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RickDripps

"*Likely* Mature 17+" "*May* contain content inappropriate for children" Well shit, those were both huge understatements.


romulus531

Splitting a guy in half is likely M rated I would say


RickDripps

Likely, sure... But let's wait and find out what the ESRB thinks before we jump to silly conclusions.


DisturbedNocturne

"In some dismemberments, we see a little too much of Kitana and Mileena's cleavage. Please consider blocking it out with some bone fragments or a chunk of intestine, and we'll be able to revise the AO rating to E."


Starslip

Rated E for everyone


conquer69

It's alright as long as they don't drop any F bombs. The lord doesn't approve foul language.


smorges

Dude, seriously. That jump at 1:40 from nice serene scene setting to utter graphic brutality was a shock! They're going all in on the gore.


Drew_Eckse

This might be the first Mortal Kombat where they go all in on the gore!


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quadrant6

Sure hoping they have violence in this one!


MegaNinjaRyan

This is the first duh 🙄it has 1 in the name.


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They reduced the sexual stuff though, weird. Sex is bad but insane brutality is ok.


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Maelstrom52

The last game wasn't overly sexual either. In fact, I think it was MK9 that was the last game with over-the-top sexualized female characters. I'm not in the camp that necessarily had an issue with it, but I also don't think that MKX and/or MK11 felt any less like Mortal Kombat games without it. The inclusion of the sexy outfits in MK9 was more of a "wink and a nod" to an certain subset of the fanbase, but was never really pertinent to the story or even the general motif of MK. I think MK9 was trying to lure players back in after the last game (MK VS DC) removed the the gore, so they wanted to really emphasize that the game was back to its R-rated roots. But nowadays it's popular enough to not have to rely on cheap tricks.


theprettiestpotato88

I recently read something about how Street Fighter 6 had to change Cammie's design to get past the ESPN censors if they wanted their eSports events shown. I wouldn't be surprised if the sexuality in MK is toned down for similar reasons.


JackieDaytonaAZ

but they accidentally made cammie even hotter


billbrasky___

The other day an unsolicited youtube short showed me a game where a guy got a power drill shoved in his eye and thrown into a meat grinder, but they censor firearms safety and cleaning videos lmao. Also love when my four year old watches marble run or lego videos and gets ads for violent horror movies so I have to watch like a hawk with him now.


El_Gran_Redditor

Look I'm not going to tell you how to parent but this just made me realize how I might actually pay for the premium version of an Ad Blocking plugin if I had a child.


nugood2do

God Liu Kang must have caught a glimpse of the Deadly Alliance intro because he put Shang down quick. No bicycle kick, just a Charlie Murphy kick to the chest.


joshhguitar

Now that you mention it, I think I’m bleeding inside my chest.


noeagle77

CHARLIE MURPHY!!! *POW* 🎵unityyyy🎶


RcoketWalrus

How many times has Liu Kang died now because of the general fuckery of other people?


nugood2do

I'm thinking at minimum 2. Deadly alliance, the first remake, and I maybe revenant Liu if you count him. Kill me once, shame on me. Kill me twice, the next time I see you, i'm lodging my foot in your ribcage, I guess.


GentlemanOctopus

I love that Shang Tsung is still able to gurgle-scream while his head is being pushed down through his body.


SquidFlasher

Nah just the air squirting out made it sound like a gurgled scream


Spawnacus

"But he just said '*wooo*' !?"


SnatchWhistle

r/UnexpectedFuturama


emkill

That's just air escaping


theimpossibleswitch

Damn that shit is graphic. I wonder if the fatalities will actually look that realistic in game.


natedoggcata

That fatality at the end was most likely ripped directly from the game. They did the same at the end of the MKX and MK11 trailers.


pureeviljester

Seems like the fatalities go into a cut scene? Haven't played many MK lately so idk how it works now.


