Create Your Own DC Ultimate Alliance!?

[Samm]

I was a huge fan of the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games back in the day (and the X-Men Legends ones) and being that I’m a huge DC fan, I always wanted to see a DC version of those games. I know they attempted one with Justice League Heroes, but that didn’t quite catch on. So I ask you, if you were put in charge of coming up with a DC version, what would it look like? Playable characters and story wise.

For me, I’d have 24 playable characters to choose from, all the characters pictured above, and it would feature both a story mode where you go after the Legion of Doom and their “subordinates” as well as an arcade mode that’s like a fighting game (like MK: Shaolin Monks).

The Legion would consist of Lex Luthor (with Superman villains), Joker (with Batman villains), Cheetah (with Wonder Woman villains), Gorilla Grodd (with Flash villains), Sinestro (with Green Lantern villains), Black Manta (with Aquaman villains), Deathstroke (with Titan Villains), and Black Adam (with JSA villains). I’d call the game DC All Stars or something like that.

[Harpsikord]

Darkseid is back up to the his old shenanigan - he and his Apokoliptan subordinates have once again set their sights on conquering the universe, and it's up to the Justice League Unlimited to stop them! Featuring characters from not just the League but the Batfamily, the Superfamily, the Arrow family, Teen Titans, and more, it's up to you to put a stop to Darkseid's reign of terror! JLU takes you from the corners of the Earth to the deepest deaths of the DC Universe, including the Vega System and Apokoliptan space.

There would be of course team bonuses based on the teams of four that you put together, including the Teen Titans, Classic Justice League, Suicide Squad, Gotham Knights, Superfamily, etc.

The roster would be:

Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Martian Manhunter
Green Lantern (Hal, John, and Guy based on alternate costumes)
The Flash (Barry, but with Wally-based costumes)
Aquaman
Hawkgirl
Black Canary
Robin (Dick Grayson)
Starfire
Raven
Cyborg
Beast Boy
Wonder Girl (Donna Troy)
Harley Quinn
Deadshot
Killer Frost
Captain Boomerang
Shazam
Zatanna
Mera
Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)
Catwoman
Supergirl
Black Lightning
Katana
Geo-Force
Halo
Green Arrow
Orion
Big Barda
Mister Miracle
Bekka (ala Justice League Gods and Monsters)
Vixen
Dr Fate

[Blue22]

Man I've been fantasizing about a game like this for AGES. I'm actually kinda surprised JL Heroes was their only attempt at making one. Especially it was so....half-assed.

Story-wise, I wouldn't go for anything too complicated. MUA and MUA3 keep it simple and I like that. Some kind of world (or universe) ending threat emerges and it takes all of earth's greatest heroes (maybe even some villains) to stop it. The obvious choices would be Darkseid and Braniac but I wouldn't be opposed to, like, Trigon or Superboy-Prime either. Honestly, this could just be an extended adaption of the No Justice event.

Gameplay-wise, I'd probably go with MUA2 since I really liked the combo moves in that game. I don't know if I'd borrow anything from MUA3. I liked it but the only new thing it really brought to the table was that terrible leveling system.

As for the roster, I wanna try and get a nice mix of the more well known teams. It helps that a lot of characters can be used as alternate skins (because of course I'm gonna have as many costume options as the first MUA game).

Justice League:
- Superman (With Conner as one of his Alt. Skins)
- Wonder Woman (With Donna and Cassie as Alt. Skins)
- Batman (With Terry and Luke as Alt. Skins)
- Martian Manhunter (With Miss Martian as an Alt. Skin)
- Aquaman
- Hal Jordan (With John, Kyle, and Guy as Alt. Skins)
- Wally West (With Barry and Bart as Alt. Skins)
- Zatanna
- Green Arrow (With Arsenal as an Alt. Skin)
- Black Canary

Titans:
- Nightwing
- Starfire
- Raven
- Beast Boy
- Cyborg

Batfamily:
- Robin
- Red Robin
- Red Hood
- Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)(With Cassandra and Stephanie as Alt. Skins)

(I thought about Damian and Tim being alt skins for each other but their fighting styles are different enough to justify making them two characters)

Others:
- Harley Quinn
- Lex Luthor
- Katana
- Mera (with Tempest as an Alt. Skin)
- Bronze Tiger
- Deathstroke
- Catwoman

Team Bonuses include (but aren't limited to)

