The alternative to stance switch allowing certain combos in only one particular stance is that said combos are allowed regardless of the stance. This means that you are taking away options, not giving more, by having stance switch limitations.
Ahem! Dualist Liu Kang was made with the stance switch button in mind. How else They animated the light stance and the dark stance?. Huh!.So that's Why that variation exists. Because inspiration from that button (Sadly dark and light stances are not activated with stance switch button per se). Only they need to add more functionality to that button to the next games. Like they did with Liu Kang... They can with other characters.
No, that's not the case here. By default, the characters are facing the camera, so if some combos can work only if one or two of the chars have their backs against the camera (as you can see in the videos), that means that the stance switch feature only add more combos for you, not taking them from you.
Variations exist in MKX for way more reasons then that, but yeah it is a good additional reason too.
Makes the gameplay deeper, doesn't it?
there is other gameplay?
damn..
No, it isn't so. Every char in MKX can run, yet only some chars can use the run cancel mechanic, and that is a legit mechanic. So if only some chars has use for the Stance Switch button, that's still a legit feature/tech.
what do you mean with "only some chars can use the run cancel mechanic" ?
Oh you don't know? Only some chars in the game can use the run cancel mechanic, and in some cases it is exclusive to only one Variation for that char. That's because only some chars in the game and only in those Variations have access to a special move that they can cancel with a forward dash, which allows them to cancel it imminently to run and then immediately continue their pressure on block. For example, Scorpion in Hellfire Variation, but not in Ninjutsu or Inferno.
of course i know it. but i asked u anyway cos you are confusing things here.
You said earlier:
So I used the Run Cancel mechanic as an example to show that a legit mechanic doesn't need to be universal across the whole roster, as the Run Cancel mechanic isn't universal across the whole roster either. That is really not hard to understand, dude. If you can't understand that, then I don't know what to tell you.
dude, u still dont get it.
But just like only some chars can hold specials for the run cancel mechanic, only some chars can use the stance switch beyond it's aesthetic aspect, like Quan Chi, and every single char can use the anti-command grab tech from REO.
This would make more sense in a 3D fighter. The stance switch button making 3D-rendered characters in a 2D playing field whiff is just silly.
well, i still say that these stance things are just gimmicks, you can see them as legit and intended. everyone with their opinions.
No I don't have any footage of tourney matches, if I had I would show them to you, but I'm happy that at least we both now respect each other's opinion on this.
I don't know if leftover is the right word but yes it was a thing since MK Vs. DC which was on Unreal Engine 3.
No it isn't silly at all, it only adds more options for both players to work around and with the chars. I understand if you don't like it, but it's really not silly and it does add to the game, and I'm not the only one who says that.
Situational? Yes. Inconsistent? Not at all.
That one is actually the norm in fighting games with only a few exceptions. An easy example of that would be Vegas in Street fighter whose claws switch sides when he switch position on the screen. The only exception I can think of the top of my head is in KOF 14 with Nelson
