That article says the news came from the January issue of Official Playstation Magazine. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
That same article said they had “official proof” that he was in but doesn’t show anything. No cover, not even a small snapshot. Instead they show a screenshot of Kratos from GoW3.
Why hold back from everyone else when you’ve got the mag to back it up?
Second, if this really was a massive announcement then wouldn’t NRS announce it themselves? Especially after it was leaked?
Boon’s twitter: “TMLT: BoRaiCho’s X-ray is hilarious !!!”
Most likely a joke.
Bleszinski Wants To See A Gears of War Character In Mortal Kombat
lol, I fail to see how adding more characters will lessen this game. There is only one thing that will matter to me when this comes out, the game play. I don’t see how adding Kratos will affect this. Regarding tourneys, if characters aren’t available to both consoles, ban him, problem solved. They banned Vader and Yoda, even after they were released for both systems. Which was a crock of shit btw, Vader was a legit character. Fuck all you haters that said “Durr dis is Star Wars, and dis is duh Soul Cabliber dey don’t bewong.”
Wow, sorry, don’t know where that came from.
Now if it were a bad choice in character selection, I might be a little mad. Kratos fits MK to a tee however, and this is coming from a guy who has never played one God of War game. I will say this, he better not use his chains like Scorpion though, that will make me mad.
The bitter tears over this shit is beyond me. This is from a fricking 360 owner. The PS3 gets one more character, the 360 doesn’t. Oh well. just ban Kratos for tournaments, it’s not something to cry and moan like a bitch about. Damn.
For purists like me, having Kratos, and a possible 360 counterpart, in the game is a big letdown (having more than a couple characters from MK4 onward would be too). But really, no big deal. Is it gonna take away from the MK cast itself and fighting engine? Nope, It’ll just be an extra character I could care less about, who’ll be banned in tournies and probably wont be as popular as the the MK cast even online, but still SMH
Here’s hoping that HD Arcade Kollection still comes out though and they don’t fuck that up.
Amen brotha!!!
If Kratos is in it, Microsoft will pay to add one as well. I don’t see MS being one upped, they are usually the one paying for stuff.
Probably be Master Chief with gunplay.
hmmmm, that makes me think of Master Chief playing like Stryker. That could work.
Cyrax + Stryker = Master Chief
The funniest (in a terrible way) part is when people say Kratos fits in MK so well because he’s violent LOL wtf I’m with Tim 100% this Kratos BS is retarded
That’s pretty much how things are going to play out.
I want Jago dammnit!
Kratos and Quan Chi look like they were separated at birth, so I find it hard to believe that his inclusion in the game will significantly damage the “purity” of the title. There will probably be some players who frequently confuse the two…
http://www.gamercenteronline.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kratos.jpg
Imagine what they would look like on the character select screen. Perhaps there should be an entire row for grimacing blue-gray bald men wearing red body paint and single epaulets.
Kratos only “fits” because of how brutal his own games are. The gore is reminiscent of MK. That’s about it.
NetherRealm is just digging a huge grave. MK9 will be straight MK…psh. Doesn’t matter if the characters are console-exclusive and just banned anyway…this is just them going for the money, and it’s absolutely dumb because you piss off fans who were potential buyers.
Any fan who gets pissed off at this is extremely fickle and being dumb over nothing. Jesus, I have very little interest in playing Kratos and I’m most likely not going to touch him, his inclusion does nothing for the people who plan on playing this seriously negative or positive.
Just ban console-exclusive characters in tournaments. Problem solved. Stop your bitching.
How many fans of the series/competitive players do you piss off VS how many people will buy just for their console’s character.
Company, make money, small percentage of players, etc.
Same thing as any number of modern fighting game decisions.
Dlc characters and console exclusives is awesome
it is what companies do now
This flipping out over Kratos is funny because it kind of reminds me of when:
A.) Khameleon was announced not to be in MK Armageddon.
B.) Motaro was in MKA, but didn’t have his hind legs.
Now, if you’re not a total bitch, you would say “WTF does that have to do with anything?” That means you weren’t around to hear MK fans whining about those 2 things like they’re the end of the world back when MKA was coming out. This is similar, and it’s fucking disgusting. Straight up. The plain truth is that *even if *throwing Kratos in is a grab for money, he affects nothing about the “essence” of MK they’re going for and they could do a hell of a lot worse in terms of guest characters.
Consider this: the game is going to sell well enough to justify making it on the studio side. That means the MK Team doesn’t have to even care about gameplay and the like. Yet, we are - for once and for the first time - hearing them talk about gameplay extensively. We’re also hearing them say they’re shunning the bullshit minigames of the past and focusing any extra content around gameplay. They’re hoping they get this into Evo. How much of the MK fanbase do you honestly think even gives a fuck about Evo?
Whether or not you think the game will turn out good (I’m still on the fence), you have to respect that they’re trying to work on the things that matter for once. Yet, I’m hearing retarded screams of “I hope the game fails” and “they’re digging a hole” over adding Kratos. If the fanbase had thrown 1/4th the energy over the years into whining about gameplay as they did petty stuff like this, we probably would have had a playable MK after UMK3 years ago.
BTW: here’s the trailer from the VGAs:
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