1982 Conan Gets Added Into MK1?

Mortal Kombat reboot has had the habit of adding guest characters. I discussed whether or not guest characters are ruining Mortal Kombat. It's practically ON YOUR FACE when you purchase the guest character. It seems that Warner Bros. has taken special notes from the Corporate Commander himself. This version of Conan is from the 1982 movie -- instead of the comics version whether it's Dark Horse or Marvel. It's probable because the Terminator was done in Mortal Kombat 11 -- complete with Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

My feeling is that this is more nostalgia-based than anything. They could've hired Jason Momoa to be the voice while keeping Arnold's likeness. This is supposed to be a young Conan -- not the older Conan that had already become King of Aquilonia.

One should be reminded of how people copy or imitate stuff. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe took stuff from the Conan mythos such as using Comics Thulsa to create Skeletor and King Kull to create King Grayskull. Killer Instinct created Tusk as an obvious tribute to Conan and He-Man. Mortal Kombat also copied stuff from Killer Instinct such as the Brutality move during the 2D era and revamped for Mortal Kombat X. Mortal Kombat made some references to Killer Instinct such as when Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance created the Rip-TORE combo for Reptile and the Full-GORE combo for Cyrax. Tusk was placed into Killer Instinct. Mortal Kombat having 1982 Conan as a guest star may help things come full circle. 

Interestingly, Conan has references to the 1982 movie. Conan's rising-up animation after an initial defeat has demons trying to claim him. Conan's fatalities involve the Human Soup and hacking off someone's head like in the movie. 

Right now, I feel Mortal Kombat 1 is getting bloated. I find the Khaos Reigns expansion to be bloated. I may not even like Fire God Liu Kang rewriting the whole Mortal Kombat universe either. 

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