Like how Bungie added an Easter egg paying homage to Destiny 1's "Loot Cave" after it was patched out following the exploit's explosive popularity, Mortal Kombat 12 could add (or at the very least reference) Scooby-Doo's Shaggy Rogers thanks to a popular meme that Warner Bros. is willing to let its film properties intersect with fan memes, it's likely those memes could branch into video games too. RELATED: Mortal Kombat 11 Rain Fatality Has Hilarious Queen Reference However, one fairly recent meme associated with Mortal Kombat, Ultra Instinct Shaggy, became "canon" thanks to a custom title card in the animated film Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms.
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The purple ninja Rain is a good example, as creative director Ed Boon admitted the character was a joke based on Prince's "Purple Rain," specifically meant to get players speculating as they had with characters like Ermac born from a glitch in the original game's code. NetherRealm is known to jump on rumors, or even create its own, and later make canonical additions to the Mortal Kombat universe. The stars may be aligning for NetherRealm Studios to do something similar in Mortal Kombat 12. Community memes have been incorporated into various games, such as Naughty Dog adding a dead rabbit Easter egg in The Last of Us 2, referencing a widespread clip from streamer Emme "Negaoryx" Montgomery. With regards to live-service titles, this often means balance patches can reflect what players feel deserve to be buffed or nerfed, though it also means they can conceivably get in on a community's in-jokes.
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Video game development doesn't happen in a vacuum, and many developers are actively watching their communities online.