Mortal Kombat vs DC - What Happened?

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  • čas přidán 14. 12. 2019
  • On this episode of What Happened, we dig through the skeletons inside Ed Boon's closet to uncover the unreleased HD Mortal Kombat game that died to give birth to a misguided mash-up that maligned Midway!
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  • @LvK138
    @LvK138 Před 4 lety +3653

    Even funnier about the violence was that at the time, DC's actual comics were already starting an increasing trend of being over-the-top gory, violent, and gritty

    • @shincaion
      @shincaion Před 4 lety +344

      And now we have a Harley Quinn +18 show full with violence and a coming Deathstroke +18 show. Jesus, DC changed a lot.

    • @cdc1894
      @cdc1894 Před 4 lety +134

      @@wesleym95 Dude, the Harley Quinn show already out. It's on the DC streaming service. The first episode on CZcams.

    • @oh-not-the-bees7872
      @oh-not-the-bees7872 Před 4 lety +53

      That's a lot of hyperbole. They're kinda bloody at that era sure, but a lot of things still prevented them from full of blood and guts everywhere.

    • @LvK138
      @LvK138 Před 4 lety +87

      @@oh-not-the-bees7872 I think this game came out around the same time that Black Adam killed Psycho Pirate by gouging his eyes through the back of his skull, which was preeeeetty brutal

    • @kainhighwind2
      @kainhighwind2 Před 4 lety +27

      @@darthXreven Holy crap. The stupidity, the cringe. I'll just quote Harley herself: "Fuck off, kid."

  • @GenericSoda
    @GenericSoda Před 4 lety +2353

    The Joker's fatality is actually genius though, gets me every time

    • @elitewarbird77
      @elitewarbird77 Před 4 lety +402

      That's why they reused it in MK9 lmao

    • @PrestonC3po
      @PrestonC3po Před 4 lety +86

      i hope it will be a brutality in mk11

    • @Lordani66
      @Lordani66 Před 4 lety +14

      Are you 6?

    • @MrMutou
      @MrMutou Před 4 lety +53

      I really hated how complicated it was to actually get one of those off in a match🤦🏽‍♂️ spent a lot of time just kickin people off buildings or just using the environment so I didnt get bored with the game

    • @MrDanChandler
      @MrDanChandler Před 4 lety +3

      @Jon Tap Wait until you graduate, man.

  • @nah4858
    @nah4858 Před 3 lety +690

    It’s actually funny because the whole “kids will be exposed to MK” goal really worked for me. I was pretty young and MKvsDC is how I found out about Mortal Kombat. Now I love the franchise dearly 💀

    • @neazy9925
      @neazy9925 Před rokem +19

      Me too

    • @IsaacPurpleguy
      @IsaacPurpleguy Před rokem +13

      I was thinking about that too. I knew of the series from having a couple games, but bought this to get back into the franchise.

    • @evenhartwick4422
      @evenhartwick4422 Před rokem +8

      same this was the game that exposed me to the franchise as well.

    • @noahl9073
      @noahl9073 Před rokem +4

      Same here, I’m not a big mortal kombat fan outside of couch coop with my friends, but this is one mk game that I love

    • @darkblur101
      @darkblur101 Před rokem +1

      Same

  • @MikeJr9284
    @MikeJr9284 Před 4 lety +492

    The silver lining is that MK vs DC gave way to Injustice 1 and 2 as well as MK characters making cameos in said games (and vice versa with Joker being added to MK 11).

    • @gunfighter009
      @gunfighter009 Před 4 lety +55

      Plus it really feels like they learned from mk vs dc how to make mk9 onwards into actually great fighting games

    • @pronouncedgooglewithat
      @pronouncedgooglewithat Před 3 lety +71

      Absolutely. I get that MK v. DC was not the crown jewel they intended, but it really did lead to stronger development of both franchises. A classic "learn from failure" moment.

    • @Monkforilla
      @Monkforilla Před 3 lety +8

      @@SilkyLew Armageddon just was badass. Wish they left the chess kombat and kart kombat for a better konquest mode with open world like deception

    • @Sonichero151
      @Sonichero151 Před 3 lety +3

      Plus joker's fully realized fatality sneaking I to mk9

    • @eduardood
      @eduardood Před 2 lety +1

      @@SilkyLew what, armageddon was fun to play at least

  • @Vitorio582
    @Vitorio582 Před 4 lety +1365

    Imagine an intro where Matt kept his arms crossed and nothing happened

  • @tai0purto
    @tai0purto Před 4 lety +354

    The way I see it, if MK vs DC never happened, we would not have gotten MK 9 and Injustice.
    I guess they liked that Joker fatality so much they added it to Shang Tsung in MK 9.

    • @juicecanister
      @juicecanister Před 3 lety +28

      @@jeremyriley1238 I'd doubt MK would of died forever. Someone was bound to pick up the rights for the game, but I'd agree MK9 probably wouldn't of happened when it did.

    • @milkmonstrosity
      @milkmonstrosity Před rokem +1

      Tbh I'd prefer if we never got Injustice.

    • @cajunbatman
      @cajunbatman Před rokem

      @@milkmonstrosity you have horrible taste in games and stories then.

    • @insertedgynamehere
      @insertedgynamehere Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@cajunbatmaninjustice is not that good.

    • @cajunbatman
      @cajunbatman Před 11 měsíci

      @@insertedgynamehere game sales numbers, a top selling spin-off comic and animated movie says otherwise.

  • @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r
    @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r Před 8 měsíci +34

    "Baraka never gets his chapter in any Story Mode"
    MK1: *Allow me to introduce myself*

  • @Billonator117
    @Billonator117 Před 4 lety +239

    If i'm being honest, when i was a pre teen this game having dc characters in it is what got me to buy the game, so that marketing gimmick worked on someone

    • @SocietateaAscendenta
      @SocietateaAscendenta Před 3 lety +12

      It worked on all of us.
      Who puts his head in the sand now - “mr. grown-up” and “I didn’t fell for anything” Justin Bieber - and pretends he didn’t do it, is a big Pinocchio.

