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infinityBCRT · Jul 10, 2011

First off, forgive me if the pics get taken down after I post this.

Saw this over at TRMK, One of the artists working on the cancelled MK HD Arcade Kollection (which has now become the MK Arcade Kollection-- sans HD) posted some of screens/mockups of the HD Arcade Kollection including high res background art, new UI elements, and recaptured digital actors.

Some of the screens look a little rough/unfinished but thats expected considered its an unfinished project.

Link: http://jwmontenegro.blogspot.com/2011/06/mortal-kombat-arcade-kollection-ui-work.html

Artist said:
Mortal Kombat: Arcade Kollection was announced weeks ago which finally stirred me to put these up. Oh and also the fact that I played Mortal Kombat (9) over the weekend. Can we say 4player grind-house fight splatter?

In anycase, these are UI screens and elements I got to create while working with Other Ocean Interactive in association with NetherRealm Studios and WB. They are a great loss for me in the sense that none of the following screens (save for the Friendly Kombat screen) will be seen in the actual DLC game itself. The scope of our project was changed and thus the demand and need for the UI did as well. Regardless I am very proud of these and feel like the crucible of what I've learned, and what makes me the UI Artist I am today, is from the experience of working on this game and its UI.

Some of it was upres work but I did get to redesign new screens and some brand spanking new UI elements based off the feedback of NetherRealm,WB and some initial style mockups sent in pre-production.

Big Chungus · Jul 10, 2011

infinityBCRT · Jul 10, 2011

Heres one final pic for good measure, seems like it could be some sort of XMB art for the PS3 version:

edit: oh and heres the MK Treasures screen that I missed

Vorg · Jul 10, 2011

Looked amazing.

Slamtastic · Jul 10, 2011

The decrease in price is not worth the loss of the treatment they were originally going to give the project

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a Master Ninja · Jul 10, 2011

acidspunk said:
Looked amazing.

I disagree. HD MK looked cool in my head, but this cancellation looks like it's for the best.

Diatribe1974 · Jul 10, 2011

Man....this had potential. Sucks that it got canceled

SuperSonic1305 · Jul 10, 2011

I'd much rather pay $30 for a rom dump.

tim1138 · Jul 10, 2011

a Master Ninja said:
I disagree. HD MK looked cool in my head, but this cancellation looks like it's for the best.

Yeah that Lui Kang fatality looks pretty bad.

infinityBCRT · Jul 10, 2011

tim1138 said:
Yeah that Lui Kang fatality looks pretty bad.

The Dragon? I think it looks rad. The Jax sprite looks bad, but thats obviously because they were using old art there. My assumption would be that the actually fighter sprites would be HD like the Kano "Test Your Might" screen. Only thing that I don't like is the changed fonts and the background hues from the original game.

Blablurn · Jul 10, 2011

damn, didnt know it got canned. game looks awesome.

Mileena · Jul 10, 2011

SuperSonic1305 said:
I'd much rather pay $30 for a rom dump.

It's $15 though...?

I'd much rather pay $10 for UMK3 on PSN. I have no interest in the god awful first two games.

GuardianE · Jul 10, 2011

Wow, that sucks. I hadn't heard that this was canceled yet. Ugh.

infinityBCRT · Jul 10, 2011

Blablurn said:
damn, didnt know it got canned. game looks awesome.

Yeah. Now we're only getting the MK Arcade Kollection which is basically the games emulated perfectly plus online play:

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alr1ght · Jul 10, 2011

this looks absolutely terrible. They could at least not stretch the awful character video.

Slamtastic · Jul 10, 2011

For comparison.

infinityBCRT · Jul 10, 2011

Slamtastic said:
For comparison.

Last screen isn't loading (MK Warehouse pics aren't linkable from other sites).

edit: fixed now.

Dynamite Shikoku · Jul 10, 2011

No iOS version?

Mechanized · Jul 10, 2011

Sucks that it was cancelled.

When are we going to get a Trilogy re-release? Goddamn.
I have UMK3 on 360, I have MK2 on PSN. I don't give a crap about MK1 aside from nostalgia.

Seems like Trilogy will never happen.

goldenpp72 · Jul 10, 2011

I hate MK, but I dunno this actually looked good if considered to be a WIP.

Shurs · Jul 10, 2011

It's too bad the HD version was canceled.

I was looking forward to it.

GuardianE · Jul 10, 2011

alr1ghtstart said:
this looks absolutely terrible. They could at least not stretch the awful character video.

