Roy Arkon
I will leave my seal on you!
I know that you guys are gonna be mad at the very idea of this for various reasons, but please hear me out.
When NRS/WB put guest characters in their games, they select these chars under a certain theme. In both MK9 and MKX, all of them were horror movie chars (Freddy Kruger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, Predator and Alien), while in IJ1 and IJ2 it was at first guest chars from MK (Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Raiden) but then they added a secondary theme of comic book chars from other universes (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hellboy). With the chances that Spawn, a comic book character, will make it to MK11, it only makes sense that the second char that will fit the theme of a comic book char will also join the MK11 roster. But then of course comes another category that this char needs to fit, and that is of the gore and violence, so it can match the gory nature of MK, which is why NRS/WB choose those horror movie chars as their guest chars. And guess what? NRS/WB don't need to search that much, because they got one char that can fit perfectly for the job, and WB already have the rights for that char because it is a DC Universe char. That character is Batman's most recognizable villain, the Joker.
Now you will surely say that "Joker can't fit in because all of the DC chars aren't gory enough to fit that role of a guest character in MK11". I got news for you, Joker CAN FIT IN, because he has done some of the sickest, most twisted things in the DC Universe that can make the whole DC Universe to be truly dark and, yes, gory and full of shock value that can fit in the Mortal Kombat Universe.
I wanna show you this pic that I'm sure all of the DC fans will recognize. This comes from the Death of the Family saga, when Joker had literally CUT HIS OWN FACE OFF AND THEN PUT IT BACK ON AS IF IT WAS A MASK, where you can clearly see the flies buzzing about his rotting flesh underneath. And then at one point he even put it upside down, so you can see his flies from all angles.
I mean, if Joker can do something like this to himself, imagine what he could do with a Fatality, a Brutality or an X-Ray in an MK game. You can't see this comic and not think for even a second that Joker would indeed fit in the MK Universe. Also a fun fact, in IJ2, one of Joker's first round winning quotes is a clear easter egg to that quote at the bottom of this page: "I will turn that frown upside down".
Here is another point, in MK Vs. DC, where some of the Fatalities were toned down (and yes, only some, because some others were gory enough or at least could've fit in a more gory MK game), Joker has a Gun Fatality where he shoots his opponent off screen, but he also has an uncensored version of this Fatality.
And then, in MK9, Shang Tsung had a Fatality that was a clear reference to that Fatality.
That means that Joker, in a way, already was a guest character in an MK game.
So I think Joker should be a guest character in MK11, and just like how NRS did with Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Raiden for IJ1 and IJ2, they should make Joker to play the same as he does in IJ1 and IJ2 but with some minor tweaks of course to fit the MK playstyle. Even if Spawn won't make the cut, I think Joker will be just perfect for the job. As not only he is well-known and popular enough, but he can be violent and gory in his own, "funny" way.
When NRS/WB put guest characters in their games, they select these chars under a certain theme. In both MK9 and MKX, all of them were horror movie chars (Freddy Kruger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, Predator and Alien), while in IJ1 and IJ2 it was at first guest chars from MK (Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Raiden) but then they added a secondary theme of comic book chars from other universes (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hellboy). With the chances that Spawn, a comic book character, will make it to MK11, it only makes sense that the second char that will fit the theme of a comic book char will also join the MK11 roster. But then of course comes another category that this char needs to fit, and that is of the gore and violence, so it can match the gory nature of MK, which is why NRS/WB choose those horror movie chars as their guest chars. And guess what? NRS/WB don't need to search that much, because they got one char that can fit perfectly for the job, and WB already have the rights for that char because it is a DC Universe char. That character is Batman's most recognizable villain, the Joker.
Now you will surely say that "Joker can't fit in because all of the DC chars aren't gory enough to fit that role of a guest character in MK11". I got news for you, Joker CAN FIT IN, because he has done some of the sickest, most twisted things in the DC Universe that can make the whole DC Universe to be truly dark and, yes, gory and full of shock value that can fit in the Mortal Kombat Universe.
I wanna show you this pic that I'm sure all of the DC fans will recognize. This comes from the Death of the Family saga, when Joker had literally CUT HIS OWN FACE OFF AND THEN PUT IT BACK ON AS IF IT WAS A MASK, where you can clearly see the flies buzzing about his rotting flesh underneath. And then at one point he even put it upside down, so you can see his flies from all angles.
I mean, if Joker can do something like this to himself, imagine what he could do with a Fatality, a Brutality or an X-Ray in an MK game. You can't see this comic and not think for even a second that Joker would indeed fit in the MK Universe. Also a fun fact, in IJ2, one of Joker's first round winning quotes is a clear easter egg to that quote at the bottom of this page: "I will turn that frown upside down".
Here is another point, in MK Vs. DC, where some of the Fatalities were toned down (and yes, only some, because some others were gory enough or at least could've fit in a more gory MK game), Joker has a Gun Fatality where he shoots his opponent off screen, but he also has an uncensored version of this Fatality.
And then, in MK9, Shang Tsung had a Fatality that was a clear reference to that Fatality.
That means that Joker, in a way, already was a guest character in an MK game.
So I think Joker should be a guest character in MK11, and just like how NRS did with Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Raiden for IJ1 and IJ2, they should make Joker to play the same as he does in IJ1 and IJ2 but with some minor tweaks of course to fit the MK playstyle. Even if Spawn won't make the cut, I think Joker will be just perfect for the job. As not only he is well-known and popular enough, but he can be violent and gory in his own, "funny" way.
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