Media Essays: Injustice 3 Guest List
Written by the Wandering Fox
Freddy: Whoa! That’s quite the roster he’s got there!
Teddy: I can already imagine a lot of people walking away just looking at Pinhead, but they shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover.
Freddy: That they shouldn’t. He’s got more characters coming up. I’m curious as to what got our wanderer to think of this.
Teddy: Well let’s leave it to him then!
Thanks guys! Well if you don’t know it would seem Injustice 3 is getting made thanks to apparent test players revealing they’ve been playing a beta version of the game with Batwoman and Supergirl. Ed Boon has apparently denied the game is being made but we’ve been there before where they deny something is being done then it’s made. Ever since Injustice 3 started getting talked about I wondered what guest characters they’d have. Injustice 2 had the TMNT making an appearance, and NetherRealm has been bringing in guest characters like Omni-Man, Robocop and many others into its fighting games, and with Paramount now having finished its merger with Warner there’s a lot of opportunities for the next Injustice game to do with guest characters.
I want to say before we go any further that I liked the first Injustice game because the story was simple, we had a heroic Superman coming in to save the day, Aquaman got to be awesome with how he infiltrated his alternate Atlantis, Cyborg had a good comedic moment in the game and we had the main Batman fighting for Superman’s support. I...didn’t really like the second game with Harley getting off way too lightly for all the horrid things she’s done, Batman getting frustratingly tiresome with his “my way of the highway” mindset while being a hypocrite, Superman didn’t redeem himself when this was the chance to do that, the game left a lot to be desired. With the third game, if it is being made, I hope the story is better and we get some better characters in it like Constantine, Jessica Cruz, Mary Marvel, Cassandra Cain, Bloodsport, Black Lightning, etc.
I think if they want to up the stakes with the third game I’d include the Anti-Monitor as the main villain, that way you make this game cosmic in its design, we get to go to other planets like Tameran, Oa, Mars, Colun. The Anti-Monitor wants to eradicate all life in the multiverse and has come for the Injustice universe. Whoever defeats the Anti-Monitor gets to access all of reality and choose who lives and who doesn’t.
But back to the guest characters. These characters aren’t familiar with the DC universe which makes their parts in the story all the more fun while also intriguing. So let’s get right into it. What are their moves, dialogue and outcomes were they to win?
Let’s start with the Hell Priest.
Pinhead
I’d first get Doug Bradley back to voice him. He’s still got it in him to provide an awesome performance as Pinhead as shown with Hellraiser Revival. Pinhead’s involvement opens up a great amount of possibilities with those he interacts with, like Batman, Raven, Constantine, Jessica, and other guest characters as he finally gets to confront Freddy and Jason since he was supposed to appear at the end of their film.
Intros: The Lament Configuration opens in the middle of the arena, Pinhead appears through a blast lightning. Second intro has a wall open up and Pinhead walks from the Labyrinth. Third intro has him rise from a bloody puddle on the floor. Fourth intro light shifts around the room and he appears out of nowhere.
Pinhead approaches Constantine.
Pinhead: You’re no ordinary human. Your soul has dived into the fires of hell many times.
Constantine: Congrats, mate, you win the No S*** Sherlock award.
Constantine: What sex club did you walk out from?
Pinhead: I come from a realm of unique pleasures.
Pinhead approaches Batman.
Pinhead: You have such a tormented soul, Bruce Wayne. Guilt, anger, shame, fear. You belong in the Labyrinth.
Batman: I belong here, protecting the Earth.
Batman: What are you? A demon?
Pinhead: An Angel perhaps, Bruce Wayne.
Pinhead approaches Raven.
Pinhead: Another princess of a hellish dimension?
Raven: Far more hellish than your realm, Pinhead.
Raven: I can’t sense anything in you.
Pinhead: I have experienced almost everything. All that’s left is curiosity.
Pinhead approaches Freddy.
Pinhead: Such a vile soul you have, Krueger. You are coming to the Labyrinth!
Freddy: What’s the matter? Got a few screws loose!?
