Hey all, so I was just playing MUA on my PS2 the other day, and play-testing out various characters and their abilities. I tried using characters that I don't normally use (with varying degrees of success), and since there seems to be a lot of love for MUA around these parts, I figured it'd be cool to share favorites from the MUA roster. Many of my friends and I have wildly different preferences when it comes to MUA characters, but here are my favorites and most hated:

Favorites:

CAPTAIN AMERICA

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Pros: My favorite, naturally with him being my #1 Marvel character and all. Shield Throw is a ridiculously fun move to use, especially when you're maneuvering it, and a mix of Shield Throw and some punching can really get Cap's momentum up fast. The Heroism boost is also very useful in tight situations, giving everyone in your team a defensive bonus.

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Cons: His Xtreme is a little weak, and I don't really find a use for the rest of his moves. Cap is also pretty sucky against bosses; as he's more of a crowd-control fighter in my opinion. He can handle small mobs, but when it comes to mini-bosses, he barely holds his own - mainly because he doesn't have a high DPS.

IRON MAN

Pros: My second favorite, Stark is just a beast in this game. With Energy Reroute, you can keep spamming Plasma Disc or Nano Assault without ever worrying about energy. Very powerful and easy to use, and his Xtreme targets multiple enemies with high damage. He's also got flight - always a welcome option.

Cons: Some of his attacks leave him open to hits. Nano Assault makes him charge up for a second, and charging Plasma Disc can be a pain. Also, if enemies have Energy Steal, Iron Man's powers are basically useless - this guy's an energy sponge.

SILVER SURFER

Pros: Power. Pure power. Surfer has so many cool moves, from the powerful Cosmic Blast, to the always necessary Heal, and his awesome Xtreme which not only does damage, but also heals. But my favorite use for Surfer is to abuse Surfer's Rage. Fly high up in the air, keep tapping Surfer's Rage, and watch multiple enemies burn up with this special.

Cons: Energy sponge; use too much of his powers and he's left more or less defenseless. His Specials are also pretty useless, as I don't really find an opportunity to activate Time Stop or Molecular Mix-up. Also has the worst costume choices in the entire game (Can you spot the difference?).

NICK FURY

Pros: Really cool and fun set of moves with Fury. He can grapple enemies at close-range, unleash his SMG at mid-range, and my personal favorite - the Sniper Rifle. Charge up this baby and any enemy in your sights goes down in a flash. Some people have commented that he's not a very effective character - which I agree to a certain extent - but he's certainly fun!

Cons: As aforementioned, his moves are cool, but many of them take too long to charge up. He's not really an ideal choice to play, just really fun. Frag, for example, is a very frustrating move to use as enemies can just simply dodge.

Hated:

Pros: Stealth looks cool.

Cons: Black Panther is pretty meh for me. Which is weird, because he's one of my favorite Avengers in the comics. But he's quite weak when it comes to combat. His claws and his throwing dagger things do very little damage, and Stealth is not exactly useful in a beat-em-up game where your party follows you everywhere.

SPIDER-MAN

Pros: People tell me that once you learn how to use Spidey, and when his powers are leveled up, he's a really powerful character. Can't say I've had that experience though.

Cons: He feels very weak in terms of close-combat. And, maybe I'm not dexterous enough, but Web Sling becomes more cumbersome than useful as a travel power - especially when compared to flight. I think my beef with Spider-Man is not so much the character's capability, but more of it not suiting my playstyle.

THOR

Pros: You get to play as Beta Ray Bill! Flight, I guess, is always a good thing to have, and his melee attacks do do a lot of damage.

Cons: Very cumbersome powers to use. North Winds is annoying because you have to keep spinning the analog stick. Thor's Rage is also relatively weak in comparison to Silver Surfer's, and I feel like his melee attacks are slow and not fast enough for my preference.

MOON KNIGHT

Pros: Nunchuks is admittedly a pretty powerful attack against enemies. He also has one of the strongest Xtremes which does really solid damage against bosses.

Cons: Could never get into Moon Knight, despite him being one of my favorite characters in comics. His powers feel weak for the most part, such as Staff Slam and his Moon Darts, and most of them are also slow in execution and recovery. I'm not sure about this, but it also always feels like he absorbs more Energy than he can replenish.

