So, judging by the Voice Cast. This game seems like if Earths Mightiest Heroes got a season 3 with a Thanos arc. That’s absolutely awesome.

So glad Yuri Lowenthal is so well received as Spidey. I'd love to hear him in an animated series w/ the rest of these legendary VAs

This revival has me dying for X-men Legends 3

24:20 Contrary to popular belief, if this is based on the comics then Scott's eye beams are pure concussive force and aren't hot at all. He could probably use them to help break his own fall.

Imagine if they did more free updates with Vision, Beast, Valkyrie, Nova, Black Bolt, Medusa, Jessica Jones, & Winter Soldier. It even works with the character select setup by just adding an additional column of 4 on each side.

Winter Soldier, a guy with a metal arm runs out into the line of fire to body-shield Black Panther, a guy in a full, bulletproof suit, by deflecting the bullets with his said metal arm

I legit love this art style. It gives all the Characters cohesion. It plays to the switch’s strengths and makes it feel like I’m playing with action figures.

Gotta admit. MUA3 has a much more diverse locations than MUA2 ever did. Especially having to play both Inhumans and Mutants in the same game is a rare sight to behold. Also most characters are thicc! I hope the success of this game on Switch opens to the possibility that they release on other platforms as well.

I miss grabs, and I really miss all the unique grapple attacks from MUA1, and I miss the combo specials from MUA2, but I still love this game...great roster, story, and customization! I can finally use Nightcrawler, Iceman, Gambit and Colossus in the same game!

Yes Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects retrospective! That was one of my favorite childhood games. One thing I like a lot about MUA3 Iron Fist is that the voice actor is the same voice actor for Nero in Devil May Cry 4 and 5, which is one of my favorite game series. Iron Fist was always on my team in MUA3 back when I played the game.

Person from two years in the future here, still no word on Ultimate Alliance 4

The designs for some characters are very cool, mostly because they are a little of both worlds MCU and comics some are straight up MCU but ones like vision’s are very cool.

It feels like the script for this retrospective is funnier, while not being annoying, great job.

This game had an uphill battle from the start. Switch exclusive, being VERY inspired by the MCU (villains you face, character designs, Thanos as the ultimate villain, etc) despite that the previous two games focused more on the comics rather then the films, and a storyline that feels so disconnected from the previous games despite carrying the big number 3.

24:24 X-Men ‘97 came out today. Cyclops saves himself from falling using his optic blast. Saw that and remembered this video. Figured I’d give some insight in case that happened here as well

This version of Spider-Man and Venom is interesting, as Spidey here is far more willing to team up with Venom and the Green Goblin unlike his grudge holding comicbook counterpart. (fun fact both Eddie and the symbiote forgave Peter and stopped wanting to kill him long before Peter would forgive them) Eddie and the symbiote are also acknowledged as the anti-heroes they are in the comics to the point of notably not wanting to fight the heroes in the boss fight but doing so anyway for their freedom and not eating Electro. This is extremely notable as Eddie does not actually eat people in the comics, he just uses the threat of doing so as a scare tactic, with the Scorpion being the first person to actually do so. With the exceptions of Venom threatening Spidey before teaming up without being provoked first and having animosity towards all spider themed heroes, (which is extremely off and weird especially for Miles) this is actually one of the most faithful renditions of the character, albeit their 90s characterization. All of these characters was at one point on one point or another on the Sinister Six, complete with Venom turning on the team the first chance they get, though never this specific list. (Venom's version did have Sandman, Mysterio and Electro though) The Infinity Sentinel is indeed a game exclusive. I however don't think it is a soft reboot or a continuation but instead a hard reboot. As nothing here really lines up with the world shown in MUA 1 and 2 and some aspects like Nick outright contradict it. I'm also not a fan of any the additional modes MUA3 has to offer (besides the story expansion) or a potential horde mode and much rather see a return of comic missions and hub worlds with unique character based dialogue. To be honest gameplay modes just for gameplay's sake without any story or character relevance don't appeal to me in the slightest. While it isn't a deal breaker and I do find MUA3 to be funner to play than MUA2, I don't like how synergy dependent the game is and I also miss the ability to go it alone like in MUA1. Venom also gameplay wise isn't really faithful to the comic version, nor does he have the healing factor trait for some reason but I can't really fault them too much for it as Venom would become a bruiser clone of Spidey in game that already has two similar spider people and unfaithful as it may be I still love the MvC moves. Despite my complaints I do agree this game doesn't get the praise it deserves and I actually think this game has the best art style out of the 3. I also agree this game's story did a good job. My rankings are, 1. MUA1 2. MUA3 3. MUA2

