8 Video Game Character Cameos That Made You Go "What?!"
5. Michael Jackson - Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2
In a boxing game as wonderfully over the top as Ready 2 Rumble, it's safe to expect the unexpected. After all, when you've got a roster including a bloke who looks like he's turned into the beef he clearly eats for every meal and a man straight out of the 1920s, weird is the new normal.
That being said, I don't think anyone expected the King Of Pop Michael Jackson to drop by for a round of sparring, and yet you could totally unlock him as a playable character in Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2. What makes this especially strange is that unlike other celeb cameos in the game, which never got officially licensed and so had to change their names or appearances slightly, MJ fully signed off on the idea, to the extent he recorded some mocap for the character as well as some dialogue!
It's a truly surreal experience to say the least, and that's to say nothing of his customised sparkly boxing glove!