Feel free to share your most favorites and most-hated. I'd like to compare notes with other fans of this game, and tell me what you think about my choices.

I came up with my own little list of playable characters and alternate skins for the 3rd game (if one is ever made...). Never really came up with a plot, and I'm wrestling with the idea of adding villains to the mix, but I did a lot of research and I'm proud with my results so far. One more thing, I'm CRAZY about alternate skins, so I've given each character 20 of em! Anyway, tell me what ya think...
Beast: Default, Beastling, 1602, Dark Beast, Brute, Sublime, Ultimate, Movie, Brutus, Kreature, Noir, X-Punks, and 8 main-universe costumes I can't think of a name for.
Black Panther: Default, Original, Open-Mouthed Mask (Ceremonial?), Holy Armor, Kevin Cole as BP, White Tiger, Mutant X, Nubian Prince, Earth X, Shuri, Shuri's Armor, Timeslip, T'Chaka, Millennial Visions New Girl in Town, Vi-Locks, Coal Tiger (the first one, not the MC2), Millennial Visions War of Kings, Bronze Tiger (Amalgam), Earth-6706, and Marvel Zombies.
Captain America: Default, Classic, Ultimate, Vi-Locks, Colonel America (Zombiverse), Capwolf, Nomad, Man Without A Country, Isaiah Bradley, Protocide, Militant, Captain Mexica, Bucky Cap, Super-Soldier, Civil War Cap, Stark Armor, USAgent, The Captain (What If? Punisher became Cap), Realm of Kings, and Ultimate WWII Cap.
Captain Britain: Default, Original, Classic, 2 main-universe costumes I can't think of a name for, Vi-Locks, Timeslip, Albion, Earth-Heroes for Hire Inc., Earth X, Kelsey Leigh Captain Britain, Justicer Bull, Captain Cymru, Centurion Britannus, Crusader X, Hauptmann Englande, Kommandment Englander, Captain Empire, Captain England, and Captain Airstrip-One.
Cyclops: Default, Original, Classic, Age of Apocalypse, X-Terminators, Dark Cyclops (Ultimate Alliance 1), Noir, Movie, X-Men X, 1602, Ultimate, Erik the Red, What If Mister Sinister Formed X-Men?, Mutant X, What If Magneto & Professor X Formed X-Men Together?, 1 main-universe costume I can't think of a name for, Dormammu's Cyclops, Redeye, Apollo, and Emerald Eye.
Daredevil: Default, Original, Armored, Shadowland, Flying Blind, Darkdevil, Deathdevil, 2099, Marvel Knights 2099, Movie, Secret War, Deadevil, What If? Daredevil vs. Elektra, What If #102, Noir, Dormammu's Daredevil, The Devil Who Dares, Daredevil: Father costume, Earth X, and Captain Universe.
Deadpool: Default, Classic, Dead Man Wade, Agent of Weapon X, Alternate Days of Future Past, Captain America Deadpool, Hulk vs. Wolverine movie Flashback, Marvel Zombies, Member of X-Men, Kidpool, Lady Deadpool, Unofficial Member of X-Men, Symbiote Deadpool, Golden Age Deadpool, Thorpool, Ultimate, Unmasked, Weapon XI (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), and X-Men Origins Wolverine (pre-experimentation).
Dr. Strange: Default, Classic, Captain Universe, Blue Costume, Doctor Strangefate, Ultimate, Mutant X, Strange, 1602, 2020, Symbiote Dr. Strange, Vi-Locks, Dr. Stranger Yet, Mangaverse, In A Bad Place, Strange 2099, Duke Ctranj, Movie, Mr. Strange, and costume from Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #80.
