Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe SHOULDN'T EXIST...

[@NasirH-jd1pe]

That whole baraka part 💀

[@C4squad.com4444]

Right I was confused AF lol

[@derellshackleford7649]

I started bursting out laughing. He made a video talking about mk9 and his review for baraka hilariously the same.

[@user-nd7rd8jo6h]

​@jaycuvo If you watched his previous vids, Baraka is basically his ride or die. And we all here for it.

[@БогданКрименюк]

@user-nd7rd8jo6h what are you doing here 3 hours ago 5 months later ? Same as me I suppose, recommendations plus MK vs DC nostalgia binge watching

[@WoHJosh]

I never realized just how ridiculous and unhinged the arcade endings of this game were

[@cosmicvengeance7769]

Batzero 😭😭😭

[@Sosaliukang]

This is where the Liu Kang vs Raiden trope comes from. Liu Kang tells Raiden at the end “Shang Tsung is not the enemy this time” and Raiden tells him Get out of the way Liu Kang and threatens to kill him. We then saw it in MK9 at the end, then again in Mk11. In the flashbacks through different universes it shows Liu Kang and Raiden fighting on floating rocks in space. Referencing the first falling out from MKvsDC.

[@omarslayz]

It’s become synonymous with mortal kombat at this point. And for no reason whatsoever. Even though Scorpion v Sub, Liu v Shang, Sonya v Kano, Kitana v Mileena is very repetitive there’s a reason for those fights but Raiden v Liu just happens cause they’re both pissy babies and can’t coexist at the same time 💀

[@eye-of-omega]

@@omarslayz I mean, it is canon. in the first film he disbelieves raiden and calls him a beggar. presumes he should fight in the tournament so he can take revenge.

[@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561]

Liu vs. Raiden happened in Armageddon as well.

[@yessyier]

@@omarslayz Some fights were forced but their fight’s a pretty important concept for the story. Each fight revolves around what they believe is best for Earth, so they are in the right track just with different perspectives. That is exactly why that’s important, so there are reasons they’re pissy and that’s because it’s a consequence Raiden gets for trying to control what happens in the foreseeable future + Liu Kang’s consequence for finally speaking up out of frustration, having blindly followed Raiden in the events leading to the fight. It’s probably the least forced if you ask me, their fight always just happens in a quick flash of emotions, especially when Raiden’s decision always results to heavy stakes for everybody and Liu Kang, as somebody Raiden deeply trusts, is the one that’s obligated to get a word in on the making of Raiden’s big decision LMAO it’s not comparable, they don’t have a rivalry. It’s literally a reoccuring event

[@threedog14]

The way he kept saying "looking dead as f#ck"🤣🤣

[@zaragozrex]

I'm somewhat ashamed to say this, but this was the first Mortal Kombat game I owned. Mostly because I was more into superheroes as a little kid and my cousins owned Deception so when I was able to get my own copy, I was thrilled. Looking back, it's amazing how easily entertained I was. Still, I enjoyed playing the game, warts and all, and I'm glad I'm still a fan of both franchises to this day. Also, you need to serve a sentence in horny jail for that Baraka part.

[@bloopblop5710]

Well that's exactly what the game's goal was, to get people who were already interested in MK or DC and get them interested in each franchise. I'd say the tactic worked, I was the same way. I was more into DC and seeing a fighting game with DC heroes made me get it, and then I saw a tiny taste of what MK and enjoyed it. Thus when MK9 came out I bought it. Nowadays people got out of their way and pay money to see the universes interact since Scorpion, Sub Zero, and Raiden were in Injustice while Joker was in MK11.

[@paulmestrejr5904]

Never be ashamed friend because right after this game, MK9 came out so you went to another great game afterwards

[@eziomaster19]

Dude same. It's kinda why I'm bummed they swapped the voice actor for scorpion in MK11.

