Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3 Video Game Name Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3 Nicknames Ultimate Alliance 3

MUA3 Developers Team Ninja Publishers Nintendo Directors Hiroya Usuda Writers Mark Sumerak Composers Takahiro Umeda

Masafumi Okubo Engine TBA Platforms Nintendo Switch Release Date July 19, 2019 Genres Action role-playing, hack-n-slash Modes

Single player, multiplayer Producers Yosuke Hayashi

Peter Rosas

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, (better known as Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order), is action-RPG hack n’ slash developed by Koei Tecmo’s Team Ninja. It was announced on Game Awards 2018 to be published to Nintendo Switch and released on July 19, 2019.

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Plot

Thanos Saga

The Guardians of the Galaxy (Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot) have completed another job but were not paid, due to Rocket attempting to steal an artifact from the museum they guarded. Their ship detects a powerful energy signature, leading them to a hidden ship. Inside, they are confronted by Kree lead by Nebula and Ronan the Accuser; they are furious with the Guardians for giving away their location. It's revealed that Nebula and Ronan were hiding the legendary six colorful Infinity Stones from Thanos. However, the ship is next attacked by Proxima Midnight of the Black Order and her army of Outriders. Before the villains can take the stones, Star-Lord grabs the Space Stone (Blue one), wishing for his team and the stones to be somewhere safe.

This sends them to The Raft on Earth, where the prisoners are breaking out. They team up with Spider-Man (Peter Parker), helping help lock them back up. Outside, they are confronted by Sandman as one of the members of the Sinister Six, who they manage to subdue with the fire suppression system. Spider-Man reveals that they are on their own, as they need to keep the force-field on to keep the more dangerous villains in. Nick Fury next arrives with a team known as the Avengers consisting of Black Widow, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Crystal, Falcon, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor Odinson, Scarlet Witch and Wolverine; they were all teleported in by Crystal's dog Lockjaw. Nick reveals that thanks to Star-Lord, the Infinity Stones have been spread across the Earth; though Star-Lord still has the Space Stone with him.

The heroes continue through the raft, facing off against Electro and Venom; when Electro weakens, Venom absorb him into his body for a power boost. Defeated, as Electro freed, Venom is convinced to put aside his hatred of Spider-Man to help protect the world, since the web-head knows him well. After helping Luke Cage put away more prisoners, the heroes find Ms. Marvel, Spider-Gwen and Spider-Man (Miles Morales) being manipulated by Mysterio. Freeing them from his control and defeating Mysterio, the heroes head to the control room; they defeat Doctor Octopus to keep him from lowering the force-field. On the roof, Green Goblin reveals that he has the Time Stone (Green one) and uses its power to fight the heroes. However, he loses control and gets stuck in a time loop, before being pulled into a time portal and seeing a vision of the future where the Black Order has brought Thanos all the stones. A shell-shocked Goblin gives the stone back while unable to join the team on saving the universe from Thanos in his current state and resting at the Raft for a recovery. At a same time, Luke Cage reveals his wife Jessica Jones has tracked down a lead; Kingpin has come into possession of an unusual gem, possibility an Infinity Stone.

The heroes meet Jessica in the city, where she reveals Kingpin has taken refuge in Shadowkahn, an Oriental rooftop palace, where The Hand has allied with him and provide security. The other members of The Defenders - Daredevil and Iron Fist - are already inside. Getting through traps, the heroes meet up the Daredevil and Iron Fist, just in time to see The Hand infuse Elektra with an evil entity. Freed from its control, Electra joins the heroes. Making it to Kingpin's trophy room, they are confronted by Bullseye, who they manage to beat and humiliate into retreating. Confronting Kingpin, the heroes discover he does not have one of the stones but instead possesses an unknown gem that enhances his physical strength. Upon his defeat, Iron Man takes the odd gem for study at Avengers Tower.

At Avengers Tower, Vision helps Iron Man study the gem, learning that it has the power to enhance the abilities of anyone who possesses them. The tower is attacked by Ultron and his sentries; the Mind Stone (Yellow one) is in his possession. Ultron reveals that the stone had allowed him to bypass the limitations of his rational mind, allowing him knowledge formerly beyond his reach. Helping repair the damage to the tower's defenses, the heroes back-up Wasp with fighting off the drones. On the roof, Hawkeye joins the fight, helping the heroes badly damage Ultron. Ultron tells them that he will simply upload his mind into a new body. The ominous warning is immediately followed by the appearance of the giant robot Ultimo; as its mind was deleted, it allows Ultron the space to take control. Before Ultron-Ultimo can do too much damage, Ant-Man arrives and fights back as Giant-Man. Vision uses the distraction to bury Ultron's mind deep within the Mind Stone, though learns Ulton's last action was to activate Sentinels.

