Mortal Kombat 1 Will "Absolutely Be Getting An Update" On Switch, Says Ed Boon

I have yet to pick up Mortal Kombat 1, but I will double dip on the XBox and Switch versions.

It'll get an update...after the Switch 2 launches.

I've played the game yesterday, all day long on my Zelda OLED. The game is great, and it's very fast paced, so you don't have time to see what looks how while you're playing it. I guess they wanted to deliver the Switch version on the same day as the others, so that's why the visuals are rough, but I'm sure they'll fix them up with an update.

As far as I’m concerned they can go back to Virtua Fighter poly fighters on The Switch if they can manage to smooth out the action of the cameos so they are FIRE every time.

Just a little oopsie no way this wasn’t foreseen please make sure to preorder their next $70 game okay

Then give it a big ol delay or just wait for the next console.

How in the flip that the Switch version was even okayed when the PS4/Xbox1 isn't available for a baseline? Felt like the Switch version should've been canned.

This game is a perfect case against $70 US games.

First of all... I mean look at it.
Secondly, if you want the "komplete" version of the game, you're looking at spending $110 US.
Third, even with the premium price tag, this game still has microtransactions, in the form of "Dragon Krystals."

Don't fall for this! Gaming corps like Warner Bros, Activision, EA, etc, etc want to nickle-and-dime people for every penny. Don't just stand there opening your wallet to them!

Looks and plays pretty good…..considering the hardware is maybe 7 years old.

It's such a shame considering how well MK11 ran and looked on the Switch

I'm sure some things will be fix.
As long as the loading times are better than they are, I will be happy.
As someone said here, the game doesnt look bad at all while you are playing it. Sure it's no PS5 level but I'm sure everyone who got the Switch version knew that before buying it.
I play the hell out of MK11 on Switch and it was very enjoyable.

As long as the fix every bug here and there and the loading times doesnt feel so eternal, game will be still a great option for Switch

I'm glad they are applying updates to the game but seriously this game should had come out months after the other versions. It's still plays alright in its base form but need that polished. It seems of all the version only the Switch one had less attention going for it despite the Switch having a bigger player base for it.

I would rather a system-delay than a "Hey, here it is for 70$, we'll patch it up to full-function later. Trust us.".

@LadyCharlie Yeah, I was actually quite intrigued when they announced the game, with it's "1" title, I thought, "oh a nice back to basics jumping on point — might keep an eye on this", and then seemingly EVERY update/article about it since has been about the various celebrity character cameo DLC, which just leaves a colossal bad taste in the mouth.

Well i hope they can get the game looking and running like a switch game is supposed to be able to this time unlike mk 11. At times it looked like a PS2 game even with all the updates that came later. Especially the krypt. What a half assed mess that was!

That's super rad. Hey, why was the Switch version never shown before release, again? Ed?

Hopefully the update will not absolutely be like the update that The Pokémon Co promised for Scarlet and Violet

@luxoricious did the release of MK1 mean that they added a beg for players to buy it in MKXI? Like they did with X and XI? Even if XI was installed, lol...

@Captain_Toad cause they knew they could throw out a bad version, and make a quick buck.

@LikelySatan That's the big corpo cynical answer I was dreading.

I never buy Mortal Kombat on day one. I wait for the sale. The PS5 and Xbox versions even have some bugs that need ironing out. I think WB Games and their porting house will make good on their promises, but they could've held off if the game didn't meet quality standards. MK11 plays pretty well on my Switch OLED, so I have hopes for people who wanted this on day one.

@joechiaxxa

wait a sec where the 🤬🤬🤬 IS virtua fighter?!

virtua fighter 1-4 comp feels like a no brainer on switch.

ps - i really like your genetal idea of the switch version of a 3d fighter being low poly and extremely smooth 😀 im like giddy over it. please Nintendo, somehow try to take this direction more.

EDIT - general* but im leaving my typo for comedy. 😂

NOT Acceptable!!!!! They must release complete games on cartridge at release! Not constantly rely on later fixes and updates. So the games they sell are half baked products!!! Anybody agrees?

