we could get remasters of the X-Men Legends games but I know that will never happen😭

[@DisMan42]

I have this game on PlayStation 2, and it still holds up after 16 years.

[@JustmeAgain89]

This is probably the best Marvel Game that defined our generation. Love it to the core. Dr Doom final boss was epic.... Awesome....

[@redwalrus1225]

Great video! One of my all time favorite games and my first Wii game. Replayed it just recently

[@rednecksniper4715]

Fun fact Punisher was in the game at launch he was patched out on launch day but if you were like me and didn’t have internet growing up you got to play with the Punisher. THQ owned the rights to the character so they had to delete him

[@onesaucynougat7471]

I think you might be misremembering, he was never in the game

[@rednecksniper4715]

@@onesaucynougat7471 he was patched out day one but if you didn’t have internet it was never patched

[@LaurenTheorist]

I've only played the first game, but it was my childhood. This game taught me so much about Marvel and all the characters, from heroes to villains to everything in between. It was one of the many reasons I have become such a Marvel fan. I had so much fun making teams and getting the little team bonuses or whatever when I put the right people together. My cousin and I would play this whenever he was over and I would usually play as Spider-Man and The Human Torch while he would always switch it up. Plus, the cutscenes were amazing for 2006! I went back and watched them all not that long ago and was shocked by how good they looked. I still want to play the sequels someday.

[@Traxtal]

Just found your channel recently and I've been binging it since. Awesome content dude! Really enjoy it!

[@Cameron_MacAuley04]

Love the content on this channel! Awesome to see retro shit and reminisce on old games that we loved to play alot when were younger. Keep up the dope work bro 🔥🔥🔥👊

[@radrobb3530]

I never realized how much Marvel's Avengers took inspiration from Ultimate Alliance. I knew about these games but never played them when I was actually a big Marvel fan, didn't happen until later in life. I guess Avengers is my Ultimate Alliance lol I played that game for 770 hours and enjoyed every hour. I still play but now it'll be playable offline indefinitely soon. I played since day one.

[@thumbtack_7265]

I love finding videos about this game, it's always been my favorite marvel game and my second favrotie overall game of all time This is such a good game! Checked out your channel while watching this and I definitely plan on watching the dbz videos after this

[@Mayorofsexytown1303]

So much love for this game. Would love a new one.

[@hadinasrallah8928]

Such a chill channel to have on in the background while playing a game

[@user-os5ur6vz5m]

I remember getting this game when I got my first Xbox 360 for Christmas

[@lunarx3dfx]

My favorite version is the original Xbox version. It has the most steady frame rate and supports 720p. Great version of the game

[@thelastofus2872]

It's not back compat though :(

[@bobfred2021177]

This game was my first introduction to Deadpool, and all his optional dialogue with npcs was amazing. Needless to say, I've loved him ever since

[@mister-pinkman]

Hey Matty how do you feel about Deus Ex, specifically Human Revolution? I feel like that’s a game you’d be into, I’d love to see it on this channel

[@lawrencebermudez7056]

Absolutely love this game, great video Matty.

[@samfrito]

this game was my PSP's joey.. it remained in the pouch ready to play at any given moment. Then, when I got my original 360 (before its RROD) I fell in deep love with it all over again. Couch co-op with my kids seeing all the different costumes, giving the explanations that I knew, learning how to mash faster... Great video. My 360 version was the one that had Forza motorsport on the combo.

[@collindelape9026]

Been loving this content. Started watching your normal channel and been watching this as often as new videos come out. Please do ultimate alliance 2.

[@loganmatthews5956]

Your experience with this game is basically the same as mine first experience with so many of these characters still love fing fang foom because of this game its a great snapshot of what marvel was before the mcu

[@Redpintz]

Played this to the dirt on my psp

[@AgentAIMG]

This game/ video just made me remember Marvel Nemesis. I think this was how I learned more about marvel characters besides from Spiderman. I'd love to see a retrospective if you have played :)

[@guydothings4991]

I had the original xbox version. Managed to get it back, love going back down memory lane. This video feels like a love letter pulled from the bottom of the heart.

[@Tonyoung55]

Definitely one of the great games of my childhood

[@solblackguy]

Marvel Ultimate Alliance, even to this day should be a framework on how to make a game about Marvel superheroes. You look at something like Marvel's Avengers where they had the budget and squandered it all on making a cheap cash grab live service where you fight the same AIM robots 90% of the game. Even after that disappointment, a few of my friends were still trying to defend it until I gathered them all together and did a 4-player couch co-op through Marvel Ultimate Alliance. 16 years later this game still holds up and the way things are going, it'll probably hold up for another 16 because I don't see anything else coming close to the level of fun this game offers. The only thing that came close was Marvel Heroes.

