For the next-generation Spider-Man, see Spider-Man (Miles Morales).
Spider-Man, aka Peter Parker, is a superhero who gained his powers from a radioactive spider. He is the flagship character of Marvel Comics and has become one of the most recognizable superheroes in the world. He was one of the only three characters, the other being Wolverine and Captain America, to be the starting playable character at in two previous Marvel Ultimate Alliance games prior the third game.
Character History[]
Peter Parker was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York on August 15th, to Richard and Mary Parker, who were C.I.A. agents, they were later killed in a plane crash when he was a young child. He was later adopted and raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Throughout his childhood, he became friends with Harry Osborn, Mary Jane Watson, Hobie Brown, and Gwen Stacy, who would later become his girlfriend.
At age 15, he was bitten by a radioactive spider at a science exhibit and "acquires the agility and proportionate strength of an arachnid". Along with heightened athletic abilities, Parker gains the ability to adhere to walls and ceilings. Through his native knack for science, he develops a gadget that lets him fire adhesive webbing of his own design through small, wrist-mounted barrels. Initially seeking to capitalize on his new abilities, Parker dons a costume and, as "Spider-Man", becomes a superhero. However, "He blithely ignores the chance to stop a fleeing thief, and his indifference ironically catches up with him when the same criminal later robs and kills his Uncle Ben." Spider-Man tracks and subdues the killer and learns that the killer only wanted his uncle's car but ben refused. As Peter felt guilty and full of sorrow for Ben's death, he remembers his uncle's last words, "With great power, there must also come—great responsibility".
Throughout the years, he has made many enemies, including Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Venom, Sandman, The Lizard, Beetle (Abner Jenkins), Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff/Alyosha Kravinoff), Electro, Vulture (Adrian Toomes/Blackie Drago), Mister Negative, Rhino, Scorpion, Shocker, Mysterio, Alistair Smythe, Chameleon, Hammerhead, Tombstone, Prowler (Aaron Davis), Hobgoblin (Jason Macendale), Hobgoblin, Arcade, Tinkerer, Hydro-Man, Cyclone, Molten Man, Boomerang, Mad Jack, Kingpin, and Carnage. Even with the enemies that he has made over the years, he also made allies with other super-powered individuals like Daredevil, Luke Cage, Black Cat, Blade, Silver Sable, Human Torch, Prowler, Iron Fist, Punisher, and Iceman. And with his new allies, they formed a team known as the Marvel Knights and continued to fight crime in large scales. Eventually, his girlfriend Gwen is kidnapped by the Green Goblin and dies during Spider-Man's rescue attempt due to the whiplash effect she underwent when Spidey's webbing stopped her so suddenly. When he got into another battle with the Goblin in an attempt to avenge Gwen, the Goblin appears to kill himself accidentally in the ensuing battle with Spider-Man with his glider crashed into his body.
After her death, Peter is sent into a deep depression and he retires from his heroic duties. Mary Jane decided to get him out his current state and he finally gets back to defending New York and the two become a couple. Even though he was in a new relationship with Mary Jane, the dangers did not cease and he would not stop defending the city despite his many hardships and battling his enemies. He gained many new allies and fought new foes when he became a core member of the Ultimate Alliance.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance: Story[]
When the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier UNN Alpha is attacked by a group of super-villains, called the Masters of Evil led by Doctor Doom, Thor teleports Spider-Man, along with Captain America and Wolverine onto the ship's deck. The four-fight through the Helicarrier to the Bridge, defeating Scorpion on the way. They then defeated Bullseye and Fin Fang Foom to rescue the U.N.N. Alpha. From there on out, the entire story with regard to Spider-Man is variable, as the player can choose to include or exclude him from part of all of the remaining story. Though this is true for the in-game portions, Spider-Man is often shown during the cinematics before and after missions, often adding his own comments to the conversation.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2: Story[]
Two years after the defeat of Dr. Doom and the Masters of Evil, Nick Fury again brings the heroes together, this time for an attack on Castle Doom. Fury brings a slightly different team with him this time consisting of Spider-Man, along with Wolverine, Captain America, and Iron Man. The five-fight waves of Latverian warriors, defeating Electro, who was powering the Castle, Scorcher, Wizard, and was then sent with Wolverine to meet up with Bravo squad, and defeat the Tinkerer. Though he is again open to complete or partial inclusion or exclusion, Spider-Man can have certain moments that are specific to his characters, such as conversations with Venom and Green Goblin.
After the attack on Latveria, Spider-Man joins the heroes in stopping Lucia von Bardas' attack on New York. Shortly afterward, the Superhuman Registration Act comes into effect, forcing heroes to register with the government and initiating the Civil War. Spider-Man can choose to join either Iron Man's pro-registration movement or Captain America's anti-registration movement.
As the Civil War continues, Spider-Man and the other heroes are forced to help Nick Fury in investigating the nanites that Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. had been using in controlling supervillains. The heroes discover that the nanites have evolved into a large collective intelligence known as the Fold, which seeks to assimilate every life form on Earth. Nick Fury himself is assimilated, forcing Cap and Iron Man to temporarily suspend the Civil War so that all heroes can fight the Fold.