    • @SocietateaAscendenta
      @SocietateaAscendenta Před 3 lety +3

      And I’m talking in general.

  • @hardgay7537
    @hardgay7537 Před 4 lety +393

    "Who's this yellow guy?"
    I dunno. Why do I keep seeing subtle variations of the same yellow and blue ninja costumes for sale every Halloween?

    • @WackadoodleMalarkey
      @WackadoodleMalarkey Před 3 lety

      Etsy, eBay, Amazon

    • @Dbz_Edit2
      @Dbz_Edit2 Před 2 lety

      @@JaelinBezel the are error macro and rain and reptile and tremor (joke)

  • @GenerationWest
    @GenerationWest Před 4 lety +702

    I was REALLY into this at the time, and followed the news about it every so often, but seeing the story mode, fatalities, brutalities, Sonya's see-through, no bra, nip showing shirt, were... Weird. Now with this explainer, it makes SO MUCH more sense now, the game was rushed and bare boned. The moment it died, it paved the way for a brighter future, because another one of these might've killed MK.

    • @zyxluz4645
      @zyxluz4645 Před 3 lety +17

      Yes, a brighter future: MK X and MK11
      Maybe we were better off before.

    • @MrChadsimoneaux
      @MrChadsimoneaux Před 3 lety +35

      @@zyxluz4645 didn't care for X much but 11 is fine?

    • @jordanj809
      @jordanj809 Před 3 lety +36

      @@zyxluz4645 what’s wrong with MKX and MK11?

    • @razebeats308
      @razebeats308 Před 3 lety +10

      @Ed Corona No. MKX is trash, 11 is legendary

    • @rem9466
      @rem9466 Před 3 lety +11

      @Ed Corona I never bothered with 11 yet. I'm still playing X

  • @zillomanstrum
    @zillomanstrum Před 4 lety +505

    Weirdly this game did introduce my child self to the MK franchise.

    • @wastedxlama54
      @wastedxlama54 Před 3 lety +13

      Mine was armageddon

    • @ScubaSteve796
      @ScubaSteve796 Před 3 lety +9

      Damn, so young. MK1 on Mega Drive (Genesis) for me.

    • @Long_Live_T4C0
      @Long_Live_T4C0 Před 3 lety +2

      Oh same here!

    • @venom_bankz621
      @venom_bankz621 Před 3 lety +1

      This was the second MK introduced to me as a kid . I was like wtf .

    • @ilovemetalmusic310
      @ilovemetalmusic310 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah mine too. Also, I'm your 100th like. Remember me when this has 200.

  • @mthd5276
    @mthd5276 Před 2 lety +147

    What I find weird is that one of Green Lantern's Brutalities might as well be a fatality since he crushes all of your bones, further exemplified by the fact that the opponent lays there still unlike other Brutalities where they writhe in pain.

  • @khoffday3054
    @khoffday3054 Před 4 lety +524

    6:22 to be fair, it worked. I was a 7 year old when I played this at my cousin’s house and was like “oh cool Joker and Flash in a fighting game” and then I started playing as Sub Zero and now Mortal Kombat is my favorite fighting game franchise.

    • @xavierparis2789
      @xavierparis2789 Před 4 lety +20

      It was kinda similar for me. I was actually more into MK than DC at the time but I knew very little about either side, so I started with the DC story mode, of which had more characters I recognized, and soon enough I became interested in the MK characters I knew nothing about outside of Yellow Ninia use Spear and Blue Ninja use Ice

    • @daltonwilliams1723
      @daltonwilliams1723 Před 4 lety +62

      Yeah I didn't get his criticism that that was a "stupid" idea. The MK characters were way more niche and obscure. It makes sense to give them a platform boost next to DC' timeless heroes that most people recognize even if they've never picked up a comic

    • @miki1177
      @miki1177 Před 4 lety +37

      Yeah Matt's definitely really into the FGC community... which probably skewed the perspective that not everyone would really be interested in MK. Certainly not as many people who can recognize Superman or Batman; these are cult icons and getting Scorpion next to them would definitely increase exposure like in your experience.

    • @MerlautZone
      @MerlautZone Před 4 lety +7

      I guess everyone's story different. I played the earlier MK's, and Captain Marvel's the only character I wasn't familiar with in this game. I knew the other DC heroes from cartoons.

    • @claysoggyfries
      @claysoggyfries Před 4 lety +2

      You’re just in the majority

  • @spidersonic0110
    @spidersonic0110 Před 4 lety +1165

    Mortal Kombat vs DC, is how I learned about the MK characters. So that guy was kinda right

    • @MattMcMuscles
      @MattMcMuscles  Před 4 lety +299

      I'm happy that worked for some people? But like I said in the video, this game didn't sell any better or worse than previous MKs...so on a mass mainstream level, it didn't really work.

    • @BigK13372
      @BigK13372 Před 4 lety +84

      Matt McMuscles I agree. Not to mention the whole reason for this game existence is bullshit to begin with as the Mortal Kombat series (especially during the “Dark Age of Fighting Games) already has huge child audience at the time. Namely edgy elementary and middle schoolers who unironically buy every games Midway pops out because of all the violence and (sometimes) sexiness; thus becoming the main source of the franchise income.
      Oh God, did I just described my own childhood with that sentence?

    • @DaDualityofMan
      @DaDualityofMan Před 4 lety +25

      @@BigK13372 Yeah, I find it ironic because the game was rated T(so not for kids technically) and the first time I played MK was when I was 7 years old and Sub-Zero has been my favorite video game character since then, Captain Marvel was actually the only character in the game I never heard of.

