Okay, not a very cerebral one this week. I mentioned yesterday that I recently visited Midway Newcastle to take a look at the surprisingly good driving shooter, Wheelman. While I was there we talked a little about forthcoming cross-over beat-'em-up, Mortal Kombat vs DC, which was surely inspired by Marvel vs Capcom. It's in development right now at Midway Chicago, and I was trying to find out if the game would include MK's infamous fatalities. Imagine, for example, ripping Robin's head off. Believe me, when I saw Chris O' Donnell in Batman Forever the thought was never far from my mind.
Anyway, I stupidly signed an NDA so can't tell you what they said, but it did start me thinking about further fighting game/comic book crossovers. Which would be you like to see and why?
Here are mine...
Watchmen vs Fatal Fury Terry Bogard vs Rorschach! Mai Shiranui vs Sally Jupiter! Does this cheapen and demean Alan Moore's singular apocalyptic vision? You bet! Fight!
Marvel 1602 vs Soul Calibur Neil Gaiman's Elizabethan re-imagining of the Marvel universe meets Namco's feisty pirate clan. "Doctor Stephen Strange, allow me to introduce Voldo... Fight!"
Death Note vs Rival Schools Vaguely related inter-school punch-up. I'm sort of running out of ideas already. Fight!
