Marvel Ultimate Alliance was way ahead of its time and these ambitious games brought together countless heroes and villains across the Marvel universe. The first two games were proof of the concept that a band of superheroes fighting as one is the ultimate fantasy of hardcore comic book fans.
Now, technology has evolved and there are not a lot of game developers that are interested in this style and format of gaming. However, the recent success of the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe reignited the interest in seeing a ragtag team of random heroes fighting as a team.
Slight spoilers for the recent movie ahead:
The Gaming Community Would Love to See Another Marvel Ultimate Alliance Project
The early days of Marvel Games had been a flurry of different genres and structures. The recent success of Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine reignited the gaming community’s interest once again with the idea of controlling an elite team of Marvel’s most popular superheroes to fight hordes of enemies in iconic biomes and locations.
Ryan Reynolds single-handedly carried the Deadpool character, then skyrocketed him to a new level of fame and gave him a successful live-action trilogy. Fans are looking for anything related to the character and hope that Deadpool will be given another chance to flourish in the gaming industry after his first solo adventure developed by High Moon Studios.
The highly anticipated sequel was released a few weeks ago and there are heavy spoilers beyond this point.
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The third Deadpool movie brought back a variant of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but also reintroduced legacy characters like Jennifer Garner’s Elektra Natchios and Wesley Snipes’ version of Blade.
Dafne Keen reprised her role as Laura Kinney, also known as X-23 from Logan, and Reynolds got Channing Tatum to bring Gambit to life through the multiverse.
The filmmakers did a fantastic job with the selection of cameos and watching them fight together in live action had a similar vibe and tone to the early Marvel Ultimate Alliance games.
Fans reconceptualized a still from the film and added the user interface from the games and it is enough to convince legacy fans that another game would work.
Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine Could Reignite a Forgotten Gem
Now is the perfect opportunity to revive the classic franchise, especially with all the Multiverse craze and Marvel Games unveiling a new logo that could hint at a much more focused output of quality content in the following years. Countless game developers are working on various projects, it would not hurt to give the gaming community something familiar.
Earlier projects like X-Men Origins: Wolverine perfected the character with the hack-and-slash gameplay and delivered a satisfying narrative.
It is worth noting that Team Ninja developed the reboot titled Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order exclusively for the Nintendo Switch and features similar gameplay. However, it was not connected to the previous games and was loosely inspired by the live-action films.
The earlier Ultimate Alliance games adapted iconic storylines like Civil War and Secret War and were ahead of their time. These projects can be used to tell more stories that have yet to be explored in more popular mediums like movies and TV shows.
Fans love an ensemble, and the earlier games had that in spades paired with great gameplay and compelling storylines. They were also considered great multiplayer games for players to team up with friends and fight together unlike recent entries like Marvel’s Avengers fumbling hard, it could not replicate the success of the classics.
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