Mortal Kombat 9 will be the true Mature return to form
Mortal Kombat 9 will return the series to it’s M-rated, blood-and-guts roots. This according to series creator Ed Boon in an interview with Kotaku at Comic-Con 2008.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, given the fact that Mortal Kombat 8 was promised to be a darker, grittier title than any before it (as well as being a total revamp of the series), before it was re-worked into it’s current form as Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe.
This left a lot of fans disappointed (despite the fact that the game isn’t even out yet) and this is not a fact that has fallen on deaf ears for Ed Boon. Although there is little more than concept art for MK9, the grittier, darker version of MK is indeed in the works technology-wise and will strive for more blood, more violence and more of everything MK fans expect from the franchise (something that is limited to a degree by the DC license).
Sadly, the future of MK9 may very well depend on how well Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe sells. So here’s to hoping that all MK fans go out and support the franchise despite what they may think of the new twist (personally, I love it).
Update: It was revealed in April 2009, that with Midway going bankrupt, Midway’s team of 50 Mortal Kombat developers are talking to several other publishers to form their own studio and jump ship after 17 years.
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(Sorry for language but…)
F*ck yea Im getting MK vs DC
and I hope 100% that they make this game with nothing but MK characters
I like DC but come on kids would want it because it has Batman and Superman
And I dont think that kids would like it if Batman got his arm ripped off by Goro
LOL XD
(Yea i know you can still do it in MK vs DC but still just making a point)
by DominicThaDBZFan on Jul 29, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Honestly i dnt think ill like MK vs DC because of the fact that there will be know fatalities….but im sure itll be ok…
by Nate on Jul 29, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Actually Nate, the MK characters and DC villains DO have fatalities. While the superhero’s have “Brutalities”, such as Superman who pounds the opponent into the ground. Which, you may recall, was Sheeva’s Fatality.
So they are trying to get as close to fatalities as they can with the DC characters.
by astrotriforce on Jul 29, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Wait…so is MC vs DC being considered MC8….weird.
by Anna Peterson on Jul 30, 2008 at 2:57 am
Yes Anna, technically MK vs DCU is “MK8″, so this article is referring to the next MK game, which would be “MK9″.
I actually wonder if they’d call the next one MK9, since they’ve done the whole subtitles bit since MK: Deadly Alliance . . . you’ll notice if you watch Ed Boon that he will often say what # the MK games are. Probably to help himself keep track. lol.
Personally I can’t wait for MK vs DCU. I haven’t been this excited for an MK since MK Trilogy, and that’s saying something!
by astrotriforce on Jul 30, 2008 at 8:23 am
That would be cool if MK 10 (Seeing that MK9 will just be all MK character) MK vs Marvel
That would be better than MK vs DC think about it . . .
Ghost Rider vs Scorpion
Hulk vs Goro
Iceman vs Sub-Zero
Kano vs Cyclops
Lui Kang vs Spiderman
Noob Saibot vs Venom
oh man the list would just go on and on
That would be 10x better than MK vs DC in my opinion
by DominicThaDBZFan on Jul 30, 2008 at 9:02 am
“Nate Says:
July 29th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Honestly i dnt think ill like MK vs DC because of the fact that there will be know fatalities….but im sure itll be ok…”
Learn to f*cking spell you uneducated f*cktard. I swear to god this country is getting dumber by the hour. There will be “know” fatalities??? Read a f*cking book.
by Jimmy on Jul 30, 2008 at 11:57 am
Yo calm down there is a such thing as a typo
And Im pretty sure he wasnt saying it to offend anyone
by DominicThaDBZFan on Jul 30, 2008 at 12:38 pm
The preview looks sweet and I don’t much mind them branching out, but for orthodox MK fans I think we are all going to take a pass on MK vs DC because its clearly a gimmick fan service game. I’ll wait for MK9, and pray Boon keeps his ear to the ground and doesn’t forget the roots when he ‘tears it all down’ cuz what on earth was with the single fataliy and no PIT in Deadly Alliance?
Long live Movado
by Dave on Aug 12, 2008 at 9:30 pm
heres what I have been wondering… Why has there not been a Marvel vs. DC game yet? I mean, we all enjoyed other rival companies such as Capcom/SNK, Marvel/Capcom, hell, we even seen WCW and WWF merge. whats taking so long and whats so bad about seeing Batman vs. Spiderman or Superman vs Wolverine? Man of steel vs the man with the Adamantium Claws. and you know what they say about adamantium.
by Hotblackdragon on Aug 13, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Mortal Kombat vs Marvel would’nt work because Marvel is not dark enough for Mortal Kombat!
Marvel is all colourful and sparkley like Street Fighter!
DC is dark and gritty like Mortal Kombat!
so if you look at it this way then i think it ‘will’ work!!!
