If it’s notDiabloorFallout“fans” bitching to anyone who’ll listen, it’s comic book geeks whimpering and whining thatMortal Kombat Vs. DC Universeisn’t realistic. Yes, we’re now nitpicking about realism in a world where characters can fly or areliving skeleton ninjas. Luckily, the man currently penning the collaborationhad something to sayabout it.
“Why is that guy fighting that guy?” asked game writer and comic author Jimmy Palmiotti, before answering himself: “Well, ha! Why? Because it’s fun, that’s why.”
That’s as good a reason as any, I think, and the only one you should really need when you’re dealing with videogames. Scorpion can tell Superman to “get over here” simply because it’sfun, if purist fans can remember whatthatis. That said, Palmiotti admits that it wasn’t just the fans who bellyached over the concept.
“TheMortal Kombatpeople and the DC people were like ‘No, no! you may’t do that! Those guys don’t meet, they’re in different dimensions!’ Blah blah blah!” the writer explained. “We came in to fix that.”
The fix, of course, is whatever convoluted reason Palmiotti and co. comes up with to explain exactly how and why the Outworld gang hooks up with the DC folks. As for what that reasonis, however, we’ll just have to wait. It’s a secret until further notice. I doubt it can be anymore contrived and bullsh*tty than most of the absurd retcons and deus ex machina that comic book writers churn out on a yearly basis.
