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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 announced exclusively for Nintendo Switch (Team Ninja developed, Nintendo published)
- Thread starter Xavi
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This might be Dickish but I hope team ninja doesn't half ass this game.
The X-men legend and ultimate alliance games are some of my favorites. How big is team ninja btw? Because they have this, nioh 2 and I think another dead or alive, that seems like a lot.
The X-men legend and ultimate alliance games are some of my favorites. How big is team ninja btw? Because they have this, nioh 2 and I think another dead or alive, that seems like a lot.
It looks low-mid budget, sure, but I prefer this artstyle a lot more compared to 1/2. Also better than mobile games, reminds me of the "wow, looks like a PS2 game!" comments by people that don't seem to remember how PS2 games looked.
Will be interesting when we see it with actual gameplay rather than special camera angles.
Will be interesting when we see it with actual gameplay rather than special camera angles.
Hope this paves the way for a Nintendo vs. Marvel made by Capcom
And Style Savvy Stylist better be on it! >:D
And Style Savvy Stylist better be on it! >:D
How can it look like a mobile game haven't seen any predatory loot boxes in sight. Looks like an upgraded MUA too me. Guess a lot of the posts are from people who never played the series. Guess that's expected since the last ver was 10 yrs ago.
Nicest surprised of TGA (which isn't really saying much, since anything bigger was already expected).
The main character models look good. I just find it strange that the trailer starts with Nebula with a very, very Karen Gillan looking face, but then nobody else looks like their movie counterpart. Graphically, I'd say the biggest problem is lighting and particle effects.
I can see why people are disappointed. Going from Spider Man to this is a big drop... but then again don't see Nintendo hyping this game as its one of its main titles for a couple of years, either. The priority just isn't the same. But calling it a "mobile game" is an exaggeration.
Somewhat related...Does any know what happened last night that this is the only thing Marvel at the show? It's seems like there where plans for more that fell through. It's just weird that the Russo's where there but nothing came of it and then the Avenger's 4 trailer releases only hours later.
The main character models look good. I just find it strange that the trailer starts with Nebula with a very, very Karen Gillan looking face, but then nobody else looks like their movie counterpart. Graphically, I'd say the biggest problem is lighting and particle effects.
I can see why people are disappointed. Going from Spider Man to this is a big drop... but then again don't see Nintendo hyping this game as its one of its main titles for a couple of years, either. The priority just isn't the same. But calling it a "mobile game" is an exaggeration.
Somewhat related...Does any know what happened last night that this is the only thing Marvel at the show? It's seems like there where plans for more that fell through. It's just weird that the Russo's where there but nothing came of it and then the Avenger's 4 trailer releases only hours later.
Rewatching the trailer once more, I think that while the cutscenes look kinda meh, it's still a huge step up from the previous games. A small reminder that outside of the small amount of pre-rendered CG scenes, cutscenes in previous games were... mostly just textboxes. Gameplay is probably going to be the best looking the Marvel ARPG series has ever had.
I don't personally care for the artstyle, and it's definitely a deviation from the early 2000s "serious comics" artstyle of the previous entries, this is probably going to look really good in gameplay and in motion. Of course the deciding factor is if it actually plays good but yeah.
I don't personally care for the artstyle, and it's definitely a deviation from the early 2000s "serious comics" artstyle of the previous entries, this is probably going to look really good in gameplay and in motion. Of course the deciding factor is if it actually plays good but yeah.
weird that he was mixed in without the modulation
ah, that makes sense
I'm not sure Crystal would be much different from other energy projecting characters. Teleportation could be fun tho.
I'm surprised that Disney, considering how they are, out of all the companies gave the Marvel license to the people that made Dead or Alive Xtreme lol.
Looks even worse. Not a single player or npc shadow in the second picture. Probably what makes it look so stiff and lifeless.
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Vision's confirmed btw, behind Wolverine during the cutscene where he first taunts the Sentinel.
While the main attraction's the multiplayer, they're fun enough single player. I mostly played them first 4 games single player and they were fun.
It was made by different devs and it completely ignored the Galactus cliffhanger at the end of 1, and went for something based off Civil War instead. It looked and played worse than 1 as well.
There's a reason we haven't had a sequel in 10 years, it really was mediocre. I mean MUA1 was never a looker, but it was made in 2006. MUA2 looked... odd. Like they were going for realistic, but they didn't have the tech/reference points so it just looks off.
Also, the roster was a total joke compared to MUA1. You lost out on characters like Ghost Rider and Dr. Strange for... loooads of X-Men. I know people miss the X-Men in Marvel games, but damn, MUA2 was made up of like 60% repurposed X Men Legends characters.
And the level design! In MUA1 we fought on a Shield Hellicarrier, Hand HQ, Arcade's lair, and Dr. Doom's castle. In MUA2 you fought in... a laboratory. And a factory. And another laboratory.
One interesting fact: the Wii version of Marvel Ultimate Alliance was supposed to have Link and Samus but they were scrapped at the end.
Will they try again to add Nintendo characters? and if so who will they choose this time?
From Wikipedia:
"In 2013, following a reconstructing of Koei Tecmo, Team Ninja was split into two distinct development teams. They are dubbed Ichigaya Development Group 1 (led by Ninja Gaiden Sigma director Yosuke Hayashi) and Ichigaya Development Group 2 ( by Fatal Frame producer Keisuke Kikuchi).[4] "
So i guess one development group is working on Nioh 2 and the other one on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3.
Otherwise this could mean Nioh 2 is not a 2019 title.
Will they try again to add Nintendo characters? and if so who will they choose this time?
