Key Takeaways
- Peacemaker’s Animality finisher in Mortal Kombat 1 DLC features him turning into a bald eagle with explosive results.
- Animalities return in Mortal Kombat 1 after being absent since 1996, offering brutal and wild transformations for characters.
- The Khaos Reigns DLC showcases unique Animalities for guest characters like Homelander, adding new finishing moves to the game.
Fans can now see what Peacemaker’s Animality finisher looks like in Mortal Kombat 1’s DLC, and it is just as wild and patriotically themed as one would expect from DC’s freedom-loving antihero. Animalities were first introduced as an alternative to Fatalities in 1995’s Mortal Kombat 3, allowing players to transform into different animals and brutally execute their enemies. After being absent from the series since 1996’s Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Animalities are finally coming back to Mortal Kombat 1 in a free update coinciding with today’s Khaos Reigns DLC.
Ever since Khaos Reigns was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con a few months ago, the developers behind Mortal Kombat 1 have been showing off each character’s bestial finishing move. Some of these include Smoke transforming into a gorilla and tearing his foe apart, Mileena shifting into a praying mantis to devour her enemy, and the newly-added Noob Sabot taking the form of a pair of crocodiles and breaking his foe in half like a wishbone. Even Mortal Kombat 1’s DLC guest characters are getting Animalities, with Invincible’s Omni-Man transforming into the hulking Hail Mary creature that he once battled in the show.
Now it’s Peacemaker’s turn to show off his new Mortal Kombat 1 Animality, with Twitter user thetiny being one of many sharing clips of it online. Once Peacemaker receives the iconic “Finish Him” message, he fittingly transforms into a bald eagle that resembles his beloved pet Eagly, save for wearing his signature helmet. After sharing a makeshift high-five, the two eagles fly, slashing at the opponent’s knees before Peacemaker unloads a hail of machine gun fire into their torso and Eagly blows them up with a grenade. The eagle Peacemaker then sits proudly as Eagly flies an American flag past his head and the announcer declares him the victor.
Peacemaker Becomes An Eagle In Mortal Kombat 1 Animality
The Animalities for Peacemaker’s fellow Mortal Kombat 1 guest characters have already been shown, with The Boys villain Homelander performing a similar attack where he transforms into a red, white, and blue-colored griffin and melts his opponent with his dreaded heat vision. So far, the Animalites for future MK 1 DLC characters T-1000, Ghostface, and Conan the Barbarian haven’t been revealed yet, and it will be interesting to see what NetherRealm comes up with for them, especially since the latter two aren’t known for having any kind of transformation powers in their source material.
The same could be said for Peacemaker, but Mortal Kombat 1‘s new DLC is giving him the ability to turn into a bald eagle for his Animality finisher. The choice of animal is highly appropriate given Peacemaker’s patriotic motif and affection for his own pet eagle. The Mortal Kombat 1 Khaos Reigns DLC is now live, meaning that players will be able to unleash this newfound power along with the other Animalities added in this new update.