Freddy: I heard about you, ya pin cushion bastard. I know you spare kids all that pain. Yer a coward!
Pinhead: Only a coward would kill a child, Krueger. Your soul deserves every bit of torment it gets.
Pinhead’s moves would be him using his meat cleaver for hand to hand combat, pulls a pin out of his head to stab you, teleports around the arena, uses telekineses to throw objects at his enemies, conjures chains up from nowhere and snags them up then tears on their skin. For his super move, Pinhead throws them into the Labyrinth where he hooks them up, Leviathan blasts a dark beam into their face which leaves them screaming in agony while Chatterer and Butterball bite them and Deep Throat slashes them with her knife, then Pinhead takes out some pins and stabs them into their temples and a chain tears them back into the arena. Pinhead could also use the Configuration to shoot out blasts of fire much like Aidan could in Revival and shoot out blasts of lightning.
Pinhead’s story ends with him defeating the Anti-Monitor and like in Revival he ascends to a whole new level of godhood, with the Anti-Monitor defeated Pinhead kills Leviathan and rules the Labyrinth. With the multiverse now more easily accessed than before, Pinhead sends out Eremites into the Multiverse to deliver many Lament Configurations but Pinhead opens a doorway to his Earth to find Kirsty Cotton. What he wants with her? We don’t know.
Freddy: Of course Pinhead would be in this.
Teddy: Well if Freddy and Jason are in this, why not?
Freddy: I’d love to see him go up against Raven, Constantine and Batman, what with Raven and Constantine’s ties to the underworld and Injustice Batman being a hypocrite it’s nice to see Pinhead lay it out hard on him.
Teddy: I agree. What next though, Wanderer?
Let’s get the demon of Elm Street out there.
Freddy Krueger
Freddy Krueger is no stranger to fighting games, he’s been in Mortal Kombat. It was a missed opportunity to not have him in Multiverses and have him fight the DC heroes and Jason again. With Paramount there and Jason now kinda back under the same roof as Freddy, it’s only right we get him in Injustice 3. Bring Robert Englund back. He voiced Scarecrow in Injustice 2 so hey, he’s not a stranger to these games. That and he and Jason can finally fight Ash as they were meant to in the sequel to their film.
Intros: Batman wakes up in the boiler room and Freddy walks out of the wall, laughing. Jessica Cruz wakes up in the boiler room and uses her ring to light the way as Freddy appears as a big dragon. Raven wakes up in her room to find Freddy there on the ceiling grinning horridly at her.
Freddy approaches Batman.
Freddy: Haha! Typical rich boy! Acts all high and mighty but deep inside he’s a scared little brat!
Batman: You aren’t scaring me, Krueger!
Batman: You aren’t the first person to get in my head.
Freddy: Then I’ll be the last! I’ll munch on your brains, Brucie Boy!
Freddy approaches Jessica.
Freddy: I can smell the fear on you! It reeks!
Jessica: I fight my fears everyday, pizza face!
Jessica: What are you?
Freddy: Your worst nightmare!
Freddy approaches Raven.
Freddy: Hehehe, do all cambions come as hot as you?
Raven: I won’t settle for a child murderer, Krueger!
Raven: You make me sick! You relish in killing all those children….I’m going to make sure you stay in the underworld!
Freddy: I’ll drag ya there with me, bitch!
Freddy approaches Jason.
Freddy: Oh great, you again! You’re in my world, Jason! You lost last time! Cry for mommy!
Freddy: Got nothing to say? You’re the most boring bastard I’ve known! Being kept on your cabin after I was decapitated was torture!
Freddy’s moves will be him slashing his opponent with his glove, he turns into a big snake by biting a big piece of flesh out of them, then he turns into a worm and forces himself down their throat and makes them hurt themselves, he can stretch his arms out and throws you around the place, he can use telekinesis to throw you and objects to you. Freddy’s super move kicking them into a bedroom where he stabs them through the back with his glove, throws them off the bed and into his TV body where he bashes their faces in, shoves his clawed fingers up their nostrils and rips through them and then a big metal pipe bends over, eats them up and brings them back to the arena.
