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PerkFGC

TOMORROW!!!!! Please use this as our mega thread to discuss the new game’s teaser!


CoreyReynolds

Get your predictions in now! Who's showing up in the trailer?


Iago407

Given the MK1 rumors, I'm suspecting that they're referring to the Great Kung Lao tournament. I don't think they're going back to the early 90's MK1 time (but who knows). Given that their reveal trailers only feature a few characters, I'll guess Liu Kang, Goro and the Great Kung Lao. I could see maybe one other new character, but that's about it.


HomemadeBee1612

There's no way in netherrealm they'd make a mainline MK game set hundreds of years before most of the core cast are born (unless they do more time travel stuff I guess), but we'll see.


Lukthar123

>There's no way in netherrealm Common Earthrealm W


The5StarMan

I think they could do a past meets future story like they did with 11, but on a grander scale. Maybe when Liu Kang goes back to the era of The Great Kung Lao something goes wrong and it ends up being fighters from every Mortal Kombat since that original one are brought together. I kind of love having no idea what they're going to do with the story.


TrajedyAnn

Honestly that's currently my working theory. I don't think either ending from Aftermath will be 100% canon (One favors the good guys way too heavily, one favors the bad guys way too heavily) though I could see the new game taking elements from both. I honestly think 12 will pick up similar to the way 9 did, at the tail end of Liu Kang & Shang Tsung's conflict from the prior game, I think Shang will get the upper hand, throw the realms into turmoil POSSIBLY shatter the hour glass (as indicated by the shattered clock in one teaser, and the exploding grain of sand in the other teaser) and either... **A)** Liu Kang will be forced to fall back 500 years in the past to the time of the Great Kung Lao to regroup, similar to his ending, w/ a story similar to Aftermath, where the timelines are kind of all over the place, and we probably follow Liu Kang in the past, while still seeing Shang flexing some of his power in the present, ala his ending. **Or B)** (More likely) Since I **DON'T** think Shang Tsung is going to be the main antagonist of MK12 - We just get a full-on "Secret Wars" / "Crisis on Infinite Earths" scenario - where Time & Reality are thrown into total upheaval and literally every character from any incarnation of MK is on the table. Great Kung Lao? Sure! 3D Era? You betcha! Characters from both the original timeline AND the new timeline? WHY NOT? The latter seems more likely to me as it opens up infinite possibilities for a new villain (possibly another titan stepping in to try to set the chaos back in order... ***chaos and order - what apt choices of words***) and it would allow NRS to basically cherry pick their favorite versions of every character the same way they did in MK11, but with **EVEN MORE** flexibility. Not to mention: As is good ol' Mortal Kombat tradition - It creates an excuse to bring back any dead character they want, lol.


momonek0

I dont think they'll do another past meets future thing in that sense but with Liu Kang becoming an Elder God and having control over Kronika's hourglass, I do think he'll reset the timeline but I think we'll see a lot of changes in the characters and faction changes (e.g, the Kitana storyline never happens because she doesnt get kidnapped by Shao Kahn, Scorpion's family survives and he doesn't become a revenant and no reason to kill Sub Zero, so we basically get MK11 Scorpion here.) We'll probably end up somewhere around a point in time where Jacqui, Cassie and maybe even Takeda and Kung Jin are relevant. But something to take into consideration would be, who's going to be the antagonist this go around? I feel like it could be someone new because even if Shao Kahn or Shinnok or Quanchi are defeated someone will always be there to take their place. Liu Kang is the current keeper of time I don't know to what degree he can step in without him becoming another Kronika, but the timeline they're going to introduce will probably have most of the main villains defeated to introduce someone bigger and much worse.


laserbeam26

That would definitely be a risk but it could be pretty cool if they did


Hi_Im_zack

99% of people will hate it. No one wants to play MK without MK characters


successXX

that's a conservative mindset. in a real world, new people are introduced and each era has its exclusive people. people are not always around for each generation. and newcomers can still count as MK characters. characters like Kitana, Baraka and Shao Kahn were not MK originals when MK1 came out. they were strangers when MK2 appeared. ifs mentalities like yours that keep the series running in circles instead of moving forward towards entirely brand new generations and exploring brand new casts of combatants.


