It wasn’t actually a shock, however Invincible’s Omni-Man is coming to the upcoming Mortal Kombat 1. Nonetheless, 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 basic launch date window.
J.Okay. Simmons goes to be Omni-Man once more
In response to the Mortal Kombat Twitter account, Boon famous on a stream with Skybound Leisure (at round the 4:07:46 mark) that J.Okay. Simmons goes to reprise his function from the Prime Video collection 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 instantly about Starr coming in to play Homelander, Boon deflected and mentioned the staff wasn’t that far alongside.
Simmons didn’t have any strains within the trailer, nevertheless it received’t be lengthy till gamers hear what he appears like in Mortal Kombat 1. Boon additionally mentioned Omni-Man can be the primary DLC character to come back to the sport after launch in a stream with Skybound (round the 4:02:19 mark). Whereas not too particular, Boon acknowledged 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 received as slender of a window.
Skybound Leisure founder and co-creator of The Strolling Lifeless and Invincible Robert Kirkman mentioned that he had been attempting to speak to Boon for years about getting one his characters into Mortal Kombat. He mentioned 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 recreation 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 staff put in. Boon continued on that time and mentioned that the studio needed to get Omni-Man to look “indistinguishable” from the present and comedian however filtered via the Mortal Kombat lens and artwork fashion.