Mortal Kombat comes to DS, Virtual Console, PS3 Store, and new Wii details

On Midway’s annual Winter Gamers Day event in Las Vegas last week, announcing that Nintendo DS owners will soon get their own version of Mortal Kombat. Details on the Nintendo DS version of the game are scarce, although it has been revealed that Shaun Himmerick will assume the role of the game’s producer. This is welcome news because he also was the producer of the excellent Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks.

Midway reportedly said that should Nintendo Wii’s new Virtual Console continue to gain popularity, more Mortal Kombat games will be brought to it. This makes perfect sence after they released Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on Xbox Live Arcade last year, but everyone pretty much agrees Midway should be porting over Mortal Kombat I & II to Microsoft’s and Nintendo’s download services. Let’s hope that hint was subtle enough, considering Mortal Kombat II was announced for the Playstation Network (PS3).

When we showed a video of Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon showing off Armageddon’s Wii controls for the first time, that newsitem got out-of-hand popular, so we figured you’d want to know more about the changes in the Wii version compared to the PS2, PSP & Xbox versions. Mortal Kombat fans will be happy to find out that:

* Khameleon will make an appearance in Mortal Kombat: Armegeddon;
* The “Endurance Mode” from the PSP version will be brought to the Wii as well;
* Motor Kombat will be playable with the Wii Remote, which controls like Nintendo’s Wii racing game Excite Truck.

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