Mortal Kombat 1’s combat system revolves around 2v2 battles. You take control of a main playable character and choose one Kameo Fighter (assist) that contributes attacks to your fight with the press of a quick button.
While the system itself has been fairly well received by fans, there are undoubtedly some folks who aren’t the happiest that their favorite characters have been relegated to just a Kameo Fighter and not an actual playable character. However, the PC mod community is now working on a way to make it so that you can actually select the Kameo characters and play them on point as main roster fighters instead.
Prominent Mortal Kombat 1 PC modder Ermaccer has shared their first glimpse at this PC mod in action over on X (formerly Twitter). First up, there are a handful of screenshots showing the likes of Sareena, Sonya, and Jax taking the lead position in the fight.
Even better than that, though, is the gameplay footage Ermaccer also shared on YouTube. The video runs through several of the Kameos’ basic combo strings, specials, and more, and we get to see Sareena, Stryker, Jax, and Sonya up to bat first.
Naturally, some of the attacks these Kameos have as point characters take from other actual main roster fighters in order to flesh out their move sets more. For example, we see that Stryker is currently equipped with Johnny Cage’s nut punch.
Here’s a little more about this mod from the creator:
“This is a proof of concept for upcoming MK1Hook feature!” wrote Ermaccer on X. “You will be able to swap character definitions (Kameo->Main and vice versa), it will be pretty limited as you have to use already loaded definition to swap (so if you want to play as a kameo and use a kameo, you will have to set P2 kameo to the character you want to play as).
“Other than that, initial script calling will also be featured. And as mentioned in descriptions, kameos have to use someones else moveset (so specials, xrays and fatalities),” concluded the modder.
Ermaccer noted that they will likely aim to wrap this mod up after the Tremor DLC Kameo Fighter gets added to the game — which will be on November 20. Until then, check out the footage below to see how some of Mortal Kombat 1’s Kameo Fighters could fight as point characters.