    • @GodOfOrphans
      @GodOfOrphans Před 4 lety +7

      Same here actually

    • @quiltedlive3966
      @quiltedlive3966 Před 4 lety +6

      Same here

  • @edfreak9001
    @edfreak9001 Před 4 lety +677

    "Kids today have no idea who characters like Scorpion are and we want to change that"
    hol up
    Edit: when i made this it was more aimed towards "trying to remind children about this ultra gorey m-rated game" though in hindsight that reeks of pearl clutching and i'm kinda glad it didn't get taken that way

    • @OriginalKingJulian94
      @OriginalKingJulian94 Před 4 lety +42

      I'll be honest, I never knew the MK Franchise until this game so I thank MKvsDC for that.

    • @Noperare
      @Noperare Před 4 lety +56

      We know kids watch porn, but you shouldn´t say out loud "WE ARE TRYING TO INTRUDUCE PORN TO KIDS". Same with MK over-the-top gore.

    • @corey.3421
      @corey.3421 Před 4 lety +2

      @@map04wormhole this game was awesome

    • @TheJoker-qo4fg
      @TheJoker-qo4fg Před 4 lety +4

      edfreak9001 honestly I learned about MK by playing this game

    • @infinitymiddlefinger8957
      @infinitymiddlefinger8957 Před 4 lety +10

      To be honest, I ultimately didn’t know about MK until this game came out. I even got Armageddon on the old Xbox & unchained on the PS2. Then I got MK 9, X & now 11. This game practically made me a fan of the franchise.

  • @rabbot7804
    @rabbot7804 Před 3 lety +49

    To be fair to MK vs DC... The idea of non-fatal fatalities was actually a pretty neat idea. If it was executed within a normal Mortal Kombat game, being able to see what certain characters would do to non-lethally (and likely still violently) incapacitate opponents would be really interesting. And I like to think that even though the premise was overall a bit head scratching, it still had *some* potential. But the lack of time, as well as DC looking over Midway's shoulder and demanding a T rating, put them in a massive bind that it couldn't quite recover from.

  • @xDabxGodxxxxx
    @xDabxGodxxxxx Před 4 lety +866

    Def Jam: Icon-What Happened?

    • @roxel7522
      @roxel7522 Před 4 lety +72

      for real. Fight for NY was like one of my favs of the PS2 era

    • @TheGreatDevlin
      @TheGreatDevlin Před 4 lety +17

      I actually liked Icon but never returned to it like I did with FFNY.

    • @TheIronMoose
      @TheIronMoose Před 4 lety +9

      Great choice. Ffny had so much potential in a sequel but they had to throw the joystick gimmick in and get RID OF SUPERS. Insane decision.
      Can You imagine a new def jam with custom supers and rap star dlc? Would you pay money to play as Busta Rhymes? You could have bundles of legacy character. With modern graphics and an updating soundtrack. Thats A lot of 💰

    • @SoggyHotDoggy
      @SoggyHotDoggy Před 4 lety +2

      This is a great idea! I actually forgot about this game.
      FFNY was a game I went back to constantly when I was younger. Vendetta too! Icon..... yeah I played through that once.

    • @manundermask6601
      @manundermask6601 Před 4 lety +6

      FFNY was one of my favorite games. I don't know how many times I played through that story mode. I was so pissed when I played Icon.

  • @afierymess2307
    @afierymess2307 Před 3 lety +105

    MKVDC: "No gore cause DC!"
    DC, 2020: *Harley bites Penguin's nose off.*

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin Před 3 lety +9

      MKVDC: "No Gore 'cuz DC!"
      The Joker: Allow me to introduce myself...

    • @Chris47629
      @Chris47629 Před 3 lety +1

      Well I think they meant because it features characters like Superman who isn’t an R rated character

    • @LordArikado
      @LordArikado Před 2 lety +3

      Even in that mid-late 2000's era, DC comics tended to be really gory. I remember reading an issue of Teen Titans where Beast Boy defeated Brother Blood by turning into a tapeworm and tearing up his internal organs, and the issue ended with Ravager cutting her own eyeball out to match Deathstroke's missing eye.

    • @thecaptain6520
      @thecaptain6520 Před 4 měsíci

      It was a different time

  • @ThePrinceofElPaso
    @ThePrinceofElPaso Před 2 lety +206

    I was a comic fan who discovered Mortal Kombat through this game so maybe Ed wasn’t that crazy after all…

  • @Otakupatriot117
    @Otakupatriot117 Před 4 lety +121

    The irony is when it comes to really disturbing T-rated "Tell, don't show" deaths, the Batman: Arkham series has them beat by a mile.

    • @plasmaoctopus1728
      @plasmaoctopus1728 Před 4 lety +16

      Just another example of why Batman related stuff is the only true reason DC is still relevant to a lot of people, they are allowed to do whatever works with him. You start adding superman, wonderwoman etc. and it just makes everything more boring over time.

    • @toontrooper4103
      @toontrooper4103 Před 4 lety +26

      @@plasmaoctopus1728 No. You can do different things with the other characters as well. Same thing with the Marvel universe.

  • @anothergamer112
    @anothergamer112 Před 4 lety +173

    I played it once and spammed the same move with Flash until everyone watching made me stop. Probably a good summary of the game.

    • @Copperkaiju
      @Copperkaiju Před 3 lety +4

      My favorite memory of this game was watching the A.I. play against itself using the Flash VS Scorpion. It started spamming teleport and juggles like crazy. Looked so cool and funny I still want a live action version one day.

  • @troywebster3638
    @troywebster3638 Před 4 lety +113

    This game was so broken. The worst offense I can remember is the scorpion vs flash match up, flash had exclusively melee attacks and scorpion could use a fire shield that damaged and blocked melee attacks indefinitely. Basically a free win by holding a button.

