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New Mortal Kombat footage

GrayFoxPL said:
Warning!

Iplaywinner has big ass spoiler at the main page.

Fucking fuckers!

Keep using spoiler tags here guys. I want to keep the game as fresh as possible.

Fucking iplaywinner - you are deleted from bookmarks.

It's the internet. If it wasn't IPW it would have been somewhere else. I'm sure there will be other surprises in the game lol
 
GrayFoxPL said:
Warning!

Iplaywinner has big ass spoiler at the main page.

Fucking fuckers!

Keep using spoiler tags here guys. I want to keep the game as fresh as possible.

Fucking iplaywinner - you are deleted from bookmarks.

If that was a spoiler to you, you should have went on a total media blackout until release.
 
Sinatar said:
Just some unlockable characters. The concept of spoilers in a fighting game is utterly hilarious to me.

Well, for a fighting game steeped in story like MK, spoilers are a very real thing. It's no different than spoilers for an Assassin's Creed or MGS.
 
Irish said:
Well, for a fighting game steeped in story like MK, spoilers are a very real thing. It's no different than spoilers for an Assassin's Creed or MGS.

Steeped in story?

Hey I played as Scorpion and he won the MK tournament and did some stuff! No wait now I played as Sonya and won the tournament... but I just won with Scorpion... what? Now I just beat it with Quan Chi and conquered the world? What?

If the narrative of Mortal Kombat is in any way shape or form something you care enough about to complain of spoilers, I strongly urge you to put the controller down and go read some books.
 
I keep forgetting where I am. Stories are total trash and nobody should care about them unless they are printed on paper and bound in a hard casing.
 
I keep forgetting where I am. Stories are total trash and nobody should care about them unless they are printed on paper and bound in a hard casing. Guess what, some people like their mindless stories and don't care to know what happens in them beforehand.

EDIT: I don't mean to be a dick, it just comes naturally to me.
 
Sinatar said:
Just some unlockable characters. The concept of spoilers in a fighting game is utterly hilarious to me.

Yeah I don't get it either. I thought all the spoiler bullshit for Smash Bros. was stupid as well.

Edit: What weird time jump happened here=
 
GrayFoxPL said:
Warning!

Iplaywinner has big ass spoiler at the main page.

Fucking fuckers!

Keep using spoiler tags here guys. I want to keep the game as fresh as possible.

Fucking iplaywinner - you are deleted from bookmarks.

i dont think it's much of a spoiler. i havent played a mk game since 4 but i imagine the character they mention is just a reskinning?

im avoiding the achievement list though since i dont want to know whats at the top of the challenge tower.

EDIT: holy shit my post just went back in time!
 
Sinatar said:
Steeped in story?

Hey I played as Scorpion and he won the MK tournament and did some stuff! No wait now I played as Sonya and won the tournament... but I just won with Scorpion... what? Now I just beat it with Quan Chi and conquered the world? What?

If the narrative of Mortal Kombat is in any way shape or form something you care enough about to complain of spoilers, I strongly urge you to put the controller down and go read some books.

Thats not how this MK will work. The Arcade mode will be as you described, but the Story mode is going to be filled by the brim with cutscenes and there will be only one winner at the end.

And even in the old Arcade format, MK has always had the best ending story boards even if most of the endings weren't canon. And the MK team would usually piece together elements of every ending to create the next game's story.
 
GrayFoxPL said:
Warning!

Iplaywinner has big ass spoiler at the main page.

Fucking fuckers!

Keep using spoiler tags here guys. I want to keep the game as fresh as possible.

Fucking iplaywinner - you are deleted from bookmarks.
Your lost IPW is one of the best fighting game related websites out there.
<3 IPW <3
 
"Keep using spoiler tags here guys. I want to keep the game as fresh as possible."


Maybe you should stop reading MK threads if spoilers are an issue for you.
 
Does the 360 character have to be exclusive to a 360 franchise? I don't see many fitting the part, but someone like Ryu Hayabusa would probably be perfect.
 
":("


Hey, there's a game coming out where I might not want to be spoiled, so what did I do? I looked at a couple screenshots, the first 5 seconds of the announcement trailer and that was that. I haven't opened a single related thread or watched a single piece of footage, interview, etc. since.

Deal with it.
 
Teknopathetic said:
":("


Hey, there's a game coming out where I might not want to be spoiled, so what did I do? I looked at a couple screenshots, the first 5 seconds of the announcement trailer and that was that. I haven't opened a single related thread or watched a single piece of footage, interview, etc. since.

Deal with it.

