Mortal Kombat 8 announced.

**Kalyx triaD** · 04-24-2008, 11:55 PM

Cause having a guy as ridiculously powerful as Spawn would make for a fun fighting game character...

The thing about MK is that the universe is so wacky that it would be hard to find a suitable franchise to cross over with. Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting became King of Fighters, then they hooked up with Capcom fighters. And hey; Capcom vs SNK works like they were always within the same universe. Very few compromises needed to be made amongst play systems and characters. Everybody in Smash Bros had to obey the 'Smash Bros game engine' so they would fit no matter what. But MK? They'd have to compromise the franchise (which they did) to work with another universe. Fatalities would have to be nixed anyway if they had to cross over with Tekken or SF.

Then you got guys like Superman and you gotta think about how much blood will be allowed in a game featuring DC/WB's poster child. How much blood was in the Superman Returns game? Hell, when was the last time we even seen blood in a DC videogame? Yeah the recent comics pushed it, but that's not what WB's gonna want to hear about when they consider a medium that has a larger reach than comics (so they believe).

Then again, storywise MK been established the idea of multiple realms. It's not crazy to imagine them come in contact with a universe that also has a long history with multiple worlds. You can say the multiverse concept is infused in their seperate mythologies. Now let's talk logic...

How am I gonna see Superman vs anyone and not wonder why the fight lasts longer 2 seconds? I mean... Super-freakin-man? We got Raiden, Shao Khan, Unaga, and Fujin; the only guys I can imagine hitting Superman and getting a reaction. Everyone else are ninjas and kung-fu dudes... How's this gonna work?

04-24-2008, 11:55 PM	#28
Kalyx triaD Raw Video Footage Posts: 45,950	Cause having a guy as ridiculously powerful as Spawn would make for a fun fighting game character... The thing about MK is that the universe is so wacky that it would be hard to find a suitable franchise to cross over with. Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting became King of Fighters, then they hooked up with Capcom fighters. And hey; Capcom vs SNK works like they were always within the same universe. Very few compromises needed to be made amongst play systems and characters. Everybody in Smash Bros had to obey the 'Smash Bros game engine' so they would fit no matter what. But MK? They'd have to compromise the franchise (which they did) to work with another universe. Fatalities would have to be nixed anyway if they had to cross over with Tekken or SF. Then you got guys like Superman and you gotta think about how much blood will be allowed in a game featuring DC/WB's poster child. How much blood was in the Superman Returns game? Hell, when was the last time we even seen blood in a DC videogame? Yeah the recent comics pushed it, but that's not what WB's gonna want to hear about when they consider a medium that has a larger reach than comics (so they believe). Then again, storywise MK been established the idea of multiple realms. It's not crazy to imagine them come in contact with a universe that also has a long history with multiple worlds. You can say the multiverse concept is infused in their seperate mythologies. Now let's talk logic... How am I gonna see Superman vs anyone and not wonder why the fight lasts longer 2 seconds? I mean... Super-freakin-man? We got Raiden, Shao Khan, Unaga, and Fujin; the only guys I can imagine hitting Superman and getting a reaction. Everyone else are ninjas and kung-fu dudes... How's this gonna work? Last edited by Kalyx triaD; 04-25-2008 at 12:10 AM.