[@sakkoyaba4482]

Still am into sups

[@wesstewart2677]

@@bloopblop5710 100% hit the nail on the head here. I think that’s where the game succeeded. I had heard of MK because my dad was a huge fan (he wanted to name me after Johnny Cage, fun fact), but I never had got to play it minus a few rounds on Deception or Armageddon with my older cousins. I had grew up with DC and once I played this game I was hooked on MK and remember was checking forums and other outlets for leaks and images about MK9. Good times. Really brought me back.

[@elijahwilliford7957]

The one thing that holds me back from this Shang Tsung is the voice acting.

[@DDDevin]

Meat riding baraka is crazy

[@bigjstudios3421]

Basically the equivalent of meat riding Shrek. I don't blame him. I'd get on my knees for Baraka too.

[@PennyDreadfulllXIII]

I simp for mileena I can't talk

[@calebterry8747]

Shao Khan has never been Raiden’s brother. They put that in this game to tie it in to the movies for some odd reason

[@liammech6694]

It's crazy to me that this is the actual MK8. because DA, Deception, and Armageddon were 5, 6 and 7. And X is 10. All because MK didn't properly title MK9, it's just "Mortal Kombat". So the fans incorrectly call it MK9, and the MK creators forgot that it should actually be MK8 when they made MKX, because the non-cannon spin-offs don't count to the numbered entries. By that logic, Mythologies is MK4, and Shaolin Monks is MK7. Meaning MK11 should be titled MK13.

[@Chairontheteamage]

MK9 is not incorrectly called MK9. The events of mkvsdc are brought up in pre fight intros

[@liammech6694]

@@Chairontheteamage 90% of pre fight intros are non cannon

[@Verde4755]

​@@liammech6694they do reference MK vs DC in MK11s story mode too though, considering 1-The Shang Tsung v Raiden confrontation where Liu Kang interrupts them is almost a 1:1 recreation of the MKVDC confrontation 2-We do see an MKVDC Stage in the footage of Raiden beating Liu Kang on several timelines So unfortunately, among the many things MK11 did wrong, Making MKVDC cannon was one of them, lol

[@DigitalWraith]

1. That actually was a scene from MK vs DCU. 2. That scene was basically implying that it’s part of a completely different timeline, which MK vs DCU is from a different timeline, not the official story. That's like putting all the X-Men vs Street Fighter games as part of the original Street Fighter story and numbering all the following games based on on the inclusion of those alternate universe games. Ed Boon said in interviews that Mk vs DCU isn't MK8.

[@DigitalWraith]

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! 💯

[@kayvonclark5900]

fun fact: mk vs dc Previously has dlc but it got scrapped😢

[@idcwhatuthink4985]

Who was supposed to be in it?

[@Distnightly]

@@idcwhatuthink4985harley quinn, quan chi, doomsday, and kung lao

[@Ghosty_Dosty]

​@@DistnightlyAlso Johnny Cage

[@Distnightly]

@@Ghosty_Dosty lol i completely forgot, google has failed me once again

[@dizzyspellpunk7976]

Despite the way people feel about the game you have to admit there were some interesting ideas both gameplay and character endings

[@sunkid02]

especially the endings i wish they would release a comic based on the story and events of this game and expand on the endings and continuity of that timeline

[@Alazytitan]

YO i loved this as a kid but man… as you get older the cracks aren’t just showing. They’re glowing

[@Musketforhome]

I feel you, the 'big bads' of both series have no fatalities, the fatalities were bland, and while yes, they did make the story mode, it's generic af

[@TheLarryburns84]

​@@Musketforhome I didn't mind a couple of the neck snap type fatalities, reminds me of the less comedically violent MK 92 fatalities to an extent... Green Lantern crushing you was also surprisingly metal and could've been legit nasty with an M rating

[@CryoSting520]

Fun Fact: The Voice of Shujinko from MK Deception/Armageddon also did the fighting grunts/yells for Shang Tsung in this game

[@steele1]

Oh that’s cool I had no idea

[@lilchris9cmb]

For improvements on the part without footage, I believe you can fix that by using old footage while talking (ie you say Joker fights Scorpion, so you use the footage from the fight in Scorpion's chapter). You could also do minor re-records of the character bios or endings (assuming these are accessible in a gallery instead of having to beat arcade), and possibly use outside footage from other people. Like you could look up a video of MK vs DC cutscenes and use that, and put a watermark of "Credit: [channel name]" in the corner. It makes editing harder I'm sure, but the end product will look much better.

