User blog comment:SolZen321/Things I don't like in the Ultra Series/@comment-1030114-20160119023814

Something I find pretty pesky about the franchise itself is its over-reliance on the so-called 'Worff Effect'. Take Ace, for example. He fought off Ace Killer with the assistance of his brothers, but then fought far stronger Choju on his own (or with the minor assistance of TAC) from that point onwards, clearly showing that he had gotten stronger from the experience. He then gets beaten silly by Tyrant, even though Tyrant's weaponry is recycled from Barabas, a monster that Ace fought before with little trouble at all, and said monster's attacks should have been memorised by the hero.

Flash forward to UFV, and he gets completely wiped out by Ace Victory Killer's contrived KillerTrans after coming to save Victory, requiring yet another Ultra to come and save him too. Thus, Ace's abilities are all Plot Device'd into ruin.