Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Gets Proper Physical Release On Switch 2

Makes perfect sense for these colle… sorry, Kollections and what they generally stand for and are trying to do.

If it's true?

Flawless Victory. Friendship.

MORTAL KOMBATTTTT Techno Music Intensifies

Komplete on cartridge.

Glad to support this if I was into fighting games nowadays. MK II got more than a few rounds back when though, so maybe a future discount would trigger a nostalgia purchase

I just hope the digital edition is a lot cheaper because that price for the game is a brutality.

Way too expensive for a bunch of old games from the 90’s.

It's kind of weird how we're getting happy about this, when it should be standard practice. But I AM glad they are bringing this on the Kartridge. This will hopefully influence their sales numbers too!

If so instant buy

Ah, but it doesn't say WHAT game is on the cart.

That's a pretty steep price for the collection if they charge the same for digital, but then every WB release plummets in value within a couple of months anyway so I don't mind waiting.

It's so nice to read about it! I'll wait for more information. I'm getting Switch 1 release, but I'll be happy for S2 owners.

I'm wondering ... in the US, when you go to a shop prices don't include taxes. Is it still like this nowadays? So when you get to checkout you always have to pay much more than you thought. Is it the same with these online prices? So 47 USD is actually not the price including taxes?

Oh, and of course, lovely to read about one physical S2 game actually on the card! I'm not into this kind of games unfortunately, but I'll see if I can find someone to buy it for.

Day one purchase. Simple.
Thank you.

Wait a minute…physical media containing…the media??

Brilliant idea, lol.

It seems that this Kollection will be regularly updated with more games being added, making the physical version kind of pointless. I will buy a digital version and wait for the inevitable Komplete edition.

Way better than that awful Street Fighter 6 game that was both a game key card and a code in a box. Thank you Digital Eclipse for keeping physical games truly physical on the cartridge.

If the digital version becomes more expensive on Switch 2 as well because of that then this is some BS.

I don't care about the "full cartridge" nor does the majority of general consumers, why should I pay 10$-20$ more than every other platform? Just to satiate a yelling minority online that's paranoid about their plastic in 40 years?

Nice, hopefully this is true! Though if I were into this kind of game, and this game constantly got more games in updates, then I'd just get it digitally or wait for a physical with all of the update content, since I like having all game content except maybe a few bug fix patches on the cartridge.

Great news from a couple of kool kompanies - Digital Eclipse and VGP.
I’ll be preordering this on S2 as soon as we get official confirmation that the software is actually, like, ON the cartridge. It’s an important distinction!

Cool, I’ll buy it now.

@Solid_Python
“If I can’t buy a physical copy of my game just because corporations have convinced enough young people that ownership doesn’t matter, that is bs right there.”

But I wouldn’t fret - digital prices aren’t really tied to physical retail prices. After a few weeks, the title will be discounted on the eshop, probably on sale for 50% off after a year.

@Yalloo Correct, and each state has its own different sales tax percentage (usually around 7-9%). Accounting for added sales tax to the base price is standard shopping practices here.

I'll believe it when I see it. It'll probably be like the MGS Collection. One/a few games on the cart and everything else needs to downloaded.

Thanks, Wade.

It's kinda messed up the series owned by Warner Bros, the second most blatantly evil company in game publishing, and is wildly remembered and regarded as "mostly crap" by the public at largez and even the few people that actually like it, is getting a better, longer lasting, and more consumer friendly release than Street Fighter 6.

Actually, come to think of it, discounting the Fighting Collections that are mostly for Darkstalkers and the 3D games respectively, the last time Street Fighter had a proper physical release was also made by Digital Eclipse: The 30th Anniversary Collection. Sure, most of the FGC wrote that game off because the future Atari Dev Team 1 hadn't quite figured out Netcode yet, but those guys also think it's admissable that 75% of a game's roster is permanently locked behind non-recoverable/DRM locked DLC passes. So for the purposes of artistic integrity, they can get beat up in a subway by an old Chinese lady and a sad hobo.

