Link, Spider-Man and the alliance that never was

The always entertaining Surfer Girl has a neat tidbit about the Wii version of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance over at such things that never was. Before Marvel: Ultimate Alliance shipped to stores Samus and Link were supposed to appear alongside Spider-Man and the Hulk. However, Nintendo did not give Activision approval to do this and the two characters were removed from the final build. Considering how well Link contributed to Soul Calibur II sales, gamers may have overlooked the lack of online play in the Wii version to get their hands on a Samus and Silver Surfer team.