Let me preface my rant by saying that this game won't be any more of a failure than MK: Armageddon was. It's already set to sell more, that's a fact. MK: Armageddon was a disaster on all fronts.

Now about everyone complaining how Batman ruined MK:

Where were all these people who needed to listen to me 2+ years ago when I along with a few others said that MK needed a solid grapple system? How about when we said MK needed a decent wakeup game? Or frame advantage? Nobody listened then. But, yeah, let's make people listen now because "OMG it's BATMAN!" Now I hear about people selling off their MK collections and claiming to be done with the series forever.

If people are that psycho to sell off entire collections because "OMG BATMAN" then so be it. MK doesn't need people like that dragging it down. And, yes. People like that DO drag it down. The fans that ruin the MK name by caring more about blood than a grapple system that actually works. Thus leading to the game being the laughing stock of the industry. Thus, ironically, leading to the company behind the game to need to get Batman in the picture to save it.

So, in the greatest of ironies, it's the people who wanted "OMG FATALITIEZ" (who are now selling off their collections) who are actually indirectly responsible for Batman being involved to begin with. Don't blame Boon for siding with Batman. Blame Boon for not making a fighting engine worth a damn which FORCED him to have to side with Batman.

I'm just pretty pissed off right now. Where the hell was this fervor when we were asking Boon to make a decent fighting engine? Why weren't people bitching back then? Why weren't people selling their collections when it turned out MK: Deception had 300 infinites and glitches up the wazoo? WTF is wrong with this fanbase? 300 infinites? A-OK! But, BATMAN!? FUCKING BATMAN!? I'm done with MK forever! Good logic, there.

I swear, I'm glad these people are selling their MK collection. I don't want them around anymore poisoning one of MY favorite franchises. I'm very happy about MK vs. DC. You know why? It's pissing off people who weren't there when we needed them to be. It's pissing people off who weren't pissed off when they needed to be. Back during MK:D's development. Back during MKA's development. Where was this anger then? Hmm?

I am so pissed off at all of you right now....sooooooo pissed off. Where were the internet petitions protesting the infinite combos in MK:D? Hmm? Where was the outcry at all the bugs and glitches? WHERE? Everyone pissed off at Batman, take a good look in the mirror and say "Because I didn't complain back then, MK sunk so low they had NO CHOICE but to beg DC to save them."

Yes, it is MK8. Not some side game. It should be MK8. You know why? Because nobody helped our little core group out. Nobody cared about what we said when we demanded a good fighting engine. Nobody listened. And now you reap what you sow.

You know, if the game ends up sucking ass it won't be because of Batman. It'll be because of the thing nobody seemed to care about back when it mattered. It'll be because of the thing nobody was selling off their collections in protest over. The damn fighting engine. But it's only now that people are signing petitions and selling off their MK shit. Because of fucking Batman. Where were they when MK:D had at least 2 infinites per character? Oh, right. They were playing it and talking about how awesome Nightwolf's fatality was and how 1337 the hara-kiris were.

You have no idea how happy I am that this game exists. The people who it's pissing off are the people who never helped push Boon & Co. to build a functional engine. We wanted throw escapes back then. We wanted decent wakeup back then. We wanted proper frame advantage back then. And we didn't get shit. You wanted fatalities. You wanted "OMG BL00D" and you got it. Hey, how does it feel to be in my shoes from back then? My how the tables have turned. A little vindictive of me, maybe. But, meh. You deserve it.