Superman isn’t enough! The whole of the Justice League isn’t enough! What we need is Superman, the Justice League, and the kast of Mortal Kombat! Now we’re cooking!
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
2008
Midway
Xbox 360, Playstation 3
Available Superpowers:
- Heat Vision
- Super Breath
- Flight (limited by move duration)
- General Hovering (infinite)
- Freeze Breath
- Super Strength (tremor punches)
Noted Opponents:
- Catwoman
- Deathstroke
- The Joker
- Lex Luthor
- Darkseid
- Baraka
- Kano
- Shang Tsung
- Shao Kahn
- Dark Kahn
Is Superman Invincible?
Decidedly not. The conceit for this crossover is that the DC and Mortal Kombat universes are haphazardly merging because Shao Kahn and Darkseid got glued together in a lightning/heat vision accident. This produces a “rage virus” that normalizes everyone’s power levels so Joker can punch a ninja ghost with impunity. Superman does wind up being the last DC hero standing in Story Mode, though!
Is Superman Homicidal?
Also decidedly not. Despite this being Mortal Kombat 8, the superheroes on the roster all perform “Heroic Brutalities” instead of the typical “Fatalities”. So Superman’s opponents are probably in the hospital for months, but they still live. Even the big bads of the story wind up (living) in different kinds of prisons.
Is it any fun?
If you think a Mortal Kombat game is fun, you will enjoy this. Even if the whole thing does skew closer to Mortal Kombat 4 than should be comfortable…
Charm Point
As noted on the stream, the Joker is the best part of any DC crossover. Sorry, Supes.
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Random Notes:
- Cassandralyn, BEAT, and myself are here for the epic(ish) story of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. BEAT had ramen today! Cass had a chimichanga! We’re all ready!
- Greg Land and Alex Ross “models” are discussed thanks to stupid, sexy Catwoman.
- Speaking of cats, this was when there was a mouse in Cass’s house. Try to ignore that and focus on Batman leg-locking Joker.
- “A god is going to fight Batman and that’s not interesting!?”
- Sub-Zero in the Fortress of Solid Dude.
Ample Vigour joins as we must note the naming conventions of Shazam/Captain Marvel.- “Dr. Wiggles, thank you for your Weiner Wagon.”
- Caliscrub and fanboymaster join together (as in they come to the stream simultaneously, they did not merge into one being, which is something that eventually happens in the fiction of this game) just as we finish noting how much Hal Jordan sucks.
- NetherRealm/Midway gets some historical context (compliments of fanboymaster) while Captain Marvel goes to the Mortal Kombat Netherrealm.
- Please enjoy a recounting of the Mortal Kombat 11 – Mortal Kombat 1 pipeline from an expert.
- “We are not endorsing Isis or any other streamer.”
- “You must nerf Lobo the Duck.”
- “Always ask for your points up front, which we all learned from Animaniacs for some goddammned reason.”
- Note that the Unreal Engine makes Lex Luthor, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman all equally unsexy.
- Shao Kahn has big 4th World Energy, but Dark Kahn is an uninspired boss of an amalgam finale.
- And we close with a focus on the “Heroic Brutalities” for the last time we will see the “true” Mortal Kombat universe in this project.
Next time on the Adventures of Superman: Lego Superman gets here eventually.
