wat

I said it once, and I'll say it again: there aren't enough facepalms in the universe that express how I feel about that news.

wat

actually, as cool as the new engine sounds... just release Mortal Kombat II, but give it HD. keep it 2-d. keep it all the same, but just give it fucking High-def-ness.


that's all i want from MK.

Guys seriously, this could be a great game. MK fanboys everywhere seem to be crying themselves to sleep. I don't get it. This is the best thing to ever happen to the MK series and I predict a few million in sales based on the DC characters alone. Let's just hope the fighting engine is good.
Oh by the way. People are REALLY bitching that it will be rated T -for teen. I think it could be a good thing. Think of all the awesome finishers you could do that aren't overly graphic. Batman could toss out one of his cables that tie up the guys legs and then string him up upside down. For superman he could unleash a massive uppercut that sends him the guy into space. There are just tons of options. Think innovation over shock value. I for one am sick of the standard decapitation, arms rip, torso rip,
exploding body etc. It's just tired.
Also, people never bitched about the Hulk taking on Ryu.

Can Midway just put the Mortal Kombat franchise to bed? They've been kranking out krap for well over decade now.

*sigh*

Damn it.

This game suffered a FATALITY!

Then again... When was the last good MK game anyways?

No Fatalities = NO THANKS
Kitana's Inflation Fatality = DO WANT

Finally! I can post my Baraka/Aquaman erotic fan fiction!

Lame I say, lame!

Got to give it a chance, I mean, the last few MKs have been great, the 3d wones, good fighting system, and the fatalities were pretty good, cept for the last one, fuck the "make-a-tality" system. Youg would have to kinda expect it to be that way, dc wouldnt want supe's head ripped off by subzero. I am hoping its a str8 up fighter 3dish fighter and not like the marvel vs capcom ones. I dont need 4 people jumping around the screen with insane combos

Uch. Hopeful for the game, but OF COURSE if there's going to be a Green Lantern it'll be John Stewart. Because...you know...he's such a great character...*aids*

I don't really want to see fatalities combined with DC characters, that'd be retarded.

On second though, I don't want to see MK characters with DC characters, so this game is retarded.

Let's reach deep into a random bag of franchises, then let's reach really deep into a random bag of game franchises, let's put those 2 things together, it'll make millions.

Fuck this game.

Jeeze, this is so damn unnecessary.

Can somebody post that creepy batman photograph?

superman as a playable character..

THERE BETTER BE BLOOD OR I WONT DRINK THAT MILKSHAKE!

I thought the community blogs about this from the morning were jokes... This is just odd.

Bleh. Why Mortal Kombat? Should be Marvel vs DC. That's been needed in video game form for a long time. With 2-D fighters, or 3-D but 2-D fighting style. Here's to hoping this will be as good as Marvel vs. Capcom.

... If there's no fatalities and no blood, then this is no MK. I guess both Soul Calibur 4 and MK are trying to win the biggest douche award by whoring their franchises to other brands.

....Marvel Vs Street Fighter anyone?

It feels like some kinda WWE gimmick match-up/mash-up.

Pros:
We could be seriously lucky and get some characters from the Vertigo imprint. Baraka v. Swamp Thing? Scorpion v. Sandman? Preacher/Superman, come on! None of that's probably likely to happen, alas.

Cons:
Every knucklehead company out there's gonna try something like this. Picture: SNK Versus Valiant.

It's not the Worst Idea Ever, but they'd better try really hard not to mess this up. Sometimes I wish I was less jaded.

Oh great another shitty installment of MK cant we just let this series - FUCK YOU ALL BATMAN VS SCORPION IS FAR TO EPIC AN IDA TO FAIL

Hmm well at first I was thinking "COOL! I can totally be Superman and kick Scorpions ass with some killer moves and then finish him off with some wicked, over done fatality", then I read peoples comments and it looks like fatalities are not in this new MK, which probably means this will have no blood and gore, which means we have a Dead or Alive 4 game with Sub Zero, Scorpion, Superman and Batman.

Fuck you Midway

I can haz Captain Marvel in a game now?

The sheer ridiculousness of this concept will be enough to fill the void. It just may be the second wildest crossover I've never dreamt.

thats it! after reading this im now demanding nintendo to make a super smash brothers vs. jump super stars crossover fighting game! whos with me that they want to see mario kick goku's ass?