Steve Blum also voiced Green Goblin here (as he did in Spectacular Spider-Man), and they also got Doc Ock from the PS4/ps5 Spider-Man game. Edit: you probably already knew that lol

Considering the game was "localised" twice, due to the Marvel team not speaking japanese and the japanese studio of Team Ninja needing to translate it as a story, make it into a game and then translate that script again to include this classic japanese cheesyness, this ends up closer to the various cartoons more than the movies and comics. Especially considering what the team chose, mostly by getting as many things visually and acoustically close to the 90s Marvelverse, evident mostly by the X-Men with Magneto being one line away from "X-MEN! WELCOME TO DIE", the voice cast from Wolverine and the X-Men along with Averngers EMH and other shuffles of voice cast from previous Marvel games that also reached foreign shores. Then you have the sneaky things Team Ninja put in the game, like some parts of the Ant-Man and Ultimo fight actually reference things like Ultraman Zero in its choreography. To put it simply, it's as if the american writters just gave a script and outline to japanese studio and the people who grew up with whatever Marvel thing they had in their youth, shoved it in, with a healthy dose of Japan in it.

Moment of silence for wade’s tacos😔

So I got a switch when this game was announced. I also bought the season pass, something I almost never do...that being said, I LOVE this game. It is so easy to just get in a groove and play for hours. So many characters that feel incredibly fun to play. Also my 6 year old son finds this game to be amazing! He has such a ball just jamming through levels and playing all his favorite heroes. Really hope they make a 4th as I'll be right there on release day.

Johnny young bosch as iron fist is just CHIEFS KISS!!

One and a half hours of Always Nerdy Quality Content. I hope this Retrospective continues.

MUA3 is confirmed to take place in a different continuity. Great video! Looking forward to the X-Men Legends ones!

Gotta love how they tried redeeming starlord by having him come up with the big brain idea at the end.

ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 4 MAKE A MOVE ALREADY

It's kind of funny that you completely forgot about Valkyrie during the Hel section. Kind of says a lot about how much she contributes to the story.

This game really feels like a callback to the late 2000s era of Marvel animation. The tone, art style, and voice cast are all drawing fairly heavily from Avengers: EMH and Wolverine and the X-Men.

Favorite cutscene is the reunion of everybody in the DLC. Seeing characters that weren’t in the main story is so cool.

34:50 Bucky had to tell them to leave like 4 times before they'd do anything.

I clicked so fast! Love this game and series, can’t wait to see what you have to say about it.

Update from 2 years: No MUA4 :(

They made Hela so fucking hot in this game. I mean God damn.

I REALLY love this game! Honestly I was hyped at that reveal trailer cause seeing Ultimo, Green Goblin, the X-men and Sentinels made me think it was leaning much more towards the comics. And the new art style looked like it let them do really smooth and expressive animations that would've been much harder with a more realistic art style. And I think they absolutely NAILED the story! Seeing all the locations and characters was just awesome. And the dialogue is the kind of cheesy comic stuff that I absolutely live for! I just think the combat can get really overwhelming sometimes and some of the levels feel like they could've been designed better to be less frustrating (Hel in particular), but that could just be me.

Never played UA3 but I was a huge fan of the other games when I was younger. This was a great watch to see how much the series has changed from what I remember

and basically our goal is to get him as hard as possible before finishing him off" i dont think homie was thinking when he said that lol if ur wondering its his explanation for defeating sandman

Honestly the fact that this was switch exclusive is pretty much why it wasn't as big as it could have been. Really hoping the next ultimate alliance game isn't an exclusive.

The time and effort you put in these videos is amazing. I grew up playing most if not all of the games you talk about and I love hearing someone talk about them the way I remembered them.