Thanks, Wade

@belmont Citation needed, cause I only remember Wade saying they had "more to reveal" and the full trailer will be this weekend at "Sony presents, an Arab Oil Baron's Sportswashing Distraction from Human Rights Violations Production: EVOLUTION Tournament Las Vegas 2025"

@Yalloo

Prices don't include taxes because sales tax are different in each State. For example, sales tax is 5.6% in Arizona while in Tennessee, it is 7%.

@Zeebor15 I did not say this for a fact but in their other games like Tetris Forever, Power Rangers, Atari 50 they always add stuff down the line.

@Teksette wow, a sale for it to become the same base price as every other platform months later, platforms which will have it even lower by then? How generous of them lol

People literally whined about Mario Kart being 80$ for months yet now cheer for every multiplatform game to be much more expensive on the weakest platform which will only scare off casual consumers. This isn't the solution.

@Pillowpants I agree with you.

@Solid_Python
I’d just say slow your outrage until they announce the eShop pricing. Also, you did notice that VGP lists Canadian prices? Converted to USD, this Mortal Kombat ROM is $47 on Switch, $65 on S2. Not ideal, but better than $80, right?

Either way, you shouldn’t begrudge people their shopping preferences. I don’t go after people who like buying digitally, but call me just a paranoid lover of plastic and I will get defensive. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Teksette If it's both on the cart and compatible with the Switch 1 edition, I may get the Switch 2 edition.

@AussieMcBucket

The original Mortal Kombat an everything else is DLC.

@Medic_alert I actually think the new title is much more descriptive and honest. Certainly makes more sense than "Core Values of Playing BlazBlue in the Toilet"

@OrtadragoonX Low quality bait

@belmont Yes, but note that 2 of the 3 games didn't get physicals until AFTER all their updates and DLC, and Atari 50 got a re-print once it's first batch was done. The Namco stuff that's coming out this year is most likely something that came about after they were approached with after the fact as the deals for the 7800+ games were being signed.

@Teksette idk if you're responding to my original comment(your response sounds like it is) but I editied it out to get my point across better because I didn't wanna sound so combative and a-holish over this. My bad.

@Zeebor15 Yeah, that was what I was talking about. If I decide to get a physical copy of this Kollection I will wait for a possible Komplete version. I will most definitely get a digital copy for my Steam Deck though. Power Rangers is still also getting updates.

@brakeman90 No worries mate!

That should have been "a huge (Ed) boon for physical collectors". 😅

It appears the Deluxe Edition is mostly cardboard tat, so I'll be avoiding that. The pre-order exclusive slipcases look decent though.

I like the uniqueness of that C...I mean KE. Probably won't pick it up, but its a nice edition.

Seems they were able to justify putting the entire game on the card by charging ~$10 more.

I wonder how many people would be ok if Publishers made this compromise and the average Switch 2 game that is normally $50 now costs $60 and $60, now costs $70 and so on...

@Teksette Funny, the same thing happens with physical games, too…

@Bizzyb They could test the waters with this by releasing 2 versions, a more expensive version alongside a cheaper GameKey version. There is a place for both I'd say, it doesn't need to be one or the other.

"a huge boon" 🍿 Ed Boon 👍

@Bizzyb : They're already doing that now without putting the game on the cartridge!

Borderlands 4 is retailing for AU$120 here, the same price as Cyberpunk 2077, yet the former comes on an empty cartridge! The [expletive] nerve!

I think a $10 increase is more than fair given that we'd otherwise be spending more than that on providing our own storage (and without the benefit of owning a complete tangible copy of the game).

better then wat crapcom,square enix and few others decided to be lazy by using game key cards instead wen most of their games can actually fit on a cartridge.

My only annoyance about this release is that it seems to only include the Switch 2 version on the cartridge. A cross compatible cartridge would have made the higher cost of the Switch 2 version easier to bear and added some further value to the package. In any case, I intend to grab the S2 version, and given how it's already quite expensive, and the deluxe edition not too much more so, I could be tempted to spring for that.

Guess I'll buy this for Switch 2 since this is a rare third party release that has the full game on the cart

Good! Not too surprising I guess - of course digital eclipse gets it. They know what they’re doing!

