Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Face each other, or face me? It makes no difference! [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|YOU! WILL! FIGHT!]]"''|{{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Dark Kahn]]}}}}

'''''[[Mortal Kombat]] Vs. [[DC Universe]]''''' is a [[Fighting Game]] launched in 2008 for Playstation3Playstation 3 and Xbox360Xbox 360. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|It's a]] [[Crisis Crossover]] [[Let's You and Him Fight|between the]] ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' [[Crisis Crossover|and]] [[The DCU|DC]] Universes, featuring characters from both sides beating the crap out of each other.

This game stands out from similar [[Crossover]] [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]] by having an actual plot, which is strictly followed in story modeStory –Mode: instead of picking up the characters, you choose a side and play the story with all of them, in order. Both sides' story [[Sympathetic POV|happen in the same time and space]]. It's set up between ''[[Mortal Kombat 2|Mortal Kombat II]]'' and ''[[Mortal Kombat 3]]'', and it's considered a [[Spin-Off]] and an [[Elseworld]] respectively.

In [[Superman|Metropolis]], upon his defeat at the hands of Superman, [[Darkseid]] tries to escape, using a [[Villain Exit Stage Left|BoomTube]], but Superman blasts him through the portal. Meanwhile, in another universe, Shao Kahn's invasion on Earthrealm has failed, and he's blasted by Raiden's thunder right into the magic portal. It seems that peace has returned to both worlds. But it doesn't last long. Quickly, heroes, villains, and fighters from one universe gets transported to the other, both world's magic is disturbed, while powerful, irrational rage starts randomly taking over the characters, making them brutally attack anybody they see, even their allies.

* '''DC side:''' [[Batman]], [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]], [[Catwoman (Comic Bookcomics)|Catwoman]], [[Darkseid]], [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Deathstroke]], [[The Flash]], [[Green Lantern]], [[The Joker]], [[Lex Luthor]], [[Superman]], and [[Wonder Woman]].

* '''MKMortal Kombat side:''' [[Mortal Kombat 2|Baraka, Jax]], [[Mortal Kombat (video game)|Kano]], [[Mortal Kombat 2|Kitana]], [[Mortal Kombat (video game)|Liu Kang, Raiden, Scorpion, Shang Tsung]], [[Mortal Kombat 2|Shao Kahn]], [[Mortal Kombat (video game)|Sonya Blade]], and [[Mortal Kombat 2|Sub-Zero]].

It also features some unique minigames which you can play during a fight, such as the Freefall Kombat, (which happens if you throw your opponent out from the ring, your character will jump after him and, if you push the right buttons at the right time, kick his ass in the air, before landing on a new arena), Klose Kombat (a guessing game where you try to block your rival's hits during up-to-four turns), the return of [[Mortal Kombat (video game)|Test Your Might]] as a mid-battle event, replacing the Freefall Kombat in enclosed areas, and the [[Gameplay and Story Integration|plot-pointal]] [[Unstoppable Rage|Rage]], a temporary [[Limit Break]] where you can't be hit-stunned and where you're able to do a load of damage in six seconds.

The reception of this game was somewhat mixed, and marked the end of Midway Games. Interestingly enough, the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' franchise is now owned by [[Warner Bros]], which [[Life Imitates Art|also owns DC Comics]].

* {{spoiler|[[De-Power]]}}: {{spoiler|After the destruction of Dark Kahn, both Darkseid and Shao Kahn end in the opposite universe, where they're rendered, apparently, powerless. That lasts until their respective endings in the Arcade mode, where they're repowered again.}}.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Superman and his friends find out that some force is merging their world with another, which is destroying them both. The merging is causing certain characters to act violent and hostile. Superman and co. travel to a void between the worlds, with lots of floating rocks. They run afoul of a team of warriors from the other world, and the thunder god challenges them. Superman and the thunder god battle bitterly until they realize that they've been victims of the rage caused by the merging, and the two of them join forces against the main villain. The villain is defeated, and the two worlds are separated and restored to normal -... but a major villain ends up suffering an ironic fate. [[JLA-Avengers|Sound familiar?]]?

* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: The whole premise of the game. {{spoiler|Dark Kahn planned to gain power from champions of both worlds fighting each other.}}. Also used by {{spoiler|Quan Chi, who manipulated Scorpion and Sub-Zero into fighting each other so the power of their battle would fuse his prison with part of DC Universe, freeing him}}.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Compared to the last MK''Mortal Kombat'' games before it, thanks to the T rating.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: The "Bio" bonus feature gives you the option of getting a tight close of any part of a character's anatomy that strikes your fancy. Both male and female characters can be viewed this way, but let's be real;: the number of players taking time out for a closeup of Catwoman's [[Absolute Cleavage]] far outnumbers those seeking a closeup of Luther's backside.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: All this mess started because Superman and Raiden had the [[Sarcasm Mode|brilliant idea]] to blast some crazy gods of evil into portals. [[Lex Luthor]] even points this to Supes' in the DC side of the story. (Seesee the Charactercharacter sheet for this).

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Don't even think of playing the storyline game without spending a lot of time practicing the moves and learning the various commands. If playing the DC side you begin as Flash, who is pretty lame in terms of his fighting style. Then, after you {{spoiler|switch to Batman}}, you're faced with a one-sided battle against one of the MK''Mortal Kombat'' characters who will wipe you out almost instantly if you don't know what you're doing.

* [[Non-Lethal KO]]: Played straight with the [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|Heroic Brutalities]], though half of them look pretty damn lethal anyway, if only by the standards of series ''not'' named ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: Many endings in the Arcade Mode suggest a sequel, such as {{spoiler|Lex Luthor forming a [[Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance|Deadly Alliance]] with Quan Chi in his ending, Liu Kang and The Flash agreeing to warn each other when another interdimensional hole is opened in Kang's ending, and finding said hole later, the Green Lantern Corps trying to prevent Sinestro from obtaining the power of Pyramid of Argus, and Batman having installed a new system in the Batcave in order to detect interdimensional rifts (Calledcalled [[OMAC|Outerworld Monitor and Auto-Containment, funnily enough.]])}}.

** {{spoiler|In storyStory modeMode, Shao Kahn is banished to the Phantom Zone, and Darkseid to the Netherrealm. In their arcadeArcade modeMode endings, Shao Kahn escapes the Phantom Zone with an army of Kryptonian supervillains, and Darkseid escapes the Netherrealm and forces Shang Tsung into his service (making him his new Desaad), effectively having the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] trade places with one another.}}.

* [[Story-Breaker Team-Up]]: Thanks to DC's involvement in the development, the game was forced into a [[Lighter and Softer|T rating]].

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