The heroes arrive at the Xavier Mansion, where Wolverine, Scarlet Witch, Colossus, and Storm are fighting off the Sentinels. Nightcrawler and Psylocke also join the fight, having previously helped Beast attack the Hellfire Club. Once the Sentinels are dealt with, Beast lands the X-Men's jet, revealing that the Hellfire Club had the Power Stone (Purple one) in their possession. A stray Sentinel attacks and identifies the stone as an alternate power source, using it to achieve a more powerful form. Despite the heroes' best attempts to destroy it, the Infinity Sentinel proves too powerful, until Magneto arrives and tears it apart for the stop. Accompanying him are Mystique and Juggernaut, as the Brotherhood of Mutants was ordered by Hellfire Club to retrieve the Power Stone which the three said X-Men taken from them. Juggernaut begins bulldozing the mansion, knocking around the X-Men; plowing through the Taco Tuesday dinner, he angers Deadpool. Mystique attempts to kill the heroes with the Danger Room but fails. Just as Magneto finishes destroying the mansion, Thanos sent the Black Order's Proxima and Corvus Glaive to take the Infinity Stones. The Brotherhood relents to an alliance with the heroes. Juggernaut and Mystique aids Cyclops and Colossus to hold off three Black Orders from getting the Infinity Stones from the heroes’ hands, so Magneto can escape with them through a portal to another dimension opened by his daughter Scarlet Witch.

The heroes end up in the Dark Dimension, where they find Elsa Bloodstone fighting off Mindless Ones. Elsa explains rifts to the Dark Dimension have been popping up on Earth and she jumped in to hold back the tide of monsters. Along their new side quest to seal the rifts with Scarlet Witch's magic, they are joined by Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), who also is attempting to hold back the Mindless Ones. Finding Doctor Strange at a rift, the heroes find him widening it; he is under the Dreaded Dormmamu's control. After being given a sound beating, Doctor Strange manages to expel Dormammu's influence and seal the rift. Doctor Strange explains that Dormammu has the Reality Stone (Red one) and is seeking to swallow their dimension into the Dark Dimension. Loki Laufeyson appears before them, wishing to test Iso-8 he collected; defeated, he surrenders the Iso-8, intrigued by the idea of an alliance as he leaves. The heroes fight and destroy Dormammu's physical form, claiming the stone; however, he begins reforming as his power is endless in the Dark Dimension. Doctor Strange combines the power of the Reality Stone with his magic, opening a portal back to the normal dimension.

Unfortunately, this also drops them in the Inhuman city of Attilan. Queen Medusa is at first not pleased with his sister Crystal and their pet Lockjaw to have outsiders (humans, mutants and mutates) in the Inhuman kingdom. However, Gorgon arrives badly wounded, putting the matter on hold. In the infirmary, they meet Thane, the illegitimate Inhuman-Titan hybrid son of Thanos; for an unknown reason, Thanos may likely seek to kill him. Gorgon recovers, revealing that the brother of Inhuman king Black Bolt, Maximus the Mad is staging another coup. The heroes help defeat Maximus and his technological army, re-earning the Inhumans' trust. Just then they get an S.O.S. over the Avengers' radio; Winter Soldier is calling for back up in Wakanda. A.I.M. shot down his aircraft and stole the Soul Stone (Orange one).

Arriving in Wakanda via Lockjaw, the heroes take out A.I.M. soldiers. Attempting to race across a bridge into the city, they are confronted by Klaw, who uses his sonic cannon to knock them into a temple below. Traversing the jungle outside, the heroes meet with Black Panther and mutant love-interest, Storm, who guides them to the palace. However, Klaw is there again and has taken Winter Soldier captive; he needs to keep them occupied long enough for MODOK to complete his experiment, in exchange for the throne. Defeated, Klaw flees and Winter Soldier decides to stay behind to hold off A.I.M. reinforcements. M.O.D.O.K uses the Soul Stone to steal the souls of Wakandan warriors known as Dora Milaje, putting them under his control. The fight ends up in the Necropolis, an underground burial chamber, where M.O.D.O.K. steals the souls of his own A.I.M. soldiers to power up. However, he overloads and flees without the stone.