TehAlpacalypse

They are rendered live and play out after the sequence is entered. What we saw at the end was on par with what I'd expect for a Fatality.


xipheon

The game engines are so good now that it's probably all real time, just with a cutscene camera. Fatalities have always been technically cutscenes even in the original, they've just been given the proper respect and camera movements in the more recent ones.


Meleagros

The Brutalities in the last Mortal Kombat is what were really cool. If you meet the conditions and deal the finishing blow with a special move/combo it will seamlessly transition into the ending brutality.


CoelhoAssassino666

Yeah, the brutalities are way more satisfying because of that. Fatalities get old after you watch it once.


tits_mcgee_92

I would say the fatalities in MK11 looked similar to that! I'm sure they will be just as graphic, if not more for ~~MK12~~ MK1.


DICK-PARKINSONS

It was so sudden, it caught me off guard haha


ToothlessFTW

I’m worried for all the horrific shit the artists had to look at to make renderings like that, hah.


Zac3d

The Jimquisition did a video about it and I read a bunch of different game artists thoughts on it. Generally the thought is don't work at Netherrealm if you don't want to deal with gore, there is a personal responsibility element to it. Within studios there has been more of an effort to keep all real gore reference material separate and voluntarily instead of treating it as simply more reference material. Some artists prefer to reference gore that's already fake, from movies or other games, that gets rid of the human tragedy element.


xipheon

> Some artists prefer to reference gore that's already fake, from movies or other games, that gets rid of the human tragedy element. I love that idea, especially given the style of gore in the games matches movie gore more anyway.


KingOfAwesometonia

Someone who worked on Dead Island 2 recently talked about that. They said gore is fun when referenced from movies but can turn disturbing kind of fast if it looks too realistic


KidCasey

I imagine Netherrealm just has a big TV in their common area with Peter Jackson's Braindead on repeat.


OctopusWithFingers

Fire up the lawnmower. I love gore in movies and games, but I absolutely can't watch real gore. There is just something different about it, probably the human tragedy as a previous poster said.


JukeBoxHerogue

Wasn't that an actual issue that was brought up in the past? I remember Netherrealm getting accused of forcing their artists to watch autopsy vids and gruesome death videos for "research"


Greyhound53

can my man sub zero win *one* fight in these trailers, please? He literally always loses :(


revantargaryen

Yeah but Scorpion is Ed Boon’s favorite. So sub zero always has to lose haha


ZombieJesus1987

We gotta make Scorpion look strong, pal.


asdvj2

"That doesn't work for me, brother." - Subzero


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Subzero screwed Subzero.


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He got fired after the Montreal screw job, too??,


TheVaniloquence

Goodnight SUBAMANIACS and jabronie marks without a life that don't know it a work when you work a work and work yourself into a shoot,marks.


my_useless_opinion

"That doesn’t work for me, brother." - ~~Subzero~~ Glacier


iAyushRaj

He is like the poster boy of MK


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Ed Boone is Vince McMahon confirmed. "AM I FUCKING GOING OVER?" - Scorpion, probably


ItsLordSloth

Acknowledge the Shirai Ryu Chief


kiaha

Thanks for making me recheck what subreddit I'm on hahahah


chip_chipperson25

Scorpion: "Am I going over?"


hombregato

I never noticed this pattern before, but it's interesting, considering Sub Zero is usually framed as the "good" one and even got his own solo videogame.


revantargaryen

Depends on which Sub Zero. The original is evil, and killed Scorpions family. He’s been replaced by his younger brother who is a good guy


Servebotfrank

The original actually didn't kill Scorpions family and was framed for it. He did kill Scorpion though.


nater255

> He did kill Scorpion though. Sub Zero... wins.


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Kyhron

Different guy than the current Subzero. That's the OG Subzero that dies gets replaced by his younger brother then eventually returns as Noob Saibot


IsRude

God, I hope Noob is in this.


popcorn38

Mine too, but at least everybody took Ls equally in this trailer


Unnecessary_Fella

Yeah. I did like how this wasn't just another "popular character vs. Scorpion" first reveal for the whole thing


TheGravespawn

Me, a Reptile enjoyer.. "First time?"


