Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe

[Peanut]

That's all fine and good, but can you honestly argue that fact that the DC universe is as well known, or even equal to, the stable of Marvel heroes? I just don't think it's possible to argue that point without seeming a little out of touch.

That was what this entire thing is about. Marvel vs Capcom pitted the A team of comic characters vs the A team of fighting game characters. Mortal Kombat vs DC feels completely like a B. I think that's all anyone is trying to get across.

[GK Punk]

I'm just saying it's not fair to say only Marvel is known that way. As I could list a ton of Marvel characters that half the people in the world would look at me like I was crazy for refencing. Marvel has really only come in to it's own over the last 20 years (30?) as where DC has since the 40s or so. So older people would recognize CERTAIN DC characters more than some Marvel. That doesn't count the big guns like Spidey, X-Men, Fantastic Four and the characters that Marvel later bought the rights to from the same era.

I'd say in all honesty That There are more than just two DC Characters regular non fans would know. Green Arrow, Nightwing, Manhunter, Zatana and characters like that? No ****ing way. Batman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman, Lantern and the Flash at the least, yeah.

But would non fans know who Cable, Psylocke, Wolfsbane, or hell pretty much any Member of Generation X. That's right, I just referenced Generation X. I don't care if I was the only person on earth that bought that book.

[Zog the Equalizer]

Trailer: http://worldscollide.com/

[GK Punk]

How dare you interupt our fanboy rants sir!

[Jo269976]

Judging from the trailer there is gonna be blood, I hope MK will not got dry and it will still retain its gorey goodness

Plus how awesome would it be seeing The Joker rip out someones spine?!

...they have to include fatalities, it wouldn't be MK without them!

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by GK

But would non fans know who Cable, Psylocke, Wolfsbane, or hell pretty much any Member of Generation X. That's right, I just referenced Generation X. I don't care if I was the only person on earth that bought that book.

Dude, I'm not saying they would! What I'm saying is that there are a lot more A-list Marvel characters that are instantly recognizable to the masses than there are A-list DC characters. Whether that's because of the mass amount of movies Marvel has put out over the last several years, or because Marvel only "came into it's own" in the last couple decades, I don't know. That's not my point at all.

And I'm not going to argue any points over this, because to be perfectly honest, I really don't care about comics at all, as most of them tend to be pointless drivel anyways. I read what I like, and avoid what I dislike. I don't know anything about comic history, or anything like that, so I'm probably not the one to be making points on this.

But at this point in time, it seems to me that the general feeling among a lot of people is that DC really is a B next to Marvel's A. And I'm not even saying this as a fan of either companies, because I haven't read any series from either one in a long long time, I'm just basing this on how I see things, and how my many many pop-culture leeching friends tend to react.

[GK Punk]

Your Mom is B next to Marvel's A.

Wait, what?

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Jo269976

Plus how awesome would it be seeing The Joker rip out someones spine?!

...they have to include fatalities, it wouldn't be MK without them!

You can get away with small smatterings of blood in a T rated game. And I hate to break it to you, but the gore is gone, and Ed Boon already confirmed that there won't be any fatalities.

Originally Posted by GK

Your Mom is B next to Marvel's A.

Wait, what?

DAMN! FOILED AGAIN!

[GK Punk]

I bid you good day sir!

I SAID GOOD DAY!

[ThirdMarioBro]

Well, let me look at this from my outside gaming perspective. Regardless of comic book stature, I just think this is going to be a horrible game. DC doesn't know how to make a good game, and neither does Midway at this point. That, and Mortal Kombat is a joke. Now it's a joke without it's shtick.

[Ninjinister]

According to Boon's interview on trmk.org, there will not be the same kind of Fatalities the series is known for (i.e. ripping out spines and organs, decapitation, et cetera), but there will be finishing moves of some sort. I'm imagining cringeworthy "Oh crap, that had to hurt" moves like Super Android 13's move in the later DBZ Sparking! games, or the ougi moves in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, except on a more human level.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Well, let me look at this from my outside gaming perspective. Regardless of comic book stature, I just think this is going to be a horrible game. DC doesn't know how to make a good game, and neither does Midway at this point. That, and Mortal Kombat is a joke. Now it's a joke without it's shtick.

I don't know how you could say it's going to be horrible. There's a good chance it's going to be mediocre, but I'm sure it won't turn out to be "Rise of the Imperfects" or anything. Horrible is way too strong a word. The guys who make MK aren't a bad development team by any stretch of the imagination.

[Dr. Doom]

I mentioned how it kinda reminded me of DC's version of Marvel Nemesis: Beloved, well established super heroes presented in a dark, gritty tone, pitted up against ill-conceived nobodys.

[Peanut]

Sub-Zero and Scorpion are two of gamings most iconic fighting game characters, I don't see how they're nobodies.

But I get your point.

[AquaParade]

I forgot that Watchmen is a DC book...How cool would that be if they had Rorscharc vs Scorpion?

[Spitfire]

Wow haha this is for real? Man, neat to see people trying this again. I hate most 3-D fighters, especially the last few MK games, so we will see how this turns out.

[AquaParade]

I agree...something about this brings me back to being a kid...I like it.

[Dr. Doom]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Sub-Zero and Scorpion are two of gamings most iconic fighting game characters, I don't see how they're nobodies.

But I get your point.

I agree, it was more of a generalization.

[A little *too* Raph]

Originally Posted by The S

Dork. This Noob was around a lot longer than the stupid internet term.

Turd. I remember when Mortal Kombat came out. K Thx.

[GK Punk]

where were you on Mortal Monday?