Says "it would have been very cool".
Ed Boon, creator of the hugely popular Mortal Kombat series, has revealed to VideoGamer.com that he tried to make Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter but "ran into a road block".
At Midway's Gamers Day event in Las Vegas this week, Ed Boon officially unveiled the latest in the series, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, which sees Sub Zero and Scorpion go up against iconic comic book characters Batman and Superman.
AdvertisementHowever, despite the collaboration with DC Comics being the first of its kind for Mortal Kombat, Ed Boon told VideoGamer.com that he had contacted Street Fighter publisher Capcom in the past to try and get Sub Zero and co facing off against Ryu and Ken.
"We made phone calls," he said. "But Capcom is in Japan, and with the distance, there's communication gaps and what not. It just never panned out. It would have been very cool. I'm a fan of the other fighting genres and stuff like that. I just thought it would be a cool novelty to have. But we're very excited about the DC stuff."
He added: "I've always wanted to cross MK over since about MK4, or something like that. I'm a big fan of all of the other fighting games, Street Fighter, Tekken, what not. I always thought, wouldn't it be cool to have MK vs. SF and MK vs. Tekken and what not. We pursued some of those ideas to the extent that we could but we always ran into some kind of road block and couldn't do it."
You can check out our first-look preview of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, as well as the game's debut trailer, right here at VideoGamer.com.
Would you have liked to have seen Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter? Let us know in the comments section below.
Drudaddy wrote at 07:09 on 19 April 2008
I wouldn't respond either if i were capcom, street fighter is an important franchise and running in the ground with MK is a very bad move.
Oliver wrote at 08:12 on 19 April 2008
I Wouldnt Mind MK vs Tekken but DC I mean cmon...
Bloodstorm wrote at 16:09 on 19 April 2008
I wouldn't accept that either, SF is all about knocking your enemy out not killing them in the most gory yet satisfying way.
cawkstain wrote at 22:29 on 19 April 2008
mk hasnt been good since the 3rd game, he needs to reinvent or kill off this damn franchise
Anonymous wrote at 05:37 on 19 May 2008
how about mk vs killer instinct or even eternal champions . that would have been pretty cool. killer instinct was one of the best old school fighters.jest imagine cinder vs scorpion, glacius vs sub-zero, orchid against sonya. it would totally rock. I mean isn't that where mk3 got it's combo system .it just makes sense
Bloodstorm wrote at 22:25 on 19 May 2008
YES!!!! MK VS KI has my backing. I would love that so much.