History VideoGame / MortalKombatVsDCUniverse

* RashamonStyle: The story is done this way, up until Raiden and Superman's chapters.

-->''"[[LetsYouAndHimFight Face each other, or face me?]] It makes no difference! [[ThisIsSPARTA YOU! WILL! FIGHT!]]"''

-->''"Face each other, or face me? It makes no difference! [[ThisIsSPARTA YOU! WILL! FIGHT!]]"''

* EnemyMine: First, the heroes and villains band together against another Universe. [[spoiler:Then everybody joins forces against Dark Kahn. It doesn't end well]].

* AllThereInTheManual: Where are the likes of Johnny Cage, Goro, Robin Aquaman? Erased from existence thanks to the universes merging. This was only mentioned in the comic book that accompanied the game.

* EnemyMine: First good and bad guys from both Universes allies each other against another Universe. [[spoiler:Then everybody join forces against Dark Kahn. It didn't end well]].

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: The "Combat Rage" is the handwave to explain why the heroes are constantly fighting each other, and it's also an actual gameplay mechanic which allows you to change the flow of a fight.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: The whole premise of the game. [[spoiler:Dark Kahn's planned to gain power from champions of both worlds fighting each other.]] Also used by [[spoiler:Quan Chi, who manipulated Scorpion and Sub-Zero to fight each other so the power of their battle would fuse his prison with part of DC Universe, freeing him]].

* MirroredConfrontationShot: Batman and Sub-Zero in trailer, with aid of Superman, Wonder Woman, Raiden and Scorpion on the cover.

* SequelHook: Many endings in the Arcade Mode are suggesting a sequel, such as [[spoiler:Lex Luthor making a [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]] with Quan Chi in his ending, Liu Kang and The Flash agreeing in warning to each other when another interdimensional hole is opened in Kang's ending, and finding said hole later, the Green Lantern Corps trying to prevent Sinestro from obtaining the power of Pyramid of Argus, and Batman having installed a new system in the Batcave in order to detect interdimensional rifts]].
** [[spoiler:In story mode, Shao Kahn is banished to the Phantom Zone, and Darkseid to the Netherrealm. In their arcade mode endings, Shao Kahn escapes the Phantom Zone with an army of supervillains, and Darkseid escapes the Netherrealm and forces Shang Tsung into his service (making him his new Desaad), effectively having the {{Big Bad}}s trade places with one another.]]

* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: First trailer of the game is pretty much just Batman and Sub-Zero fighting, nobody else appears, even in MirroredConfrontationShot.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Johnny Cage is the most noticeably series principal character omitted from the game, probably due to the fact that he was not alive during the timeframe this game was placed into the established history of Mortal Kombat. This, however, is dependent on the notion that Mortal Kombat Trilogy's continuity (in which Cage is temporarily resurrected) trumps the continuity set forth in Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Despite his presence being an indispensable element in Mortal Kombat 1 and 2, he is never referenced by any of the characters, not even his best friend (Liu Kang) or Sonya Blade (his lover.)

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-->--[[spoiler:[[BigBad Dark Kahn]]]].

-->''"Face each other, or face me? It makes no difference! [[ThisIsSPARTA ''YOU! WILL! FIGHT!]]"''

-->''Face each other, or face me? It makes no difference! "[[ThisIsSPARTA ''YOU! WILL! FIGHT!]]"''

-->''"[[ThisIsSPARTA ''YOU! WILL! FIGHT!]]"''

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent To the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series as the other top comic book publisher's characters butt heads with the other top fighting game franchise of TheNineties.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent To the MarvelVsCapcom series as the other top comic book publisher's characters butt heads with the other top fighting game franchise of TheNineties.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Where are the likes of Johnny Cage, Goro, Robin & Aquaman? Erased from existence thanks to the universes merging. This was only mentioned in the comic book that accompanied the game.

* NintendoHard: Don't even think of playing the storyline game without spending a lot of time practicing the moves and learning the various commands. If playing the DC side you begin as Flash, who is pretty lame in terms of his fighting style. Then, after you [[spoiler: switch to Batman]] you're faced with a one-sided battle against one of the MK characters who will wipe you out almost instantly if you don't know what you're doing.

** [[spoiler: In story mode, Shao Kahn is banished to the Phantom Zone, and Darkseid to the Netherrealm. In their arcade mode endings, Shao Kahn escapes the Phantom Zone with an army of supervillains, and Darkseid escapes the Netherrealm and forces Shang Tsung into his service, effectively having the [[BigBad Big Bads]] trade places with one another.]]

* MsFanservice: The "Bio" bonus feature gives you the option of getting a tight close of any part of a character's anatomy that strikes your fancy. Both male and female characters can be viewed this way, but let's be real; the number of players taking time out for a closeup of Catwoman's [[AbsoluteCleavage]] far outnumbers those seeking a closeup of Luther's backside.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The Story Mode's chapters function like this. Everyone except for Kano, Baraka, and Deathstroke gets one.

!Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe provide examples of:

'''MortalKombat Vs. DCUniverse''' is a FightingGame launched in 2008 for Playstation3 and Xbox360. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's a]] CrisisCrossover [[LetsYouAndHimFight between the]] MortalKombat [[CrisisCrossover and]] [[TheDCU DC]] Universes, featuring characters from both sides beating the crap out of each other.

* '''DC side:''' {{Batman}}, CaptainMarvel, Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}, {{Darkseid}}, [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Deathstroke]], TheFlash, GreenLantern, TheJoker, LexLuthor, {{Superman}}, and WonderWoman.