Fighting Games that were obviously inspired from Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat - by MKF30

[MKF30]

Ok, before people post I just want to make it clear that what I mean by "obviously inspired" from SF and MK, I mean similar in a few ways....(not just the 2D gig in some cases)

We all know SF was the first fighting game that inspired others in general, but this is different. This thread is for the fighters that TRIED to be SF or MK more or less but implemented differently.

Example, traits that would instantly make you say oh this is similar to SF or MK but a little different but same concept lol.

Well, after thinking and doing some research of my own I've come to the following choices as obvious fighters that are somewhat similar to SF and/or MK in some ways...

Enjoy and feel free to post your views and thoughts

Street Fighter-like games/fighters:

SNK/Neo Geo games in general will be here- Obviously a clone of SF and with characters like Ryo(character who looks like Ken/Ryu and later ironically Dan being created via inspiration/biteoff of that character and another from SNK was created lol. Similar anime style etc. I thought this article was rather interesting how they played off each other...lol and dan being a jokey character.

http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/ripoffpage3.html

Fighters History-A game that was more or less an obvious biteoff of SF, similar graphics, gameplay etc, etc with even similar animations.

http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/f/the-top-7-shameless-rip-offs/a-20090826165054941039/g-200606011110396079/p-3

Fatal Fury-Being more or less the first SF inspired biteoff, similar style, graphics etc received alright but obviously no where near SF's level.
http://www.angelfire.com/retro2/sf2/sf2_000029.htm


King Of Fighters-Again, game concept nearly identical to that of SF, fighters from around the world come to fight, similar looking characters, storyline, animation, look etc, etc

Art of Fighting-Pretty much the same as KOF more or less.

Marvel vs. Capcom series-Made by Capcom yes but more or less same engine with Marvel characters, super meters etc no doubt inspired by SF before it.

Clay Fighter-This game was voted by EGM back in 93 as "best SF ripoff" for it's humorous ways lol (this will also go under MK category shortly for reasons explained)

TMNT:Tournament Fighters-A cool game for both NES and SNES, and Genesis the main one is SNES overall as the most known I'm sure but also the most fun I believe and similar to SF in some ways, with meters, similar kinds of fighting but unique as well....

Killer Instinct-This game will also go under MK's for reasons explained shortly. But for SF, it had some similarities such as Jago shooting a fireball and saying "Sha Hado ken" or something along this lol, as well as an uppercut similar to Ryu/Ken's as well....the gameplay is different then both SF and MK but other things in it make it obvious it was inspired by both games.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Instinct

Samurai Showdown-This game will also go under MK's for reasons explained shortly but with SF, similar japanese direction of SF, anime style etc

Justice League:Task Force-The wiki says it's inspired by both SF and MK, but more so SF from what I gather.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League_Task_Force_(video_game)

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Ok, that's what I have for SF inspired fighters now onto MK inspired ones

Mortal Kombat Inspired Fighters:

Killer Instinct-Ok, well for more or less the obvious reasons....another popular (at least at the time)fighter at the time to have blood, and their version of "fatalities" no doubt taken from MK called "Humiliations" with a No Mercy bar in order to perform them, they work the same way as MK's fatalities at the end of the match you have a few seconds to "finish off your foe" with a "Humiliation"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Instinct

Samurai Showdown-The direction in terms of art style and gameplay somewhat may be similar to SF, however in terms of other aspects no doubt inspired by MK with having blood, M rating and having finishing moves of their own where you can kill your foe in a brutal fashion. Also has weapons.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1080683p1.html

Eternal Champions-Although a Cartoony as ever look from Sega, the game was violent, had blood, stage traps similar to MK and fatalities of their own referred to as "Overkills" No doubt inspired by MK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Champions

Clay Fighter-Clay Fighter was inspired by not only SF but also by MK a little with the more violent factor and once again yet another game with finishing moves referred to as "Claytalities" lol

