You know, Sabrewulf had a finishing move in Killer Instinct 2/Gold where he summoned bats that carried his opponent off-screen. It wasn't incredibly gory, but it was fun to watch. I'll wait until I see Batman's brutality in action before I make any premature judgements. If the MK team can render the bats decently, it may look really cool.

i just assumed he would break the other fighters back.

Good job,DC. Way to fag it up.

It would've been cool if he would used his grapple gun somehow in the brutality. Maybe the bats could scare an opponent off the side of a building. As a fighter plumets to there death, Batman shoots the grapple gun and saves them. He's done this a few times

Now Deathstroke's Fatality sounds brutal, indeed.
I dont really get Batman's but whatever.

thanks for the info!

Jack Burton seconds that...

DC sure is weird when it comes to overseeing the way their licensed characters are being portrayed. If the Joker can get away with straight up shooting someone in-game, I'm sure Batman could get away with whatever it was the MK team wanted him to do. Granted, one is a villain and the other is a hero...I'm still smelling "double-standard" here, though.

I'm also beginning to see exactly why the whole "rage mode" thing was invented; I think it was to have a reason to get DC to come out of its shell. Since the rage mode factors into the story, the MK team would have a valid argument in favor of brutal brutalities for characters like Batman.

But, anyway, thanks for sharing the article. I'd like to conclude with a hearty DAMN YOU, DC!!!

And THAT'S what Jack Burton has to say at this time.

Dear God, don't give them ideas!

No Batman finisher should ever, ever, EVER involve anything remotely involving bats (just a suggestion).

A good Batman "brutality" would involve some actual, I don't know... Brutality?
All you have to do is have Batman beat them down until they curl up, and if that's too dark for DC's "Dark Knight", then they've lost the plot! Fine. At least have him attack the opponent with his fists, not some dumb ass gadgetry shit. Batman might be the James Bond of super heroes, but when it comes right down to it; he's a fighter, and he's consistently been portrayed as a hands-on guy.

consistantly portrayed as a hand to hand guy is an understatment.

he's probably DCs best fighter.

Karate Kid,Lady Shiva and Cassie would like to have a word with you.

i'd say they're pretty even. with maybe only lady shiva definitely being able to beat him.

Karate Kid is officially stated to be the best martial artist in the DC universe. He's way above everyone else,in the tier "I'm The Fucking Karate Kid".

And correct me if I'm wrong,Cassie was the only person to ever fight Shiva to a standstill. Twice.

isn't karate kid in the future and dead?

I guess,but he's still considered a part of DC universe. And he's still bullshit godhax.

Did Jack Burton ever say he was happy with the selected brutality for Batman??? NO.

Truth be told, I would have preferred them to go with something along the lines of what you're thinking, but if the whole bat thing is as far as they're willing to go, then we've got to work with what we can. You have to gore it up somehow...

I'm holding out for a second fatality/brutality for everyone...I don't think that's ever been confirmed/denied, but it would at least give DC a chance to redeem their stupidity. The question now is whether they'd actually take that chance...

And THAT'S what Jack Burton has to say at this time.

Batman's brutality is very cheap,but if they're going for 2 finish moves per character maybe his second one will be good.

He and Deathstroke, Batman can only fight him to a stalemate

Batshit

This is exactly what you should have expected from this game! Face it: this is a blatant sellout - and in a sense, a buyout. DC's characters are going to be constrained by stringent rules enforced with little concern for creative liberties and the dark nature of the MK series. As a result, DC can force Midway to change the Fatalities of their own characters for the simple fact that they don't want to see Superman eviscerated, just as easily as they can veto Midway's designs for Brutalities, claiming they're "out of character."

Midway's running code here, nothing more. DC's pulling the strings, and what you're going to get is a PG-13 hybrid of Mortal Kombat Lite and an animated Saturday morning Batman cartoon. This is a recipe for catastrophic failure, and the fact that so many buy into it with the desperate hope that it'll turn out well is actually quite sad.

In The Dark Knight, Christian Bale throws a mob boss off of a fire escape specifically to break his legs during an interrogation. News flash: that's torture! In MK vs. DCU, the worst he'll do is call in some bats to make his opponent dizzy. So tell me, fans: how high are your expectations now?

I smell Friendships right around the corner...

Hmm... Friendship. Batman dressing his opponents up like Robin and making them his new partner.

Nope. DC would say that it's "out of character" for Batman to dress his opponent up himself. It could be misconstrued as a sexual fetish, which is inappropriate for a T-rated game.

But you might be onto something there. Perhaps he just tosses them a Robin costume and they shout, "Holy outfits, Batman! Thanks!"

Ah, the old Batman comics were always about sexual fetishes.

Its still gonna be a hell of alot better than MKD and MK A