When Nintendo revealed that “everyone seems to be right here!” for Tremendous Smash Bros. Final, it wasn’t mendacity. Nicely, okay, not everybody is within the sport, however Sakurai and co. did a fairly good job of bringing in acquainted faces from all walks of gaming life. We have even received characters from different sequence within the style like Road Fighter, Deadly Fury and Tekken. Nevertheless, one identify is notably lacking from this lineup: Mortal Kombat.
After all, this makes numerous sense. The blood and guts of NetherRealm Studios’ tackle the style was by no means actually going to gel with Nintendo’s barely much less stabby brawl — and are available on, no person needs to see Kirby’s insides — and, based on sequence co-creator Ed Boon, Nintendo has by no means requested for permission to maneuver any of the characters over (thanks, Axios).
This, nevertheless, has not stopped Boon from imagining which MK characters would make the leap within the unlikely occasion that Nintendo did come a-knocking. Talking to Axios, Boon gave the very swift reply: “Scorpion. Not even a hesitation,” earlier than following it up with the extra considerate, “I suppose if they need two, it will be Scorpion and Sub-Zero.”
Now this can be a man who has considered the potential for a crossover, to our cash. When requested why Scorpion can be his first selection, Boon referenced the character’s immediate recognisability and the truth that “it’s cool to see a spear pull any individual,” in reference to the ninja’s iconic weapon. Yikes.
Whereas the considered seeing a crossover is actually a humorous one — simply think about Captain Olimar helplessly chucking Pikmin as a harpoon speeds in direction of him — we’d be mendacity if we stated that we wished to see it change into a actuality. Watching our beloved Nintendo characters push one another off of floating platforms is one factor, however the considered seeing Dr. Mario on the receiving finish of a grotesque fatality… no thanks.
Even with additions like Ryu and Kazuya, Smash Bros. continues to be sitting on the extra family-friendly aspect of the preventing sport scale. And for that, we are able to all be grateful.