Thrill Kill-Much like MK caused a lot of riff with controversy, violence etc and even labled "The Next Mortal Kombat" at times with all the violence, fatalities, brutalness, darkness etc...Also having not only blood, dismemberment, mature themes but also a fatality system of their own called "Thrill Kills" at the end of the match. This game however was up to 4 players besides just 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrill_Kill

Primal Rage-Causing controversy of it's own....lol made by Midway(again same people who made MK, WG and Mace and originally published KI) had controversy over the rating, originally rated "T" but people who complained put it in the MK group of "M" rated games...there was a blood, no blood option, gore/no gore and yet again another game to have a fatality option where you can kill your foe at the end of the match. The one that caused controversy was the "Golden Shower Fatality" edited and replaced in the SNES version...lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_Rage#Controversy

War Gods-Also made by Midway lol and sort of a 3D test game for MK4...but that aside, War Gods was yet another game that much like MK, had blood, gore and Fatalities some of which on par with MK's and caused a riff...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_Rage#Controversy

Mace The Dark Ages-Bloody, dark and played similar to MK4 and WG's and Bio Freaks a bit, also had Finishing moves known as "Execution Moves" for N64, was going to be made for PSX but never released apparently.

Time Killers-Plays Similar to MK and once again another fighter with blood, gore and Fatalities and having some gameplay methods similar to SF II. With attack buttons reminisent to that of BloodStorm and Tekken at times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Killers

Bio-Freaks-Similar to both MK and Time Killers, it had Fatalities some of which involving removing limbs in mid battle as well as "fatalities" like MK and somewhat similar to Time Killers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_F.R.E.A.K.S.

Blood Storm-Ironically labled "The potential MK Killer" but failed badly...was yet another game trying to compete with MK especially with the violence, fatality factor but didn't....Was an arcade game that had blood, fatalities similar to MK and tried to use minor parodies at MK and also tried copying MK with it's share of "game secrets" that MK was known for. This made no difference as the game ultimately failed and a sequel was never made.

Deadliest Warrior:The Game-Based off the TV show but plays similar to MK with death moves, finishing ones and blood with weapons in a fighting game form.

Bushido Blade-Has blood, weapons and violence and death moves only thing is unlike every other fighter...this one has no health meter

Fighting Games Inspired by both SF and MK-

Although I listed them already for each group, I'd like to add

Soul Calibur 4(with it's darker tone and "Critical Finishers" as an obvious idea from MK's Fatalities and SF's super moves which Namco even admitted.

Bloody Roar-I'm sure the idea was caught from MK's animalities if you think about it but implemented differently, yet had meters like SF.

Feel free to post others you guys think are similar, inspired or flat out biteoffs of both SF and MK for whatever reasons.

Enjoy the read

 

[STORMS]

Nice post, MKF. I agree on a lot of those games but at the same time you have to wonder what all inspired MK and SF?

 

[MKF30]

Thanks man, appreciate it lol I did a lot of research on top of what I already know(which I knew most of these listed but found a few interesting ones lol)That's true and I can answer that actually lol, you see I was curious one day and found that a few things...


SF was inspired by various things in life that you can read in this article...being the first fighter of course it will be the least questioned but some are rather obvious regardless.

And as for MK, MK Boon has said time and time again was inspired by SF(as all fighters are) but yet nothing like it in outside of the 2D plane but rather inspired more directly from cheesy Kung Fu movies, some sci fi movies and ninjas in general lol to make up it's own unique storyline. What I find funny is some people think SF and MK are alike in some ways but I don't think so really outside of both games being known for playing 2D, they're as different as you can get lol One being eastern, the other western...totally different atmospheres and art directions, gameplay, storyline and characters that aren't remotely alike.

But what I do find interesting is the fact that most fighting games after both SF and MK are indeed VERY similar to them in a few ways.....more so then MK and SF are similar to each other, which I find very interesting....

It's like other fighters say, well we could make a game similar to SF or MK because this idea was big in those games for such and such reasons lol....and typically it's the more popular and typical route with the exception of 3D fighters like VF, Tekken. Look at Tekken, it got everything it has from VF which came before it....in the world of 3D fighters.

