We’ve been made to wait a while to get our first glimpse of Mortal Kombat running on the PlayStation Vita – but thankfully the results don’t disappoint.
Running at a silky smooth 60 frames per second, the brawler looks largely identical to its PlayStation 3 counterpart, with big chunky character models filling out the PS Vita’s gorgeous OLED screen.
The full game boasts all of the content from the PlayStation 3 release, including the so-bad-it’s-good Story mode and the complete character roster. But the game’s more than just a simple port: there’s also room for all four of the PS3’s DLC characters, a bunch of additional costumes (including 15 PS Vita exclusive outfits based on Mortal Kombat 3), and a whole new Challenge Tower which utilises the PS Vita’s hardware in interesting new ways.
Some of these new challenges sound better than others. For example, one sees you “juggling a character using ground-based missile launchers” which are activated using the touch-screen. Fun. Another sees you “frantically wiping blood off the screen” in order to avoid being blinded in a deadly face-off against Baraka. Not so fun.
Still, it was the variety that made Mortal Kombat such a fun reboot on PS3. The original Challenge Tower was packed with creativity, and we’re eager to see what NetherRealm’s able to cook up using the PS Vita’s various unique interfaces.
[source blog.us.playstation.com]
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Looks like the Vita is going to be rammed with great 1 on 1's. Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Blaze Blue, Street Fighter X Tekken etc...lets just hope that d-pad does the business!
Protip: When playing multiplayer, after winning two rounds during the FINISH HIM! prompt, enter toward, toward, away, down, high punch, high punch. This will cause your opponent's Vita to rip his fingers off.
@SpaceKappa: I tried that on the PS3 version, but all it did to my opponent was rip his fingernails off! Very disappointing.
@Azikira Don't worry, they're patching it.
Graphics seem a little downgraded from the other versions and how the heck are you supposed to fight while wiping blood from the screen? That aside the game seems really great.
This will probably be the first game I get for the Vita, loved the PS3 version (would've been my GOTY for 2011 had it not been for Batman: Arkham City) and this is looking like a great port of that.
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