Mortal Kombat has always been one of the most single-player-friendly fighting game series out there, packing tons of solo content to supplement its various online suites. I think a series reboot presents an apt opportunity to feature a Shaolin Monks-esque mode, especially if we're returning to the earliest days of the timeline, or an entirely fresh one. Series creative director Ed Boon has expressed interest in developing a follow-up or remaster for the fantastic Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, a co-operative brawler spin-off that remains inaccessible on modern hardware. Actually, it sounds not too dissimilar to Mortal Kombat Deception's excellent Konquest mode.Ī reboot, then, would be an excellent opportunity to return to the Konquest format. This expansive campaign has your created fighter trot the globe, learning moves and abilities from Street Fighter's eclectic cast. You'll probably know that Street Fighter 6 features a single-player World Tour mode. But it's also a chance to have Mortal Kombat 12 compete with Street Fighter 6. There's a lot of nostalgia from fans for Deadly Alliance, Deception, and Armageddon, so spotlighting some of these characters again will make up for their absence in the recent trilogy.Īnd as mentioned, taking the series back naturally undoes the chaotic mess left in the wake of Mortal Kombat 11. A reboot leaves the door wide open for the return of more obscure fighters like Ashrah, Li Mei, Drahmin, and Dragon King Onaga. The 3D era gave birth to a number of characters that fans still love today. You'd have to imagine that Shang Tsung, Goro, and Shao Kahn have a good chance of showing up, too.īut I find it hard to believe NetherRealm will settle for just making Mortal Kombat (2011) for a second time. If that pans out for Mortal Kombat 12 (or Mortal Kombat 1 if that's the name they run with), then we'll probably see the return of fan favorites like Sub-Zero, Ermac, Kitana, Mileena, Kung Lao, and Kabal. Aside from Cyber Sub-Zero and Quan Chi, the game's roster kept it strictly to characters spanning the original 90s trilogy. Mortal Kombat (2011), excluding DLC characters, didn't introduce any new fighters to the series. The question that remains, then, is what will this fresh timeline look like? Get (back) over here Aftermath's ending even strongly hints at a reset after antagonist Kronika's schemes literally disintegrate. But by the end of its Aftermath story expansion, things did feel a bit messy, as if NetherRealm had written itself into a corner despite putting a tidy bow on the most recent trilogy.
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