Freddy’s story will end with him defeating the Anti-Monitor with him absorbing his powers and becomes the god of fear, commanding the Sinestro Corps to spread his fear across the multiverse and haunts the dreams of many children.
Freddy: It’s hard reading this with my name up there.
Teddy: Well hey we can move on from him now.
Freddy: Yeah. Who’s next, Wanderer?
The Camp Crystal Lake killer.
Jason Voorhees
Jason is gonna be interesting as he cannot talk. He didn’t in MultiVerses, there’s no need to do it here. Jason would get the chance to fight Freddy again and finally fight Ash. With his sheer monstrous strength, immortality, Jason is right to go up against the DC heroes, who will try to approach him with compassion.
Jason approaches Zatanna.
Zatanna: I know what they did to you….but you have no right to kill the campers!
Zatanna: Jason, you have to let go of your hatred! Killing is not going to undo your suffering!
Jason approaches Raven.
Raven: Haven’t we battled before? I’m sure we’ve met at some point.
Raven: I know how much it hurts, Jason. You lost the person you loved….but you’ve killed enough people! If you won’t surrender, then I’ll have to drag you back to hell!
Jason approaches Supergirl.
Supergirl: I’m so sorry for what they did, Jason. I wish there was something we could do, but right now I can’t let you kill these campers.
Supergirl: I know you have your limits, Jason. Will you see there’s no way to win?
Jason approaches Ash.
Ash: Well look what the Deadite dragged in, a undead hockey jock.
Ash: I got a feeling you ain’t a good looker under that mask.
Jason’s moves are him slashing people with his machete, axe, will shoot you with a bow and arrow, a harpoon gun, punches you, will crush your head. Jason’s super move is punching you out into the woods where your legs get caught in a bear trap, you fall over into a camper bag where Jason bashes you through several trees, then snaps you in half with it, drags you into the lake and stabs you in the chest with his machete.
Jason defeats the Anti-Monitor and with his power, Jason realises he can finally die and reunite with his mum. He chooses to kill himself, but not before he uses the Anti-Monitor’s powers to find the counsellors who failed him as a kid and kills them. Before he dies, he connects with all the Pamela Voorhees’s through the multiverse, they can all feel his love before he dies.
Teddy: That was quite sad.
Freddy: He is a tragic character.
Teddy: That he is. Who’s next then, Wanderer? I think things are starting to switch up.
You’re right. We now move onto the grooviest of horror heroes.
Ash Williams
My reasons for having Ash here is both based on a missed opportunity and something tragic. Ash was going to be in Mortal Kombat 11 but was replaced by Joker, he should get a chance to appear in a fighting game. The tragic reason is that Bruce Campbell is not gonna be with us for much longer. He’s dying of cancer. I think if they bring him back for this, it’d be an awesome outing for Ash as he finally gets to go up against Freddy and Jason and taking on others. You have him, Robert and Doug in this game, these horror icons get to have a good bit of banter with each other.
Intros: Ash drives in the arena in his car. Ash walks in with his chainsaw and gun ready. Ash comes out of a wormhole. Ash wakes up in the arena having overslept.
Ash approaches Freddy.
Ash: Nice Christmas sweater, did ya get it somewhere cheap?
Freddy: Think you’re funny, huh?
Freddy: Huh, not often I get to kill a manchild! You’re a full grown man acting like a kid!
Ash: Doesn’t hurt to live like you’re young!
Ash approaches Pinhead.
Ash: You a Deadite or a sex worker?
Pinhead: Neither. I am a Cenobite of the Labyrinth.
Pinhead: You’re an interesting individual, Ash Williams. Perhaps our pleasures are to your tastes.
Ash: Hard pass, screw face.
Ash approaches Constantine.
Ash: You a demon ass kicker as well?
Constantine: I am, I just don’t flash my tools like you.
Constantine: A cyborg demon Hunter? Straight out of the eighties, eh mate?
Ash: I’m a seventies guy, Johnny!
Ash approaches Batwoman.
Ash: So Bats has a cousin who dabbles in the occult?