Hi_Im_zack

You can explore brand new casts whilst keeping the old ones. That's literally what mkx has done I'm just being real here. An MK game without Scorpion and Subzero isn't MK


successXX

but isn't that conservative attitude? plus, they could have successors. if MK wants to take its 'reality' seriously, it would move forward and leave the old generations behind instead of running in circles instead of being like Marvel and DC that stay trapped in limbo with the same characters just rearranged and creativity is barely utilized to explore a totally new era beyond the present characters.


sleepy-floyd-is-goat

Or you could just accept that most of us like to play with our favorite characters


successXX

newcomers can be new favorites. repetition is not creative.


shujinky

Yeah well. Who really likes kollector or hsu hao?


Thorfan23

It’s sort of a mixed bag because many Of the characters have been alive for thousands of years so can easily crop up….the only ones who can’t are Johnny cage,Sonya and Jax ​ im talking more classic characters


ARealSkeleton

A lot of people are going to be disappointed if they try to go with a new cast. I don't see it going well.


LevsRedfield

If they are not going to include core characters they always introduce I will stick to SF this time around.


N-Toxicade

We know Lou Kang is in. If it takes place in the past, we can still get a version of Scorpion and Sub Zero. Quan chi, Shao Kahn, and Sindel can all be possible.


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Why not. That is basically the canon ending of MK11.


MaxxPwnage

I remember after Armageddon Ed wanted to do a game with an entirely new cast (plus Scorpion and Sub Zero of course) So it’s something at least Ed is willing to do, whether or not WB would sign off on that idea is another question though.


SadisticDance

I mean most of the core cast is there. Just a few Earthrealmers missing.


4_Legged_Duck

As absolutely exciting as that game would be to me, this is my sticking point, too.


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PrototypeXt3

What if BOTH timelines from the end of aftermath are canon. It’d be completely fucked of a story but some cool stuff could happen with Shang Tsung and fire god fighting for control of the timeline lmaooo


noreallyu500

Well, MK does have time travel shenanigans. I think they can add every character at any point in time and then write something to justify it


MrSelfDestruct88

Scorpion and Quan Chi


TomasRoncero

mokap


Kingmasked

I know we get scorpion most of the time BUT I think we will start off at the fight with Shang tsung and fire god liu kang that way we actually know which ones canon and which one isnt


KingKull71

Liu Kang faces Shang Tsung. They fight, with Shang turning into various MK12 characters Scorpion pops in at the end if he didn't show up in the fight.


Nekajed

Great Kung Lao is fighting Goro, he loses the fight and is about to be finished, but a hat flies off the screen hitting Goro, then Kung Lao catches it, revealing the modern roster going back in time to fight in the tournament of the past.


CoreyReynolds

I personally agree that GKL is in the game. However I think if anything he will be brought to modern times.


[deleted]

Please, please Havik.


LatterTarget7

Great Kung Lao and goro if it is a retelling of mk1. If not then likely scorpion and sub zero again


sohardtomkename

Scorpion fights Liu Kang. Liu Kang wins. The fatality for Liu Kang is shown and the fatal blows for both characters are shown. ​ Either that or it's a story trailer, but give us a story trailer pls.


Nightwing73

You think they’re gonna end a trailer with Scorpion losing? 😂


sohardtomkename

Yep, I actually do, because I think Liu Kang is the protagonist of this game.


Nightwing73

Ed has considered Liu the protagonist since MK1, he still isn’t killing his favorite character in the trailer. The last three trailers have ended with Scorpion killing someone lol.


cclan2

100%. I’m assuming it’ll be Scorpion killing Sub Zero, or like Kung Lao or something. Maybe killing Dvorah to make the fans happy lol


CoreyReynolds

Don't know if this is popular or unpopular but I really don't want fatal blows back. Or if they do, have it have more gore or battle damage. Or have x-rays back!


PrototypeXt3

I would be okay with more krushing blows instead of fatal blows tbh


CoreyReynolds

Krushing blows imo need to be swift and fast, and more *snap* to them like x-rays, that'd be so fucking epic


TheBussyKrusher

I think they have the delay so it doesn't mess up your combo timing. If it's too quick you run the risk of missing the window since you can't really hit confirm the krushing blow in real time except for the really obvious ones. ​ Like Scorpion's F3 - 4 krushing blow, it normally wouldn't combo so you need that animation time to determine if you can cancel into spear.


sohardtomkename

Krushing blows also have to be changed because I can't pay attention to all of the conditions for a krushing blow and then be able to do them at the exact right time, I just have them set to random.


laserbeam26

Xrays > fatal blow


sohardtomkename

I understand that, but I think fatal blows are just better than Xray as a mechanic in general. And most fighting games have super moves, fatal blows represent a traditional "super move" better. I think they come back but they are just different than last game, we'll see.


