Mortal Kombat 1's Switch Port Developers Have Been Revealed

Don’t do it! Red flaaaaaggs lol.

Don’t pre order on Switch. Just wait, the last one was so buggy and also ugly, not “I’m picky about graphics” ugly but sluggish and gross to look at.

I spent so much time redoing things because of crashes and lost progress.

They’ll release a complete edition 2-3 more times so just wait l.

It's a serious red flag that this is coming to Switch and not PS4 or Xbox One.

@Sambuc
Actually it might be a better sign because they won’t have those versions to port down from and they’ll be required instead to do a lot of custom reworking of the assets to fit the hardware which should in theory look a lot better than just using lower than low presets on everything.

@Sambuc
Not really. They're pouring a ton of resources into only one last-gen version as opposed to spreading resources across three last-gen versions.

Focusing on just Switch is an objectively better idea since it may run better now that Saber is involved. They're the ones who brought Witcher 3 to Switch which is a notoriously well-made port. I'm optimistic.

@Sambuc Well they say the game is coming to all current gen systems, PS4 and Xbox One are last gen systems so they made good on what they say. Switch like Xbox Series X and PS5 is a current gen system. Also you're worry that a videogame console is getting a videogame but the last gen media console doesn't?

@Serpenterror sony fanboy's new argument for their choice console's failure is the Switch won last gen. Which is objectively stupid. I've read it multiple times this week. They have a very weird hive mind thing going on.

@OFFICIALMichi I've already pre-ordered on the eShop, and I never had crashes on MK11, always worked well, you're full of cr4p.

The only reason I played MK11 was because it was on the Switch. I had no issues with it and thought it was, all told, a pretty impressive port.

If they put in the work and make it work well enough I might check this one out on Switch as well.

Going to be interesting to see how it turns out.

Thia was known since day one of the official announcement, you just happened to look today the FAQ's page. Shiver did a really good work on MK11, and now that they're working closely with Saber Interactive on the Switch version, this game will be a wonder to play on the OLED!

Fix the hair please.

@Thesharkfromjaws I am in the same boat. I thought it was impressive considering the hardware. I don't understand why people thought it was going to be on par other platforms.

@OFFICIALMichi what are you talking about?
MK11 looked and played great on Switch. It's safe to preorder this time.

Awesome! I freaking love mk11 on switch.
If it wasn't for the switch port I wouldn't have been able to experience mk11.

I pre-ordered on switch.
Don't gatekeep, more options are a good thing, not all of us have an extra tv to play games on, or are at home in our free time.

@HugoGED yes

They did a good job with MK11 on Switch, so I have faith that they'll repeat with MK1.

To all the nay sayers, I say hush. Go play Witcher 3 on switch. All the way, ALL THE WAY through. Then tell me you aren’t amazed at the quality of work done. That was Sabre making that happen. They do AMAZING work. Just wait and see.

Jeez so many may sayers and doubters now days.

Also, if you don’t want it on Switch, don’t buy it. It’s your choice and your money. Go play it on another system. Let those that only own switch or want the portability be happy that the game is coming. Smh

I’ll probably get crucified by the fighting game community for saying this, but I’d love a 30 FPS quality mode if this is unlocked like the last game.

@Dm9982 Well said. Completely sick of the morons who hate on Switch & say to play games on another console. If they hate on Switch so much WTF are they even visiting this Nintendo dedicated website?

@DiamondJim There’s just way too much negativity, complaining, and entitlement nowdays. I feel like the old grandpa that said “back in my day we use to walk to school in 2 ft of snow, uphill, both ways!” Because it’s like seriously…. Ok Starfield doesn’t run at 60fps, but will still run at a locked 30fps…. Umm, shooters on Ps2 and 64 sometimes ran at 10-12 fps…. Prince of Persia doesn’t look or looks like it plays like the original or Sands of Time…. Umm at least Ubisoft is releasing a new PoP, Konami hasn’t given us a new Castlevania in 2 console generations…. Etc etc etc blah blah blah.

Just saying, people need to start being a little happier in life and release some of the negativity. Be happy stuff exists. Life is too short to waste your breath complaining about something not being exactly the way you hoped it would be. Or wasting your time nay saying stuff about a fighting game on Switch that’s being handled by arguably the top tier port specialists. In the time it takes to trash talk something you coulda enjoyed a bite of cake, a sip of soda, beaten a boss, or hugged a friend. Smh

Had very low hopes since 11 was pretty meh as a whole package. Maybe with Saber on board it will run better than 11 did. Although the biggest problem was the crap show that is NSO's online. Never had so many disconnects and unplayable matches due to lag before. (other things, mainly f2p games have waaayy less problems)

Still, I'll be waiting for a deep deep sale on an inevitable ultimate kollection if I even bother.