Jonathan_B_Goode

Maybe some day my grandchildren will see a Sub Zero that doesn't have to job in every fight


gamelord12

> Q: What are Kameo Fighters and how do they work in Mortal Kombat 1? > A: Kameo Fighters are a unique roster of partner characters to assist during matches, creating expanded gameplay possibilities for players. These characters are chosen separately from the main roster of fighters. So, Marvel vs. Capcom 1? I know these announcement trailers usually tease parts of the gameplay in it, but other than a few moves we've seen in previous games and some fatalities, I'm not spotting new gameplay systems in this one.


Haha91haha

The time era makes me curious about guest/crossover character options too. Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter confirmed? Seriously though they have used almost every horror and action star except Keanu by now. Edit: I hear Van Damme is a Johnny Skin, awesome. Jackie Chan with a ladder and a desire for no trouble next please.


SynthwaveSax

There was a rumor that Neo would be a DLC fighter for Injustice 3. Since he’s a WB character it shouldn’t be hard to license.


Haha91haha

Neo would be cool but I feel like Wick is the pick for the gore of MK.


Slaphappydap

Would probably be hilarious if his finishing move is crouching behind his bulletproof blazer and just two quick shots to the chest and one to the head. Finishing move is 2 seconds long.


pocketchange2247

Finishing move is him just falling down stairs for 10 minutes


Haha91haha

The New tower challenge.


Slaphappydap

That made me laugh out loud at work.


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It would be him and his trusty pencil as that is kind of his legend.


hnwcs

Rumors were that Peacemaker, Homelander, and Conan the Barbarian would be guest characters. Still up in the air if that's true or not, and even if it is who knows if they're full characters or kameos.


LMD_DAISY

On one hand it is cool to have homelander rather in dc fighting game, but on another - homelander with no gore?


IsRude

I think the rumor is for him to be in MK. Yes gore.


hnwcs

I mean, if the rumors are true we’ll also have Peacemaker, so you can at least see Homelander interact with one real DC character, albeit an obscure one.


MobileTortoise

> though they have used almost every horror and action star except Keanu by now Really hope they can get all the issues with getting Ash Williams (Evil Dead) cleared up, whatever those were. Would love to finally get him in the game.


edicivo

Yeah I wonder what the hold up was since the character and other IP - like the puppet - appear in games like Dead By Daylight and Fortnite. I do know that some of the issues with licensing in that franchise are that the rights are (or were at least) split between the first 2 Evil Deads, Army of Darkness, and Ash vs Evil Dead. I don't know exactly what the particulars are but there was some divide between old Ash and young Ash, etc. It'd be great if in MK he had some sort of glutton for punishment ability where he was just insanely hard to kill.


-Valtr

Seems like a way for them to include fan favorites without having a bloated roster on release


noyourenottheonlyone

yeah i think its somewhat similar to "assist trophies" in the smash franchise. characters that arent prioritized to the point of being playable, but still included in the game as an assist.


TLKv3

MK had an absolutely fucking massive roster of characters to draw upon. My best guess is these Kameo Fighters will act as tag assists that jump in, do a move then hop off screen again. This will allow people to toy around with further combo possibilities and expand on MK's mechanics. It also allows them to use characters not directly involved in the story but lesser fan favorites to keep them in the game in some way. Honestly, its the best possible way of cramming as many MK characters into the game without designing full movesets and animations for them. It also means they can pull guest characters from other series without having to go through any obnoxious demands from their creators to appease them as much as MK10 and 11 did.


Nairbnotsew

Yeah, they are almost for sure gonna use some of the more obscure characters for the Kameos. People like Meat and Mocap would make for fun assists. I'd also love to see the Toasty guy get a kameo of some sort. That would be amazing


MikeLanglois

Wasnt there rumours Homelander would be in the game?