And its great to know that the Mortal Kombat universe is being put on the same level as Batman/Superman and the DC universe!!! mixing it with some real top dogs!!!
Roll on a new line in Mortal Kombat comic/novels by DC!
…you heard it hear from me first!!! remember that folks!!!
me… David Savage 25 UK
by ultimate_savage@hotmail.com on Sep 15, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I would love a StreetFighter vs. Mortal Kombat that would be pretty sweet.
by Isaac on Oct 5, 2008 at 1:49 am
Well that’s good news. Put me on the list of “very disappointed” when I heard the new MK was going to be a hybrid with DC Universe. I had gotten excited when I read how MK was going to hit the reset button for the next game, and then saw the news that they basically took the same old game and added Batman to it. Who cares! I’ll be on the lookout for MK9. Someone wake me when MK8 is over…
by Chilly on Oct 21, 2008 at 5:32 pm
mk 9 better be rated m, not a crossover, and have the following characters:(kano, liu kang, raiden, cage, scorpion, sub-zero, sonya, reptile, goro, and shang tsung) And they better have their signature fatalities.
by seth matthews on Nov 13, 2008 at 8:16 pm
i didnt like the crossover either, but it should be good enough to play until mk9. CANT WAIT
by fykjjjjjj on Nov 14, 2008 at 8:12 pm
hmm…yea mk 9. i had some thoughts on it. i was thinking really hard about this. mk armagedon was fun. it was cool. you could pretty much customize your whole character from top to bottom. You could change your characters fighting style, special moves, stance, clothes, etc. It was pretty unique. The only thing i didnt like from the game was that no one had any signiture fatalities. it was kinda fustrating and boring to see the fatalities you could pull off. dont get me wrong, pulling someones arm(s) off then hitting them with thier own arm(s) is pretty cool, but it just didnt feel right without the sig. fatalities.
But i was thinkin one day what if….
what if they kida borrowed Def Jams Fight For NY special move concept. You know…..when you defeated someone in story mode, you would be able to unlock there sig. finishing move. That way your custom character had a variety of finishing moves instead of just one. of course you would have to spend some points in order to fully unlock someones sig. move.
So…I was thinkn wut if midway did the same thing. It would be cool to fight a mk character then defeat them then gain their sig. fatality. that way your custom character would have any of the mk characters fatalities. I think it would be cool to have barakas fatality for my custom character, my opinion though.
Man, that would be so cool if they did this!
lol, does anyone even know wut im talkin about. Has anyone ever played def jam fight for ny?
by reyzor88 on Nov 21, 2008 at 1:30 am
I really am not impressed with MK Vs. DC, the character selections suck. They left out far too many good characters and put too many stupid ones in. I hope that they improve from this game. I love Mortal Kombat but this one I just can’t stand behind because it’s far too dissappointing. They need to just stick with regular MK and not try to mix other stuff in with it, that’s my oppinion.
by Holly on Nov 27, 2008 at 8:48 pm
this game really dissappointed me, i mean, very few blood?, really dumb fatalitys?, the mortal kombat deception had the best ones, individuals and very painful, i mean, the one of sub-zero frozing the body, getting the head, stepping back and then throwing it, that’s the best fatality ever, and right now looking how body breaks, no blood, no pain, it really sucks :(, i hope that mk9 really have that killer sense inside, more darkness, more blood and the best fatalities ever.
by gerardo rf on Dec 3, 2008 at 11:40 pm
I think mortal kombat should go 2d kind of like street fighter4
by Patricio on Dec 5, 2008 at 12:40 pm
ultimate_savage I disagree with you, Marvel is alot darker than DC throughout the whole f*ckin game DC characters were sayin that they dont kill there enemies and friends and in Marvel you have characters like Deadpool, Wolverine, Hulk, and alot more other characters that actually kill there foes not throw them in f*ckin jail
by JR on Dec 10, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I think this is a good idea, sure a MK9 will be something every1 will be anticipating and really want, but whats wrong with something original? MK Vs DC is not just gonna be just a jumble of Mk characters thrown to fight a jumble of DC ones, it does have a story to it, people these days are to comfortable with the usual they should be less narrow minded about things, so stop bitching!
by Circus911 on Dec 21, 2008 at 8:18 am
OMFG mk9
MORE BLOOD,GUTS.AND LIMBS AND ORGANS BEING TORN OUT/OFF!!!!!!!!!!
YAAAAAAAYY!!!!!
I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOME1 TELL ME WEN IT GONNA BE OUT PLZ THX!!!!!!!!!