  • @vm68chris
    @vm68chris Před 3 lety +42

    "Sold 1.5 million copies."
    Yah, I think I own about half of those...

  • @MikeJones-bm4wu
    @MikeJones-bm4wu Před 4 lety +76

    If it wasn't for this game, we wouldn't have got Injustice so it was kinda like a trial run. So.. yea.

  • @CommonSenseless1993
    @CommonSenseless1993 Před 4 lety +162

    Wow I forgot about “This is Vegas”. I was hyped for it when it was announced but after the news dried out I forgot all about it.

    • @timcorp4565
      @timcorp4565 Před 4 lety +6

      that game was in production forever (6-8? years) at like $1M a year, and really never had anything to show for it. It was Midways most expensive game, and it never made it to market.

    • @CommonSenseless1993
      @CommonSenseless1993 Před 4 lety +5

      Just awful mismanagement all around. Such a shame.

    • @comettamer
      @comettamer Před 4 lety +1

      I vaguely remember hearing of it then poof, nothing. Kind of a shame really, it sounds like it could've been a bit entertaining at least

  • @EmperorGladiatuss
    @EmperorGladiatuss Před 4 lety +55

    Minus the blood and violence, I think MK vs DC was pretty solid game, I loved the campness of the story. Also it saved Midway as Warner became interested in the team which let to the creation of Netherrealm.
    Edit: It also made the Story Mode a must have in FGs nowadays.

  • @dr.ninjake
    @dr.ninjake Před 3 lety +67

    I'm very curious how Doomsday would've worked. Almost every character has a very similar body type, so seeing how they handle a massive beast like Doomsday would be interesting.

  • @hansmatheson5976
    @hansmatheson5976 Před 4 lety +257

    HE MUST WIN

  • @loganchase4371
    @loganchase4371 Před 4 lety +530

    But thank God it led to Injustice though. Great game series and the comic series it sired is now one of my favorites to this day. Where else can I see Constantine proclaim that he's, "going to kick the Man of Steel in the bollocks." For anyone interested in comics who hasn't read it, I highly recommend. Great balance of humor, action, and genuinely emotional moments (mostly sad) while including SO many characters from the DC Universe, even more if you're willing to spring for the Injustice 2 series that takes place between the first and second games.

    • @duneblythe
      @duneblythe Před 4 lety +1

      wowz , you typed alot for a first reply

    • @gc6096
      @gc6096 Před 4 lety +7

      Logan Chase interesting thank you for the information. I will when I have some spare time have a wonderful day take care and stay awesome.

    • @vikreps2488
      @vikreps2488 Před 4 lety +11

      Press X to doubt

    • @REDDAWNproject
      @REDDAWNproject Před 4 lety +9

      Plastic man and The Butlering are my personal highlights.
      What a great and crazy AU.

    • @RobynReanimates
      @RobynReanimates Před 4 lety +26

      I don't like injustice, the games have terrible writing and awful animation. The comics have better writing but they were held back by having to stick to the games, and Injustice 2 directly contradicted the comic but then expected you to have comic information to understand Green Arrow and Black Canary. That said I did like a few specific moments, like Alfred kicking the shit out of Superman and then hitting him with the "I'm not mad, I'm disappointed"

  • @NicoTheCinderace
    @NicoTheCinderace Před 4 lety +123

    8:57
    Baraka: "Aight, I'm bout to head out"

    • @roxel7522
      @roxel7522 Před 4 lety +24

      He literally did: 16:02

  • @katherineperrin4817
    @katherineperrin4817 Před 4 lety +150

    This game introduced me to mortal Kombat . I found it at Dragon Con’s gaming room, and it’s T rating meant I could play it, unlike the other games. I loved it, and it got me into the rest of the series. For that, I will always love this game.

  • @Krieklow
    @Krieklow Před 3 lety +18

    The idea that kids didnt know about MK at the time was bizarre, the MK 6th gen entries were big. I grew up on PS2 and me and all my friends played tons of deadly alliance, deception, and armageddon, and most kids I knew did too, MK was very much still "cool".

  • @michaelanderson6394
    @michaelanderson6394 Před 4 lety +197

    I feel like a Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor episode might be warranted in the future. Just a prime example of how not to do motion controls.
    If you’re still doing movies on this show, I’d like to see an episode on The Snowman, in all honesty. Just... everything went wrong with that production. It’s almost hilarious.

    • @MattMcMuscles
      @MattMcMuscles  Před 4 lety +37

      Oh? What's the skinny on that? I had heard the movie was just bad. But is there a story behind it?

    • @StupidRawblocksGamrr
      @StupidRawblocksGamrr Před 4 lety +8

      @@MattMcMuscles Dunno if this is credible, but I found this page:
      amp.thisisinsider.com/the-snowman-michael-fassbender-director-bad-movie-reviews-2017-10

    • @helloill672
      @helloill672 Před 4 lety +5

      @@MattMcMuscles I heard that 10 to 15% of the screenplay was unfilmed, which led to rushed edits

    • @michaelanderson6394
      @michaelanderson6394 Před 4 lety +21

      Matt McMuscles Quite a few things went wrong with the production. According to the director, they waited for several months to get the funding for the film, until the studio basically called him out of the blue telling him they had the money, and that he needed to get to London to start filming, giving him little time to prepare. And then for some reason, maybe the money ran out, maybe a schedule mistake, maybe just incompetence, the filming was cut short, resulting in about 10-15% of the screenplay not being filmed. They brought in two Oscar-nominated editors to help salvage the thing but with 10-15% of the movie not there, it was pretty much impossible.
      It was also weird to adapt this movie first considering it was actually the seventh in the series it was based on. And there’s the “Dear Mister Police” marketing campaign which was more hilarious than anything, and one of the weirder changes from the book.
      There’s also the fact that Val Kilmer has gone through a battle with throat cancer at the time, so all of his lines had to be done in ADR... in a manner that doesn’t match his lip movements at all and voiced by someone who didn’t remotely sound like Kilmer.
      And the studio was banking hard on this movie. They already had plans to adapt the other books in the series but judging by how poorly this movie performed, it likely isn’t going to happen for a long time.

