When I heard that Mortal Kombatants were going to be pitched against the DC Universe I about had a cardiac. Even more shocking than the official news was the amount of internet backlash towards the idea of Mortal Kombat vs. DC. I kept reading, “It doesn’t make sense”, “Midway’s out of ideas”, “Superman would beat everyone”. So much fanboy hate with 100% unsubstantiated claims and opinions.

Since fighting games became a viable genre there’s always been Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2. Midway and Capcom ushered in a new era of video gaming and allowed the likes of Virtua Fighter, Tekken and Soul Calibur to become a worldwide phenomenon. Capcom integrated many other properties for their Vs. titles that all started with X-Men vs. Street Fighter, which pitted characters from the Marvel Comics universe with Capcom’s. If you look at it analogously, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe makes not just good sense, but perfect sense, since it faces rival fighting game property against rival comic book property. Midway’s not out of ideas, they’re just fulfilling a fighting game imperative over ten years in the making.

How could Superman be defeated in a fighting game? A quick Superman 101 class would educate that Superman’s powers are solar based drawn from our yellow sun and his weakness, as everyone knows, is kryptonite rock emitting a radioactive energy from his home world: Very scientific powers and weaknesses. DC Comics continue to publish stories where Supes is vulnerable to a significant number of magic-based attacks, attacks where science claims no dominion and thus render Superman attackable and yes, able to be beaten. Outworld is a completely mystical war realm engulfed in dark magic, so it’s not a stretch to believe its inhabitants and their powers couldn’t stand toe to toe with DC’s finest.

Admittedly I know more about Mortal Kombat and DC comic book lore than any one person probably should, but facts are facts. Haters can keep hatin’ but unbiased, objective true fighter fans will be on PS3 and 360 this Fall experiencing the most righteous thing to happen to Mortal Kombat to date.