The achievement spoiler is significant though. If that was allowed to be spoiled here, thats like saying if someone spoiled that
Big Boss
was in MGS4, just deal with it.
 
infinityBCRT said:
The achievement spoiler is significant though. If that was allowed to be spoiled here, thats like saying if someone spoiled that
Big Boss
was in MGS4, just deal with it.

I don't think the two characters you're comparing have quite the same impact...
 
The internet is ruining fighting games.. The game isnt even out and we know about the super secret characters again. Boon is probably having a fit


Ed Boon is hilarious on his twitter, he's screwing around with fans all the time:

RT @BrutalMKFan @noobde Are the DLC characters going to be free or are we going to pay for them? Noobde: 30 bucks a pop.

RT @Legendgerry So why r u favouring the PS3 over the 360? Noobde: Zzzzzzzzz..

RT @MegGriffinSays: Is Kratos going to be downloadable on the 360 after a few weeks or months? Noobde: Yes, after

RT @Tiefe_Wasser Please Ed, put the word "Saibot" on the healthbar when Noob Saibot is
fighting. Noobde: No.
 
shuri said:
The internet is ruining fighting games.. The game isnt even out and we know about the super secret characters again. Boon is probably having a fit
You could always go on media blackout. I have a friend who did so and wasn't aware of the roster updates until Super SFIV was in his hands (though, I slipped up and mentioned Dee Jay to him once). He was legitimately surprised.

And seriously, naming hidden characters in achievement lists is a terrible way to keep a secret.
 
Teknopathetic said:
"Keep using spoiler tags here guys. I want to keep the game as fresh as possible."


Maybe you should stop reading MK threads if spoilers are an issue for you.

So all the people here using spoiler tags to, you know, avoid spoiling are doing it wrong? Did you read the thread?
 
Regarding the achievements, this specific one...

Ultimate Humiliation (20 points)
Perform every fighter's hidden finishing move

There are already separate achievements for Fatalities, so I wonder what these hidden finishing moves are...just a second fatality perhaps? In fact, the hint is in the name - Humiliation? Gotta be something like Babalities.
 
I hope the Dragon King is somewhere in this. I loved trollin him in the boss fight.
 
_dementia said:
You could always go on media blackout. I have a friend who did so and wasn't aware of the roster updates until Super SFIV was in his hands (though, I slipped up and mentioned Dee Jay to him once). He was legitimately surprised.

And seriously, naming hidden characters in achievement lists is a terrible way to keep a secret.

Well they did a good job with most of the achievements, but yes, with two of them they probably should have had something more mysterious. Guess they didn't think the Secret achievements could be discovered ahead of time.


jobber said:
I hope the Dragon King is somewhere in this. I loved trollin him in the boss fight.

Bet you hes gonna be the boss in the sequel to this game, whether or not hes teased, we'll see. But technically he doesn't have a body yet.
 
So, since I don't have PSN+, is there a GAFfer or an account somewhere that GAFfers can use to download the demo? Will there be an account sharing thread for this demo like there are sometimes for Betas?
 
Unicorn said:
So, since I don't have PSN+, is there a GAFfer or an account somewhere that GAFfers can use to download the demo? Will there be an account sharing thread for this demo like there are sometimes for Betas?
Impossible. No one is sharing their PSN+ account even in their least senses. That reminds me, gotta call Sony to reset my account.
 
Lost Fragment said:
So if you're running a big tournament with multiple stations and it takes, say, 3 hours to unlock a character per station, you're going to do that?

Been there done that... for the most part. At our event in 2009 we had to unlock 20+ consoles for SF4. To unlock all of the characters in SF4 it takes about 30-45 minutes. Multiply that by 20 and there you go.

During that same year we also had to unlock all of the characters and stages in Soul Calibur IV. It didn't take as long as SF4, but we still had to do it.

Ninja Scooter said:
Meanwhile forget about relevance, KI hasn't EXISTED since 1996. That's when the last KI game was released. That is 15 years ago. Put that into perspective. There are kids in high school, right now, who were not even born then.

But MK9 is rated M for mature. No one under 18 is allowed to buy it. :P

Kweh said:
Regarding the achievements, this specific one...

Ultimate Humiliation (20 points)
Perform every fighter's hidden finishing move

There are already separate achievements for Fatalities, so I wonder what these hidden finishing moves are...just a second fatality perhaps? In fact, the hint is in the name - Humiliation? Gotta be something like Babalities.

If a KI character is included in the game, then
humiliation
would actually work pretty well. Or if it's referring to
friendships and bablities (since the leak also confirms multiple -alities)
playing the KI
humiliation
music just for the KI character would also be a nice bit of fan service.
 