  • @edcellwarrior
    @edcellwarrior Před 4 lety +43

    I remember playing this game when I was much younger, and until today I had no idea it was considered bad

    • @Raminex5323
      @Raminex5323 Před měsícem

      Same here, I remember very vividly when I played this game with my friend at his house. I was really bad at the game lol. This was my first introduction to a fighting game on console. Never really considered it bad too. Though like I said it was my first fighting game I was introduced to and it holds a special place in my heart.

  • @BuckAhkee
    @BuckAhkee Před 4 lety +39

    Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi or Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring

  • @thetreblerebel
    @thetreblerebel Před 4 lety +36

    A precursor to MK9 and the DC fighting games style. All tested on this game

    • @GuntanksInSpace
      @GuntanksInSpace Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah, apparently this game served as the humble beginnings of MK9 and Netherrealm Studios in general. In spite of its flaws, it got WB eyes on Ed's crew and also apparently was one of the first to get UE3 to run at 60fps or some shit compared to everything else locked at 30 lol

    • @rodolfourive7944
      @rodolfourive7944 Před 4 lety

      I think Injustice is also precursors to MK games. All tests for Mortal Kombat games lol.

  • @CommodoreFloopjack78
    @CommodoreFloopjack78 Před 4 lety +79

    I'm just going to say it: I freaking LOVE this game. Being a longtime fan of both Mortal Kombat and many of the DC characters, I thought this game was a great way to combine both universes. Yes, it has its shortcomings, but what game doesn't? For me, it just does not get any better than Superman vs Raiden.

    • @21Handguns
      @21Handguns Před rokem +4

      cringe

    • @laughingseal2282
      @laughingseal2282 Před 9 měsíci +7

      @@21Handguns he is not wrong. This game got positive reviews and most people liked it. The hate started years later.

    • @amazingdoorbob5458
      @amazingdoorbob5458 Před 9 měsíci +1

      For me, it's Shao Khan vs Superman. Just wish Khan and Darkseid had fatalities

  • @MarcuStar745XD
    @MarcuStar745XD Před 2 lety +39

    Honestly for a non competitive player I always found this game really funny to play, kinda sad that it probably never will see the light again in other platforms

    • @stargamer8878
      @stargamer8878 Před 2 lety +4

      Actually it kinda can if you consider how DC has been so gory nowadays.

  • @AdrenaLukeYT
    @AdrenaLukeYT Před 2 lety +17

    So hear me out, MK vs DC was my first MK game since I had strict parents that didn't let me play M rated games. so it has a special place in my heart and introduced me to MK. I played it a lot on PS3 back in 2009-2012ish. But I've definitely realized as an adult, that game sucked, but it was my only MK I had.

  • @KylaTea
    @KylaTea Před 4 lety +214

    Last time I was this early Midway still owned Mortal Kombat

    • @pandaboi551
      @pandaboi551 Před 4 lety +15

      Midway killed the franchise, Warner Bro brought it back to life

    • @MegaTroySmith
      @MegaTroySmith Před 4 lety +6

      @@pandaboi551 no, midway didn't kill it.

    • @BigK13372
      @BigK13372 Před 4 lety +7

      Wait I thought they still do, just under the Neatherrealm banner (yes I know the company merged under the Warner Bros banner, but they still have rights/control of their series they’re still developing).

    • @Lupo32
      @Lupo32 Před 4 lety

      Ole 1995

    • @cooljim1376
      @cooljim1376 Před 4 lety +9

      @@pandaboi551
      In the form of a disgusting microtransaction ridden mobile game grindfest. If that's the future of MK from now on then let it remain dead.
      Boon's writing team is also the worst it has ever been and it doesn't look like it will get any better.

  • @OperatorDirge
    @OperatorDirge Před 4 lety +9

    *The Plot:*
    "Hey, you look like that guy I don't like! This makes me really angry for some reason! I'm gonna' beat you up, you big doo-doo head!"
    Raiden: C'mon guys. Knock it off.
    "... okay."
    Roll credits.

  • @lowcaution3480
    @lowcaution3480 Před rokem +21

    Honestly , his idea with adding more known characters to try to reach a wider audience was smart , it worked for me cuz I remember seeing the flash and Batman and wanting to play more

  • @Cure_Hana
    @Cure_Hana Před 4 lety +47

    Wha Happun idea: The initial launch of Final Fantasy XIV.

    • @LunaNovaXIV
      @LunaNovaXIV Před 4 lety +2

      Problem is noclip already did the ultimate wha happun on that phoenix

  • @SeffTrollins
    @SeffTrollins Před 4 lety +62

    Mortal Kombat can have it's own "Wha Happun?" wing dedicated to itself at this point. This is coming from someone who enjoyed the 3D games. They definitely weren't perfect lol

    • @phantomspaceman
      @phantomspaceman Před 4 lety +9

      I'm going to say they wanted to make 7 different games but refused to abandon the trainwreck universe of MK out of fear. That's how we get a sidescroller, 3d shooter/beatemup, mini-kart game, 3d action adventure, and even a card game all shoehorned into the same grungy brown retcon world of hell portals.

    • @thefonzkiss
      @thefonzkiss Před 4 lety +1

      Exactly. Jumped the shark in 1995.

