Mortal Kombat co-creator on the DS, censorship and how the video game industry has changed over the years.
Videogamer Writes:
"Mortal Kombat has been around for as long as I can remember, and the series is due to hit the Nintendo DS next week. VideoGamer.com caught up with series co-creator Ed Boon to talk about the DS hardware, censorship and how the video game industry has changed over the years."
Chris Buffa (Modojo): Handheld fighting games used to blow, big time. Systems like the Game Boy and Game Gear lacked the processing muscle (and buttons, for that matter) to handle arcade hits like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II, yet publishers insisted on shoehorning these games onto every available platform, regardless of quality.
Ive just got a 3ds and got street fighter 3D with it and think it works very well on the 3ds looks very good esp in 3d and I like the jump in and out online 2player mode it works as well as it did on my 360. To me I think there is a change in fighting games I think they will start to find a home on the 3ds and ndp and be played less and less on home concepts because of the way the industry has gone last gen and gen before fighting games were massive where this gen they font seem to be ad big but I think it couldbe on portable having with online 2player.
"Kitana: In 2008 GamesRadar placed Kitana among "Top 20 Overlooked Game Babes", and UGO Networks ranked her as #28 in their "Top 50 Videogame Hotties" article, stating "Kitana has her curves in all the right places, and her signature fans will keep you cool when things start to heat up."
Mileena: UGO Networks ranked Mileena #5 on their list of top 11 Mortal Kombat characters, citing her presence as an evil female player character as a rarity, as they were a taboo in video games at that time, while her brutal attacks, revealing outfits and slutty attitude made her a fan favorite.
Jade: Jade first appears in MKII as a hidden character who randomly appears onscreen with clues on how to locate her. She was a green palette swap of Kitana and she did not become playable until UMK3 in which her backstory was as a fellow Edenian and childhood friend of Kitana."
That's about it. I think they had different outfits sometimes later on, but you can see in the actual Midway image that they all shared the same character model with color variants.
Kind of like Reptile, Sub-Zero, Scorpion and so on and so on.
LMAO and you just now noticed this? Welcome to reality buddy. N4G's been on the downward path for many months now.
Where the hell was that Jade chick when I went to the Anime Expo in LA earlier this year?
Have you ever imagined what it would be like if your favorite video game characters grew up and went to school together? PWN or DIE has, and the way they picture it is much like their own experiences growing up. There would be pep rallies and proms, jocks and nerds, and of course yearbooks.
Super uber duper find :)
Anything about MK is essential read for me. Hope they show more of MK8 soon.
ARMAGGEDON was a disaster. i hope they get their act together and make a kick @ss game
Well they're using the same engine they used in Gears of War to create Mortal Kombat 8, so I have high hopes at the very least for the graphics, environments, etc...
MOOOOOOOOOOOORTTTAAAAAALL KOOOOOOOMMMMBAAAAAAT!!!!1
I can't help it...
inspired by GEars? Hmmm, this could be kick ass.
need to get rid of the lead artist make it more lifelike and get some mo-cap,and by some miracle let it move like soul calibur.graphics like gears of war and uncharted with a dose of darkness blood effects.voila you have the perfect mk game now do ed boon you self righteous bastard.