About a week ago, we received the news that Mortal Kombat vs. DC was in fact going to have Fatalities. While this remains the case, in an interview with Gametrailers.com, Ed Boon stated that he may at some point be interested in publishing another M-rated Mortal Kombat game in the future.

“…I also wouldn’t rule out doing another M-rated Mortal Kombat game.”

That pretty much guarantees that this next installment of the MK universe will be rated teen. Some of you might be asking “How can the game include fatalities if it’s rated T?” The answer is simple– they will likely tame them.

Boon said that Scorpion will still have his fire breath fatality, which is something that the SNES version had as well back in the day. If anyone remembers the first Mortal Kombat on SNES, Nintendo refused to allow any kind of bloody violent acts to be depicted on their system. So how did Midway get around this? They tamed them. Scorpion’s original finisher was kept, but the company changed many of the others resulting in fatalities that proved to be a bit boring for most gamers and fans of the arcade version.

Luckily at that time, the Genesis version (which had a code that unlocked the blood and arcade fatalities) was available for gamers seeking an experience more true to the arcade counterpart. Sadly, this time around, it appears that we’ll be forced to buy the non-gruesome version with no alternative in sight.

If I had to point the finger of blame in any direction, I would decisively point it towards DC (not Ed Boon) as they likely didn’t want to risk bloodying the tights of their superheroes.

Tags: Midway, MK vs DCU, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, teen rating

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2 Comments » scorpion 1029 on December 26, 2008 7:00 pm i think the game is great! but you have to have gore. scorpion 1029 on December 26, 2008 7:01 pm ed boon if you are going to make a new mortal kombat make it bloody and include marvel RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.