    • @adonis7626
      @adonis7626 Před 2 lety +2

      @@thefonzkiss the reality : The MK 3D era with DA, Deception and Armageddon, was a trilogy of masterpieces, and MK jumped the sark in 2011. (:

    • @the757general2
      @the757general2 Před rokem

      @@thefonzkiss More like 1997

  • @tehcrazGaming
    @tehcrazGaming Před 4 lety +64

    Want a suggestion? Street Fighter x Tekken. Throw in Tekken x Street Fighter for good measure,

    • @phantomspaceman
      @phantomspaceman Před 4 lety +2

      It only happened in 2012. The salt has not subsided.

    • @MrRuano825
      @MrRuano825 Před 4 lety +3

      I'd wait to see if Harada was actually serious about restarting development on TxSF first.

    • @FlyXcur
      @FlyXcur Před 4 lety +6

      @@MrRuano825 they never scrapped what they worked on they just halted it. Harada is the head now and he's torn between supporting Tekken 7 more Making Tekken 8 or continuing on TxSF.

  • @kazy-kazy9228
    @kazy-kazy9228 Před 4 lety +6

    This is like the definition of a "My cousin owned it but never interested me enough to get it" kinda game

  • @TheIronMoose
    @TheIronMoose Před 4 lety +38

    Wonder woman would absolutely have a fatality. She snapped a mans neck on national tv.

  • @xRESIDENTEVILSTARSx
    @xRESIDENTEVILSTARSx Před 4 lety +6

    @Matt McMuscles / please keep this series going. Been a long time fan and I love the knowledge you have of the gaming industry , we appreciate you!

  • @illuminatidad
    @illuminatidad Před 4 lety +11

    I was actually first introduced to mortal kombat as a kid playing this game. It was pretty fun. I did not know mortal kombat was actually super gory before this though.

  • @jojo-b55
    @jojo-b55 Před rokem +5

    6:30
    Say what you want, but I was one of those kids. Had no idea what MK was, but I saw a game where I could play as Batman & the Joker, Flash & some cool-looking characters I didn't know. One half-baked story mode later, I was a MK fan

  • @Tea-Stance
    @Tea-Stance Před 2 lety +3

    The whole "No fatalities" thing for certain characters and the desire to keep an age rating is pretty much why we'll never see Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat. Can't imagine Capcom would be happy with Ryu getting gutted or Chun-Li kicking someone's head off.
    Best hope would be for a MK character to eventually come to Smash Bros or a single SF character (say Akuma or Bison) appearing in MK as DLC.

  • @xaviergonzalez44
    @xaviergonzalez44 Před 7 měsíci +5

    7:29 September 19th, 2023 Baraka finally got a chapter in a Story mode

  • @joshthefunkdoc
    @joshthefunkdoc Před rokem +5

    Another part not mentioned here was that this game marked the beginning of MK trying to appeal to the wider tournament scene. One of the new mechanics they heavily touted in MKvDC was “Pro Moves”, which were similar to what are known as “just frames” in other fighters. These were followups to special moves that had a very small input window (3 frames IIRC).
    The game also had one of the original tournament organizers as a playtester: Jason Wilson, of Midwest Championship fame. He would frequently post on the various fighting-game forums of the time (Shoryuken & Dustloop) to promote the game and tell us Midway was learning from their past mistakes.
    In practice the game’s not completely unplayable, but it has a limited meta. Green Lantern and the Flash are absurd, with the bosses being the only other characters who can maybe compete with them. And Raiden, but he actually takes execution so why bother?

  • @fyxation
    @fyxation Před 4 lety +1

    I was rather late discovering your channel, Matt, but I'm glad I did. You're a delight, and I love these essays.

  • @SaviorGabriel
    @SaviorGabriel Před 3 lety +7

    Honestly, I wasn't really put off by the lack of MK's trademark blood, and gore with MKvDCU. I was perfectly content with just having a solid fighting game featuring the two franchises. Really all MKvDCU did was make me want SFIV that much more.

  • @TailsPrower07
    @TailsPrower07 Před 3 lety +45

    Honestly, we do need to thank this game. Because if we did get the original MK game they had hoped to get, it might've not as done as well as the the eventual MK9 did and the franchise might have been completely different than it is now

  • @incandescentdream
    @incandescentdream Před 4 lety +7

    In a lot of ways, this game paved the way for both the modern day MK games as well as Injustice. And even though I do not own this game, I won't lie, I found myself enjoying it everytime I did play it at a friend's or elsewhere.

  • @RileyE.
    @RileyE. Před 4 lety

    Matt! You’ve been uploading like a mad man! Love it keep it up! :)

  • @the-red-thing
    @the-red-thing Před 8 měsíci +2

    "Baraka will never get his own story chapter."
    *Baraka gets his own story chapter*
    *spits out cereal*

  • @Xandoshi
    @Xandoshi Před 4 lety +38

    13:42 Dude why! why show that! Too graphic!

  • @thewolverine9062
    @thewolverine9062 Před 3 lety +9

    Without this we wouldn’t have got injustice

  • @heca2003
    @heca2003 Před rokem +1

    Hey Matt, I appreciate your use of Satie! Very nice choice. That particular piece, 3 Gymnopédies, No. 1 has been appearing in my dreams since childhood and I feel like I have some special connection to it. Great video as always.

  • @somedude5817
    @somedude5817 Před 3 lety +4

    This was actually my first Mortal Kombat game and it’s the reason I ended up checking out the series

  • @andrewquick4176
    @andrewquick4176 Před 3 lety +9

    It’s odd they didn’t think of multiverse versions of the heroes like with Injustice

  • @lionheart1013
    @lionheart1013 Před 4 lety +6

    15:56
    something that every fanfiction author needs to learn.

  • @soblingsss8690
    @soblingsss8690 Před 4 lety +3

    6:33 that was me years ago when mortal kombat vs dc was my first fighting game and honestly I loved it.

