Though he seems to have some pressing issues when it comes to overpowered gameplay, Ghostface is proving to be one of the best-implemented guest characters in Mortal Kombat, which is saying something considering how many such guests developer NetherRealm Studios has brought in over recent years.
The Scream franchise has been around for nearly 30 years and has been in recent active production, making for an nigh endless goldmine for Easter eggs and fun references. Fans of the first Scary Movie film (a horror parody whose main focus centered on Scream) were surprised and sad to see that amid all Ghostface’s alternate masks the iconic “Wassup” face was not included. Lucklily modders have implemented a few lines of dialogue to remedy the lack of references, and GamelutioN has rounded them up for us.
The single most memorable image from the first Scary Movie has to be when Ghostface is wrapped up an a quick spoof on one of Budweiser’s most famous ad campaigns: The Whassup string of commercials that aired from 1999 to 2002.
The killer and a few of the film’s main characters share a phone call that sees the former’s face twisted into a goofy, substance-induced expression complete with nearly-closed eyes and floppy tongue.
The lack of a Scary Movie Whassup face was quickly rectified by fans with modding talents, and you can see images and video of the mod in action in our previous showcase story.
While such a face is not officially available as an alternate piece of gear in Mortal Kombat 1 (at least, not yet) additional mods have been paired with the visual one to give Ghostface a few Scary Movie lines when he faces off with various MK1 foes for pre-fight smack talk.
Most of these are somewhat crude, but that’s expected given Scary Movie’s crass nature. The opponents Ghostface talks to play their own parts in the referential dialogue, and don’t worry, if you don’t recall the exact moments from the film each quote comes out of, the video will fill you in.