[@camdenfix7217]

Shao Kahn and Raiden are only brothers in this game and the sequel to the orignal movie, it is not canon in the original timeline nor the Mk9-Mk11 timeline

[@Lupo32]

It was a cash grab and potshot At marvel vs capcom, and Warner bros bought midway games after going bankrupt, ed boon acted quickly and bought the rights and opened a new studio callee nether realm stuidos thus retaining the intellectual property of the mortal kombat series . 4 characters that never made as dlc were kung lao , quan chi , harley quinn and some other dc comics character Edit * brainiac from dc comics . Edit again * possibly doomsday

[@dujhauni513]

Placing The Joker against Kotal in MK11, there's a chance you'll hear this. Joker: Shao Kahn, Kotal Kahn, Dark Kahn... Kotal: Dark Kahn? Joker: That's right. You missed it. Also, as a bonus, the "Kronika turning Raiden and Liu Kang against each other" was first shown to us in this game.

[@monochromemann]

Kano becoming Joker in his ending was so ahead of its time lmao

[@michealsquintspalledorous3360]

And they never gave Sub Zero his Teleport back... Ever... Maybe as Taunts in Mk11 and MK1.. but never gave it back to him to use in Kombat.. some BULLSHIT!

[@BarrywHiteFTW]

Sub-Zero had a teleport? Was our after MK4? That was like the last last game I played a lot. I played the DC Universe one, but after that, no so much.

[@padawann930]

Just gonna leave it dark? Put some random gameplay atleast

[@Sosaliukang]

This is also the first story mode with this layout of cinematic cutscenes leading into each fight, every chapter playing as a different character.

[@paulmestrejr5904]

In the end of this video: what I truly learned about this game is: 1- You fight 2- One of you is dead as shit💀😂

[@1000dumplings]

I personally really enjoy how the game solved the issue of fighting game characters being of all equal power level for my gameplay perspective. Forcing everyone to be of the same power and having them have to deal with that it's a really interesting idea and I wish it was utilized in..... well, a better fighting game

[@KBXband]

Right? I mean it was solid. But that's all it was. It was a cool premise though! And pleasing to my eyeballs

[@Radical2665]

It's a shame that you forgot to record the last bit of the story but it happens to the best of it. Keep up the hard work. Did memberships get turned off?

[@kevinmcgechie6647]

Hey man, I really like your content. But that last part being blank was really lazy. Could have done with another week

[@ccelite3782]

Bro could've easily used MKIceAndFire's videos and tagged him for credit

[@celestialdice]

Bro is dealing w/ college and is doing this for fun, I dont blame him and I appreciate the blunt honesty from him and how he feels about re-recording. Editing is tedious as is and we're all a bit lazy

[@Dark_Soul_X]

16:56 - I'm pretty sure they took that right out of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

[@DigitalWraith]

When the game came out, NO ONE called it "MK8" so why the f*ck are fans calling Mortal Kombat (2011) "MK9" and so on? Ed Boon said in numerous interviews that MK vs DCU isn't MK8. This game was basically a retelling of Mortal Kombat 3 but with DC characters. No one calls the X-Men vs Street Fighter games part of the main Street Fighter series, so why did so many fans call Mortal Kombat (2011) MK9? Initially even Ed Boon said that because MK(2011) was a reboot, it wasn't going to be part of the original numbered story. When MKX was announced, Ed Boon said the "X" didn’t mean 10, it was supposed to represent a "variable" like we aren't supposed to know what the number is. Then MK11 comes out, completely invalidating his previous statements. I personally think Ed Boon caved to fan pressure because so many of us were simple-minded and just thought every game with Mortal Kombat characters was an MK game continuing the story. This is probably why Ed Boon named the new game MK1. So fans can stop giving unofficial numbers to his games. Too bad he didn't put enough thought into the story.