And that's how it's done. Kudos for a proper Switch 2 physical.

OK! I will buy this for S2 now that it is getting a proper physical release.

@Bizzyb. I would pay the extra $10.

Starting to see a trend here. Is it the studios who are working on the titles making the decision instead of the publisher? One SEGA published title will be fully on the card in the new Sonic Racing game, but (so far) the rest are GKC.

Update: now KONFIRMED.

Way to miss that one guys

I applaud this choice! However, you may wonder how much added value the native Switch 2 version will have over the Switch 1 version, given that this is a collection of ports of games released between 1992 and 2003. If you exclude the Game Boy Advance releases, the most recent game from this collection was released in 1997!

If there are no noticeable difference, I would still buy the more expensive native Switch 2 version, purely to support the sentiment that games are available in their entirety on a Switch 2 cartridge.

GKC need to go away.

@SillyG Yea, unfortunately NIS America is doing the same thing with the Switch 2 edition of Trails Beyond the Horizon. It's $60 on Switch and $70 on Switch 2 yet is a game-key..! Some Publishers seem to "get it" while others are completely clueless.

@jmsalal Yea, me too but you already have people freaking out over $80 games. If Publishers started charging $70 and $80 for the Switch 2 edition games, the fickle masses would start complaining that games on Switch 2 are "too expensive" and threaten to boycott.

So Publishers can either Have people boycott over game-key cards or boycott over expensive games. They are in a no-win situation.

This should have been in the Partner showcase yesterday. What else is going to get announced soonish that should have been in it?

Welcome to my Switch 2 game collection! Enjoy your stay

AAAAaaaaaaaand INSTANT BUY!!!! Honestly I was going to purchase this already because I was a professional competitor back in the day in the arcade tournaments but man, even if I wasn't a fan I would still buy this because they have the professional courtesy and consumer respect of putting the whole thing on the ******* cart. TAKE NOTE THIRD PARTIES!

@kal_el_07241 it didn't fit their theme of "game keycards"...

How in the world kan this kompany get the game on kart while others kan't? Is it really "kan't" or is it "won't?"

@Solid_Python
I was responding to your comment as it is now, but no worries. We’re here to talk about the games we like, not quibble over the small stuff. I hope the eShop version is listed cheaper than the physical, even though I won’t be buying it there. I guess we’ll know soon enough!

@IronMan30 Cause they are part of a much bigger company. Digital Eclipse is part of Atari and this Atari has been doing great things as of late.

@ThaBEN They still got three more games to announce, if they include MK Gold then the latest would be 1999.

@Serpenterror Sega and SE are massive companies, so that's no excuse for them.

90 dollars?!?

No thanks.

@ThaBEN : There probably won't be much of a difference (if any) with regard to the retro games themselves, but I assume that the documentary materials will be presented in UHD resolution (or at least 1440p), at opposed to the Switch 1 version, which will likely only contain 1080p video.

In any case, there must be some reason why they've decided to issue a separate Switch 2 version. It would have been silly to do so otherwise.

Good point. Also, why is everybody so hyped about Mortal Kombat Trilogy while the standalone versions of part 1, 2 and 3 are already included in this collection?
Isn't Trilogy just a repackaged version of those 3 games?

Anyone else dislike Mortal Kombat? It's not a patch on Street Fighter 2 and it's sequels imo.
I like it's graphics, characters and audio but the gameplay is ***** and I hate the controls

Flawless Victory.

@ThaBEN It was and still is a misleading name. It’s basically Ultimate MK3 plus extra characters and stages that appeared in 1 & 2 but not 3. Plus they added brutalities. I think this is accurate. So basically the Komplete version of MK3.

I will be definitely getting this on S2 as it will be the perfect game for playing handheld out and about. And definitely digital so it’s always there ready to go for a quick blat. Can’t wait!

@DonkeyKongBigBoy I don’t mind street fighter (I think the controls are ****) but MK reigns for me. Seems to be one or the other for most people.

@OrtadragoonX Hahaha, exactly.