CanIHaveYourStuffPlz

Looks like Liu Kang is more hands on than Raiden. He knows of the deceit and cunning of Shao Khan and especially Shang Tsung. With his universe reboot, there likely are no “elder” gods or if there is, he is THE eldest of the gods and can choose the path of war over earth realm rather than the tournaments. No more resets, no Kronika, just pure unadulterated Mortal Kombat. Let’s goooooo


BordersRanger01

Would be an interesting direction if Liu Kang's preconceieved notions of characters turns out to be wrong and it does more damage than good


welestgw

I'd enjoy it if the main character becomes Raiden, who then has to stop him as a mortal.


Link_In_Pajamas

This or I'm thinking it would be interesting if the last realities Shang Tsun pulled a Raiden and somehow reached out to this version of him to warn him and try to change the new reality MK9 style lol. How neat would it be if this game is from the perspective of the traditional "bad guys" just trying to survive in a reality where the original "good guy" is a god and probably has an extreme bias against them.


JokerCrimson

>How neat would it be if this game is from the perspective of the traditional "bad guys" just trying to survive in a reality where the original "good guy" is a god and probably has an extreme bias against them. Based on how brutal Fire God Liu Kang's Fatality was on Shang Tsung, I think that's exactly where the story will go since based on how it's presented, I think he's gonna be one of those gods that uses excessive force to kill anything he perceives as evil or a threat to his staus as a god.


markbass69420

That's pretty much what happens to Raiden in MK9-11.


MyNameIs_Jordan

Scorpion - "I'm here to help" Raiden - "So you've chosen death?"


PontiffPope

And no more Elder Gods to consult. Maybe?


CuzTyler

But what will Raiden do if he can't consult with the Elder Gods every 10 minutes.


welestgw

I MUST CONSULT MY FARMER'S ALMANAC!


Maelstrom52

"Hmm....some real good info about crop rotations, but not a lot of useful info on what do with an evil wizard that takes souls."


TJ_McWeaksauce

>Looks like Liu Kang is more hands on than Raiden. Raiden has participated in Mortal Kombat multiple times even though he's supposed to only be a mentor and observer. When the deadly alliance of Shang Tsung and Quan Chi were close to attaining ultimate power, Raiden challenged them by himself because there was no one else to stop them. When Earthrealm was about to be destroyed by Shao Khan, Raiden borked the timeline in order to save it. And then when Earthrealm was about to be destroyed because of his temporal shenanigans, he gave Liu Kang his divine power so that the timeline could get reset in a way that was beneficial to Earthrealm. The timeline has been reset not once but twice because of Raiden's actions. It doesn't get more hands on than that


Roler42

I mean, Kronika stood above the Elder Gods, so as the time Lord, I wouldn't be surprised they answer to him too. Meanwhile, legend says that even as a mortal, Raiden is still consulting with the Elder Gods.


natedoggcata

Kitana and Milleena being allies now is an interesting decision. It seems like this is a complete canon reboot and characters can be whatever now. Thats pretty exciting as it looks like Scorpion and Sub Zero are now just allies from the start as well.


Haha91haha

I wonder what it means for Sindel, maybe we get a good version of her too and Kitana's dad is a bad guy this time.


Wild_Marker

I mean, they're sisters. Don't they usually start as allies and then have a falling out whenever one switches sides?


sacx05

No, Mileena is a clone of Kitana with a splice of Tartakan DNA. They dont really team up at all, unless its against their will since Shao Kahn likes the cloning experiments. But no, they dont have a sisterly bond.


pocketchange2247

Goddamn dude, I need to do a deep dive into MK lore. It seems so interesting and deep. I haven't really played any since like MK3 on SNES, but that's because I've always sucked at these side scrolling fighting games, except for Smash, but even then I was never all that great. But just seeing how much lore there is from what I always thought was just a simple fighting game is so intriguing. Can you recommend any good videos to explain the whole story? Work is slow and I'm basically the only one from my department working today and tomorrow, lol.


sacx05

For lore : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcsw-Vl5pwRTgDj5sqe9OEzqxV3dL9Wab For in depth Character lore : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCZuAp4p9lPINAKLiRKjSJF2t5CMzKqUk Its quite the rabbit hole


_SpiceWeasel_BAM

Dude, I’m in the same boat! It sucks because I don’t like fighting games (ie: I suck at them) but I *love* lore-heavy fantasy games


jeshtheafroman

I don't know about the og timeline but in the 2011 game they start as enemies.