[@steele1]

shit just doesnt even make sense anymore lmfao the titling just got so weird

[@1000dumplings]

Haven't watched the full video yet, though I am trying to agree with the points that you gave in the first minute or so. I will say at this point I feel like the connections between Mortal Kombat and DC in the modern day are just so connected, they almost feel like sister franchises, and I really enjoyed seeing the characters crossover throughout the more modern games. Seeing Sub-Zero and Raiden in Injustice 2, and seeing the Joker in Mortal Kombat 11 was just awesome, as a fan of both series, and I'm really excited to see them cross over again. With the more mature DC content that exists today, what with the Batman who laughs add some of the other stuff, I feel like a proper remake of this game, or a sequel, would be really really cool!

[@iraford5788]

Agreed with you 100%.

[@DiegoMartinez-ur7gi]

This was one of the best birthday surprises I’ve gotten

[@DarynLamontagne]

The mortal kombat original movie has no gore or barely any blood and the fans never had a problem with that

[@bassettgames8076]

4:03 This is Tavens voice actor lol

[@MaximusXY]

Hey Steele, its me, Maximus! I was wondering when your next stream will be? And here's an idea: Maybe go more into the mechanics of the games, the unique ones at least like for this one, the rage meter or the weird test your might-ish falls.

[@travisahhs11]

The game served as both midway's last title before bankruptcy and subsequent absorption by Warner Bros and it also primed the market for Injustice

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

It conceived the idea of injustice and the MK reboot. 2011 Mortal Kombat. Not the recent Mortal I Kombat. Or MK 1 2023

[@eye-of-omega]

and both injustices are just as sh!t as this game. injustice 3/mk1 is just as sh!t as this game.

[@jahnaejavion2315]

​@@eye-of-omegayou shut up

[@jahnaejavion2315]

​@@eye-of-omegayou shut up

[@violetygb]

I agree 1000% this game shouldn’t have been made

[@razavierdavis]

Weirdly enough it’s a good thing this game was made. Apparently this was the game that got WB Games attention enough to buy the rights to MK after Midway went bankrupt. So if this game never existed, MK may have never been revived.

[@Rodrigo_B_Viana]

The heroes here have the most boring design possible, also, Liu Kang look like Whindersson Nunes

[@LuisHenrique-gn9mk]

O do mk11 parece mais o whindersson

[@yyeezyy630]

free money for free content

[@steele1]

Holy shit thank you so much!!

[@riftgaming8334]

im sure for the endings they have them in the extras you could have used that for your recordings

[@culeroconnor1686]

I think that was a great crossover snd s very entretainig game. I would love to see an mk vs injustice someday

[@CrazyGamingYT56]

Love your content keep up the great work

[@ExExister]

I thought the Raiden and Shao Kahn being brothers thing was only a brainfart by the movie Mortal Kombat Annihilation. Now we need for Shinnok to be their father and the fuckery will be complete :D

[@pasia999]

Bro it’s 12pm your late but still you make good mortal kombat content 😊😊

[@Rodrigo_B_Viana]

12pm? Here is 7pm

[@pasia999]

but am in sveden

[@pasia999]

wait I think that your in USA

[@Rodrigo_B_Viana]

@@pasia999 nop, I'm from Brasil

[@pasia999]

oh shitttttt

[@ejects_4931]

Binged watch a lot of these vids from you love em!

[@steele1]

Thank you

[@seelockesee9264]

Hear me out...Sub Zero as a Batman style game...

