The Mortal Kombat 1 roster expands this week with its first guest character, Invincible’s Omni-Man. While he isn’t a contender for dad-of-the-year, Omni-Man is a powerhouse who’ll face off against Earthrealm’s defenders when he lands, bringing with him a unique offense and skillset that emphasizes his Viltrumite heritage.
Previous teasers have shown off some of his hard-hitting offense and a fatality that’s straight out of the Invincible animated TV series, and developer NetherRealm has aimed to make this incarnation of Omni-Man as nuanced as his comic book and animated source material from all of the reference material that it had on hand.
This isn’t the first time that the studio has developed an evil Superman fighting game character–and it won’t be the last as Homelander is also appearing in Mortal Kombat 1–but for Omni-Man, the studio came up with some fun ideas to turn him into a rushdown character who is all about speed and offense.