It wasn’t actually a shock, however Invincible’s Omni-Man is coming to the upcoming Mortal Kombat 1. Nevertheless, the trailer didn’t have many particulars. Sequence co-creator Ed Boon has now talked extra concerning the Mortal Kombat 1 Omni-Man DLC, revealing his voice actor and normal launch date window.
J.Ok. Simmons goes to be Omni-Man once more
In line with the Mortal Kombat Twitter account, Boon famous on a stream with Skybound Leisure (at across the 4:07:46 mark) that J.Ok. Simmons goes to reprise his position from the Prime Video sequence of Invincible. It’s nonetheless unclear if John Cena and Antony Starr will likely be voicing DC Comics’ Peacemaker and The Boys’ Homelander, respectively. When requested straight about Starr coming in to play Homelander, Boon deflected and stated the group wasn’t that far alongside.
Simmons didn’t have any traces within the trailer, nevertheless it received’t be lengthy till gamers hear what he feels like in Mortal Kombat 1. Boon additionally stated Omni-Man could be the primary DLC character to return to the sport after launch in a stream with Skybound (across the 4:02:19 mark). Whereas not too particular, Boon said that gamers would solely have to attend a couple of weeks for Omni-Man after Mortal Kombat 1 comes out on September 19. Homelander was confirmed for spring 2024, however nobody except for Omni-Man else acquired as slender of a window.
Skybound Leisure founder and co-creator of The Strolling Useless and Invincible Robert Kirkman stated that he had been attempting to speak to Boon for years about getting one his characters into Mortal Kombat. He stated issues lastly aligned when Invincible got here out on Prime Video. Boon additionally introduced up that he knew he needed to get Omni-Man in a sport after seeing the primary episode of Invincible.
Kirkman lauded NetherRealm Studios for its dedication to authenticity relating to how Omni-Man fights, strikes, speaks, and kills his opponents and famous that it was “reassuring” to see the quantity of care the group put in. Boon continued on that time and stated that the studio needed to get Omni-Man to look “indistinguishable” from the present and comedian however filtered by the Mortal Kombat lens and artwork model.
