'Kuz....

...it's kooler that way.

That is korrect.

Skorpion?

Because the letter K is louder than the letter than the letter C. It's marketing. Nintendo does it too; remember Koopa? K just "hits harder" than C; my theory is, either it's more attention-grabbing because it's less commonly used than C, or the sound is interpretted more quickly in your mind with a K than with a C, because C sometimes sounds like S, but K always sounds like K. So in short, it's for marketing, for impact.

Ummm, it looks better?

Needleskane Wrote: Ummm, it looks better?

What he said. Mortal Combat... Nah. Mortal Kombat... Perfect.

K just looks and sounds better.



Kirby or Cirby?



Kirby...of course.

cartmansp Wrote: K just looks and sounds better. Kirby or Cirby? Kirby...of course.

Bad example. "Cirby" would be pronounced "Sirby."

xcarnagex Wrote: Because the letter K is louder than the letter than the letter C. It's marketing. Nintendo does it too; remember Koopa? K just "hits harder" than C; my theory is, either it's more attention-grabbing because it's less commonly used than C, or the sound is interpretted more quickly in your mind with a K than with a C, because C sometimes sounds like S, but K always sounds like K. So in short, it's for marketing, for impact.

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Koopa is ripped off of the chinese Kuppa which is the name of a dragon that is really just a giant turtle.

Mortal Combat could not be used because that is common. You could not trademark nor copyright the name if it is Mortal Combat because that is in common use and can easily be found in the dictionary. Much the Same as Playskool is spelled with a k and not a ch. Since Kombat is not technically a word, it is copyrightable and since it was the early nineties spelling things wrong was cool as well. As for other things being spelled the same it was more of homage to the title.

-Shoe

xcarnagex Wrote: cartmansp Wrote: K just looks and sounds better. Kirby or Cirby? Kirby...of course. Bad example. "Cirby" would be pronounced "Sirby."

Hyuga Wrote: Skorpion?

You raaaaang?

I thin is because everything looks Kooler with the K

everyone looks for a certain trademark for their product to have, so Boon and Co. felt this would be theirs... along with a WHOLE bunch of other things

Actually, with the exception of the "CH" combination, we can do without the letter "C" in our language, and instead, use either "S" or "K" to replace it. "CH" could have it's own letter.