Ed Boon says Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter ran into a road block

Posted Apr 19, 2008 at 6:48AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Interviews, Magazines Tags: Capcom, Ed Boon
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Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon - Image 1Road blocks. We run into them from time to time in this game called life. When that happens, we often just change course. Such was the case with Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon. He had originally wanted to make a Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter game, but he ran into...you guessed it: road blocks.

Boon said that he had tried contacting Capcom about working on a crossover game involving the two fighting franchises. Even then, the distance problem (Capcom is in Japan) made for a bit of a  communication gap. Ultimately, thing's didn't quite pan out.

Despite the disappointing turn of events, Boon is still very much excited about the Midway crossover game that will be pushing through: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. As he put it:

I've always wanted to cross MK over since about MK4, or something like that. I'm a big fan of all of the other fighting games, Street Fighter, Tekken, what not. I always thought, wouldn't it be cool to have MK vs. SF and MK vs. Tekken and what not. We pursued some of those ideas to the extent that we could but we always ran into some kind of road block and couldn't do it.



 
 
 

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by rollypoly - 2008-04-19 01:33
» howbout

try some of the fighting games that don't enjoy current life.



mk vs toshinden



mk vs brutal



mk vs clayfighter



to name a few...

by lavino - 2008-04-19 02:24
» ^ I like your idea better ;)

mk vs killer instinct

mk vs primal rage would be just a blast. I would like to see how Goro vs Sauron be like while kept in real scale (yeah, that dot.. you see that dot on the screen? That is Goro... look closer)

by CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2008-04-19 03:05
» Great Ideas, Guys!

Funny to see though if MK vs Brutal or Clay Fighter. : )

by Koru-Kun - 2008-04-19 03:54
» The best combo

Mortal Combat vs. Shaq Fu

by Sr_Moska - 2008-04-19 04:39
» no way

those games suck, that's why they don't exist anymore



clayfighter 63 1/3 was already a moral kombat parody (a very crappy one)

by makaveli7_03 - 2008-04-19 04:45
» LMFAO!!

i dont care what anybody says, Shaq Fu>>>>



The Mummy>>>>

by Darkshneider - 2008-04-19 04:59
» Nah...

MK Vs Criticom



...



Never heard of it? You should be grateful. Worst $4 spent ever! It wasnt even worth the plastic it was put into...



How bout MK Vs Virtua Fighter, MK Vs ANY SNK Game or even Battle Colisseum, MK Vs Time Killers... theres a TON of fighting games.

by rollypoly - 2008-04-19 05:06
» i actually had that

i deleted shaq fu from my list as i was joking, i hated it. ah the days when basketball stars had their own games...



clay fighter was good for a break from the serious tone of other fighters at the time. however i agree, the last one wasn't as good as the first 2.



i had forgotten about primal rage, that would be an awesome combo.



killer instinct would be good aswell, it was the only real competition for MK in the ultra violent category.



i would sooner spend $60 on a game that had characters from most of the games of the golden age of fighting games, than GTA9/4 or whatever they are calling it....

by Musev - 2008-04-19 08:59
» ...

"killer instinct would be good aswell, it was the only real competition for MK in the ultra violent category."





which wiped the floor with MK, MK is ***** and always was the only thing that made it interesting was blood and death moves



streetfighter is another story and the only game better than gta!

by Gino D. - 2008-04-20 06:58
» ROFL

MK vs clayfighter FTW! hahaha! ^_^



I could sooo picture it. Baraka pwns Helga the viking opera singer! Or... would it be the other way around? LOL



Dude, Clayfighter... major flashback right here. I could remember bustin' my thumbs playing that game (as I did with Killer Instinct - hehehe, Cinder was my fave). Absolute BLISS!

by Graph - 2008-04-20 07:07
» topic

yeah killer instinct was the ***** i used to prefer the 64 version fo its vivid colors , loved them double ultras and fatalities i would love to see a remake of it somewhere just hopefully not on the wii

by David T. - 2008-04-22 01:46
» re:

Hrm. Mortal Kombat vs. Melty Blood?

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