- Justice League (Any 4 League members. This includes Cyborg)
- Teen Titans (Any 4 Titans. This includes Robin, Red Robin, and any Titan that's an alternate skins)
- Batfamily (Any 4 Batfamily Members)
- Birds of Prey (Batgirl, Harley, Black Canary, Catwoman, Katana)
- Killer Instinct (Robin, Harley, Red Hood, Deathstroke, Bronze Tiger)
- Powerhouse (Superman, Cyborg, Wonder Woman, Starfire)
- Powerless (any non Meta or Magic character)
- Young Justice (Red Robin, Cassie, Conner, Bart)

[Mutant God]

Story: The Justice League have been captured by the Legion of Doom (with help) and each member of the League have been sent to a different area

Playable Heroes: Nightwing, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven, Batgirl, Wonder Girl (Cassie), Power Ring (Jessica Cruz), Traci 13, Robin, Red Hood, Duela Dent, Red Arrow, Kid Flash, Blue Beetle, Gnaark, Kole, Geo-Force, Static

Levels:
Batman - Gotham/Arkham/'Eth Alth'eban

Wonder Woman - Hades' Underworld

Flash - Flash Museum/Mirror World

Superman - Phantom Zone/Brainiac's Ship

Green Lantern - Anti-Matter Universe/Qward

Aquaman - Atlantis

Marvel Family - Kahndaq

[El_Gato]

DC: Worlds at War

Premise: The multiverse is under attack by an unknown enemy and it’s up to some of the greatest teams in the DCU to get to the bottom of the mystery. The fate of many worlds are at stake here.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkgirl, Green Arrow, Black Canary

TITANS: Nightwing, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, Terra, Static, Blue Beetle

SUICIDE SQUAD: Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Boomerang, Killer Frost, El Diablo, King Shark

LEGION OF DOOM: Lex Luthor, Joker, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, Black Manta, Deathstroke

JUSTICE SOCIETY: Black Adam, Shazam, Dr Fate, Stargirl, Cyclone, Atom Smasher

DOOM PATROL: Robotman, Elasti-Woman, Crazy Jane, Negative Man


I would so buy this game, especially with this roster!

[Restingvoice]

Final Boss: Darkseid
Final Area: Apokolips

Headquarters:
- Hall of Justice
- Titans Tower
- Themyscira
- Atlantis
- Justice League Watchtower
- The House of Mystery
- Oa

Area: Metropolis
Boss: Doomsday

Area: Olympus
Boss: Ares

Area: Gorilla City
Boss: Gorilla Grodd

Area: Khandaq
Boss: Black Adam

Area: Atlantis
Boss: Orm and Manta

I don't know what Trigon's dimension called but they'll be the Titans part of the story
GLC is a toss-up between Atrocitus, Sinestro, and Black Lantern

Starting Roster
- Justice League - The Big Seven
- Titans - The NTT crew
- Young Justice - the founding four
- Suicide Squad - the movie team
- Doom Patrol - the TV team
- JSA - Stargirl's team
- JLD - the animated team
Secondary roster
- Titans - The fab five
- Birds of Prey
- Gotham City Sirens
- Gotham Knights
- JSA - the WWII crew
- JLA - Green Arrow, Hawkgirl, John Stewart, Shazam
- Marvel family
- Flash family
- GLC

I don't know JSA or Doom Patrol enemies

[Holt]

UA3 has around 51 characters, so my DC equivalent would be:

1. Batman
2. Superman
3. Wonder Woman
4. Green Lantern (Alternate skins and voice lines for John Stewart, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Jessica Cruz, Jo Mullein, Alan Scott and Simon Baz)
5. Flash (Alternate skins and voice lines for Wally West, Barry Allen, Wallace West, Bart Allen and Jay Garrick)
6. Martian Manhunter
7. Aquaman
8. Nightwing
9. Starfire
10. Cyborg
11. Raven
12. Beast Boy
13. Bumblebee
14. Static (Alternate skins and voice lines for Static and Black Lightning)
15. Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
16. Batgirl (Alternate skins and voice lines for Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown)
17. Hawkgirl
18. Zatanna
19. John Constantine
20. Doctor Fate
21. Swamp Thing
22. Green Arrow (Alternate skins and voice lines for Oliver Queen, Roy Harper and Connor Hawke)
23. Catwoman
24. Harley Quinn
25. Deathstroke
26. Deadshot
27. King Shark
28. Robin (Alternate skins and voice lines for Damian Wayne and Tim Drake)
29. Black Canary
30. Supergirl (Alternate skins and voice lines for Kara Zor-El and Power Girl)
31. Plastic Man
32. Red Hood
33. Bronze Tiger
34. Midnighter
35. Booster Gold
36. Fire & Ice
37. Steel
38. Katana
39. Nightshade
40. Shazam (Alternate skins and voice lines for Billy Batson, Black Adam and Mary Marvel)
41. Stargirl and S.T.R.I.P.E.S.
42. Negative Man
43. Superboy
44. Mera
45. Big Barda
46. Mr. Miracle
47. Vixen
48. Huntress
49. Orion
50. Firestorm
51. Robotman

