Rejoice, Mortal Kombat fans! Your cries for a return to the famed fighting franchise's gory glory days have not been in vain. Midway developer Ed Boon posted some tasty details on his Twitter page regarding Mortal Kombat 9 that you'll be very pleased to hear.
The first comment will bring many a smile to any MK fan (aka every MK fan) who has been wishing for an ultra-violent return to form for the franchise. That's right. Boon confirmed that MK 9 will in fact be M-rated. (Given what we've seen from God of War III on the violence front, Midway is going to have to dig deep to appease jaded gore-hounds.)
So what is the team doing to really earn that M rating this time around? Boon commented yesterday that the team has started motion capturing special moves and fatalities, and the results have been "kind of sick."
(Gently nodding with approval) Nicely done Midway. Nicely done. I just tried to picture what a motion-captured fatality might look like, and now I'm weeping hysterically.
Could Mortal Kombat 9 be the most violent game of all time?
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Badfug
I am very excited...but, there motion capture hasn't really been up to par and with god of war 3 showing probably the most satisfying gore I've seen in ages, MK9 has a lot to dance with. I love these games and I know this franchise still has a spark left in it. MK vs DC showed that they could still make things interesting but got bogged down by certain...restrictions (DC). If the motion capture can come out like Heavenly sword, I will cry with joy. If they prove to me that violence can truthfully feel violent, and not just a gimmick, I will cry even harder. Don't drop the ball. Some franchises deserve to die, others need to show us HD fatalities.
Nelsona7x
I just want this NEXT MK game to be alot MORE MATURE and extremely DARKER with a freaky eerie spooky feeling. It has to be of course BETTER than every other one but at the same time I wouldn't have mind if deadly alliance played as mk4 or even mk3 and even mk2 darn it that's the BEST Mortal Kombat games I remember and LOVE. MK 9 better be SERIOUS and not for kids. I want people to be disturbed by what crazy violence this game has. I want people on the news channel to bring this game up and talk smack because of how violent it is. I want Mortal Kombat 9 (1,2,3,4) BACK!
PI3_14
IT SHOULD HAVE THE AGGRESSOR LIKE MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY AS AN OPTION
AMD THE INFINITE FATALITY TIME CHEAT
PI3_14
I THINK IT SHOULD BE RATED FOR "ADULTS ONLY"
INCLUDING MAXIMUM CLEAVAGE, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE NUDE, INTENSE GORE AND VIOLENCE
IT SHOULD HAVE EXTREME FATALITIES
IT SHOULD BRING BACK THE ANIMALALITY LIKE MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY
IT SHOULD BRING BACK BRUTALITIES FROM MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY
asuperbnova
they must add:
kreate a kharacter mode, abilty to run to your opponent ( make it a lot faster ), 2D! with a 3D twist!!, no story mode ( just make a new mk shaolin monks, it was a superb kool game ), mini games like test your mind ( not to komplicated ), bring the old school kharacters back without making them look too diffrent ( like making them with too much muscles ) and bring the mysterious dark look back (with unlockble content)
it would be a superb mk title, and make the fans really happy,
i hope ed boon reads this
GreedyMcNasty
Besides this game won't see the light of day till 2011 or 2012 and by that time the next street fighter will be out already. Everyone needs to give up and let Capcom take over the world with knock out's or just wait and pick up there old devs after they quit working for Capcom of Japan. There turn over rate is pretty high.
GreedyMcNasty
Tazzer you said it all. Just wasting our time around here. There is not enough talent on the MK staff to even come close to being as good as the worst dev at Capcom. Sorry guys the truth hurts really bad! The only real chance this game has is if they worked with Capcom. WE know that will never happen because Capcom is too old school stuck in it's ways. So the bottom line you would have to steal Capcom artist's and Dev's that worked on STREET FIGHTER 4.
Tazzer88
MK has always sucked. It doesn't need more blood, it need fighting mechanics that don't make the game feel like a clunky mess. It'll need a drastic complete overhaul to be even a decent game and i know it can't reach the elegant bliss of Street Fighter IV.