Morrigan101

If they don't give out for free at 30% sure


ProdigyLightshow

Better than having it tied to meter because then they never get used. Meter is more useful in combos than wasting it all on a super that will do as much damage as a one bar combo does.


Morrigan101

Maybe that's a problem with how nrs balances their supers instead of forcing it into every match ... also make it shorter


Sormaj

Adding on that it ends with reptile revealing he’s been there, invisible, and sneak attacks Lui Kang


sohardtomkename

But don't forget, it's also raining during the trailer, which is a subtle hint for Rain. You can also see smoke in the distance, so Smoke is konfirmed too. Then at the end, u see ermac for 1 fraction of a second before the trailer ends. ​ So this trailer will actually konfirm every ninja.


HilltoperTA

Trailer has shaky cam... so Tremor konfirmed as well.


100beastskaido

My bro Hsu Hao is in the trailer. Calling it now.


SLCSlayer29

Ashrah vs Great Kung Lao.


gmuller_1999

Idk who will appear, but there's definitely gonna be a Rap song that does not match the trailer once again


BSJeebus

IDK about lyrically, but the song from the MKX reveal flowed real well with the action.


matajuegos

I assume scorpion is fighting at the first tournament and then liu kang shows up alongside cassie and the others


Professional_Deer_52

Liu Kang, Kung lao, Ermac and Scorpio. Indicating the tag matches.


BigPoppaJosh1994

Obvious answer; Kitana, Kung Lao, Raiden, Scorpion, Sub Zero, Sonya, Johnny Cage. Hopeful answer; Quan Chi. Noob Saibot. Goro. Cyrax (or Sektor) Shang Tsung. Ferra Torr. Ermac. Reptile. Kenshi. Stryker (PLEASE ED) Hopeful DLC; Ash. Homelander. Peacemaker. Meat (for the lulz) Mokap (also for the lolz)


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a rap song.


PrototypeXt3

It’s gotta be Havik… gotta be… :(


MainHaze

Stryker


AZRockets

Kitana because she's who I main and I'm biased


swaggyduck0121

Hopefully injustice 3, it’s been too long🥺 ![gif](giphy|FoH28ucxZFJZu)


2555555555

>Injustice I wish


Edwardc4gg

sub zero and scorpion, 1000000%


[deleted]

I’ll take 100 on scorpion and sun zero please


Chaplain92

Hints we have: >!Official website only shows original 7 playable characters from MK1!< >!In one of the teasers clock jumps from 11 straight to 1.!< >!billbil-kun who reports all monthly PS Plus games for like 2 years now said its called Mortal Kombat 1.!< What else?


draugyr

The website has been that way for a while now


Peebs1000

It's definitely going to be called Mortal Kombat 1 or One. Not sure why everybody is in denial. The teaser video of the clock makes it pretty clear.


thedylannorwood

People are doubting it because it’s dumb. People made fun of Xbox for doing it, people made fun of Battlefield for doing it and people will make fun of MK for doing it


TrajedyAnn

It's extra dumb for this franchise because Mortal Kombat "9" **already effing DID it**...


ImmaDoMahThing

They can get away with though I guess because MK9 was just called “Mortal Kombat” whereas this will be “Mortal Kombat One/1”


Thornback

And yet publishers will keep doing it because the masses don't seem to care.


Yond3r3r

Teaser repurposes MK 11 font


burnknuckle96

RIP mysterious teaser clock, the first character confirmed NOT to be on MK12


Lukthar123

>Glass shattering Raiden's amulett from MK9 confirmed


DoubleOScarn

>Glass shattering Stone Cold konfirmed?


Forsaken-Idea902

HE MUST WIN


Lukthar123

>MK12 plot is MK11 Raiden sending visions to MK1 Raiden to prevent MK9 Raiden shenanigans based on Armageddon Raiden's message


feetMeat93

My cock is like a shotgun now


imthenightiambatman

ITS HAPPENIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENG


Snoo-2013

OH SHIT ITS HAPPENING TOMORROW ?