Elektra: Default, Daredevil movie, Elektra movie, White costume, Black costume, Mutant X, Erynys, Agent of SHIELD, Earth X, Timeslip, Millinneal Visions, Catsai, Corrupted by Van Roekel Drug (Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects), Ultimate, Wild Thing, Earth-717, Shikata, Marvel Zombies, Skrull Elektra, and costume from Elektra #-1.
Ghost Rider: Default, Original, WWI Ghost Rider, Speed Demon, What If #95, Baron Skullfire, Vengeance, Timeslip, Caleb, Bai Gu Jing, Barbara Ketch, Nobel Kale, Native American Ghost Rider, Molek, Marinette Bwa Chech, Shoba Mirza, 2099, Phantom Rider, Blazing Skull, and Carter Slade.
Hawkeye: Default, Classic, Original, Ronin, Deadeye, Bowman, Golden Archer, The Jagged Bow, Ultimate, Street Gear, Longbow, Steelbow, Hawkeye (Amalgam), costume from Avengers #103, costume from Invincible Iron Man #323, Mutant X, Earth X, Vi-Locks, Goliath, and Avengers Reborn.
Human Torch: Default, Classic, Original, Ultimate, Movie, Mandroid, Dark Human Torch (Ultimate Alliance 1), Human Pyre, Inhuman Torch, Skrull Torch, Red Storm (Amalgam), Human Lantern, What If Monstrous Fantastic Four, 1602, Prince Morningstar, Timeslip, Blowtorch, MC2, Dino Torch, and Mutant X.
Iceman: Default, Ultimate, Age of Apocalypse, Mutant X, Earth X, 1602, X-Men X, X-Punks, Original, Dormammu's Iceman, Quick Freeze, Icemonk, Noir, Bobby Drake Look 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Invisible Woman: Default, Classic, Original, Ultimate, Mutant X, Earth-Thing Goes Into A Rage, Empress Hydra, Unstoppable Woman, Ultra-Woman, What If Monstrous Fantastic Four, Ace Storm (Amalgam), Supergirl (Amalgam), Timeslip, Invisiguanodon, 1602, Lady Aqua, Movie, Challengers of Doom, Invisible Skrull, and Invincible Woman.
Iron Fist: Default, Ultimate, Iron Paw (Marvel Apes), Symbiote Iron Fist, Bei Bang-Wen, Bei Ming-Tian, Junzo Muto, Kwai Jun-Fan, Li Park, Orson Randall, Quan Yaozu, Wu Ao-Shi, Red Costume, Power Fist, Steel Serpent, Steel Serpent as Iron Fist, Shirtless, Dormammu's Iron Fist, Millennial Visions, and Earth-Heroes for Hire Inc.
Iron Man: Default, Classic, Original, Golden Avenger, Iron Cross, Iron Maniac, Prometheum Armor, Silver Centurion, War Machine, Noir, Man of Iron, Gold War Machine, Stealth Armor (MK 1), Hulkbuster Armor (MK 1), Thorbuster Armor, Iron Lantern, Iron Man 2020, Ultimate, Timeslip, and Realm of Kings.
Jean Grey: Default, Original, Ultimate, White Phoenix, Jean Black, Here Comes Tomorrow, Movie, Mutant X, Red Queen, Paradise X, Psyche, X-Men X, Age of Apocalypse, 1602, and 6 costumes I can't think of names for.
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Luke Cage: Default, Power Man, Street, Secret War, Modern, Ultimate, Noir, Zombie Galacti, Power Fist, Member of Fantastic Four, Marvel Werewolves, Heroes for Hire, Buck Wild: Mercenary Man, Classic (from Cage series), Millennial Visions Champions: United We Stand, Dormammu's Luke Cage, Mutant X, Erik Josten, Millennial Visions Power Man & Iron Fist, and Earth X.
Ms. Marvel: Default, Binary, Original, Age of Apocalypse, Armored Warbird, American Girl (Amalgam), Avalonia, Earth X, Huntress (Amalgam), Lady marvel, Mutant X, Realm of Kings, Sharon Ventura, Sharon Ventura 2nd Costume, She-Thing, Symbiote Ms. Marvel, Ultimate, Brood Alien Form, Earth-4732, and Moonstone.