People crying already, just wait till they reveal the switch version.
They did a great job with mk11 for switch. For a ancient tech console.

@OFFICIALMichi no idea what you are on about. I thought mk11 ran brilliantly and looked fantastic. Maybe it didn't look as nice as the PS4 version but who expected it to?

If i must say the truth this game looks incredible. Looks like a good remake but how will it be on the Nintendo Switch? That is a question. I hope it will be very good like Nier: Automata The End of Yorha Edition on the Nintendo Switch.

This info was revealed weeks ago.

I don't understand how the Switch still gets these impossible ports yet fails to acquire something it can run and will sell well on the console like Atlus's Soul Hackers.

It's most likely going to run and play like MK 11 which was...not optimal. Sure they pulled it off but the game looks like doo doo. If you are really into MK, just get the PS5 or PC version if you can

Now since I know that Saber is working on this I'm no longer concerned.

@DiamondJim Yeah, be weary of N4G. If you go there and do anything but praise Sony then you'll be crucified. Although they're not as harsh about Nintendo as they are Microsoft.

@Dm9982 "I once had to kill a bear with my loose leaf notebook" .. "When I was growing up all we had to eat was dirt" 😆

@JustMonika 😂 Mines gonna be uses crackly old man voice “Back in my day we didn’t have saves or save states! And we had to fight this nasty boss called Yellow Devil before we could even fight the end boss! Oh and we had to make our own maps for things or else we’d have to pay $20-30 for strategy guide that walked us through the game. It wasn’t free, nor animated, we had to read it! And Mario had to constantly stay on mushrooms or he’d die in one hit!”

@Cashews So if the Switch 2 comes out and outsells PS5 will that then shift the goalpost of it being a next gen console and no counting? All of that aside the Switch has done beyond what anyone has expected and deserves all the praise it gets for basically revitalizing the Nintendo brand after the downswing since the Wii and DS.

@Wexter I have no clue. I guess you rationalize anything that is important to you.
I bought a series X this week. It is in dead last place by an enormous margin. Do I care? No, I bought it for it's pipeline. I hope it does well so that pipeline increases. If it doesn't I have the game I bought it for - SF6 (and probably Starfield by the looks of it).
Nintendo dominating this gen has been fantastic for gamers. It is a preservation beast. Who could have imagined all of these super hard to find shmups, among many other genres, would have been ported over en masse like this? They wouldn't have if the Switch sold 30M units.

If folks can swing it, you almost have to have what Nintendo makes and an XBox or PS console, the Nintendo ports just aren't worth it

Why do game makers have other companies port things to different consoles anyway? 🤔

@Dm9982 Lol love it

I got MK11 on Switch when it was down to $11 for the ultimate version and it ran really well in matches. Online wasn't too bad either, better than Smash Brothers with its terrible input delay whenever there's more than 2 players. So good for them. I'm getting MK1 on PC this time around though.

@Tempestryke Either to ease the workload or to have more time to focus on other projects. Or...whatever reason there is for it.

It always have been a standard thing in the game industry for years. So it's a kinda of a tradition for most.

Take Earthworm Jim 2, for example. While Shiny Entertainment developed the game for Geneses & SNES. Screaming Pink developed the Saturn & PSX ver. While Rainbow Arts handled porting it to MS-DOS.

Mind you, this is just ONE example.

As someone that actually played MK11 on Switch I agree. It ran 60 FPS during the actual fighting game gameplay which is the only thing that matters for fighting games to be viable. If your someone that gets easily flustered on expected graphic downgrade like how some people here are acting then obviously skip the Switch port.

@DanijoEX That makes sense.

Hm, a lot of negativity here. MK11 was a complete version and played fine on Switch, no issues outside of Shang Tsung's Island Crypt, which was a glorified menu anyway. Plus Saber are involved which is reason for optimism.

Performance aside it is more than versus battles on the cartridge this time?

It's like with MotoGP compact versions why bother with the content limiting it was dumb they ever did that not just because the full game had the features I wanted over the compact versions but because what benefit does it offer making it cheaper and less content just make it the full game it didn't make much sense.

Other than the hair on some characters, I thought MK11 on Switch looked great! Obviously, not as good as the other consoles, but still really impressive! Seeing the 2 quality developers involved with handling the Switch version makes me very hopeful and excited. I think it will turn out very well, tbh.