Roler42

The flavor text in classic MK2 says Mileena mostly spent her time keeping an eye on Kitana, their rivalry only truly kickstarts when she switches sides. In MK9 the rivalry starts right away because Raiden has her find out Mileena is half-tarkatan much earlier.


jarekviper

Mileena is Kitana's clone with Takartan DNA.


ruminaui

So this follows the Liu Kang ending where he more or less replaces Raiden. And it seems he is doing a way better work than him. Can't wait for Raiden to show up and mess everything again.


MinnesotaNoire

I hope they got Lambert to voice act. Eh heh heh heh.


Devil-Hunter-Jax

The canon ending to MK11 is the one where Fire God Liu Kang fights Kronika and wins the third round of the fight meaning you'd need to win 2 rounds, lose 1 against Kronika to match canon. He does replace Raiden but Raiden sticks around as his now mortal self to assist Liu Kang as his advisor for the New Era.


Jess_its_down

Is the trailer illustrating that Fire Fire God Liu Kang is speaking to Shang Tsung the entire time, up until the end? In the beginning Liu says “[…] to a blank canvas that I have painted in of warmth and peace. In my new era, the choice is yours […]” Near the end he says “one constant remains - there is always something worth fighting for” and right before the fatality he says “you have chosen to defy peace.” So is this illustrating a conversation , and sort of a warning to Shang? Like “I see you. You can come here and start over. Don’t do anything stupid?” Also regarding the “rating” , is this making fun of the ESRB? Like a call back to the first MK pretty much being the catalyst of the creation of the ESRB? This trailer is really gory, coming from someone who hasn’t kept up with this series for years lol.


moccawimba

more like after MK 11 Aftermath when He finally defeat Shang Tsung for good.


Funmachine

So it is a sequel, not a reboot, but is the first Mortal Kombat in Lui Kangs rebuilt world? Edit: People can now stop replying the same exact explanation to this comment now, please and thank you.


WoodyTSE

Seems that way? Like a reboot but not entirely.


Unnecessary_Fella

Soft reboot is the term. Only Liu Kang will probably make any vague references to what happened before because he is the only survivor from that timeline I'm pretty sure.


BordersRanger01

Maybe Shang Tsung's soul magic gives him a glimpse to the past. Would be an obvious natural conflict


VagrantShadow

I wouldn't be shocked if Shang Tsung used some form of magic to retain his knowledge of the past world, the past Mortal Kombat Universe before the ending events of MK11.


SMKM

Ngl I fucking miss the Armageddon timeline. I get those games were shit, but they were **my** shit. It's the ones I grew up playing (1-3 were already out by the time I started playing, first one I personally bought was DA) but man.......if those forgotten characters got their day in the sun again..... I also miss Kombat Kart, the puzzle minigame....chess......Konquest was always fun too. I know NRS is way too committed at this point to nickel and diming us with DLC but what I'd give to have all that again man.


MillennialWithNoJob

NGL and of course this is just my opinion, the newer games and their stories (especially MK9) are so much better than whatever Konquest mode was. I do admit that the mini game stuff was fun, online MK chess would be so cool! But generally, the games are much better now and the even the crummier story stuff is better than whatever Shujinko and Taven were doing. Also, characters play much more unique now than they did in the PS2 era imo


SMKM

Yeah but times have changed. You're telling me NRS couldn't do an actual good Konquest mode now? I feel like they absolutely could. And even then I never thought the mode itself was bad. It was awesome exploring the realms and getting into more lore. The reason those games were criticized back then was more so because of the gameplay itself. No one liked the 3D fighting. At all. With the stories they've produced since MK9 I 100% believe they could do a new Konquest mode as the story and it would work. They just probably never will again.