I can't describe how good is this review in general, you actually show exactly what you liked and what could be better for us and devs to understand. Incredible job doing all of this

Anyone else remember what Ultron looked like in MUA1 and look at him in MUA3.

I love the fact that Scarlet Witch just teleports us to the freaking Dark Dimension.

Did Deadpool just sing "Macho Man" except with Tacos?

"Make him as hard as possible, before finishing him off." Is how I want to be right now.

I would die if we had a show with the same voice cast in this game. It is just amazing. Usually, there’s one or a few who sounds off but everyone here sounds great

I’m going to need SquareEnix to watch this video....

Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2 will always hold a special place in my heart, as some of the earliest games I played as a kid. They will still have a distinction from UA3 to me, but now I will give UA3 a chance.

This was a great dive into the games functions, story, and reference. You do a great job showing the games charm without your bias to the game overshadowing flaws that you are willing to point out.

Looks like a Pretty Good lookin' Game...i love how Deadpool just sings and cooks while chaos ensues

MUA1 has its own story MUA2 took inspiration from Civil War and Secret War (No not SECRET WARS) MUA3 took inspiration from both the Infinity Gauntlet storyline, Infinity storyline, and the MCU

I’ve been waiting for this. I can say that this is my favourite game series without a doubt and it’s the reason I watch your channel so much

I’m still so sad Beast wasn’t playable. He was involved in so much of the story!

Thank you for making these videos, I just relived my childhood and a good part of adulthood. Great job on everything

I think my biggest complaint about UA3 is the lack of detail density compared to the first. Exploring home bases was so fun in UA 1. You had the quiz mini games, conversations with minor supporting characters, and all sorts of Easter eggs. And the ISO-8 system, while mostly troubled with tedium, also has the issue of being bland compared to the collectible equip items you'd get in the old games. Aside from being more user friendly to sort through, the collectible items were fun to find. You'd get a bionic arm from beating the Winter Soldier, go to Asgard to forge Asgard armor, beat Loki and get trolled with "Loki's Gift". ISO-8 is so uninteresting, aesthetically.

Yay, was really excited to see you do this! I just revisited MUA3 myself recently and my thoughts really changed on it. At first I was sort of mixed on it but on revisiting it, there’s a lot to like, though I still have some issues. I love the artstyle; it fits the marvel universe perfectly and makes the characters look more like themselves than the more gritty artstyle of the first 2 games. The combat is also more tactical than I originally gave it credit for and characters feel quite unique even though a lot of them have some similar skills; I liked that some had more aerial focus while others had more stagger focus. I also think it has the best roster and everyone looks phenomenal. My major issue is how grindy it is....I don’t play MUA for the side modes, I play it for the story and being able to switch between characters whenever I got to SHIELD point was so fun and allowed for more exploration. I can’t do that unless I exhaustively grind through the repetitive modes and that’s just not very fun. I also think the story was quite weak; I would prefer a longer story and I REALLY miss the hub worlds, those need to come back, especially with the unique character interactions. If those things were addressed in a fourth instalment and this roster returned, I would be a happy camper. It’s an enjoyable game overall and I think it’s even better upon revisiting it.

Omfg that Iron Fist cinematic was better than anything Netflix did with the character He’s also my fave character so I loved hearing u say he was yours too

Absolutely amazing video, I’ve been keeping up with your vids since ua3 launched but I have no idea how I missed this one

This got posted as soon as I was getting to work, literally been waiting all day to watch this

The sentinel at 1:14:46 lol. Sentinel: "AaAAaAaaA" So cute.

I also bought my Switch expressly to get this game. I love the game and having a Switch ALSO allowed me to buy Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. One of the best games I’ve ever played.

I can’t help it but find it funny the way Thanos says boy 45:10

Found this channel while looking for a video about a game I remembered from my childhood, Marvel Nemesis Imperfects. Subscriber and bell rung for sure.

YESSS FINALLY can’t wait to get home so I can watch the full

I found it funny that Corvius Glave was voiced by David Kaye who you might remember as the voice of Beast Wars Megatron.

