Mortal Kombat

by Warner Bros

• The same quality Mortal Kombat gaming experience found in the 2011 console version of the game, now made portable at 60 frames per second through PS Vita
• New features and content exclusively for the PS Vita System, such as touchscreen fatalities and a balancing gameplay mechanic using PS Vita's accelerometer
• New play modes including a new Challenge Tower mode, and Test Your Slice and Test Your Might modes
• An extensive lineup of iconic warriors, and DLC previously for the console versions of the game
• Two-player support in ad hoc or Wi-Fi matches

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0074LJ3CE
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 4 x 1 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: May 1, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #684 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #6 in Video Games > PlayStation Vita > Games > Action

Product Description

Platform: PlayStation Vita | Edition: Standard

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Prepare yourself to reenter the tournament wherever you are as Mortal Kombat comes to PlayStation Vita. A complete reboot of the franchise, this latest iteration combines all-new mature oriented fighter gameplay with a deep story mode, improved graphics and game technology and new game modes to create a Mortal Kombat play experience like none before it. Feature details include: a storyline that takes players back to the original tournament, exclusive PS Vita functionality, fatalities presented in graphic detail never imagined in earlier release, and all-new game modes.

The Mortal Kombat franchise is reborn with the advanced features of PS Vita.
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The Deadliest Tournament in the Palm of Your Hand

The newest chapter of the iconic Mortal Kombat Fighting game franchise marks a triumphant return to the series' mature presentation, as well as its first appearance on the PlayStation Vita handheld operating system. More than just a handheld port of the 2011 console release of the game, Mortal Kombat for PS Vita provides players with a high-end gameplay experience, as well as features and content that only Sony's new handheld can supply. The game contains the story mode from the console release of the game, and all of the DLC characters and costumes that have been made available. In addition to this, the game harnesses the PS Vita's touchscreen capabilities, and built-in accelerometer to provide exclusive modes, including: the all-new Challenge Tower mode, and Test Your Slice and Test Your Might modes.

Key Game Features

• The same quality Mortal Kombat gaming experience found in the 2011 console version of the game, now made portable through PS Vita
• New features and content exclusively for the PS Vita System
• All-new Challenge Tower mode with 150 brand new missions
• Touchscreen fatalities, Xrays, and more
• Warriors, environments and fatalities are as brutal as ever
• Fluid gameplay at 60 frames per second
• An extensive lineup of iconic warriors
• Challenge friends in ad hoc or Wi-Fi matches

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Product Description

Mortal Kombat PS Vita

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fatalities In Your Hands! A True Komplete Edition. AR Feature Is Fun. May 1, 2012

By J. Figueroa TOP 500 REVIEWER

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita| Edition:Standard|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I've been waiting to get my hands on this game since it was announced for the PS Vita and I'm glad to say, this game delivers. If you bought the console (PS3) version last year, then the Vita version will make youf feel at home; the main menu looks exactly as the bigger console counterpart,Scorpion punching the snot out of Sub-Zero. The Vita version offers an array of new modes. All classic costumes are included, some other costumes are unlocked by completing challenges. All 32 fighters are included in this version including DLCs from the console version such as Rain, Skarlet and Freddy Krueger. Of course, Kratos is there.

At the main menu you will see:

Fight
Story Mode : A retelling of the arcade classics from MK1 to MK3)
Challenge Tower: Konquer Hundreds of Challenges from The Tower of The Elder Gods.
Bonus Challenge Tower: Master an all new set of challenges. Touch, Slice and balance your way to the top)
Training: a way to learn and master the moves.
Versus: online and local
Extras: Krypt, Nekropolis, Kredits.
Options: Controls, GamePlay, Audio/Video (including contrast and brightness)

Select "Fight",there you have:

Ladder (just like the console cousin)
Tag Ladder:Tag team tournament using 2 players. (tagging done with the R stick)
Test Your Balance: where you use the Vitas motion to keep your balance or die
Test Your Slice: think of fruit ninja, but with body parts...bloody good time!
Test Your Luck: Slot machine wheels
Test Your Might: fill up the meter and smash through difficult objects
Test Your Sight: Find the object under one of the heads or die
Test Your Strike: Just like test your might, but precision is the name of the game....