 

[Tim Static]

how much of this is your opinions and how much are facts?

 

[MKF30]

If you read the history behind the themes and things implemented in these games (not all but most) it's really self explanatory....the bios behind most if not all of the ones under MK scream MK with "finishing moves" and controversy? Cut and dry really...

As for SF, it's so obvious man...with the SNK games especially if you check out the links I posted with those you'll see what I'm talking about.

Bloody Roar though is my opinion though with the animal thing, gameplay it's nothing like MK. The rest are pretty much facts I've gotten from the history of the idea behind the games...and then some are rather obvious.

 

[AREZ God of War]

LOLOL EXACTLY TIM!!!! If MKF had REALLY done his his research he would have seen that SNK PLAYMORE was making games for NeoGeo Arcade Cabinets and consoles in 1986......a full YEAR before Street Fighter 1 even hit the Arcade.......so even though SNK supported a 4 button control and the games weren't really similar in many ways at all, except via a few button inputs, Capcom was likely the game that copied off of SNK.

2nd of all, if there IS a game that Bloody Roar plays similar to it's Street Fighter w/ it's double-QC inputs, NOT MK. 3rd, Time Killers was NOT inspired by Mortal Kombat, considering it was only released ONE MONTH later in the same year, therefore had to have already been in production before MK was released, making it an original idea. Mace: The Dark Age had THREE-BUTTON system, nothing like ANY FG at any time.

Even though Midway is allowed to copy their own style to an extent, Primal Rage was very unique and played nothing like any other fighting game as well, and Killer Instinct was by FAR the most advanced game at the time, a revolutionary stage in gaming history, while the "Danger moves" may have slightly resembled MK's Fatality system, KI's gameplay, combo-system and breakers were not to be matched by any other fighting game for aother 10 years to date and to this day, some STILL have not surpassed it, especially MK.

In regards to MK, it is probably one of the LEAST original games out there, copying and biting nearly all the names for their characters, and a whole other plethora of gimics to sell. So PLEASE, don't just voice uneducated opinions that hold little fact, do some research THEN state your "opinions" afterwards.

 

[MKF30]

That's because I do know what I'm talking about....example? hmm well this game for one of many

http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Fighter's_History_(series)

I'm not talking about companies or arcade cabs lmao why are you talking about something irrelevant? that came out first or made games before SF I'm referring to fighting games that came out afterwards that are similar to SF or MK, you do know SF 1 came out before the SNK fighting games right? Back in 87 then and every SNK "fighting game" if you did your research you'll know that they all came out AFTER Capcom's SF did....

The only SNK game that came out before that and wasn't even a fighter btw was Athena....lmao


Proof? Click here look up each and every SNK fighting game and get back to me one game was even sued due to such similarities..to SF.

The list on the right.

http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

So again, why are you bringing up arcade cabs? lol I'm talking fighting games, not company history of who's older or arcade cabs...

Actually, yeah Time Killers was inspired by MK since MK was in development first technically and came out in October 92, where TK came out November 92...that's a whole month+...and it also had the blood fatalities...in fact ANY game fighter that came out after MK that had a finishing move, blood etc is obviously inspired by MK...this is just common sense logic. And the BR comment I said was just my opinion so feel free to agree or disagree...the rest are facts however with links backing up my claims. Mace I'm talking in terms of atmosphere, gameplay elements(fatalities) similar to MK being as how it's also a Midway game...

Actually, KI you should know was only big for a little while, the gameplay is broken far more then any MK game at that time and thus why it wasn't taken as seriously....do you see any KI tourneys remotely talked about now for any KI game? Exactly....at least with MK, you have MK2, UMK3 and MKDC(here and there) and I'm sure MK9 will be up there

Lastly you're off with MK....MK if again you actually read what I posted, Ed Boon even admitted they were inspired by cheesy Kung Fu films, horror films and DO have unique characters...so you're off there, sorry....if MK was "copy of someone else already" then they would have been sued over it, clearly never happened and not the case.

