So yeah, long time listener, first time caller type of thing here. I thought that the news that I have on the HD Arcade Kollection would make a good first post. So the fact of the matter is that it is very real indeed and not some hoax and or mystery that all of us apparently think it is. I really don't know why it has/is been kept under such secrecy but I do know for a fact that it is real and it is planned on being released. Let me just say that I have access to a source close, more or less, to the source where the information is being presented. So this is how it stands at this point in time.
The description for it reads like: "Includes the entire original cast from MK, MK 2, and UMK3. Presented in both original and newly updated HD format."
360 release date: First week of October.
PS3 release date: First week of July.
Unfortunately that's as much as I know at this point. Why the separate release dates or anything else related to it for that matter, I don't know. I'll keep you guys posted whenever I get something new my way as well.
trust me..WB didnt buy the franchise so they could make a M rated game...they will do anything and everything to revive this franchise....the fact that they bought in an almost dead state tells me they know at one point it was a cash cow...they just have to recreate the magic...i am one of those people who fell in love with the series when i was a kid and MK 1 was at the corner liquor store...i spent many many many many hours playing that game there...and then one day went into a local pizza hut and MK2 just came out...i was blown away...it was faster and just more extreme....my obsession was deep at this point...mk 2 consumed me....
not getting too deep...moving on...the move to 3D hurt the series..i know why they did it but it just doesnt seem right....the best thing for me in the last few games have been the konquest mode and chess...the fighting has been stale...MK VS DC could have been a great game if it wasnt so memorable..the game play was good, had some great elements...i loved free fall kombat and going through walls...even the up close fights were fun with friends...story mode was lame..and then the toned down blood and gore...BS this is MK...i want over the top violence and screw midway and boon for selling out so hard on their brand....it might have been a thought but once DC started demanding or saying no to things i would have shut it down....if i was boon or whoever dealing with DC on the midway side...i would have been like "sorry this is an MK game where its extreme violence and its possible for batman to get ripped in half, if you cant fathom the thought then this project is scrap"...but its all about money...people bought it were cool with it and then were disgusted by it...
wow...sorry..been drinking...got off topic...anyways...WB knows theres money to be made in the franchise and its not with a new game or web series...its all in the old school...they know we exist and that we will buy it...nostalgia/rehashes are at all time high....im more surprised that WB hasnt released arcade proper ports on XBL or PSN yet...im dying for a proper MK 1 AND MK 2 release....backbone did ok but left out a few elements that made them lacking....MAME is ok...but i want them on my PS3 and as collection..my PC is my PC and i rarely run games on it anymore.....anyways...i do believe depending on MK9...there will be plenty of MK to come...and im sure MK9 will do very well...MK HD will come...its inevitable and if it doesnt..than maybe the people that call shots are morons
I love this game for its flaws. It's the theoretical yield of reaction—no one could have dreamed of a better product at the time. The outdated 2D graphics are more impressive than any Call of Duty up to date. An HD update would distort this truth completely. No longer would Sub-Zero's Spine Rip fatality send a cold shiver down my spine, nor Infinity Ward's, nor NetherRealm's. They'd turn it into a joke. John Tobias's original work is just as brutal as it was by today's standards, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy must be ported to XBLA and PSN to reflect that asap. **** the Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection rumor.
We're waiting forto be reinstated to XBLA, NetherRealm. It's ED BOON'S fault that UMK3 was ever delisted. He was responsible.![]()
Oh Hey man. hope I didn't offend you.
tomorrow is the day!! I can hardly wait to receive my buy.com refund
maybe when it doesnt release tomorrow, i can call buy.com customer service and express my outrage and to keep me quiet they would give me 50% off my next buy.com purchase lol
Worst. April Fools Joke. EVER.
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