Next Gen Mortal Kombat

[Avalanche]

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/732/732421p1.html

Kombat Komes to Next Gen
Fighting franchise will be re-envisioned for new consoles.
by Jeff Haynes



September 12, 2006 - One of the most controversial decisions in the Mortal Kombat universe hasn't been the inclusion of fatalities, but that characters would be killed off. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the latest installment of the franchise, has made that startling announcement as it proclaims that the upcoming title will be the final battle between good and evil. Is the end nigh for the fighting franchise?

Not according to Ed Boon, creative director of the Mortal Kombat team. During a recent visit to our offices, Boon mentioned some of the reasons behind the elimination behind some characters. "In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, we wanted to end a number of things, actually. We wanted to end this chapter of the story. This is the last Mortal Kombat on this generation of consoles, and we also wanted to end this kind of fighting mechanic for Mortal Kombat."

Boon also hinted at what the next generation of Mortal Kombat would entail, which also includes new visuals and controls:

"On the next game, we're going to start new, with a bunch of brand new characters, a whole new fighting system, a new presentation with the new graphics for the new consoles, as well as a new control scheme to take advantage of some of the new technology available. We thought it was a good time to close this chapter and open a new one with every single aspect of Mortal Kombat -- It's going to be brand new."


[SIZE=-2]Artist's Rendering (Not Actual Next Gen Image)[/SIZE]
Looks like the next generation will have fatalities after all. Check back tomorrow for new impressions of Armageddon.

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Well, I have Deadly Alliance, but I'm really not a fan of the series, and it's largely due to the crappy combat system. It's so wooden, rigid, and just downright bad. News that they'll be revamping this is great news to me. Hopefully they'll lean it further toward the more fluid, proper fight systems as in Tekken, Dead or Alive, Virtua Fighter and Soul Calibur.

It's a brave move, completely reimagining the entire series from scratch. A welcome one in my opinion.

 

[Kable24]

Sounds good. I'm looking forward to Armageddon on my PS2. Since we're on the subject of MK stuff. What was the fallout between Ed Boon and John Tobias?

 

[Mr. Credible]

no more sub zero and liu kang?!

well, whatever, i don't like any of the new characters, with one or two exceptions, so a change could be good i guess.

i just hope that the new fatalities don't look so gay. i've almost always hated the way they looked (ooh, i'm going to throw your own head at you, then every piece of your body is going to come apart, yeah! that's realistic!) and the blood looks terrible, too. fix that.

 

[TrailerCues]

Wow now I really want a Mortal Kombat Complete Collectors Edition with ALL GAMES if they are going to be starting over after armageddon

 

[Mr. Credible]

i really want to play mk4 right now... or maybe 2.

 

[TrailerCues]

i really want to play mk4 right now... or maybe 2.

If they can release the first 2 Dead Or Alives on XBOX they can re release all the old retro Mortal Kombat games damn it

 

[Kable24]

Midway Arcade classics 2 has MK 1, 2 and 3 I believe.

 

[†~AntiChrist~†]

i really want to play mk4 right now... or maybe 2.

Why dont you just play trilogy??

 

[†~AntiChrist~†]

So.."the game" willhave totally new chacters with originals??

That would be dissapointing..

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/732/732421p1.html

Kombat Komes to Next Gen
Fighting franchise will be re-envisioned for new consoles.
by Jeff Haynes



September 12, 2006 - One of the most controversial decisions in the Mortal Kombat universe hasn't been the inclusion of fatalities, but that characters would be killed off. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the latest installment of the franchise, has made that startling announcement as it proclaims that the upcoming title will be the final battle between good and evil. Is the end nigh for the fighting franchise?

Not according to Ed Boon, creative director of the Mortal Kombat team. During a recent visit to our offices, Boon mentioned some of the reasons behind the elimination behind some characters. "In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, we wanted to end a number of things, actually. We wanted to end this chapter of the story. This is the last Mortal Kombat on this generation of consoles, and we also wanted to end this kind of fighting mechanic for Mortal Kombat."

Boon also hinted at what the next generation of Mortal Kombat would entail, which also includes new visuals and controls:

"On the next game, we're going to start new, with a bunch of brand new characters, a whole new fighting system, a new presentation with the new graphics for the new consoles, as well as a new control scheme to take advantage of some of the new technology available. We thought it was a good time to close this chapter and open a new one with every single aspect of Mortal Kombat -- It's going to be brand new."


[SIZE=-2]Artist's Rendering (Not Actual Next Gen Image)[/SIZE]
Looks like the next generation will have fatalities after all. Check back tomorrow for new impressions of Armageddon.

=============================================

Well, I have Deadly Alliance, but I'm really not a fan of the series, and it's largely due to the crappy combat system. It's so wooden, rigid, and just downright bad. News that they'll be revamping this is great news to me. Hopefully they'll lean it further toward the more fluid, proper fight systems as in Tekken, Dead or Alive, Virtua Fighter and Soul Calibur.

It's a brave move, completely reimagining the entire series from scratch. A welcome one in my opinion.

 

[Jerry!]

