Xbox 360 Exclusive Character For Mortal Kombat Hinted at

Ed Boon has given strong hints over an Xbox 360 exclusive character for Mortal Kombat.

[Ve3tro]

Kratos was a great pick for the PS3 version, I still have a hard time thinking what the Xbox 360 character could be.

Maybe it will just be some exclusive characters/skins or levels.

[Adexus]

It's Alan Wake of course, he can brutally blind people with his flashlight!

In all seriousness, the only one I can think of is Marcus Fenix really, he could have an awesome fatality with the chainsaw.

[ksense]

I highly doubt they have an exclusive character for x360. Even the box art showed the Ps3 copy mentioning kratos but nothing for xbox.

It is possible down the line as a DLC though if they really want to do it.

[Active Reload]

I saw the Sai and thought Raphael, lol.

[LOGICWINS]

LOL, when I said this in a previous article, I got mass disagrees. Boon hinted this about a month ago. Watch the MK episode of Gamespot's "On the Spot"

Anyways, this is good news, sad that bitter fanboys on the Internet's won't like this.

[darthv72]

when namco made soul calibur 2 for ps2, xbox and gamecube. The ps2 ver had Heihachi (sp??), the cube had link and the xbox had spawn.

Link is understandable for the cube as that is a nintendo only character. Heihachi for the PS2 seemed only right as it is a namco game and tekken popularity was built from the ps brand. Spawn...WTH??? Oh well, I guess it was better than a spartan (like in DOA).

As for mortal kombat, I can only think of......Spawn. He worked as an exclusive character for the original xbox in a fighting game. He could work again for the 360. Different game but the character fits better this way.

[typikal82]

I would think Marcus but wouldn't a generic Locust or even Carmine be a better fit?

Locust can have a chainsaw rifle also

Carmine always dies

Plus they're both Unreal Engine games. I dunno, PS3 version it is for me. Haven't decided on TEw/stick or regular version though.

[ef-u-2]

sorry people but this is the man for the job

[Elven6]

Brutus from Brute Force would be a good character IMO.

[AAACE5]

It will be Jago from Killer Instinct!

Edit: Damit Redpawn... you stole my answer! Lol...

[xAlmostPro]

@Active reload the sais in the pic are mileena's weapons, but lol xD

[DrRichtofen]

Maybe the dude from BulletStorm

[PS3Freak]

No matter what it is, it cannot be better than Kratos. This is an impossible feat.

[RockmanII7]

Doesn't Stryker have a gun? I don't see why Dom or Marcus couldn't be in if their guns are similar to his. They could also use a Killer Instinct character or Arbiter with the energy sword. Xbox has more characters to use than Spawn if you look into it.

[Mystogan]

@ef-u-2

Jack of Blades(fable) would be Awesome!

Garth would be cool too.

[Darth_Bane79]

THAT WAS MY JOKE!!! LOL! I said that a long time ago, when they announced Kratos. I said hat I see Alan Wake blinding Goro with his flashlight, and then runing like a little bitch.. LMAO!!

[AGamerOfConsoles]

A killer instinct character would be awesome.

[RedPawn]

Jago

[Megaton]

That would be awesome. Do it. Fulgore approves.

[radzy]

i'm pretty sure its gonna be master chief with the sword and hammer or marcus fenix with the chainsaw !!!

[Legionaire2005]

Glacius Ultra!!! Ultra!!! Ultra!!!

[specialguest]

Since there was never a Killer Instinct on an Xbox system, in my opinion, Killer Instinct is more associated with Rare during the Nintendo era. However, if they threw in a KI character, that would be cool.

