Mortal Kombat Armageddon to feature every kombatant, ever
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Jan 13th 2006 at 11:30AM }
60 playable characters in a fighting
game? Unheard of. But according to the latest issue of Game Informer, Midway plans to exit the current
generation stage on a high note. Mortal Kombat Armageddon will feature "all the characters from
Mortal Kombat fighting history," with the possible exception of Motaro. And if that's not enough, players
can tinker with the new Create a Kombatant mode.In addition, Armageddon will feature a revamped fatality system, mid-air combos, direction-controlled throws, and a Konquest mode based on the Shaolin Monks engine. Armageddon strikes in October for the PS2 and Xbox.
[Thanks, Jaket]
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The man @ Feb 7th 2006 8:14PM
Motaro is a member of a race known as Centaurians. Centaurians are native to Outworld, and are the natural enemies of the Shokan. Before Kahn's invasion, Motaro was in charge of organizing the extermination squads that would be used during the invasion. However, when both Goro and Kintaro are defeated, Shao Kahn promotes Motaro to General of Outworld's armies so that he can lead the invasion. The Centaurians living in Outworld see this as a victory over the Shokan and rally to support Kahn in his invasion. Motaro leads Kahn's armies through the portals to the Earth realm. Once there, Motaro commands the armies to begin sweeping the globe and wiping out all the remaining humans. What Motaro doesn't do is to closely guard Shao Kahn himself. He feels confident that if any humans find their way to Kahn's new fortress, that he and Kahn will be more than enough to stop them. His confidence proves to be misguided, and Kahn is driven back into Outworld by mortals. Shao Kahn starts to rebuild his army back in Outworld. Having few strong allies left he allows Motaro to keep his position, until he finds out what he must do to enter this new tournament. Because of the rules of Mortal Kombat, Goro is the only one who can enter the Outworld in the Mortal Kombat between the Earth realm and Netherrealm. To gain Goro's support, Kahn demotes Motaro and gives Goro his former position as General of Outworld's armies. Motaro barely tolerates the demotion, being loyal to Shao Kahn, but he's furious that his position of power has been taken from him, and given to a Shokan
Samuel McConnell @ Jan 13th 2006 11:37AM
Why excluding Motaro?
Scythe @ Jan 13th 2006 11:46AM
Can you say Dranball Z: Tenkiachi? This is the same thing almost except DBZ had 90 characters counting transformations and 60 just counting the characters.
Lyndon @ Jan 13th 2006 11:47AM
That is freaking awesome. Now only if Capcom would do this with Street Fighter.
Wonderflex @ Jan 13th 2006 11:50AM
Marvel vs Capcom 2 has 56 characters. That's not all too far off from 60.
FreQ @ Jan 13th 2006 11:56AM
Cause he's a freakin' Minotaur. Geeez
me @ Jan 13th 2006 11:56AM
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 had 54 fighters to my knowledge, if not more. So 60 isn't *THAT* unheard of.
Just sucks that it's mortal kombat. =)
Benny @ Jan 13th 2006 11:56AM
Yay!
But still, I am not a fan of the modern MK games, they haven't got the goryness right and the general fattening of many of the characters spoils them. They should bring the fighting style back to the good old days of MKII and III. Another thing I'd love to see in MK is more emphasis on a storyline, I know the MK film was poor but it did start something interesting for meand should be carried on.
Syxx @ Aug 8th 2007 11:41AM
Sweet. My favorite MK game was Trilogy which had nearly every kombatant from 1-3 and this looks bigger and badder (in a good way). Now all I gotta do is hope for Xbox 360 BC for this...
me @ Jan 13th 2006 12:13PM
"Dranball Z: Tenkiachi"
Dude, that game is sweet. It's the only thing DBZ has ever done that I've liked, game or anime wise. It's so fun just having a volley war with friends... f***ing vegeto...