[@CCulh]

The Raiden/Shao Kahn family detail was taken from the '97 Mortal Kombat Annihilation movie

[@lukebf6254]

just been watching your MK reviews and actually catching one hours from premiering 🥤🍿

[@ignap]

I had a headache, so the podcast section came in clutch

[@steele1]

The one person who enjoyed it being empty lmao

[@penksglid7475]

Good video and great points but the A.i voice makes me wanna tear my hair out fr fr

[@NawiTheCore]

Ok, but why was 1/3 of the video just blank?

[@HopeReviews]

I actually kinda wanna play this game, great video BTW!

[@Kombatman2003]

I still can’t believe Raiden and ShaoKahn are brothers

[@Cipher_Nine]

What's hilarious about the limited violence. Is that DC has been extremely gory in the past 7 years.

[@GamerThumbTV]

Fun fact, Raiden and Shao Kahn aren't brothers at all. For some reason the writer of those bios pulled that plot point from Mortal Kombat Annihilation and inserted it into Raiden's bio.

[@NasirH-jd1pe]

Steele be always forgetting to record 😂

[@kayvonclark5900]

But many characters didn’t make the cut in this game!!!!😢

[@GriffinProductions]

Much as I personally love that this game exists, because I just love crossovers even if they make zero sense, I can 100% see why most people just ignore this game. Weirdly though, according to an interview with NRS about Aftermath, they said there was a scene where Raiden and Liu Kang discuss if they can trust Shang Tsung, and I guess that was meant as a nod to MK vs DC, or at least thats what they said? Anyway, doing some googling, apparently this game is canon to both the MK Multiverse (whether it's one of Kronika's many failed timelines or just earlier than Deadly Alliance idk) and the Injustice universe in DC's multiverse which is still kinda nuts lol

[@Ramblinman26]

At the beginning, the way you talk about it having no relevance to the MK story makes it sound as if you were expecting it to. I don't know why you would though? these sorts of crossover fighters never have any sort of relevance to their respective franchises.

[@steele1]

Yeah that’s fair tbh

[@pixelgoat7317]

Ah yes, the game that graced us with Wonder Woman's infamous 'Cootch Copter' XD

[@nemesisknight5017]

Loved the video i also enjoyed the podcast got some cleaning done :)

[@pk5727]

Raiden and Shia khan being brothers is from the movies

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

That wouldn’t have happened in any mk universe. Not even my gta verse. And the gta verse has its guardians of the milky galaxy and it ain’t the marvel or mcu guardians of the galaxy. Star lord would be sued by the elder gods for copyright infringement. But Star lord wouldn’t care and uses it anyways. But anyways. Raiden would be some god guardian of his sector. And the red dead redemptions strange top hat man would be the guardian of the gta earth sector. Roaming across the sector for potential guardians of his sector. And looked at John Marston in 1911. And seemed to reject his offer. But Liu Kang would be an elder god of this era. The new era. The gta verse. Because it seemed that this universe was a rebooted universe that had older eras merged into one. Or so it seems. But Liu Kang allowed to create two versions of each mk character. Even he himself is an elder god. But another liu kang is friends with 2 kung Laos. Elder. And lesser. And a raiden who doesn’t have god abilities. Just a farmer from a village in the land of rice fields. And is the most beloved farmer. Even in the white lotus. Founded by liu kang, his philosophy expands to the avatar earth. And it’s a secret society there. Protecting the avatar. A human being with the spirit of Raava. A light spirit who is the bridge of physical and spiritual world. Shao Kahn would rule out world. But general shao is a militant dragon edenian general who wants to protect the edenian freehold from out world empire. Led by shao Kahn. And has some intolerance of outsiders. Liu Kang did remember his father. And owes his allegiance. And there’s three Shang tsungs. One in outworld. A former earth realmer. Who sold out his monk brothers for power. Another from the village. Selling snake oils to unwise customers. Surviving for coins and living another day. And the third happens to be from another timeline. Who witnessed a resetting of his universe and wants revenge on elder god liu kang.