I understand that synergies were probably a big reason behind why each character was limited to four skills, but I miss the freedom you were given as a player to experiment with different skills and builds in the older games. I just wish they had more RPG elements like MUA and the XML games with the stats and gear system, too. Maybe the could have "loadouts" that affect gameplay like how MUA1's costumes did, but letting you choose the stats separately from the visuals (I hated having good stats on a costume I didn't really like) Heck, they could re-work the ISO-8s to do those things in a bigger way and not just in a single-digit stat boost. Maybe have character-specific ISO-8s that give added effects to certain skills, like how ISO-8s worked in Avengers Alliance, the old facebook RPG. I enjoyed playing MUA3, too, but I guess I just really want MUA1 gameplay with MUA3 visuals

Real solid review here. I feel pretty strongly in agreement with a lot of what you say here, and I'm hoping they can follow up with improvements to the combat and ISO-8 management. Of course, I'm also hoping we get an Ultimate Alliance 4 at all.

Can’t wait to watch this always love putting these videos on while i do every day things

Great video man! I found myself replaying this game a few weeks ago. Still pretty fun after all this time. Hope we get UA4

Thanks in doing this video. It got me to redownload my purchase to play on my Switch.

Ive watched all 3 of your Ultimate alliance retrospectives recently. Really appreciate your work, I havent played 3 yet but after watching your retrospective it looks way better than I remember. I was a big fan of 1+2, i honestly forgot about 3 until this. Def checking it out soon, and Ill be digging into more of your content because the quality is top tier. Thanks!😊 also, here I am watching it 2 years after like you say. Haha

Wow great revival review for MUA 3 very good excellent! Everything was included well written and thought out!

After a decade of waiting, we finally got the third installment of the Marvel Ultimate Alliance series. Although the first two games take place in the same universe, the third game actually takes place in a different continuity.

This video popped up randomly and I didn’t shut it off and I loved every minute of it! Subbed!✨

Cyclops can survive any fall by simply blasting the ground to slow his decent. He can survive falling from a plane this way.

It’s our goal to Make him as hard as possible before finishing him off -Always Nerdy (2020

Great video. Thank you for taking the time to make it. I enjoyed this game on Switch, but I'd sure love a full blown PC port w/ ultrawide support.

These are some super solid videos. I can’t believe u only have 12k subs but u gotta keep making videos like these and u will blow up in the future for sure. J keep it up and make more videos like these with more games and such that are known by a wider audience and ur golden!

"Her name is Supergiant" Oh so she has Mario mushroom powers "She can control minds" So they weren't even trying

Awesome work on the three retros, hits me right in my member berries

Man, this video was such a cool experience. I had no clue Team Ninja had done a Marvel: Ultimate Alliance game, and as a huge fan of Ninja Gaiden and Nioh, it does not surprise me in the slightest that the gameplay in this one is very flashy and super fun. Team Ninja did stumble a bit after Tomonobu Itagaki left the company after Ninja Gaiden 2, without him Ninja Gaiden 3 turned out awful, but after listwning to the fans' complaints they came out with Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge in 8 months time (which is incredible by the way), which addressed tons of mistakes in the game and it's now almost as good as the rest of the Ninja Gaiden games. They do seem to have found their footing recently with the Nioh franchise, and as someone who has also poured 400+ hours in the first Nioh, It's kinda normal to hear that you've also poured as much time in M:UA3, Team Ninja does have a way of making insanely replayable games and they seem to be on fire with one banger after another lately. I'm sure another M:UA is in development, their team is a workhorse in terms of output, they put out one quality game after another, it's insane really. Ok sorry for rambling, I just wanted to say that I'm glad I stumpled opun you channel and that this video was very very cool for me to watch. Can't wait to check out everything from you channel.

This is one of the few switch games I regret buying, but this was a great analysis video.

Just saw your vids on ultimate alliance 1 and 2 the other day so it’s awesome that you have one for this game now, too!

13:18 last time he did that, a universe lost most of its X-Men and Logan vowed to never open his claws again

Theory/dream blunt rotation: MUA4 will focus on the multiverse converging and we’ll see versions of characters from all 3 games fighting the cosmic big bad. Could be in line with Battleworld/ Secret Wars, but more along the lines of DC’s Crisis events.

