Ed Boon Asks Fans if Classic Mortal Kombat Mode Should Return

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Key Takeaways

  • Ed Boon engages with MortalKombat fans to gather feedback on DLC and future games, and a recent post has old school fans excited.
  • Boon asked if fans want Mortal Kombat: Deception’s Konquest Mode back, and whether it comes through a remastered version or a modern game, there is clearly interest in a revival based ont he community’s response to his question.

As a long-time Mortal Kombat fan, I can’t help but feel a rush of nostalgia reading about Ed Boon’s recent tweet about potentially bringing back the Konquest Mode from Mortal Kombat: Deception. I remember spending countless hours exploring Outworld, completing side quests, and unlocking secrets in that game. The sense of adventure and discovery it offered was unlike anything I had experienced in a fighting game before.

Ed Boon, one of the creators of Mortal Kombat, is gauging fan interest to potentially reintroduce the Konquest Mode from Mortal Kombat: Deception in a future game. Released in late 2004 for sixth-generation consoles, Mortal Kombat: Deception was the sixth major installment of the renowned Mortal Kombat series. Following the events of Deadly Alliance, Deception introduced a new danger to the realms – the Dragon King Onaga, who posed a threat to all the fighters from previous Mortal Kombat games.

One aspect that set Mortal Kombat: Deception apart from its predecessors was an enhanced version of its Konquest Mode, a role-playing game (RPG)-like single-player mode first introduced in Deadly Alliance. Unlike the original version which functioned primarily as a training mode for players to complete missions as existing Mortal Kombat characters, Deception expanded Konquest into a comprehensive narrative following a new character named Shujinko. He would later reappear as a fighter in the first installment of Mortal Kombat. Players could embark on Shujinko’s adventure to collect mystical Kamidogu weapons, engage in side quests, and unlock additional features for the other game modes within Mortal Kombat: Deception.

Ed Boon recently tweeted a link to an article discussing the lasting impact of Mortal Kombat: Deception’s Konquest mode since its initial release in 2004, and jokingly asked his followers if they’d like to see it return one day. Many responses indicated a desire for Konquest mode, either as a fresh experience with additional playable characters or incorporated into a remaster of the 3D Mortal Kombat games from the 2000s. Some suggested that Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, a spin-off released in 2005, should make a comeback instead, while others are eagerly waiting for NetherRealm’s next game following Mortal Kombat 1.

Mortal Kombat Fans Want Deception’s Konquest Mode To Return

Although NetherRealm Studios are still committed to developing Mortal Kombat 1, they have been secretively engaged in their next project for approximately three years now. It’s uncertain whether the upcoming game will be another installment of Mortal Kombat or potentially Injustice 3, but there’s also speculation that it could be an entirely new intellectual property.

More content for Mortal Kombat 1 is yet to come, as NetherRealm has not yet revealed the guest characters for Kombat Pack 2, which includes Ghostface from Scream, the shape-shifting T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and Conan the Barbarian. Ed Boon frequently engages with Mortal Kombat fans to gather ideas for future DLC and games, and it seems that both he and the gaming community are reminiscing about the popular Konquest Mode in Mortal Kombat: Deception.

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2024-10-07 00:13