I also wish they'd return MK to 2-D, but I don't really think it's possible. I think Midway reached the point of no return. I like 2-D MK a lot better than the new 3-D MK, and I have a little idea here...........
Midway can probably make a 2-D and 3-D version of future MK games as one game.
For example: Say if they had made MK:DA in both 2-D and 3-D all on the same CD, it would be like this:
When the game loads up, first the game would load your memory card, then they'll give you the option of playing either the 2-D or 3-D version of the game......
If you click 2-D, the game would be old-school, with all the characters in the game having moves that usually existed in 2-D MKs, plus all the characters that are hidden in the 3-D version would still be hidden UNTIL they are unlocked in the 3-D part of the game.
The 2-D would only have the simple stuff, like just old-school tournament ladders, versus mode, and endings in old text format like MK1-Trilogy and an option menu to change the difficulty ect.
Anyway, everything else is in the 3-D part of the game, the regular 3-D arcade and the ability to walk around the stages' environments, plus the training mode, Konquest, the Krypt, Kontent, the cooler endings, and 3-D would be the ONLY part of the game where you earn koins for the Krypt.
So basically the 2-D should be like a special add-on so that old-school players can ditch the 3-D side of the game and play the 2-D part of it once they get all the characters or if they just get sick of the 3-D part of the game and hunger for the old-school 2-D.
Besides, it can't be hard to do, the 2-D part of the game would have the old controls, which are HP, LP, HK, LK, BL, and RN with old-school button combos while the 3-D would still have the stupid "changing fighting styles" thing.
Characters would have different special moves depending on which version you're playing, for example:
If you played MK:DA in 2-D mode, Mavado would have more moves, which would only be possible with the 2-D capabilities. His stupid 3-D "red rope spring" move would look cooler in 2-D if he stretched the roped and the clips gripped the edge of the screen and he, like, bungee jump horizontally to the opponent. I can also see him sort of use his ropes in 2-D like how Kano had his "Psycho Cannon Ball" in MK Trilogy.
Sorry if this post is long, but If Midway did this, then everyone is the winner.
Also, if there is not enough memory on one CD for all that, then Midway can simply put all the 2-D stuff on a 2nd CD and sell that one game as a "2 CD game". Everything I said above would be the same except the hidden characters would still he hidden like above, but once they're unlocked in the 3-D CD and saved on the memory card, then the memory card would simply unlock the hidden guys you unlocked when the 2-D version of the game loads up.
