Trivia / Injustice 2

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• Acting for Two:
  • English version:
    • Steve Blum voices both Hal Jordan and Sub-Zero.
    • Fred Tatasciore voices both Bane and Swamp Thing.
    • Phil LaMarr voices both Aquaman and John Stewart.
    • Khary Payton voices both Cyborg and Grid.
    • Kane Jungbluth-Murry voices both Black Manta and Black Lightning.
    • Richard Epcar voices both Joker and Raiden.
  • Latin American Spanish version:
    • Ricardo Tejedo pulls double duty as Black Adam and Atrocitus.
    • Gerardo Garcia pulls double duty as Jason Rusch and Martin Stein (in fact both character make one being).
    • Sebastián Llapur voices both Darkseid and Sub-Zero (he previously voiced him in Mortal Kombat X)
    • Mario Arvizu pulls double duty as Superman and Bizarro
    • Santos Alberto voices Black Manta and Raiden
    • Andrés Gutiérrez Coto double duty as Grid and Hellboy
• Directed by Cast Member: The Mexican Spanish dub was directed by José Antonio Macías, who also voiced The Joker.
• Dueling Games:
  • With Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, another 2017 fighting game with a superhero license, even being developed by DC Comics' and Netherrealm Studios' direct competitors.
  • Also with Tekken 7, another AAA fighting game that released merely two weeks after Injustice 2.
• Fake Brit: Cheetah is voiced by Erica Luttrell, a Canadian of Tanzanian and American descent.
• In Memoriam: The game is dedicated to the memory of Miguel Parra, one of the senior software engineers for NetherRealm Studios.
• The Other Darrin:
  • English version:
    • Steve Blum replaces Adam Baldwin as Hal Jordan.
    • Scott Porter replaces Neal McDonough as Damian Wayne.
    • Taliesin Jaffe replaces Neal McDonough as Flash, previously voicing him in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.
  • Latin American Spanish version:
    • Idzi Dutkiewicz replaces Sergio Gutiérrez Coto as Batman, previously voicing him in many others games. Due to this, Idzi Dutkiewicz does not play Cyborg, being dubbed by Carlos Hernández.
    • Germán Fabregat replaces Gerardo Reyero as Aquaman.
    • Daniel del Roble doesn't comeback as Flash and even Damian Wayne being played by Noé Velázquez and Héctor Emmanuel Gómez respectively.
    • Milton Wolch replaces Dafnis Fernández as Green Lantern (John Stewart).
    • Gerardo Reyero doesn't return to voice neither Raiden nor Hellboy, Santos Alberto now plays Raiden and Andrés Gutiérrez Coto plays Hellboy
  • Brazilian version:
    • Márcio Seixas replaces Ettore Zuim as Batman (meaning animated Batman replacing the Christian Bale one).
    • Marcio Simões replaces Isaac Schneider as the Joker (in an inverse of the above, Heath Ledger replacing the Justice League one).
    • While the predecessor being dubbed in Rio de Janeiro meant a lot of the animated voices were kept, the sequel changed to São Paulo and only returning characters got the same dubbers. Although there were still Role Reprises for Supergirl (the show's first season, before the dub moved to Rio), Hellboy (the second movie), and the Ninja Turtles (the 2012 cartoon).
• The Other Marty: Dee Bradley Baker voiced Brainiac in one of the trailers, but was replaced by Jeffrey Combs for the game itself.
• Prequel in Another Medium: The comic book adaptation takes place before the video game.
• Real-Life Relative: The married couple of Laura Bailey and Travis Willingham voice Supergirl and Jay Garrick, respectively.
• Role Reprise:
  • Once again, several voice actors reprise their roles from prior incarnations.
    • From the DC Animated Universe: As in the first game, we have George Newbern as Superman, Kevin Conroy as Batman, Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman, and Phil LaMarr as John Stewart.
    • From Young Justice (2010): As in the first game, we have Phil LaMarr as Aquaman, Alan Tudyk as Green Arrow, and now we have Vanessa Marshall as Black Canary.
    • From the Batman: Arkham Series in addition to Batman himself: As in the first game, we have Grey DeLisle as Catwoman, Tara Strong as Harley Quinn, Fred Tatasciore as Bane, and now we have Tasia Valenza as Poison Ivy.
    • From LEGO Batman in addition to Cheetah: Liam O'Brien as the Reverse-Flash and Ike Amadi as Atrocitus.