The game runs at a smooth 60 FPS without any hicups. I was able to perform special moves/combos/fatalities without much effort; and just like the original version, you can pause at any time to look at the list of commands. X-Ray moves are performed by pressing LB+RB at the same time, if you want to do an enhanced super move, simply press RB while performing the move, simple. Fatalities are easy to pull and we can now use the touch screen, which by the way, is freaking sweet. I'm sure many of you saw the trailers where players had to wipe blood off the screen; luckily, this is only done during challenges.

Touch Fatalities: This is a new feature that makes the game that much more enjoyable for Vita owners. The way you do it is, simply look at the moves needed for the fatality, for example, foward, back, down, down (not an actual fatality), then simply swipe your finger in those directions and voila! The sweet, bloody mess is all yours to enjoy.

The AR Feature: it is sweet! BUT, as of now, can only be used in practice mode. I hope in the future a patch is released to be able to use it during actual fights. This is how to do it: In "Practice" at the fighter selection screen, press the TRIANGLE key, this will take you to the arena selection, once you're there, scroll to the arena of your choice (but do not press anything to chose it)then press LB+RB at the same time, you will hear a loud laughter, indicating AR has been unlocked; next chose your figthers, the game will load, the arena you wanted will now have AR backgrounds, enjoy the view!

Some have complained about the game's graphics, and I have to admit, the characters look a bit out dated and blocky, but that was a sacrifice needed to have a fluid frame rate. Don't be fooled though, the game still looks good, considering the limitations. I know the Vita is supposed to be a powerful system, but you have to take into account the complexity of this game, if you owned the the PS3/360 versions, you know how detailed the game was; trying to cram all that info into a small flash based card is a challenge on its own. I have been playing the game for many hours now and I can tell you, THIS IS NOT A LAZY PORT. The game's controls and mechanics have been re-done from the ground up, to fit the PS Vita's needs and capabilities. The adition of touch/balance features is something every Vita owner will appreciate and will keep you playing for a long time.MP was also a breeze. I was able to connect without any issues and in no time I was getting my ass handed to me online.

If you want to enhanced the experience, I suggest you get a PS Vita grip such as this CTA Digital PS Vita Hand Grip . That grip makes it much easier to play, due to its ergonomic design, that makes you feel like your holding a PS3 controller.

In conclusion, if you are a true fan of the series, this game won't disappoint you, so do NOT SKIP this one. It comes packed with tons of extra content and modes that take advantage of the Vita's features. It is worth every penny of the $40 hands down. Players new to the series will enjoy it and long-time fans will rejoice having bloody fatalities in the palm of their hands. Peace. Read more ›

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing December 9, 2012

By SMusser

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita| Edition:Standard|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I'm not a big fan of the MK series and have always preferred SNK and Capcom fighters.. but this new MK is absolutely amazing. I just love how it plays and can't believe how much content they put into this ps Vita version.

If you like fighting games at all then this game must be in your kollection!

I still prefer SF4 but, I would give this MK game a 10 out of 10. I just can't imagine them squeezing any more into a game designed for a portable system. It is just so polished.

Even though I prefer sf4 I would give that an 8 because I have some gripes with the collision-detection in it.

In any case, I am now an MK fan. I just can't put it down.

The thing that surprised me most was that this game is both a 1vs1 or tag team game like marvel vs capcom or tekken tag tourny.. Only with mk character. Fighting games with tag elements have always been my favorite way to play and I was so excited to see they squeezed that into MK.

The story mode is also amazing. It's like watching a high production movie that you get to participate in. I am blown away. This story makes me actually care about the characters' lives.. and when something happens to a character I actually am moved.

This may very well be the Vita's best game yet..

