Mortal Kombat 1 now has Homelander as a DLC character, and gamers are already discovering cool Easter eggs with the supervillain.
Homelander, from the phenomenally standard Prime Video present The Boys, launches in NetherRealm’s gory preventing recreation with a variety of references, however one Brutality particularly was discovered to incorporate distinctive dialogue that hat suggestions an notorious scene.
Warning! Spoilers for The Boys Season 2 comply with:
In The Boys Season 2 premiere The Large Trip, Homelander is launched to Blindspot, a candidate for changing the now-deceased Translucent’s spot in The Seven. Blindspot is blind however possesses superhuman listening to and agility. Homelander, clearly unimpressed, bashes Blindspot’s ears in, declaring him “simply one other ineffective f***ing blind man.”
All Mortal Kombat 1 characters have Brutalities — distinctive strikes that finish a match in a notably brutal style. They’re triggered by doing an additional enter command on prime of a particular combo ender or transfer that wins the ultimate spherical. Many of the characters within the recreation have six brutalities, however ever since Mortal Kombat 1 launched in September final 12 months, gamers have found secret Brutalities, too.
Homelander’s Brutality is much like the ear bash he performs on Blindspot within the present, leaving his opponent screaming in agony on the ground. However, if Homelander performs this Brutality on Kenshi, he says the road from the present: “simply one other ineffective f***ing blind man.” Kenshi, Mortal Kombat followers will know, is a blind swordsman who makes use of telekinetic skills to defeat his opponents — and ideal fodder for Homelander’s quip.
Homelander has a distinctive line when performing a brutality on Kenshi. pic.twitter.com/OQOgXxk32m
— Noah Hajnasr (@DIZZ_NH) (*1*)
It is a cool nod to The Boys, however not the whole lot about Mortal Kombat 1’s Homelander is a excellent recreation of the on-screen character. For instance, Warner Bros. has remained coy concerning the voice actor behind Mortal Kombat 1’s Homelander. Antony Starr, who performs Homelander in The Boys, doesn’t voice the character, a lot to the frustration of followers. Omni-Man voice actor J. Ok. Simmons reprised his position for Mortal Kombat 1, as did Peacemaker actor John Cena. It’s unclear why Starr didn’t do the identical right here.
The Mortal Kombat 1 Kombat Pack consists of the Jean-Claude Van Damme character pores and skin for Johnny Cage (obtainable now), and one-week early entry to 6 playable DLC characters: Omni-Man (obtainable now), Quan Chi (obtainable now), Peacemaker (obtainable now), Ermac (obtainable now), Homelander (obtainable now), and the upcoming Takeda Takahashi, in addition to 5 DLC Kameo fighters. The Boys Season 4, in the meantime, kicks off June 13.
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