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Ben 10: Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction is the ninth game in the franchise and the third game based on Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.
Gameplay[]
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction is the new game that introduces the new alien heroes: Waterhazard, Armodrillo, Ampfibian, Terraspin, and NRG from the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien television series, allowing players to tunnel or beat through evil alien enemies, unleash water blasts, emit radiation beams, shoot electricity bolts and fire, wind attacks, and more, with a unique experience system which lets them upgrade alien attributes and abilities. The game also provides all-new game enhancements such as Quick Switch, which allows players to switch alien forms faster than ever, and Quick Time Events which creates a cinematic experience that guides players through fierce boss battles and challenging puzzle elements. Players will control Ben and up to 16 alien heroes including Ultimate Big Chill, Ultimate Spidermonkey, Ultimate Echo Echo, Ultimate Swampfire, Ultimate Humungousaur, Four Arms (PS3) and Rath (Xbox 360).
The game expands upon the Vilgax Attacks formula by making alien transformation much easier by switching between alien forms without the need to switch back to Ben - which was an unlockable secret in previous games, with players given a specific quartet of four aliens per level, three of which are required to perform tasks to progress in each level. Gwen acts as Ben's navigator in the game, teaching players the mechanics of the game and how to perform them, as well as their in-game applications. From defeated enemies and destroyed objects, health pickups and experience points will spawn, and the player can redeem the latter to increase aliens' stats (damage output, cooldown time) and increase the power of any of their four special attacks each. Certain specials can interact with the environment and are necessary to progress in levels, and have aftereffects which allow for continual damage on enemies and bosses, allowing for battle tactic creativity.
The health and Ultimatrix energy meters cannot be restored but the latter refills gradually or can be refilled by successfully damaging enemies and bosses. There is only one attack button which simplifies combat, and is comboable into specials. All forms can dash by blocking and then moving in any direction.
Plot[]
Chapter 1: The Catacombs (Rome, Italy)[]
Ben, Gwen and Kevin are fighting a group of Forever Knights in a catacomb in Rome. Ben tries to transform to help Gwen and Kevin fight the Forever Knights, but Jimmy Jones keeps trying to call Ben about something. Eventually, Ben gets separated from Gwen and Kevin, and begins trying to find his way out of the catacombs. Ben runs into Vulkanus and his pick-axe minions, who seem to be searching for something. After defeating the pick-axe minions as Ultimate Humungousaur and defeating Vulkanus, Ben continues trying to get out of the catacombs, and eventually runs into his old foe, Enoch, who has become empowered by an alien artifact. After defeating Enoch, Ben takes the artifact away from Enoch and the result is Enoch transformed into a stone statue, then Ben throws the artifact on the ground. Ben is then picked up by Gwen and Kevin, and when Jimmy calls him again, Jimmy tells Ben about a cosmic storm advancing towards Earth. Ben calls some Plumber ships and tells them to get to the cosmic storm and investigate it.
Chapter 2: Eiffel Tower (Paris, France)[]
The Plumber ships approach the cosmic storm, but a powerful blast destroys them. Meanwhile, Ben, Gwen, and Kevin see Null Void creatures attacking Paris. The group goes to France to stop them. At a Forever Knight museum, Ben finds the Vreedle Brothers who are trying to steal an alien artifact. After defeating them, Sunder arrives and steals the artifact. Ben then chases Sunder for the artifact, stopping to watch a Will Harangue broadcast where Harangue is showing battle footage of Ben in Italy and France from an anonymous source. After Sunder tries to kill Ben in a burning building, Ben chases Sunder to the Eiffel Tower as NRG , where he saves some people from Sunder's attacks, and defeats Sunder using Ultimate Swampfire, gets the piece, and escapes as the flaming Eiffel Tower collapses. Inside the Rustbucket 3 Azmuth arrives and explains that a hostile To'kustar is coming to earth to destroy Ben, he informs him that an ancient Galvan weapon is hidden on earth in pieces called the Potis Altiare. If combined with the Ultimatrix it could give Ben the power to defeat the evil To'kustar. Much to his shock he discovers that Ben already has a piece of the Potis Altiare, the artifact Sunder and the others were after. They also realize that the artifact Enoch was using was also a Potis Altiare piece, but reasoning that Ben already defeated all the bad guys in that area they focus on finding more pieces.