Foo @ Jan 13th 2006 12:43PM
I don't know the storyline of the MK universe, but can someone who does explain to me who Motaro is and why he won't be included? Now I'm curious.
bitpicnic @ Jan 13th 2006 12:47PM
Of course, now I'm not interested in playing anyone BUT Motaro.
Joe @ Jan 13th 2006 12:48PM
I just wonder, which Sub Zero will be included? The ice shower Sub Zero? Will he have the frozen puddle, or the frozen statue instead?
The same goes for a bunch of other characters too. I used to love playing as Reptile, but a more recent game ruined the character for me.
If there is multiple versions, will all the versions be included, or just a few?
DarkMavis @ Jan 13th 2006 12:48PM
What?! No Gamecube? That sucks....
Nossy @ Jan 13th 2006 12:56PM
Yeah...A Gamecube version with no blood. LOL.
JDuB @ Jan 13th 2006 1:01PM
October? Hopefully we will be well into next-generation gaming by then.
SuicideNinja @ Jan 13th 2006 1:09PM
Motaro was the Centaur (horse torso) boss (in MK3?). It would probably be a pain to include him as his shape (ergo animation) is drastically different from the other characters. He wasn't that great of a character anyway.
Um, why would you want every Street Fighter character? The only good ones were from the original SF2. Most of the extras since then have been really lame, sans Akuma. Xmen vs SF is still my favorite one.
If it has a Konquest mode a la Shaolin Monks, SOLD! That was my favorite MK game since MK2. The only thing it was missing was the ability to play as ANY of the main characters. Oh well, Kang, Lao, Subzero and Scropion was good enough. MKDA could have been good, but the moves required a bit too much precision (then again...we have the crappy PS2 version because it was free).
Bane Keldare @ Jan 13th 2006 1:10PM
I hope they're leaving the weapons in. I still like that idea, and with 60 characters to tinker with, it could be fun.
Wonderflex @ Jan 13th 2006 1:10PM
#8 - Motaro is the Sagittarius from Mortal Kombat 3.
zewone @ Jan 13th 2006 1:12PM
Tobal 2 had more than 200 characters I believe.
bigHEAD @ Jan 13th 2006 1:17PM
Motaro was the sub-boss from Mortal Kombat 3, and he was a huge Centaur. The reason I figure he's being left out is because of the fact that he is a Centaur, controlling him might be a bit confusing...
For more on Motaro, go to http://www.answers.com/motaro
Alkaiser @ Jan 13th 2006 1:24PM
Let us hope that someone at Midway "forgets" that they once put Stryker in a Mortal Kombat game and leaves him out.
sadt @ Jan 13th 2006 1:49PM
Sweet.. The Konquest mode will be using the Shaolin Monks engine.
Thundercizzle @ Jan 13th 2006 1:56PM
Woo-hoo! Suddenly I don't want to slit my wrists... JK
Thundercizzle @ Jan 13th 2006 1:57PM
Woo-hoo! Suddenly I don't want to slit my wrists... JK
bd @ Jan 13th 2006 2:02PM
I think the fighting engine has gotten a lot better. At first I hated it, but once I learned it, I got over the MK3-MK4 engine. I still think there is no worse MK to date than MK4. It is still the best fighting game to me after Street Fighter, and it has gotten better and better at the storyline.
The worst part is that we will probably still see the mediocre slideshow endings instead of a cut-scene per character, because there is not enough space. And since the X360 will not have enough space for that, say goodbye to great endings (graphicswise) for each character in a long time, if MK manages to survive such a long time.
bd @ Jan 13th 2006 2:04PM
Oh, and I forgot. They better include what the series lacked since MK4 (that pretty much made it go downhill):
All the finishing moves, including brutality, multality, hara-kiri, animality, mercy, friendship, babality, new finishing moves and of course fatality.
Oh, and new characters. At least include "The One Being".
Alright, I may be a dreamer, but I just said what would make it the perfect mortal kombat on my view.
MrTroy @ Jan 13th 2006 2:09PM
Wow I hated Mortal Kombat 5 and 6. Unfortunately for me I'm getting this one when it comes out.