  • @TheRogueMonk
    @TheRogueMonk Před 3 lety +1

    i love your videos i love your work! you are really good at this! keep it coming!

  • @redder_
    @redder_ Před 4 lety +6

    This game was what introduced me to the mk franchise, so it worked, I'm now a huge fan ever since I was little

  • @s0ur_smoothie
    @s0ur_smoothie Před 4 lety +4

    This game is actually like a part of my childhood, my younger brother and I would play this. I would usually lose cause I was just botton mashing. I think this was only MK game my family owned.

  • @Undeadpriest94
    @Undeadpriest94 Před 4 lety +26

    Can we get episodes dedicated to failed game consoles? I would like to see the history behind consoles that flopped. The Dreamcast and the Wii U are two good ones to look at, as they came from big-name console developers of their times (and not from obscure or dying developers, like Commodore's Amiga CD32 or the Atari Jaguar).

  • @yaboi_muffmuncher
    @yaboi_muffmuncher Před 10 měsíci +2

    I actually loved this game as a kid & still do, it holds a special place in my heart ❤

  • @MichaelVarcade
    @MichaelVarcade Před 4 lety +43

    Mk: Deadly Alliace and MK:Deception are my favorite games in the series. It's frustrating that because they where not "For the tournament scene" and more for "casual fun" that people trash these games. They are super fun and deserve a spot on the shelve with the good MK games.

    • @deepakdeodathbasdeo1672
      @deepakdeodathbasdeo1672 Před 4 lety +7

      Agreed! Honestly i don't like that a lot of people trash them for no reason! In fact my first mortal kombat game was Deadly Alliance so it holds a special place in my heart

    • @thefonzkiss
      @thefonzkiss Před 4 lety +8

      If you grow up on shit you tend to get a taste for it.

    • @MichaelVarcade
      @MichaelVarcade Před 4 lety +1

      @@deepakdeodathbasdeo1672 to think if it was not for those games, there may have been one less MK fan out there.

    • @deepakdeodathbasdeo1672
      @deepakdeodathbasdeo1672 Před 4 lety +2

      @@MichaelVarcade agreed, honestly it doesn't matter where you get your start, but once you became a fan and joined the fandom. That to me is what really counts

    • @darklinkinfinite
      @darklinkinfinite Před 4 lety +3

      I thought it was kind of weird that he put down the PS2 Trilogy (yeah Armageddon was pretty weak but not terrible) but then mentions that MK had been Midway’s bright spot prior to MK vs DC and how the lack of features from those games contributed to the lackluster MK vs DC package

  • @zubz451
    @zubz451 Před 4 lety +8

    “Uh, hey, can you do Marvel Infinite?”
    ... but for real. Tattoo Assassins. It’s time. You can’t keep running from it forever.

  • @Kendosmemeshop
    @Kendosmemeshop Před 4 lety +1

    I love this series. Thanks for another great episode.
    I'd love to see you cover Resident Evil's spinoff, Umbrella Corps. That game is a wreck.

  • @turntninja2617
    @turntninja2617 Před 4 lety +2

    *" IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. YOU.... WILL.... FIGHT!"*
    -Dark Khan
    Also Wonder Woman's spin kick is S tier 😂

  • @Kitti_Toes
    @Kitti_Toes Před 3 lety +4

    This game was literally my introduction to the MKU and I would have never had the opportunity to play it if it wasn't T for Teen. Yes, their plan worked. Not for the short-term sales, but for the long-time fan acquiring.

  • @harrisonlichtenberg3162
    @harrisonlichtenberg3162 Před 4 lety +15

    IT HAS BEGUN

  • @KanonBall666
    @KanonBall666 Před 2 lety +7

    I actually loved this game it’s the game that got me into MK when I was a kid 😂😂😂

  • @sevensevenseven772
    @sevensevenseven772 Před rokem +4

    I remember being 11 watching my cousin play this game and being like "woah". It started my interest in mk haha

  • @sonokawaray
    @sonokawaray Před 4 lety +6

    Played this with my brother around the time it got released. Honestly, I think it's about as good as you could realistically expect this clash of franchises to be. In other words, not amazing, but the decision to keep what gels between MK and DC's respective visions and drop whatever doesn't is probably the only way this could have come to shelves for us to behold, for better or worse. Of course I prefer the recent MK or Injustice games, but still, it was a fun little curiosity.
    Also, years later, I smiled a little when Dragon Ball FighterZ used the same "everyone's power level is in flux" plot device MK vs DC inserted to explain how normal humans can go toe-to-toe with nigh-invincible gods.

  • @Viper-dz2kw
    @Viper-dz2kw Před 8 měsíci +4

    Baraka finally got his chapter

  • @Alchimex_Games
    @Alchimex_Games Před 4 lety +9

    I love this series so much. Its nice to finally understand the issues with lack-luster games

  • @esokiss921
    @esokiss921 Před 4 lety +7

    the like to dislike ratio is crazy! matt is killing it with how high quality these videos are

  • @Esitaro3670
    @Esitaro3670 Před 4 lety +7

    Matt, please give us a Wha-Happun of Dead Rising 4, is still December and it's the season to be bitter

  • @demonic-deadbeat3212
    @demonic-deadbeat3212 Před 4 lety +26

    The Game itself wasn't Bad
    But Getting a Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe out with no Fatalities because of DC Comics - You were setting yourselves up for failure. lol

  • @Jet1sH3re
    @Jet1sH3re Před 4 lety +1

    You uncovered deep memories I had forgotten about Me and my brother used to play this game when we were 5. 😅😅

