Rumor: Mortal Kombat VS DC Comics?
With this being the year fighting games make their glorious return, it shouldn't be too surprising that Mortal Kombat is going to be getting a sequel (the eighth in the series, can you believe it?). While it is confirmed that there will be another game in the series, the specifics are tightly under wraps for the moment, and Midway plans to release them relatively soon. Some of the outlets that have gotten (or will get) access to the info already have teasers up for the thing, and those in and of themselves may have been more of a giveaway than intended.
GamesRadar posted a teaser image with promise of an exclusive video tomorrow, but they should have looked much more closely at the filename. The image is named "MKDC blog--article_image" which basically gives away the big secret. Not to mention the blatantly obvious Superman silhouette in the picture itself. It looks as though Midway might have an answer of their own to Marvel VS Capcom and X-Men VS Street Fighter. Too bad they're about 10 years too late.
[Note: Since this post's original writing, the picture has been removed from GamesRadar's post, so interpret what that means for yourself. We, however, think "confirmed"]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
michael @ Apr 17th 2008 4:04PM
SuperWimp
Etchasketchist @ Apr 17th 2008 4:13PM
I'm still waiting for Pitfighter Vs. Zap Comix. I want to play as Harvey Pekar.
Deck @ Apr 17th 2008 4:21PM
Confirmed you are probably right. This could be very interesting if it does for sure turn out to be true.
nerrrrrrd @ Apr 17th 2008 4:26PM
My guess would be Magneto.
mcwattersm @ Apr 17th 2008 5:01PM
He is a Marvel baddie.
x DLC Hero x @ Apr 17th 2008 4:27PM
This has been rumored for a while now. Does anyone genuinely want this crossover? If there are any two IP's that I would never had guessed would crossover it would be MK and DC. Weren't there rumors that this would be going for a 'T' rating? I guess that would make more sense, I'm sure DC doesn't want Midway decapitating Wonder Woman.
IceOrb @ Apr 17th 2008 5:01PM
DC is no stranger to releasing ultra violent comics featuring some of their most famous characters so it really wouldn't be that much of a shocker.
nerrrrrrd @ Apr 17th 2008 4:34PM
or maybe it's Batman with his ears cut off by Baraka.
Maxx the Slash @ Apr 17th 2008 4:39PM
MK VS. DC wont happen. Marvel VS. Capcom was easy because Marvel's characters were easy to adapt into the Street Fighter style. Their powers became specials and Hyper Combos. But converting DC characters into an MK style is impossible. There's no way in hell DC comics will allow their good guy characters like Batman and Wonder Woman and Aqua Man perform Fatalities on each other or the MK characters. It would ruin the reputation of the DC character's involved.
Mr.ESC @ Apr 17th 2008 6:01PM
Aquaman character was already ruined.Anything at this point is an improvement,I mean DC had to redesign Aquaman to look badass and still he kind of suck.
Rampage99 @ Apr 17th 2008 4:48PM
Not going to happen. There aren't even going to be any Shokans (the race that Goro is) in the game. You can quote me on that.
Lewis @ Apr 17th 2008 5:04PM
This is gonna suck ass if it's true. I wonder If DC would announce or show something about it at NY Comic Con
Zombie ho tep @ Apr 17th 2008 5:47PM
Looks like majornelson
Mr Khan @ Apr 17th 2008 5:47PM
Agree, its an ill-matched me too title, if it exists
They should release DC v Marvel, a video game adaptation of the epic comic crossover
SToNeP2277 @ Apr 17th 2008 6:05PM
it looks like i could be Superman?
samaral70 @ Apr 17th 2008 7:38PM
god MK vs DC that would be just stupid...
darthmagneto @ Apr 17th 2008 7:43PM
God, DC sucks...
x DLC Hero x @ Apr 17th 2008 10:28PM
I am not really a comic book fan, but how can you say that the same company that created Batman sucks? They earn instant respect for that single character alone. I assume your name means that you like Marvel, but going on what few points of reference I do have into comics ( the Marvel and DC cartoons of the early ninties and the movies based on their properties) I would say Batman is pretty much better than every Marvel franchise. Although I do love Iron Man (mainly because my love of robots and things that look like robots and there is a Black Sabbath song of the same name).
darthmagneto @ Apr 17th 2008 11:02PM
To be honest, Batman is the only good character that DC has ever created. Superman has only one weakness, and kryptonite is pretty hard to come by. Green Lantern has no weakness any more (I think), Aquaman is, well...Aquaman, and the list goes on. To make it better, basically every DC character that isn't one of the bigger heroes is basically a clone of another character!
Marvel is different AND better. For starters, Marvel books actually take place in real places, not metropolis or Gotham City. Marvel has The Sentry, who is like Superman, but he differs in the fact that HE ACTUALLY HAS A WEAKNESS. That goes for all Marvel characters. To top it off, Marvel doesn't repeat the same freaking event every year. DC, on the other hand can't stop with their Infinite amount of Crisis books. Too bad everyone will be reading Secret Invasion to care about Final Crisis.
Scooter @ Apr 18th 2008 12:00AM
My guess is Magneto, with the helmet and cape I'd say it's a dead giveaway.
egoless @ Apr 18th 2008 9:21PM
lol darthmagneto you are such an obvious marvel-head. marvel has better books and characters then dc? like what books buddy? like the phoney killing off of captain america? like how they throw wolverine and spiderman into every book to gimic little tards like you into buying them? and to even bring up that gimic infringing imposter sentry while you diss the mold "superman". what a joke indeed.
bootney @ Apr 19th 2008 5:52PM
If this is true this is the lamest game idea I have ever seen. Armageddon sucked, and if they bring this out with DC, I'm done with MK. I have owned every game since the first but I'm done if this is the case.
steve @ Apr 20th 2008 7:49PM
IF THEY DO THIS IM TOTATLY DONE WITH MORTAL KOMBAT. THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE DARKER AND BLOODER. WHAT HAPPEN???? MIXING COMIC CHARACTERS WITH MK. PLEASE THIS DONT MAKE NO SINCE. IF THIS HAPPENS, I WILL NEVER PLAY MORTAL KOMBAT AGAIN. THIS IS SO FREAKIN LAME CUZ.
Shazam @ May 6th 2008 10:32AM
To be fair about Marvel, at least DC doesn't have the "scribe" Bendis writing all their stories. Granted, pretty much everything in OYL has been horrible, but when you throw Doctor freaking Strange on a team with Luke Cage as the leader, that's bad writing.
Otherwise, Batman DOES suck. But DC does NOT suck.