Seroth @ Jan 13th 2006 2:20PM
Here's hoping for "Friendships" to return.
I wonder how the story is going to explain every MK character ever coming back to fight each other...
I skipped out on Deception. I'm looking forward to Armageddon.
DG @ Jan 13th 2006 2:54PM
I rented MK4 on N64, but I haven't been invested in the series since MK3.
For all that Mortal Kombat was (is?), it will always be remembered by me as the more bloody, less sophisticated cousin of SF2.
An SF2 compilation with all of the SSF2T/SF3/SF3A characters would be pretty terrific, but I'm certainly not holding my breath. I was underwhelmed by the SF2 Hyper Edition on PS2 and nothing short of a total compilation would be satisfactory.
Kudos to the person who remembered Stryker. What a pointless and stupid character. The only problem is that his bomb mechanics were actually pretty fun to play with.
Fobbyjao @ Jan 13th 2006 3:20PM
Does anyone else here think that mortal kombat 1 was the best in the series? though the fighting was probably best in #2, that's also when it started getting goofy.
Bob @ Jan 13th 2006 4:04PM
Stryker's there. Look at http://www.mkoutworld.net/news/data/upimages/mka2.jpg. He's in the very middle of the screen. Third row, second from right.
me @ Jan 13th 2006 4:06PM
"The worst part is that we will probably still see the mediocre slideshow endings instead of a cut-scene per character, because there is not enough space. And since the X360 will not have enough space for that, say goodbye to great endings (graphicswise) for each character in a long time, if MK manages to survive such a long time."
--Dude, ever ripped a fighting game? They take up hardly over a CD(700mb), I've never seen one top 1.5gig. Fighting games TOTALLY have room for real endings, they just don't care to do so. They figure most people play against friends, not the story mode (i guess).
And everyone knows that Friendships/Babalities were only included to mock Nintendo, right? They put those in the second one after N's rape of the first game with altered fatalities, crotch-punching, and "sweaty" fighters.
Man... looking back on that game... Sonya was a total 80's chick. Look at the spandex and hair. Eeeshk.
rodJoh. @ Jan 13th 2006 4:19PM
Gamecube version?? Motaro?? Where??
rodJoh. @ Jan 13th 2006 4:20PM
Gamecube version?? Motaro?? Where??
angry beaver @ Jan 13th 2006 4:32PM
There needs to be more violence in the world. That is all i have to say. NO! on second thought thats not all i have to say...that last sentence was not including this one or that one or that one back there and i will stop talking right now. Oh darn i made a period...i meant right now
Tony @ Jan 13th 2006 5:58PM
kick ass dude if your a true fan of this game you would agree that this will be the best MK game ever and if your not then eat shit and die
Embassy @ Jan 13th 2006 7:32PM
BD ,
im sure if oblivion can fit on one disc...MK should be albe to put CG endings in a game and have it fit..im sure they do it b/c they dont WANT to as opposed to not being ABLE to...
Rob @ Jan 14th 2006 11:21AM
Do a 3d version and add a hidden 2d version as well.
bd @ Jan 16th 2006 8:50PM
"im sure if oblivion can fit on one disc...MK should be albe to put CG endings in a game and have it fit..im sure they do it b/c they dont WANT to as opposed to not being ABLE to..."
Yeah right. Like they are going to fit 2 minutes per character, let alone the 10 minute intro and the campaign CGI. That would be a movie *plus* a game, which would be hard to fit unless it is not a high definition movie. You bet your ass it wouldn't fit on a 360 disc.
jake @ Jan 16th 2006 9:57PM
this game is going 2 be the sh*t mortal kombat 5&6 only had like 23 character
Mantees de Tara @ Jan 17th 2006 9:55AM
But we want our PC version also! *cry*
Batzarro @ Jan 17th 2006 1:24PM
HAIL SHEEVA, Baby!
I hope we get kustom Fatalities and... Why not? Kustom Soundtrack. I can dream, an't I?
If them Midways didn't add CG endings to a 20+ charater game, I doubt it'll try it for a 60+ char featuring game.
