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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:13AM (Unverified) said

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Capcom, buy this! Mortal Kombat -vs- Capcom! How would that not be an amazing game? Mortal Kombat characters in a Capcom fighting engine.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:26AM (Unverified) said

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Absolutely seconded.

SCORPION VS RYU!
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:36AM (Unverified) said

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That combination would be really odd since the styles of the games are not even similar but if Capcom retooled the MK characters to be more like SF chracters, it could be awesome but I think many MK fans would think its too big of a change.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:43AM TRTX said

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I don't know if Capcom buying up MK would be as good as we'd think. I was a pro-wrestling fan for a while, and I can tell you the moment the WWF started down the toilet was when they bought their primary competition (WCW)
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 10:07AM (Unverified) said

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I vote for both of you. The crossover would be great, but a lack of competition can make things rather lackluster (see later tony hawk games...)
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 10:58AM (Unverified) said

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While I support anyone making a MK game besides Midway at this point, Capcom would be the best. Marvel vs Capcom vs MK would redefine button mashing: I need to see that.

Either way MK like Sonic, need a new parent that wont keep trying to make them become a doctor when all they really want to do is dance.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:32AM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said

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Well, T, there are other competitors for the SF franchise, unlike WWF. Soul Calibur, Tekken, VIrtua Fighter...
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:36AM (Unverified) said

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DO EET!!!

Seriously Capcom + MK = Giant Explosion. Also as much of MK fan as I am MK series have some serious balance issues for example MK vs DC Flash / Superman infinite combos, effing lame.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 12:34PM samfish said

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MK vs Capcom would be awesome, although some MK characters wouldn't really transition very well. Sub-Zero comes to mind in particular...unless he's completely gimped like Dan is or something.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:17AM darkinchworm said

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so's your avatar
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:21AM (Unverified) said

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Sega.... you know you want it Sega...
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:18AM Ghen said

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No, we want good MK games.. not Mortal Kombat RPG
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 2:06PM (Unverified) said

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Dude, Sega already has one of the best fighting game franchises... why on earth would they want to pick up the shittiest fighting game franchise?
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 3:23PM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said

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Yeah, if Sega wanted to make crappy 90's fighting games, they release Eternal Champions. (Ducks)
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:29AM Arsenic13 said

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This is what happens when you hold of a serious Mortal Kombat for 10 years. It was promised but it was never made.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:19AM Ghen said

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*off
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:40AM Mabui said

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I wonder how much of their debt they are hoping to pay off with the sale of this, it can't be that much of a sizeable figure considering you might be better off just to buy them if they are taking this as a "Get out of debt free" card
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:49AM Lamppost said

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FATALITY.

(Someone had to say it.)
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:51AM Van Faulk said

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But if capcom got ahold of the series, they'd keep making pointless non numbered sequels and fill the roster with unoriginal pallette swaps of the two most popular characters.

Oh wait.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:34AM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said

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Now, Now, Capcom already discovered Microtransactions. No one is safe.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 10:02AM daraikenu said

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Ubisoft to MK: Get over here!!

Yes?
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 10:03AM Kamizar said

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This is a real bad move on their part, what if they do sell it and manage to stay afloat for awhile, what franchise do they put out then? They're just going to be in the same position a few years down the road.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 10:06AM Ricky Bango said

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Good plan, Midway. Once you sell off MK to stay afloat you can use your other notable franchises to get back on track. You know, like NBA Jam and Cruisin' USA.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 10:19AM tracer bullet said

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i think to Jam they would need an expensive license from NBA. So... Let`s get ready to:
- Cruisin`USA 2000
- Cruisin`Mexico - Panamericana Edition
- Cruisin`Eurozone
- Cruisin`Australia - But thru coastal cities only, otherwise would be quite boring
- Cruisin`UAE - From Abu Dhabi to Dubai, the best money can buy.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:29AM erac3rx said

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Seriously. I get the concept of trying to sell what you have that is the most valuable, but when you'll have nothing left as a result of it... how is that going to work exactly?
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 6:41PM (Unverified) said

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"To put this into perspective, this would be like a family of many children putting the only child who managed to go to college up for adoption on Craigslist. And sure, maybe he only went to community college and dropped out after two years but he nonetheless represents a source of family pride."

