Mortal Kombat 1 dev jokes about Barbie crossover: "We'll make Ken a Kameo"
With Mortal Kombat 1 launching today (19th September), it feels like the right time to release our interview with Derek Kirtzic from NeatherRealm Studios, who is the Senior Systems Designer on MK1.
In a branded booth at the Gamescom 2023 conference, Kirtzic told us about the decision to relaunch the series with this numerical reboot, rather than making the next game Mortal Kombat 12. We also spoke about the new Invasions mode, which starts with a fun tutorial set in Johnny Cage's house.
When we mentioned to Kirtzic that Cage's abode has the exact same OTT vibe as Ken's Mojo Dojo Casa House from the Barbie movie — in fact, Cage has a lot of Kenergy himself — the developer took the comparison well.
As you can see in the fun little social clip below, Kirtzic even jokingly promised to give Ken a cameo — sorry, Kameo — in the game. And given that both MK1 and the Barbie film were produced under the Warner Bros umbrella, it doesn't actually feel that outrageous a suggestion.
Kirtzic also exclaimed: «He's got a K, it works!» But judging by the play-fight at the end of the Barbie movie, we're not sure Ken would hold his own very well against the likes of Sub Zero. At least as a Kameo fighter, who provide backup for the main roster, he could stay out of the way a lot of the time.
As for the decision to call this game Mortal Kombat 1, rather than Mortal Kombat 12, Kirtzic said that it all began with the ending of Mortal Kombat 11's Aftermath expansion that «basically wiped out all the realms».
Kirtzic added: «So it only makes sense to start from the ground up. Start at one, right? New timeline, bringing back some old characters, revisiting some of the characters but putting a new twist on them, things like that. So it only made
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