SolidSnakex said:
A small interview with Boon

http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/03/07/mortal-kombat-ed-boon-interview?objectid=14317281

He mostly talks about what their goals were for this game.
Really excited for the Story Mode. MK has always at least tried to take their story seriously, and while I think later games became convoluted, I'm glad that this one is actually going to go back and retcon (hopefully) a lot.

Always loved the Sub/Scorp dynamic and the Cyborg back-stories as well. Here's hoping they don't fuck it up.
 
"So all the people here using spoiler tags to, you know, avoid spoiling are doing it wrong? Did you read the thread?"


I'm not going to stop people from spoiler tagging their posts (even though it's annoying, especially in a fighting game thread), but I'm also not going to get onto anyone not doing it either.

Deal with it.
 
Teknopathetic said:
":("


Hey, there's a game coming out where I might not want to be spoiled, so what did I do? I looked at a couple screenshots, the first 5 seconds of the announcement trailer and that was that. I haven't opened a single related thread or watched a single piece of footage, interview, etc. since.

Deal with it.
Got it. If I do get spoiled, you won't find me complaining.
 
Uzumaki Goku said:
Not sure if I'm too happy with the new character... I kinda hope it's a non-canon what if thing.

Like I said a page or so ago, I'm thinking it's something that they're going to play around with a bit. Like maybe Noob is the original Sub-Zero's "soul", but Cyber is his re-animated corpse with no soul.

Could be very interesting, if done right. After all, since Smoke may not be a Cyborg himself any more, that plot development arc could easily go to another character. And I guess Sub-Zero I could easily fit the bill in double time. :lol
 
so tempted to order the KE guide and game but i have a feeling i should just get the standard edition game at first since the KE will likely bomb in price like every other "limited edition"

this'll probably happen yet i still want to order the KE gahhh
 
Teknopathetic said:
"So all the people here using spoiler tags to, you know, avoid spoiling are doing it wrong? Did you read the thread?"


I'm not going to stop people from spoiler tagging their posts (even though it's annoying, especially in a fighting game thread), but I'm also not going to get onto anyone not doing it either.

Deal with it.

Whats the difference between spoiling the game here or spoiling details to LA Noire in one of those threads? I don't get your logic. Is it because you're used to crappy story from other fighting games? You do realize this game has like a full on Story mode, right?
 
infinityBCRT said:
Whats the difference between spoiling the game here or spoiling details to LA Noire in one of those threads? I don't get your logic. Is it because you're used to crappy story from other fighting games? You do realize this game has like a full on Story mode, right?

You do realize that the "spoilers" people are discussing in here are simply unlockable characters right? That there is no bearing on the story at all?
 
Im gonna go to gamestop today and see if I can order that tournament stick edition. Its like getting the game for free. I wonder if its gonna be a street fighter fiasco though, where they couldnt fill everyones orders.
 
Sinatar said:
You do realize that the "spoilers" people are discussing in here are simply unlockable characters right? That there is no bearing on the story at all?
How is it not bearing on the story that one of the characters becomes
a cyborg
?

Sounds like a part of the story to me.
 
Is is just me... or did jax pull a flag out of his ass?

I like how fast paced the game looks. Compared to recent fighters OG MK is like playing in slow-mo.
 
I guess people who haven't been keeping with MK just don't understand story in fighting games since no other games really do it.


Lord-Audie said:
Is is just me... or did jax pull a flag out of his ass?

Its in his back pocket :P
 
Nelo Ice said:
so tempted to order the KE guide and game but i have a feeling i should just get the standard edition game at first since the KE will likely bomb in price like every other "limited edition"

this'll probably happen yet i still want to order the KE gahhh
Probably. Though it seems MK fans like their special editions :p :
Gamestop 2009 said:
Four games -- Metal Gear Solid 4, Gears of War 2, Fable II, and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe -- all had a 21 percent or higher proportion of collector's edition revenue as a factor of total first-week revenue, and Mortal Kombat's collector's edition revenue was a huge 55 percent of total.
 
Sinatar said:
You do realize that the "spoilers" people are discussing in here are simply unlockable characters right? That there is no bearing on the story at all?

Nah, there is definitely one that matters. The rest don't really mean anything because they were just your standard character reveals.

Sure, it may have been predictable, but it is still a big spoiler.
 
fernoca said:
Probably. Though it seems MK fans like their special editions :p :

damn u! guess i'll get the KE then

glad i dont need to spring for the TE though since i have an sfiv TE stick

also i hope amazon decides to add promo credit to the KE since they only have credit for the standard
 
Hey 360 people!

What are you doing about the terrible D-Pad situation on the 360 controller? Are you guys going to buy the new controller with that new D-Pad design? I read that the new D-Pad on that controller still sucks.
 
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