'Mortal Kombat' and 'Street Fighter' Crossover News: NetherRealm's Ed Boon Calls it His 'Cool Dream'
NetherRealm Studios creative director Ed Boon recently revealed that, for him, a "Mortal Kombat" and "Street Fighter" video game crossover is a "cool dream."
In his recent appearance at IGN's long-form interview show called IGN Unfiltered, Boon revealed, "There's part of me that's like, 'That would be such a cool dream,' and then there's another part of me that goes, 'There's no way would that satisfy everybody.'"
While he seemed happy about the idea, he shared, however, that he has reservations about it. He admits that he doubts the success probability of combining "Mortal Kombat" and "Street Fighter" is high.
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Boon states that even if the possibility of a character from "Mortal Kombat" ripping Ryu's head off sounds interesting, the two fighting games have essential differences that might make it hard to seam them into a crossover game.
In his own words, the "Mortal Kombat" co-creator explained, "There's different pacing, there's different fundamentals with both of them." The creative director also elaborated that in crossovers, making compromises are inevitable. He added, "One of the licenses... is going to have to sacrifice something." And he is just not sure if his studio or Capcom will find "that sweet spot."
However, despite his reservations, Boon shared that he is open to the idea of a crossover for the two fighting games.
When asked what would happen if one day Capcom calls him to offer the project, Boon said he will absolutely entertain it. He added that people at NetherRealm Studios would "probably do a whole ton of research with Street Fighter players."
Boon is the creative director for the "Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe" crossover game released in 2008 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game features a story mode told in the perspective of the DC Universe and Mortal Kombat where the characters from one side believe that the characters from the other world are their invaders, thus they need to be taken down.