GreedyMcNasty
with fighting games it is the little things that make a game go from good to great. Story line( something about Mortals please ) character animations before the fight after the fight and in between rounds, against friends or enemies. Random events, MK needs to step up to the plate add a SUPER BAR and start making street fighter supers look dumb. Bonus Stages for the love of God bring them back and many of them, add the bonus stages to the story line. Hey before you can fight this next opponent you must prove yourself!!! Screw the mini puzzle fighter games and cart racing, and chess. Team super, team fatalities, 3 fatalities each, a forced hari kari, Mercy moves. Fire half your staff and use the money to bribe some of the Capcom devs.
GreedyMcNasty
There is still tons of things to add to fighting games. I just hope that every character in the game does not have a head pop or body explode move. I am more worried about the game play. This game has to compete with STREET FIGHTER 4, TEKKEN 6, KOF 12, BLAZE BLUE. Boon has to hire the best 3-d character designers in the world. He has to add balance, blood, gore, and do things that other companies are not willing to do! That is just the tip of the ice burg. If MK9 is not going to be another joke game it will be in development for at least 2 years. The only way it will dethrone street fighter is with better graphics, game play, moves, supers, ultras, and personal gross fatalities and loads of them.
BertSaxby
I didn't know there was a Mortal Kombat past version 3. LOL.
I'd like to see combat based on the controller scheme for an old old fighting game called Karate Champ that used two joysticks per player to pull off moves. If you['ve never tried that control scheme, I think there would be a LOT of opportunity in that setup. The characters to me became too cartoony with MK2, I liked the heavily aliased 'real' characters from MK1. Yeah it looked bad, but think about how far tech has advanced. I bet today it would look really good using modern systems.
down311
All fighting games need some drastic changes. I don't even know what else you can do with them anymore.
antagonist_wes
I lost all respect for the franchise after Mortal Kombat 4. Mortal Kombat 9? Bring something new to the table.
thizzianabob
the only thing i whant the mk team to do is to go back to the same fighting style that made them the greates fighting games in the 90;s..make mk9 2d hd grafhics..just like mk 3...please go back to your roots..ed boon..side scrolling glory..
ABXPuPpeT
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
GreedyMcNasty
Well we can try and support them. For the most part the only thing we can do is bitch about things on here. But everyone knows that it will change nothing. We all screamed no on MK vs DC and screamed YES on street fighter vs MK. Still no one listened. I will set back and watch to see what happens. The best MK games are still 2 and Deception. Time to get back to playing street fighter.
PS3Darklighter
This sucks! Seriously I stopped playinh MK after the SNES and the only reason I went back to it was MK vs DC. Instead of making a game that relies on blood and gore because it lacks a good story and good gameplay Midway should do something different. M rated almost always means a bad game.
GreedyMcNasty
Come on BOON don't be hard headed like every other game DEV. Capcom has great game play, but they will never change there game and add ending KO's. Other companies will never add blood. Why can't the MK team borrow from other games and then have everything the other companies have and then all of there stuff as well? It is extremely frustrating knowing that if Capcom did the game it would be perfect. One day a game will come along that will have everything good from all the other games.
GreedyMcNasty
Well went and did some research. Looks like the MK staff is looking to hire voice actor's. It sounds like they are going to follow the same fail pattern from before. Same characters again, same story line again, same over the top blood again, with the played out outworld crap again. Looks like it's all about the MONEY again. Where is the new stuff? Where are the moves, upgraded moves, super moves, ultras, ditch moves, grapple system's, throws, a story line that deals with MORTAL'S, pre fighting animation's, after fight animation's, really good game play....They are motion capturing again!!! So that means choppy game play. Where is the team fatalities, mercy moves, 3 fatalities per character, hari kari's the one that you make your enemy do. Looks like it will look and feel like MK vs DC with loads of blood and be as deep as the top layer of your skin. Wow the news has just started and already it is being shot down.
moose_
Yes.
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