Fans want GWAR’s Oderus Urungus to be a playable character in the next Mortal Kombat game and so do we

by | Feb 3, 2015 | MUSIC

The legendary Oderus Urungus left a trail of death and distraction in his wake – armed with his microphone stand, razor sharp claws and horns, and an even sharper tongue. Could you imagine if this God of Metal was in the next Mortal Kombat video game?


The legendary Oderus Urungus left a trail of death and distraction in his wake – armed with his microphone stand, razor sharp claws and horns, and an even sharper tongue. Could you imagine if this God of Metal was in the next Mortal Kombat video game?

We fucking could.

We’re waiting to hear from GWAR on where they stand with this, but until then, some fans went out of their way to set up an online petition which is set to break its goal of 17K signatures, hoping to get Urungus into the next Mortal Kombat game.

You can sign the petition here.

“Oderus was as hilarious as he was viscous [did he mean “vicious”?–ed], and also one of the most colorful and creative characters not only in rock history, but also history in general,” wrote the petitions creator Boston Brand (not, we assume, the secret identity of DC Comics character Deadman–though stranger things have happened). Brand said putting Oderus into the game would be the perfect way to remember Dave Brockie, the man under the latex horns, who passed away last year.

“Though his music will live on, what better way would there be to further immortalize (toasty) Oderus Urungus then to have him be a playable character on Mortal Kombat X,” wrote Brand.

Mortal Komat X (X, not 10, cause lord knows there’s been a hell of a lot more than 9 of these games made) is set for release in April of this year, and for fans of the series, it’s a pretty exciting time.

I’m not sure if the few months between now and then is enough time to actually put in a new character, but other fighting games have had successful out-of-nowhere crossovers (I’m looking at you, Soul Calibur II (Legend of Zelda’s Link and Spawn) and IV (Darth Vader and Yoda).

NetherRealm, the company who makes the Mortal Kombat games, has yet to respond to questions sent to their media folks, but we’ll update if and when they come in.

Check out the announcement trailer for MKX below:

Brad Kutner

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