Batwoman: He handles street crime, I handle the supernatural.
Batwoman: You’re not the regular demon Hunter are you?
Ash: Hey babe, sometimes we aren’t as flashy as you.
Ash’s moves will be him slashing his chainsaw, shooting his gun, then slashing with his sword. He will use the Necronomicon to boost himself up with powers, giving him super strength while casting out huge blasts of light, opening portals. Ash’s super move has him shooting his enemy through to the cabin, where Ash uses the Necronomicon to bring the deer head to life to stab them in the back, creates little versions of his opponent to stab them and shoot them and tie them to a chair, with Ash driving his car through the cabin wall to send them flying back into the portal and into the arena.
Ash’s story ends with him defeating the Anti-Monitor and uses his powers to destroy the Dark Ones and the Deadites for good. With them dead, Ash gives up the power to go back home and live a normal life, he’s had it now and wants to get back to the life he wants, working at a small town and finding somebody to love.
Teddy: That’s a nice ending. After Ash went through in his life he deserves it.
But you may be wondering why Evil Ash is here? Well he’s the other character Bruce is well known for playing in the Evil Dead series so only right we include him.
Evil Ash’s story in the game is that he used the Necronomicon to open a doorway to the Injustice Universe to gain the ultimate power over all of reality. Ash has chased him through.
Intros: Ash’s hand mutates into Evil Ash. A skeleton horse comes in with Evil Ash riding it. Evil Ash rises from the ground. Evil Ash walks forward joined by Deadites.
Evil Ash approaches Batwoman.
Evil Ash: Hahaha, another hottie for my empire!
Batwoman: I swing one way, Deadite!
Batwoman: You can’t be Ash?
Evil Ash: I’m better than that big chinned manchild!
Evil Ash approaches Freddy.
Evil Ash: A Dream Demon? Your mere child’s play to the Deadites!
Freddy: I’ll make you eat those words ya rotting corpse!
Freddy: Another Ash?
Evil Ash: What’s the matter? Jealous you ain’t got the Necronomicon’s powers?
Evil Ash approaches Zatanna.
Evil Ash: Who-hoo, I died and woke up in heaven with you!
Zatanna: Like I’d kiss you!
Zatanna: A dark copy? This will be easy!
Evil Ash: I’m anything but easy, doll!
Evil Ash’s skills would involve him slashing with his sword, shooting his crossbow, bloodily shooting his hand out to punch you, bites you with his teeth. His super move has him kicking you into the Deadite realm where many Deadites take a chunk out of your health, Evil Ash laughs as rides in on his horse trampling you, impales you with his swords and kicks you out of the Deadite realm.
Evil Ash’s story ends with him using the Anti Monitor’s powers to open up more ways through the multiverse and takes a Black Lantern ring to create an entire army of the undead with the Deadites.
Teddy: Well he’s totally the opposite of Ash. I bet lots of players would love beating him up.
Oh I know. But now we move onto a hero again. To some he’s Alex Murphy. To others he is:
Robocop
He is no stranger to the video game world and he’s recently appeared in Mortal Kombat 11 and had his own game Robocop Rogue City. Get Peter Weller back to voice him, give him some more moves and you have a fine character to play as. Robocop will be interesting to have in the DC multiverse since Frank Miller was involved in a lot of his works. Since Robocop has appeared in Mortal Kombat 11 his intros are mostly the same, him backing up a police officer, getting out of his car.
Robocop approaches Sinestro.
Robocop: You think fear is what these people deserve to live with?
Sinestro: Fear keeps people in line, Officer Murphy.
Sinestro: Aren’t you afraid of losing your humanity?
Robocop: I’ve taken on a lot in my life, Sinestro. I’m not giving in now.
Robocop approaches Damian Wayne.
Robocop: Don’t you think you’ve done enough harm, Damian?
Damian: You can’t make a better world without harming somebody!
Damian: What are you? Some failed cyborg super soldier?
Robocop: I’m a cop, Damian.
Robocop’s moves are the same as they were in Mortal Kombat 11 only this time he can now use a machine gun, can fly with his jet pack to grab his enemies, and his special move now includes him shooting his enemies out of the office window.