(BIGGEST MK FAN ON EARTH!)
by Tristan on Jan 13, 2009 at 7:33 am
Mortal Kombat 9 should not be a sequel to MK vs DC! It should leave off where Armaggedon left off!
by Number 1 Top Fan of MK on Jan 20, 2009 at 7:43 am
They should have Liu Kang, Cage, Raiden,Sonya, Sub-Zero, Kitana, Jax, Smoke, Jade, and other good Alignment characters in this game.
by Number 1 Top Fan of MK on Jan 20, 2009 at 8:00 am
[...] Mortal Kombat 9 is now officially underway says Ed Boon, co-creator of the Mortal Kombat series and the mastermind behind all the core titles in the franchise including the most recent MK8 or Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe as it was officially named. [...]
by Mortal Kombat 9 is now officially underway as Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe ships 1.8 million units - VideoGamesBlogger on Jan 26, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I think it is a good a idea but 20 characters: Cyrax, Liu Kang, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya, Jax, Kitana, Smoke (in cyber ninja), Jade, Kano,
Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, Sektor, Mileena, Reptile, Baraka.
Subboss is Goro & the boss is Shao Kahn.
Theses charaters are the best in Mortal Kombat
by MK9 on Feb 14, 2009 at 6:05 pm
i think they should bring everyone back and add more characters and have it where you could customize everything to your own character and have a walk around story mode with the character you just created and as soon as you beat it with her or him then you could do the story mode with everyone else. and have the krypts like deadly alliance and the fighting styles like it too and have every person to have their weapons again instead of this crapy one style thing like mk vs. dcu that game was ok but they shoulda done better job of it
by KinGT35 on Feb 17, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I want PC version now!!! I am great fan but dont have psp2,3 no xbox or similar, please just make at least one version for PC like deadly alliance or domination or shaolin monks… PLEASE!!!!!!!
by marko on Feb 19, 2009 at 12:08 pm
mk2 for supernintendo was the best one ever made then second was mk3 for nin64 then all the mks after them 3 were ok but i enjoyed second they need kabal,kano,sonya,subzero,scorpion,rayden,lui kang,shang sung,reptile ,jony cage,jax,kitana,smoke,nightwolf,jade,baraka,mileena,shit get every single character from every mk game and put them in mk9
by dennis on Feb 20, 2009 at 3:37 am
I agree, plz make an mk where you can have a run around story mode with the guy that you just created.
by jonny 10 on Feb 27, 2009 at 5:02 pm
OH man i cant wait for MK9 MORE BLOOD GORE AND DEATHS
I heard it was coming out 2010
ill be waiting for it
by MKFREAK on Feb 28, 2009 at 7:11 pm
aku minta tolong supaya, secepatnya mortal kombat 9 di adakan di indonesia..
by harmin alfis on Mar 2, 2009 at 7:47 pm
They really should have Tremor in MK9. Who all agrees with me?
by Tremor on Mar 4, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I hate to say,but MK 9 must return to it’s mature rating.Cuz MK vs DC sucks! There’s no gut n head flying around the srceen,it’s just NOT the nature of MK series.
by Dogmeat on Mar 19, 2009 at 5:13 am
They might have 20 characters in MK9. I hope that one of them is tremor.
by Tremor on Mar 29, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Rain.. Please come back!
by Rain on Apr 2, 2009 at 11:35 am
I say return every single playable character from every mortal kombat game including MK Vs DCU character and Kreate-A-Fighter
by Kyka Hearts on Apr 16, 2009 at 11:12 am
And of course make new characters=)
by Kyka Hearts on Apr 16, 2009 at 11:15 am
If it gets releaced. Midway went bust! Hope it comes out anyhow, I love Mortal Kombat! mcjakeqcool
by mcjakeqcool on May 4, 2009 at 9:24 am
Well it still won’t save Midway if they don’t get their heads out of their stupid butts and make it for Wii & PC as well as 360 & PS3! I would’ve bought MK vs DC, if it had been made for a system that I own, but I’m not buying anymore new consoles just so I can play it… HELLO, Midway! Not everyone in the world owns your two favorite systems! Some of us own the other two systems… You know, the ones that are selling MOST?
by Monroe on May 4, 2009 at 9:35 am
Make really cool new characters for MK9!!!
by MG on May 15, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I hope you have Reptile in mk9 and have kreate-a-fighter
by MG on May 15, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I also hope blaze will be in mk9
by MG on May 15, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I really hope there’s an option to create a fighter…
by Ethan on Jun 4, 2009 at 8:06 am
I agree with the create a fighter.
by Patrick on Jun 5, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I doubt MK9 will come out…The state of midway at the moment makes me seriously doubt it. Sigh, anyway we can only hope.
by Noob Saibot. on Jun 9, 2009 at 6:22 am
i really hope they do come out with mk9 and I really would love if they make the game have more miniature games like chess and tetris like mk deception I love that plz do and hurry I can’t wait any longer
by everett mciver on Jun 13, 2009 at 9:12 am
HEY EVERYONE LISTEN UP!!!!!!!!!
