These are honestly the last things I would want to see make a return in MK. I'd rather see the effort directed to more creative fatalities or new methods of finishing an opponent off. I do agree the character specific babalities were pretty funny, however.

They're definitely not everyone's cup of tea when it comes to finishers. Hard to say what the head honchos over at NRS think about them now days and if they're even considering using them. Hara Kiri's too. With the big online presence the series has now, I could actually see Hara Kiri's being the most likely for a comeback.

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Friendships ok
Animalities no way

Ed Boon is majorly hinting at the return of friendships on his Twitter account!

I would love to see animalities come back. However, I wouldn't have all characters transform. Just summon animals from the background or send your opponent into the background.

Certains characters like Reptile, D'Vorah and even Shang Tsung could transform themselves or their opponents into something.

I imagine the Friendships assuming the position of the Faction Kills, even with easy rules, associated with the Kingdom that is the loyalty of the player, 4 per kingdom. All characters have the same characters.

The finalizations of this game must again be variations of Fatalities and Brutalities. And I believe Hara Kiri will be in it as a variation of Brutality (all that system conditions).

I could see friendships. Not anamalities. I also see hara kiri's coming back.

Friendships would be great. I never wanna see animalities again.

I'd like to see hara kiris again with the modern graphics.

I would like to see them nail the fatalities first. MKX really failed in terms of diversity and Brutalities were a joke with quantity over quality and changing a perfect ending move from MK3 and turned it into a gimmick in my opinion. I want the original brutality back before anything else, but let them focus on making unique fatalities that are not just over the top bloody and about stuffing as many moves in there as possible instead of a fatal blow. Sometimes less is more.

Hell no!

What are you talking about? MKX brutalities less diverse than the original ones? You high bro?

No Animalities. They only make sense with characters such as Liu Kang or Nightwolf or even Shang Tsung(Him turning into a giant serpent and devouring his opponent could be cool), characters who can turn into Animals if possible.

But nobody wants to see Cassie Cage turning into a chicken and pecking her opponent to death. Yeah...no thanks.

Friendships could be cute and I wouldn't oppose it if they truly came up with some great ones. I truly enjoyed all the babalities in MK9 so I wouldn't mind another "Aww that's so cute" type of finisher.

Hara-Kiris I have a strong feeling will be implemented in some way, especially if they really are tackling some 3D era stuff in the story as it is appearing they are.

Could replace quitalities.




Whaaaaa? Brutalities were such a breath of fresh air in MKX.

To me the original Brutality is a great concept with a combo that continues to pick up speed just like a real fight would end. There's great potential in it. My problem with finishers in general is that they've become the focus while Deadly Alliance and Deception to me stood out for their diversity in the fighting styles, weapons, arena interaction and the like. MKX was too much about finishers, which to me includes the X-Ray which completely slows down ones momentum and does too much damage. I want the fast paced arcade experience again.

I actually loved all the old animalities but I'm just not sure how well they would work in the modern day. I'd prefer they actually have stage fatalities on release and have more than just three.

I gotta say, I'd be down with Friendships, I feel like there's a lot of potential to have fun with these, they can be so varied. The improved tech could probably lead to some amazing ones.

Animalities could also be something, but I'm more into Friendships for the variety.

Anamalities Ya No

now if Friendships were done with a sick twisted sense of humor I could definitely get behind that

I think they had a great chance doing animalities in MKX by using the animals in the backgrounds but after seeing them do banalities in MK9, I’d love to see what they’d do with friendships

Friendship hell yes
animalities hell no
babalities hell yes
brutalities hell yes
stage fatalities hell yes