[White-Sharingan]

You know what I was thinking? listen out

The most obvious choice would be from the gears of war universe, for the fact that it's the only exclusive game with enough blood and gore to fit in the MK universe, but choosing one of the cogs would not make sense because they are slow as hell, and by the looks of it, the new MK game is fast as hell (compared to past MK at least), so I was thinking, why not pick the locust that is a boss battle in Gears of War 2? I don't know the name but I believe he was the right hand man of the queen? where you and dom are in a building fighting him? he moves insanely fast and has like a javelin thing (and guns too)

EDIT: His name is Skorge

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Godmars290]

Looks like he'd made a good addition to MK, but I have to say, that boss fight you linked to was lame.

[Blad3star]

From Too Human

Spawn would be welcomed.

or Ninja Blade / Ninja Gaiden

[mantisimo]

Skittles.

[ownallconsoles]

mantisimo, i lol'd

[xAlmostPro]

Meh if 360 gets anything exclusive i reckon it will be like a level or something..

To be honest they have no characters that would fit in, yes a gears guy or locust could have cool fatalities but appearance wise they just wouldn't fit.. Kratos however just fits if god of war 3 didn't exist he could easily have been an MK character by his looks, not the same with any 360 characters, a level could still be cool though.

[shuuwai]

meh...

maybe a character from Halo series?
Gear of Wars? or Killer Instinct or blue dragon or Fable ...

my bet it's from Killer Instinct and the character looks like B.Orchid.

[Blad3star]

Have not MK vs DC but I hope this guy makes an appearance in the new MK

[Graey]

I'm going to go with Raphael from TMNT.

[TVippy]

What a joke news. He didn't even mention anything about characters. POS news on the main page.

[SpLinT]

if this game had a helghast character, i would probably buy it

[GodofwarGoty]

i rememeber reading some where that it was some bonus level or something like that

[shaun mcwayne]

it will be your xbox live avatar!

[testerg35]

LOL.. that would actually be pretty cool.

[FragMnTagM]

At least they would finally have a worth while purpose. They are not quite as bad as the Wii avatars, but I still don't like them that much.

I would love to see the fatalities that you could do on other avatars.

I would buy the game just for that reason alone, even if I wasn't already getting it.

[GodofwarGoty]

with the ammount of likes that you have got i think they should have your avatar as a playable character and online would be funny and cool at the same time and just image the fatalities

[Kon]

best idea so far

[telekineticmantis]

...

@Clizzz awesome Idea.

[Convas]

I don't get it, why is an xbox 360 character so important for this game?

And if there really is one, why not an Elite? More like the Arbiter from Halo Wars. Dude was vicious and huge?

[Blad3star]

They know that by releasing Kratos for the pS3 that version of the game will sell more.

They want money from both console ownners not just one.

[darthv72]

I mentioned it above but namco did something like this with soul calibur 2.

I ended up getting the cube version because link just felt like he fit the scope of that game. Spawn and heihachi just didnt seem right.

Spawn could work for this game though. If given the choice between the two, I would go with kratos and hope that whatever character they reveal for the 360 would be available for dlc to the ps3 ver. So long as it isnt an exclusive character (ex: spawn).

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

Yeah, its really starting to annoy the shit out of me. Listen guys there are like 30 fucking characters in street fighter and like 40 in tekken. Do any of you even know how to play with half the characters in either of those games? My god most of you have probably never even picked cody or zefina in your lives! So WHY is getting some gimmicky broken extra character important. And to top it all off his combos actually look reallly bad. My advice to you LOSERS who are dying to see stiff meathead nobody: marcus phoenix in the game JUST so you can have bragging rights: get real. It should never and probably WILL never happen. Get over it.

[SuicideShaun]

Same with kratos. It's pointless.

[BX81]

I would love to see Marcus. All they have to do is speed him up a bit. He doesn't have to move slow all the time.

[Skyreno]

ninja gaiden maybe

[protekjv]

that would me great for the xbox fans

[Skyreno]

"Ninja Gaiden" has to be it, i could see that character fits perfectly in game

[SnakeMustDie]

Ryu vs Kratos. Definitely a dream match

[humbleopinion]

Na, unfortunately it won't be Ryu from Ninja Gaiden, because he's also part of a competing franchise from Tecmo (Dead or Alive).
It also won't be Master Chief, because Microsoft wants to keep the Halo universe Canon in video games (some unrelated Spartan might be possible, just like they did with Dead or Alive).