LOOK UP MORTAL KOMBAT KOMPLETE STRATEGY GUIDE!!!!!! ON THAT SITE IT HAS THE MK9 PAGE ON IT!!!!!!!! AND YOU CAN FIND 20 QUESTION MARKS ON THERE WHICH WILL HAVE 20 CHARACTERS!!!!!!!!!
by Tremor on Jun 15, 2009 at 2:32 pm
I wish Midway and Capcom would work together on this new game.
by Greedy McNasty on Jun 23, 2009 at 1:52 pm
i hope u have kobra and kira in mk9. and hope dat u guys change kira’s special moves better and not to be copied from kano nd sonya
by arturo delgadillo on Jun 30, 2009 at 1:38 pm
i hope u put kobra and kira in mk9 nd hope u guys fix kira’s special abilities cuz her powers were borrowed from sonya nd kano
by jake gonzalez on Jun 30, 2009 at 1:44 pm
i could care less aboutmidway and all, i mean their great they made my fave classic rpg (gauntlet dark legacy) but i mean if you still got the classic mk workers/team/developers like ed boon of course then why not switch companies, oh and just in case, ive been mk fan since i was 5 years old, gives me alot of good memories of bicycle kicks and heads getting bittin off, ahhh those were the days =)
by alfredo on Jul 10, 2009 at 2:59 am
[...] announced that they are giving Mortal Kombat and MK co-creator Ed Boon another chance as they slate Mortal Kombat 9 for a fourth-quarter 2009 release date. Why would that be? Because it seems Midway may have [...]
by Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe - Page 2 - Console Games Forum on Jul 23, 2009 at 10:52 am
i would buy it so fast because i got mk7 the first and i loved it and i still play it more than mk vs dc..mk vs dc was a good game but not compare to the other mk’s
by Rocky on Aug 5, 2009 at 3:11 am
me personally i always been a fan of the mk titles all of them are great not really a fan of mk vs dc but i think ed boon and john tobias are two of the greatest games developers ever and i b first n line get mk8 n 9.: 0 oh : ) yeah!!!!!!!!!!
by Taurean on Aug 7, 2009 at 3:33 am
I thought it was about time the did a crossover for Mk,I thought it was cool that it was with DC.Since Marvel had Capcom
by Gordo on Aug 21, 2009 at 9:04 pm
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by STARLING METAL on Aug 28, 2009 at 2:14 am
This game going to be the best in the entire MK series It will feature totally new characters with a few of the favorite old ones
by Ed Boon on Aug 31, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Actually, my partner is wrong there will be no more MK games. Sorry Ed is so stupid and actually thinks he can say lies.
by John Tobias on Sep 13, 2009 at 9:26 am
ha ha funny. (refering to ed and john there.) Personally I was looking foward to and was going to pick up mkvsdc but when I asked my friend who is the manager of the game store I go to about it, he completely refused to sell it to me and said it was the most pathetically executed attempt to salvage what was left of a washed up franchise and when I began to object he kindly reminded me of mka for the gba. I trusted his judgement after he when on and on about the games problems and told me that in six months r it would be in the 2 for 10 bin along with the hannah montana ds games for teen aged emotionally challenged giirls and probably boys too. By the way Mr. Boon, I personally loved MK2. I think you did well selling what made you famous and held it out as long as you could, but honestly how far can mk go?
by Brent on Oct 1, 2009 at 8:52 pm
plz add alot of blood even more then deception!
u know like 1 key for faftality or make somtehink cheat kode to enter and mae fatalities easy like in mk4.
if u dont have time it wuld be ok if u just copy paste deceptions and make mor characters and realms like reptiles or nitaras world. and a kaf that is more like svr or sc.
thos kombos rock 
and make traps so awesome that they would actualy make belltower look gentle. and the fatalities easy to make plz
make very 3D graphyc somethink like svr and a more 2D gameplay like sf4.
ok thats what i want to see in the new mk.
and a konques mkdeception style
oh and very important mka air style
make them even longer so you culd do a 50 hit kombo in air or somethink
and make 1 fightink style 1 weapon and 1 air style per character
ty
by bigMKfan!!! on Oct 14, 2009 at 9:33 am
id so like having the ability of creating arenas.
so you culd basicly make your arena
by bigMKfan!!! on Oct 15, 2009 at 2:04 am
they should make a next shaoilin monks game dat game was awesome liked that co-op
by noob saibot on Oct 15, 2009 at 11:02 am
so. there’s going to be a xbox 720 console mortal kombat 9 video game comming , huh, but , when ,? in the year 2012. or the year 2011,? i hope this will be a great mortal kombat game for me to see,.. says, brandin lee detroy, from,desoto, tx,. this will be a fantastic game,…..
by lee brandin detroy on Oct 25, 2009 at 11:26 am