Sure you can have "cool ways" of killing people with for example poison (later on my post I included exploding the body, so I include electricity and magic on the gore list), BUT one of the things with this game is that the style of the violence is purely TRIBAL, there are a lot of tribal them music on the game, and all the "hold trophies" helps with the idea, so doing an intoxication fatality wouldn't go with the spirit of the game unless the effects of the poison shows heavely on the character with terrible disforming effects, but this isn't just a cruel game, the fatalities are a tribal element and simple use of "cruel poison" has nothing to do with tear the body of your enemy and keep his head as a trophy.

A poison fatality would be a kill, but not a FATALITY, it needs to have a visual impact, when native americans made trophies with the skins of their enemy there was a simple reason: inspire fear. If you see your enemy riping the body of your comrade and geting a shower with his blood or ripping his soul from his body you will fear him a lot more than if the guys just posion him with an injection. Visual impact = fear, members sliced in gore-mode = fear, weird green energy being absorbed from the body and then see him dying = fear, this is the spirit of the fatalities.

Anyway, it's just my opinion.

Just noticed something about the Kitana Decap Fatality.
Blood everywhere... on the floor, on the opponent, on Kitana but not on her fans. She must have been super fast with those things, since she didn't get a drop of blood on it
Would be cool though, if it was smeared in blood.

all the jump kicks look the same too....

I noticed this too and I'm hoping they fix that for the final build.

the samething with scorpion. no blood on his weapon after fatality

In regards to the get up animations, they'll be fine in the release build. I've seen pre-release MK vs DC footage that had very generic get ups where they just stood up afterwards, which were changed for the final version.

As pertaining to jump kicks, there isn't honestly that many ways they can make a jump kick look different.

Johnny Cage's fatality.

I didn't watch it cause i'm saving it for when the game comes out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsFW6ppDqEU

Ed Boon is kewl. He has such a sense of humor.

(5:50)

XD that was awesome

Boon: Is Stryker in the game?
Giant Bomb: Well, we can't really talk-
Boon: Yeah, what bullshit is that?

LOL

That's a definite yes. Only if MINION was here, he'd freak.

Haha, I can't stop laughing at Boon saying all sarcasticly, "WOAh woah, wanna elaborate on that?!"

I wish the jumping were more old school like the high flipping-in-a-ball style. Well I guess it sort of is that way but it does seem a little slow and shallow from the ground. Always loved MK's air-game.

I don't get how that means Stryker's in??

It's pretty much a givin. He wouldn't single out Stryker for no reason. PLUS, (Drake) MINION always harasses Boon on his twitter account about stryker.

Ed Boon is chewing on my wallet, please stop him

O.O Kitana's fatality was better than I was expecting, I like it. That being said, I'd like to see something a bit more interesting for her second.

he mentioned stryker because the guy Boon was asking was the same guy who asked Boon about Stryker at e3

I am really loving The Throne Room, and that Giant bomb interview was gold lol.

http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v304/KI3/EdSez.mp4

From now on I'm linking to this in every horrible thread I have to close.

Where are you getting this "tribal" stuff from ??

Finally! Some extended Kitana footage and a fatality performed on her! =D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSHAr8pkYsc

Plus you can see Tanya in the background, I believe.
Edit: Also, some implications on her character presentation this time around. At the start of the fight, she says "You will learn respect!" or something similar. Seems like she's being presented as the assassin badass she's supposed to be rather than some kind of pretty little princess.

Man that lady in the background is annoying ...."oh ho ho oh ho".... shut up

And kid, it's called a move list, look at it.

I love that beginning of kitana! But they still need to change that horrible hair!

I'm hoping of a very good alternate costume otherwise with ponytail.

BTW I found this compilation of all shown fatalities, stage fatalities and x-ray moves shown so far.
The music is strange but you can watch it without the music of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDP4Agpkv7o

Was thinking the same thing. Damn, I love all those intro's and victory poses! Nice close up of her!

I think (hope) they will fix the hair. It's not that it's so much trouble to adjust. Just have to add some more gravity to the hair. I think they gave everybody the same properties for the hair right now.