Chapter 3: Devil's Tower (Wyoming, USA)[]
The To'kustar is destroying a planet with a cosmic ray, and it is revealed that Psyphon (Vilgax's old servant) is working for the To'kustar. Psyphon is talking with the To'kustar, saying that he works for the strongest, and was even considering working for Aggregor, but Aggregor preferred to work alone. As the To'kustar was about to destroy Psyphon, he explains that his Robotic Extermination Devices (R.E.D.s) will only answer to his command and the To'kustar must allow Psyphon to live so his R.E.D.s can find the rest of the Potis Altiare. The To'kustar orders Psyphon to activate the R.E.D.s, and he does so. The group soon detects high alien activity in the Devil's Tower at Wyoming. Azmuth suspects it to be an interference with the Potis Altiare, and leaves the group so they can collect the piece. Ben finds Kraab - after fighting off some R.E.D.s as Ultimate Spidermonkey - who also seems to be trying to find the Potis Altiare piece and chases him. Ben defeats Kraab and runs into a robot who helps him get to the end of a military base in Devil's Tower. Ben soon encounters SevenSeven (who attempted to crush him with giant boulders earlier), and fights and defeats SevenSeven, then takes the Potis Altiare piece. On a video screen, the To'kustar and Psyphon watch Ben fight Psyphon's R.E.D.s, which greatly angers the To'kustar and he begins smashing asteroids and even destroying part of a larger asteroid.
Chapter 4: The Great Wall (Beijing, China)[]
Gwen is using the two pieces of the Potis Altiare to find the other pieces. She is suddenly overwhelmed by the power of the artifact, while having a vision of a dragon attacking her at the same time, and attacks Ben and Kevin. Kevin manages to free Gwen from the artifact's power by taking the pieces. Gwen says she has detected the next piece in the Great Wall of China. Ben goes there and fights an army of Terracotta warriors. Ben is found by a Terracotta General and defeats him with Ultimate Big Chill. As Ben continues going off to find the piece, he encounters the same dragon Gwen saw in her vision. Ben defeats the dragon and manages to collect the piece. After Ben defeats the dragon, he gets blown into the air, where Gwen and Kevin catch him unconscious.
Chapter 5: Tokyo Nights (Tokyo, Japan)[]
The To'kustar is once again disappointed by Psyphon's failure to prevent Ben from getting another Potis Altiare piece. But Psyphon is able to prevent his attempted demise by saying he sent his R.E.D.s to kidnap one of Ben's most trusted allies and put him/her under the To'kustar's control. Ben receives a transmission from Cooper stating he is under attack, and to come to Tokyo alone. Ben reaches Tokyo and begins searching for Cooper.
Ben encounters Zombozo, who refuses to tell where Cooper is, and again uses Ultimate Spidermonkey. He then defeated Zombozo, and goes off to find Cooper. Eventually, Cooper is found, but he has become an evil, wired security system enhanced by a piece of the Potis Altiare.
Ben fights Evil Cooper and frees him from the system's control, but the Potis Altiare piece is destroyed in the battle. Meanwhile, the To'kustar destroys a base on the moon that Lu is on as he begins to advance his cosmic storm towards Earth.
Chapter 6: The Amazon (Amazon, Brazil)[]
Gwen teleports Cooper back to Bellwood to get all the Plumber's helpers in the fight against the evil To'kustar. Ben is visited by the Ancient Galvan, who give him a map for the rest of the pieces of the Potis Altiare. They detect another piece in the Amazon Rainforest, which is being held in a military base. While Ben is looking for the artifact, he unintentionally activates a missile. Ben works to stop the missile from launching, and after succeeding in doing so, he quickly escapes the base before it could self-destruct. However, in an elevator, Ben meets a pair of clones of the Vreedle Brothers after fighting off the R.E.D.s as Ultimate Echo Echo. Ben fights them and takes the Potis Altiare piece after defeating them. Ben is watching another Will Harangue broadcast, where his anonymous source is still feeding him footage of Ben's "rampage" around the world, while also saying that Ben is bringing the end of the world with footage of the cosmic storm. Ben thinks Jimmy Jones is putting footage of Ben on the internet, and Will Harangue is collecting it to feed his campaign against Ben. Psyphon appears on the video screen giving Ben a message that the To'kustar will come to Earth and he will be the first to fall. He also tells Ben to surrender the Potis Altiare.
