Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has revealed his wishlist for future visitor characters in the combating recreation collection.
In a brand new interview with Collider whereas selling the Mortal Kombat 2 film, Boon confirmed one other Mortal Kombat recreation is being deliberate at NetherRealm, however failed to share particulars. Nonetheless, when requested which visitor characters he needed to see in the longer term, he talked about Street Fighter, which, if it have been to truly occur, would lastly present combating recreation followers with the crossover they have been ready 30 years for.
“I’d love to see a Street Fighter character in Mortal Kombat. I’m an enormous fan of Street Fighter,” Boon stated. “We’ve had Joker as a very darkish character, however DC and Marvel, it could be quite a lot of enjoyable to see these characters as effectively.”
Mortal Kombat is legendary for its visitor characters, which generally skew on the extra violent aspect of leisure. Followers have already seen the likes of The Terminator, Ghostface, and Rambo visitor star in Mortal Kombat. Maybe, if Marvel have been to give the inexperienced mild, Deadpool and Wolverine can be match.
However is it seemingly that any of this is able to truly occur? A Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter recreation has been talked about for years, however there is not any indication Capcom would ever go for it. Street Fighter is nowhere close to as gory as Mortal Kombat, which, if it have been to have the likes of Ryu and Chun-Li included, would have to see them ripped to shreds.
Boon additionally touched on the rivalry between Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter, which started in the playgrounds of the early ’90s and was not too long ago thrust again into the headlines when new motion pictures primarily based on each franchises started their advertising and marketing push. Andrew Shultz, who performs Dan Hibiki in the upcoming Street Fighter movie, delivered a recent jab on the 2025 Sport Awards, the place the comic claimed that the Mortal Kombat crew “solely care about cash,” whereas excusing their absence from attending the award present to promote their movie.
Talking to Collider, Boon known as the rivalry “enjoyable,” and insisted there are “no laborious emotions.” “On the finish of the day, I feel we’ll see, when each movies have been launched, how they each did and stuff. However truthfully, I would love to see them each do effectively, simply because there’s an viewers for extra, which might be nice,” he stated.
And with reference to Marvel, NetherRealm is owned by Warner Bros. Video games, which owns DC (NetherRealm’s subsequent recreation is rumored to be DC combating recreation Injustice 3). It appears extra seemingly {that a} DC visitor star will pop into Mortal Kombat, somewhat than a rival character owned by Marvel. After all, NetherRealm launched Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe in 2008, so it is aware of what it means to have Sub-Zero combat Batman.
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