"Midway's possible departure from the arcades is unfortunate, but they will remain a strong presence on the home console front, as almost all arcade projects that were still in development will be moved to console platforms. Specific platforms have not been announced, but we can expect to see San Francisco Rush: Hot Rod and Mortal Kombat 5 coming to a console near you sometime in the future."
The Mortal Kombat Team has stated in the past that there was always a possibility that MK5 could skip the arcades. We will let you know if this holds true.
Also we reported back in June 2000 about Infinite Concepts first line of MK Action Figures that look extremly better than the ones mentioned above. At the time of our original posting we did not have a price tag or even a release date for these figures, but you can now find them at Magic Touch's Website for $11.99.
Oh, that's not it - we also reported back in June about Infinite Concepts 2nd Line of MK Action figures. (See screenshot below) This line contains Rayden, Johnny Cage, Jax, Kitana, and Reptile. We have no clue what ever happened to these figures. They were supposed to be released in the 2nd Quarter of 2000. They don't seem to be anywhere on Magic Touch's Website. Also we reported last July that a 3rd Series was set to launch in the 4th Quarter of 2001 with figures including Baraka, Jade, Kintaro, Shao Kahn, Kano and Smoke. That's the news for this month. We'll keep ya posted.
âMortal Kombat was intentionally and/or negligently designed by defendant Midway to addict young viewers to its realistic violence through the use of virtual reality, while convincing these immature viewers that what they observed was only a game and no one would be harmed if these viewers 'played' out the violent acts they observed, notwithstanding the very real violence portrayed in the video game.â?
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