Something from the Gears universe is most likely:
1) the Cogs just fit perfectly into Mortal Kombat gore-wise. Lancer fatalities are a no brainer.
2) MK is also running on the unreal engine so importing the character is pretty much effortless.
3) We already saw Marcus making an appearance in Lost Planet 2, so we know that Epic doesn't have any problem with whoring him out :)

[xAlmostPro]

Why would it be ninja gaiden.. when the games on PS3.. pretty sure if they were going to use a character from 360 franchises it would be an exclusive one to counter Kratos..

However it's probably an already known character from the MK universe they'll get, if its even a character..

if they even get anything

[Emilio_Estevez]

idk about this.....Didn't they specifically say there wasn't going to be?

[JohnnyMann420]

Lol. I think that we can all agree there is noone that they can choose that would be better than Kratos.

Alan Wake....lmao

[SonyPS360]

Unless it's an exclusive Mortal Kombat character. There are plenty who could be better if that's the case.

[JohnnyMann420]

Ohh yeah for sure, that I agree with.

I was thinking of MS Characters.

[xAlmostPro]

Don't say that.. if they announce Kenshi and then make him excluive to 360 i'll actually cancel my pre-order :( lol

I reckon you could be right though, maybe an old MK character rather than a 360 exclusive's character, none of them really have the 'look'

[CobraKai]

I have a feeling it's gonna be an exclusive Mortal Kombat character like Bo Rai Cho, or something. Not so much a character from another game.

[BLAKHOODe]

considering the style of which Mortal Kombat is, i don't think there is video game character greater than Kratos. but if there was going to be an Xbox exclusive character, it's gotta be COLE TRAIN!

but wasn't this game hacked with all characters, endings revealed a few weeks ago? if something was hidden - it wouldn't be now.

[Trroy]

Said character would have to be from a MS franchise (or Warner Bros, who owns Mortal Kombat), for licensing reasons.

The character would likely have to be from Halo, Fable, or Gears (or Banjo Kazooie heh). It won't be Ryu, or any other 3rd party character.

Honestly, if Banjo was in MK, I would buy it DAY 1. The laughs I would get from destroying my opponents as Banjo would be unrivaled.

[Oldman100]

Carmine brothers from gears would be perfect.

[iamgoatman]

You'd have to make them really underpowered so they die often, otherwise it just wouldn't be right.

[Relientk77]

Who is it?

Ryu from Ninja Gaiden?

[GodofwarGoty]

that would be cool but i dont think so because ninja gaiden isnt a exclusive any more not that it has to be but i am sure if there was going to be any character i am sure it would be a exclusive one like Kratos for the PS3

[DelbertGrady]

Cliffy B. You heard it here first.

[SonyPS360]

Haha, I love it.

[qadsia123]

Nobody on the xbox fits with the mk formula surely not as much as kratos fits...

[Relientk77]

That's why im assuming it's Ryu from Ninja Gaiden.

Who else could it be, who in the Xbox universe matches the brutalness of Kratos and fits with the Mortal Kombat formula?

[qadsia123]

Ryu can be found on the ps3 too so that really wouldnt be exclusive.

[Relientk77]

In my opinion Master Chief from Halo and Marcus from Gears do not fit the Mortal Kombat formula. Mortal Kombat is not about shooting people with guns its about fighting and brutally destroying your opponent. Who is someone in the xbox universe who does that, all I can think of is Ryu from Ninja Gaiden, unless they really take one of them from Gears or Halo which I don't think they should cuz theyre shooting games, which Mortal Kombat is not about.