Jason, that's fantastic. Thanks for a good laugh on a Monday.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 10:26AM darkinchworm said

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And then your avatar changes from typical Mario to *cough* some vaguely familiar fighter character! Joke defeated. :(
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:12AM (Unverified) said

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I'd LOVE for Capcom to get it. But the sad, almost inevitable truth is that one of the three Great Satans will be it the football jock EA, fat hideous ginger Activision, or French Great Satan, Ubisoft.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:30AM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said

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The fable of the of the chicken that laid golden eggs isn't there for you to ignore i, Middy. I would just hope for one of the better companies to buy it.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:39AM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said

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(ignore IT, not "ignore i))
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 12:06PM Mr Khan said

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Is the franchise really worth anything other than name-brand nostalgia value, though? Where could any company really take the franchise, without tearing it down and rebuilding into something only vaguely recognizable?
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 12:30PM samfish said

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I hope a Japanese publisher picks MK up. I don't think there's such a thing as a good fighting game made by a western studio :/
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 2:08PM (Unverified) said

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I agree, unfortunately. The Mortal Kombat franchise is proof of this. I'm guessing Ubi or EA will pick it up however, and the mediocrity train will roll on.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 1:13PM (Unverified) said

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I feel that Atari may just pick this one up.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 2:21PM ChiTownRuler23 said

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I would like to see Activision buy this but im 70% sure EA will buy MK and we will be seeing shitty MK every year.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 2:22PM KarlW said

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This will be picked up by either:
- Microsoft
- EA
- Sony

MS and Sony will try and buy it to turn it in to an exclusive IP, EA will buy it to ruin it.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 2:31PM Roto13 said

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"I'm starving, but at least I have enough chickens to lay enough eggs to keep me alive until I can find something else. Hmm, I think I'll eat the chickens! Foresight? What's that?"
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 2:53PM ND said

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What I want to know is are they going to sell Psi-Ops and The Suffering and who's going to buy them?
I can only hope for a good company.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 5:15PM (Unverified) said

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"rape of midway games"
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 7:29PM Maxx the Slasher said

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Capcom or SNK Playmore should buy Mortal Kombat just so one of them can make a storyline for the franchise that STAYS CONSISTANT all the way through.
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 9:13PM (Unverified) said

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WOW I hope Capcom jumps on this!

Street Fighter VS Mortal Kombat would be awesome.


But I think we all know that it will be EA, Ubisoft or Activision that buys it and then make the games crappier than they already are.


I'm hoping for Capcom.

But I think SNK, Namco, or Sega would do better job than EA or Ubisoft could ever hope.


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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 9:59AM (Unverified) said

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that's what happens when you release a PG version of Mortal Kombat (vs DC). lack of sales.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 10:10AM (Unverified) said

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Yes, we all agree SF vs MK would be awesome, Like a FF and DOA crossover would be hot - but only as a fanmade video. ^_^ (as evidenced in major viral videos created)
....but seriously? Capcom would change the system that is MK and retool it's look, and thus making it not MK anymore. I love SF, but I LOVE MK for it's look, fatalities, and characters. Even the crappy MK games...

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Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 1:34PM (Unverified) said

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Whom ever picks up this title they need to take it back a few steps to when the game was fun, and bloody... Most of the people I talked to who played MK Vs DC agree that the exclusion of blood in a game that was brought up on it's blood and gore when others weren't doing any blood at all was a very bad stumble on Midway's part. I know all the reasons they didn't do it but still, they have a MUCH older fan base that they didn't even pay attention to. Unless Capcom is willing to go for a true "M" or "NC-17" rating(which is what I feel is needed to keep the old fans liking this game) the whole francise will come to a stop. The "M" rating after is what made the game so popular to begin with and put it over SF as many a peoples favorite fighting game.

On another note, personally I would see a fighting game that takes from just about every other fighting game out there, a MK vs Capcom vs SC vs... vs... vs.... I think if done correctly it would be the greatest fighting game ever.
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