this game is simply awesome. you can create your own fighters, and you can make the ninja's look exactly like they did in MK2!! i loved MK2 so that is a COMPLETE selling point for me.. to me they screwed up the ninjas after 3.. (2 was still the best versions of the ninjas though.) in the past few games reptile has just been STUPID (reptile was my favorite)

you can even assign them moves.. I gave my classic reptile charactor the spear and a freeze slide (going MK1 reptile moves) it's a great walk down memory lane, except with updated graphics!

I suggest renting it definately!

Is it still a combo game? I hated that the made Mortal Kombat a tekken wannabe with blood.
Screwed it up totally.
Though I didn't mind MK3's combos...

I'll probably come under fire for this, but I like the newer MK games while I didn't like the older, 2D ones. I just think the 3D ones have been fun in a goofy way, but the older generation games were just...dull.

So how does MK:A's create-a-fighter compare to Soul Calibur 3's create a fighter?

Aw nuts. I haven't even finished mastering MK Deception.

I've been waiting for this baby too. I've always been a fan of the MK series and its storyline (though I always hated Liu Kang).

Should be a fun game. (Oh and Scorpion was awesome in the latest games, but I agree that Subzero and Reptile were messed up.)

Oh yay, another clunky and unbalanced Mortal Kombat. >.>;;

well, I like MK:A better cause you can make things that arn't human.. vampires with fangs, dracgon type beings with wings, skull heads and stuff to that effect. also you can edit the width and angel of the eyes, cheeck bones, chin.. where as in SC3 they were all preset faces.

though I liked SC3 cause you could make Knights and stuff where as there are only a few armor pieces in this game... also in SC3 you can mix torso pieces (lower torso + upper torso + torso accessory...

but in MK:A it is just torso.. and that's about it

I disagree.. Scorpion was the best looking remaining ninja, but he was far from awesome.

Check this out. this is a video compairing all my classic versions with the versions that game with the game MK:A (some shots of the select screen 60+ kombatants & charactor editor)

The Ninjas: http://laboratory.sorrowind.net/ninjas.wmv

The Karactor Kreator: http://laboratory.sorrowind.net/mkedit.wmv

I heard there are no character specific fatality moves any more?

dunno.. havn't messed with that yet

Holy cow, nice remakes of the old ninjas Sprial. You should totally do Ermac, Noob, and Rain too. Chameleon would be cool, but who knows if they have a color flashing system.

Hey, if you're not too busy, I think we're going to pick this up this weekend. Can you make a combination list of what you did to make the ninjas?

Great vids btw. My buddy is gonna go ape when he sees them.


*EDIT*

Oh--- is the MK3 Sub-Zero unlockable/Kreatable?

Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is the last of some characters in the Mortal Kombat Realms. Some characters will die and not return in the next generation games.

the combinations were very easy.. i just selected what looked right.. the torso is

"mk ninja 1"

the belt and loincloth thing are called "quilted"

the face mask is "mk ninja 2"

forearms are "ninja" turned completely black

shins are "ninja tall" or somethign to that effect


and yes, you can make Sub Zero from MK 3.. you can even put the scar on his face. (and ice on the arms if you want.)

EDIT: i had made rain and noob, but noob looked about the same as he does in the game, and I didn't want to waste a slot (his glowing blue eyes looked cool though!) and rain I just didn't post a video of. I made him look like he did in MK3, since there was no rain in MK2... he is the only MK3 style ninja that I have so far.

We rented it this weekend. Yeah, this is a definite buy. The bell stage is flat-out halarious, and the new fatality system is 10x better than the old one.