Bosses:

Joker
Lex Luthor
Sinestro
Lady Shiva
Clayface
Solomon Grundy
Trigon
Bizarro
Black Manta
Cheetah
Ares
Zod
Poison Ivy
Toyman
Reverse-Flash
Parasite
Icicle
Maxwell Lord
Mr. Nobody
Queen of Fables
The Royal Flush Gang
Grid
Ultraman
Superwoman
The Court of Owls
The Batman Who Laughs
Doomsday
The Shade
Gorilla Grodd
Vandal Savage
Ra's al Ghul
Livewire
Metallo
Count Vertigo
Bloodsport
Nekron
Giganta
Mirror Master
Doctor Light
Dr. Destiny
Multiplex
Chemo
Circe
Starro
Bane
The Key
Eclipso
Abra Kadabra
Brother Blood
Terra
Brainiac
Kalibak
Darkseid

[Güicho]

For me, I’d have 24 playable characters to choose from, all the characters pictured above, and it would feature both a story mode where you go after the Legion of Doom and their “subordinates” as well as an arcade mode that’s like a fighting game ...

The Legion would consist of

LOL pretty much describes the game from the create a fighting game thread - https://community.cbr.com/showthread...64#post1503264
Works here too!

Imagine a new DC fighting game is in development, with a roster of 30 characters

Based on the episode: "The Final Challenge"

Blue Team: DC created Heroes
1. Superman
2. Wonder Woman
3. Aquaman
4. Flash
5. Green Lantern
6. Hawkman
7. Hawkwoman
8. Batman

Green Team: Hanna Barbera created Heroes
9. Apache
10. Rima
11. Vulcan
12. Samurai
13. Dorado
14. Zan
15. Jayna
16. Gleek

Red Team: 13 Villains
17. Lex Luthor
18. Cheetah
19. Sinestro
20. Brainiac
21. Cap. Cold
22. Ridler
23. Mnata
24. Grundy
25. Bizzaro
26. Toyman
27. Grodd
28. Giganta
29. Scarecrow

30. Joker -Non aligned - Wildcard

[...Vartoo - Grand Master (turns out to be DeSaad
Final Boss and landscape Darkseid Apokolips....]

- plus 2 bonus secret characters.

Bonus "secret" unlockable characters:
-Wendy & Marvin (and Wonderdog)

[Midnight_v]

UA3 has around 51 characters, so my DC equivalent would be:

1. Batman
2. Superman
3. Wonder Woman
4. Green Lantern (Alternate skins and voice lines for John Stewart, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Jessica Cruz, Jo Mullein, Alan Scott and Simon Baz)
5. Flash (Alternate skins and voice lines for Wally West, Barry Allen, Wallace West, Bart Allen and Jay Garrick)
6. Martian Manhunter
7. Aquaman
8. Nightwing
9. Starfire
10. Cyborg
11. Raven
12. Beast Boy
13. Bumblebee
14. Static (Alternate skins and voice lines for Static and Black Lightning)
15. Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
16. Batgirl (Alternate skins and voice lines for Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown)
17. Hawkgirl
18. Zatanna
19. John Constantine
20. Doctor Fate
21. Swamp Thing
22. Green Arrow (Alternate skins and voice lines for Oliver Queen, Roy Harper and Connor Hawke)
23. Catwoman
24. Harley Quinn
25. Deathstroke
26. Deadshot
27. King Shark
28. Robin (Alternate skins and voice lines for Damian Wayne and Tim Drake)
29. Black Canary
30. Supergirl (Alternate skins and voice lines for Kara Zor-El and Power Girl)
31. Plastic Man
32. Red Hood
33. Bronze Tiger
34. Midnighter
35. Booster Gold
36. Fire & Ice
37. Steel
38. Katana
39. Nightshade
40. Shazam (Alternate skins and voice lines for Billy Batson, Black Adam and Mary Marvel)
41. Stargirl and S.T.R.I.P.E.S.
42. Negative Man
43. Superboy
44. Mera
45. Big Barda
46. Mr. Miracle
47. Vixen
48. Huntress
49. Orion
50. Firestorm
51. Robotman

Bosses:

