After a short exclusive stint at sites like Game Trailers and IGN, earlier today Midway released the second finishing move trailer from Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. This video portrays three more fatalities (as opposed to heroic brutalities). In the first fatality, Sonya Blade leaps onto Deathstroke's shoulders to do a handstand, grabs his head, twists violently to break his neck, and leaps off as he falls dead. In the second fatality, Catwoman uses her whip to snare Sonya around the neck, pulls Sonya towards her and to the ground, and then proceeds to pull at Sonya's neck, choking her until her neck snaps. In the third fatality, Sub-Zero (in a move like one of his Mortal Kombat 3 fatalities) lifts Deathstroke over his head, freezes him solid, and then throws him to the floor, smashing him into tiny (non-gory) pieces.
Following hot on the heels of the release of the story mode trailer from Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Midway has released another trailer from the game. This trailer, entitled "Ultimate Mash-Ups", shows off two matches by showing a short bit of cut-scene footage, leading up into an actual battle. The first match-up is between Sub-Zero and Batman in the Batcave. Sub-Zero freezes Batman's hand, who then shatters the ice around it and throws a batarang at Sub-Zero. Batman's eyes glow yellow, showing he's entered a rage mode, and threatens Sub-Zero, and the match begins. The match itself shows a wide variety of special moves, Freefall Kombat, and Klose Kombat. The second match-up shows Superman and Raiden. The match itself seems to take place in an area where the two worlds are merging; half appears to be Shao Kahn's throne room, and the other half appears to be Darkseid's throne room. Superman arrives and he and Raiden threaten one another; in this case, both characters' eyes glow yellow from rage. The fight itself shows both characters' special moves, Freefall Kombat, and Test Your Might.
Earlier today, Midway released another trailer for Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe! This trailer shows the one part of the game shrouded most in mystery thus far: the story mode. The video acts almost like a movie trailer, consisting entirely of cut scenes; in the video, characters from both universes discuss the events happening from their own perspectives; in addition, characters such as Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Raiden, the Joker, Liu Kang, and Kitana. The trailer ends with all kombatants (save Shao Kahn and Darkseid) facing each other, with Raiden declaring to the DC Universe characters, "We have come to challenge you in Mortal Kombat!"
Over on Giant Bomb, a new video was posted of an interview with Ed Boon; the interview, of course, was about Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe. In the interview, Ed did state that the game was pretty much done, other than final testing and showing the game to media outlets. In addition, he also stated that debates had started about what downloadable content to introduce later on. Otherwise, the video was mostly a summation of what to expect in the game and how the game came about, including explanations of Klose Kombat, Freefall Kombat, and Story mode (along with how Rage fits into it). The video is, of course, filled with gameplay footage as well.
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Kotaku is reporting that Midway is having to tone down several of the fatalities in Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe in order to secure a T rating from the ESRB. Kitana was one character whose fatality was changed in order to secure the rating. However, another character whose fatality was changed to secure the rating was the Joker's, and in fact it was his first fatality seen that got changed: the joke gun fatality. From the article:
Anyway, it's been changed up a bit, toned down to just slightly less than awesome to secure that highly coveted T-rating that Midway and Warner Bros. are so adamant about. In the latest build, Joker still whips out his prank gun, a "BANG!" flag unfurling. Unfortunately, you won't see the follow up of Joker shooting someone in the face; that actually happens off screen now, the headshot safely out of sight.
It's a minor change, but a noticeable one.
We asked Midway's Ed Boon about the difficulty in getting that T-rating, something he said the team has been working closely with the ESRB on. They've sent "at least three" submissions to the ESRB, going in with something that's full of M-rated content, getting feedback and "scaling it back."
It should be noted that the T rating restriction is not so much from Midway as it is from DC Comics. That said, it is the ESRB who makes the final decision as to what content is allowed, so the ball is very firmly in their court.
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