With Mortal Kombat 1’s first DLC character, Invincible’s Omni-Man, now available via early access, fans are diving deep into what this new contender can do here in NetherRealm Studios’ latest fighting title. From impressive combos to set ups with all kinds of Kameo Fighters, there’s a lot to learn and discover with the game’s first guest fighter.
Unfortunately, it seems like Mortal Kombat 1 has new bugs to fix with nearly every update that’s introduced, and I have to imagine that this particular behavior is just another one to add to the list. Apparently, Omni-Man can actually forcibly move the opponent’s position on screen when he air backdashes at fullscreen away.
This clip from MurkoZawa on X (formerly Twitter) shows the potential bug in action.
As we can see from the footage, when Omni-Man is fullscreen distance away from the opponent, he can air backdash and actually pull the opponent forward as he causes the entire screen to shift.
For those who actively play fighting games, you can already tell that what’s happening here is certainly amiss. In every other fighting game I can think of that has backdashes, usually when someone does so from full screen away they will perform the action, but will essentially stay in place.
Never have I seen a character actually shift the position of the entire screen and pull the opponent’s fighter forward. Either Omni-Man is just THAT strong in Mortal Kombat 1, or this is just another bug to fix — I’m betting the latter.
There have been instances where characters in fighting games could manipulate the boundaries of the screen. In Killer Instinct (2013), towering titan Aganos can place his own walls on screen and trap the opponent, then smash them through said walls for big damage. But that’s not quite what this is.
If you air backdash with Omni-man at fullscreen the opponent moves forward pic.twitter.com/QDawlGWXka
— RIZE | Murko (@MurkoZawa) November 9, 2023
Naturally, if someone chooses to abuse this in-game, they could manipulate where the opponent is on screen against their will. Whether that’s practical or not is yet to be seen, but I’d say it’s almost certain that this is unintentional behavior that needs to be patched out.