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Mortal Kombat 1 - the new game in the long-running series - is out.

But the Nintendo Switch version of the beloved beat-'em-up has been getting a bit of a kicking vs its Xbox and PlayStation rivals.
Fans have been posting side-by-side comparisons showing the gulf in graphics and criticising the game's overall performance.

Series creator Ed Boon tells BBC Newsbeat the hybrid console's version will "absolutely be getting an update".
"And a number of the the concerns of the issues that had come up will absolutely be addressed," he says.
"It would have been ideal for us to have released the version that we absolutely wanted.
"But anything that we're finding a problem with is on our list and is going to be fixed."

One of the common criticisms of the Switch version is its price - it costs the same as the more advanced PS5 and Xbox Series editions.
The game - a soft reboot of the series' timeline - was ported to the Nintendo machine by Shiver Entertainment and Saber Interactive, rather than main developer NetherRealm Studios.
But Ed's message to fans who've bought or are thinking of buying the title on Switch is that "it will be supported, like we did with Mortal Kombat 11".
"Anything that we see that is not acceptable will absolutely be addressed," he says.

Despite the criticism of the Switch version, Ed says Mortal Kombat has continued to grow and the past few releases have been the biggest sellers to date.
"I don't know how many games that have been around for 30 years are at their peak," he says.
"That's a really special kind of thing, where players are still with us, players who are now grown up with their own kids, still playing Mortal Kombat.
"That just blows my mind."

Mortal Kombat 1: Nintendo Switch version will be fixed, says boss

The fighting series' creator admits the Nintendo edition isn't "the version we wanted to release".

www.bbc.com

 

[Boy bawang]

There's also lots of fake news about how bad the Switch version is. But videogames websites need to get clicks and there's nothing better for that than console war:

 

[Woopah]

There's also lots of fake news about how bad the Switch version is. But videogames websites need to get clicks and there's nothing better for that than console war:

So basically there's a texture bug on the Switch version, interesting!

 

[Kusarigama]

So basically there's a texture bug on the Switch version, interesting!

It was pre-release footage without the day 1 patch installed.