Unless they take the main character from that ninja game the 360 exclusive, Ninja Blade, I think it was

[ceedubya9]

How in the world does Kratos fit this game any more than any other random character that they could have thrown in the game? A Gears character would fit fine. Wouldn't be any more rediculous than some of the MK characters already available that were introduced after MK2.

[Legion]

@Relientk77

Halo series might be a shooter but non-ranged weapons are in the game that can be used for fatalities. You got the Energy Sword, Hammer and then the assassin knife blade. You could easily have some of Reaches abilities in the game... shield, invisibilty, Jetpack???, speed rush, Elite Dive???, many strange combinations of moves are possible.

[etownone]

Actually the guy from Too Human fits just as well as Kratos when you think about it.

Too bad Too Human sucked donkey balls and nobody really cares about that franchise anymore.

Anyways, Marcus Fenix would fit in nice especially since they is an army guy in MK (forget his name)

[SuicideShaun]

In what way would kratos fit more? I see no difference, they are just added characters.

[palaeomerus]

Kratos looks kind of like Quan Chi used to in MK Deadly Alliance. And this version of Quan Chi predates Kratos by about three years.

http://images.wikia.com/mk/...

http://images.wikia.com/mk/...

[DigitalHorror81]

I don't know, I think Super Meat Boy would be certified badass. :o)

[Fallouts]

A fighter from killer instict! Jago, or even the conan dude forgot his name, spinal, one of the girls. I wish I knew why ms isn't doing anything with that game. Let rare do some mature shit already! Ryu wouls be great too! I don't know why ppl feel. Has to be a ms exclusive char. Just cause kratos is. I would love to fight as kratos though I love gow but I don't want to buy it for both consoles cause I also wanna play with my ,new 360 pad ( the one with the new flip d-pad.

[CobraKai]

Instead of just using a fighter, they should just make a new Killer Instinct.

[Fallouts]

i completely agree...

[DigitalHorror81]

Yeah, no kidding. Microsoft is sitting on a gold mine with their Rare ownership. What a waste.

[DigitalAnalog]

I can imagine the kill points everytime they try to hit the character with their weaopns/fatalities!

-End statement

[RedDeadLB]

One of the ninja turtles? :P

[Shield]

LOL! I was gonna say look at the sai it's TMNT Raphael! ;) Maybe the guy with the sai in his chest is Alan Wake. :P

[NoobJobz]

Twill be Cole Train.

[Romer318]

I think it's gonna be Ryu Hayabusa. Two ninja style weapons and he fits the Mortal Kombat world better then anyone else I can think.

[khan_saab]

i don't think it is going to be Ryu Hayabusa because they would have to buy the rights from team ninja and if WB were to acquire the rights then they would want to put it on the PS3 also to utilize the rights of it to the max

Also i think marcus is not going to be in it either because Epic Game owns the right to the gears series and they would need to buy the rights from them

[Romer318]

While I guess I can see where your coming from, I'm not too sure you have to necessarily buy the rights. I don't see why Team Ninja wouldn't want Ryu in the game. It's free publicity for a character who hasn't been in a game for a while. It would almost be doing them a favor by refreshing the character to a lot of fans. I don't want to see Marcus Phoenix in the game as he doesn't fit the MK universe one damn bit. Yes, he can shoot a gun and take loads of bullets. But I could NEVER EVER see him going up against Scorpion or Sub Zero and being able to hold his on. It just wouldn't make sense. They need to pick someone who has somewhat of a hardcore fighting background who is possibly a trained fighter.

[Solbadguy]

It has to be Milo. They need to use him for something.

[citan]

I bet on Pachter.

[iamgoatman]

Betting on Patcher has never gone well for anyone, especially for Patcher.

[ME1989]

Hmm, I can only think of a few.

-Arbiter
-Ryu Hayubusa
-Some Killer Instinct character (Fulgore FTW)
-Marcus Fenix

[neoandrew]

Fulgore that would be awesome.

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

He can Finish his opponents off with the power of SALES!!!11

[SwiftArsonist]

its gotta be marcus fenix

[josephayal]

FAKE

[sackgirl]

probably timed exclusive dlc as usual

[pcz]

...