The only character that was similar was the dude they got when created Raiden from and Kano was inspired from Terminator...Cage from Van Damme, outside of those MK really didn't bite off anyone to the obvious levels...if anything, more games after MK that went for that "dark tone" bit off of MK with "fatalities" of their own which again if you read my post you'd see that.

MK is very original and unique and actually has a respectable storyline and well developed characters...

Oh and if you want to go that route, then perhaps you should know that even SF "copied" as you say ideas from other things....

http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/ripoffpage1.html

So, next time please don't go judging me on information you're obviously unware of. I'm talking about other fighters inspired or similar to SF/MK so why you're coming at me with "arcade cabs" lol I'll never know...The facts I posted have the info to back it up, so again try READING more carefully before you post next time please.

 

[STORMS]

Guys, listen up...

Scheiss was nice enough to consider re-opening this thread but you two have got to accept the opinions of each other and consider all things said by one another. If you have an issue with a member, please handle it maturely by NOT throwing any insults at each other, rather PM a staff member and let us handle it in "court".

This thread may remain open as long as we can continue in a positive way. Consider others opinions and contribute nothing negative and we'll be fine.

Consider this a warning to any potential issues.

Thanks, guys.

Carry on.. Back on topic.

 

[AREZ God of War]

Sorry guys, i like MK as much as the next man, but I noticed several characters that were "bitten"

Raiden, SNK character, 1st appearance 1991: http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Raiden

Scorpion, Marvel character, 1st appearance, 1965: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion_(comics)

Sub-Zero, Hasbro/G.I Joe characters, 1st appearance, 1990 http://www.yojoe.com/filecard/90/subzero.shtml:

Smoke/Sektor/Cyrax were copied from Marvel's Predator, which was a comic book long before the 1987 film. Just look at their striking resemblances.

Liu Kang is basically another "Bruce Lee" character, resembling Fei Long, Forrest Law and Marshall Law, Kim Dragon, and Jann Lee.

Motaro is just another Centaur, a mythical creature whose origins date back to Ancient Greece, but Goro and Kintaro WERE original.



I'll add more soon, I got side-tracked and almost forgot what i was even doing...lolol

 

[STORMS]

Sorry guys, i like MK as much as the next man, but I noticed several characters that were "bitten"

Raiden, SNK character, 1st appearance 1991: http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/Raiden

Scorpion, Marvel character, 1st appearance, 1965: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion_(comics)

Sub-Zero, Hasbro/G.I Joe characters, 1st appearance, 1990 http://www.yojoe.com/filecard/90/subzero.shtml:

Smoke/Sektor/Cyrax were copied from Marvel's Predator, which was a comic book long before the 1987 film. Just look at their striking resemblances.

Liu Kang is basically another "Bruce Lee" character, resembling Fei Long, Forrest Law and Marshall Law, Kim Dragon, and Jann Lee.

Motaro is just another Centaur, a mythical creature whose origins date back to Ancient Greece, but Goro and Kintaro WERE original.



I'll add more soon, I got side-tracked and almost forgot what i was even doing...lolol

There's nothing wrong with being inspired, great example: the MK character Rain was created being inspired by Prince's "Purple Rain" hence Rain's color and so on. Sektor and Cyrax, of course were inspired by the movie character "Predator".... there's nothing wrong with being inspired and creating characters/ideas off of this inspiration.

It's stealing that is bullshit. Besides, that Raiden and Scorpion characters you mentioned are totally different.... the only real similarity is the fact that their names are the same, which means nothing.

 

[Dark_Rob]

*Thread cleaned* Lets be civil from here on out guys.
Thank you.