Robocop’s story ends with the Anti-Monitor defeated and Murphy uses his godly powers to expose OCP’s crimes and bring the company to their knees. Murphy brings Cyborg with him as he can see that Cyborg wants to repent for what he did and the Guardians of Oa give Murphy a Green Lantern ring, making him a member of the Lantern Corps after he relinquished the Anti-Monitor’s powers to them.
Teddy: Robocop as a Green Lantern? Sweet!
Freddy: Yeah, he deserves such a role! Gosh, he’d really be the hero of his Earth.
Teddy: Oh yes! Who have we got left? Anymore heroes?
Yes we do. Up next is a character I sadly don’t know that well of but he’s a Paramount owned character so it only makes sense he’d in it.
Snake Eyes
Yeah, why not? The badass silent ninja of G.I. Joe deserves a place in a fighting game. Like Jason you can’t really get dialogue with him but he is still a great fighter to have in here.
His intros would mostly feature him dropping out from the ceiling, coming out on a rope, walking steadily with his katana sheathed.
Deathstroke: Who might you be?
Snake Eyes says nothing.
Deathstroke: Not a talker, huh?
Batman: Who are you? A member of the League?
Bizarro: Who is what you?
Snake Eyes’ moves will be him slashing with his katana, shooting with his gun, multiple martial art moves with fast punches and kicks, will throw knives at you. His special move is that he will kick you out of the arena to a snowy mountain where Timber the Wolf bites your shoulder and throws you against a wall, Snake Eyes stabs you in the chest and gets out his machine guns and shoots you off the mountain where you fall back into the arena.
Snake Eyes’ story ends with the Anti Monitor defeated but he instead gives the power of the being over to the Guardians of Oa and requests the new Justice League help him and G.I Joe on their battle against Cobra, with Snake Eyes returning with the League through a portal to help.
Teddy: Damn, not bad for a bloke who knows little of G.I Joe!
Freddy: Yeah I don’t know either.
Teddy: Who’s next then?
We switch back to a villain now with.
Shredder
Shredder did appear at the end of the TMNT Injustice 2, story so why not have him come back here? Shredder gets to have a fight with many DC guys now here.
Intros: Shredder jumps from a rooftop. Shredder walks from the darkness with his wrist blades sparking together. He walks out to face his foe. He appears with a katana out by his side.
Shredder approaches Damian.
Shredder: You fight like a member of the Foot Clan.
Damian: I learnt from the greatest of teachers.
Damian: Who are you? Another mercenary for me to kill?
Shredder: You will find I’m not a mere brute, young boy.
Shredder meets Killer Croc.
Shredder: Another mutant sewer dweller? How unfortunate.
Killer Croc: Unfortunate for you!
Shredder meets Batwoman.
Shredder: What clan do you fight for?
Batwoman: I’m with the Bats, Shredder.
Shredder’s moves will include slashing with his wrist blades, his katana, fast punches and kicks, throws out grenades and uses smoke grenades to surprise his enemies. His special move is kicking them into the back alley where he quickly slashes them with his blades, many ninjas appear out of nowhere and stab you with their katanas and Shredder will knife you with his wrist blades, kicks you in the sewers and flushes you back to the arena.
Shredder defeats the Anti-Monitor and with his power he forms the Foot Clan into a cosmically powerful force, taking over the Earth with the Turtles leading a resistance to kill Shredder.
Teddy: Quite good.
Freddy: Just these guys now.
Omni Man
Yup, the Viltrumite himself. He’s not a stranger to Netherealm and Invincible has crossed over with Marvel and DC here and there. You get J.K Simmons back and you got gold right there! Him in the Injustice Universe would make Injustice Superman look like the street bully.
Intros: Omni-Man smashes onto the ground with a kneeling pose. Omni-Man floats in the arena. Omni-Man smashes a wall apart. Omni-Man stands there looking annoyed.
Batman: What are you? Kryptonian?
Omni-Man: A lot worse I’m afraid.