From Wikipedia:
"In 2013, following a reconstructing of Koei Tecmo, Team Ninja was split into two distinct development teams. They are dubbed Ichigaya Development Group 1 (led by Ninja Gaiden Sigma director Yosuke Hayashi) and Ichigaya Development Group 2 ( by Fatal Frame producer Keisuke Kikuchi).[4] "
So i guess one development group is working on Nioh 2 and the other one on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3.
Otherwise this could mean Nioh 2 is not a 2019 title.
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She's not really an energy projector though, it's more of she creates forces traditionally like a rain storm, heavy winds, wall of flame, etc
-Setting: MUA 1 had you literally go around the entire Marvel universe: Atlantis, Hell, Murder World, Asgard, Attilan, The Skrull Throne World, Latveria, etc; MUA 2 took place entirely on Earth and mostly in the USA due to the plot being based on Civil War, the most exotic locations you visit are the Negative Zone and Wakanda.
-Story: MUA 1 intertwined several sub plots into the main plot which is why you had to go to all these places, which let you make choices based on the sub plots for each stage that affected some things in the game and when you beat it you got a nice compilation of all the consequences your choices had on the marvel universe; MUA 2 was just Civil war with some creative liberties (Captain America has an army of robots?!) and had two barely different endings.
-Character customization: MUA1 had 4 different outfits with special stats for each character that turned them into different incarnations of them; MUA 2 had like one alternate per character and they sucked.
-Charm: MUA 1 had trivia challenges, huge dialogue trees, Stat bonuses if you made a Themed team and special convos between characters, MUA 2 didn't.
The saddest thing about it is, leading up to the release, they tried to hype up the fuck out of penance, im sure it was a marvel mandate, but still, laughably sad.
Specifically Team Ninja was in charge of the giant boss battles. Which were the worst part of the game imo.
Even this isn't totally accurate since only Hayashi's group used the Team Ninja logo before the last restructure in 2016. Fatal Frame V for example wasn't credited to "Team Ninja" even though it used the DOA/NG engine and was developed by Kikuchi's Tecmo team (formerly Team Tachyon).
And now Kikuchi's moved over to take charge of Gust anyway, he's not at Team Ninja at all.
There's no specific development group at Team Ninja, they're all led by Hayashi.
But Fatal Frame and some other IPs (Deception, Monster Rancher...) are now under the Team Ninja umbrella (after another restructuration, after Fatal Frame V).
It's hard to know what they're working on and how big they are tbh. Outside of their two main teams (action game (NG/Nioh) and fighting game with DOA), so far it was 2-3 small teams helping out on other stuff (engines for other teams, design for Warriors games, DOAX3/VV, doing DLC for DOA...), so I guess they expanded enough to do more small-mid tier projects again.
But Fatal Frame and some other IPs (Deception, Monster Rancher...) are now under the Team Ninja umbrella (after another restructuration, after Fatal Frame V).
It's hard to know what they're working on and how big they are tbh. Outside of their two main teams (action game (NG/Nioh) and fighting game with DOA), so far it was 2-3 small teams helping out on other stuff (engines for other teams, design for Warriors games, DOAX3/VV, doing DLC for DOA...), so I guess they expanded enough to do more small-mid tier projects again.
I'd totally be both up and down for adding Speedball to the roster, though. just keep Penance away so Robbie can be happy
This looks more similar too MUA 2. I wish they re mastered the X-Men legends 1&2. Those games were amazing.
Team Ninja is mostly a mixed bag, isn't it?
Thinking of these guys, they have a wide array of hits and failures, its fascinating to see. They have good stuff like the original Ninja Gaiden, several Dead or Alive titles, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, Ni-Oh, Hyule Warriors which they co-developed. But they also have the very hated Other M, the bland Ninja Gaiden 3 and other less fortunate projects. Hopefully Ultimate Alliance 3 will be in the former category.
I just rewatched the trailer a couple times yesterday and outside of wolverine slashing at basically air when fighting robots, it visually looks pretty solid imo
The animations probably need the most work, but it's usually Nintendo's MO, for games they publish, to not care about what it looks like in the first trailers. So I'm hoping from now till release we see some improvements.
Well Lockjaw and Crystal have as heavy if not stronger connection to the avengers and fantastic four having been members of both team. Also Attilan was a location in the original game although I think only black bolt was playable
That's closer to having mostly good to great games with some failures(NG3)/disappointments(Sigma games and Other M), rather than mostly a mixed bag...
I wonder how late production started when they were given the go ahead to use the X-Men. I'm just assuming since Wolverine is all by his lonesome self. Hope their story portion isn't shooed-in.
Really hope some combination of cameos from Link, Samus, Captain Falcon, Pit, and Palutena makes its way.
Really hope some combination of cameos from Link, Samus, Captain Falcon, Pit, and Palutena makes its way.
Also worth noting most of Other M's issues can be traced back to Sakamoto's decisions (Story, Wiimote only, 2D focus, IR missiles, pixel hunts) and they did some major fixes to NG3 with RE, to the point where I'd say it's a good (but not great) game.
Metroid Other M is probably why. To be fair to Team Ninja, I suspect the design decisions were helmed by an Nintendo employee if you look out Star Fox Zero turned out.
That was like a billion years ago though.
Now when you say Team Ninja, I think "Nioh."
Also while it does have some of the mcu style blending standard in marvel games most characters are using their current comic designs. Especially the villains. Same with the lineup, I mean we've got hand ninjas, Sandman, Ultimo, Green Goblin and Kingpin showing up as villains while Thanos, Ronan were big players and the black order having comic popularity(and the game having the full lineup)
Very curious to see how big the roster gets considering it's going to be dozens of playable characters and hopefully costumes are back
Also I bet we get a release date and more info in the January direct, I could see this in H1
Very curious to see how big the roster gets considering it's going to be dozens of playable characters and hopefully costumes are back
Also I bet we get a release date and more info in the January direct, I could see this in H1