How many ****ing "final" MK games are there going to be? End it already.

 

[Cyrusbales]

"On the next game, we're going to start new, with a bunch of brand new characters, a whole new fighting system, a new presentation with the new graphics for the new consoles, as well as a new control scheme to take advantage of some of the new technology available. We thought it was a good time to close this chapter and open a new one with every single aspect of Mortal Kombat -- It's going to be brand new."


So it's not actually going to be a Mortal Combat game then?

 

[Figs]

"On the next game, we're going to start new, with a bunch of brand new characters, a whole new fighting system, a new presentation with the new graphics for the new consoles, as well as a new control scheme to take advantage of some of the new technology available. We thought it was a good time to close this chapter and open a new one with every single aspect of Mortal Kombat -- It's going to be brand new."


So it's not actually going to be a Mortal Combat game then?

From early reviews with Ed Boon he hinted that Sub-Zero and Scorpion are like the Ken and Ryu of the series. I'm sure they will be the two to come back.

I just can't wait to see or hear what this new direction is. I just haven't been into the games as much as the 2-D originals. I bought the last three and they were fun for awhile but the replayability wasn't as good as 2 or 3.

 

[Havok83]

Armageddon really turned me off from the series. It was supposed to be their big send off for lst gen, but man was it a major dissapointment

 

[SupahSaiyangirl]

i've got to be honest the days when mortal kombat reign supreme are kind of over and it hasnt been helped with midway's so-so development lately. hopefully this will be the reboot the series needed, because i have MK deadly alliance for the game cube sitting in a drawer waiting to be completed...i got bored mid-way through and the ridiculously long combo commands are not my cup of tea.

so this game wont have the fan favs like sub-zero, scorpion, johnny cage, jax, and co., if so man that sucks...they are mortal kombat they atleast need to be in the game from the start or unlockable characters...

 

[Figs]

i've got to be honest the days when mortal kombat reign supreme are kind of over and it hasnt been helped with midway's so-so development lately. hopefully this will be the reboot the series needed, because i have MK deadly alliance for the game cube sitting in a drawer waiting to be completed...i got bored mid-way through and the ridiculously long combo commands are not my cup of tea.

so this game wont have the fan favs like sub-zero, scorpion, johnny cage, jax, and co., if so man that sucks...they are mortal kombat they atleast need to be in the game from the start or unlockable characters...

I agree, if they don't do something awesome with this next game I think MK will finally be dead as a stone.

Personally, I'd put money down that at the least Subby and Scorpion will be back. Most likely just those two though. Can't remember what interview but Boon was hinting that you can't have a MK game without them.

Hopefully the rest of the characters are brand spanking new though.

 

[†~AntiChrist~†]

Armageddon really turned me off from the series. It was supposed to be their big send off for lst gen, but man was it a major dissapointment

Why did you think it was dissapointing..It was an alright game..I mean what did you expect??

 

[†~AntiChrist~†]

i've got to be honest the days when mortal kombat reign supreme are kind of over and it hasnt been helped with midway's so-so development lately. hopefully this will be the reboot the series needed, because i have MK deadly alliance for the game cube sitting in a drawer waiting to be completed...i got bored mid-way through and the ridiculously long combo commands are not my cup of tea.

so this game wont have the fan favs like sub-zero, scorpion, johnny cage, jax, and co., if so man that sucks...they are mortal kombat they atleast need to be in the game from the start or unlockable characters...

They should without them it wouldnt be mortal kombat..Oh yeah..And a tip to anyone getting alliance...Dont bother playing konquest..All it is is teaching you the character moves..Get armageddon if you want to play konquest..Even better get shoalin monks..Its is way better than alliance..But not better than armageddon

 

[Nathan]

Shaolin Monks is worlds above the Konquest Mode in Armageddon IMO. The Konquest Mode doesn't come even close.

 

[†~AntiChrist~†]

Armageddon has a better roster...But yeah konquest in armageddon was pretty boring..after the first time..

 

[William_C]

Shaolin Monks eats Konquest though! Only thing wrong with Shaolin Monks is that when you get to play as Sub-Zero or Scorpion, they are still Liu Kang and Kung Lao

I cant wait for news to trickle in about MK8

 

[†~AntiChrist~†]

This game will be great!, I cant wait for it to come out..

 

[Havok83]

I think they should just create a game for the PSN and XBLA based on the fighting engine in Shaolin Monks. That VS mode was really fun and should be expanded on. I think a fighting game based on that would probably be more fun than what they will come up with.

 

[Timstuff]

This game will be great!, I cant wait for it to come out..

We don't know anything about it, and you're already saying it'll be great? That certainly wasn't the case with the last game. Not saying it'll be bad, but we don't even know what the game is yet.

 

[†~AntiChrist~†]

New characters which i (think is alright) a new story and next gen combat!
Hopefully this game WILL come out..

 

[Figs]

I expect Boon and company to release some info for the new Mortal Kombat by Spring. They said they were wanting to release it in '08, and all of the past MK games were released in the fall/winter.

There should be at least a few tidbits of info in the coming months.