[DigitalHorror81]

That....would...be AWESOME! And for added DLC, add Steve Jobs and Kaz. :o)

[Rayansaki]

I don't see an xbox character from any exclusive game fitting MK at all. I mean Kratos was THE perfect fit. It's probably just gonna be a new character as timed exclusive.

[Kanji08]

C'mon, really? How does this in ANY way hint or suggest at a 360 exclusive character? MK has 1 secret character that was revealed in the achievement list and the hacked demo code. All 29 other characters have been revealed/confirmed except that one (and again, we only know he exists because of the leaks). Said character is a pretty big deal (look it up on the MK wiki if you want to spoil it for yourself), so there's a very good chance that's what's being referred to. The second highlighted quote is Ed Boon just saying, "This game has something to offer everyone." Not, "Everyone will have platform exclusive content."

Christ. I can't remember the last time I've read such a gross misinterpretation of someone's statement in order to sensationalize it. Oh, wait. This is videogame journalism. It was probably yesterday.

[pcz]

cliff richards

[RyuCloudStrife]

didnt people hack it with the files in the demo? wasn't the roster in there? or are they gonna do a DLC for Xbox gamers?

[sirsnits]

It's made with the unreal engine, so im guessing a gears character, like "radzy" said, maybe marcus phoenix, Or possibly one of the bosses.

[xtremegamerage]

I think the character best suited would be cliffy b, because i know so many who wouild love to beat him up.

[Muffin_Top]

Boba Fett or Jango Fett because ... well, why not.

[DanteFoxx]

a "!" above their head? something hidden? why would xbox get solid snake from metal gear?

[The GOAT]

It is going to be Raiden from MGS4. Just to piss off fanboys. :P

[DanteFoxx]

sombody said alan wake as a joke earlier but i think they could work out some good stuff with him. hee'd have the stun from the flashlight. flairgun attack. maybe right himself into some cool kung-fu combos. as a fatality he could let the taken consume the opponent, as a friendship pull a johnny cage and autograph a book

master cheir/spartan/elite....basical ly be like stryker with guns and kick combos bomb attacks and that lazer sword

frank west/ chuck greene (is that his last name?) can't think of anything good they can do. maybe frank has a flash blind with the camera they both kick alot. franks fatality can have him turn into a zombie and bite them, chuck could get on his bike and burn rubber on their face...or have a zombie out break happen

any gears character would again have a boring stryker gun like attacks. maybe frag tag them and kick punch combos use the torque bow. fatalities would be the obviouse chainsaw cut or curb stomp or maybe pull out the hammer of dawn and fry their butts

Crackdown agent....another shooter but he might be cool have super speed combos maybe be like the flash where runs off screen to the other side. could have a super upper cut send enemy way up in air then jump up there and do a super air combo slamming them to the ground. fatalities could be torso rip or punch the face and it explodes or you hear the woam woam woam sound as the opponent starts to shake and then explodes as hundres of orbs excape

or the most obvious xbox exclusive character....kameo

[giovonni]

I'd go with Marcus, if anything he fits the whole Mortal Kombat theme.

[ngecenk]

that tiger from kinectimals!

[Morgue]

It's either Arron Greenburg or the Microsoft Kin phone. Although sales did a fatality on that one.

[ghostgaming]

Doesnt matter if there will be one. For dual console owners, the PS version has to be the pick. My opinion is that the controller is much better suited for this type of game.

[Morgue]

It's the RRoD and it's fatality move is the death of your 360.

[9thWonder]

after reading this it doesnt mean the 360 will get an exclusive fighter it could be an exclusive stage or something he never said or hinted they had an exclusive character for the 360 and the other characters not announced could be DLC which is what he said in a previous interview

[lochdoun]

Master Chief might not be so far fetched seeing as there was a spartan character in Dead or Alive 4.

