Mortal Kombat game idea

[Brian]

Hey guys,

If Midway is in as much money trouble as I hear it is, I think they should make one last pitch to fans of the old-school MK games. Even though the old games have appeared on some of the newer ones (MK1 on Deception's Premium Edition, MK2 on Shaolin Monks, and UMK3 on Armageddon's Premium Edition), I think they should follow in the footsteps of Super Mario All-Stars and make a collection.

Mortal Kombat Kollection
It would have:
Mortal Kombat 1 (the original)
Mortal Kombat 2 (the smash-hit sequel)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (probably the most popular)
Mortal Kombat Gold (not everyone had a Dreamcast)

Price it at $19.99 just like Capcom Classics Collection.

What do you think?

[愛]

Back in the day, in my neighborhood, Mortal Kombat was the ultimate party game. It stayed that way until Goldeneye came out. I've always enjoyed the old games, but they were only fun with friends. I don't have friends anymore, so there kind of is no point. For $20, I'd probably buy it, though, just to mess around with it.

[Peanut]

I think we should just let Mortal Kombat die, honestly.

[XERO]

Originally Posted by Ai

I've always enjoyed the old games, but they were only fun with friends. I don't have friends anymore, so there kind of is no point.

Only because I'm not in that area. We'd have a blast.

Personally, Mortal Kombat died when Liu Kang got killed.

[LogicDonny]

I stopped liking mortal kombat after the release of ultimate mortal kombat 3/mortal kombat trilogy.

[Krang]

Originally Posted by Brian

If Midway is in as much money trouble as I hear it is, I think they should make one last pitch to fans of the old-school MK games. Even though the old games have appeared on some of the newer ones (MK1 on Deception's Premium Edition, MK2 on Shaolin Monks, and UMK3 on Armageddon's Premium Edition), I think they should follow in the footsteps of Super Mario All-Stars and make a collection.

Hmm, it sounds like it could be a good idea as long as they improve on the emulation they have been using for the older MK games. UMK3 on MKA was kind of choppy, and MK2 on one of the Midway collections froze up more than once when I played it. If they improve the emulation to the point where it is as close as possible to arcade-perfect, I think it would make a good compilation. Maybe they could add in MKT (although that might take a little extra work since it wasn't an arcade game) as a bonus.

Originally Posted by Peanut

I think we should just let Mortal Kombat die, honestly.

I admit that the 3D games haven't been as fun as the classic 2D ones, but I don't think the series should be ended yet. In my opinion, MKA was the best 3D Mortal Kombat yet (although character-specific fatalities would have made it even better), so I don't think the series has been going downhill lately. Besides, there are much worse franchises out there that are showing no signs of stopping, not to mention the fact that the fighting game genre has been diminishing with the lack of new series being introduced, so I think there's no harm in keeping the MK series going.