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Freddy Krueger is Having a Hell of a Time in Mortal Kombat

If anyone is going to take down Shao Khan, I think this guy's got a pretty good shot.

Aug. 9 2011

Posted by: Ben

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Mortal Kombat

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Edited By QuestionMarkMan

Story mode perhaps?

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God tier.

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I usually hate stunt casting in games, but for some reason I'm cool with this one.

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I'm ok with this, crossovers are pretty awesome when done right.

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This is the only DLC I'm probably going to buy for MK just because it's insane.

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Edited By swervinmonkeyz

Wow. They are actually trying to put a canon on this character. I woulda just accepted OH SHIT KRUEGER IS VIOLENT AND MK IS VIOLENT SO MOOAR VIOLENCE WOOOOT which i have no problem with btw :P 

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@QuestionMarkMan said:

Story mode perhaps?

Oh man, that would be pretty epic.

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They actually put a backstory on this? Props to them.

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MK is so stupid and this is so so stupid. I love it.

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It still seems weird having Freddy but without the endless Freddy-quips that everyone remembers the character for.

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Scaring his way into dream-stores this August?

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F Freddy! Where is ma PC version?!!!1

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So I am assuming Freddy Krueger is now canon.... *sigh*

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Seems like I'm the only one that hates this and was hoping for an actual MK character :(

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Make sure to check out this dreamloadable scaracter?

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A match made in hell! Anyone?

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you know not hating but freddy gets owned by teenage girls when he is on the awake world so he would be a really lousy fighter

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Killing bratty 80's teenagers and keeping them off the streets, surely Freddy is doing god's work.

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*insert attempt at witty-comment that maybe ryan davis or jeff gerstmann might make*

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Love Freddy and love MK, just wish they used the original skin version and not the remake. Would be cool if Robert Englund did voice work but o well.

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@Mummenschanz said:

Make sure to check out this dreamloadable scaracter?

BRAVO, good sir!

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Not buying Freddy, nope. lol

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great they they use the new design for freddy

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@Jayzz said:

*insert attempt at witty-comment that maybe ryan davis or jeff gerstmann might make*

haha nice. that's like 99% of the comments on this site.

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I fucking called it. They totally say he's from the Dream Realm. Find my comment from page 7 of the first Freddy video and bow before my amazing prediction powers.

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what is with the slideshow video? Damnnnnn!!! Wrong Freddy, but I can see why he fits in this video-game.

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What?

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...I love this. More than I thought I would. One, two, Freddie's coming for you...

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Perfect.

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@TooWalrus said:

...I love this. More than I thought I would. One, two, Freddie's coming for you...

Three, four, better lock your door - everybody now!
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Oh hey look this is still stupid as all fuck. Shocking.
 
Jackie Earle Krueger isn't the Freddy anyone likes. Englund's version is simply better and more suited for the comical bullshit of MK. Freddy Rorschach here is dumb as shit anyway, don't get me wrong, but if they had to throw in an incarnation of him, they chose poorly. We can only hope that, like opening the Ark, everyone at NRS will now have their faces melted off.

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No love for Robert Englund?

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@blake_brown: hahaha. I know :|

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hehe ... people get mad cuz Freddy is part of "MK canon" now.  Because that totally messed up the wonderful MK mythology.

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Classic Freddy is only available as a pre-order from GameStop.

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I hated that they put Star Wars guys into Soul Calibur, but for some reason I don't mind Freddy being in MK. I have no idea why that is.

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Like that they've added a story to him at least.

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@Cmdc00kie said:

Seems like I'm the only one that hates this and was hoping for an actual MK character :(

You are not.

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I was over this game after it took them over a month to patch broken characters. 

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@skrutop said:

I hated that they put Star Wars guys into Soul Calibur, but for some reason I don't mind Freddy being in MK. I have no idea why that is.

If I were to guess, I would say it's because MK is a lot campier, and that style makes Freddy Kruger a much better fit than Darth Vader in Soul Caliber.
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Edited By griffo0

Way too cheesy, I'd rather have a character from a different MK game. It just doesn't make sense that Freddy Kruger is in this universe :S Same with Kratos. Why do the developers of this game always want some other character that's from something else we know and love? Didn't like MKvsDC neither :/

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I love that they actually made a story trailer for this. neather realm I tip my hat to you
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@DEMONOLOGY_24 said:
I love that they actually made a story trailer for this. neather realm I tip my hat to you
Lol, yea....Its somehow mildly awesome yet tragic.  Damn that sneaky Shao Khan.....
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 @blake_brown: Yeah! If only people would come to their senses and get back to arguing about which console is bestest. 
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@griffo0: Are you kidding? It's exactly the right amount of cheese. Mortal Kombat has never prided itself on being serious, this character addition fits right in.
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eh, plausible enough when set beside the rest of the M.K fiction :P

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Hey look it's the Freddy from the remake no one likes!
 
Sigh...

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@arch4non:  I disagree, obviously the franchise hasn't been serious overall but I just don't think taking characters from other media and putting them in the game fits. I want their own ideas, new or old.
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@pyromaster222 said:
So I am assuming Freddy Krueger is now canon.... *sigh*
you care that much about MK canon, that this bothers you ? *sigh*
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