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Mortal Kombat: 10 Pop Culture Characters Who Have Appeared In Video Games

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02/08/2023


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Ygor de Oliveira Ferreira

Since the arrival of Mortal Kombat 9 in 2011, the franchise has started receiving some characters from pop culture in their games, making the already diverse roster even more diverse. This made the franchise even more popular and it has already paid off big surprises for your fans.

In this list you can see 10 Pop Culture Characters That Have Appeared In Mortal Kombat!

the State

the State was one of the first non-local characters to appear in Mortal Kombat, making it to launch Mortal Kombat 9 in 2011, but only for her PlayStation 3. The protagonist of the franchise God of Warfits well with the whole aesthetic violent and bloody of combat combat, making it a perfect choice.

Kratos in Mortal Kombat was not a great character since his moves are planking and can easily make you vulnerable. Still, it’s spectacular to use blades of chaos to defeat major franchise characters such as Scorpion or Sub-Zero.

Rambo

John Rambo announced for her Mortal Kombat 11 no Kombat Pack 2which also brought Mileena is the rain. The announcement of the character expressed by him Sylvester Stallone took everyone by surprise as there was a lot of talk especially about Mileena’s arrival.

But despite the fact that he got a lot of attention from the public, Rambo was not so present in Mortal Kombat 11, as the character was not very strong. A big part of the Rambo concept was about toys. traps around the stage and attack your enemy with yours I make, I do, which doesn’t have a very long range. All this made him a character. difficult to play and not as a reward.

Leather face

Em Mortal Kombat X for the first time we had a wide variety of pop culture characters in the game, with four in total, all coming from horror movies. one of them was Leather faceits star The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

In Mortal Kombat X each of the characters has three different variations which give access to unique moves. The only thing from Leatherface that was really good was the The butcherwhich brought more variety of hits with it electric sawmaking it easy to get close to your opponent.

Freddy Krueger

Freddy Krueger arrived as DLC from Mortal Kombat 9 and unlike Kratos, it came out on all platforms where the game was available. The character was very well appreciated when he arrived in the game, with his look shake down in the movies and is a fun character to use.

He is a ranged attack character average and features multiple hits to harass your enemies from a distance. At its launch it was even considered by some to be too powerful. The main drawback was the few lines presented by Kruger.

predator

In visual terms the predator is one of the best pop culture characters to come to Mortal Kombat. Like Leatherface was one of his DLCs Mortal Kombat X and brings a multitude of details, such as his paraphernalia, weapons and everything else that made the character iconic.

The problem with the character is that he didn’t stand out much in the game. Despite the existence of a wide variety different weapons and moves among its three variations, none of them were like incredible as for the other characters that came as DLC.

Finisher

Finisherlike Rambo, he brings his face Arnold Schwarzenegger, but unfortunately it was voiced by someone else. It brings an older look, similar to the more recent films in the franchise.

The character is focused short distance and brings some skills to get close to your enemies like teleportation and running. Additionally, the Terminator has some fun abilities, such as dying and coming back to life for a while only as cyborg skeletonbringing some reduced hits.

Jason Voorhees

Jason Voorheesthe iconic assassin from the franchise Friday the 13th he also made an appearance in Mortal Kombat X joining the other favorite horror movie characters. He brings his most famous look, with the hockey maskhis green uniform and of course a machete.

In-game was one of the most fun DLCs Mortal Kombat X with three good variations, but mainly what is said Unstoppable who does it unstoppable for short moments, which is a big problem for your opponents. Finally, the only downside to Jason is that it would be fun if he had some other skins that are recognizable to Friday the 13th fans.

RoboCop

RoboCop was a character that had fans a little worried about how he would perform in-game, as the cyborg always seemed slow in the movies. It was one of his DLCs Mortal Kombat 11 and ended up surprising audiences by being able to be a interesting fighter and without losing much of his idea of ​​the movies.

RoboCop he is a slow character who focuses on attacking his enemies from long range using his gun, bombs and a variety of other weapons to keep your opponent from getting close. Finally, RoboCop is voiced by Peter Weller who gave life to the cyborg in the original films.

Alien

Alien is arguably the best pop culture character to appear in Mortal Kombat to date. As well as predatorarrived in Mortal Kombat X and pleased fans of the creature and also regular players who saw a new fighter extremely strong.

The great thing about Alien is that each of the three variants offers a unique play style. Either keep the pressure on the player with you sharp bladescalled small xenomorphos to help you or keep your enemy away by spitting acid from the script.

Fish eggs

Many dreamed of his arrival Fish eggs in the franchise Injusticeas it focuses on superheroes, but the character ended up being released as its DLC Mortal Kombat 11. His arrival in the game made fans of the anti-hero very happy as he was able to show all his violence in fights and fatal.

At launch, Spawn ended up not standing out as much because he was a little more of a character difficult to learn, with combinations that require a certain skill from the player. But some time later the character became one of the most powerful in Mortal Kombat 11, having the ability to challenge huge amounts damage to your opponent.


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