Chapter 7: The Colosseum (Rome, Italy)[]
When wondering how Psyphon knew of the existence of the Potis Altiare, Ben thinks a Galvan could have told him. Azmuth appears saying the Galvan would die than tell their secrets. The cosmic storm has already arrived, and since there is still only one piece of the Potis Altiare, Ben has to get back to Rome in order to retrieve the artifact. When he remembers that the Omnitrix teleported them to the planet Primus, Azmuth then sets the Ultimatrix to reach the last piece of the Potis Altiare, and drags Ben along with it. When Ben arrives at the coliseum where he fought Enoch, he finds Overlord, where he reveals he was the one who leaked the footage to Will Harangue as revenge against Ben. He also has the Potis Altiare piece, so Ben chases him for it. After defeating Overlord, he passes out and the Potis Altiare piece is dropped into the sewers. When Ben goes in to retrieve it, he finds Psyphon grabbing it and running away with it. Ben chases Psyphon and escapes a room filled with bombs, then destroys Psyphon's ship, and finally fights and defeats Psyphon. As Ben was about to actually finish Psyphon, he escapes with the cosmic storm, and the To'kustar finally arrives, demanding that Ben bring the Potis Altiare to him or else earth will be destroyed.
Chapter 8: The Final Battle (Tokyo, Japan)[]
Gwen and Kevin come to pick Ben up, where he now has all the pieces of the Potis Altiare (except for the one he destroyed in Tokyo during his fight with Cooper) and seems determined to fight the To'kustar to save the Earth. Ben goes to Japan to take down the To'kustar. While Ben tracks down the To'kustar, he rescues citizens and destroys the rest of the R.E.Ds. When Ben finds the To'kustar, Ben becomes a full-sized Humungousaur to fight, but the To'kustar easily defeats him and tosses Ben into the ocean. The Ultimatrix has the pieces of the Potis Altiare attached to it, and Ben becomes Way Big to become equal with the To'kustar. After defeating Evil Way Big he uses his powerful cosmic ray attack with the Potis Altiare. Jimmy then tells him about the new Sumo Slammers 3D movie. Evil Way Big, who is revealed to be Albedo, falls on the moon and eventually gets hit by Lu.
Characters[]
Playable Characters[]
- Ben Tennyson (All levels when not in alien form except final battle boss)
- Albedo (DS skin)
Non-Playable Characters[]
- Gwen Tennyson
- Kevin Levin
- Jimmy Jones
- Azmuth
- Ancient Galvans
- Plumbers
- Will Harangue
- Lu (cameo)
- Mrs. Jones (Voice only)
Playable Aliens[]
All Platforms[]
- Ampfibian (First video game appearance)
- Armodrillo (First video game appearance)
- Big Chill
- Echo Echo
- Humungousaur
- NRG (First video game appearance)
- Swampfire
- Spidermonkey
- Terraspin (First video game appearance)
- Waterhazard (First video game appearance)
- Way Big (Level 8 only, in DS Level 7; First video game appearance)
Ultimate Forms[]
- Ultimate Humungousaur (Level 1 only; First video game appearance)
- Ultimate Swampfire (Level 2 only; First video game appearance)
- Ultimate Spidermonkey (Level 3 and Level 5 only; First video game appearance)
- Ultimate Big Chill (Level 4 only; First video game appearance)
- Ultimate Echo Echo (Level 6 only; First video game appearance)
PlayStation 3 Only[]
Xbox 360 Only[]
- Rath (First video game appearance)
Bosses[]
All Platforms[]
PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii and Xbox 360 Only[]
DS Only
- Rome: Enoch
- Paris: Sunder
- Devil's Tower: Vulkanus
- China: Sevenseven
- Venezuela: Wired Cooper Daniels
- Tokyo: Psyphon
- Final Battle: Evil Way Big
Enemies[]
- Pickaxe Minion
- Orfbeast
- Havocbeast
- Criminal Alien Melee
- Criminal Alien Sniper
- Criminal Alien Lieutenant
Forever Knights[]
- Spartan
- Spartan Ranged
- Forever Knight Melee
- Forever Knight Ranged
- Forever Ninja Melee
- Forever Ninja Ranged
- Samurai
R.E.D.[]
- R.E.D.s Grunt
- R.E.D.s Melee
- R.E.D.s Sniper
- R.E.D.s Ranged
- R.E.D.s Lieutenant
- R.E.D.s Elite
Terracotta Army[]
- Terracotta Melee
- Terracotta Ranged
- Terracotta Lieutenant
- Terracotta Elite
- Terracotta General (Mini-Boss)
DS Only[]
Cheat Codes[]
Cheat | Description |
---|---|
Cash | Obtain 1 million DNA |
Hard | All enemies do double damage and player does half damage |
Classic | Unlock Four Arms (PS3 only) |
Primus | Unlock Rath (Xbox 360 only) |
Health | Health regeneration |
Energy | Energy regeneration |
Upgrade | Upgrade all alien stats to max |
Levels | Unlock all levels |
Get 100% | Unlock Albedo (DS only) |
Cast[]
Errors[]
- When certain aliens interact with switches or any other objects they do not actually touch the switch/object but the switch/object moves.
