jkipp82
07-24-2011, 05:16 PM
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Mortal Kombat (http://www.joystiq.com/game/Mortal-Kombat-2011)'s newest kombatant certainly came as a surprise to the seasoned MK vets here at Joystiq; we were expecting Tanya (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Tanya), or maybe even Meat (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Meat), but Krueger (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/21/freddy-krueger-haunting-mortal-kombat-august-9/)?
Dude wasn't even on our radar, let alone our fantasy character selection screens. As out-of-left-field as his inclusion seems to us, series co-founder Ed Boon (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/Ed-Boon) says that slasher villains have always been on the table as potential new characters.
"Over the years, we've certainly had a number of conversations about guest characters," said Boon during an interview with PlayStation Blog (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/07/22/ed-boon-talks-freddy-krueger-in-mortal-kombat-secret-origins-of-dlc-characters/). "A number of names were run by us: Jason, Michael Meyers [sic] and all those guys. Freddy Kreuger, we felt, was the most instantly recognizable and he fits in with Mortal Kombat with his claws." We think they made the right choice; why would anyone put the guy from So I Married An Axe Murderer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108174/) in a Mortal Kombat game?
Mortal Kombat (http://www.joystiq.com/game/Mortal-Kombat-2011)'s newest kombatant certainly came as a surprise to the seasoned MK vets here at Joystiq; we were expecting Tanya (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Tanya), or maybe even Meat (http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Meat), but Krueger (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/21/freddy-krueger-haunting-mortal-kombat-august-9/)?
Dude wasn't even on our radar, let alone our fantasy character selection screens. As out-of-left-field as his inclusion seems to us, series co-founder Ed Boon (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/Ed-Boon) says that slasher villains have always been on the table as potential new characters.
"Over the years, we've certainly had a number of conversations about guest characters," said Boon during an interview with PlayStation Blog (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/07/22/ed-boon-talks-freddy-krueger-in-mortal-kombat-secret-origins-of-dlc-characters/). "A number of names were run by us: Jason, Michael Meyers [sic] and all those guys. Freddy Kreuger, we felt, was the most instantly recognizable and he fits in with Mortal Kombat with his claws." We think they made the right choice; why would anyone put the guy from So I Married An Axe Murderer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108174/) in a Mortal Kombat game?