Friday Video: Samus joins the Ultimate Alliance
by David Hinkle 
{ May 30th 2008 at 7:00PM }
For those of you who noticed the PS2 buttons make their way into the video, know that this does come from the PS2 build of the game. You see, Vicarious Visions, the developers behind Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for the PS2, wanted to include both Samus and Link into the game and apparently did without Nintendo's consent. There's a lot of confusion surrounding it and, supposedly, when Nintendo was shown the characters were included in the PS2 version of the game, told Activision to cut them out. The rest is just a bunch of confusing history.
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psyborg @ May 30th 2008 7:14PM
I would have definatly bought the game if Samus made it in. That looks sweet.
Mr.ESC @ May 30th 2008 8:18PM
Yeah me too.
I wonder if there is a way to unlock them in the xbox version.
Mr.ESC @ May 31st 2008 10:26PM
With the I meant link and amus.I just wanted to left that clear.
klepto88 @ May 30th 2008 7:33PM
This was cut from the already-released M:UA game, then?
Mr Khan @ May 30th 2008 8:13PM
Huh, you figure they would've left it in as a mod-only easter egg, like Hot Coffee in GTA:SA
Of course, that did lead to trouble itself. It's wierd that they even considered it. Nintendo isn't the worst when it comes to copy protection(though bad enough as a media company goes), but they will defend their IPs to the grave
Roto13 @ May 30th 2008 8:22PM
Why would they even bother to try? What did they think Nintendo's reaction would be? Stupid Activision.
cbylife @ May 30th 2008 8:32PM
i was thinking the same thing. like "oh we just totally ripped off 2 of your most popular franchise characters without even asking for permission but it's cool though...right?"
that's just asking for trouble.
Blue_Falcon @ May 30th 2008 9:17PM
I remember hearing about this awhile ago, but Link was also supposed to be an included character.
I also heard this was supposed to be (understandably) Wii exclusive, although this doesn't explain why PS2 buttons are being shown.
hvnlysoldr @ May 31st 2008 1:14AM
Darn it! If only they had kept in the Wii version I would have bought it just for them.
Patius @ May 31st 2008 4:08AM
More like they were in for the Wii version, but when they were in this demo, they told them to cut them.
sonicfan @ Jun 1st 2008 1:32PM
is samus achick if so whats with the manly armor
Pikawil @ Jun 1st 2008 6:23PM
And here is the only footage of Link in MUA in existence:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwElEsHkk_A