Spawn, Joker, and Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator coming to Mortal Kombat 11.

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRjbIuJWtlg

Spawn looks sick.

Hope we get young, T2 era Arnold as an alternate costume.

And I think we owe Jared Leto Joker an apology.

The others are Sindel, Nightwolf, and Shang Tsung. The latter 2 are already out.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Ok, that?s pretty cool. Can?t wait to see the all of their fatalities and what the Terminator looks when he?s fatality?d.

 

[Xprimentyl]

And I think we owe Jared Leto Joker an apology.

And why is that, pray tell?

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

And I think we owe Jared Leto Joker an apology.

And why is that, pray tell?

Because this Joker looks worse then Leto's.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

And I think we owe Jared Leto Joker an apology.

And why is that, pray tell?

Because this Joker looks worse then Leto's.

No, this Joker just has kind of a boring and bland design whereas Leto's was actively awful.

 

[BrawlMan]

And I think we owe Jared Leto Joker an apology.

And why is that, pray tell?

Because this Joker looks worse then Leto's.

Joker looks fine to me. I never hated Leto's Joker, but I felt his design was overdone. That is not even weirdest design of the Joker. Remember the one with the dreadlocks from The Batman (2004)?

 

[Hawki]

There's just as many guest characters as MK characters in that teaser.

Like, am I the only one who's bothered by this? Like, guest characters are meant to be guests, but now, they're taking over the house, so to speak. Least I can kind of understand the Joker since Netherealm also works on Injustice, but how do Spawn and the T-800 fit into this?

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

And I think we owe Jared Leto Joker an apology.

And why is that, pray tell?

Because this Joker looks worse then Leto's.

No, this Joker just has kind of a boring and bland design whereas Leto's was actively awful.

At least the Leto design was new and unique, even if it is bad.

This is just fucking up even the most traditional classic design.

Where's the pointy nose and chin, where's the yellow teeth? This looks like Harley Quinn's idea of Joker.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

There's just as many guest characters as MK characters in that teaser.

Like, am I the only one who's bothered by this? Like, guest characters are meant to be guests, but now, they're taking over the house, so to speak. Least I can kind of understand the Joker since Netherealm also works on Injustice, but how do Spawn and the T-800 fit into this?

T-800 is here because Predator and Xenomorph were in the last game.

Spawn because probably they wanted to have a Hard M Rated Superhero in Mortal Kombat.

And hey Spawn was in Soul Calibur II and that was a weirder game to be a guest at.

 

[Hawki]

T-800 is here because Predator and Xenomorph were in the last game.

And...why were they in the last game?

Spawn because probably they wanted to have a Hard M Rated Superhero in Mortal Kombat.

MK is already "hard M," I doubt they need Spawn there.

 

[Saelune]

There's just as many guest characters as MK characters in that teaser.

Like, am I the only one who's bothered by this? Like, guest characters are meant to be guests, but now, they're taking over the house, so to speak. Least I can kind of understand the Joker since Netherealm also works on Injustice, but how do Spawn and the T-800 fit into this?

You are not alone. I am tired of guest characters in these games, they put me off. Instead of these guest characters, they could have added a bunch of actual canon characters.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I didn?t think they?d actually have old Arnold for Terminator, but the movie tie-in makes sense with it out in a couple months. I wonder what Arnie will say now that he?s joined the brigade of celebs against violence. Better not be using any guns in his move set!

T-800 is here because Predator and Xenomorph were in the last game.

And...why were they in the last game?

Spawn because probably they wanted to have a Hard M Rated Superhero in Mortal Kombat.

MK is already "hard M," I doubt they need Spawn there.

I think he meant most superheroes are in fluffy PG13 movies, including Spawn which had to wait for a director?s cut home release for R-rated content.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

There's just as many guest characters as MK characters in that teaser.

Like, am I the only one who's bothered by this? Like, guest characters are meant to be guests, but now, they're taking over the house, so to speak. Least I can kind of understand the Joker since Netherealm also works on Injustice, but how do Spawn and the T-800 fit into this?

Warner Bros. And really isn?t it the point of a guest character trailer to have the spotlight on...the guest characters? I get that a lot of people don?t like them or the idea of them being whored out as extra $$ content, but even many single player games from big publishers never have all the content they?re ever planning on releasing for the game available at original launch. Even The Witcher 3 didn?t do that. In fact one of the only games that threw the whole Kitchen sink in at launch was God of War, and people complained that nearly half the realms were unavailable and never will be until perhaps a sequel.

 

[Batou667]

And hey Spawn was in Soul Calibur II and that was a weirder game to be a guest at.

