Again, I could complain that joke Finishers already exist in the Friendships, but looking at what we had before I'm just thankful we didn't get more of the same. Kitana turns into a bunny and goes Monty Python on their ass Mileena becomes a skunk and knocks her opponent out from the smell Scorpion morphs into a penguin and drops an explosive egg Jade changes into a cat and goes to town Looney Tunes style. More importantly, the new Animalities aim for comedy, and for the most part hit their marks. For the new Animalities, though, they eliminate that monochromatic tint and out-of-place glow so, though still cartoony, the animals don't stick out quite so badly. But they really packed no punch or seemed to do anything. The original Animalities (which are still in place) seemed like they wanted to compete with the Fatalities-an “animal attack” version of the Fatalities, if you will. The Animalities for the new characters, however, are undoubtedly better. Ordinarily, I would complain about UMK3's lack of creativity with how it almost parasitically clings to its predecessors however, considering the unprecedented worthlessness of the original MK3 Fatalities, I'm inclined to be forgiving. Reptile again takes his mask off and chows down on his opponent, Scorpion again reveals his skeletal face and breathes fire Kitana again decapitates her opponent Mileena swallows her victim whole and spits out their bones. New characters mean new Fatalities, many of which are encores of previous classic Fatalities. Lastly, the redundant classic Sub-Zero and Human Smoke for those who really missed the palette swap masked version of the characters. Ultimate MK3 brings back the iconic combatants Scorpion, Kitana, Mileena, and Reptile (all of whose moves made the transition from MK2 to MK3 more gracefully than, say, Kung Lao, Liu Kang, Shang Tsung, and Jax.) They feel very similar to their old selves with surprisingly few new moves to their arsenal (besides the new MK3 combos.) New additions to the roster include Jade, the hidden character from MK2 and Ermac who originated as a rumor for MK1 and became realty here. Think of Ultimate MK3 as the “MK3 Expansion Pack.” Same boss fights against Shao Kahn and Motaro. Dial-a-combos are still present, the stages are still mostly in an urban settings. The original MK3 endings (left) featured unique character-specific images UMK3 removed these in favor of the appropriate character's Versus Screen portrait & text (right).Īround the time Mortal Kombat 3 headed to the home consoles, Midway outfitted the old arcade cabinets with the new and improved Ultimate MK3 featuring a number of improvements (along with a few drawbacks.) It's still Mortal Kombat 3 so much of the MK3 review applies here including the pathetic and generic Fatalities, useless Babalities, and underwhelming Animalities.
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