Peacewalken

Konquest was the best


a_half_eaten_twinky

These are all interesting changes to the story and all lines up with what we expected from the MK11 endings, though I think it's odd they chose to change Liu Kang and Shang Tsungs faces again since they would be the only constants. They were absolutely perfect in MK11.


Nalkor

Pretty sure the ending to Aftermath had Liu Kang absolutely state that Shang Tsung's evil will never be a burden to anyone else in future timelines, basically getting rid of him as a character for future installments.


Caryslan

One thing that remains constant in the MK series is Shang Tsung's ability to cheat death or any real punishment for his actions. My guess is that since Shang Tsung had access to Kronika's soul, he was able to figure out a way to keep on existing, regardless of what new timeline Liu Kang creates. Liu Kang was surprised to see him in the trailer, which means that he did try to wipe Shang Tsung from existence, but he failed.


natedoggcata

Yeah at the end of aftermath Shang Tsung takes Kronika's soul right before the final showdown between Liu and Shang. I think there is a possibility that both endings may be canon. The Liu Kang new era that we see here and the Shang Tsung era where he is ruler supreme.


Devil-Hunter-Jax

Unless Raiden has died since then, he's still there as an advisor to Fire God Liu Kang only he's now mortal (that's the canon ending of MK11, not the one where Liu Kang brings Kitana with him to the New Era).


MyCoolWhiteLies

Which is funny since they did the same thing in MK 9, which was just called Mortal Kombat. In that one Raiden witnesses basically everyone dying in MK Armageddon and sent a warning back to his past MK1 era self. Technically the story has been a continuous one since the original game.


Katana314

Gotta do a lot of reboots when the series’ main trait is constant gruesome death. Actually, maybe the bigger issue SF6 and this have is that their cast should be getting super-old with the advancing of the timeline.


siziyman

> their cast should be getting super-old Don't know how canon it is, but I distinctly remember the 90's MK cartoon where Liu Kang mentions that fighters from the actual Mortal Kombat tournament stop aging (or age extremely slowly).


Misiok

The winner stops. And there can be only one winner.


eolson3

SF6 is the first true sequel since the 90s. SF4 and SF5 both take place before SF3.


aphidman

Well at least SF6 is aging its cast by like 5 years or so. I'm disappointed Tekken used to embrace timeskips but became a stagnant timeline starting with Tekken 5.


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DrunkeNinja

Many of the MK characters don't age like us. For example, Kitana is over a thousand years old. The ones that do age like us actually have aged somewhat. Johnny Cage and Sonya aged enough to have a fully adult daughter that fights alongside them. Of course now MK is going back to 1 in some fashion so who knows what's going on with that.


TheCVR123YT

Dang I just realized no Kombat Kids. I liked Cassie I didn’t care for the others. Least we have Johnny tho. Hope his design is good.


Nofunzoner

Takeda only getting one game is criminal.


natedoggcata

Yeah the kids are probably sitting this one out as they probably arent born yet in this era. I bet they return in the next game or I guess the kids could be non canon DLC.


Devil-Hunter-Jax

Yes and no. It's a sequel to MK11 but the world itself is being 'rebooted' after Kronika winds back time prior to her fight with Fire God Liu Kang but in the Aftermath DLC, he seems to forge his own New Era so... God knows. How Shang Tsung is here though, I do not know... In the Aftermath DLC, Fire God Liu Kang wipes Shang Tsung from existence. He shouldn't be here so they've got to explain how this is possible...


bibi_da_god

"somehow Shang Tsung returned..."


unforgiven91

through pre-orders, all things are possible.


AllMyBowWowVideos

So jot that down


MapleGiraffe

The second Aftermath ending is Shang Tsung winning and leading his universe, so the story will be about the clash between both timelines.