@-wc- man you read my mind! I wish they released at least the latest Virtua Fighter on Switch

@Serpenterror needs to be on switch 2 ..

Should have waited until the next system. An update isn’t going to make this okay.

Juste release it after the other versions, dammit, the version on the cartridge will forever be bad now, give dev the time to do things right!

they should of just had panic button port this game over they are experts on how doing ports right.

I think it's great that they brought this to the switch, but I'm so waiting two or year threes for the "ultimate edition" with (most of?) the dlc added on the disc, on sale for like thirty dollars, for PS5.

@johnedwin Why are you asking for a real game to be released on a non-existent console?

@Znake

i completely agree!

I think the only way to get to them is a 1 month boycott on new releases. hell, 1 week would probably bring them to their knees 😂

personally i dont buy anything right away that isnt nintendo (or a retro game, hamster, et al) at full price. it gives me a chance to read reviews and get the scoop on early updates.

plus, ive noticed 80% of games go on sale within a couple months of release.

I think if more people took my approach we would see more complete games at launch.

also yeah theres a distinct lack of 32bit era sega arcade games in my life and ive just about had it! 😋

@Edu23XWiiU You definitely have time to see what it looks like, and it looks like crap.

I wish I would have listened to your review before purchasing it. I assumed it would be at least as good as MK11, but it's really not the case. It's such a mess of graphical bugs that just ruin the game. Playing handheld hides some of the visual issues, but the lag in handheld is terrible. I'm not usually one to fret over visual downgrades, but this is just unacceptable, regardless of the $70 tag. I wish I would have waited or just not picked this up. Sigh. I hope they fix it, but either way I'm adding WB/Netherrealm to the wait before buying tier from now on. And based on the customer service response I received, I may be boycotting them moving forward tbh.

@Serpenterror the console is real nintendo already is showing it to third party developers

For that price, with how the game plays at present, it's pretty poor. I don't pre order any games these days, feel I just can't trust whether they will run well, until they're out. I watched some comparison videos and even without the resolution, things like characters missing facial animations, items of their costume and models, stutters and lengthy loading times... for the price I see why the score was low.

Should never have released it on Switch. If you spent $70 on this lackluster port you only have yourself to blame.

Yea, still waiting for the Switch 2 version.

I miss the days when games came pretty much complete without need for updates. It's no wonder that retro gaming has been more and more where I spend my free time.

I effin love gaming in 2023! "Give us all the money right now and we promise we'll probaby make your game playable eventually." 🙄

@SuperWeird I'd call it crap, if the gameplay was also compromised, but, that isn't the case here, the gameplay is still intact.

@DennisReynolds well that's your opinion.

Im still going to buy Mortal Kombat 12 for my Switch Lite next month and hope that update patch will make the graphics look a little better or whatever which isnt the most important thing in the frikkin world

"It would have been ideal for us to have released the version that we absolutely wanted," Boon told Newsbeat

"But we didn't bother to adjust the asking price to mirror the fact that it wasn't the version we absolutely wanted to offer to you."

$70. Oh look another one.

I feel like they shoulda delayed this version of the game, but since it's out i hope that updates can really fix this game.

Never planned on getting it on Switch since even MK11 ran like ass but good they will at least try.

On a side note, anyone who's a fan of Boons should check him out on the new episode of Hot Ones, he's a really articulate and hilarious guy.

Meanwhile you have Indie games like Sea of Stars released for £20 in pristine quality.

AAA are justifying their price tags less and less.

Look at how they left MK11 on switch and tell me you really believe it’ll be anywhere close to worth the same price.

I’ve never been a graphics snob but the MK games on switch are embarrassing at this price.

I’d buy the whole thing for $50, $30 without DLC.

And let’s not pretend people REALLY care that much about crossplay that we can have these Goldeneye 64 characters fighting at the same frame rate as the Xbox super models.

someone bought this for my birthday. I think it's pretty good, if you enjoyed MK11 on Switch then you will enjoy this. Load times on fights is a pain though.

