NetherRealm to Aim Injustice for Evolution Tournaments

[STORMS]

In a very interesting Kotaku.com preview of Injustice|Gods Among Us there were some similar aspects mentioned about the fighting and how what stage you're in, matters. Though, this isn't what caught my eye in this article... it was when editor Stephen Totilo quoted Ed Boon saying that a "big part of their strategy" was to incorporate features to Injustice that would be fit for EVO tournaments. Ed also adds the fact that they have tournament players on their team to assist in this process. Seeing as Evo 2011 made NRS' game even bigger it is very nice to see a quote like this from the team. Check out the full preview, here!

And there's also this from Boon regarding the game's depth: "There are guys on our team who are tournament players and there are certainly layered features for those EVO guys and all that stuff in there. That's a big part of our strategy." Boon and his Netherrealm studio's Mortal Kombat games have never been the fixture of fighting tournaments like EVO the way Street Fighter has, but it sounds like he wants to edge into that scene more, with the most recent MK and with this one.

Credit: TRMK Twitter

 

[gdf]

Damn, I'm not gonna lie. NRS and WB make the most beast team I've ever seen. Supporting MLG and the original grassroots tourneys.

 

[DragonPick]

Well tourney players helped out on MK9, so let's hope things go smoothly this time around. To see such a game at EVO would be killer, though

 

[STB Sgt Reed]

I can only hope... I want to be able to really get into a game like this like I did with MK9.

 

[Mikemetroid]

I need to be convinced that this whole arena damage thing will be fair...

 

[Rathalos]

Well tourney players helped out on MK9, so let's hope things go smoothly this time around. To see such a game at EVO would be killer, though

A little difference is last time they pulled in players much later in development, well this time they have them from the start, well not START START, but much earlier.

 

[DownfouralitY]

I can only hope... I want to be able to really get into a game like this like I did with MK9.

This this this.

Seeing this game at major tournaments taking over MK9 would be cool but I would miss MK9. I'm still gonna pre-order and everything just probably won't play it as much as I did with MK9.

 

[WakeUp DP]

Nerf Flash, he seems really cheap.

 

[Espio]

I believe in them, let's see how this pans out.

 

[1man3letters]

really want to find out is it a block button or hold back for block,
i really hope they kept the block button

 

[Albo]

Love it. This is what i want to hear from Boon and the team even if Boon's oblivious to what a meter system is.

 

[STB Sgt Reed]

really want to find out is it a block button or hold back for block,
i really hope they kept the block button

Oh man, I didn't even think of that...

no block button = no purchase. lol

 

[Fatality_check]

That quote alone gives me hope as I was beginning to think that the arena stuff could be gimmicky like in MKDC. At the minute it's looking quite bland, but it's early days. I hope this is good and keeps their momentum riding from MK9.

 

[Wildoom]

I hope it has no block button and its not rated M just to piss people off

 

[Scorpian_88]

I trust them. MK9 did well to make it to 2 Evo's and I'm sure Injustice will follow in it's footsteps with the help of the tournament players working with them.

 

[PANDEMlC]

This gives me hope. Regardless how casual friendly some of the features are out of the box if we can have an option to make it more competitive when we want I don't see how this can't please everyone.

 

[STB Sgt Reed]

I hope it has no block button and its not rated M just to piss people off

You can forget about the M rating. lol

http://kotaku.com/5915087/batman-cant-be-decapitated-in-injustice-because-there-are-limits

 

[Derptile]

You can forget about the M rating. lol

http://kotaku.com/5915087/batman-cant-be-decapitated-in-injustice-because-there-are-limits

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.

 

[Noserfatu]

Tourney players?

Osu 16 Bit?

ahem

 

[Cibernetico]

Love it. This is what i want to hear from Boon and the team even if Boon's oblivious to what a meter system is.

Besides this a million times, let's hope that this time around NRS actually bothers listening to the concerns of the players they've brought in to make sure the game is solid. You guys should hear some of the crap the players who tested MK9 went through.

 

[STORMS]

Why do people care if it's not 'M' rated? This is a DC fighter... remember MKvDC would've been much better if it was 2D... Injustice will be 2D.

 

[Espio]

Whether it's mature or teen rated will not determine its worth as a fighter, Soul Calibur and Tekken are really good and they are not mature rated.

If the game is fun and the engine is solid with good content and replay value it should be fine.

Since they want this game fit for EVO I'm hoping for great things.

 

[Zoidberg747]

Whether it's mature or teen rated will not determine its worth as a fighter, Soul Calibur and Tekken are really good and they are not mature rated.

If the game is fun and the engine is solid with good content and replay value it should be fine.

Since they want this game fit for EVO I'm hoping for great things.

No competitive fighting game other than MK9 is rated M, lol

 

[TotteryManx]

I'll rent this game from the red box or something first to see how I like it...I did the same with MK9.

 

[WakeUp DP]

Besides this a million times, let's hope that this time around NRS actually bothers listening to the concerns of the players they've brought in to make sure the game is solid. You guys should hear some of the crap the players who tested MK9 went through.

what?