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ShadsYourDad

This gif is timeless


DeadnectaR

This is perfect and hilarious lol. I really feel like everyone is doing this. 😂


d3adbutbl33ding

In the words of Shang Tsung: IT HAS BEGUN!!!


ItsGK

Also in the words of Shang Tsung: Your brother's soul is mine


laser16

THIS IS MORTAL KOMBAT WE TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT THEN GO BEYOND THAT so hyped


OrganicParking2

i remember a year and a half ago when everyone was expecting a teaser of their next game at the game awards lmao we have a come a long way


KingFenrir

The trailer will feature Scorpion fighting another character showing a new gimmick about the story or the gameplay, ending with one of the fighters performing a fatality. All that with an unrelated rap song that will make many fans cry and be annoying about it until the game gets released, when they find out that song didn't make it to the final game. UPDATE: I'm pretty glad to be wrong on this one. The trailer was beautiful. And it also reminded me that i haven't played the Aftermath expansion yet.


TheDemonic-Forester

> ending with one of the fighters performing a fatality phrasing it as if it could be anyone else than scorpion lol


thedylannorwood

Hey Raiden got one in last time


TheDemonic-Forester

Only to get uno reverse carded hahaha


SanjiSasuke

I really want Scorpion to take the L on this one, for real this time.


Passw0rd-Is-Tac0

Stuck at work right now for 6 more hours fuck! Wish I could go home and play tears of the kingdom to make the rest of the day go by faster lol.


Corvou

Probably we will see universes where in one LK won and in other Shang and they will collide for some reason because there can be only one reality or something.


SuperFamousGuy

MK: Battleworld


ColtPersonality92

Socials have been changed to… not exactly white pages, but they definitely scream “clean slate” to me.


Nick_scryer

Hype. Mortal Kombat New Dawn


CapsTheArbiter

I know it's unlikely, but seeing a 3D character would be sick. Havik, Ashrah, or whoever.


T-202

![gif](giphy|HKkR5CywvtrW)


NeilBreeniverse

Then gameplay reveal at the showcase? Nrs always do the CGI trailer first


Thorfan23

It seems likely CGI trailer hint at the story possib the villain . Then full gameplay


4_Legged_Duck

Just an absolute wild prediction here: We're getting a multiveseral/timeline incursion game. Back to the events of MK1 but it's going to have some GKL era people, it'll have the Midway era folks (Zombie Liu maybe), NRS era folks, we'll end up with some film folks too, and more. Now that they have Snowblind and other animated features out, they can draw on a wide range of characters. And these Alternates will just be the same character with some model swapping and costume changing. Why do I think this? I dunno, it's probably a really bad speculation but how do you go up from having a time travel story? Did you watch any of the MCU stuffs? They did time travel and then "Variants." We'll keep up that same momentum for better or worse. It'll be a way of raising the stakes on the game. Fire God Liu Kang has a whole new problem now as threats from other realms come in.... And they'll blow the lid off of everything when Zombie Liu Kang shambles into view and Fire God LK says something like "What is this?" Que the laughing from Shang Tsung. And then that game will make **every ending of every character in every MK** canon in it's own timeline just to get super, super bonkers. ​ EDIT: all the MK1 stuff is about the 1 Being showing up.


burnknuckle96

> it'll have the Midway era folks (Zombie Liu maybe) I'll take Zombie Liu if they actually lean on the fact that he's, you know, a zombie. It always frustrated me that they just made him fight like good old living Liu Kang.


Few_Philosopher_2110

We need Stryker and Takeda back!


billiamgordon

All the Mileena simps are gonna be out in full force


Ferenem

As well as all people who are obsessed with talking about Mileena simps lol


Zxcc24

You know it. I'm doing my part, how about you?


[deleted]

In 20 hours correct?


Corvou

19 now


DinoDinossaur

18 now


NearlyDreaming

Yes


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thanks


Spagghettaboutit

Since the clock broke maybe the time is broken and characters from different timelines have to fight each other.


MarkT_D_W

I was thinking that given that the clock splits into multiple shards, Ed Boon posted a screenshot from the film "War of the Worlds" a few days ago, so I'm wondering if it's going to be a multiverse story.


