Mortal Kombat 2, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Shaolin Monks, Deception and Konquest all specifically mentioned
It’s a matter of when, not if, we’ll see some of the older Mortal Kombat games remastered according to Ed Boon. Whether this will be done by NetherRealm Studios or an outside development team remains to be seen.
Also, which title(s) will be remastered is also up for debate, but in a question and answer session, the Mortal Kombat series co-creator mentioned a few specific possibilities: Mortal Kombat 2, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Shaolin Monks, Deception and Konquest.
Ed Boon was asked what he hopes to see in the future of the Mortal Kombat franchise, by fans at the show at the Cleveland Gaming Classic video game convention.
“To me, there’s two kinds of directions. One, I think we do need to continue moving forward with new content,” said Boon, likely referring to DLC and other things for the 2023 release, Mortal Kombat 1.
Addressing the second part, Boon said that “There’s a catalogue of 30 years of games, and a lot of high points in people’s memories. Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, Deception and Konquest, all of these pivotal moments.”
Back in 2021 on Twitter, Boon asked his followers which remaster they’d be most interested in, and fans responded that it was Shaolin Monks.
“Some people in the audience were probably born after the first Mortal Kombat [game came out in 1992], so a lot of people have kind of been on boarded into Mortal Kombat,” said Boon.
“I would love it if we could revisit some of those moments with the latest technology. Remasters, another action-adventure game, I really feel like there’s great opportunities for that,” Boon stated.
Later, Ed Boon was asked if he considered a modern take on the photo capture style of the original Mortal Kombat game released in the early 1990s.
“Yeah, there was a project that got started that had much higher resolution [assets],” he said.
While it’s not confirmed, it’s likely Boon is referring to the Mortal Kombat HD Kollection that he mentioned on Twitter back in 2021.
“I think they were 3D models, but they certainly looked like photo-realistic versions of the characters, it was kind of remakes of the classic arcade games,” Boon said.
“They’d started, but hit snags that I’m not really allowed to discuss, but it stalled them,” Boon noted.
It seems Boon is under some kind of obligation that prevents him from discussing why this project was cancelled, which he hopes to address at some point in the future.
Regardless, Ed is optimistic that such a project will emerge — at some point in time.
“But that’s certainly something that’s always on our minds, someday it would be great to bring back Mortal Kombat 2 or Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 using today’s technology,” he said.
“One day the stars are going to align and we’re going to make that happen,” concluded Boon.
You can check out the embedded video where these quotes came from below.
If you’d like to go further, make sure you read about how the developers of the first Mortal Kombat game knew they had a hit on their hands, and how one of Baraka’s fatalities went too far and they cut it from the game.
Video from Tabmok99.
Source: Event Hubs
