A great action beat em up!
There are some cut scenes in this game that were CG and those scenes looked and sounded great. This game fails, however, when it comes to the in-game generated cutscenes. They look horrible and take away from the game. On the plus side, this game does sound great.
The A button is going to be used the most as this game is primarily a button masher/beat em up. During combat you will be repeatedly pressing the A button. By holding down the B button and doing one of five gestures with the Wii remote you can use your super powers. While the motion controls aren't always accurate, it still keeps the combat from being boring. Another problem this game has is when you start a second file, all of the powers and costumes that you had on your first file get copied onto the second file. This got on my nerves when I had to go through some pretty challenging comic book mission in order to get the costumes while my brother didn't have to do a thing.
Bottom line, Marvel Ultimate Alliance has its share of faults. These however do not completely take away from the game and it still is a lot of fun. You can play by yourself or with up to four friends, but there isn't any Wi-Fi. Overall Ultimate Alliance is a lot of fun and definitely deserves a look at.