So... Mortal Kombat vs. DC Comics

jp · Post by jp » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:02 am

Yeah... going to be announced tomorrow (or over the weekend?)

Really... don't know what to say about that. I do feel really bad for the MK fans though (as one of my closest friends is an MK fanatic and is actually a bit depressed about this). But... I dunno. I'm... really at a loss for words.

I would've much rather seen an MK/Killer Instinct or MK/Eternal Champions cross-over though truth be told.

Also, rumor is the game is going to be rated T, and will not have fatalities. Figure that one out.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:14 am

ha ha dc comics licensed game

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:19 am

DC Comics versus Stephen Tyler

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:26 am

Will be officially announced later today (Friday). At least the Sub-Zero/Batman faceoff picture at MK Online suggests that the game will look really nice. I think it's pretty cool all the recent fighters nowadays (well, SCIV, Brawl, and now MKVDC) are featuring outside characters.

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:28 am

It might be a good idea to make this considering MK AI has never been any good, dating back to the very first game.

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:21 am

fuck the what

D · Post by D » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:12 am

This will sell like hotcakes in the US and Europe, and I will hate that.
The game will suck. It will be a 3D fighter!
Those idiots should go back to MK2 and redigitize people and do it all in hi res 2D, make some new saw like fatalities. That's what they need to be doing!

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:20 am

I'm predicting a trainwreck.

It's going to suck. Hard.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:28 am

Hopefully after PUZZLE KOMBAT, MOTOR KOMBAT, KONQUEST MODE, CREATE A COMBATANT, and CUSTOM WIIMOTE FATALITIES they'll have time to add a 1 on 1 fighter mini-game (of course it'll be broken because it's not the main part of the package there are more important areas to focus on.)

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:57 am

Kotaku rumor: MK vs. DC will have little blood and no fatalities

Since it's from Kotaku, though:

JoshF wrote:CUSTOM WIIMOTE FATALITIES

You mean, "KUSTOM WIIMOTE FATALITIES".

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:00 am

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:31 am

This is more terrible than Marvel vs. Capcom was awesome. And how long do we have to wait to see what the fans really want; A Marvel vs. DC game?

D · Post by D » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:21 am

Nuke wrote:This is more terrible than Marvel vs. Capcom was awesome. And how long do we have to wait to see what the fans really want; A Marvel vs. DC game?

?
Are you mad? marvel vs dc?

I want Arc to make "Hokuto No Ken vs Castlevania" damnit.
Yeah laugh...hahaha.....but if it would be made the way I intend it. It would turn your laughter inside out!

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:44 am

D wrote:I want Arc to make "Hokuto No Ken vs Castlevania" damnit.

Awesome.

Back on topic - Batman fatalities via Batarang will be hilarity.

Hope they have a good Tim Burton-style stage for Bats.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:45 am

Prince theme

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:45 pm

JoshF wrote:Hopefully after PUZZLE KOMBAT, MOTOR KOMBAT, KONQUEST MODE, CREATE A COMBATANT, and CUSTOM WIIMOTE FATALITIES they'll have time to add a 1 on 1 fighter mini-game (of course it'll be broken because it's not the main part of the package there are more important areas to focus on.)

Welcome to the new era of gaming.

Trailer:

http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/xbox- ... 2945404017

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:09 pm

Mortal Sellout. Then again, it's not like Midway has made anything that's actually worth playing in at least six years...

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:35 pm

Oh yeah, this just PROVES that some of the staff at Marvel have Asian girlfriends.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:41 pm

I'll play if Captain Marvel is a character.

SHAZAM!

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:32 am

if they keep the super super heroes out of it, technically it would be cooler. But im not a huge DC fan at all.

Green arrow, batman , beast boy and Alley-Kat-Abra

if you get them in! im in

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:47 am

I'm a Mortal Kombat fan. I have no idea what on earth to think about this.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:52 am

Oh yeah, this just PROVES that some of the staff at Marvel have Asian girlfriends.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:19 am

Phail of the year.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:35 am

Yawn.

I'd rather have seen Sega get ahold of the DC license, then hire Capcom to bring out Marvel vs. DC- as long as the decade old CPS II sprites aren't reused yet again.

Mortal Kombat vs. The Punisher wouldn't be too bad an idea, given how the latter franchise is more brutal and spawned a couple of R-rated movies. The Punisher wouldn't look out of place performing fatalities in an M-rated game- hell, he already has. That gels better than Wonder Woman vs. Kitana, Superman vs. Johnny Cage, etc.

MK's AI does suck. It's cheap until you find a move that the computer can't counter for shit, or one that causes it to consistently leave itself vulnerable. Now you end up being cheap for the sake of beating the computer. None of the Mortal Kombat titles are great as one player games, except for part 1 with its Endurance matches.

The Sailor Moon Super S fighter on the Sega Saturn has similar el cheapo AI, maybe even worse. Beating one of the CPU's characters here is probably a bigger achievement than taking Rugal down by KO in KOF'94. It took me 52 continues to finish it - NO JOKE.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:52 am

Isn't it kinda late for an April Fools?

Edit: MK vs KI sounds fun!

Carmen · Post by **Carmen** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:54 am

JoshF wrote:
Oh yeah, this just PROVES that some of the staff at Marvel have Asian girlfriends.

I didn't follow it either.

Honestly though, I thought this was a joke. If not, well, thats sad.

None of the Mortal Kombat titles are great as one player games

None of them are great as games period

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:54 am

None of them are great as games period

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bFypgejENXk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SawxClA5f2w&NR=1

Tell me that doesn't look like fun.

StoofooEsq · Post by **StoofooEsq** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:47 am

Vexorg wrote:Mortal Sellout. Then again, it's not like Midway has made anything that's actually worth playing in at least six years...

Well, Midway developed Psi-Ops and that was actually beyond decent.
And...um...Stranglehold?

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Edit: MK vs KI sounds fun!

Mortal Kombat vs. Killer Instinct: Down-Back Chaos

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:14 am

"Those idiots should go back to MK2 and redigitize people and do it all in hi res 2D, make some new saw like fatalities. That's what they need to be doing!"

Better go down the Primal Rage route, digitize some crazy stop motion puppets and make it look like this:

http://www.jayeldraco.com/videos.html (click on Zombie Fu)

I would buy that for a dollar

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:51 am

JoshF wrote:
None of them are great as games period
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bFypgejENXk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SawxClA5f2w&NR=1

Tell me that doesn't look like fun.

that doesn't look like fun.

MK will never recover from being created, its like it is being terrible to spite its creators. "i'm going to be awful, but people will love it. ha, you'll never get to make anything else!"