- When Terraspin hovers, his eyes are white.
- Sometimes while Terraspin lands and gets hit by enemies, he will have seven arms/feet.
- If the player jumps using Big Chill and starts punching rapidly, his wings do not close until he stops punching, or doesn't punch fast enough.
- On the DS, while choosing an alien form, only the center of the Ultimatrix dial is opened.
- On the PSP, in the cutscene where Ben meets Enoch, at the end where Ben says "Yeah yeah, blah blah blah... It's hero time!" and holds out his hand to the Ultimatrix, sometimes the Omnitrix is shown.
- In The Catacombs level, while encountering Enoch, if the player forcibly goes to the other end of the colosseum without fighting the enemies using the circular stone, the game will softlock and not progress. Even if the player takes down the three pillars, Enoch will not come down and remain there with no collision detection. This is only tested on the PSP version.
- On the Wii, when the player fails to complete the Forever Knights Castle stage once on the shifting bridges, the second time Ben appears in the checkpoint, the metal lock does not disappear yet Ben can get through it easily.
- The Havoc Beasts are misnamed as "Orf Beasts".
- The Wigzellian Orc Beasts are misnamed as "Havocbeasts".
- The Dagger Aliens are misnamed as "criminal alien" along with their enemy class.
- During the special report news scene, Ampfibian's electricity is yellow.
- In the Great Wall level on the PS3 version, the player can fall through the floor for no reason and keep falling without dying. This forces the player to reset the game.
- In the Amazon level on the console versions, when the player falls into the water, there is no more water near the surface.
- Ultimate Echo Echo has 5 fingers instead of 4.
- After Gwen and Kevin arrives at Italy, Kevin says: "Long flight from Central America to Italy", even though Amazon is in South America.
- When Humungousaur fights Evil Way Big, his eyes are white until he falls in the water.
- During the Final Boss battle, Way Big is much taller than the nearby bridge, but in the cutscenes, he is about a quarter of the height of the bridge.
- Way Big's cosmic ray is shown to be green instead of pale blue.
- Kraab is misspelled as "Krabb" in the credits.
Achievements/Trophies[]
Below is a list of Achievements/Trophies found in Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction (not on Wii).
PlayStation 3[]
Xbox 360[]
Continuity[]
- In a conversation between Evil Way Big and Psyphon, they bring up the destruction of the dwarf planet Pluto, an event that took place in the episode X = Ben + 2.
- When Ben first meets Kraab, he says "Oh yeah! The guy that put the 'ug' in 'ugly'!", calling back to when he first said it to him as Ghostfreak in Hunted.
- In a cutscene, the source of Will Harangue's footage of Ben is theorized to be Jimmy, accidentally leaking it from his website like he did before in Fame.
- In a cutscene, Ben mentioned his teleportation to Primus in Primus.
- At the end of the game, Albedo referenced the time Ben commanded the Omnitrix to self-destruct in the episode The Final Battle: Part 2.
Allusions[]
- In a cutscene, Azmuth kiddingly tells the trio to click their heels together three times should they ever need him; a reference to The Wizard of Oz.
- In a cutscene, Jimmy and Ben get excited about the newest Sumo Slammers movie: "Sumo Slammers 2: Electric Slammeroo". This is in reference to the infamous subtitle of the movie Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Trivia[]
- When Albedo as Evil Way Big crash-lands on the moon, and turns back to normal, his appearance is from Good Copy, Bad Copy and somehow breathes on the moon in Ben's human form.
- On PSP, the Colosseum level has the same music as the Encephalonus IV level from Vilgax Attacks. On all other platforms, it reuses the music from the Catacombs level.
- The Ultimate forms are not unlockable; The player can only play as them in certain levels. In the DS version, however, when the player builds up the meter, the alien turns ultimate for a power blast to do a lot of damage to all the enemies on the screen, or if it's an alien without an ultimate, it will do a power blast instead.
- Within the museum, there are several memorabilia of Forever Knights artifacts such as armours, shields, tapestry and the infinity crests throughout the building.
- In the museum, after defeating the Vreedle Brothers, there's a statue of a Vaxasaurian holding a ring. The same statue can be found on Terradino in Vilgax Attacks.
- Within the same location, there are two swords within stones on display; Resembling Excalibur. Among the several portraits, one appears to be of a sorcerer, presumably Merlin.
- Ultimate Cannonbolt is the only Ultimate Form that is not playable in this game.
- Ultimate Wildmutt and Ultimate Way Big don't count as they weren't introduced until after this game was released.
- Though Chromastone is not a playable alien in the game, his hologram can be seen briefly in the cutscene between levels 7 and 8.
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