Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon knows that you want fatalities when you play MK. He's
heard countless times about how the previous game, Mortal Kombat vs.
DC Universe was a T-rated game that didn't do justice to the
franchise. He's heard a lot of fan output -- both positive and negative
-- about what should be in the next Mortal Kombat;
so fans who wish MK revisited the old days, here's your game, as the
new Mortal Kombat is an M-rated, fatality-filled retelling of the first
three MK titles (along with some new features).
Boon's presentation features a lot of classic MK items, but done in
glossy high-definition. He takes care to point out that levels such as
Living Forest and The Pit are lifted straight from the first two
installments, and when it comes time to show characters, he lovingly
demonstrates the game with Sub-Zero and Scorpion. Associate designer
Eddie Ferrier elaborates on the use of past games, "The storyline is
basically a retelling of the first three games -- we actually use time
travel to revisit that timeline and do some retconning." Ferrier also
points out that the most of the (approximately 26) character roster will
feature MK fan favorites pulled from that trilogy, along with wholly
new characters or tweaked-due-to-alternate-timeline versions of classic
characters. At the moment, the roster that the team shows off includes:
Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Johnny Cage, Kung Lao, Mileena, Nighwolf, Reptile,
and Sektor.
