@Lackshmana: Probly should've put that second part about the Flash in a separate post, not meant as a response to RPGr.

Lackshmana

@RPGr: I think you mean Captain Atom, not the Atom.

Also, Green Lantern Hal Jordan is already a military man, in fact more so than John Stewart who was only recently ret-conned into being a Marine so as to match his cartoon counterpart.

Hey! No reason flash can't do a fatality, afterall the Flash did kill his nemesis Reverse Flash by breaking his neck. No qualms about icing bitches for the Scarlet Speedster.

Lackshmana

@Antiterra: It's a secret

AngryTankManMax

Military Superhero?

....Captain AMERICA.

Amazon lady?

....Wonder Woman.

Mesren_Makai

Can anybody explain to me how any of the Mk fighters could keep up with the Flash? Or defeat Superman or Green Lantern?

why not just go all out and turn Doomsday into a huge pussy and make him a boss too?

MK, what has happened to you my friend? I paid for lots of Midway's employee's kids to go to college with all the quarters I pumped into MK2 arcade units.

Of course, not as many quarters as I pumped into the 2 screen, 6 player X-Men cabinet. That is still my favorite arcade machine of all time.

BoringJob

if this can be executed like Marvel vs Capcom 2, then i'm all for it.. judging from the latest DC games and Mortal Kombats however... i'm very turned off.

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JDWRudy25

@Michael McWhertor: Of course! Duh, silly me...
But, err, if you take away his speed, isn't The Flash just a dude in an embarrassing costume? I'm curious to see how they will balance all the DC characters' powers and abilities. It could be very interesting... or very terrible.

Antiterra

YES! FLASH ROCKS!!!

Green-clad Gamer Dude

*sigh* Whatever, I'll just stick with my MK MUGEN gaming.

[mkmugen.myfreeforum.org]

Zaxxon Q Blaque

@Antiterra: MAGIC!!

Michael McWhertor

And how are they going to justify The Flash not being able to dodge every single attack and destroy his opponents before they've even entered their fighting stance?

Antiterra

Flash looks incredibly wimpy in that shot

LittleBigPlaneteer

Some fatalities are better than no fatalities. But... the Flash? MK already has a superfast runner... Kabal.

ShaggE

Boo on the doing away with gory fatalities! I would've loved to gouge the Flash's eyes out with his own steel-hat lightning things.

FoxyGaz

@Michael McWhertor: "The PG-13-ing of Mortal Kombat somehow manages to break a little bit of my heart. Which will go on, by the way."

I believe it.

Does Not Equal

My guess

Prototypical Super Hero ---> Green Lantern

Mystical Super Hero -----> Zatanna

Amazon Queen -----> Wonder Woman

Sexy Villainness ---> Poison Ivy (Catwoman is more an anti-hero than villainess)

Crazy Villain ----> Joker obviously

Military Superhero -----> Hmm the Atom is the only one that really fits although John Stewart Green Lantern could also go here

RPGr

Flash looks like hes about to enter a world of pain.

Fermbiz

Just one more Hero who will have to have their powers dulled for the sake of balance against the Mortal Kombat-ians.

CheckersMcGavern

so the crazy villain (joker) and amazon queen (wonder woman) seem obvious... anybody kind of enough to let me know what they mean by "Prototypical Super Hero, Mystical Super Hero, Sexy Villainness, and Military Superhero" im guessing "sexy villainness" means catwoman tho

Silenced

None of this matters much anymore. I gave up on MK after they went 3D. Something was seriously lost when they stepped away from sprites.

Annex1

Maybe waited too long to mention that?!

I would have loved to know about the fatalities to be in there still. I guess it's possible those were only put back in after they angered the internet.

Godzilla-Sushi

this is gonna be silly

really

i have no hopes pinning on this

Mr.Sad

any chance of masked vigilante being nightwing? (too many batman maybe?)

Silenced

@Mesren_Makai:
Even if you don't see your post immediately after submitting, it probably still went through. Just relax and refresh a few times.

