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[Mr Jared]

Is Jeff right in saying that MK games don't need to be played with sticks? I haven't played an MK game since the PS2.

I refuse to touch a pad for any fighting game other than Mortal Kombat. All the tap-tap commands are a lot easier, along with all the dial-a-combos. MK9 is about the same.. unfortunately, thanks to MK Nationals, I have to play on the awful PDP stick. But after that? I'm most likely switching to a Mad Catz pad.

I still haven't ruled out using an all-Sanwa TE stick either. LK for Block, the next 4 over for everything else. I think it could work. The old MK layout is just not feasible.

 

[RS4-]

Already confirmed as well as 2v1

K thanks, time to figure out how we'll hook up 4 sticks.

 

[Bleepey]

Khezu you have no idea how much i wanna spoil that spoiler. But i am not going to read it, i have already spoilt too much. But just give me a jist as to what the spoilers about. Oh man and just when i thought the hype was taken up to 11 my hype levels reach over 9000.

 

[bathala]

Spoilers. Ok I'm out until release

 

[infinityBCRT]

maybe it would be prudent to create a spoiler thread at this point?

 

[shuri]

One thing I like about MK9 is that they went back to simpler command sequences for fatalities; I can remember every single fatality, stage fatality and such from mk1-mk2, but i cant remember a single one from MK3 and after that.

 

[sixteen-bit]

My friend's, uncle's, second cousin twice removed said you can do

Spoiler

babalities

on this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2jx95DnUJU&feature=player_embedded


Also saw one performed on

Spoiler

Reptile

which was awesome.

Spoiler

He shrinks down to an egg then hatches.

That's adorable

 

[Tesseract]

Khezu you have no idea how much i wanna spoil that spoiler. But i am not going to read it, i have already spoilt too much. But just give me a jist as to what the spoilers about. Oh man and just when i thought the hype was taken up to 11 my hype levels reach over 9000.

 

[Bleepey]

Oh that, i saw the vid already lol. I wonder if the MK team will patch in easter eggs later on after release.

 

[The One and Done™]

KIDD THUNDER!!!!!!

 

[fernoca]

Separate thread for all things-spoilers was just posted.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

I'm so jealous of everyone who has it already :[ watching a GB mailbag I was taunted once again...

 

[Beardz]

I can't believe how hyped I'm for this game. The MK team did a great job slowly hyping this game, the videos are great, the demo is great... all the secrets, the characters, everything!

I feel like I'm 13 years old again

 

[woober]

I'm so jealous of everyone who has it already :[ watching a GB mailbag I was taunted once again...

*picture*

hahahah that's hilarious that you picked up on that.

 

[robot]

So torn on getting the MK TE stick. I already have a HRAP VLX and EX-SE, the only thing swaying me is the button layout. Are there any impressions of the stick floating around?

 

[infinityBCRT]

Remember guys, Gamespot live stream of MK is going up in an hour.

 

[lazybones18]

Just in case anyone will feel like watching the people at Gamespot playing MK in about an hour


http://www.gamespot.com/shows/now-playing/?event=now_playing_mortal_kombat20110414

 

[Duffyside]

So hey, does this game have Babalities or, much more importantly, Friendships? Or is it just a Fatality-fest?

 

[n3ss]

Sigh... People are really concerned about spoilers in a fighting game? A fighting game? Come on!

 

[RedAssedApe]

Sigh... People are really concerned about spoilers in a fighting game? A fighting game? Come on!

Welllll...I guess its understandable with the story mode that people don't want any potential plot twists (that differentiate it from the original MK-MK3 timeline) spoiled?

 

[GhostRidah]

http://www.justin.tv/slayer_pro#/w/1083729456

awesome quality stream

 

[Trakdown]

So hey, does this game have Babalities or, much more importantly, Friendships? Or is it just a Fatality-fest?

I seem to remember rumblings about each character having 4 fatalities...maybe that means 4 finishers (2 fatals, friendship and babality)?

 

[sixteen-bit]

So hey, does this game have Babalities or, much more importantly, Friendships? Or is it just a Fatality-fest?

check the spoiler thread

 

[infinityBCRT]

Sigh... People are really concerned about spoilers in a fighting game? A fighting game? Come on!