The Soul Stone is encased in amber by Thane, along with the other five stones. Thane admits he can hear the stones whispering to him for freedom. To the frustration of the heroes, the Black Order shows up again, this time with Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian and Supergiant as well. Black Panther buys the heroes time by locking them in a sacred chamber filled with predictions of the future. The Black Order breaks in, only for Thane to offer them the stones and his own life on exchange for sparing the heroes. Ebony recognizes Thane as Thanos' offspring and takes the deal. Proxima uses the Space Stone to send the heroes somewhere horrible.

Arriving in a barren wasteland, Thor identifies their bee location as Hel. It is the realm for all deceased Asgardain souls. They meet with Hela, ruler of Hel, to gain passage out of Hel. They meet Valkyrie along the way. Meeting Hela at her throne, the Goddess of Death is not pleased to have unwanted guests. Valkyrie notes that the path to Asgard is closed; Hela explains Asgard is currently under attack. Summoning Surtur, Lord of Mesphielhim, to attack Hela leaves to collect fresh souls. With Hela gone, Thor uses the Bifrost to transport everyone to the rainbow bridge, where he knocks off Surtur into the abyss below.

Entering Asgard, the heroes find HYDRA has taken over. They meet Loki, who reveals he attempted an alliance with HYDRA to collect Iso-8. However, HYDRA double-crossed him to collect the Iso-8 for themselves. In Odin Borson's throne room, Red Skull and Hela await the heroes. Using the Iso-8 to power up, Red Skull fights the heroes. Defeated, Red Skull has his dark soul taken by Hela and placed in the Destroyer armor in a second attempt to kill the heroes. However, Odin returns after quelling a Frost Giant rebellion and returns the Red Skull's soul to him. Hela retreats with Red Skull. Using his powers of devination, Odin warns the heroes that the Black Order has attacked Knowhere (where the Nova Corps and Richard Rider are fighting them and the Outrider army) and that Thanos is not far behind.

At Knowhere, each member of the Black Order uses an Infinity Stone to test their powers. Ebony Maw uses the Soul Stone, but surrenders it upon defeat, calling it a mere bauble. The next foe is Supergiant who uses the Mind Stone to enhance her already powerful telepathic abilities; defeated, she retreats in anger. Next is Cull Obsidian, who uses the Power Stone to enhance his brute strength. Defeated, he attempts to take the heroes with him in an explosion but fails. Corvus Glaive faces them next, intending to use the Reality Stone to torture the heroes; however, he gets knocked into space. Last is Proxima Midnight, who uses the Space Stone to summon Outriders. Even defeated, Proxima uses the Space Stone to recall the Black Order for a final fight. However, Thane arrives and uses the Time Stone to freeze everyone. Thane wishes to merge the Black Order with the alliance to form a group strong enough to stop Thanos and bring peace to the universe. Hearing the memories of everyone through the Time Stone, Thane remembers Captain America's words of encouragement to not be like his father.

Thanos knocks Thane from behind and takes all six stones into his Gauntlet, admitting that Thane will never be like him. Transporting everyone to his domain, Thanos fights the alliance. Defeated, Thanos has his gauntlet taken by Thane, who now completely corrupted by the stones’ influences and summons the Infinity Armor to power up. Thane takes everyone to the Heart of Infinity, where the stones were born. As the fight continues, Thane suddenly loses control of his power; Thanos, having know his son’s potential to wield a full power of Infinity armaments being too dangerous explains that the armor is too much for any mortal to wield, clarifying the reason Thanos only wore one of its gloves. Grabbing the Gauntlet, Thanos causes himself and Thane to vanish. The Nova Corps arrive and capture the Black Order, while the heroes decide to scatter the stones across the universe to keep them safe. Thor, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man and Black Panther each take a stone to hide. Unknown to everyone, once they leave the Heart of Infinity, a pair of ominous eyes appear above it.

Doctor Doom Saga

Continuing to the new storyline of The Black Order Expansion Pass, despite the heroes already celebrated their victory on safekeeping the Infinity Stones, able to stop the vampire curse within Michael Morbius, and prevent the Dark Phoenix Force from rising within Jean Grey (Who now goes by the name Phoenix), their celebration is not over yet, as the Fantastic Four's arch-nemesis Doctor Doom begin his move by attacking Wakanda and stealing the Soul Stone from Black Panther to become a God.