BPMλ

sorry to double post...but new archetypes!

archvillian - darkseid
epic villian - ??? I dunno..Lex Luthor?
Masked Vigilante - Huntress? The Spirit? :x
ninja villian - stumped me. unless it's that dude from the old batman cartoon where bruce trained in japan. but that's crazy obscure.

Pikadrew

So in real life Flash would destroy any MK character and pretty much anyone in the DC world. You can not see or touch something faster than light. And when something hits you thats going faster than light will simply kill you.

Yes, I know I just said "in real life" referencing The Flash, I'm okay with that, I have grown to accept it.

Strider-No.9

My heart breaks more for the Mortal Kombatizing of DC. Ugh, I wish DC would license it's characters out to better games. Well, at least they didn't change the C to a K like they do with all the other C's in the Mortal Kombat universe. Mortal Kombat vs DK. Now there ya go, banana themed and barrel rolling fatalities for all!

fearing

I'd say Green Lantern, Captain Marvel, wonder woman, catwoman (yeah..not really a villain, but c'mon..you know she's gonna be there), joker, and for military..yeah..who other than captain atom? I dunno..Are there any military style heroes who play that thing up in DC? I can't recall any..Doesn't really matter. Captain Atom would fit into the universe I think.

Captain Marvel might be a poor choice though, as he seems really similar to supes in fighting styles. So maybe Dr. Fate stands a better chance of being our magic hero.

Pikadrew

@HowardC: I would much rather have Zatana instead of Dr. Fate and its not just because of her outfit.

taftsearlobe33

If you all really feel like speculating...

Prototypical Super Hero, Speedster, Mystical Super Hero, Amazon Queen, Sexy Villainness, Archvillain, Epic Villain, Crazy Villain, Masked Vigilante, Military Superhero, Ninja Villain

Michael McWhertor

What's up with Kotaku? I keep...double posting...

Mesren_Makai

@taftsearlobe33: Heheh, my only defense is I've been playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance for the past couple of days. Anyways, my bets are Green Lantern, Joker (I hope!), Wonder Woman, annnnd..... Martian Manhunter? I know that's not everyone, but hey.

Mesren_Makai

@taftsearlobe33: Heheh, my only defense is I've been playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance for the past couple of days.

Anyways, my bets are Green Lantern, Joker (I hope!), Wonder Woman, annnnd..... Martian Manhunter? I know that's not everyone, but hey.

Mesren_Makai

Sorry, but Scorpion v. The Flash? Man, for Scorpion to even touch Flash one of two things has happened
1) they totally nerfed Flash
2) Flash is just messing with Scorpion.

chenry

@Mesren_Makai: this from the guy with a batman avatar

Sounds cool I will love to see how this turns out

taftsearlobe33

Prototypical Super Hero ---> Captain Marvel
Mystical Super Hero -----> Dr. Fate
Amazon Queen -----> Wonder Woman
Sexy Villainness ---> Galatea?
Crazy Villain ----> Joker
Military Superhero -----> "The General" (Wade Eiling... aka lame hulk rip-off)

HowardC

Sorry if double post....

Wait, I just remembered Cpt America is Marvel. Dunno why I forgot.

Mesren_Makai

Wait wait wait....I just realized.

Captain America is marvel.

How could I forget?

Mesren_Makai

Come on. This looks fantastic. Scorpian releases his powerful arse-grab move. To rival snake's crotch grab.

Polite Society

I'm still doing doubletakes everytime I see this game mentioned. Man DC, settle much?

Mikaze

I'm not gonna lie...I'm gonna be a tad bit upset if "AquaMan" doesn't make it into the game.

JoshuaB81285

If'n I had to guess, I'd say:
Prototypical Super Hero: If it isn't the already announced Superman, it's Capitan Marvel
Speedster: If it's not Flash, it's probably...Kid Flash? Jay Garrick?
Mystical Super Hero: Zatanna
Amazon Queen: Wonder Woman, obviously.
Sexy Villainness: Probably Catwoman
Archvillain: Lex Luthor
Epic Villain: Darkseid
Crazy Villain: The Joker
Masked Vigilante: if it isn't already Batman, I'll guess Nightwing.
Military Superhero: Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
Ninja Villain: GOTTA be Deathstroke...although I guess it could be Lady Shiva or Bronze Tiger.

