Ultimate Forms

Ultimate Forms are evolved forms of some of the aliens found in the Ultimatrix. Some of them have completely changed their physical appearance, while some only change their color. However, all Ultimate Forms have improvements over their regular counterparts.



Concept and Creation
The "Evolutionary Function" was an additional feature Albedo juryrigged into the incomplete Ultimatrix after stealing it from Azmuth. The Evolutionary Function works by placing the DNA of the alien in a certain simulation of the Ultimatrix making it have simulated battles over millenia and technically evolves them. This explains why the evolutions are more combat centered than their baseline forms. If the Universe becomes a less suitable place to live in, these evolutions will predict how these aliens will turn out.

This "survival of the fittest" method of evolving the aliens makes the Ultimate Forms more suited for combat than anything else. When Azmuth saw the completed Ultimatrix for the first time, one of his complaints about Albedo's work was the Evolutionary Function, which he described as "begging for trouble".

The evolved forms take away the aliens weaknesses but also remove some of their secondary features/powers. Ultimate Swampfire, for example, is much tougher than regular Swampfire, but can't regenerate, Ultimate Spidermonkey is stronger than normal Spidermonkey, but no longer has his tail.

Activation
To activate this change, Ben presses the Ultimatrix symbol, causing it to grow four spikes. Ben is then consumed by green light and transforms into the form. Also, when a person asked if every alien has an ultimate form, Dwayne McDuffie answered it by saying "Wait and see" which is his way of answering a question that he is either not ready to or doesn't want to answer, but it is confirmed there will be more.

Series

 * Ben 10: Alien Force
 * Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Trivia

 * Dwayne McDuffie stated that Ben feels scared about the ultimates, but he thinks they are cool. [1 ]
 * Every Ultimate form has either a new or altered ability that the normal form didn't have.Ben 10 UA Poster-8x5.jpg
 * Albedo is the first person to use an ultimate alien.
 * Whether or not other Ultimate forms are shown, it does appear that the Ultimatrix is able to evolve any alien. It can even evolve Ben's human form, if he knew how to use it properly.
 * Of the eight ultimate forms so far, the three most drastically changed were Ultimate Spidermonkey, Ultimate Swampfire and Ultimate Echo Echo, the two barely changed were Ultimate Big Chill and Ultimate Cannonbolt, the one not changed at all was Ultimate Ben, and in between is Ultimate Humungousaur and Ultimate Wildmutt.
 * When Kevin absorbed the Ultimatrix aliens, he shows two traits from two Ultimate forms: half of Ultimate Humongousaur's face, and Ultimate Spidermonkey's web spit and ability to split his lower jaw.
 * In season 1 of Ultimate Alien Ultimate Spidermonkey and Ultimate Cannonbolt are the least used Ultimate Forms.
 * As of right now Ultimate Humungosaur is the most used ultimate form followed by Ultimate Swampfire, Ultimate Echo Echo, and Ultimate Big Chill (all three used 5 times).
 * Bandai announced a Ultimate Wildmutt Toy to be released in July.
 * Dwayne McDuffie has stated that Ben feels discomfort when going Ultimate.
 * Dwayne McDuffie said that the pink eyes Ben displayed after transforming back from his first time transforming into Ultimate Spidermonkey is part of why Azmuth dislikes the evolutionary function and has hinted that the pink eyes Ben displayed are part of the human ultimate form.