MARVEL ORIGINS EXPLAINED - Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 (Switch) - Livestream: Part 3
10We've fought against Kingpin, Ultron, the camera, and the character levelling system, but nothing could ever measure up to the greatest evil Marvel can offer: a giant face in a floating chair.
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is a video game developed by Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the third installment in the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series following 2006's Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and 2009's Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and the first Marvel game published by Nintendo. It is set in an entirely different universe than the two previous games. Upon release, the game received mixed or average reviews from critics.
Like the previous two entries, gameplay is reminiscent of a top-down dungeon crawler with an emphasis on cooperative play. Up to four players can play the game cooperatively locally either on the same screen with a single docked Nintendo Switch system or undocked with up to four systems, or online with friends or random player lobbies. Players choose four characters from various Marvel families to traverse linear stages, fight enemies, and defeat bosses. Certain passive buffs are acquired with particular character combinations. Each character's controls are fundamentally identical; each has a jump, light attack, heavy attack, dodge, block, and four special abilities. Special abilities can be synced with the other three members for a synergy boost, with an especially powerful attack unleashed if all four party members sync up simultaneously. Additional characters are unlocked by story progression or optional Infinity Rift challenges, with more characters currently planned as free or paid downloadable content.
Character progression is handled in a similar manner to traditional role-playing games, with party members leveling up by defeating enemies and bosses. In addition to stat increases, passive buffs can be attached to characters by equipping ISO-8 crystals. A sprawling skill tree is also present, which allows characters to gain permanent stat increases by acquiring and spending in-game currency.
The plot of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order is an original story written specifically for the game and disregards the stories and continuity of the first two games in the series. While it takes inspiration with recently released Marvel projects such as Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, both of which were inspired by the 1991 storyline The Infinity Gauntlet, it has been written to reflect its wider cast of characters and stand apart from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the comics, and other popularized versions.
It was the sixth bestselling game during its first week on sale in Japan, with 9,424 copies being sold. In August 2019, the NPD group shared the best-selling games on US in the period of July 2019 and the game was 4th in the ranking, only behind Super Mario Maker 2, Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Madden NFL 20.
Wikipedia contributors. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. January 3, 2020, 20:15 UTC. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marvel_Ultimate_Alliance_3:_The_Black_Order&oldid=933931315.