If you're going to fork out $100 for that fancy premium edition of Mortal Kombat 11 on the Switch, surely you would like to know what the game looks like beforehand, right? The co-creator of the series Ed Boon has even said himself this version of the game is "looking great" so when can we see it?
With the eleventh entry in the long-running fighting series now due out in a few weeks - at least in North America, Nintendo has decided to take matters into its own hands by uploading a showdown between Kitana and Scorpion. The downside is the 30 second clip only includes about three seconds of direct in-game footage. Even then, it's just the pre-fight cutscenes, so we don't actually get to see any gameplay. Bah!
It's hard to understand why NetherRealm Studios is holding out on Switch fans like this. Boon has told us how fantastic the Nintendo version is and various gaming outlets that had the chance to go hands-on with the portable version at PAX East 2019 praised it as well. Releasing a snippet of Switch gameplay footage to the public at this point might help ease any concerns.
Will you be picking up Mortal Kombat 11 on the Switch on day one? Or would you like to see some actual gameplay footage first? Leave your best Mortal Kombat puns in the komments below.
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6GB on the cartridge and 16GB for a "patch Day One".
It's a big "NO" for me.
@PCkid really?!
I don't know why they are hiding gameplay on switch, it's either good or bad 😢
From various hands on reports, the game looks and plays great. I will have to decide between this, Steamworld Quest and Hellblade for this month, whichever reviews best.
I really want to get this when it comes out. But it seems like the studio doesn’t want me to. I don’t know what to think.
If they were actually confident about their final product, they'd be more transparent. It might be a good idea to wait for reviews.
@Toshiro_Baloney Unless you want the special edition you might want to hold your horses for a little bit, at least until we get a clear view of how the game runs on the Switch.
@Toshiro_Baloney
Yes they want you to buy it, yes it looks great. All the handson impressions of it have said the same thing, "60fps and looks and plays great".
I genuinely wonder how many sales they’re losing by continuing with this nonsense. The only excuse is that they’re in crunch mode right up until the last minute to ensure release date parity. But regardless just tell us that cause this is making me want to just get it on X1 instead.
@Jester151 For the record, a lot of people said that Dark Souls Remastered played great before release, but they delayed it several months after that. I don't know if we'll see something similar here.
@PCkid 16 total download or you just need a 10 GB download
They should have had little kids playing it for a real shock effect to potential buyers.
Im just getting it on PS4. Hopefully Switch version runs well though.
@Snakesglowcaps 16GB download. The game is about 22.5 GB
I would not put it past Warner Bros. Interactive to publish the Switch version of the game in a poor state.
This is what happened with the Windows version of Batman Arkham Knight in 2015, it was so bad they had to withdraw it from sale.
What if Nintendo is hiding gameplay if it because it has blood and gore and things I mean look at the trailer for it at the 2018 game awards
It's a commercial. I seriously doubt that's in-game footage.
I don't consider a superimposed "first look" as actual in-game footage. Clearly something is going on here and they're adamant on not telling us anything. And they expect Switch owners to drop 60 or 100 dollars on a game close to release without actual gameplay. It's like they're quietly telling us not to buy this version.
What was that? A bunch of stuff with "cinematic footage" tag. And a 3 sec character model.
This will make people even more concerned. Just show the game.
Unless you most have it never buy a Mortal Kombat game at release anymore. A Komplete edition always comes out at a later date with the same price as the standard edition or even less on sale.
I'll wait for the "Komplete Edition".
If the rumours about the extremely disingenuous day one "patch" are true, I will skip it.
If issues with the version 1.0 build were so severe that it requires an "update" close to 3 times the size of the base game, then they should have delayed it.
Having the game sooner or simultaneously with the other consoles in such a sorry and pathetic state is not worth having at all. I know we tend to complain a lot about Switch versions often being delayed, but from the sound of things, it bloody well should have been.
After the "nice" news regarding the "patch", it's very "comforting" to see "real footage" of "gameplay". I've never intended to buy it digital. The 16gb for the "25% physical" version is offensive, so I'm not sure about buying it anymore. Maybe if it's a flawless game.
But these guys know better.
At least they're not reproducing the Xenon Racer pre-release marketing "strategy"...
Nintendo giving its backing to the game is reassuring.
That’s a “look of it running on Switch” ? Actually makes me feel worse than seeing no footage at all. What an odd video.
I'm konvinced this will be a killer game and a suprise overhead hit on Switch that no one saw coming.
Looking forward to it!
I'm surprised Nintendo is even advertising this game at all.
As far as I know, Sony has the marketing partnership with MK11.
@PCkid Well welcome to the monkey's paw of what the Switch has to offer. Big triple A games being ported and optimized at the cost of memory and extra requirements. It sucks but I just accepted it at this point, even if it is considered unacceptable.
This version of MK11 looks like it was done by the people who did the Vita version of MK9, which was surprisingly good. It doesn't look gorgeous and doesn't contain every visual effect but at least the character models and particle effects look like they're in high quality
Hmm.. the 3 seconds looked pretty good honestly. I wish it was a battle sequence but whatever.
