Mortal Kombat 1 Almost Featured The Walking Dead

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Mortal Kombat  has been such a massive franchise over the years, and it’s also known for featuring several different crossovers. Plenty of IPs get represented in the game, and it’s never known what character might pop up next. When NetherRealm Studios unveiled  Mortal Kombat 1 , fans were likely speculating which guest characters could show up in this installment. Today, we’re finding out that the co-creator of  Mortal Kombat , Ed Boon, was at one time an attempt to get a crossover with  The Walking Dead . 

The news came through Ed Boon’s official X social media account. Ed Boon noted that he first had a meeting with Robert Kirkman, the creator behind several comic book franchises such as  The Walking Dead . During the meeting, it was hoped that NetherRealm Studios would secure Michonne, a samurai sword-wielding character from  The Walking Dead , to become a guest fighter in  Mortal Kombat . However, during the conversation, the two eventually decided to go with Omniman from  Invincible . Of course, that doesn’t mean there’s no potential for Michonne to turn up at some point later on.

Coincidentally, before we eventually went with Omniman, the first meeting I had with @RobertKirkman was to talk about the possibility of Michonne being a guest fighter in Mortal Kombat. pic.twitter.com/vF1fx2Az5R

Mortal Kombat 1  could have some additional guest character announcements, so we’ll just have to wait and see if Michonne makes an appearance at some point. Of course, there hasn’t been much love from the community regarding DLC lately. If you don’t recall, it was just earlier this month that we started to see some backlash over  Mortal Kombat 1  due to the amount of money some of the microtransactions would cost. So that’s