[Ima9er4Life]

NOBODY....every fuckN game in MS 360 is a shooter. Thats all. This proves 360 is ONLY meant for fps or 3rd person or whatever. If the 360 does have a exclusive character (I really don't think so) the fatality should be the RROD

[maxmill]

nobody

[ShinraE5]

I think these would have worked well enough...

99 Nights - Klarann (Fought off evil, massive transforming weapon, great physical combinations)
Gears - Marcus or RAAM (Marcus could work, have him work like a stryker style character, chainsaw/flamethrowers could be brutal)
Too Human - Baldur (He is a god, he is from a melee heavy game, he has a variety of skills at his disposal)
Lost Odyssey - Kaim (A tragic character, who is used to pain and conflict)
Halo - Arbiter (Awesome giant creature who would wreck enemies with energy sword in hand)

Just off the top of my head, I would be fine with any of these.

[manitobawpg]

I think its going to be that skorge boss from gears 2.

From the images ive seen he looks suitable for mk.

[Graey]

I'm going to say Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 360 color...usually green. Turtle green...raphael uses sia's...

Curious to see what it is though.

[gamestorecowgirl]

Something from Halo, Gears or Alan Wake? Not being fangirlish but none of those options sound as appealing as Kratos to me. I bought Bulletstorm for my 360 and I'll buy MK and Portal 2 for the PS3.

[iNMyFiN4LH0uR]

i cant see marcus fenix, although certainly possible, i'd rather see master chief. ryu from NG is the most practical choice.

[palaeomerus]

Somehow I really love the idea of some horrific robot made out of xboxes or some other silly atrocity that is just funny to look at.

Also it might be REALLY fun to have a freaked out, wild eyed, sweaty, Steve Balmer pounding Scorpion's head against the ground like some crazed gorilla, while shouting "Developers! Developers! Developers!!"

Or maybe just have Baldur in it and every time you play with him his armor looks way different.

[palaeomerus]

Ooh! Maybe the secret 360 character should be Clippy the Windows helper paper-clip character thing that everybody hates.

http://www.awesomehq.com/wp...

[zeal0us]

Long as the character isn't Bobby Kotick, I will be happy

[TacoBurrito]

Sam Fisher

[omeboy487]

Yeah...there might be unlockable characters and other surprises but as far as an EXCLUSIVE xbox 360 character...this article kind of squashes that idea.

http://attackofthefanboy.co...

[Deios]

It would be great if they add "Jago" from KI.

[Bathyj]

Conker?

[Morbius420]

this has nothing to do with microsoft exclusives but it would be a great character and would fit into te mortal kombat world perfectly. it's from the golden voyage of sinbad and would give most mortal kombat characters a run for their money.

[Masterchef2007]

It could be Aron Greenburg with teh sales LOL

Just kidding i really think it would be Marcus Phoenix if it turns out to be true.

[Goeres]

Maybe a Forza car?

[Raven_Nomad]

Not sure why so many PS3 fanboys are upset the 360 might get some exclusive character as well.

Could be anyone really, from Gears to Halo to someone from the DOA series....

[Kos-Mos]

Maybe milo or some animal from kinectimals; animality.

[Samus HD]

He didn't specificly say for any exclusive character but if it's gonna be.. I would suggest Ryu Hayabusa,

[Kahvipannu]

I would guess the same.. Tought it could be Joanna Dark, or some character from Killer Instict, that would be pretty cool.

[ZILLA]

there is no special character coming out on xbox.the discs are already in production.plus its not the same as playing MORTAL KOMBAT without the PS3 controller(period)

[khan_saab]

a character that xbox can get for them exclusively could be the RROD!!!! lol. when he does his fatality your system shuts down

[HacSawJimThugin]

Cole from Gears...he has the best tag lines of all Gears characters and arguably the most popular. If not him then Master Chief or Bayonetta would be dope too. Her move set is amazing and the fatalities would be sic...