After Doom teleports the heroes to the Negative Zone, they are rescued by the Fantastic Four (Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and The Thing) from Annihilus' army. With the Fantastic Four finally on their side, the heroes must survive and escape the Negative Zone before Doom revives a Celesta which he recovered with the Soul Stone. With Invisible Woman and Mr. Fantastic help they were able to steal Annihilus' Cosmic Control Rod and use it to power up the inter-dimensional bridge,the heroes then escape the Negative Zone and landed in Latveria.

By the time the heroes arrived at Latveria, many of its people were absorbed into the Soul Stone by Doom, the heroes fought a Celestial awakened by Doom, then Doom's God form himself. Once Doctor Doom is defeated and all the souls of the Latverian citizens have been freed and revived, Mr. Fantastic is aware of Doom's plan to save the universe is noble, but too twisted, they both learn from their time that during the alliances war against Thanos and the Black Order, an unknown entity was awoken due to the results of Thanos' sacrifice to stop Thane and is heading to Earth, so Mr. Fantastic offers Doom to join the alliance to stop the coming threat.

Playable Characters

Boss = Also appears as a level boss.

NPC = Originally Non-Playable Characters.

Bold = Starting characters

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Unlockables

DLC

Update Patch Time Releases: All are unlockables August 30, 2019 (NPC) Colossus Cyclops



Allies

Villains/Bosses

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DLC

Mooks

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DLC

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Voice Cast

Adam Harrington - Groot, Lockjaw

Allegra Clark - Spider-Gwen

Ashly Burch - Nebula

Brian Bloom - Captain America, Daredevil, Punisher

Brandon Paul Ellis - Drax the Destroyer

Bumper Robinson - Falcon

Chris Cox - Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Colossus

Crispin Freeman - Gorgon

Christopher Daniel Barnes - Electro

Dave Boat - The Thing

David Shaughnessy - Klaw

David Kaye - Vision, Corvus Glaive, Mysterio

Diedrich Bader - Maximus

Dwight Schultz - Odin

Eric Loomis - Iron Man

Erica Lindbeck - Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), Psylocke

Fred Tatasciore - Hulk, Beast

Gideon Emery - Moon Knight

Hynden Walch - Supergiant

Irami Williams - Blade

Isaac C. Singleton Jr. - Thanos

Jake Green - Michael Morbius

Jamieson Price - Surtur

James Arnold Taylor - Cosmo

Jason Spisak - Loki

James M Connor - Cable

James Arnold Taylor - Iceman

Jennifer Hale - Jean Grey

Jim Meskimen - Ultron, Ultimo

Jesse Burch - Cull Obsidian

Josh Keaton - Ant-Man/Giant Man (Scott Lang)

James C. Mathis III - Black Panther, Luke Cage, Ronan

John Eric Bentley - Nick Fury

Johnny Youg Bosch - Iron Fist

Jon Olson - Insectoids

Laura Bailey - Black Widow

Liam O'Brien - Doctor Strange, Nightcrawler, Black Bolt, Red Skull (also as a Destroyer)

Kari Wahlgren - Wasp, Elsa Bloodstone, Proxima Midnight, Invisible Woman

Kat Cressida - Elektra Natchios

Kate Higgins - Scarlet Witch

Kathreen Khavari - Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)

Keith Ferguson - Professor Charles Xavier

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - Valkyrie

Mary Faber - Crystal, Medusa

Mara Junot - Storm

Matthew Yang King - Human Torch

Maurice LaMarche - Doctor Doom

Nadji Jeter - Spider-Man (Miles Morales)

Nika Futterman - Hela

Nolan North - Rocket Raccoon, Deadpool

Peter Lurie - Juggernaut

Phil LaMarr - Dormammu

Ray Chase - Winter Soldier

Richard Epcar - Sandman

Rick Pasqualone - Gambit

Rick D. Wasserman - Thor Odinson

Robbie Daymond - Nova (Richard Rider), Thane

Robin Atkin Downes - Annihilus

Scott Porter - Star-Lord, Cyclops

Steven Blum - Wolverine, Venom, Green Goblin, Bullseye, Ghost Rider

Sumalee Montano - Mystique

Tara Strong - Jessica Jones

Tom Kane - Magneto

Todd Haberkorn - Ebony Maw

Vanessa Marshall - Gamora

Wally Wingert - M.O.D.O.K., Mister Fantastic

William Salyers - Doctor Octopus

Yuri Lowenthal - Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Gallery

Videos

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