Mortal kombat why k

Mortal Kombat is a fantasy action movie based on the popular video game franchise. During the scene where she's explaining this history to Cole, she points to a picture that says "Mortal Kombat" and Cole makes a crack about the title, insisting Sonya must have made it up. She ignores his comment, but the audience definitely gets the joke. There's actually a very good reason why Mortal Kombat is spelled with a "K" rather than a "C" and it all comes down to a legal issue that stopped Midway Games from trademarking the fighting game's name.

Thailand Rank Posts Likes 0 received 0 given. Because the letter K is louder than the letter than the letter C. It's marketing. Nintendo does it too; remember Koopa? K just "hits harder" than C; my theory is, either it's more attention-grabbing because it's less commonly used than C, or the sound is interpretted more quickly in your mind with a K than with a C, because C sometimes sounds like S, but K always sounds like K.

So in short, it's for marketing, for impact. XcarnageX XcarnageX. Ummm, it looks better? NeedlesKane NeedlesKane. Mortal Combat Mortal Kombat TomTaz TomTaz. Needleskane Wrote: Ummm, it looks better? What he said. K just looks and sounds better. Kirby or Cirby? Bad example. You could not trademark nor copyright the name if it is Mortal Combat because that is in common use and can easily be found in the dictionary.

Much the Same as Playskool is spelled with a k and not a ch. Since Kombat is not technically a word, it is copyrightable and since it was the early nineties spelling things wrong was cool as well. This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved. Forums » Mortal Kombat Whats with the "K".

Since then, they've made it into a thing to place in all their games. It's a signature style for them. It's branding.