Whenever we play mortal kombat, whether with a friend or against the computer its the same thing...you choose your character(s)...the screen goes blank for either a loading purpose or to transition...and then the characters are there in the stage: face to face and then allt he sudden its "FIGHT" I was thinking of having minor intros to the stage and fight instead, particulary a birds eye view of the stage or something, and also a brief intro portraying how the kombatants enter the stage in the first place.

SO for example: you are playing ARCADE MODE and you choose Baraka, the screen dims and reappears (and say the stage was the weapons room), There would be a brief FMV intro to the stage with the camera scanning through the various corners of the room and strategically positioning itself to show some of the stages weapons and such (all this takes 5 seconds) then it would cut to a quick scene of baraka entering the room and making eye contact with say reptile who was already in the weapons room for whatever purpose...then they enter their fighting stances and voila...they are NOW in their poses and ready for the "FIGHT" to appear...

thought that was kinda cool...it would make it more cinematic