[@ArkAynJoel]

I had always been a fan of Spiderman growing up, but this was THE GAME that introduced me to the Marvel universe at large!

[@CurtTheHero]

This game was so good and I had the same experience as you where it introduced me to a lot of characters

[@Colt_1888]

so many weekends playing this with my brother and and some friends growing up. all time classic game

[@wilderfox2]

Something vital to my enjoyment of the first and second game which the 3rd did not bring back which crushed my fun with it was the fact that the heroes you weren’t using leveled up at the same time as the heroes you were using which made it fun to use all of them

[@tonson5214]

Holy crap, youtube with a rare good recommendation, I love this game so much, have been playing it on every and any system since it came out, made and used mods for it, speedran it, everything.

[@JackalGoldKick]

Great video. I love this game definitely one of my all time favorite video games it's so good and does superhero stuff the best. To me this is the king of all superhero games and the closest I've gotten to be super into superheroes

[@theblackswordsman1779]

This game brings back so many childhood memories, I remember playing this with my brothers on the couch

[@blackdot105]

You are very thorough

[@KevDawk]

Used to play it all the time on the PS2 as a kid (My main characters Spider-Man and DP) but after this video I’m considering buying it again and replaying it

[@TheAwesomeAlan]

This is legitimately one of the best Marvel games ever made. This one holds a special place in my heart, as I spent so many hours on it back in the day and occasionally today. The sequels really do pale in comparison, everything about this first game is just so good. All the different and iconic locations, the depth of the abilities for each character, an entire roster of Marvel heroes ranging from the big leagues to the obscure, comic book missions, tons of iconic villains to fight, 4 costumes for every hero; it's just all so good. I REALLY want this game to have a remaster/remake some day. There's so much room to expand, and the modding scene for this game is a perfect example. They have upwards of 50 characters that you can have at any given time during your playthrough, with you able to slot in what characters you want. But I know that there's a lot more than 50 out there, and it's crazy. There's also a mountain's worth of costumes for every character, including modded characters. A remaster/remake would be so great, imagine all the new characters they could add, how they could expand the original story with new missions and locations, and the costumes... Oh the costumes. I'd love if we could grind out like 10+ costumes per character, something to really add to replayability. A new release on PC would also open it to further modding, because current modding is really limited to the hardware that was around at the time of the original release.

[@cristianperez6423]

Ahhh dude I still play these on my 360. I love this game!

[@BucklingSwashes]

I go back and play this every couple of years. Might still be my favorite Marvel game overall. Great story spanning the farthest reaches of the Marvel universe, so many fun characters to play as, excellent unlockables that make it worth experiencing every character, and a surprising amount of depth despite the very accessible combat. Also, Cap's Shield Throw is insanely satisfying, Carol Danvers with fully upgraded Photon Burst absolutely WRECKS when added to melee build, and using Hawkeye's ultimate at point blank range destroys bosses like no other.

[@SourRobo8364]

That was a good memory. I miss the people we were.

[@whitetrash64]

I miss this game

[@crushthedemon]

Watched this even though I’ve played the game. Never knew it was delisted. Glad I bought it digitally day one. Loved it in high school, and it holds up pretty well!!

[@crushthedemon]

@Amateur_genuis_ 21 well. Console wise, maybe with hacking. PC wise, hop on the ship.

[@shaunpcd]

Im a HUGE X-MEN fan and when this game came out i was over the moon, totally in love with it. I never played this on xbox only on wii and i friggin loved it. no. 2 is my fav and i loved playing as Storm (1 of my top Mutants).

[@johnnystacks9468]

New to the channel, love the vibe!!!

[@nathanbardaji8180]

Would love to see more content on the Tales of series, Arise was my first and it may be my game one of my favorite games ever. I’m curious how the past titles compare

[@harrison2406]

This was first 360 game I ever played, still have it digitally on ps4

[@alexjohnson1869]

if there was ever a game id want to hear ur review on , its this one matty

[@eternalsovereign8278]

X-Men Legends, X-Men Legends II and Ultimate Alliance 1 were all golden but X-Men Legends 1 was just freaking epic. Every time you think the story's at an end, something spine tingling happens that extends the story again and again. I remember how cool it was to use a flier and swoop down low behind another teammate and actually be able to pick them up and carry them anywhere you wanted to. (I hate that this feature never transferred to the sequels but I can imagine scenarios where dicks would probably pick up co-op controlled characters and drop them into instant kill areas griefing their real life teammates.) There was just so much story in XML1 and out of 6 to 8 playthroughs, I had 2 danger rooms that I would literally farm for 7 or 8 hours straight each time and never got bored once. In fact I actually looked forward to unlocking those danger rooms just to farm them to boost my team.

[@FuzzySamurai]

i remember finishing this game 4 -5 times just to get those different endings. Marvel ultimate alliance is the best multi character marvel game to date. it was just that amazing.