If you don't want to use the link that the guy provided. The website is www.gamefaqs.com. And that's a Q, not a G. GAMEFAQS. If you put in "Mortal Kombat 9" in the search bar at the top, it'll show up for PS3 and Xbox 360. I clicked on the Xbox 360 one and it did indeed say in the description that it's a 2D fighting game being developed by Midway.
By the way, I wasn't trying to advertise for their site FYI. I was just trying to clear that up for the poster that couldn't seem to find it.
Anyways, I still don't believe it. Either they got their info from Gamespot or they're just flat out wrong and it wouldn't be the first time for Gamefaqs to do something like that.
Still, it's a bit strange that now two relatively reputable websites are saying the game's in 2D. Is that what Boon means by "shocking?" I personally doubt it, but who knows. They were crazy (or dumb) enough to do a versus game, so maybe they've decided that SF4's success could be repeated?
Again, I'm skeptical as well. Not of the original poster or his source, but of the accuracy of the information itself. I just don't think they have it right, regardless of where they got their info from.
As for things I'd like to see in the next MK Game:
DEEPER STORYLINES: Most of the fans that have stuck by MK since the beginning are adults now. Can we please have storylines that are a bit deeper than "ha! I'm evil! Therefore I will do evil things!"
Let's see some characters with a real range of human emotion. Let's see some plots that go deeper than simple revenge or good vs evil (let's see some gray area characters). If you're going to tell a story (as MK has been traditionally pretty decent at doin)then motivate me to actually care about the characters.
A DIVIDING LINE: In other words, the next MK game HAS to tell us what happened in Armageddon. Not just the few characters that survived, but who didn't and why. There needs to be a dividing line between the past and present (which sets up the future) and that can only be achieved by knowing how it all went down.
If the next game just jumps into a new story with new villains or brings back old villains just for the heck of it, I'll be seriously disappointed.
UNIQUE CHARACTERS: This has always been a point of contention with MK fans but I really think it's time. I know that MK grew out of the 2D era where everyone had mainly the same sets of regular attacks, only being separated by their special moves.
But to me, fighting games have advanced so far beyond those technical limitations (and I really do believe that was the only reason for having characters with the same standard moves back then).
We now have the opportunity to see ninjas that fight like ninjas, kickboxers that fight like kickboxers, sorcerers that fight like sorcerers, judo masters who fight like a judo master would etc. I'm NOT saying that MK should be made into a Tekken clone. FAR FROM IT.
But in terms of making each fighter a more well rounded character, I'd like to see characters that fight in a unique way. If it says that they're a wrestler, then I'd like to see them use wrestling moves. You know, shoot the single leg takedown, go for joint locks etc. Yeah, they'll also have to use punches and kicks, but that won't be their strength.
Same goes for a tae kwon do fighter. Punches might not be too great for them, but they should have a large variety of kicks and some throws at their disposal.
SPECIAL MOVES WITH STANDARD MOVES: So you incorporate unique and FUN standard moves sets that feature more interesting combos and you combine those with the special moves.
This is where, for me, MK's new identity should come from. A game that can fight a little like Tekken or Virtua Fighter in terms of regular moves, but then has the added layer of special moves like a Street Fighter or (obviously) Mortal Kombat has always had.
The key to this is allowing characters to use their special moves in a variety of different ways. Sure you can begin and end combos with special moves, and that's great, but special move combos (ie Kitana's fan lift to square wave punch to fan throw) shouldn't be forgotten either.
Perhaps some special moves could be used during fights. If Baraka is doing a double jump kick, maybe the opponent goes up in the air, Baraka does his blade fury as they fall down and then he ends it with an uppercut or a roundhouse.
In other words: Incorporate the special moves much more into the regular moves to make them all seem like "special moves."
DODGE/ESCAPE INSTEAD OF BLOCKING:
This is unrelated to the last few, but I'd really like to see the abandonment of the blocking system as we know it. Sure, you could have a button that blocks when you press it. But if you want to block, you have to block a punch when a punch is thrown. So no holding block for 2 minutes while someone is repeatedly punching you in the face.
Real fights simply don't work like that!
In addition to a block button that can't be held, I'd add a DODGE/ESCAPE BUTTON. This would allow you to dodge a punch, kick, special move etc, or escape from throws/joint locks etc.
When I watch martial arts movies, I see alot of characters dodging punches, escaping from holds etc. I'd like to see this added to MK, as I really think it would speed up the fighting (while still looking a lot more natural than say a RUN button where characters race toward one another).
REVERSALS/PARRYS: In another effort to help the defensive minded people (but not those that prefer to turtle), I'd want to add reversals for kicking, punching, special moves that aren't projectile based etc.
Now obviously, characters that are more prone to reversals (ie characters who's martial arts style has alot of reversing moves/parrying/using fighters weight against them etc) will be better at this in the spirit of balancing out characters.
But whether a character simply catches a fist and throws it to the side, or catches a leg and punches the opponent in the face, catches a leg and trips the other, or catches the leg and goes into an intricate throw (that can also be escaped from), each character should have reversals and parrys at their disposal and some characters should have a fairly wide variety at that.
It gives you more incentive to play defensively, to strategize and try to anticipate your opponents moves and I think it would simply be more fun. Of course, it would also be fun to slam someone in the face that's reversal happy with a nice fireball, but again, that also comes with territory of strategizing and being methodical when fighting.
To me, all of this sounds like a lot more fun than simply throwing someone when they hold block or fail to sweep someone when they're turtling.
Thoughts?