As were Heihachi and Link(!) depending on the platform, so if we treat all of the involved series as canonical, this is a universe where Zelda, Chun Li, John Connor and Predator all exist and could theoretically meet.

I kind of like that. I find formal crossovers more satisfying than guest characters, but both are ok. DOA5 was almost a Virtua Fighter crossover with its final roster, which is neat. It's a way of keeping characters and IPs fresh and relevant - and screw the canon! Nobody should be taking canon THAT seriously, least of all MK fans. This is a series where about eight characters originated as identical palette-swaps, and one of them was a developer with his name spelled backwards. This is a series that has been merrily breaking the fourth wall from its beginning. It's as camp as it is gory; roll with it.

 

[Hawki]

I wonder what Arnie will say now that he?s joined the brigade of celebs against violence. Better not be using any guns in his move set!

Oh yeah, because the T-800 is, like, so effective in close quarters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0uzjJsvQ-w

Nobody should be taking canon THAT seriously, least of all MK fans. This is a series where about eight characters originated as identical palette-swaps, and one of them was a developer with his name spelled backwards. This is a series that has been merrily breaking the fourth wall from its beginning. It's as camp as it is gory; roll with it.

Mortal Kombat's taken its lore seriously for quite some time, so it stands to reason that its fanbase would take it seriously too.

But crossovers with other characters aren't an issue. What pisses me off is the whole 'whoring' of the IP. Smash Brothers did it, and now Mortal Kombat is doing it. This isn't some occasional guest character ala Soul Calibur for instance, this is full on money grabbing with IPs that don't even fit the brand. Like, seriously, I love Terminator, I like Mortal Kombat, but they've got nothing in common apart from the gore factor. Least the Terminator character skins in Gear 5 actually feels somewhat congruent.

 

[Saelune]

And hey Spawn was in Soul Calibur II and that was a weirder game to be a guest at.

As were Heihachi and Link(!) depending on the platform, so if we treat all of the involved series as canonical, this is a universe where Zelda, Chun Li, John Connor and Predator all exist and could theoretically meet.

I kind of like that. I find formal crossovers more satisfying than guest characters, but both are ok. DOA5 was almost a Virtua Fighter crossover with its final roster, which is neat. It's a way of keeping characters and IPs fresh and relevant - and screw the canon! Nobody should be taking canon THAT seriously, least of all MK fans. This is a series where about eight characters originated as identical palette-swaps, and one of them was a developer with his name spelled backwards. This is a series that has been merrily breaking the fourth wall from its beginning. It's as camp as it is gory; roll with it.

The series turned that silliness into a surprisingly deep and complex lore and story. Noob Saibot is a really cool and interesting character, as is Ermac. It may have been after the fact, but still. That doesn't mean that having The Joker and The Terminator running around doesn't muck it up. The real problem is the lack of canon, cause no, they aren't really there, they are not canon, and they are just taking up space for characters that are.

(Though MK11 has borked the canon on its own admittedly)

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I wonder what Arnie will say now that he?s joined the brigade of celebs against violence. Better not be using any guns in his move set!

Oh yeah, because the T-800 is, like, so effective in close quarters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0uzjJsvQ-w

Nobody should be taking canon THAT seriously, least of all MK fans. This is a series where about eight characters originated as identical palette-swaps, and one of them was a developer with his name spelled backwards. This is a series that has been merrily breaking the fourth wall from its beginning. It's as camp as it is gory; roll with it.

Mortal Kombat's taken its lore seriously for quite some time, so it stands to reason that its fanbase would take it seriously too.

But crossovers with other characters aren't an issue. What pisses me off is the whole 'whoring' of the IP. Smash Brothers did it, and now Mortal Kombat is doing it. This isn't some occasional guest character ala Soul Calibur for instance, this is full on money grabbing with IPs that don't even fit the brand. Like, seriously, I love Terminator, I like Mortal Kombat, but they've got nothing in common apart from the gore factor. Least the Terminator character skins in Gear 5 actually feels somewhat congruent.

This is a series that?s had a mocap guy and an actual meat suit as main characters, not to mention portals to other dimensions and time travel. Pretty much anything with arms and legs fits.

 

[Palindromemordnilap_v1legacy]

There's just as many guest characters as MK characters in that teaser.

Like, am I the only one who's bothered by this? Like, guest characters are meant to be guests, but now, they're taking over the house, so to speak. Least I can kind of understand the Joker since Netherealm also works on Injustice, but how do Spawn and the T-800 fit into this?

See I'm kind of the other way round, in that I think guest characters like Spawn and the Joker are exactly what DLC like this should be; fun little extras you get like a garnish for the main game