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Mr. Fantastic: Default, Classic, Original, Ultimate, Movie, Dark Raider, Dark Mr. Fantastic (Ultimate Alliance 1), Big Brain 2.0, Brute, What If Monstrous Fantastic Four, Mr. Super (Amalgam), Fantastic Lad (Amalgam), Mr. Devious, Elastic Skrull, Timeslip, 1602, Mutant X, Lord Nimbus, Earth-Thing Goes into A Rage, and Saur Fantastic.
Moon Knight: Default, Original (Fist of Khonshu?), Black Bodysuit (Classic?), 2099, Moonshade, Secret Avengers (All-Black), Moon Man, Dark Moon, Mr. Spector, The Moon Ghost, Moon-Fang, Crescent Moon, Moon Boy, Moon Knight Boy, Millennial Visions The Legacy, Dino Knight, Vi-Locks, Ultimate, Ultimate Ronin, and Marvel Zombies.
Nova: Default, Original, Kid Nova costume, Muscle Shirt costume, New Warriors brown costume, Upgraded outfit, 2nd New Warriors costume, as Quasar, Ultimate, Super-Nova, Qubit, Nova Omega, Nova 0:0, Millennial Visions New Warriors, Morrow, Ko-rel, Franktur, Earth/Paradise X, Comet, and Powerhouse.
Punisher: Default, Frankencastle, Mutant X, Noir, Timeslip, 1989 Movie, 2004 Movie, 2008 Movie, Carlos Cruz, Jimmy Pierce, Yuppunisher, Trevor Castle (Amalgam), 2099, Iron Punisher, Lynn Michaels, Outlaw, Agent of SHIELD (What If V2 #57), Punisher-Goblin, Punisher General, and costume worn @ Punisher: War Journal #8 (version of Captain America's suit?).
Silver Surfer: Default, Captain Universe, Red Surfer (Millennial Visions), Black Surfer, Silver Savage, Carnage Cosmic, The Keeper, Mutant X, and the 12 Silver Skyriders: Borrob, Hunkir, Hyzaktl, Izzifizz, Pradda Fol, Qirmat, Sire Ru, Skooka, Stacu, Unit-101101, Ur-Lini, and Vorzen.
Spider-Man: Default, Symbiote, Iron Spider, Scarlet Spider, 2099, Noir, Captain Universe, Dark Spider-Man (Ultimate Alliance 1), Spider-Ben, Dusk, Prodigy, Hornet, Ricochet, Millennial Visions Staff Memorandum, Amazing Bag-Man, Vi-Locks, The Other, Spider-Ham, Arachnaman (from the WCW), and Negative Spider-Man.
Spider-Woman: Default, Original, Agent of SWORD, Symbiote Spider-Woman, Hydra (Earth-X), Ultimate, Julia Carpenter, Arachne, Arachne (Earth-398), Mattie Franklin Costume 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Charlotte Witter, Mary Jane Watson, Mangaverse, Little Old Spider-Lady (What If Vol. 1 #23 2nd story), and Valerie the Librarian (Spidey Super Stories #11).
Storm: Default, Original, Movie, Ultimate, Classic, Retro, Amazon, Weather Witch, Millennial Visions Goddess of Thunder, Bloodstorm, Days of Future Past, Age of Apocalypse, Servant of Belasco, and 7 other costumes.
Thing: Default, Classic, Original, Ultimate, Movie, Monsterman, MC2, Dark Thing (Ultimate Alliance 1), Timeslip Thing, Timeslip Fantastic 4, Mr. Grimm, What If #37, The Brute, Dragonfly, Mutant X, Skrull Thing, Count Crag, Four-Armed Thing (Amalgam), Dino-World, and Dormammu's Thing.
Thor: Default, Classic, Ultimate, Beta Ray Bill, 2099, The Hammer, MC2, Thunderstrike, Thorion, Thor-El, Realm of Kings, People's Protectorate, Battle Armor, Horus (Forever Yesterday), Symbiote Thor, Magic Rules, Living Planet, Dargo Ktor, Roger Norvell, and Dark Thor (Ultimate Alliance 1).
Wolverine: Default, Classic (Brown & Tan), X-Force, Civies (Modern?), Fang, Age of Apocalypse, Horseman of Death, Weapon X, Dark Claw, Mutant Destruction, Bone Claw Wolverine, costume from Wolverine V2 #1, X-Men X, Snikt!, Ultimate, Old Man Logan, Movie, House of M, Symbiote Wolverine (from Spider-Man: Web of Shadows), and Hulk vs. Wolverine movie Flashback costume.

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