Joker
Lex Luthor
Sinestro
Lady Shiva
Clayface
Solomon Grundy
Trigon
Bizarro
Black Manta
Cheetah
Ares
Zod
Poison Ivy
Toyman
Reverse-Flash
Parasite
Icicle
Maxwell Lord
Mr. Nobody
Queen of Fables
The Royal Flush Gang
Grid
Ultraman
Superwoman
The Court of Owls
The Batman Who Laughs
Doomsday
The Shade
Gorilla Grodd
Vandal Savage
Ra's al Ghul
Livewire
Metallo
Count Vertigo
Bloodsport
Nekron
Giganta
Mirror Master
Doctor Light
Dr. Destiny
Multiplex
Chemo
Circe
Starro
Bane
The Key
Eclipso
Abra Kadabra
Brother Blood
Terra
Brainiac
Kalibak
Darkseid

I really like your list. . . Strikes me as MOST OF THE PEOPLE who've crossed media lines.... I think... No I'm sure.

Few things. . .
Alternate Lines and the such for Ted Kord. I'm a Reyes fan but... yea might as well.
Also Mr. Terrific has his own book he's set up to be a major player especially if there's a multiversal element like some of the storylines above suggest.
Hawkgirl ~ Hawkman.

But most importantly we're gonna need playable villians or anti-heroes hidden unlockables.

Lets get...

The Atomic Skull (dude supposed to think he's rightfully a hero iirc)
Manchester Black
Ares
Clayface
Atrocitus/Or Rage Guy Garnder/Someone with a Green Lantern ring.
And.... Deathstroke

Stuff like that. Marvel Had: Doom/Magneto/Carnage/Venom/ Green Goblin(hobgoblin) and so on.

No muss no fuss. Spotlight some badguys too. Depending of course on the story.

[Johnrevenge]

My roster of characters would be of 28:

Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Flash
Green Lantern (John)
Aquaman
Martian Manhunter
Hawkwoman
Green Arrow
Black Canary
Cyborg
Zatanna
Atom
Firestorm
Shazam
Nightwing
Starfire
Beast Boy
Raven
Stargirl
Doctor Fate
Mr. Terrific
Cyclone
Huntress
Katana
Swamp Thing
Plastic Man
Mera

[comicstar100]

I think it's too bad nobody seems to like Justice League Heroes. Clearly Marvel Ultimate Alliance was better but still a fun game.

[Jackalope89]

"The Justice League is missing, and it falls upon the next generation of heroes to not only find their predecessors, but save the world!"

Nightwing
Red Hood
Red Robin
Robin
Batgirl
Orphan
Spoiler
Superboy
Supergirl
Arsenal
Red Arrow
Speedy
Flash 2
Kid Flash
Impulse
Troia
Wonder Girl
Miss Martian
Tempest
Aqualad
Stargirl
Hourman 2
Brainwave Junior
Wildcat 2
Shazam
Mary Marvel
Nobody
Crush
Djinn
Cyborg
Beacon
Starfire
Artemis
Bizarro
Blue Beetle
Raven
Beast Boy

Can these younger heroes save the previous generation, while dealing with the antics of several teams!?

[Midnight_v]

I think it's too bad nobody seems to like Justice League Heroes. Clearly Marvel Ultimate Alliance was better but still a fun game.

They really screwed the pooch on that one. IIRC The main difference that stood out to me was the mediocre leveling system and ... more importantly having to play certain characters on certain levels.

Look at the above lists... pick two characters you don't particularly care for then you have to play as them for 2 levels in the game. Not using the powers you like the best. . . smh fail.


The key thing is that you need to have a LOOOOT of heroes to chose from, but amongst them even if you only had 12 (like the X-men games before alliance) its a lot better to let the player decide who they run throught the
game as.
For example: If I wanna play as Dove from hawk and dove, but I'm only allowed to play as her on stage 3, its kinda miserable knowing that she's there and blocked off from the battle with brainiac or whoever. It think hawk and dove were recently in the teen titans show so there's gonna be someone who's like "Oooh, DC GAME Hawk and DOVE!!!..." or doom patrol or swampthing or whatever.

Now the cutscences and speaking parts can be told however dc wants but you need at LEAST the option to NOT be stage locked. There are some REALLY good Isometric games out there its seems relatively easy to look at things like:
Torchlight, Path of Exile... and so on a so forth to get all the mechanics that are the best and put a dc skin over it. Add to that a compelling story, and rich cast... you could have a hit game pretty easily depending on
the strength of the dc properties overall.

[Hypestyle]

so what would it take for DC corporate and Warner Bros. to take a proposal like this seriously? who oversees video game development?

[iron chimp]

UA3 has around 51 characters, so my DC equivalent would be:....

Thats how you do that. Get 'em all in!