 

[AREZ God of War]

Yea, I'd agree w/ that STORMS, I just always looked at MK as being kind of generic in some ways... I just can't really see other fighting games copying much from them, so I wanted to put those few things out there that weren't neccessarily as original as I thought they should have been. I mean putting blood and finishing moves in a fighting game WAS indeed a great idea, but unfortunately, it's probably the only thing any other companys would really think worth while to copy or be inspired by. I just never understood why Scorpion is Scorpion....lol...he is nothing like any scorpion IRL, but I can understand Sub-Zero for obvious reasons. I suppose the harpoon is supposed to resemble a scorpion's stinger, possibly....but a very, very distant resemblance if any and not at all used in the same manner. Idk, the origins of MK and where they came up w/ their ideas have always puzzled me, and I spent many hours pondering what could have possibly led to certain ideas they pursued.

Now MARVEL Scorpion....there's a real winner and a bad-ass concept for a character....Stan Lee is a friggin GENIUS!!!!

 

[STORMS]

Yea, I'd agree w/ that STORMS, I just always looked at MK as being kind of generic in some ways... I just can't really see other fighting games copying much from them, so I wanted to put those few things out there that weren't neccessarily as original as I thought they should have been. I mean putting blood and finishing moves in a fighting game WAS indeed a great idea, but unfortunately, it's probably the only thing any other companys would really think worth while to copy or be inspired by. I just never understood why Scorpion is Scorpion....lol...he is nothing like any scorpion IRL, but I can understand Sub-Zero for obvious reasons. I suppose the harpoon is supposed to resemble a scorpion's stinger, possibly....but a very, very distant resemblance if any and not at all used in the same manner. Idk, the origins of MK and where they came up w/ their ideas have always puzzled me, and I spent many hours pondering what could have possibly led to certain ideas they pursued.

Now MARVEL Scorpion....there's a real winner and a bad-ass concept for a character....Stan Lee is a friggin GENIUS!!!!

Stop tearing MK apart, dude. MK's storyline and its characters are VERY original. Scorpion is he most iconic MK character there is and for many reasons. He's a neutral character with a neutral storyline. He has to be in every MK and for a reason. His spear is the perfect and most popular special move in any MK game. Simply put, you don't fuck with Scorp.

MK Scorpion would kill Marvel Scorpion anyday.

 

[AREZ God of War]

MK Scorpion would kill Marvel Scorpion anyday.[/QUOTE]


LMAO!!!! I hope you're not serious, Dude.....you DO know their powers in comparison, right? Aside from an Axe-Bladed tail that shoots acid, Mac Gargan now wear the Venom Symbiote instead of his original Scorpion suit....Ultimate Scorpion...and he still has the wicked tail. It's been awhile since I checked out Marvel.com, but they have profiles of each character, and Marvel Scorpion is pretty bad-ass, Bro I remember him back in the DAY in the old Spider-Man cartoons, he was beast as hell.

Here we go:http://marvel.com/universe/Venom_(Mac_Gargan)

He was MORE than a match for Spider-Man before he even got th Venom Symbiote, but now he's badder than most of the villains, plus he's completely insane and has no conscience.

Powers: http://marvel.com/universe/Venom_(Mac_Gargan)

Weapons: http://marvel.com/universe/Venom_(Mac_Gargan)

for some reason, there's no info on the tail shooting acid, but it does mention frequent upgrades: http://marvel.com/universe/Venom_(Mac_Gargan)

 

[MKF30]

Ok, first I want to say thanks for re-opening the thread. I have no intentions of flaming or starting with anyone. It's good to see different views but I also now must address this thread as I see some things off....as an MK nut myself I know like the back of my hand what characters were inspired by who and who weren't...now you will read the true inspirations of characters...I assure you I made sure before I posted so everything you see from me(now is based on actual fact)

Marvel Scorpion would soo get killed by MK Scorpion via his powers lol it's not even funny, but personally I think Reptile vs. Scorpion(Marvel) would be more interesting given as how he's a reptile himself. But honestly, MOST characters from most series are inspired by someone...if you want to say that then I can easily say well Scorpion(marvel and lizard from marvel) are biteoffs of DCU since DC came out long before Marvel and a lot of characters are inspired from DCU when Marvel came up with theirs...

