Jaffe Konfirms Kratos In Mortal Kombat (2011)

Patrick McCarron

Patrick McCarron

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Back during E3 an idea was spread all over the internet that PS3 fans really wanted to play as <b>Kratos</b> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_War_(video_game)">God of War</a> in a <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9/">Mortal Kombat</a>. The campaign to get the idea traction was all thanks to the group <a href="http://www.hiphopgamershow.com/">Hip Hop Gamer Show</a> who even asked <b>Ed Boon</b> himself the question during a panel Q+A session at <b>PAX 2010</b> after they heard that <b>God of War</b> lead designer <b>David Jaffe</b> would be in favor of the idea.

Fast forward to last night when the website <a href="http://stickskills.com">StickSkills</a> posted a story <a href="http://stickskills.com/news/1360/kratos-to-star-in-upcoming-mortal-kombat/">announcing that Kratos would be unveiled</a> in Mortal Kombat (2011) in a future issue of a PlayStation magazine. We were immediately skeptical due to the lack of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_PlayStation_Magazine">which Official PlayStation Magazine</a> it would be in. The story itself felt weak and without real backing of proof, but many sites followed suit with posting it soon after.

Here is a bit of <a href="http://stickskills.com/news/1360/kratos-to-star-in-upcoming-mortal-kombat/">their story</a>:

Thanks to the January issue of the Official Playstation Magazine, we've learned just who that character is. When Mortal Kombat drops next year in March, Playstation 3 owners will be able to use an exclusive character none other than Kratos himself from the God of War series. Not only will Kratos be featured in the game, he'll have his own fatalities, combat moves, and his very own God of War themed combat arena.

While Kratos will be featured in the game, he won't be a playable character in the story mode. We're rather happy to see Kratos make his entry into the Mortal Kombat series, as he's known as one of the more iconic members of the Playstation 3 family and he loves violence.
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Since we were skeptical so we ignored it. The story felt fishy, especially since a magazine due to be on newsstands in a few weeks would likely already be in subscriber hands. Not only that, but we felt that the announcement, if it was true, was a bit pre-mature since the final official roster of the game hasn't even been unveiled yet.

This morning we were proven wrong. We woke up to find that <b>God of War</b> lead designer <b>David Jaffe</b> <a href="http://twitter.com/davidscottjaffe">confirmed the story over Twitter</a> late last night in a series of "tweets" to his followers. You can read a few of the things he said below:

.@WhoIsDo LOVE that Kratos is in the new MK. So bummed he's not in the story portion. Heard about it from Ed at E3 this year and had to keep super mum on it but man, ****ing LOVE it. He totally fits in that world.I shit you not- on some level I feel like all the characters I work on are alive and that I have a relationship with them and I can tell you, if I know Kratos- and I do!- he's ****ing LOVING his time in the MK Universe. I bet he makes a shit ton of friends there. He should pull Zeus in and ****ing leave his ass there!
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@masterkjn I have not seen any footage of Kratos in MK. Eager to tho.
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@Evilmajikman Nightwolf or Kano seems like good conceptual fits for Kratos' MK tag team partner.
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A few of his later comments were even more obscene, but you can read everything <a href="http://twitter.com/davidscottjaffe">on his Twitter page</a>.

This is all that we know at this time, but I expect we'll know more if and when the magazine with the details surface in the coming weeks. We personally feel that bonus characters like <b>Kratos</b> that don't have anything to do with the main storyline should be left as a hidden character to avoid distracting from the game itself at launch. Maybe even a later released DLC feature. So we'll have to see what <b>WB Games</b> and <b>NetherRealm Studios</b> decides to do with the character once they officially announce it.

<b>Update 9:20am</b>: Thanks to <a href="http://www.trmk.org/forums/forum.php">TRMK Community</a> member <a href="http://www.trmk.org/forums/member.php/4985-MortalKombatME">MEMortalKombat</a> for pointing us to a link to a <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/video/mortal-kombat-spike-tv/708194">GameTrailers teaser video</a> about a new character will be revealed for <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9/">Mortal Kombat (2011)</a> at this Saturday's <b>Spike Video Game Awards (VGAs)</b>. The way it's worded feels like it's going to be a MK outsider like <b>Kratos</b> that will be announced.

Also take this opportunity to be sure to write in "Mortal Kombat" for the VGA's <b>Most Anticipated Game of 2010</b> <a href="http://www.spike.com/event/vga/page/vote/category/40613/most-anticipated">here</a>. Remember to <a href="http://www.spike.com/event/vga/page/vote/category/40613/most-anticipated">vote</a> as often as possible, we're hearing Mortal Kombat may have a chance!
 
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Wow, that's... I don't know what. I feel like this sort of undermines the perceived goal of this game, but what do I know? I hope the 360 version doesn't end up with something similar.

This game would've done just fine on its own merits, it really doesn't need crossover appeal to seal the deal. Having Kratos as DLC only would seem a bit more reasonable, though.
 
It's very possible that Xbox will have their own exclusive as well.

I personally would rather this is a pre-order exclusive DLC that is later paid-only for those who didn't pre-order. As that would help drive some pre-orders and then not be a full part of the game.
 
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What the heck..