Mr. Fap☆Fap!

The Flash is my favorite super hero ever. so, I'm going to have to rent this now.

AFreak3000

Superman, Flash, Mystical Super Hero?, Wonder Woman, Circe, Luthor, Darkseid, Joker, Batman, Military Superhero?, Ninja Villain?

wild homes

@Pikadrew: Some of those most likely refer to already revealed characters like Superman and Batman. Some may even refer to those on the MK side. My guesses.

Superman, Flash, Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Black Adam, Darkseid, Joker, Batman, Fighting American, Deathstroke

Oh yeah, I'm sure that's WAY off, but we'll see.

Michael McWhertor

I call shenanigans on the weird gold trim effects on Flash's upper arms and gloves.

StocDred

Still looks dumb to me. No thanks.

Thorax

After looking up 'prototypical' to make sure it fit... why not Bizarro?

Devo-Chu

PG fecking 13! Why?! Just go all out and try to get banned!
That's the way to sell!

damienchowder

Hey, I don't think anyone's mentioned him in conjuction with this game, and I find that a little hard to believe, but isn't Lobo made to be in a Mortal Kombat vs. DC game?

All_Thumbs

Forgive me for sounding like the Simpsons comic book guy but..

How in the BLOODY HELL did Scorpion grab Flashes arm?

It seems to me the DC guys are getting shafted in this game.

Vanguarde

@Vanguarde: I was actually thinking the same. He IS a ninja, but that IS the Flash...Hrmm =/

Nisori

@Terance!: No one cared because it was Marvel. Plus the game was awesome and without the interwebs most people had no clu until XM vs SF came out, but mostly cuz it was Marvel.

xAngelGabrielx

@Mr. Fap☆Fap!: I have to agree with your list and hope deathstroke kicks ass. Though I love DC and will get this game I can't imagine having any of the metahumans fighting humans without my inner comic nerd yelling that its wrong and ruining any chance of enjoying those fights.

xAngelGabrielx

@Mesren_Makai: EPIC FAIL

-emory-

Why does everyone try and makethis seem crazy and weird, but in MVC no one cared?

OMG HOW DOES DAN HOPE TO BEAT A SENTINEL

HOW DOES SPIDEY NOT DODGE WITH HIS SPIDEY-SENSE EVERYTHING

OH MY GOD, CABLE JUST EXPLODED YOUR MIND BECAUSE HE'S XMAN.

(Sorry if this posts twice, I think my internet hiccuped).

Terance!

lol there 2 ways of including the flash into this game (neither of which will satisfy very many)

they can

1) make flash have the powers hes supposed to have and be incredibly broken by being fast and doing infinites from any attack cuz hes the friggin flash (ala wut happened to magneto in mvc2 except magneto is not supposed to be as godly as he is in the game wit HIS FRIGGIN BARE HANDS, NOT CONTROLLING ANY METAL)

2) tone him down and not satisfy fans

maraxusofk

@-emory-: How very epic...

Mesren_Makai

@xAngelGabrielx:

Marvel >>>>>>>>> DC and
Capcom >>>>>>>>> MK

But, it's seriously the same thing.

Terance!

I hope the "Military Superhero" is Sgt. Rock. Bring back the real oldies!

awolgamer

The Flash would have been awesome in a original MK game.
He should be able to swipe his hand through someone to grab their heart out. It would be terribly unfair, but awesome nevertheless

Sousanator

Lobo better be in this game. He's perfect, seriously.

Seroth

The chance of Captain Marvel showing up is very, very low. Hell just have have him show up in one episode of JLU was basically some kind of legal IP rights hat trick. It appears that so many people have their fingers in the Capt. Marvel pie that to get them all to agree on something is next to impossible. Which is really a shame as Capt. Marvel is one of the few DC characters I actually like.