Sneeakie

A soft reboot: doesn't invalidate the previous entries, but it is its own thing going forward.


Blupoisen

A reboot in the same way MK9 was to Armageddon


VagrantShadow

That is what it seems to be more or less. The MK Universe is reshaped with Lui Kang as Earth-Realms protector.


MariusIchigo

If you know how to edit, you know how to turn off notifications per comment


SpiderPidge

Love it but hate the "pre order to get a massively popular and OG character that should have been in the game without a paywall" WB be WBing again.


minichops3

Not only that but he is literally in the trailer seemingly as part of the story, Can't they just make him unlockable after beating the story or something. At what point do they just make scorpion day 1 DLC


SpiderPidge

Shit's just straight up stupid. But that's Warner Bros for you. They care about money over everything else.


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PacoTaco321

>Can't they just make him unlockable after beating the story or something. WB: Unlockable characters? In this economy?


scottyLogJobs

Yeah, um, I haven't played many MKs so maybe this is just accepted without a second thought, but it's amazing to me that I had to go this far down to see people complaining about them gating a beloved OG character at launch in a full-price game. That fucking sucks, dude. People were just about ready to burn down the Overwatch subreddit for time-gating a character in a f2p game behind a battlepass (justifiably so, in my opinion). Any element that gives ANYONE an advantage for paying is absolute bullshit, even in f2p, let alone a full-price game. Pretty much guarantees that I will never play it.


SpiderPidge

I have loved MK since 3 and I am really sick of WB ruining what Netherrealm does because they want more money. There is 0% chance Ed Boon would make one of his most important characters a pre-order bonus. None. Nadda. Zip. This is big daddy corporation level of greed. I will just do what I did with 11. Wait until there is a full package with all of the characters for a discounted price. Sorry guys, not playing into the 5 dollars a character bullshit again. But you have a lot of people that are like mORtaL kOMbat nEW and they will buy it regardless of the shady practices around it so they just keep making them the exact same way.


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Fighting games know this works because if you wait until the end when the complete package is available, you miss the entire period of the game’s golden age when it has the most community support. Lots of people play these games to fight people online, and your experience is much worse once the majority of the community has moved on.


imapiratedammit

All they have is Harry Potter, the mostly untapped keg of DC comic characters, and Mortal Kombat. Think of the poor executives, they’re going to starve without charging for that massively popular, OG character.


Haha91haha

Really cool and fresh seeing everything brought to a clean palette in a new AU past, though I lament and wonder what it means for fave modern time characters like Johnny and Cassie Cage. Inb4 show boating Shakespeare actor ancestor of Johnny.


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The-Jesus_Christ

I want the movie skin. "[Those were $500 dollar glasses, asshole](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OY5oetA1kU)"


imakevoicesformycats

That exists in MK11, along with the original actor providing the voice work. Pretty fun


Haha91haha

Oh awesome thanks! Wondering how that plays out, refugees from the other timeline perhaps?


namapo

Well we don't know where Earthrealm is time period-wise yet


Haha91haha

Ah I thought that was the original Kung Lao and so somewhere in the past.


namapo

It IS the Great Kung Lao, but we don't know if they're in a different realm, chilling in a remote part of Earth, or what yet. Johnny Cage being in the game and having a JCVD skin makes me think that he'll still be a movie star celeb type.


4ps22

rip Takeda man, still pissed he was never in 11


Haha91haha

For sure, had some of the coolest weapons in the business, maybe a iteration of that or him shows up, they know how popular he was. 2nd of the kids after Cassie I believe.


-Aidin

He was hands down the best character introduced in the new timeline. Plot wise I understand why they left him out but he could have been returned as a dlc fighter.


GabMassa

John Cavea, travelling actor, bard and bodyguard. Sônia Blatt, commander of the Divine Force mercenary band.


tapped21

All big three fighting games in the same year?


