When it was announced that the next iteration of Mortal Kombat would be a crossover with the DC Universe, home of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and, of course, Ambush Bug, fans of the MK series were puzzled and a bit worried about the fate of their hyper-violent fighting series.  Well, Midway has allayed at least some fears by alluding to the fact that the T-Rated game would include blood, but the big question remained: what about fatalities?  Surely DC wouldn’t allow their precious, family-friendly superheroes to be decapitated, disemboweled, and otherwise mutilated by a bunch of Outworld savages, nor would they let gee-shucks characters like Robin or Supergirl tear out enemies’ spines.  

Series co-creator Ed Boon has some info on the subject.  In an interview with GameTap, Boon stated the following:

 "We did acknowledge that we won't be able to do the same kinds of outrageous moves, like tearing someone's head off and the spine being attached to it…But I have every intention to keep finishers. You know, to let gamers do a really cool secret button combination and follow with a really outrageous finishing move to end the match. The names of these moves, and the level of violence we use, are to be determined. But it's certainly not a feature we plan on eliminating from the series."

Good to hear, but what does that mean?  Will we get non-violent fatalities?  Inury-alities?  Wound-alities?  I have a feeling that Mr. Boon will be doing a lot of explaining over the next few months, so we’ll keep you updated.  But please, no Animalities this time.  Seriously.


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