    • From Teen Titans (2003): As in the first game, Khary Payton as Cyborg.
    • From DC Super Hero Girls: Phil LaMarr as Lucius Fox.
    • From JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time: Erica Luttrell as Cheetah.
    • From Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: As in the first game, we have Richard Epcar as The Joker, and now we have Taliesin Jaffe as The Flash and Mr. Epcar as Raiden.
    • From the DC Animated Movie Universe: Kari Wahlgren as Starfire.
    • From Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Michael Leon Wooley as Darkseid.
    • From the Arrowverse: Megalyn Echikunwoke as Vixen.
    • From Mortal Kombat X: Steve Blum as Sub-Zero.
  • The Latin American Spanish version:
    • Batman, Atrocitus, Grodd, Cheetah, Cyborg and Supergirl are voiced by the same actors as in LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
    • Poison Ivy and Scarecrow got their voice actors from Batman: Arkham Knight.
    • Alura has the same voice actress as in the live-action Supergirl series.
    • Donatello and Michelangelo get their voice actors from the 2012 cartoon.
  • The German version:
    • Batman, the Joker, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Red Hood and Robin are all voiced by the same voice actors as in the Batman: Arkham Series (though with both versions of Robin being voiced by the same actor, despite one being Tim Drake and the other Damian Wayne). Batman, the Joker and Harley also had the same voice actors in the first game.
    • In addition, Superman, the Flash (Barry Allen), Aquaman and Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) are also again played by the same actors who voiced them in the first game.
    • Bane has the same VA as he did in the German version of Batman: Arkham Origins (the only game of that series with this VA).
• Teasing Creator: As with Mortal Kombat X before it, Ed Boon has gone on Twitter to tease potential Guest Fighters for the game. He went on to post two polls, one with Mortal Kombat characters Sub-Zero, Raiden, Jax and Johnny Cage (note how former Injustice guest Scorpion isn't present) and another with Spawn, Hellboy, The Terminator and Buffy Summers. At the end of the game's DLC development, Sub-Zero and Spawn have convincingly taken the number one spot for both polls, with Sub-Zero being added in the game's first DLC release and Raiden being teased in the same trailer and later confirmed with the second DLC fighter pack along with Hellboy, while Spawn and the Terminator were held back to Mortal Kombat 11's DLC releases.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Some early Word of God discussion about where the studio was going after the first Injustice suggested Darkseid would be a villain in a sequel. This was evidently dropped in favor of Brainiac, though Darkseid joins the character roster as a DLC character.
  • One of the original ideas for the game involved Ra's Al Ghul (voiced by Bryan Cranston) recruiting villains to make an even more extreme version of the Regime. Traces of this discarded storyline can still be seen in Injustice 2's first teaser trailer (narrated by Cranston), Black Adam's arcade ending and the prequel comics.
  • Supergirl's default character design and appearance was consistently worked on and altered up until release. As well as her face being tweaked, her original default look had a smaller more traditional "S" shield on her chest, as well as a more complex-designed armored costume with a triple-tipped cape. This version was seen in the initial teaser trailer and has made appearances in various forms of marketing, even making it to covers for the game.
  • For some reason Deadshot's intro animations changed when the game was released. His original ones, seen in his and Harley Quinn's trailer and Black Canary's trailer features him playing around with his knife. The intro animations he has in-game however, feature him flipping a bullet like a coin (If he talks second) or aiming his rifle at his opponent (If he talks first).
  • Static was ready to be included in the roster, but was ultimately cut due to legal reasons.
  • Jim Lee's initial concept art for Raiden's appearance had him resemble more of a humanoid Elemental Embodiment of lightning rather than the more traditional human-looking appearance that was eventually settled upon. This holdover is seen in his ending artwork, where Raiden has an appearance similar to this artwork concept.
  • A Fighter Pack 0 was considered, which would have brought back characters from the first game (specifically Ares, Batgirl, Doomsday and Shazam) as DLC, but was dropped in favour of Fighter Pack 3.
  • Concept art suggests Bluebird, Detective Chimp, John Constantine, Etrigan, and even Krypto the Superdog were considered at one point.
  • Ed Boon revealed in an interview for Mortal Kombat 11 that Neo from The Matrix was pretty close to being added as a DLC character. A poll he posted on Twitter in 2017 relating to this implied that they weren't able to get Keanu Reeves on board for this.
  • Concept art of Circe◊ has surfaced showing she was in consideration for appearing in the game.

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