Yup, you would only pre-order from every possible place if you want this stuff DAY 1. all of it will be available to purchase soon after the game drops. How soon…I do know. During the summer I’d imagine. Even the MK team was tweeting this to everyone
Hold off on saying that until we play the game
Guh. I don’t like that we have to pay or pre-order to get classic fatalities. But I guess paying for them in general was coming either way.
I just hope they don’t get out of hand with it. I’m not flipping out on this Kratos thing because I know he won’t affect the “MK feel” that much, but DLC is one area I feel the devs can fuck up major with (even if the gameplay turns out good). The cost of the fatalities could be too high, or they might do something retarded like make us pay for access to an online/offline mode.
What I’m personally hoping for is that DLC will just be a means of getting more money for optional things that don’t impact the game play experience that much. In other words: Stages? Fatalities? Skins/Costumes? Assuming the game takes off and/or is good, these types of things would be reserved for those who want them, and won’t make it an unnecessary hassle for trying to run get-togethers, tournaments and the like down the road. Because after all, it’s highly unlikely that the presence (or not) of an extra stage or fatality will impact game balance that much.
What I’m really worried about is the subject matter relating to khars (which, in my opinion, is inevitable). The way MvC3 and BB:CS have been handling this aspect of DLC is not something that I care for but definitely what I could see this game adopting in its own right eventually. Even so, if such does come to pass, I do hope that perhaps characters will come in packs that could be offered with balance patches and the like. Especially if they’re talking about “big plans” with DLC.
Man I wanna see some Ermac gameplay. His redesign was so awesome. Fuck that palette swap ninja nonsense.
honesty im hyped bout this game that i might even buy the tournmentstick bundle
Really need a hit of this game to wash away the Silly Flailer Is V-ism and Spam Calibur Floor hangover of the last couple of years. 
Meh. This game could bring all new stuff to rage at. It’s all relative.
Nah. Left ‘rage’ behind in the first quarter of '08. Now I go in with very (VERY!) low expectations. So unless the game turns out to be a stinker [on-line] like MKvDC or as boring as the SF4s, I doubt I’ll be too disappointed.
There are no more stellar fighters. The mantra of acessibility over quality is ensconced. No point praying for a second coming - SNK are dead.
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Sindel confirm?
Sindel looks great. Glad to see her return.
Pretty much the only one I’m concerned about this point is Rain. Something tells me that as much I may like the guy, he probably won’t make the initial cut. The fact that he technically doesn’t “count” as an appearance in UMK3 (he wasn’t playable until the home version) doesn’t help. :lol:
Yes
Time will tell.
I wouldn’t hold my breath for Rain. At least not for the initial release.
He IS in the game, but not confirmed if he is playable. Same with Sheeva. 
The former id like to see in this game, the latter I can live without. Plus we already got Goro, at least in story mode.
Though if Rain does make the cut, hope he is in some new ‘form’ .(ie- non-ninja) Otherwise, things look bleak for a human form of Smoke.
I actually thought character design wise, Rain looked the best in MKA. If he appears in MK2011, I hope they stick with that design.
Same here. Even though during this time frame, he could/should still be “one of Shao Kahn’s (many) assassins”, the MKA look was a good one for him.
Besides, after MK4, the one good thing we can say is that they tried to make all the various ninjas look quite different from each other. This game’s renditions of Ermac and Reptile have probably the best designs those guys have had in years.
Not really feeling Reptile’s design, but I see what you’re saying. At least it’s better than MKDA-MKA. I wonder what his Klassic fatality will be, because I plan on preordering from Amazon.
I had originally seen Nightwolfs new Lightning attack as an homage to Rain, which kinda leads me to believe that he might not actually be in. Nightwolf never had that lightning move right?
As far as I know, Rain just uses that lightning from above attack and some waterball projectile, right?
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