As much as I love Kratos, I.. I'm literally speechless. Honestly what the?

For the Xbox, expect Master Chief.

Jaffe's words are so direct though. It doesn't really make sense for him to reveal this sort of information.
 
Jinko said:
For the Xbox, expect Master Chief.
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I think Marcus Fenix would be a better fit. Also Epic makes the engine that MK9 runs on (Unreal Engine 3).

Jinko said:
Jaffe's words are so direct though. It doesn't really make sense for him to reveal this sort of information.
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I think he was tricked into thinking it was announced, so he spilled the beans further.
 
Well well there you go. Well I can't say I'm against it as long as he stays the -beep- away from the story portion. He is certainly a nice character, no doubt about that.
 
The new trailer really does hint Kratos. :| I can sense fans getting angry about a waste of character announcement.
 
Patrick McCarron said:
I personally would rather this is a pre-order exclusive DLC that is later paid-only for those who didn't pre-order. As that would help drive some pre-orders and then not be a full part of the game.
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My thoughts exactly, Pat.
If Kratos is on the main roster, I'll mark April 19th as the day that Mortal Kombat went doen the drain :( :( :(

DeathcoreRyknow said:
This game would've done just fine on its own merits, it really doesn't need crossover appeal to seal the deal. Having Kratos as DLC only would seem a bit more reasonable, though.
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Couldn't have said it better.
 
Hmm I have to respectfully disagree with many of you. I think Kratos being added is pretty cool for more than one reason. One of them specifically is that we don't have to pay extra for him. Another is that MK will get more media around it and more buzz and then bump up sales from the "die hard" God of War fans and maybe turn them into MK fans and share the love of the franchise.

The way I see it Kratos is like.... showing his gratitude for his existence do to MK's violent mark on the history of video games. I mean if it wasn't for MK, would God of War exist? I don't think so.
Dlc is really being manipulated by so many publishers right now. To see Kratos actually being added to the game rather than just DLC you have to dish out more money means a lot more.

As for the exclusive for the xbox, hmm, well, RARE does work for MS now and with RARE I believe the rights of Killer Instinct. The smart move would be Fulgore and to use it to promote a new Killer Instinct game. Then again it is MS and I'm pretty sure they'll go the way of what you said Pat, which once you think of it, having a guy running after you with a chainsaw gun every 5 seconds and forcing you on your knees and kicking you in the head doesn't really seem like in depth Kombat if ya ask me.
 
I love Kratos and I think will enjoy playing him but I hope he is a at launch download. I want 26 MORTAL KOMBAT characters. I will pre-order to get him but hell I will pre-order anyway. I hope they don't get rid of two characters from MK-UMK 3 just to put in Kratos and Quan Chi.
 
Hellrazerhd said:
To see Kratos actually being added to the game rather than just DLC you have to dish out more money means a lot more.
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Not really.

If they go the route that Pat is talking about (Pre-Order DLC), it doesn't cost you anything EXTRA and you have the OPTION of NOT having him, if you don't want to.
 
Araknyd03 said:
Not really.

If they go the route that Pat is talking about (Pre-Order DLC), it doesn't cost you anything EXTRA and you have the OPTION of NOT having him, if you don't want to.
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Idk, the people who don't pre-order won't have that option hehe. Pre-order dlc kinda strips something out of the game in order to promote it when it launches. To me it feels like a loose tooth.
 
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Idk, the people who don't pre-order won't have that option hehe. Pre-order dlc kinda strips something out of the game in order to promote it when it launches. To me it feels like a loose tooth.
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A Kratos DLC, in general sounds good to me.
It doesn't have to be Pre-Order DLC.

As long as it's DLC, I don't have a problem with it.

I WOULD have a problem with it, if a character from the MK 1 thru UMK 3 era got ditched, in order to put him on the MAIN roster.
 
Araknyd03 said:
A Kratos DLC, in general sounds good to me.
It doesn't have to be Pre-Order DLC.

As long as it's DLC, I don't have a problem with it.

I WOULD have a problem with it, if a character from the MK 1 thru UMK 3 era got ditched, in order to put him on the MAIN roster.
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Oh I doubt they would ditch another character to put in Kratos. They probably got ahead of schedule and were able to put him in. If they didn't have any time or memory I doubt they would have put him in.
 
I don't know... Honestly I'm not so sure Jaffe can be believed. He vehemently denied Eat, Sleep, Play was working on Twisted Metal in order to surprise everyone at E3 (which worked and I thought it was a fantastic surprise!). I think there may be a chance he's throwing out this false rumor in order to get an even bigger surprise and it will indeed be a MK character revealed this Saturday.

He is fairly tight with Ed Boon and maybe Ed asked this favor of him to totally throw off the fanbase for this Saturday. Especially when it seems Jaffe is just repeating what OPM reported as a rumor. He's basically just reiterating the information from the magazine, that Kratos is in the game but not playable in the Story Mode.

I could be wrong and Kratos really could be in the game (wouldn't surprise me) but I think we can at least entertain the notion that Jaffe and Boon are cooking up some evil trick in order to surprise the fanbase. Especially after that leak yesterday. Boon and Co. may want to really play a dirty trick on us.

Just my two cents :)
 
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