@CrazyZelda79 : Indeed. And even if the game is patched to such a state that it is "good", we are still stuck with a crap build on the cartridge, with no way to preserve the game for prosperity as even patches are encrypted on the microSD card (otherwise I would have just burned them to discs for safekeeping).
One would think that publishers would take better care with such beloved franchises.
Oh how I wish it had no download
I question if the patch is really a patch at all, or they cheaped out and bought a 8GB memory space for the Switch card. Back when the system came out the 8GB card was on par for expenses with 1 blu-ray disc of the other guys when bought in the usual bulk amounts.
The game could clearly fit within a 32GB space which is offered, so this does not even fall into the nether realm of the Nintendo criminally stupid hold out on the 64GB cards that needs to happen at this point.
Bizarre that Neatherealm/WB is holding back on Switch footage. Oh well, I trust GXP and others when they say the Switch version looks and runs fine.
The hands on people already said the game plays good on Switch just like how they says Doom on Switch plays good so I believe them.
@Malcrash Yeah, I agree that the Vita version of MK is great. Tons of content, fun, and runs at 60fps(which is much appreciated and looks great on Vita's OLED screen). If it's the same team, then things look good for the playability and graphics of MK 11. The only potential problem remains the greedy corporate executives who don't understand the influence of hardcore gamers's opinions on game's reputations (and corporation's reputations). If they only use an 8GB cartridge and require a 16 GB download then screw this game. Maybe they can make a garbage mass market physical release, while also having a limited release that requires pre- or launch window(so you can read reviews by people who played it, and see actual footage of the game running in handheld via a 60fps video) ordering for a full game on cartridge edition? It really would be meeting basic ordinary expectations to be able to buy a cartridge game that has the game on it, and doesn't have 1/3 of the cover art covered with an internet download warning.
I also just want to say that I hope this game is beautiful, smooth, and fun. I hope it does well, and comes out in a complete edition where the game is actually on the cartridge!
No matter how well this game looks, I'm not buying it at launch anyway. I'd rather not have to pay extra for Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, and who-knows-who-else the game is adding to the roster after launch.
After yesterday horrible news about the huge day 1 download requirement, and see how cheap they where doing this, I completely lost interest in this game. I should listen more that voice inside of me saying I should focus on retro gaming only. I will to back to play MK Trilogy. the best game of the series.
I'll get it of they ever decide to release a physical version.
No gameplay? Fine...Shao Kahn can sit forever on his throne
Strange marketing strategy here... That was a truly sad video.
Wow... they showed almost nothing.
That's ok, I wasn't going to buy this. Guilty Gear XX is more my speed. Soul Calibur on switch would be an easy decision for me, even if it was a port of the Dreamcast original.
Use your common sense, a game like that running at 60fps on Switch will have to give up graphically. Either no reflections on models, blurry environment, low resolution, no anti-aliasing or all of them at once.
@Devlind dark souls was delayed due to online functionality optimization, when combined with the unique nature of playing the game on the switch (being able to pause the game by going to the home menu, for instance, isn't available on any other platform). besides online optimization, though, everything else about the single player experience was fine.
@Edrick
https://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Kombat-11-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B07L69ZV1K?th=1
That was not 4 seconds. It was more like a still image. Maybe the whole game will just be still images,lol.
Been a while since I played a fighting game on a Nintendo console. Definitely looking forward to this.
@Aozz101x
Sorry no, I said physical game
that's just an extremely unfinished game in a plastic box.
Maybe I should rephrase, I'll get the game if they ever decide to release the entire game on the cart.
I had this game setting in my Amazon wish list for a while, deleted it.
@Devlind the timing of the direct would be perfect to announce a delay.
We’ll see but I’m not too confident
Going for the Xbox one X version of it since I know that there will be something the switch won't have.
@VmprHntrD
I'm pretty sure it's the rest of the game as that brings it more in line withe file size of the other versions. Some of it might be dlc and a patch but not that much.
Yeah, that's less than two and a half seconds, and it's target cinematics, not actual gameplay.
Plus, it has most likely been composited unto the Switch units in the shots, rather than having been actually filmed off-screen.
So I'd say both the headline and the snarky subheader are misleading, even if what we see might genuinely be in-engine footage of the game on Switch.
Maybe they're holding out for the rumoured direct this week? 🤔
I think their strategy might be working better if Xenon Racer hadnt just pood the bed.
Physical release is a joke too.
The game is probably decent as MK9 on vita is phenomenal but I’m going to wait and see.
Showing 4 seconds makes me suspicious and going by recent entry’s on PS4 there will be a crazy amount of micro transactions and dlc think I will give this a miss
Oh c’mon! This is the most disappointing thing I’ve ever seen in gaming. Again, this is ridiculous
So whats in the 16gb mandatory day one patch i wonder? Can you even boot the game direct from the cartridge? Maybe someone should try it in flight mode and see what happens. This cheap copout out by publishers/developers is getting a little ridiculous now. I could stomach it with DOOM because it only pertained to the multiplayer,but when 60% of a game is not available on the cartridge you get out of the box,then its effectively taking the piss
@Gs69 I might have been one second over. I've changed the tagline to reflect this.
