Unused Mortal Kombat (2011) Concept Designs

Artists will often display their concept art on their websites after a game is completed as part of their résumé, which can offer a glimpse into an alternate version of the game, or feature stuff that was never put to use for various reasons. In the latest example, <B>Daanish Syed</B>, an artist at <a href="http://netherrealm.com">NetherRealm Studios</a>, has posted some unused concept designs from various Mortal Kombat projects <a href="http://daanishsyed.com">over on his website</a>. The posts appear to be a few months old, but too good not to share with the community.

One of the most interesting concepts comes from the <B>PlayStation Vita</B> port of <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9/">Mortal Kombat (2011)</a>, which demonstrates an impressive Interactive Main Menu using the touch-screen. Unfortunately, this didn't make the game, likely due to time constraints.

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Here's an original proof of concept for <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9/">Mortal Kombat (2011)'s</a> <B>King of the Hill</B> mode, complete with MK trivia and a humorous cell phone warning from everyone's favorite ninja specter.

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Last but not least, here's some avatar themes from a would-be Xbox 360 dashboard theme. While Xbox users got Mortal Kombat themed avatar costumes, no dashboard theme was ever offered. The theme sections appear to be styled after some of the arenas from the game.

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Other concepts he has posted include some <a href="http://daanishsyed.tumblr.com/post/17182983421/mortal-kombat-legacy-2011-title-sequence">title sequences for Mortal Kombat Legacy</a>, the <B>Test Your Slice</B> title animation for <a href="http://www.trmk.org/games/mortal_kombat_9/">Mortal Kombat (2011)</a> on the <B>PlayStation Vita</B>, and a variant of the <a href="http://daanishsyed.tumblr.com/post/17118209269/arkham-city-lockdown-2011-logo-animation-for"> NetherRealm Studios logo animation</a> used on Arkham City Lockdown.

Congrats on your first post Jason, and welcome to the TRMK Team!

Wow! Love this kind of stuff! Thanks and welcome!

These are some pretty cool concepts.
It's a shame that the MK trivia didn't make it into KOTH.
It would have been a nice little 20 year nod to the MK franchise.

I really like that King of the Hill koncept, that's a good one.

The KOTH design looked so much better. What a shame. Nevermind.

Wow, these concepts....mind blowing! It would have been really cool if that king of the hill concept was used in game.

aw man, doing mk trivia in between koth matches would have been awesome. maybe next game they'll have time to incorporate that.

What a shame the Vita menu didn't make it. It would've been much better than the regular menu... giving the Vita version a personality of its own. Hope they add it later or something, but that's just wishful thinking.

Ah man that KOTH design looks so good D:

They had BETTER use that KOTH concept in MK10

It even had MK trivia

Jason Shearer said:

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If this had happened I would have definitely used it as my dashboard back when I had a 360.

great find

MK Trivia really would've been a treat.
And judging from the KOTH video, a replay theater is another missing concept that would've been a great feature in MK9. I like how you may have had the ability rotate the camera. I would watch MK replays all day, if it were included.

Awesome post. I hope most of these concepts make it into future MK titles.

luxul said:

MK Trivia really would've been a treat.
And judging from the KOTH video, a replay theater is another missing concept that would've been a great feature in MK9. I like how you may have had the ability rotate the camera. I would watch MK replays all day, if it were included.

Awesome post. I hope most of these concepts make it into future MK titles.

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Where do you see replay functionality with the ability to rotate? I want to see that!