Hello and welcome to Wasted Plotential, where we discuss the wasted potential of our favourite
plotlines.
Part 4 of the Netherrealm DLC characters series. We're almost there. I'll be taking the same
approach I did with MKX for this one: multiple short stories about one character or a small
group. Of course, you could simply adapt the narrative of the reveal trailers where each
new set of characters comes in to beat up the others, but let's be a little more creative.
First, we have the Fighter Pack 1 story, which sees Red Hood and Starfire team up to get
answers about the death of Dick Grayson after the events of the main story. They search
the streets of Gotham to find Damian, encountering Scarecrow, who douses the duo with a stronger
fear toxin. Jason sees a vision of The Joker, and Kori sees a vengeful Dick Grayson. After
the fights, Crane reveals that Damian is hiding out in the abandoned Arkham with Victor. Jason
may or may not kill Crane; at the very least, he tries to.
At the asylum, the two fights are obvious: Kori confronts Victor about him being part
of the Regime, saying his actions are a disgrace to Dick, Gar and Wally's memory, while he
insists that if Joker had died sooner, the dead Titans would all still be alive. After
their fight, Kori reveals that Superman trapped the surviving Titans in the Phantom Zone for
five years, which shakes Victor's resolve in following Superman, as setup for his redemption
in the third game.
Jason confronts Damian over killing his brother. Damian insists it was an accident. Jason basically
disowns Damian. Damian says he's heard it all before. After the fight, Jason goes to
kill Damian, but Kori stops him, insisting that Damian should be allowed to repent for
his crime, but Jason isn't having it. The player then chooses who to play as in their
scuffle. If Jason wins, he kills Damian and declares his intent to make the rest of Superman's
allies pay as well, because only the guilty should ever be harmed. If Kori wins, she offers
Damian and Victor a chance to make up for what they've done in a new Titans team.
Pack 2 features a short Black Manta story, where Hyde attempts to take control of Atlantis
with help from half the remains of the Society, which have joined whatever faction Manta is
now part of, as setup for a big reveal in Injustice 3. It's Maxwell Lord or someone
like that pulling the strings. In Atlantis, Atrocitus is arranging an alliance with Arthur,
just to give him a bit more presence in the story. Arthur agrees to the terms if the Red
Lanterns can eliminate the intruders. Atrocitus goes down and flees through a portal, leaving
the two nemeses to square off. Hyde wins and Arthur is deposed, but manages to escape with
help from either Atrocitus or Wonder Woman, leaving Black Manta as the new ruler of Atlantis.
At least, until the sequel.
Pack 3 centres on Atom and Enchantress. Ryan is brought on by Bruce to help study Brainiac's
tech. While doing so, he discovers Enchantress frozen aboard the ship for unknown reasons.
He thaws her out, and she fights him. She blasts him back and flees in a confused daze
before he can get any answers out of her. Ryan heads back to Earth to find her. She
finds herself at Joker's amusement park, where she is ambushed by the Suicide Squad. Ryan
arrives in time to back her up, facing off with Deadshot while she fights Thawne. After
the fight, the Enchantress persona goes berserk and attacks Ryan, who brought some kind of
magic tech to help even the odds and revert her to June Moon. June explains that Brainiac
was studying Enchantress and a few other magic-based heroes and villains as part of his next goal
after taking Earth: taking Apokolips. This would set the stage for Darkseid to be part
of the next game's plot.
Speaking of Darkseid, his story is a prequel about a clash between him and the League,
prior to the first game. He fights his way through Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman
and Batman, before Superman defeats him and sends him back to Apokolips, vowing revenge.
Now, for the guests. Like with Scorpion in the Injustice 1 video, Raiden and Sub-Zero
star in chapters that attempt to retell their roles in MK vs DCU.
Sub-Zero has exactly four fights we can recreate, and one of those is only because we have a
second MK guest. We begin, actually, with a fight that was not seen in the story. Diana
arrives at the Fortress of Solitude, where Sub-Zero has already beaten and frozen Superman.
So, this game pits Sub-Zero against Superman and then Wonder Woman at the Fortress. Next,
we move to Sub-Zero's own chapter. He fights Raiden at the Rock of Eternity, which has
merged with Raiden's Sky Temple. Then, he fights Batman in the Batcave.
Raiden's chapter opens with his saving of Liu Kang by defeating Batman. Without a Watchtower
stage in this game, we'll use Brainiac's ship or the Batcave. Then, we have that fight from
Sub-Zero's chapter, now from the other perspective. I would've had that fight only be used in
one of these chapters, but Sub-Zero's picture-mode fight in the final chapter is a rematch with
Batman, so this is definitely preferable. Then, Raiden clashes with Superman in Dark
Kahn's throneroom. Without an Apokolips stage, we'll have the fight take place in either
Kandaq or Brainiac's throneroom. After that, we fight Darkseid as a stand-in for Dark Kahn.
It'll be interesting to see what fights we can recreate with Injustice 3's guest. I predict
that Liu Kang will be the guest there.
Next, we have Hellboy. I know very little about Hellboy, so he can just fight a bunch
of monsters.
And finally, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Since there are four turtles, we play as each
of them for one fight. The turtles arrive in Gotham, similar to the existing Batman/TMNT
crossover. Leo spars with Batman in the Batcave. Raph goes out looking for crime to fight and
encounters fellow rogue, Damian. Donnie uses his tech expertise... techspertise... to find
the Earth-3 Joker who was accidentally brought to the Regime universe with Ollie and Dinah.
And finally, Mikey hangs out with Harley or something.
And that's it for Injustice 2. Any MK11 one of these is a long way off, so I'm planning
another to come sooner than that, centring on the Premier Skins from this game. That
should be a fun one.
And yes, of course I fucking know about the animated movie.
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