<p>On the heels of IGN's direct feed GCN video, <a href="http://cube.ign.com">IGN GameCube</a> has updated with <a href="http://cube.ign.com/articles/375/375017p1.html">hands-on impressions</a> and 6 new <a href="http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?channel_id=74&object_id=17208&adtag=network%3Dign%26site%3Dcube%26genre%3Dfightingviewer%26pagetype%3Darticle&page_title=Mortal+Kombat%3A+Deadly+Alliance">video clips</a> available to all readers, including the stellar must-see video of one of the mini-games in <strong>MK
A</strong>, Test Your Sight. And of course, IGN always seems to throw in an exclusive video for Insider members, and this time is it the game's entire <a href="http://cube.ign.com/articles/375/375019p1.html">intro movie</a>, revealing the death of one of the series' main characters. We'll let you decide if you want to spoil the suprise.</p>
<P><B>Update:</b> 10 more <a href="http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?channel_id=73&object_id=478788&adtag=network%3Dign%26site%3Dxbox%26genre%3Dfightingviewer%26pagetype%3Darticle&page_title=Immortal+Movies">videos</a> have made it over to <a href="http://xbox.ign.com">IGN Xbox</a>. Check out video #1 and watch Scorpion's health bar a few moments after he gets impaled by Sub-Zero's Kori Blade. It appears that taunts are in and actually allow the player to recover some health.</P>
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Not to be outdone, <a href="http://www.gamespot.com">GameSpot</a> counters with their own arsenal of <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screenindex/0,11104,551907,00.html">65 screenshots</a> from the <b>Xbox</b> version, including fatality sequences from <b>Sonya</b>, <b>Jax</b>, <b>Sub-Zero</b> and <b>Shang Tsung</b>, high quality background screenshots, and a new development, a <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screens/0,11105,551907,00.html?page=82">fight wager screen</a> for versus battles, allowing friends or foes to wager the in-game currency, "koins", in addition to pride. </p>
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On the <b>PlayStation 2</b> side of things, <B>GameSpot</B> has <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/media/0,11100,551915,00.html">video footage</a> and <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screenindex/0,11104,551915,00.html">5 in-sequence captures</a> of Johnny Cage's "de-skulling" fatality and another video of gameplay. If you are not a <B>GameSpot Complete</b> member, you can still watch the streaming version of the video for the next 7 days for free.
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<p>If you pay attention to the figher stance graphics during this video, you will see that before the fatality is performed, Cage's stance changes to "Fatality" after a few positioning shuffles. This could detail that executions of fatalities might be simplified to a global stance change. If this is the case, then perhaps players might have to "train" their characters to learn their fatalities in the single player game; however, this is all pure speculation at this point.</P>
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Thanks again <a href="http://www.shacknews.com">ShackNews</a>.</p>
A</strong>, Test Your Sight. And of course, IGN always seems to throw in an exclusive video for Insider members, and this time is it the game's entire <a href="http://cube.ign.com/articles/375/375019p1.html">intro movie</a>, revealing the death of one of the series' main characters. We'll let you decide if you want to spoil the suprise.</p><P><B>Update:</b> 10 more <a href="http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?channel_id=73&object_id=478788&adtag=network%3Dign%26site%3Dxbox%26genre%3Dfightingviewer%26pagetype%3Darticle&page_title=Immortal+Movies">videos</a> have made it over to <a href="http://xbox.ign.com">IGN Xbox</a>. Check out video #1 and watch Scorpion's health bar a few moments after he gets impaled by Sub-Zero's Kori Blade. It appears that taunts are in and actually allow the player to recover some health.</P>
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Not to be outdone, <a href="http://www.gamespot.com">GameSpot</a> counters with their own arsenal of <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screenindex/0,11104,551907,00.html">65 screenshots</a> from the <b>Xbox</b> version, including fatality sequences from <b>Sonya</b>, <b>Jax</b>, <b>Sub-Zero</b> and <b>Shang Tsung</b>, high quality background screenshots, and a new development, a <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screens/0,11105,551907,00.html?page=82">fight wager screen</a> for versus battles, allowing friends or foes to wager the in-game currency, "koins", in addition to pride. </p>
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On the <b>PlayStation 2</b> side of things, <B>GameSpot</B> has <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/media/0,11100,551915,00.html">video footage</a> and <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screenindex/0,11104,551915,00.html">5 in-sequence captures</a> of Johnny Cage's "de-skulling" fatality and another video of gameplay. If you are not a <B>GameSpot Complete</b> member, you can still watch the streaming version of the video for the next 7 days for free.
</p>
<p>If you pay attention to the figher stance graphics during this video, you will see that before the fatality is performed, Cage's stance changes to "Fatality" after a few positioning shuffles. This could detail that executions of fatalities might be simplified to a global stance change. If this is the case, then perhaps players might have to "train" their characters to learn their fatalities in the single player game; however, this is all pure speculation at this point.</P>
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Thanks again <a href="http://www.shacknews.com">ShackNews</a>.</p>