@Solid_Python you could have probably worded that in a nicer, less flammable way. These days we generally all agree even people are a part of a minority, they still matter and should be respected.

That said, I do agree digital should be cheaper than physical, it kinda just makes sense, and I'd pay a few extra dollars for the proper physical, as long as publishers don't be a-holes and make the difference crazy high for no reason.

@BundyDanger
Thanks for the clarification!
I now understand the added value for this edition!

About time a physical game
was thinking I would not be getting any more games for the switch 2🤔

@IronMan30 They take the cheap way out, not only that but Square Enix and Sega had been losing money as of late cause they are either making too many bad decisions or they are too careful with their IP offerings. Square Enix is still trying to get out of a financial slob after the failure of Final Fantasy XVI, Forspoken, Valkyrie Elysium, Star Ocean: Divine Force, Visions of Mana, Balan Wonderworld, Foamstars, embracing mobile games and NFTs, from making too many failed live service games like Babylon's Fall, Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Avengers. Right now Square Enix only had three successful IPs and none of them are Final Fantasy: SaGa, Dragon Quest, and Octopath Traveler.

Sega on the otherhand did a lot better but my guess as to why they don't embracing physical on their own was cause they fear most of their obscure IP may not sell will on Switch or Switch 2. So games like Yakuza, Persona, Panzer Dragoon, House of the Dead, and Streets of Rage are handle by third party or through third party physical publishers whereas more popular IPs like Sonic, Super Monkey Ball and Puyo Puyo are handle by them cause they look at those as more successful on Nintendo platforms. Also since Bayonetta is still cover by Nintendo, Sega doesn't had to do much in terms of physical on that franchise as Nintendo covers most of the development cost.

More like Physical Eclipse...

@Solid_Python I agree, it's nice that Nintendo doesn't make people pay for the 64GB card if you buy digital. Should be standard.

@ThaBEN Better quality CRT filters and 1080p on handheld instead of 720p upscaled I suppose.

@Serpenterror again, they are still massive companies. I get they have been poorly managed (more SE than Sega) lately but that is not a good reason. They could order in bulk if they were serious about selling physical copies on NS2.

Full game on cart = getting my business

It’s that simple!

@BundyDanger yeah when I was at school it seemed like all the dumb kids liked mortal Kombat because it had blood.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy 😂😂 the censored versions wouldn’t have been popular with them then. Didn’t they replace blood with “sweat” on some versions of MK2?

@BundyDanger ha yeah that was the SNES version, I think you could unlock the blood with a cheat code. It's made me want to play Mortal Kombat again now lol

Where does it say the full game will be on the card? Not in the trailer or the web site. I'm super stoked for MKT though and am surprised this wasn't a separate article with that in the headline. "Mystery game in MK Kollection announced"

How was this not in the article or update or comments? The web site says you can unlock the hidden fighters with the touch of a button.

@Solid_Python I agree that digital should be cheaper than physical.

However if Nintendo or retailers demand price parity initially for physical and digital, then I think increasing the price to enable true physical is the better option.

If you don't care about physical and feel the digital price is too high, you can simply wait for a sale. For example, after almost 2 years, the digital version of Mortal Kombat 1 has gone on sale for 66% off. I'm sure it will continue to go down in price. Feel free to snag it at the price you are comfortable with.

If they took the other approach and put the game on a GKC, there is literally no solution for people who want physical.

I sure hope that everyone who posts the same comment over and over crying about key cards being the death of gaming will rush out and buy copies of this to make up for copies which don't sell due to the slightly higher price due to the cart choice.

Come on guys, now is your time to vote with your wallets, add this to the copy of cyberpunk you all bought on launch because it's on the cart

Game Key Cards ;_;

Did anyone else get a Nintendo survey asking about physical vs. digital vs. game key cards?

Getting pretty hyped!
Does anyone know if we can pre-order directly at sellers in Europe or is it only possible to pre-order directly from Atari etc?
180 Euro's in total to order the Kollector's Edition from here (the Netherlands) is way too steep no matter how cool it is

$60 is crazy expensive