The game has a story mode that takes 6 to 10 hours depending on which NRS developer you believe. Over 2 hours of cutscenes. Plus there's a krypt with hundreds of unlockables

 

[LongDongJunon]

http://www.justin.tv/slayer_pro#/w/1083729456

awesome quality stream

UUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRLEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[infinityBCRT]

http://www.justin.tv/slayer_pro#/w/1083729456

awesome quality stream

stream quality is hawt... just saw Smoke's fatality.

edit: now hes doing story mode, probably want to stay away

 

[Chairhome]

Amazon has release day delivery for MK again! Go go go. Its actually giving it to me for even cheaper, $54.99 :-D Thank you, Amazon!

 

[SephirothRK]

This was probably asked already, new copy comes with online pass. Will it cause any problem with PS3 with more than 1 user? Or is it per Ps3?

 

[fernoca]

This was probably asked already, new copy comes with online pass. Will it cause any problem with PS3 with more than 1 user? Or is it per Ps3?

Unknown at the moment.
Some games from EA allow for it, others don't. Since this is WB, we'll have to wait till Tuesday to know for sure.

 

[TheHakku]

It will probably link your PSN ID.

 

[Tokubetsu]

Man, the game SOUNDS great.

 

[LQX]

Any 360/PS3 comparisons yet?

 

[infinityBCRT]

Gamespot stream of MK is starting in a few minutes: http://www.gamespot.com/shows/now-playing/?event=now_playing_mortal_kombat20110414

edit: started... live from MK launch party. Boon will be on in a bit.

 

[Bleepey]

Just watched the first chapter of the story mode. Johnny Cage is so well written it's not even funny. I'd pay for a game with him being the main protagonist.

 

[lazybones18]

Ooooh, a launch party

 

[sixteen-bit]

Gamespot stream of MK is starting in a few minutes: http://www.gamespot.com/shows/now-playing/?event=now_playing_mortal_kombat20110414

edit: started... live from MK launch party. Boon will be on in a bit.

thanks, tuning in now.

 

[infinityBCRT]

Sheeva's first round win pose is straight up from MK3. Pretty neat.

Hector Sanchez is there-- they had trouble getting Boon because hes "tied" up lol

edit: Hector says never say never and theres an opportunity to do a retro style MK with digitized graphics in the future.

 

[JdFoX187]

Damn, Sheeva's fatality...I mean fuck. :lol

 

[lazybones18]

Interesting Smoke fatality

 

[Prodigal]

Wait Shang Tsung can morph into other characters besides his opponent?

 

[Teknopathetic]

"Wait Shang Tsung can morph into other characters besides his opponent?"


Seems like only the NPC version.

 

[infinityBCRT]

Wait Shang Tsung can morph into other characters besides his opponent?

CPU Shang can. The one you can control can't I believe.

 

[infinityBCRT]

Ed is on the Gamespot stream now.

His hair is looking a lot better than I remember from E3. heh.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

unmuted as soon as boon showed up.

never mind, terrible questions.

 

[AAK]

Something I saw in the OP just now:

Close to capture him, Sonya follows Kano into the Outworld; were they're both captured and then imprisoned by Shao Kahn. This causes her superior, Mayor Jackson 'Jax' Briggs to lose contact with Sonya and he travels to her last known location to learn more about here whereabouts.

Haha, Hagger what? Behold the true mayor of earth!

 

[low-G]

Seems like only the NPC version.

So it's not a RAM limitation? Does he morph a lot under CPU control or just once?

 

[infinityBCRT]

So it's not a RAM limitation? Does he morph a lot under CPU control or just once?

It is. You can't morph to someone on command because it would stop the game for 5-10 seconds while the model/textures loaded for that character. With the CPU they can just pre-buffer the character before the morph.

 

[DasRaven]

Boon seems to have the same philosophy as Greenwalt @ T10.
Allow the gdlk tourney players to enjoy and exploit the depth of the engine, frames, and mindgames, but make it possible for the noobs to enjoy the game and dive down at their own pace.

This is a great thing IMO.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Something I saw in the OP just now:



Haha, Hagger what? Behold the true mayor of earth!

haha best typo.

 

[TheHakku]

unmuted as soon as boon showed up.

never mind, terrible questions.

Seriously. The host is awful. I bet Ryan MacDonald wants to kill himself for not being able to talk.