Scorpion from MK's powers-fire summons, teleportation, superior fighting skills to Marvel Scorpion(as it's even stated he can't even handle Spider-Man or most others in H2H kombat)

Scorpion is also immortal, he's already dead meaning you can't kill him...lol the best thing Marvel Scorp would do is maybe rid him off temporarily only for Hanzo to come back saying "hello, get over here"!! Fatality!

Also, here's a photos of both characters and you guys tell me if they look identical(I see nothing remotely lol) of Scorpion from MK and Scorpion from Marvel:

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Absolutely NO resemblence what so ever...

And not for nothing but if you're going to use "more powerful versions of Scorpion from Marvel in Mac with symbiote" then I will use Scorpion from MKD in which he was powered by the Elder Gods to kill Onaga which he would have, the same Onaga who gave Quan, Shang and Raiden a hard time together....so that Scorpion would kill Marvel Scorpion with ease if you want to go that route...

The only reason Scorpion DIDN'T KILL Onaga was because Shujinko beat him to it first....but Shujinko even admitted that only Scorpion outside of himself could defeat the Dragon King out of everyone else in MK....


Motaro being a Centaur isn't biting off anything, there's been several series dating back to 50's movies and various sci fi movies as well as games, horror having them....his storyline as MK's is original and was centered off his race of Centuers in MK3 working for Shao Kahn, it's unique and different from anyone else if you think about it since Motaro is the leader of his people and a General for Kahn. I'd also like to say MK in general has always been far different then any other fighter which have that PG13 element in comparison to MK's darker tone, storyline, characters etc

Liu Kang being inspired by Bruce Lee is true but for one that's a nod of respect, secondly EVERY fighter has a "Bruce lee" type character...

MK-Liu Kang
SF-Fei Long(who came out after Liu Kang did btw)
Tekken-Law(also came out after Liu Kang
DOA-The dude with the nunchuks(forget his name)
etc, etc


So every fighter has a Bruce Lee inspired character...if anything Fei Long looks DEAD on like Bruce so out of all of them he's by far the more obvious biteoff Bruce from the hairstyle to the pants to the sounds he makes the most out of every guy in that group.


The robots as far as their "heads" at the time of MK3 were inspired by Predator, but also are cyborgs(Predators are organic) now nobody can really say that as the cyberninjas look nothing alike and nothing like the Predators...hell lol to this day some people even think the cyber ninjas look more like bikers with wires then anything else lol but even so, the stories of both are entirely different.

Sub-Zero didn't come from GI Joe or anywhere else, he's unique, original and concept never done before....that link also doesn't work...What other series has "an Ice Ninja"? lol

Raiden actually was inspired by The lightning guy from Big Trouble in Little China as well as the Japanese myth of "Raiden=Thunder God", not SNK....or anywhere else. There are two other video game characters one in SNK, one in Metal Gear Solid series and neither have anything to do nor look like MK Raiden...

http://www.giantbomb.com/raiden/94-125/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raijin

 

[Tim Static]

this argument is so fucking retarded.

 

[AREZ God of War]

Dude, it says right in the profile that "Scorpion was always MORE than a match for Spider-Man" <-----this was referring to his Scorpion costume alone, but now since he has the Venom Symbiote, he is 4x stronger. Regular Scorpion(Marvel) could lift in excess of 15 TONS, but now w/ the Venom suit he can lift in excess of 60 TONS. When was the last time MK-Scorpion did such a feat? MK-Scorpion has trouble fighting the likes of JOHHNY CAGE lol, ...why would he even be remotely close to challenge for Ultimate Scorpion? Aside from being undead, MK-Scorpion doesn't have any special fighting skills other than Ninjitsu....he's just a ninja, nothing else, man. I know you like MK, but let's be "realistic".....if Marvel Scorpion can suvive having an entire building fall on him and TANK SHELLS in his old suit, I'm sure his new more powerful suit maks him MUCH more formidable and able to withstand even more punishment.....MK-Scorpion's punches and kicks would feel like a mosquito bite to him...lololol

