Honestly I wouldn't mind..

Speaking of cooking friendships.. Hotaru could turn into an iron chef and wig out with the utensils.

friendships were a waste of fatalities i would prefer an animality.

Nah. I mean, they were funny and all, but the 'ridiculous humor' stage of MK is past, now. There's still comedy, but that's best kept to extras, like images in the Krypt.

Mind you, Shang Tsung creating a rainbow from his hands still gives me nightmares.

Sonya_B Wrote: I miss them! I don't know if I'm the only one but I actually liked Friendships. I always cracked up when Baraka tried to be nice in MK2... or Reptile... LOL It was nice to see the characters doing something else other than try to kill their foe. But I think they should be more character-related, like Cage's. I can totally see Kano grilling a steak using his laser eye... lol

I wouldn't like to see them return. I think they should (and it looks like they are!) return to the darker feel of MK, but without the Friendships/Babalities. I do however think that instead of Friendships, a Mercy could be performed instead of a Fatality - with no extra life gained back - just an match ending that isn't a fatality. Also if they did the Animalities correct, kinda like Liu Kang's dragon Fatality in MK4...

How about they just stick with a good thing, and keep Friendships, Animalities, and Babalities out of the game? They were pointless and took up unnecessary space.

You can take all of those rip-off -altiies and shove it. I want MK:D to stick with the dark roots Mortal Kombat was meant to be.

lol yeah friendships were funny, I wouldn't mind them returning.

People seem to forget that Mortal Kombat II, which is the game most of us consider to be the best of the bunch had many very silly things.

Which we all loved.

Disco Liu!!!

I don't want to see Friendships return to Mortal Kombat because I feel that the franchise is taking steps in the positive direction by returning to it's dark roots.

Deception looks like a dark twisted game and if there were Friendships mixed with that, it would ruin the whole mood and image that Deception is trying to achieve.

Like the majority already said, they're going for a darky mood for the game, sure MKII was humourous and had friendships.I personally couldn't stand seeing them, they were a waste of time.

I wouldnt mind seeing friendships return but maybe they could be unlocked through konguest or just a couple characters have them. It would be cool if some characters had animalities also, like NIghtwolf turn into a wolf or Lui Kang turn into his dragon but every character shouldnt have a friendship, animality or babality like back in the good ol' days.

Peace Out

If you're all into that "dark roots" thing, what do you think about Chess Kombat or Puzzle Comabt. I mean wouldn't you like that?

DMitch Wrote: If you're all into that "dark roots" thing, what do you think about Chess Kombat or Puzzle Comabt. I mean wouldn't you like that?

But those are added things to add replay value. Friendships are ok maybe once, but other than that, they are rather worthless. Puzzle Combat could really be enjoyable, and I'm a fan of Chess, so it could be a great addition, though I may not have liked it when I first read about it...

I would say no.


I want MK to stray away from the funny stuff.


I never did the friendships in the old games, so I would probably never do them in a new one.

I just don't like the idea.

DMitch Wrote: If you're all into that "dark roots" thing, what do you think about Chess Kombat or Puzzle Comabt. I mean wouldn't you like that?

Yeah but in general, Deception is a dark fighter, I Don't think Chess Combat or Puzzle Combat attribute to the over all story and I don't think there is any conflict happening in the story in those modes. I think they are just spin off games for multi player purposes.

Puzzle and chess Kombat are good ideas I think.


I could live without them, but I think they are still good.

I don't see how you can compare friendships to Animalities, Babalities, and Brutalities. Friendships were actually unique, unlike Brutalities and babalities. They were also quite interesting, much, much unlike Animalities.

But like some said above(props to ya), they need to be more unique to the character(Sub - Snow cone, ect.). It would give a nice touch of nostalgia, at least for me.

TemperaryUserName Wrote: I don't see how you can compare friendships to Animalities, Babalities, and Brutalities. Friendships were actually unique, unlike Brutalities and babalities. They were also quite interesting, much, much unlike Animalities. But like some said above(props to ya), they need to be more unique to the character(Sub - Snow cone, ect.). It would give a nice touch of nostalgia, at least for me.

I agree. And IMO, friendships actually made sense. instead of totally killing your opponent, you could choose to be nice to em and be there friend.

I thought the friendships were unique, and even though i love how MK is takin the darker roots, i actually wouldnt mind seeing friendships return, i'm sure it wouldnt hurt that much.

Friendships - Yes
Animalities/Babalities/Brutalities/Nudalities (I know they're not real) - No.

THis would be funny on konquest mode though. or playing online.

See, I think animalities could be cool if they were done correctly, with good animation like Liu's (like someone said above). When I first saw in DA that they were going to have 3 fighting styles, I thought 'well, cool, they'll probably have 2 fatalities and a weapon fatality'. That was really untrue, unfortunately. They should have done that this time, but the Hari-Karis (if done well) should be enough to satiate those people who liked the other, gimmicky -alities.

i remember when i was 9-10 yrs old, and MK2 came out and ALL my friends LOVED the friendships and babalities and it just made the game that much enjoyable (i also remember wanting to be mileena when we played outside, until i found out what she really looked like under the mask.. hehe! :P)
As much as we enjoyed all that stuff back then, i think the goin back to the whole dark side idea is just perfect for the game and the more serious tone it's taking... friendships and babalities and maybe even animalities may F*** that up..u kno.

Boon has said in one of the interviews (dunno which one anymore) that friendships, babalities will not return. The game has still humorous things (see the pics in the Krypt) but not when it comes to fighting itself. Maybe we'll see Animalities, but the game will see them as fatalities like it did in MK4/Gold. Friendships were really fun, but I don't think they would fit in this dark game the MK Team is developing.

^_^