It wasn't finished...

papersleeves · Jul 10, 2011

HD collection got canned ? Awww

SnowHawk · Jul 10, 2011

I never knew it got canned. that sucks.

infinityBCRT · Jul 10, 2011

Added the MK Treasures screen to post #3.

Ninja Scooter · Jul 10, 2011

it looks almost too clean.

Card Boy · Jul 10, 2011

Apprently the Kollection (the normal one) is coming to PC aswell. Hopefully it makes it to Steam, I dont want to put another dollar into the PSN.

Salsa · Jul 10, 2011

Gez said:
Apprently the Kollection (the normal one) is coming to PC aswell. Hopefully it makes it to Steam, I dont want to put another dollar into the PSN.

i think i read that was the plan

Charles Brandon · Jul 10, 2011

*Kancelled

DasRaven · Jul 10, 2011

Thank the Dragon Gods this never came to be. Malnourished Raiden and Self-parody Kano look terribad.

maeda · Jul 10, 2011

Glad that I am not the only one bothered by the sterility of this look.

Slime · Jul 10, 2011

Looks super cheeseball. At least the low quality images in the original added a degree of abstraction that made it more palatable. This just looks like a goofy Photoshop experiment. I can't imagine actually playing it and taking it seriously.

LestradeTGQ · Jul 10, 2011

It looks like this was cancelled for a good reason. The lo-fi captures of the 2D games just look silly when recreated in high resolution. This looks more like Way of the Warrior (which isn't a good thing). As a designer myself I can't agree with the claims that the UI screens are anything to write home about, though I don't doubt the earnest intent of the people involved.

Edit: oh, hey, the designer is from Charlottetown! The thought of someone working in PEI on a Mortal Kombat game warms my heart.

Cartman86 · Jul 10, 2011

I don't know. I think it looks better then it had any right looking.

Big One · Jul 10, 2011

Oh god this could've been amazing. Authentic recreation of the arcade games with similar level of graphical detail? Sign me up. Especially if the fighters can crossover between games.

Heart of Black · Jul 10, 2011

I was always really sketchy of this collection when they first announced it. I'd love an HD MK, but it just can't exist. It's like HD 80's TV shows... won't happen.

blizzardjesus · Jul 10, 2011

I wonder how many of those original photos that they digitized still exist.

akilshohen · Jul 10, 2011

Would of been cool, but Campy.

Geek · Jul 10, 2011

There's a very good reason this got canceled. Don't shed any tears for it.

ULTROS! · Jul 10, 2011

Wasn't this announced recently? I wonder why it got canned so quickly.

Yuripaw · Jul 10, 2011

Oh man, I wish I never saw these. Now I wish this had been released instead so bad.

Geek · Jul 10, 2011

ULTROS! said:
Wasn't this announced recently? I wonder why it got canned so quickly.

They never officially announced it. WB abandoned this in favor of a collection of the standard arcade games.

SolidSnakex · Jul 10, 2011

ULTROS! said:
Wasn't this announced recently? I wonder why it got canned so quickly.

The version currently announced is just the arcade versions ported to home consoles. This was a remake of MK, MK2 and UMK3. They went out and hired new actors so that it would display properly in HD.

Mileena · Jul 10, 2011

ULTROS! said:
Wasn't this announced recently? I wonder why it got canned so quickly.

Have you seen the OP?

Baron Aloha · Jul 10, 2011

Honestly, it looks pretty close to how I'd imagined it would look. It's campy as hell but if you think about it, it makes sense why it would be.

Shame it was cancelled. There's absolutely no chance I'd buy the regular kollection but there is a good chance I would have bought this to try it out because it is at least something new.

Shaneus said:
Those (at least, the first two) are from the Genesis/MD version by the looks of the font.

They are all from the arcade games.

Shaneus · Jul 10, 2011

Slamtastic said:
For comparison.

Those (at least, the first two) are from the Genesis/MD version by the looks of the font.

Chalk up one for me being disappointed... in the very least, being able to switch b/w original and HD would've been nice. Looked like it could've been a bit of fun

ULTROS! · Jul 10, 2011

corkscrewblow said:
Have you seen the OP?

Yes but I was slightly confused. At least the others cleared it up for me.

Shaneus · Jul 10, 2011

Baron Aloha said:
They are all from the arcade games.

Oh shit, there you go! I only know that font from the home Sega versions. Very strange that they used that... I don't think it was in the first MK arcade.

Edit: Oh, it was. Such a dumbass ahaha

SentientStone · Jul 10, 2011

I would've paid good money for this kollection. :/
It looks fine, and I am sure the purists can have the option of using the original sprites too.

abstract alien · Jul 10, 2011

Looked pretty nice, especially for an unfinished project.

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