  • @MrDarklight98
    @MrDarklight98 Před rokem +1

    I honestly loved this game when I was younger. I can't think of many other fighting games besides MK9 and Injustice that my friends and I played INTO THE GROUND. Like every weekend, every day after school, every time we had the chance, we would play Super Smash Bros, or MK Vs DC. We had a video game club at school and one of the most frequently played tournaments we had was MK Vs DC. It tore the house down every time. It was just a game that was easy to pick up and play and everyone had fun with.
    Plus as a kid who LOVED Mortal Kombat and would also watch Justice League RELIGIOUSLY, the idea of the two sides battling in one game with a STORY MODE was like crack cocaine to me. I even have a video saved from back in High School with our gaming club where I played against my friends older brother who was like my CONSTANT rival and kind of bully as a kid. It was such a passionate match with such a satisfying ending and I think back to it every time this game comes up because those moments are what I associate with the game. The MK movie didn't have tons of blood and violence but it was those characters and the lore that kept me invested, and MK Vs DC maintained those characters, so i was willing to sacrifice the violence at least once, in the interest of fun.
    czcams.com/video/Tade96QztjA/video.html

  • @QuintessentialWalrus
    @QuintessentialWalrus Před 4 lety +9

    Does anyone else hear the ropes moving in the intro and think it's the sound of Matt wheezing with laughter every time? Is that just me and my crazy ears?

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena Před 4 lety +9

    Ironic how DC comics made bloody and gory storylines after this game.

    • @ThePhantomSafetyPin
      @ThePhantomSafetyPin Před 3 lety +1

      It's funny because they had BEEN doing that since before this game came out. And little surprise, it was the Joker doing most of them especially in the Batman comics circa 2008-2014 or so, to a ridiculous degree. Literally to the point *most Joker fans at the time including myself were sick of it.* I repeat. JOKER fans. Were sick of the Joker doing nothing but be a two bit murderer.

  • @hL-jy2te
    @hL-jy2te Před 4 lety +1

    I had MKvDC on the ps3. It was my second MK game ever. And I liked it

  • @voiddigital2222
    @voiddigital2222 Před 3 lety +1

    Your editing is hilarious

  • @ll-js7iq
    @ll-js7iq Před 4 lety +39

    You keep cranking out these "Wha Happun?'s" Are you sure you're getting enough sleep Matt? I am worried.

    • @Montesama314
      @Montesama314 Před 4 lety +1

      "My circadian rhythm: What Happened?"

  • @naclynerickii
    @naclynerickii Před 4 lety +5

    @Matt McMuscles I was there for this game's presentation at that year's Comic Con. To me Boon seemed to imply alot was riding on how well this game would do in general. It seemed like some people were sorta turned off by "no Create a character" since Soul Calibur 3 had it. But the kicker that wtf'd people was how Ed Boon had no idea who Doomsday was. He literally said "Doomsday?...who is that?" Half were face palming, half were loling and half were murmuring. I was like "oh my god? You don't know who Doomsday is?". At one point he was like "Ok ok...eventually we'll add fricken (not fucken) Doomsday in an upcoming DLC". I know it never happened but this still wtf'd me. I feel like it indicated he was trying to do this game as a cash grab since he (obviously) is unfamiliar with the DC characters and lore. If he was aware of it he would of known who Doomsday was.

  • @Gambit2051
    @Gambit2051 Před rokem +1

    This always felt like a Cash Infusion Stop Gap to Fund what they wanted to do in reboot in MK9

  • @JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache

    Funny enough about what the guy said was right. My dad bought Mortal Kombat Vs. DC when I was around 9-10 because he was a fan of the old games, and thought the best way to introduce me to it is to have some characters that I already know fight some people I never knew about. Now I'm a fan, and my dad got me MK9 when it came, and I actually knew the characters now. It also helped me to realize that I was REALLY into girls at the time too. Sonya & Kitanna are the best girls.

  • @DarknessD42
    @DarknessD42 Před 4 lety +51

    Ahh yes, the game that kept the FGC alive

  • @DarkMProductions
    @DarkMProductions Před 4 lety +53

    Just had an idea for a future episode, the Final Fantasy 13 trilogy.

    • @Topaz542
      @Topaz542 Před 4 lety +5

      Eh. XIII-2 and XIII-3 weren't that bad. XIII is the only one i consider to be "truly" bad one from the trilogy

    • @sn-x-wt
      @sn-x-wt Před 4 lety +7

      Motomu Toriyama happened to FF13, so here we are. gotta admit though, this trilogy was a guilty pleasure of mine at the time

    • @Topaz542
      @Topaz542 Před 4 lety +6

      @@DurradonXylles I disagree with that statement, but to each their own. I actually consider FF XIII-3 to be a sort-of hidden gem of the decade because of how eager everyone is to write it off, and because of how much I enjoyed it compared to the other 2.

    • @Pooky1991
      @Pooky1991 Před 4 lety +6

      And by extension FF 15 because I heard it went through development hell. Did he do one on Spirits Within at all?

    • @DarkMProductions
      @DarkMProductions Před 4 lety

      For me, all three of them were nothing but squandered potential of great ideas. 13 could have been one of the best in the series with better direction and writing. 13-2, while really stupid, felt self aware and just had fun with it. Lighting Returns was just insulting, in my opinion.

  • @gechoman44iwantahippo
    @gechoman44iwantahippo Před 8 měsíci +7

    07:28 aged like milk

    • @B.-T.
      @B.-T. Před 8 měsíci +2

      *MK1 has entered the chat*

  • @marcellthorpe35
    @marcellthorpe35 Před 4 lety

    Found your channel today. I like!

  • @MediocreKev
    @MediocreKev Před 4 lety +10

    Damn it we need a 'Two Worlds' wha happun!

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 Před 4 lety +5

      Or the same dev's later pirate game, Raven's Cry. They actually released it twice, under different names, trying to escape the first round of awful reviews it got.

    • @jeanne-emerycoleman214
      @jeanne-emerycoleman214 Před 4 lety +2

      Two Worlds is wha happun