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• Mortal Kombat 1 introduces the Jean-Claude Van Damme skin for Johnny Cage, adding excitement for players eagerly awaiting the game's release.
• The skin, which resembles Van Damme's look in Bloodsport, was revealed during an interview with Ed Boon on the YouTube channel First We Feast's Hot One program.
• The inclusion of Van Damme's skin adds to the anticipation of what characters and skins Mortal Kombat 1 will offer.

As well as finally revealing the Jean-Claude Van Damme skin for Mortal Kombat 1, Ed Boon talked about various subjects such as the narrative in fighting games, and his beginnings with the original Mortal Kombat. Boon says that only four people worked on what would become one of the most influential fighting games of all time. Decades later, the co-creator of Mortal Kombat reveals that hundreds of people are working on Mortal Kombat 1, and talks about how advances in technology have made it possible to create an even more elaborate game.

 

[winjer]

That doesn't look like Van Damme.

 

[Fake]

Strange...

 

[analog_future]

Dev team when they were creating this character model

 

[Gudji]

Johnny Damme

 

[a multicultural team of v]

He looks more like Dick Van Dyke than Van Damme.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Doesnt look like the legend, or does the dance..

Load of old shite.

 

[SJRB]

I’m not feeling this clearly deliberate b-tier vibe MK is pushing.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Hilariously off-model. Terrible.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[analog_future]

I’m not feeling this clearly deliberate b-tier vibe MK is pushing.

Steven Seagal as Goro next?

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Pretty weird! Not a fan of the new move set personally.

I always liked the green trail effects they had on his specials.

 

[Majormaxxx]

This looks like JCVD the "at home" version.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Paying for Dlc is one thing…but paying for dlc that is awful…is just sad

Jcvd the “straight to home video” edition.

Its like they tasked a junior level sculptor and a junior level art director an underdeveloped AI to make an underbudgeted dlc for as cheap as possible, marketed solely on the name alone.

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

Isn’t Jonny Cage supposed to be a Van Damme type character from the very beginning? At least that’s what I always thought.
They should’ve used his Nowhere to Run model and use the Triumph Bonneville as a special attack lol.

 

[SenkiDala]

That doesn't look like Van Damme.

Was about to post this, why a Van Damme skin not looking like him ? Weird, usually NRS is pretty good at this. :/

 

[Deft Beck]

Was about to post this, why a Van Damme skin not looking like him ? Weird, usually NRS is pretty good at this. :/

Maybe they couldn't get a proper face scan and this is the result?

 

[lh032]

i think they have to use johhny face model for van damme, thats why he doesnt look like van damme just slightly resemblance hbim

 

[ShadowNate]

Needs more work. This is not even close.

 

[Ozzie666]

Amateur hour and not really that close to JVD.
Disappointing because they are usually pretty good with this stuff.

 

[skyfinch]

Dev team when they were creating this character model

None of the judges, ref, or the hundreds in attendance saw Bolo chuck the white powder in this son of a bitch's eyes.

 

[saintjules]

A shame it's just a skin. At least JCVD voiced it.

I'm hoping to see the Punch in the groin move be a Fatality (if there's a second one).

 

[AJUMP23]

Why doesn't it look like Van Damme? I am calling Ed Boone about this.

 

[Fermbiz]

If I dont see this in the game, Im returning it..

 

[Black_Stride]

That doesn't look like Van Damme.

 

[HoofHearted]

Dev team when they were creating this character model

They failed miserably… perhaps they were shooting for the offspring of Van Damme and Bolo?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Looks like the original Johnny Cage.

 

[Robbinhood]

Called it when it was revealed on Hot ones, looks nothing like him.

And the fatality should have included his round house kick. What a lame attempt.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Called it when it was revealed on Hot ones, looks nothing like him.

And the fatality should have included his round house kick. What a lame attempt.

But Megan Fox tho!

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

I understand they are going for Bloodsport era Van Damme but this doesn't look like him at all lol. On a positive note that fatality was wild

 

[NeptuneCL]

Doesn't look like him, actually

 

[poppabk]

Regular Johnny Cage looks more like Van Damme than the Van Damme skin.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

We must all be thinking the same thing, right? That's not Van Damme.

 

[Ammogeddon]

Did they use the same guy that made the Ronaldo statue?

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Maybe they couldn't get a proper face scan and this is the result?

Maybe some zoomer with no knowledge of movie history made it?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Did they use the same guy that made the Ronaldo statue?

Is that his Fortnite model?

 

[K' Dash]

uumm, how the hell John Cena and Anthony Starr looked so good and this looks so off?

 

[Bond007]

I wasnt sold until i saw his gameplay- looks awesome

 

[Kusarigama]

With so many games featuring movie actors with incredibly done in game faces this is shockingly not it. Even Rambo, Terminator and RoboCop looked so good in MK11. How'd they go back.

 

[Luipadre]

Thats not van damme

 

[ShadowNate]

I mean looking at Sonya in the background of the first pic, this looks more like they pasted Sonya's face on Johnny and removed the lipstick, rather than worked on a JCVD resemblance.

 

[ReBurn]

Steven Seagal as Goro next?

I'd pay 5 bucks for it

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

These Sideshow statues look way more like JCVD in my opinion. Not sure why NetherRealm's model seems so off.

 

[Spyxos]

Do i get 50% off when i buy this Jean claude van Damme cosplayer?

 

[winjer]

This is Van Damme's cousin, Van Lamme.

 

[midnightAI]

That looks fuck all like....

Oh, I get it, he's undercover, that's Jean-Claude Van Johnson

 

[Sojiro]

YThat doesn't look like Van Damme.

Yeah I can kinda see some resemblance there....if I really squint kinda? But to me this doesn't look much like JVD at all. I loved VD back in the day, so I would be ok with this if they actually made the model look like the guy.

 

[Vandole]

I haven't been this disappointed to see Jean Claude Van Damme since Street Fighter the Movie.

 

[MDSLKTR]

And that's an improvement.Yeah the females are ugly, but that Zack Braff lookalike is a tragedy to look at

 

[chromatic9]

Is there a news reader out there called Jean Claude and they've mistakenly modeled him instead of the martial artist and movie legend?