Despite a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, it feels like we've been waiting for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order for years. O🗹f course, now that it's here it's not as if it's been a smash hit of a game, with most players and reviewers alike ca🧔lling it an above-average title.
However, if there's one great thing about the game, it is the ma📖ssive cast. It feels like a Marvel Universe sandbox as it allows fans to play as nearly fifty different characters, with many more to come! For now, we know that t🐭here's a season pass for the Marvel Knights, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. But this list looks at other characters that could be included outside of that, giving us another 10 heroes that should hopefully make the cut.
10 NOVA
The Nova Corps and Richard Rider are already in the game, with Rider ﷽as an NPC who comes into play a few times but is never actually available to control. Unlike other heroes like Black Bolt or Medusa, there’s no reason for this as Nova has every reason to help out.
It’s not like he isn’t popular either, as the character spent some time getting his notoriety up during Capcom’s Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 titl😼e. The Nova Corps plays so similarly this could even be a way to sneak Samuel Alexander in via a palette swap and a different voice actoღr.
9 VALKYRIE
Valkyrie, like many of the characters on this list, is already in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 as a non-playable character. There’s also never been a better time to put the character in front of as many eyeballs as possible. Though it is a different version, Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie h🍷as already cemented herself as one of the most important parts of the MCU going forward.
Furthermore, Valkyrie’s important enough in the comics now to have a series of her own. Alongside Thor and Loki, Valkyrie would bring an additional Asgardi⛄an fighter to the mix.
8 VISION
The Scarlet Witch’s husband Vision absolutely belongs in this game. The stalwart Synthezoid could have a lot of fun moves, like phasing through enemies to cause them damage or turning to stone to be a massive tank. More importantly, as Marvel gets ready to set up its upcoming WandaVision show, it𝓰’s probably not a bad idea to put Vision front and center on as many forms of media as possible♊.
Vision is not exactly doing anything in the comics, but it’s pretty much a given that Ultimate Alliance will be in front of more eye♍s over the next few months than any singlꦜe comic.
7 🌞 WINTER SO𒉰LDIER
Another NPC featured in The Black Order, it just feels like too much of an oversight not to include Bucky Barnes as a playable character. Granted he’s not going to 🔯play terribly differently than someone like Wolverine or Punisher; in fact, Barnes would probably play like a 🌟mix of both.
Still, for hardcore Captain America fans, it’d be neat to have a mix of Captain America, Falcon, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and the Winter Soldier available. They could be some kind of spy or action hero combination for the🐎 game. Plus, as a bonus, they could have a costume where gets to where his Captain America outfit for maximum fanservice.
6 ﷽ BLACK BOLT 𓄧
The King of the Inhumans is already in Ultimate Alliance 3, although he do𝔍es not fight alongside the player. Black Bolt is a bit busy dealing with a threat from his brother Maximus, but honestly, this shouldn’t exc🔯lude including him as DLC.
Between Black Bolt, Crystal, Medusa, and Quicksilver; Ultimate Alliance could even have an Inhuman royalty combination available. Black Bolt has super-strength, flight, and the ab🧜ility to transform just about anything to dust w𓆏ith just a whisper of his voice, so the silent King would do well to work alongside the other heroes working to stand in Thanos’ way. If nothing else, Black Bolt as a playable character should make playing through Attilan a bit different.
5 MEDUSA
The Queen of the Inhumans already exists in the game, but surprisingly she isn’t a playable character. That’s something that deserves to be rectified. Of course, the argument could be made that she’s th𝓰e Queen and thus shouldn’t be on the frontlines, but it’s not a very convincing one.
All of existence is at stake if Thanos gains the Infinity Stones, so someone with Medusa’s combat experience certainly shouldn’t be standing on the sidelines. Allowing players to beat up opponents via the usage of ha🍃ir whips and tossing enemies into different areas (or one anot🐟her) could make her incredibly fun to play with.
4 QUICKSI൲LV🔴ER
Quicksilver has a bunch of potential pros to being included as DLC. For one thing, having Pietro alongside Captain America, Hawkeye, and his sister Scarlet Witch gives them the opportunity to do Cap’s Kooky Quartet combination, paying homage to one of the most unique eras of older Avengers comics.
At the same time, Quicksilver also has ties to the Inhumans as Crystal’s ex-husband, meaning he could also be a combination for them as well. More importantly, he should just be a fun character to have around! Quick𒁃silver's abrasive personality and super-speed would make him interesting as a combatant and comed🥃ian.
3 ꦦWAR MACHINE
Ultimate Alliance 3 has like three different versions of Spider-Man. There has to be room for Tony Stark’s best friend, former pilot, and occasional Iron Man alternate James Rhodes. Al𒁏so known as War Maꦅchine, dude’s like Iron Man except with a ton of extra munitions. Team Ninja doesn’t even have to do a lot of work to include him.
A different voice actor would🍃 be necessary, but other than that War Machine could play similarly to Iron Man, just using a palette swap to represent it being a different character. Obviously, a paid DLC character should offer more than just that, but its better than nothing. It has been done for years, and most hardcore fans looking for extra characters would find him a welcome addition to the roster.
2 SHE-HULK
Bruce Banner’s cousin Jennifer has been under the spotlight lately in the comics, as she’s a key member of th🔥e current Avengers storylines and future events. Ev𝔍en without that, She-Hulk is one of the most well-known Marvel characters that’s gotten little focus.
Granted, of late she’s been a bit more like her cousin in terms of temperament, but since Ultimate Alliance is using him in his Savage form, peඣrhaps she could go back to her original self. Smart, powerful, and dangerous; She-Hulk would be a welcome addition to the cast, even if this isn’t quite e🥀nough to give Hulk fans their all-Hulk line-up.
1 ADAM WA♑RLOCK ♍
Considering how obscure they got with the roster, it is legitimately a surprise Adam Warlock is not available in the base game. The Black Order involves the Infini💎ty Gems. As the keeper of the Soul Gem, Adam Warlock has been attached to nearly every story involving their uꦉsage in the Marvel Universe.
Adam would be great as an additio൲nal c♚haracter, and could even serve as something of a boss opponent in his Magus incarnation, before being purified and joining the heroes in battle. From flight to magic and super-strength, Adam's got no shortage of abilities, so he’d be a fun addition to the group.