Mortal Kombat (9) is a love letter to the fanbase! Focusing on the beginning of the franchise, but with a twist. It was a great way to tell everyone that Ed Boon and the MK team, now as Netherrealm Studios, was given a fresh new start and opportunities, but wanted to still work on Mortal Kombat as a franchise.
They took the franchise into the modern era by taking the things that made MK good to begin with and spruced it up with some new things! However, though they went back to the 2D platform (which they were highly praised for) and focused on the characters/story of the original games, Mortal Kombat had a re-imagined identity which is evolving for each game.
I see it like this... The 2D era was MK's childhood, the good old days where the franchise was fresh and new and slowly growing into its shoes. Then came the 3D era which was kinda that awkward teen phase where it tried to fit in with the "cool kids" (the other 3D fighters) and kinda struggled with its identity. And with the modern era, it is now fully grown as an adult, though still young, where it is more comfortable with itself and kinda knows what it is about.
Which fits well with Mortal Kombat 11 coming out as the franchise is turning 27 years this year! This is a franchise I've grown up with and I've loved through the good, the bad... and the outright ugly...
... So anyways...
Reo, awesome video! It's good to take a look back sometimes so we can see how we've grown, both we as people and fans, but the franchise itself as well. And it also gives newer fans who wasn't here from the beginning some insight to what the franchise has gone through to get where it is today. ^^