Are they just taking out fatalities, or are they taking blood out all together? I can't imagine uppercutting someone without a ridiculous amount of blood flying out of their face.

2008 will be remembered as the year of the cross over fighting games. First Snake and Sonic in Brawl, then Vader and Yoda in Soul Calibur 4, and now this.

While the more modern Mortal Kombat games are actually pretty good, the Fatalities and brutality of the game made it a real standout to other games of the ilk. This is a stupid move. I wouldn't even buy the SNES version of Mortal Kombat 1 cause it didn't have blood....thank you Genesis!

I'd rather have a new Marvel vs Capcom game.

*reads previous comments*

And here I thought that I was a cynical, jaded asshole. Wow, you guys. Just... wow.

Seriously, I can't believe there are people in this thread that are psyched about it.

Just as I can't believe that there are people already writing it off as shit and a waste of time, even though all we have to go on is just an announcement and a single image.

eeh. makes sense kinda. considering nobody in DC "con" has ever ripped Supermans head from his body.

This fits seeing as the Mortal Kombat universe is about 1/1000th the size of the DC universe.

FAIL!

I'm not too sure about this.

I think I'd get sick of seeing "Batman Wins" after a while. :)

Batman always wins.

Now all I need is someone to actually play against face to face. Online is just so impersonal for fighting games. But, loving the idea.

@ Shin Oni's remark to the game: really? it sucks? so I should play a cheap 2D game called street fighter that's been enhanched in HD? no thank you, I think I'll play whatever appealed more to the audience, street fighter is an EPIC FAIL. I always wanted to kick supermans ass, and now I get the chance to, when aliens vs. predator was an idea back in the 80's you trolls didn't complain about that, now did you? lol you just can't accept new good stuff, and making MK 3d was a GOOD move. Who the fuck would play 2d games on next-gen consoles? seriously, are you gonna pay 60 bucks for a 2d game in 2008? MK is so under-rated it's not even funny, you don't like because you think it's a spin-off right? I'm sorry that I like qaulity over basic crap.

MK - Fatalities = Fuck That Shit

saw the trailer...looks like it sucks ass.

I'll say it again. Just... wow. Exactly when did gamers, generally speaking, get to be this fucking jaded? I mean, I know it's kinda been that way for a while now to an extent, but when and why exactly did it become so? It's not like you guys are going to be fucking strapped to a chair and forced to play this or anything, if and when it ever comes out. I, for one, hope this ends up rocking everyones' faces off, fatalities or not, and I refuse to write it off as fail until it is actually shown to be fail. I mean, I can see why people would be hesitant to get all gung ho about this and all, hell I'm going to reserve judgment until I see some gameplay and such myself, but I seriously don't get all these declarations of "OMG epic fail!!11!`!12!!" when it's hardly even out of the fucking gate though. Seriously, at the very least the concept of this is not any more or less retarded than Marvel vs Capcom, and those turned out okay, so why is this getting the bum's rush right off the bat?

And for all of those saying that it's only the fatalities that make MK what it is: Bullshit. Anecdotal evidence: My high school had an UMK3 machine in the cafeteria back in the day, and because the administration were pussies they had the blood and fatalities turned off (which was retarded because the year before that they had a MK2 machine in there with everything enabled, but I digress). Yet, despite this, the UMK3 machine was still always packed, while the other contemporary games there were mostly vacant. The only games that came close to the number of players were NBA Jam TE, Raiden II, and D&D Tower of Doom. Yes, it would have been better if they'd enabled the blood and fatalities, obviously, but many many people still played it regardless, despite the fact that there were other, equally (perhaps even more) viable choices to be had. Honestly, I preferred ToD myself, but I still played more than my fair share of gimped out UMK3 as well.

Also, the thought of Meat or Mokap kicking Superman's or Batman's ass is absolutely ludicrously hilarious to me, as much as would be, say, Aquaman vs Sub-Zero or something. If the game allows for these scenarios, I will be content. Unless the game sucks balls, that is, in which case I won't give a shit.

April's fools day is kind of late... Why they tryn to be Marvel Superheroes vs Street Fighter?!!

Not being able to rip off Aquamans head pretty much ruins any draw I initially felt.