Although several major hero teams are defeated across the world, Spider-Man and his allies manage to establish a new base of operations on Wakanda. There, the heroes manage to modify a stasis code that will allow them to defeat the Fold. To do so, they must upload the code in one of the Fold's repeater towers. Spider-Man and his allies go to Iceland and manage to upload the code, neutralizing the Fold. Suddenly, the heroes are attacked by Fury, who has been injected by a new set of nanites immune to the code. After a long and fierce battle, Spider-Man and his allies defeat Fury and purge him of the nanites. With the Fold defeated, the President of the United States declares the Civil War over and pardons every hero that joined Captain America's resistance movement.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: Story[]
In a reboot timeline, Peter became a mentor of Miles Morales and use to be part of multiversal Web Warriors alongside Spider-Women Jessica Drew and the alternate younger counterpart of Gwen Stacy. He, Luke Cage and the current Champions (Miles, alternate Gwen, and even Carol Danvers (now a Captain Marvel)' successor to the mantle of Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan) are busy imprisoning the super-powered criminals in separate locations within The Raft, whereas Peter imprisons Lizard. Shortly, when Star-Lord's attempt to split the other five Infinity Stones from the hands of Thanos and his Black Orders with a Space Stone are instead fell into wrong hands, such as Green Goblin now has the Time Stone and form his Sinister Six, Peter reunite with the Guardians of the Galaxy to stop the six's attempt prison breakouts. After defeating Sinister Six's member, Sandman, Peter and the Guardians joins the foundation of The Ultimate Alliance that was assembled by Nick Fury Jr., while also hopes to reunite with Luke and the Champions. Peter also needs Venom (Eddie Brock) to defect Sinister Six and aid their causes. While managing to reunite with Luke, Peter and his allies learns that Mysterio uses his illusion mist to easily manipulate the Champions into attacking them, forcing Crystal Amaquelin have no other option to summon Lockjaw to restrain the young heroes until the illusionist villain is defeated. With all four Peter's foes has been defeated, he and his allies battles Goblin at high places, to the former's dismay, due having a bad memory on unable to save his world's Gwen Stacy years ago. When Goblin lost control of the Time Stone and becomes traumatize by a vision of Thanos' reign supreme over both heroes and villains across the galaxy, Peter wanted to over Goblin to join the cause. However, as the side effect of losing control of Time Stone gave Goblin a PTSD towards Thanos, Peter web his hands to prevent his possible escape while also let the Raft officers to pick him up to the recovery room.
After Luke got a recent call from his wife, Jessica Jones that Kingpin and The Hand has an unidentified crystal which believed to be one of the Infinity Stone at Shadowland, and both Defenders Daredevil and Iron Fist immediately rushed in, Peter and Kamala joins Luke to catch up with their fellow street heroes, and unexpectedly meet Elektra Natchios, whom the Hand temporarily brainwashed. As the crystal which Kingpin used against the heroes have been secured and confirmed not to be an Infinity Stone, Peter confirm the crystal is a type of Isotope. Peter and his allies later taking some rest at Avengers Tower, where both Space (which was under Star-Lord's possession) and Time Stones, as well as a crystal known as ISO-8 are being researched before some of these can be used against powerful villains, whether they uses one of the missing Stones, another crystals, or not. Peter and his allies continue their ongoing quests to defeat Thanos, as Ultron's invasion at the tower was just a beginning.
Many days after the presumed demises of both Thanos and his illegitimate son, Thane, while the Black Order are arrested by Nova Corps, Doctor Doom's invasion at Wakanda to steal the Soul Stone for his own end cause the alliance to reform once again. Despite being transported by Doom to the Negative Zone, Peter and his allies unexpectedly reunite with Fantastic Four, who was trapped there when chasing Doom across dimensions prior to a war against Thanos. With the help from Fantastic Four, Peter and his allies manages to defeat Annihilus and steal his Cosmic Control Rod to activate the portal to escape from Negative Zone with no one left behind. Although the escape door directions meant to go to Latveria, in order to stop Doom immediately before he can misuse the Soul Stone too far as he did to his own people, aside reviving a Celestial. After Doom is defeated, Mister Fantastic reveals that Doom's intention meant to save their universe from a newer threat that has been awakened from a clash between Thanos and Thane, but too dangerous to do it alone, and offering him to be part of the alliance. With Doom join the rank, the new battle against the newest unknown threat begins.
Gameplay[]
Trivia[]
- The Spider-Man that appears in the third game is not the same one who appeared in the first two games, as the third game is set in a different continuity.
- The design in the third game is based on his MCU incarnation.
- In the third game, Yuri Lowenthal reprises his role from Insomniac’s Spider-Man game, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (mobile), Marvel Super Hero Squad Online and Spider-Man Unlimited (mobile).
- In the second game, Spider-Man's alternate costumes were Classic red and blue and Iron Spider Armor. The Iron Spider Armor is only unlockable if the player makes Spider-Man chooses Iron Man's pro-registration side.
- He is one of the many characters to appear in every game as a playable character alongside Captain America, Hulk, Wolverine, Iron Man, Thor, Deadpool, Blade, Luke Cage, Storm, Daredevil, Carol Danvers, The Fantastic Four, Venom, Magneto, Black Panther and Iceman.
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Spider-Man shows mock envy to his allies during mission briefings, making comments on S.H.I.E.L.D's advanced Helicarrier and Omega Base, Tony Stark's wealth and the X-Men's relationship with the Shi'ar Empire.
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, he is seen mostly in the cinematic cut scenes with Captain America, Thor, and Wolverine.
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