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Near-perfect Komplete Kollection port and bonuses May 15, 2012

By Christopher Engel

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita| Edition:Standard|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

As far as Mortal Kombat--or any fighting game, for that matter--goes, the unbelievable amount of content here is beautiful. Not only does this include everything in the Komplete Kollection for consoles (The original + All DLC for it), but it adds a massive "Bonus Challenge Tower" that includes Vita-specific minigames that are all very well-done, as well as Vita-specific control schemes to be used, not the least of which includes touchscreen-activated fatalities, which do not require any attack commands to perform, hence removing any accidental inputs that could potentially end the match with a jab instead of the fatality intended. There are neat little touches everywhere, and it's easy to see that the developers made sure people were going to like this, and Vita users in particular were going to like it, even if they already have the Komplete Kollection.

There are a few minor gripes, but one is not the graphics, which for some reason have gotten a lot of heat for not being PS3-level. First of all, while it does lose detail compared to the console versions, it isn't a catastrophic loss. The developers insisted throughout the development that the game would maintain a 60 fps frame rate, so was it really fair to ask for a flawless conversion onto such different hardware? If it weren't for the gorgeous console versions, no one would be saying a word about the graphics in this, but for comparison's sake, yes, the console versions do have more detail. But it's not worth even one loss of a star over.

Some may like it, some may hate it, but for obvious reasons, the lobbies from the console versions of the multiplayer are gone--thank God.... Everyone who's been in those totally unmoderated lobbies knows exactly what I'm talking about when I say it's refreshing to *NEVER* have to see them, with all their glorious spamming of insensible trash that is still impossible to disable while you're looking for a match. We now have a simple matchmaking system for ranked and unranked games, private or public, either in teams or not in teams. It's simple and it works.

Touchscreen fatalities don't work quite as well as I had hoped, and I find myself reverting back to using the D-pad and attack commands. They're simply unforgiving, and a slightly crooked swipe with the finger can ruin your sequence. It definitely takes some getting used to, but unless you're horrible with those inputs on the D-pad, you probably won't find the feature very useful. It's a neat idea, but it's not implemented particularly well. The fatalities themselves are no different--you don't, for instance, swipe once to taze your opponent as Stryker, and then swipe an arc to blow their head off, which could have been neat. Instead, you just input the commands normally, the only difference being that there is no attack command required. Baraka's second fatality is still F, F, D, D, to perform it. Normally, it would include LK at the end of that. But because the touchscreen is also used to move and attack, it's easy to screw up.

Touchscreen movement and attacking is, as you would guess, totally useless for real play, and at the same time, hurts the usability of touchscreen fatalities, because it will cause you to move as you swipe, potentially ruining your distance. If they had simply disabled touchscreen movement and attacks and left it for fatalities and X-rays, this would have been fine, but they tried to do too much, and it doesn't work. Chances are, you'll go back to the regular button inputs to do such things.

It should be noted that microphone support is fully supported, so unless your opponent has his disabled, you can both chat by default without any kind of headset, since the Vita has a built-in microphone. Some may not like this, but I find it great. It adds some sociability in the game, and most people are polite when it's their actual voice, unlike online. It definitely adds something to the experience when you're both having fun with the game and you can hear each other's real-life cries every time some major upset happens. It's very cool, to say the least.

The bottom line: Even if you own Mortal Kombat for a console, the Vita edition is still worth it for what you get. There are extra costumes not even included in the Komplete Kollection, a whole lot of gameplay tweaks, a massive number of new Vita-specific challenges, better multiplayer support (without that God-awful spam box always present), and for those concerned, you *DO NOT* have to do the story all over again to get Cyber Sub-Zero or Quan Chi--everyone's there ahead of time, which was kind of the developers. Most of us are well past that phase, and it's good that they recognized that.

Very highly recommended for anyone who wants MK on their Vita; it's a near-perfect conversion with its own bells and whistles, and is especially worthwhile for people who are either new or who did not spend the cash on the DLC already. But even if you did spend cash on DLC, you still won't have everything this version has, and that makes up for it. Great stuff. Read more ›

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Mortal Kombat Vita is awesome! May 1, 2012

By Crazy Jay

Platform for Display:PlayStation Vita| Edition:Standard|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

Mortal Kombat is a excellent portable fighting game with all the fighters from the console. The game is amazing if you want to fight on the go. The graphics are good with some jagged edges but that doesn't hurt the game at all and the game runs smoothly on the PlayStation Vita. Get ready to fight in Mortal Kombat on the go! Fatality lives!