Also, will you please explain to me which characters that even closely resemble Lizard or Scorpion from DC Universe that could have been copied, because I sure don't recall any of them. I would also like to point out that scorpions are not reptiles at all as you stated, and not even closely related. They are Arachnids, an arthropod w/ 8 legs, and 4 pincers and an exoskeleton. The vital organs and bodily fluids are contained and protected by this exoskeloton, which replaces the traditional bone skeleton found in Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish. The "stinger" on the end of it's "tail" has a venomous sting which is used to subdue prey or self-defense. Reptiles have a normal skeleton, scales, visual eyes and most have a rather accute sense of smell for finding prey. Not quite sure what made you think a scorpion was a reptile, but an honest mistake I suppose.

 

[MKF30]

I just want to let you know that's not true...he can't match Spiderman in H2H combat and isn't even anywhere near Spider-man's top villian...

The lifting tons etc are impressive but that doesn't necessarily mean he would kill MK Scorpion....MK Scorpion has magical abilities that can match Marvel Scorpion such as teleportation and burning people from no where...and like I stated earlier, MKD Scorpion was uber powered...he could easily just go thru Marvel Scorpion if he can take out Onaga with Kamidogu(who would murder Marvel Scorpion if Raiden couldn't beat him I mean come on...)yet Scorpion in MKD and Shujinko were the only two who could actually kill Onaga with Kamidogu....so that tells you something.

I'm also on comicvine man, one of the biggest comic sites out there lol and also know this from that site. But the main reason I'm going with Scorpion from MK vs. Marvel Scorpion are the reasons I listed...one he's already dead lol, he keeps coming back and his supernatural abilities surpass that of Marvel Scorpion, he's stronger then a human being, can scale walls, has a stinger normally(without any enhancements via symbiotes etc) Most people will tell you Scorpion from Marvel isn't anywhere near Spidey's best villian compared to the others.

Now, Scorpion from MK(also has as you know most MK guys have superhuman strength, take Subby for example ripping out spines with his hands?)

Has powers to teleport between realms, teleport instantly locally in a fight, can shoot, summon fire and fireballs, has a spear that's very sharp easily on par with Marvel's Scorpion stinger, two swords, better H2H fighter then Mac is definitely not on par with Scorpion being one of MK's best Martial Artists Hand to Hand...

I'm saying Scorpion from Marvel is more "reptilian" like the way he moves, fights etc...I never said that a Scorpion is a Reptile however lol(let me just establish that) I know Arachnids are different from reptiles....but was just pointing out that Reptile from MK would match up more interesting then Scorpion from MK vs. Scorpion from Marvel...

You said Scorpion from MK was copied from Marvel, I provided proof above that says otherwise ^ their bios, backgrounds and looks especially are as different as night and day...fat and skinny lol. Republican and Democrat....so not sure why you honestly brought that up. Outside of the name(which is trivial) there's nothing alike remotely about them...and there's tons of characters all over from cartoons to movies to video games that share the same first name, so not really a big deal but honestly this is grasping at straws if you think they're alike...that's all I'm saying.

Scorpion from MK may not have the "power" outside of his MKD version to maybe harm Marvel Scorpion that much but you see he will make up for it with his undead abilities...he can teleport so you can make the case that Mac will never even touch Hanzo and I seriously doubt Mac can survive being burned to death if Scorpion decides to do that....he may be durable against Scorpion's kicks, punches and weapons but you have to realize Hanzo has other abilities at his disposal, the main one being the fact that he's already dead and is an immortal, ninja spectre....even if he's dealt with Scorpion will just come back and deal with him..

Besides, on a side note(although I know it's not canon but still backed up by DC) Scorpion was able to go toe to toe with Superman in MKDC since Magic hurts him, Superman most people would agree would kill Marvel Scorpion like nothing....yet he was having trouble with Scorpion's magic....where he kicked Superman across the street.....so just saying I wouldn't underestimate Hanzo lol...

If it was Hanzo before he died and became Scorpion, sure I'll go Marvel Scorpion easily....but not Scorpion coming back from Netherealm lol