Omni-Man: Who are you? Darkwing’s replacement?
Batman: I don’t know who Darkwing is.
Omni-Man: Join the Empire of Viltrum and I’ll make you not only the ruler if Tameran but the mother of my child!
Starfire: I’ll die first!
Omni Man: You have all that incredible ability and you don’t use it to rule?
Supergirl: I prefer to serve than control!
Omni Man: You aren’t the first woman I’ve killed to get what I want.
Zatanna: There’s a first for everything!
Omni-Man’s moves are similar to what they were in Mortal Kombat 1, he relies on punches, kicks, throwing. He can give you incredibly powerful rapid punches that results in him smashing your face into the ground. His super move features him smashing his foe right in the face, headbutts them hard enough their skulls shatter, punches them so far into the sky they crash into a asteroid, he then twists their head a full one eighty and punches them back to the arena.
Omni-Man kills the Anti-Monitor and uses his powers to overthrow Thragg and begins to take over the universe with Invincible leading the fight to stop him.
Teddy: Gosh, imagine him doing that to the DC characters.
Freddy: It’d be something, huh?
Yes it would. But lastly we have his own boy.
Invincible
We have the hero himself. He’s met Batman and Spiderman in a multiversal trip in the comics and I think now would be fun to bring him to the Injustice universe. With Invincible being the Superman of his universe it would be a shocking mirror image for the Injustice Supes to face, he’s already met his main self, now he meets another guy who embodies doing what’s right, helping others and being empathetic and kind.
Intros: He flies in with his fists up. He walks to the arena. He flies down gently. He saves somebody from falling blocks.
Invincible and Batman.
Invincible: I think I met you before! Batman!
Batman: I don’t recall meeting you.
Batman: You’re not Kryptonian, are you?
Invincible: I’m half alien, Batman.
Invincible and Jessica.
Invincible: Loving the constructs. Mind if I see how tough they are?
Jessica: Sure thing, but don’t think I’ll go easy on you!
Invincible and Superman.
Invincible: Why is there always an evil Superman out there?
Superman: I’m not evil. I did what had to be done!
Superman: I’ve seen you saving people out there…I’m impressed.
Invincible: It’s a shame you aren’t like the other Supermen out there.
Invincible and Freddy.
Invincible: You get out of my head, Freddy!
Freddy: Haha, I haven’t looked inside a kid like you before!
Freddy: You have all that power but you use it to save people?
Invincible: I’d rather save people than kill them!
Invincible’s moves are fast punches and kicks, he can fly forward, grab you by your shoulder and throw you around, do a fast punch. His super move is punching you in the face so hard you go flying in the air. He grabs you by the leg and smashes you into the ground, he punches you into it then he throws you back out, gives you a brutal double smash with his fist that sends you flying back into the arena.
Invincible uses the Anti-Monitor’s powers to cripple the Viltrumite fleet and battles Thragg until his father steps in to kill Thragg. With all of the empire under their control, Invincible convinces his father to turn the empire into a peaceful corps and start returning the planets their freedom, with Invincible becoming the emperor with Eve at his side, Invincible becoming the long living emperor the universe deserves.
That’s it.
Freddy: That’s a lot!
Teddy: Hopefully Media Man doesn’t have to split this up!
Freddy: I gotta say these are good suggestions, but do you think Injustice 3 will be made?
I think it will, they’re gonna want to make money on the characters again and with Paramount there I can see them wanting a few of these characters in there. Not all of them will be sadly. I think the only characters who will appear will be Freddy, Jason, Snake Eyes and Shredder since they are under the same roof. Pinhead, Ash, Robocop, Omni-Man, Pinhead and Invincible all belong to different companies so whoever owns them NetherRealm would need to talk to them. But if they do appear hopefully they have a good chance at earning more fans on the game.
Teddy: Fair.
Freddy: I think that’s gonna be it for now with our essays on the blog.
It will be, thank you guys.
Freddy and Teddy: Welcome!
Thank you for checking this out. What do you think? You think these guys will appear? Do you have a character you think can work in Injustice 3? Tell me below.
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