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[CO_Andy]

OMG! Obviously inspired by Nintendo's efforts to branch out their big-name characters to 3rd party franchises, the developers of Unreal Championship hav decided to include Raiden in their latest endeavor: The Liandri Conflict.

"It was pretty seamless since both teams thought it was a really fun and cool thing to do," Allison continued. "We were near the end of development on MK when this idea took off so the biggest challenge was getting the content Epic needed to put Raiden in over to them on time. It was pretty drama-free, actually; the basis for the art files was easily transferred into the Unreal engine. And Raiden's got some new and some old in UC2. He packs a pair of double Enforcer pistols and an Energy Staff just for the Liandri Corporation's UC2 events, and he has a few special moves based on his charged lightning attacks in the MK games as well."

Source: http://xbox.ign.com/articles/585/585984p1.html

 

[segasonic]

cool. good idea for a crossover.

 

[Blimblim]

It's been announced quite a few months ago. This is the first time we see Raiden in action though. It looks better than I thought, better animation than in the regular MK games

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

Er... this was announced before any of the Nintendo cross-overs happened. Get your facts straight.

 

[SiegfriedFM]

Wasn't Raiden and/or some other MK character in that Midway football game too?

 

[Razoric]

Obviously inspired by Nintendo's efforts to branch out their big-name characters to 3rd party franchises

:lol :lol :lol

too bad this has been known for months

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[Joe]

this plus the the creation of the over-the-shoulder camera angle nintendo is on the cutting edge of innovation!

 

[belgurdo]

this plus the the creation of the over-the-shoulder camera angle nintendo is on the cutting edge of innovation!

"Nintendo invented sequels!"

 

[epmode]

this game needs more kano. but it will still be mine.

 

[jarrod]

Er... this was announced before any of the Nintendo cross-overs happened. Get your facts straight.

It was announced in 2002?

 

[Justin Bailey]

It's teh milkage!

 

[Kon Tiki]

It was announced in 2002?

After the crossovers, before the whoring.

 

[Minotauro]

I really wish he had that superman flying move complete with the unintelligible yelling. Oh, well, it's still pretty cool I must admit.

Also, one of the characters really looks like Jax. I wonder if this was intentional.

 

[MoxManiac]

What the fuck? Link/Spawn in SC2, Raiden in UT, Mario and Co in NBA Street v3, Dante in well, everything, what the hell is going on? :lol

 

[Guns N' Poops]

What the fuck? Link/Spawn in SC2, Raiden in UT, Mario and Co in NBA Street v3, Dante in well, everything, what the hell is going on? :lol

Midway is the new publishing partner of Epic Games, understood? Nothing unbelievably surprising.

 

[puck1337]

Cue bitching about Raiden not fitting in with the Unreal "mythology".

 

[Ramirez]

I want this game to rock,but I can't help but think it will be like Halos swords,once everyone has a melee weapon it just comes down to luck...hopefully they can make it work though,I love the Unreal series...

 

[Anyanka]

Wasn't Raiden and/or some other MK character in that Midway football game too?

Yeah, Raiden and Shinnok are in NFL Blitz.

There's also MK characters in the first revision of arcade NBA JAM TE and the arcade game The Grid.

 

[KiNeSiS]

Damnit one MK character I thought that EGM said it will have Mortal Combat Characters that plural ah well. Raiden will be cool better than none but I was hoping for a few others.
Scorp
Sub-Zero
Kano
Johnny Cage
Kabaal
Stryker

 

[bitwise]

crossover mania!