[@eye-of-omega]

there is only one movie.

[@pk5727]

@@eye-of-omega well there was a duo of movies in the 90’s. Now there’s another 2 …..both involve scorpion.

[@eye-of-omega]

@@pk5727 there is only one movie

[@pk5727]

@@eye-of-omega you keep telling g yourself that.

[@Iceyy64]

Finally I've been waiting for this one

[@gelatojack202]

I prefer Shaolin monks over this crap

[@jblue88hoodgamer54]

I love Subzero Ending in this game he become his own Batman and I wonder will he run into Mr.Freeze in a fight.

[@danielmiller8238]

At the time i enjoyed this game simply for the story but was always puzzled why the fatality's were so toned down & the lack of gore made it feel like it wasnt a MK game. Lack of fighters didn't help either.

[@kidaswaggin]

This was the last mk game i learned how to play before mk1 came out.

[@Hexbox117]

How sick would it be if instead of Injustice 3, we get MK vs Injustice. And its rated M with fatalities and super moves somehow combined.

[@Haplo699g]

Honestly, out of all the MK games this one kicked my ass the most. Dark Kahn is a POS.

[@damhatrebloc]

Oh Mortal kombat 8 lol. The Sh1tty COnclusion of the 3d Era of Mortal Kombat

[@KenMasters.]

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe was just made in the wrong decade where DC was too shy to push past a T-rating, with Injustice 1 & 2 not being around. Also, Armageddon should've been the one to have these graphics and mechanics. Instead of being a reskin of Deception. (The next-gen game Ed Boon truly wanted to make in the late-2000s was a Mortal Kombat 8 that looks like Gears of War.)

[@SovereignDarkness]

This game was goofy asf.

[@KBXband]

Scorpions best look in my opinion is in this game. Its so definitive. And Baraka? He is my favorite character ever!

[@RAIN_2001]

it should exist for one reason this game saved the franchice because without it we would never see mk again

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

Otherwise mortal kombat wouldn’t have continued on. Even by Warner bros.

[@eye-of-omega]

it should have been allowed to die. because now it's an atrocity to its own legacy.

[@jahnaejavion2315]

Plus without it we wouldn't have injustice

[@paytonturner1421]

I have played the game in the past and got me in to Mortal Kombat but looking on it back now It made me realize that 3D combat wasn't a good idea for Mortal Kombat in the grants scheme of things going for with a franchise. They should have stuck with 2D it worked for Mortal Kombat.

[@redonslaught3019]

Hey, pretty sure the Raiden and Shao being brothers is just from the old 90's films. Last I knew it was never meant to be part of the game's lore... I guess they could have knowingly changed it for this crossover only universe, but betting it was just an innocent mistake... In-Game lore Raiden's only named brother is Fujin, but other Elemental gods (Sub-Zero's game) are sometimes called their siblings... But in the new "Times" it's unknown...

[@lutherheggs451]

It was never part of the lore, it was just something that was used in the god awful Annihilation which the movies already are NOT cannon to MK lore, but even IF the first was NOBODY would consider Annihilation cannon to anything. They undid the reference in this game the minute Shao Khan became part dragon

[@IamSupreme333]

love your vids normally. but this one is kinda trash. you couldn’t even go back and fix the recording mistake… gonna have to dislike this one dawg

[@nicktripp9147]

They need to put these costumes in all the new MK games

[@pasia999]

it’s fucking 12pm your late but it’s ok plus you make good mortal kombat videos😃

[@Its_a_Phaze]

As bad to meh as it is, if we didn’t want MK to possibly die off this is definitely something that needed to happen. Plus it helped to get more people into the series.

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome Video Bro! I'm glad this game exists.

