The Mortal Kombat series hasn't had a great history of spin-off games. Whether it be Special Forces or Sub-Zero: Mythologies, Midway only was usually able to only successfully spin-off laughable games instead of good ones.
But the cooperative Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, developed by Midway LA, was pretty damned good. In fact, it was probably my favorite game in the series, one-on-one fighter or otherwise. Series creator Ed Boon agrees.
"Monks was far and away the best spin-off," he wrote on Twitter.
He goes on to reveal that they were in talks to do a sequel before the Moorpark, California studio -- also known as Paradox Development -- was closed. Thus the fate of the sequel was sealed... at least for now. With Mortal Kombat 9 in development, maybe someone, somewhere realizes that gamers simply can't fill their appetites for cooperative gaming.
Which two Mortal Kombat characters would you have liked to have see in the sequel?
Contest:
7:20 PM on 03.15.2010
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I even bought it recently.
I have no means to play it. But when I do...oh ho ho ho!
That's right. I LIVE in Moorpark. o.o;
Other pairings that'd be good:
Scorpion/Sub-Zero (duh)
Raiden/Zombie Liu Kang (oh come on that'd be awesome!)
Sub-Zero/Frost
Or hell, original Sub-Zero and younger Sub-Zero
Raiden/Zombie Liu Kang (oh come on that'd be awesome!)[/I]
I second these hardcore. Jax and Sonya would be boring.
Selectable characters. We'd go with a Final Fight 3 set-up.
Kitana: Fragile Speedster (like Guy)
Lui Kang: The Mario, with Speed preference (like Lucia)
Kung Lao: The Mario, with Power preference (like Dean)
Jax: The Glacier (like Haggar)
Don't like those characters? Fret not! As you fight bosses, you'll have the ability to use your Fatality or Friendship.
Let's say you fight Sub-Zero. If you beat him and perform a Friendship, you'll gain the ability to play as Sub-Zero. If you use a Fatality on him, you'll gain the ability to play as his rival Scorpion.
That's how I'd do it, anyway.
If I where to ever to write an Office style game industry comedy show the Moorpark studio would be my basis for it.
As far as which pair I'd have liked, Liu Kang and Scorpion seem like the obvious choice. Could've made for an interesting good cop / bad cop pairing, plus they've always been my favorites.
Such a shame the studio closed, it was probably my favourite MK game evar.
A buddy and I played through it in pretty much a couple of sittings, then i played through it again with another buddy!
I want Shaolin Monks 2 soo badly!
LOL!
Exactly what I was thinking.
After my brother and I finished it, we went back as Sub-Zero/Scorpion and played it again.
It was awesome and a very convenient matchup/unlocklable, since Sub-Zero is my fave character and Scorpion is his.
Humanoid Reptile and Kameleon
I say make it a choose and play game each combination have a diffrent story 4 characters makes 16 diffrent stories awesomeness.
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