This video is truly one of those KZfaq videos that needs way more likes

46:37 "I am taking away our pain." Obscure GARMONBOZIA reference.

33:25 Star-Lord has mentioned in one of Storm's bios that she and black panther are no longer together

I would totally like to see MUA 4 some day

Excellent retrospective with a lot of good insight and commentary. I initially bounced off of MUA3 not too long after going through the story a couple times and being unimpressed with the first DLC, but I've returned to it recently with the full release of the expansion pass, costumes, ongoing events, and rewards. It feels like a much more refined experience than playing this game on release. Xlegends and MUA1-2 are some of my all-time favorite games and it's nice to finally feel the same passion about the newest installment. This retrospective really inspired me to go back and give it more of a chance, thanks for your hard work and passion! Here's hoping we get Xmen legends 3 or ultimate alliance 4 at e3 2021

Hearing Thanos say “boy” in his deep ass voice gave me serious God of War 2018 flashbacks

Great analysis ,cartoony style had me thinking it was more for children but it grew on me. Love the damage numbers that pop up as well

Legit watched the first two this week and was just giddily keeping my eye out for this one.

I needed this didn't like how tiny the characters have got when you zoom out was the main reason I didn't get it. Your video just randomly popped in my KZfaq list. Just picked up Arkham trilogy a week ago.

I literally just started playing this game again. this game was pretty awesome although a little short. but the variety of characters is fantastic. my biggest flaw for the game is how hard it is to get alternate costumes, like why was it so hard to get all the good costumes?

Praise be to Nintendo for giving us what we asked for and taking Time to fund and publish the game be grateful that the franchise Is back

It makes me really happy that a lot of other people had similar experiences when playing these games. Either now or as kids

"since we have to make him as hard as possible before we finish him off!" .....sounds about right

Great video about a great game. Thanks for making this!

OMG!!! Thank you for doing this.

Whenever the game was being released I definitely wasn't expecting it to be a Switch exclusive so I never got around to buying a switch to play it but after seeing your review I'm considering it now. It's nice to see that it improved in several ways from the past ones. It also looks great so I definitely gotta give this one a playthrough now.

Great retrospective Nerdy! I just became a big marvel fan when this game got announced, I had seen all the movies and even started collecting some comics and diving into marvel history, I also had a Switch and played it regularly. It always felt like this game was tailored just for me because I am a big Nintendo and Marvel fan and my favorite kind of games are those with warriors style gameplay like this one, you can see Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo's hand in MUA3. I love the game's story, voice acting, combat, reference to comics and music (PLEASE for the love of god SOMEBODY rip the music files for the DLC songs, I would love to hear them outside the game). Although I always feel like there's much room for improvement. The impossible task of completion and the grinding nature of this game make it sometimes very painful but I think there's enough content for it to always be enjoyable. The multiplayer is great if you have a brother or a friend that is willing to join you. I wish more people would still play online, but having someone on Discord to ask makes it much easier. In the end I love this game and I have poured hundreds of hours into it, I believe it's my second most played games after Smash Bros. Ultimate. If you are a fan of Marvel, or want to get more into it, DEFINITELY get this game and the DLC if you haven't (it's worth it) As you can see at 1:08:37 I won't miss a chance if there's someone to play with and I would love for more and more people to fall in love with the game as much as I did. Thank you so much for making this video and for all the points you made in it. And if you read through all of this, thank you for listening to my story, I would love to hear yours.

Nothing against the story writers, I know why they chose the infinity stone, I just think they are a lazy plot. It’s easy to just place them wherever you need want to go to make the background there. Every level felt inconsequential to the whole plot besides the first and last one, like they all could take place anywhere. I also feel like they could have done a little more to make the worlds and characters feel less hollow, like for instance having special quotes for synergies. My main team had both gwen and miles and it always felt weird that they were introduced together but never acknowledged each other. I think specific characters should get special dialogues and then maybe just dialogues they have based on what teams the other characters are from so it’s easier to program, like giving a generic phrase every time someone synergies with an x men or an avenger