[@Jean_Pierre_Wehry]

In retrospect, this game is dull and shallow, but as MK fans, don't act like this game wasn't amazing when it came out. It just had a lack of content. The story mode was awesome, and online servers were good. Not to mention the amazing Dark Kahn. Playing as him was awesome.

[@Simpyphus]

I actually see this as an important release for Mortal Kombat because it essentially is the foundation of future games from this studio. Given MK1 is kinda a disaster. I would like to see a remake of this or Injustice 3 before we get a new MK.

[@mikemichailidis1685]

It will sound but i had fun played this game. Scorpion was so OP in this then Sub Zero and Liu Kang. Sonya Blade had a lot combos and kicks that made things difficult to block

[@drunkengaming4782]

22m42s I didn't no agent 47 was a guest char?

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Half to admit this was the first MK Crossover tho.

[@puncha_mac]

This game was only hated because you weren’t seeing characters get ripped in half

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

And yet scorpions fire finisher made It in. Not to mention the kiss of death.

[@puncha_mac]

@@nehemiahpouncey3607 exactly, if they’re still dying then I don’t get why it matters

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

@@puncha_mac yep.

[@XaeeD]

I think you start the video off all wrong: "After the release of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Midway decided the next big mainline title in the MK series would be a crossover with the DC Universe." This isn't exactly true. Armageddon wasn't very successful, and it certainly wasn't very beloved by day one fans. Furthermore, it was competing with 3D fighting games that were much, much better. Deception and Shaolin Monks were great games, but Armageddon fell short. I distinctly remember nobody actually playing the game, back then. I'm talking about friends who all grew up playing MK games on the SNES in the 90s, and everybody owning Playstations and having tons of games. Armageddon just wasn't relevant. Perhaps a younger generation's first introduction could've been Armageddon, and you do get fans saying they liked that game, but I think that this is because they hadn't grown up playing all previous titles. And they'd written themselves in a corner with MK:A's end-of-all-existence storyline. It felt like the end of the franchise, because it effectively ended the entire story. Anyway, on top of that, Midway was having financial issues. They were actually planning to reboot the Mortal Kombat storyline, after MK:A. The title for that game was in fact Mortal Kombat 8. Concept art still exists of that game, and you can Google Vincent Proce's work on it, who was a creative designer at the time, working for Midway. The art clearly shows a way more gritty, realistic and ominous reinterpreting of classic characters, like Raiden, Kano, and Scorpion. His 'new' Sub-Zero design, to this day, I think is probably the coolest design for Sub-Zero that I've ever seen. In fact, NRS would later take his concept art of MK8 Sub-Zero and use it for MKX Sub-Zero, although tweaking the design and kinda failing to do it justice. So a darker, more eerie approach to the original storyline, which was a great idea, because previous games had a bit of a cartoony vibe to them due to how the characters were rendered. And Armageddon didn't even have proper fatals. They didn't initially plan to do a DCU crossover, because they wouldn't have had the legal rights for that. So what happened? Ed Boon suddenly managed to get WB involved, having been a DC fan himself, and so now "Mortal Kombat 8" got canceled, and MKvsDCU got prioritized. WB wanted them to do the cross-over game, but they had a lot of input in the design and approach. The result was an absolutely crap 'MK' game that literally nobody played back in the day. It was even more hated than MK:A was. Still, MKvsDCU did well enough; generating sufficient income to call it successful, but this had more to do with drawing in a curious DC fanbase, than actual day one MK fans bothering with the game. This was NOT an MK game in our eyes. Hell, DC comics weren't even that popular here in the Netherlands. Nobody cared, and I really viewed it as the end of the MK franchise. Then after this, and despite the supposed financial success, Midway goes belly up, and there were other circumstances involved in that, but in part it had to do with how MKvsDCU was received by 'real' fans. Objectively speaking, there are some positive points that could be mentioned in regards to vsDC, but this just wasn't Mortal Kombat anymore. So Midway implodes, files for bankruptcy, and that was it. So now WB comes to the rescue, and acquires the entire IP, including all physical buildings that were previously owned by Midway. WB buys the whole shebang, after having caused the downfall of the franchise (at least, from the perspective of the fans). Midway employees that stayed now became Netherrealm Studios; just a new name for Midway, while others left the company (including Vincent Proce, for example), and WB has the right to add their own employees. Ed Boon now works for WB, who now owned the IP him and John Tobias (but really; Tobias ought to be credited most) originally conceived. Well done, Ed! The new title had to become a success, and so WB poured resources into the making of MK9, which was a reboot game (go figure). Basically, "Mortal Kombat 8", but according to WB. And this shows. The overall aesthetic style and somewhat cartoony design of MK9 is clearly a continuation of MKvsDCU, but everything else is better. MK9 really was a fun game, and I do consider it second only to MKX in terms of 'new era' games. But a part of me always wondered 'what could've been'. The dark, serious reboot they had in mind prior to WB's involvement. We'll never know.