This is my opinion on the switch version of MK1 so take from it what you will

The game is playable and not in any way "broken" but I'd be lying if I said the bugs this game is suffering didn't hamper my enjoyment. And that's the key word here....bugs, because when everything is working as it should be the game actually looks quite nice. Some stages work absolutely fine but some stages like the one with the giant hourglass just do not load the textures and it seems to affect the loading of the textures on the fighters so far there are 3 stages I've noticed that do this and that is not good.

Loading times are not an issue for me and anybody expecting near the load times of a PS5 on a switch needs to check their expectations, what im saying is that the load times are for better or worse what I expected them to be and I cant see them getting much better no matter how many patches netherrealm release.

This port is acceptable......but just barely, if it was any worse we'd be in WWE 2K18 territory but at the same time I have not come across anything game breaking and for the most part I think the bugs can and will be fixed.

Yeah even after this game gets updated I'm not touching the Switch version.
My best bet right now is to get the PC version.

I think if you’re playing a brand new AAA PS5/XSX game on a plain old Nintendo switch you have to have realistic expectations. The argument that this shouldn’t cost the same as the other platforms doesn’t make sense. It took extra work and another company to try and cram this thing down to a shape and size that would work at all on switch. Why should it cost less than the others? Also, if it should cost less, why are the expectations as high as they are?

I’ve had my switch since launch and I love the stupid thing but at this point, it’s there for first party games until Nintendo puts out a new console. I haven’t touched it in months. (I got blasphemous 2 for PS5)

@BubbleMan Oh I probably will get it for PS5...but not @ $70. I usually just end up waiting for the full package that they inevitably release with all the content.

@OFFICIALMichi MK11 on Switch absolutely blows this game out of the water. Especially when it comes to character models. This looks like they didn't even try compared to MK11

Holy cats! That headline image is bonkers! So bad! They really dropped the ball with this Switch port.

@Deady It doesn't matter if God himself was commissioned to port the game, it's hard not to feel ripped off when they're asking $70+tax for a version of the game that looks and runs like soupy feces compared to its counterpart versions. It's a value proposition, and a terrible one.

I am really curious how much of an improvement these updates will be capable of. If they are trying to keep it at 60 fps, it may be challenging unless they have some tricks up their sleeve.

we rightfully complained important third party games/framchise such as Mortal Kombat should release day one with it other versions for current gen hardware, sadly we paid a very heavy price, to have Mortal Kombat 1 on Switch

MK 11 ran well enough in the end so they should have learned. I know they are using a new engine but they should understand the Switch by now. This encourages me to wait until most or everything is addressed. The news is kind of eye rolling yet welcome, lol

@Deady I'm almost certain blasphemous 2 runs just fine on switch

In regards to MK1, I can't speak for anyone else but I was expecting it to be at least on par with MK11 on the switch, I don't think that's a crazy expectation to have.

@DKGXX85 I’m sure Blasphemous 2 is great on switch, I played the original on Switch and loved it. I basically mentioned it because of that (I consider it a switch game I’ve bought this year) but didn’t make that clear.

Here’s the other thing I haven’t made clear: there’s something weird about the character models on every platform. They look small or thin or something compared to 11, I can’t place the oddity, but something is off. They taper. I also played 11 on switch and loved it, played it waaaay too much.

They could have waited a month or so for the Nintendo Switch release to be fully patched

@LadyCharlie So I agree with your points to an extent. Yes, do not buy the Switch version, its terrible and after I made the mistake of buying MK11 on the Switch I will never do that again. But if you have the option of getting it on PS5 then you should if you love MK. Its a great game despite its monetization methods. I paid 70 dollars for the base game and since I pre-ordered I got all of the base characters and I think with all the content they offer its worth the money. Its ridiculous they lock characters behind preorder bonuses but that's more with WB and not the devs themselves. That's not going to change though unless people stop preordering which won't happen

@Pat_trick it's literally not. Theres plenty of people,myself included, who are waiting for a patch because the game soft locked on them. There's also no work around so they can't finish the game until a patch comes out.

@joechiaxxa Agreed, honestly. Graphics are lower on my list of requirements in a good game compared to simply playing well. Graphics tend to look better if the game just runs smoothly.