We’ve seen weather effects within the stages of the Mortal Kombat games for a long time now. We’ve seen rain and lightning effects in MK4. Snow was also in one of the arenas there. There have been many stages which could have had possible hazards and dangers associated with the weather. It’d be nice to see interaction with some of these weather effects in MKD.

Influences of the Weather

Acid Rain: Normal rain is harmless when just falling around you. With acid rain, you can have it eat away at trees or corrode other materials and buildings. In effect, for a stage like the Living Forest, trees would fall down in an attempt to crush you because the acid rain has destroyed part of them. Imagine other building structures suddenly and the debris hitting and damaging you.

Wind: So much can be done with the wind in stages. You can have strong gusts blowing against you slowing down your forward movement, or having it from behind pushing you towards your opponent. Now that MK is in 3D, we can have wind blowing from the side so in effect making you sidestep. This could result in attacks missing or you being thrown off balance at times.

Also, as in my Temple of the Elements stage, the wind can affect projectiles. If projectiles are used whilst you are being pushed away from each other, they will rebound and hit the sender. Projectiles are sped up if the wind is blowing the opponents towards each other.

And where are the tornadoes?

Fog/Mist: These weather forms could build up and fade every so often to obstruct the vision of both players. You’d essentially be fighting unawares. You could see shadowy images through the haze however. On some stages they can even hide death traps and you might walk into one or get knocked into one unawares.

Hail: Imagine huge hail balls falling and damaging you, and eve damage your surroundings and the ground in front of you. You could even have meteorite showers for more damage.

Lightning: We all know what this is capable of. So we should see it happening. Lightning can strike objects and destroy them, causing flying debris that damages you. Or it can destroy any platforms your on or even destroy barriers that you couldn’t break through before to allow you to knock the opponent to another level. Or if you’re in it’s path, strike you and cause severe damage.

Thunder: Where there is lightning, there must be thunder. And thunder in itself can be fun. Imagine it’s monstrous sound triggering avalanches or triggering buildings to suddenly give way.

Sun: Extreme heat could cause your characters to sweat and tire them out a little. We could see slower movement from fighters maybe.

Sleet: Sleet can be used in some arenas to provide a slippery surface. It’d make moving around harder and you’d be prone to tripping up if you moved too fast. Dashing attacks would see you slammed face first into the ground and any attempts to run would be stupid.

Snow Blizzards would be nice to see along wirh snow drifts maybe. Blizzards would hinder movement in all directions and the build up of snow could mean death trap and danger markers are hidden. Also, Blood would look really nice on the snow.

Your thoughts?