[@comicparadox7140]

Why does the ending reader sound like taven

[@rydog64]

Captain marvel noises is fucking hilarious

[@nikoenciso01]

My nephews had this loved playing with them ❤

[@Swaggernaut_X]

I remember there being no Johnny Cage and instantly hating the game for that.

[@bp67499]

Whaaaat? 😮

[@RThyrring]

Shao Kahn and Raiden being brothers is complete bullshit. It has never been stated in any other game. It was first brought up in the movie ‘Mortal Kombat: Annihilation’, so yeah…!

[@PennyDreadfulllXIII]

Wait sub zero became ice batman wtf

[@kingstarscream3807]

The gameplay of MK9 and MKvsDC is basically identical.

[@steele1]

What lol

[@kingstarscream3807]

@@steele1 I remember when MK9 came out. I played a lot of MKvsDC online and MK9 was like sliding into a clean well worn pair of pajamas. Besides getting rid of the sidestep button, MK9 felt very similar imho.

[@slagarcrue85]

Dude raden told lue Kane and some other defenders that shaokong was his brother at the very beginning of the second mortal kombat movie. O wait I forgot I’m in the super minority of people that saw that second tripquel sequel film to the Paul Anderson original film and liked it an is crazy enough to agnowledge that he had own annihilation at one point .yes it has a shit ton of problems chronological and storey telling wise with it and pacing . trying to make the film as an adaptation of the next three game sequel mortal kombat 2 3 and 4 did not help. Some of the characters appearances that were not in the previous film like Jade crytex night wolf ext were so small I don’t know why the waste millions of extra dollars to cast them especially,y crytex he doesn’t even speak in his brief fight with lue kang. Scorpion and sub zero 2 cameos were cool but they could have done a better way of having Kanta be kidnapped and taken to the out world dimension that had actual storey relevance and actually mattered.

[@totomen666]

I mean it's bad, but it's so bad that it's even funny, somehow they failed to realise that they need to make it R-rated with MK being villains that invade DC universe, no other way around it, basically 360* Injustice - but once again it needs to be written by very good writer that not gonna bow down to woke mindset. Jax meets Cyborg : "Ha yo, Ballrog are you copying my style? you wouldn't beat me in Street Fighter 5!!"

[@ashaihimoto]

You really like the word "fuck" lol

[@steele1]

i truly do

[@dasbaconboi7446]

It's a short game, just doing a black screen instead of just playing that part again it's a black screen for a third the time

[@steele1]

Yeah I know it was very lazy but I plan on re doing this video to do it justice

[@garrettjacus6163]

The gameplay was fun online was dope loved when people would spam the flash unless you used scorpion, the game all in all is a 7/10 when it comes to straight up gameplay, for those bugging about the gore, if it was back in the day id say then go play deception

[@trentparker3701]

Fyi its cannon to the injustice storyline

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Some of the finishers made it to MK 9.

[@Dr.ELStauncho]

Great podcast