Yesterday, the official Injustice 2 Twitter account sent out an interesting Tweet, posting an image of Bizarro, with the quote, “Bizarro number one, not Superman!” For those unaware, Bizarro is an imperfect clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor, who possesses all of the Kryptonian’s powers, but none of his intellect or reasoning skills. Though he served as a major antagonist as a member of The Regime during Year 5 of the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic series, he was thought to have been killed by Doomsday, but it seems he will be officially joining the battlefield as a Premiere Skin for Superman.
Taking the form of alternative Shaders, Premiere Skins serve as alternate costumes that have allowed NetherRealm Studios to place popular characters who may not have warranted separate character slots, due to having similar power sets — such as Mr. Freeze, John Stewart, Reverse-Flash, Power Girl, and Vixen — into the game, with their own sets of unique dialogue and character-specific intros.
We first caught a glimpse of the cloned Kryptonian during the Starfire reveal trailer at San Diego Comic Con, where she was incinerated by flame breath (instead of Kent’s usual ice breath), as well as ice vision in place of heat vision. Though Premiere Skins up to this point have shared the exact same animations and attacks as their original counterparts, perhaps Bizarro will be the first to have unique effects added to Superman’s standard moveset? Though no other information about his release date was given, we can likely expect more information during the upcoming Watchtower livestream for Starfire in the near future. You can see the tweet below, and you can spot him at the 36-second mark during Starfire’s trailer.
"Bizarro number one, not Superman!” pic.twitter.com/06QiKUR6YQ
— Injustice2 (@InjusticeGame) July 26, 2017
What do you think about El-Kal joining Injustice 2? Will this persuade you to pick up the Man of Steel, despite his upcoming nerfs in the game’s first balance patch? Give us your thoughts in the comments section below.
Sources: InjusticeGame (Twitter) via Test Your Might; Injustice