Impurethinker

@Terance!:

Oh they were there. And not just on the Marvel side of things.

Yes, there were people dumbfounded by Cyclops and Captain America being able to keep up with Ryu and Ken.

Mikaze

I dunno...it looks like Scorpian is offering a handshake to me...

"F R I E N D S H I P"

NeVeRMoRe666

very stupid game

username484767

The Flash? Couldn't he speed up so fast that he'll rip the opponent's spine off BEFORE the match starts?
Besides, anybody that can move much faster than the naked eye can see, should be disqualified from fighting games.

Angryrider

I think we're missing the most important question: why is Flash's face green?

silasthemariner

"along with an impressively chesty Sonya Blade. "

I was told there would be chesties. Where are the chesties?

theespacepope

I cannot wait to see the Joker's moves.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

@NuclearSun:

Yes because fighting games have to make a lot of sense.

NoahSteam

This game just keeps getting dumber and dumber. Flash can't be touched by anyone in the MK line-up. And Batman would NEVER lose the second round. It would have been a little better if MK creators just made a DC fighting game.

NuclearSun

Wow, people get angry over stupid things. I think the average Halo player is probably nicer than a lot of the people here.

I hate to break it to the people here, but any game that has multiple comic characters is going to nerf at least one character. It's called game balance people. Get over it. This is Marvel vs. DC, not Superman vs P2 Superman.

Some skepticism is definitely warranted, but why rule a game out over tidbits of info and a screenshot? I'd bet money that there'll be a demo, and it'll cost you nothing but time to DL it.

Tiber

Honestly, does anyone think this game is going to be anything BUT an absolute failure?

banana_ridah

@silasthemariner: Because your monitor isn't calibrated very well?

Sabash

I think this game is going to rock! I loved MK: Deception and I like the direction that Midway is headed with this game.

To all the people who say fighting games are only good in 2D, what the hell is wrong with you? Go back to 1993, you stupid-ass!

Arkos

I think scorpion is going to snap is arm..

deathtastic

@Arkos:
I like 3D fighters, but 2D fighters are more fun IMO. Marvel vs Capcom 2 is my favourite fighting game ever, and DOA2 is second.

Superstar90

That is stupid. The only people who can fight DC superheroes are Marvel superheroes! We really need a Marvel vs DC fighting game...

Superstar90

how the hell did Scorpion counter the fastest guy alive?

outforprophets

Doesn't matter who they add to the game, this is still the worst fighting crossover idea-- well, maybe save for Marvel Nemesis with EA.... ~~{shivers}~~

neoyaku

@Michael McWhertor:

Well with that list the Prototypical Super Hero is Superman, the masked vigilante is Batman.

Sexy Villianess is Catwoman - Not always a bad girl, but more often than not, and given Boon's understanding of the source material it makes sense.

Military Super Hero: Captain Atom. Green Lantern is a stretch, and there is no way they could possibly do his powers justice, even in magical bullshit land.

The only difficult one is Mystical Super Hero, which could be several. I doubt it's Zatana as he used the feminine form of villainess and I'd assume he'd do the same for heroine. Dr. Fate is a good guess, or perhaps The Spectre?

Mike Fahey

@Silenced:

MY guess would be

Proto: Superman...possibly an earlier version?

Sexy Villianess: Catwoman

Military: Capt Atom, or GL Stewart, but man if we could get Silver-Age Hawkman.

Mystical: Dr. Fate or Capt Marvel probably. Most others are WAY too obscure. I saw Spectre, but he goes completely off the chart in power even in this game.

houser

They should have done something like Marvel Zombies so they could have kept the M rating. Say like a crazy virus is making everyone blood thirsty and fight to the death. I never said it was perfect, but we get the ripping and gore we always wanted.

equalsP

Captain Atom must be the military hero. He's pure energy, so he can do energy blasts and all. Makes sense.

MrPink93485

that picture just looked so wrong...

YinYangDX