Street Fighter’s success with one of its new features opens up an easy win for a future Mortal Kombat title to outdo it in its own way.
After four years without a NetherRealm Studios game, it feels good to have a new Mortal Kombat making the rounds again. Mortal Kombat 1 is the latest entry in the American fighting game franchise, and it marks the second soft reboot in Mortal Kombat’s continuity. While this has changed a lot about the characters and setting, the experience of playing Mortal Kombat 1 feels similar to past entries. Competitive fans are still digging into the mechanics and Invasions mode is an interesting take on the Krypt, but MK1 could have benefited from changing more than it did.
Evidence for this can be found in Street Fighter 6, which only predates MK1 by a few months. The divisive era of Street Fighter 5 spurred Capcom to develop something that would draw players back in, and by all accounts, it succeeded. Introducing major new features like a 3D online lobby, and even things that have appeared in Mortal Kombat like an open-world story mode and custom fighters, Street Fighter 6 feels like what the aging franchise needed. However, like SF6 borrowed from MK, the next Mortal Kombat could seriously impress fans by honing in on one of Street Fighter’s own innovations. Modern Controls Could Be The Next Mortal Kombat’s Selling Point
Despite often outselling Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat still finds itself in its senior’s shadow.