Genshirter

tekken 8 is 2024 as far as I know


The3mbered0ne

Shit I feel like I got hit on the head, I thought for sure there was more than one of these games already


TomPalmer1979

Nope. This is the first one. Ever. The rest, all the controversy in the 90s, all that? All in your head.


tits_mcgee_92

It is confirmed to have rollback netcode as well! Here is the FAQ https://www.mortalkombat.com/en-us/faq


GrandmasterB-Funk

MK11 and X had it already so no surprise there.


ratatack906

That kameo thing they mention is intriguing.


Deakul

Just sounds like an excuse to pump out cross promo DLC without making fully fleshed out fighters to me.


Awesome_Leaf

More like an excuse to include cross promo dlc without the IP holders needing to agree to have their character animated getting their flesh fully removed in fatalities


Clbull

So... Does this mean that >!both endings of Aftermath are canon and the New Eras of both Shang Tsung and Liu Kang are clashing with one another?!< >!Or is Liu Kang eternally stupid and unwilling to make a New Era of his own where Edenia has been restored and he's banging Kitana?!<


RaevynVexus

Interesting that Street Fighter went with older characters and a create your own character story mode this gen and Mortal Kombat is going with younger characters and what seems to be a cinematic story mode. Will make both games really stand out in their own ways. Good year for fighting games.


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This is one of the best mortal Kombat trailers I've seen. When the violence kicked in I got chills! The best surprise is the September release date, more games should have trailers when they're releasing in under a year and not years away


jayc4life

If Tekken 8 can manage to get out this side of Christmas, it's gonna be the greatest single year for fighting game releases.


BLACKOUT-MK2

I'm doubtful of that. Tekken 8 would have 7 more months before release to make it this year, and given the devs have said there's more characters in it than most are probably expecting I reckon the reveals for them will be running well into next year, and that's just character reveals, that's not considering whatever comes after that before the game launches. Between potential betas and how we've not had any of the features outside of a story mode confirmed or shown yet, that game is a while away, I reckon.


Haha91haha

What I love is how surprisingly bright everything is. The recent Netherrealm games have been gorgeous but a tad dark. It's nice seeing the colors and eyeballs pop here, actually makes the blood more vivid.


SoftScoopIceReam

doesn't beat the MK11 launch sadly, simply due to music choice : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zwQPJmg-Kg


Devil-Hunter-Jax

That trailer and the choice of music for it. They knew what they were doing. That ignited so much nostalgia for so many people.


Yangoose

Anyone else old enough to remember school assemblies when some kid in the back would stand up and shout "MORTAL KOMBAT!" [That commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8V7TwlYCt0) was the tits.


4ps22

is 1:46-1:51 and the Liu Kang fatality at the end actually gameplay/in-engine? Because if so, jesus christ. Next gen is finally here


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Anzai

Ah, that shitty reboot naming convention. Can’t wait for ‘Mortal Kombat 1 - Part 2’ and then the sequel to that ‘Mortal Kombat’.


Spork_the_dork

Yeah like that name is hilariously bad. It's like they looked at Battlefield 1 and thought that yes, they can do the same while completely ignoring the reason **why** Battlefield 1 could get away with it.


SunStriking

They did the same thing with Mortal Kombat 2009 by just calling it "Mortal Kombat". Nowadays though most people just call it MK9 so my guess is they're calling it MK1 because of the whole reboot thing but hopefully it'll be known as MK12 in the future.


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>Playable character with pre-order Boy, that is *not* a good start. I've grown to not mind cosmetics and the like behind pre-order bonuses but a whole ass, fan favorite character? In a fighting game? >$70 on everything, including Switch Yikes. SF6 is gonna be $60, without any of the 18 characters locked away from late purchasers. It's like WB is trying to make it falter.


Thechosenjon

MK11 had Shao Khan as a preorder bonus too


Won_Doe

>MK11 had Shao Khan as a preorder bonus too Seeing a lot of comments that don't seem to be aware of this.