Exclusive MK vs DC Universe Prima Guide Interview

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<div style="float:right;width:95px"><img src="http://www.primagames.com/images/prima_logo.gif" /></div>With the upcoming release of <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_vs_dc_universe/">Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe</a>, the leading publisher of gaming strategy guides <b>Prima Games</b> is knee deep in putting together their <b>"Official Game Guide"</b> for the game. Each <b>Mortal Kombat</b> game usually has it's own changes which can change how a strategy guide is put together, so it's interesting to see what the publishers put together to offer the customers a great benefit from purchasing their guides.

So to get more insight into this process, <a href="http://www.primagames.com">Prima Games</a> allowed <b>TRMK</b> contributor <b>The Aces</b> to <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_vs_dc_universe/prima_guide_author_interview">conduct an exclusive interview</a> with freelance writer <b>Jason Wilson</b> who is the content author for the upcoming <a href="http://www.primagames.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780761561552">Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Prima Official Game Guide</a>.

Here is a quick excerpt from <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_vs_dc_universe/prima_guide_author_interview">the interview</a>:
<b>TRMK: Another of the gripes with the previous guides were that the story mode sections were rather incomplete. Do you intend to go very indepth in this guide on the story mode? For instance, will we see a list of cameos, who you run into/fight, what happens, etc? </b><br />
JW: I think the different between this game and Armageddon is that MKA was a beast of a game, and I am pretty sure the authors did not have much time to delve into that as opposed to what they had access to. Story Mode is not the in-depth part of the strategy, as it is pretty self explanatory, and unlike Armageddon, which had modes similar to Deception, and tons of characters, the meat of this game is really the balanced Vs. Mode gameplay.
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Check out more exclusive coverage of <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_vs_dc_universe/">Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe</a>, including an <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_vs_dc_universe/midway_gamers_day_2008/">in-depth interview with Ed Boon</a> along with trailers available in <b>720p HD</b> in our <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_vs_dc_universe/">Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe GameRealm</a>.
 
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Re: Exclusive Interview with MK vs DC Universe Prima Guide Author

I got a 404 for the interview. Armageddon wasn't really a beast of a game was it? The only 'beasty' thing was the amount of characters.
 
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Jinko said:
I got a 404 for the interview. Armageddon wasn't really a beast of a game was it? The only 'beasty' thing was the amount of characters.
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With respect to having to write a strategy guide, MKA was a beast of a game because of the roster.
 
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I read through the interview. The Aces did a great job with the questions, but the guide sounds like every other guide and seems to be pretty boring. It sounds as if all the information that you would receive from the guide will be accessible for free online soon enough.

So if you want a ton of pictures and basically a really long instructional booklet, go buy the guide.
 
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Cool, can't wait to the guide to come out. Damn...the one missed question was release date of the guide...sometimes they come out prior to the game or post game release or at the same time.
 
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Usually it's a week prior, but since the game's release date is not 100% firm it's unclear. Guide appears to be Nov 11th and the game appears to be Nov 25/30th according to Amazon.
 
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Patrick McCarron said:
Usually it's a week prior, but since the game's release date is not 100% firm it's unclear. Guide appears to be Nov 11th and the game appears to be Nov 25/30th according to Amazon.
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I think that's the European release date, Pat.
 
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As much as I love the guides, mainly for the artwork, etc, they have gone the way of the arcades....(hint, hint)
 
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I used to buy all the MK guides. This was mostly for the artwork and tips that you just couldn't find anywhere else. But nowadays we have forums and GameFAQs.com not to mention games generally don't have super-hidden secrets anymore.

Nowadays guides don't have any artwork you wouldn't find in the game itself, it never reveals anything but basic strategies and combo info, and it doesn't provide any insight story-wise like the MKM guide did.
 
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Yeah, I buy them for some hints and fatalities mainly as well as for Kollecting them : )
 
Having written the MKA guide and co-authored the MKD guide I can say that having multiple people working *should* automatically make the guide solid.

I don't know the new author or his background in fighting games, but hopefully he'll be able to really take the game apart and offer some in-depth strategies and combos. I found inifinites and things of that nature by myself, without too much effort so I can only imagine what he'll be able to do with all those people helping him.

My only fear would be his background in fighting games (which unfortunately wasn't revealed when asked of his background). There aren't many people who can break down a fighting game in the time frame required outside of the proven competitive fighting game players.

I'd also like to know if there will be frame data in the guide. I always tried for it, but it's a very difficult thing to acquire with the time frame you're working with. ^_^
 
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