As for the 60+ chars-is-not-that-much-cause-MVC2-had-56-and-Tobal- had-200...(gasp)... Aren't those games 7 and 9 years old, respectively? I mean, not to discount old MVC2, wich I owned and wish to reown, but they didn't exactly set the standard, either. And MVC2 mostly took chars that were already made(read: did NOT have to make the chars from scratch)for other, past games.
I'm actually quite exited about the Kreate a Kharacter feature. Then I'll create all the pallette swap ninjas my heart desires. Gum!(pink) Slim!(white)Cookie CUT!(Brown) Then take those swaps online to trade... fitiscuffs!
Darth Balls @ Jan 18th 2006 1:03AM
ok guys - i've read the full article in game informer and can tell u MKA is being made for ps2 and xbox NOT xbox 360 (but it will b compatible). This is cuase ps3 will not b out and if it is made for 360 only it cannot b formatted for ps2 (limiting sales to just 1 console instead of 3).
Motaro is definately out of the game and may only b added b4 release if there is space and time to design the centaur movement and interaction, so chances r he will not make it.
There r no animalities or that other stuff but only fatalities, which r all customed. This works by giving every character around 20 'death' moves (every character has the same set of 20). These r stuff like ripping ur opponents heart out, kicking their off, etc... On the fatality screen u will have a set time limit to execute ur custom fatality, e.g. Scorpion could harpoon some1 towards him and kick their head off as they come to him.
There will not b a new story line added. Instead the game will revolve around the general story line from MK1 until MK Deception. Due to this I doubt there will b new characters (well serious characters, I mean they might stick another Mokap in) or CG endings, they r more likely to sum up the story by using some picture slides and a written story.
The kreate-a-kustom character mode looks awsome as apart from the visual options being really in-depth so r the fighting options. U can just assign ur fighting moves by choosing the set fighting styles u want, but if u want u can choose every move u have, mixing and matching moves from different styles, thus creating ur own style.
Thats about as in-depth as Ed Boon takes the interview.
P.S. there r rumors of a new MK movie being made this year called MK Devastation.
Waffle @ Jan 22nd 2006 12:14PM
Ugghh... another mk movie, what are they trying to do, kill people?
Mk Armageddon looks awesme, with EVERYBODY including the Dragon king and kintaro, that would have been SWEET to play in deception! I think it would be cool if they had a fatality with a test your might mini-game
For instance, when u do rains fatality you keep tapping the buttons for like 8 seconds to determine how zapped the guy gets by the lightning.
I hope they dont screw it up. they will have 2 add room for the 4- armed pepoepl to get their arms all ripped of. Boon better not screw this up.
Johnny O,Neil @ Jan 25th 2006 6:19PM
Maybe The Pit2 & pit3 will be in this game.Can't wait for October
Settleking @ Jan 27th 2006 10:33PM
Ed boon im on my knees beggin that you bring back brutality,i promise if you do i will buy 8 copies myself i swear to the living god.I swear
Brock @ Feb 3rd 2006 1:35PM
I agree with a whole lot of what's being said. Me personally, I can do without ANY of the big bosses. Shao Khan, Goro, Dragan King, all of them, and ESPECIALLY MOTARO! There's gotta be another way which they can be included without actually being able to play with them. I don't think any one who's a true MK fan will even consider playing with one of these characters. They're big and slow with a bunch of boring moves...just a waste of memory space.
Hey Mr. Boon, here's some good advise for you. Either trash them, or use them as guards to unlockables because you know what?
NO BODY CARES...THEY'RE A WASTE OF TIME! PUT YOUR GENIUS BRAIN TO OTHER GOOD USES FOR THE GAME!!!!!
Grandmaster Sub Zero @ Feb 5th 2006 2:57AM
I have been waiting for this game for a long time and its finally coming. Its like a dream come true in 3-d every single mk charcter but Motaro which is cool cuz i didnt cared for him much anyway. Rain is coming back baby!