Clues suggesting that a Mortal Kombat Crossover is possible
Interview with Ono
(Asked then about the prospect of another, more fanciful vs game - Mortal Kombat vs Street FIghter -)
“I think Street Fighter is a different type of game than Mortal Kombat. I think Mortal Kombat vs. Capcom could happen, but Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter, um. Question mark”. - Ono (2008)
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Interview with Ed boon
**Right. Crossovers seem like all the rage right now. Would you ever think about doing a full crossover with another fighting series? **
“We absolutely have thought about it. One of the obstacles is that we’re an M-rated game and all of the other ones, for the most part, are T-rated games. So it’s the same challenge with had with pairing up with the DC characters. It’s harder to match up with which style are you going to go with. But we’ve all dreamt with crossing over with Street Fighter or Tekken. Killer Instinct was also one that was coming up since they were an M-rated game as well. But I’ll tell you that we’ve had many, many conversations along those lines.” - Ed Boon (Oktober 2011)
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[INDENT=3]In case you don’t agree, let’s look at it from Ono’s possible point of view:[/INDENT]
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[]Half or more of the MK cast can teleport and if they were using street fighter mechanics, charge characters would get blown up and blocking teleports would get beyond annoying.
[]There are also impossible matchups like Balrog/Guy/Zangief vs Sub-Zero and his friendly Ice Clone.
[*]If they nerfed or buffed characters to fix these, weak characters would feel too powerful or good characters would feel to weak. either or Both MK & SF fans would be dissapointed.
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With Kharacters like Dante and Strider Hiryu, an MK vs Capcom Krossover would be very reasonable. We’ve seen MK vs DC, it was ‘meh’, but it would have probably been better with MK’s klassic/kurrent format…