Will need to see some proper footage first but if I'm honest with myself I think I've always had it in the back on my mind to get the PS4 version.
Don't get me wrong I love my Switch and I probably play on it a lot more than I do my Ps4 Pro but some games scream out to me to be played in 4K and this is certainly one of them
Ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa so confident that they don't show any gameplay.
@Marios-love-child Same, the Switch is great and all but you cannot deny its limitations and limitations that are growing all the time. Why buy a lesser version of a game.
Nintendo are doing well enough now surely they can lower the price of Switch cartridges for publishers so they can afford bigger ones so that day ones patches aren’t 16GB. Downloads on Switch are so much slower compared with my iPad or Mac. Cheaper cartridges mean we might not have to download the other half of the game, or could even get two games on one cart, or two carts with both games (FFX/X-2, etc.)
One of the reasons to get it on Switch is Fatalities on the go.
Now that's just teasing
Getting slightly concerned as to why they won’t show off the game running on Switch.
Why are people worried about not seeing footage before launch?
Just wait for reviews, don't buy it on day one.
Personally, I will be because there was a lot of positive feedback from people that played it at PAX.
I don't doubt em, tbh. Said they were aiming for 60 fps, so I'm going to assume the Switch version will look kind of like a prettier MK9 which already looked fairly decent to me.
Just putting it out there but maybe they are holding out in showing it because if the supposed Rumoured Nintendo Direct? It might the fact there's something that they specifically want to announce that is unique to the Switch or maybe a secret Character Reveal that no other platforms will be receiving.. like I said I'm not worried if all the current hands on have stated it's running,playing and looks fine even with a visual downgrade.
Best to wait for reviews, why risk buying it blind???? Surely a couple of days wait to let the reviews and footage be uploaded is the best way to go.
Lol ....that wasn't even ingame graphics - they just copy / pasted some pre rendered stuff into that commercial, like always ... meh, i'll buy it, when the price drops to 20€ ;P
What a terrible commercial.
I think at this point I am going to skip this semi-physical game and just wait for the new Samurai Showdown.
@geox30 Quest is really, really good. So far at least. Up to chapter 5. Thats about all I can say.
Why won't they just put the whole game on the card? A 10 GB patch is not a patch. You're downloading 2/3 + of the game.... So if I go and buy the game, it will take me off er 24 hrs to download it and play it.
I'd imagine they don't want the 4K gameplay videos mixing with the lower resolution switch gameplay videos prior to the PS4, Xbox and pc launches.
With how fickle the internet is , why damage your brand and product perception across potentially three big platforms for the sake of one before any of them have even launched.
Is this a joke? A single screenshot?
@Powerballad I thought the same but they can always watermark “Nintendo Switch” Version on any gameplay footage.
It’s just not promising.
@PCkid wana talk about how most playstation and xbox games get mendatory patches of 40-50gb with third party games? trust me, the switch download sizes are nothing compared to others.
So.... 13 days to go and we still don't have access to gameplay? makes me regret pre ordering the game in the first place. Looks like the game will bomb on switch because of issues. why would they keep it secret if the game actually ran decently? it's a big red flag.
Wonder if we'll get a Street Fighter V for Switch (or at least IV)?
@TPort777 it's really shady they are doing this (hiding gameplay) for both the pc and switch version. something is deff not right. i expect the game to be garbage on switch. it's sad they get away with this stuff.
Are they gonna censor the blood and gore like they did of mortal combat two on the snes.
@Audigore0733
Lmao, imagine that!
I AM SO SICK OF SEEING PEOPLE B***H ABOUT A F***ING DOWNLOAD. GTFO Over it!!! Its 2019, you have to download updates, it's reality, buy a f****ng SD card and shut up! They are cheap! Jesus! Literally, who cares if theres only 32gb of memory on the Switch!?? Educate yourself before you purchase the freaking thing! If you didnt know it lacked hard drive space, that's no ones fault but your OWN! On another note, cannot wait for this game on Switch, it's going to be epic!!!
I'm sure this will be great as they did wonders with Vita games in the past. That said, I will wait for the complete version as I do with all fighting games.
If those 4 seconds that I saw ehas the gameplay, it looks gorgeous and 60fps?
@CDizzy Some of them are only happy when they're crying....
Maybe they gonna release new footage of the game in little annoying bits the same way they drip fed us the roster...
Heres hoping next week we can see three seconds of menu footage 🤞
I think people are freaking out for no reason. The game has very high blood and gore content and it's Nintendo here. They arent going to show that kind of violence. Which is probably why we hardly got to see the game in action. On top of that, the company has stated multiple times that it will run 60 fps. It's a fighting game, it has to run at 60 otherwise no one will play it
I've loved Mortal Kombat since the second... and Mortal Kombats seem to have a quick price drop to the bargain bin, especially in that PS2 era. I'm sure waiting a few months will yield $20 for a physical copy.
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