History Trivia / MarvelUltimateAlliance

* TheOtherDarrin: Most of the cast got replaced in the transition from ''1'' to ''2'', with even the actors who stayed on between games now voicing different characters. The sole reprises were Creator/SteveBlum as Wolverine, Creator/JohnCassir as Deadpool, Creator/DawnnLewis as Storm, and Creator/AprilStewart as Ms. Marvel.

** The second game's DLC was released, and then taken down after several weeks. ''For six months''. It wouldn't be so bad, except a) The DLC was released over month later on the [=PS3=], and the DLC was taken down at the same time on Xbox Live & PSN; b) the DLC was taken down before Christmas, so anyone who was getting the game as a present couldn't get the extra characters; and c) Activision had the audacity to claim the DLC was a limited offer - It wasn't, they just hadn't renewed their licence with Marvel & the DLC had to be taken down. Hell, people who ''worked on the game'' complained about this one. The DLC was eventually made available again in June 2010. Several months after people stopped caring about the game. Unfortunately, this doesn't apply (yet) to [=PS3=] users outside the U.S., and there's no word on a release date from anyone. And on January 1, 2011 the DLC vanished again. The second game's DLC went back on the PS Store once again in January 2012, until January 2014 when most of Activision's Marvel games were delisted due to them losing the rights to make Marvel videogames. Only the tie-in game for ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' was spared.
** In 2016, both games have been made available on Platform/{{Steam}}, only to be pulled away halfway in 2018.
* TheOtherMarty: [[WebVideo/GameGrumps Arin Hanson]] won [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Marvel_Ultimate_Alliance_(found_Arin_Hanson_vocal_performance_of_action_role-playing_game;_2006) a contest where fans would get a chance to voice Bruce Banner]] or Jean Grey in the first ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' game. However, Bruce Banner was voiced by Creator/RobinAtkinDownes in the final game.

** The Wii version of the first game was originally intended to feature [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] as playable characters. The story behind their removal was that Activision had shown Nintendo both characters through a demonstration on a [=PlayStation=] 2, intending for it to act as a placeholder until they could have them implemented on the Wii. Nintendo was furious that they were being shown two of their mascots playable on a rival console and asked for them to be pulled out. None of their code remained on the disk, and footage of Samus can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opkOtApoqqI here]], showing that she and supposedly Link for that matter were close finalization before the fateful decision. Note the [=PlayStation=] face buttons appearing during each of her skills.

* ChannelHop: The first two games were published by Creator/{{Activision}}, and were multiplatform. The third game is a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch exclusive published by Creator/{{Nintendo}} themselves.

* DummiedOut: ComicBook/MoonKnight and Colossus in the UsefulNotes/XBox, [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], and [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] versions of ''[=MUA1=]''. They can accessed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl7qS5Paak0 certain methods.]] [[note]]Due to obvious reasons, you don't need to use that method ever again if you have the current-gen versions.[[/note]]

** In 2016, both games have been made available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, only to be pulled away halfway in 2018.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://mua.wikia.com/wiki/Marvel:_Ultimate_Alliance_Wiki The Ultimate Alliance Wiki]].

** The third game has a developer change yet again, being handled by Creator/TeamNinja.

*** The Hulk was *this* close to being playable on all versions of the first game. How close, exactly? The files show how the character would've of been unlocked in the Omega Base mission: after disabling the gamma bomb, the Masters of Evil would've set off an explosive that covers Dr. Banner in rubble. When the characters go back to get him out, he would emerge from the rubble as the Hulk, who initially thinks that the heroes set off the explosive. After a brief confrontation, the heroes manage to get the Hulk to understand who really was behind the explosive. Seeking to get back at the Masters of Evil, the Hulk would then have agreed to join the heroes. He even would've had a unique conversation with The Thing. Also shown in the files is what would've been his comic book mission (that even has the voiceovers for it finished) where it would begin with Bruce Banner narrating his origins only to then transform into the Hulk, and from there on the objective of the mission would be to defeat 100 enemies (no boss) [[note]]A mod for the PC version of the game makes the comic book mission fully finished and available to play[[/note]]. What ultimately prevented him from getting into the game were rights issues, that were later on corrected, allowing him to be in the 360 DLC as well as the sequel.

* TheOtherMarty: [[WebVideo/GameGrumps Arin Hanson]] won a contest where fans would get a chance to voice Bruce Banner or Jean Grey in the first ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' game. However, Bruce Banner was voiced by Creator/RobinAtkinDownes in the final game.

** The third game has a developer change yet again, being handled by Team Ninja.

** The Wii version of the first game was originally intended to feature [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and [[{{Franchise/Metroid}} Samus]] as playable characters. The story behind their removal was that Activision had shown Nintendo both characters through a demonstration on a Playstation 2, intending for it to act as a placeholder until they could have them implemented on the Wii. Nintendo was furious that they were being shown two of their mascots playable on a rival console and asked for them to be pulled out. None of their code remained on the disk, and footage of Samus can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opkOtApoqqI here]], showing that she and supposedly Link for that matter were close finalization before the fateful decision. Note the Playstation face buttons appearing during each of her skills.

** A Windows patch has made it impossible to play any games with the Safedisk DRM, including the ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' PC port. This force players to either play the game on Windows XP or use a CD crack.

** A Windows patch has make it impossible to play any games with the Safedisk DRM, including the ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' PC port. This force players to either play the game on Windows XP or use a CD crack.

** A Windows patch has make it impossible to play any games with the Safedisk DRM, including the ''Marvel: Ultimate alliance'' PC port. This force players to either play the game on Windows XP or use a CD crack.

** A Windows patch has make it impossible to play any game with the Safedisk DRM, including the ''Marvel: Ultimate alliance'' PC port. This force players to either play the game on Windows XP or use a CD crack.

* TheDanza: Scott MacDonald as Scott Summers, aka Cyclops.

* BTeamSequel: The second installment is made by ''Vicarious Visions'' rather than ''Raven Software''.

* WorkingTitle: The title for this game during development was "Marvel: Legends", but was changed to make it stand apart from the X-Men: Legends series.

* TheOtherDarrin: Magneto is played by Creator/TomKane, instead of Phil Proctor (who played him in ''2'') or Richard Green (who played him in ''1'').