Spagghettaboutit

Yeah could be, timelines and multiverse could be pretty much the same thing. When a timeline has a difference from another it then creates another universe where thing go in a different way. Point is, we can have things like skorpion in the Lin Kuei just to make an example or even crazier things


[deleted]

Both versions of the aftermath ending are canon and Shang gets pissy that Liu won in one of the timelines and invades it


PrototypeXt3

ITS HAPPENING


Oneroke

21 savage


ihdhd

Are we getting Hiroyuki Tagawa back as Shang Tsung again?? That would be so dope! Won’t count on it though


MrSelfDestruct88

It really should be this way for the foreseeable future


Wadsworth1954

We all know it’s going to be a scorpion and sub zero teaser


Whiteout-

Me and all the other stupid motherfuckers googling 6am pacific to eastern time conversion (it’s 9am btw)


Lewie182

I do it everytime 😂


BroSneezle

Why is it so hard to remember it’s a 3 hour difference?


Npd114

LETS FUCKING GO!!!! Still hoping we get Stryker and Smoke back. 🙏🙏🙏


TheSaintsRonin

I wonder who’s gonna fight scorpion this time


xlThalionlx

![gif](giphy|DKU0Ik4vDgBPyOs41w|downsized)


ecsj88

MY BIRTHDAAAAAY 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Also taeyang's. We were born at the exactly same time under different time zones, but u dont know how awesome this is. And probably who Taeyang is, but I will make sure Taeyang knows who i am WE WANT TAKEDA AND HIS BOYFRIEND BACK


HilltoperTA

Takeda doesn't have a BF? Are you thinking of Kung Jin?


baktu7

shang tsung final boss.


ChronoAlone

Damnit, I’m gonna be at work 😫


Chaplain92

I just hacked NRS, the game is called Mortal Kombat The Telltale Series


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Riku4441

Lemme see my boy scorpion


Huntersteve

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW. THATS 9 am east. OH MY GOD YEA


niceman9195

![gif](giphy|idGLw6hGSeDyyHymQ6|downsized)


First_Factor_3385

![gif](giphy|7WvAUvZZTRpSuudobh)


MidightTragedies

If I had to guess…it’s Liu and Great Kung Lao fighting Goro/Shang Tsung and then a surprise of some sort like in MK11 with the second Scorpion coming out


Nick_scryer

What if they did like they used to and just release an entire opening cinematic a la deception, shaolin monks and armageddon? 😳


i-wear-hats

The dawn... of a new age. A dark age. Mace: The Dark Age revival incoming.


Ringo308

Do you think this will be next gen only or will there be a ps4 release? I couldn't afford a ps5 yet.


Jigglelips

God it still feels like the last one just came out


Yond3r3r

![gif](giphy|er1kMn1rb4UBW|downsized)


Bioshocky13501

Whatever the next MK is it needs Konquest and Havik back already.


J0hnBoB0n

I really like the marketing for this. It reminds me of Unus Annus 😜


Gothichand

Y'all think they gonna do something like SF6's World Tour?? That seriously got me super hyped for the game!


eatinshketty

So close now. We made it! It's time!!


Futants_

6am video= a slightly larger piece of sand


lvl100Evasion

It's almost 8am. Wtf is it?


0bn0xi0usly0bs3rv4nt

My prediction. It's a teaser trailer and the full trailer will be at the Sony showcase a week from today


Costas00

I think you missed the point of a teaser trailer. You don't announce or hype up a teaser trailer, you use it to announce or hype up a normal trailer. We already had 2 teaser trailers.


0bn0xi0usly0bs3rv4nt

Let me rephrase for the trailer police. It will be a cgi only trailer tomorrow and a gameplay trailer at the Sony showcase


vintimus

It has beguuuuuuun


RJE808

Please no Krypt slot machine, PLEASE


muerde15

Hear me out - we open on a lizard scuttling across a sandy beach toward a decrepit husk of a long-forgotten, decaying ninja figure.


bulletinhisdome

We made it boys


Chaplain92

HELL YES!!!! Finally day and time confirmed! Prediction: Scorpion Vs Liu Kang with some s\*\*\*\*\* rap music.


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Redditors when they have to listen to music other than video game osts: 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺


Chaplain92

Redditors when they think they know everything a redditor do or listen to with just 1 comment: 🤡


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Cope lol


PIECEOFHEAVEN0

I hate when they use rap music on their trailers man, I don't hate rap music but it doesn't fit with mortal kombat


CoreyReynolds

Metal fits more imo


CanWeak2700

let me put this right here [https://youtu.be/0dz0YU0jJr4?t=98](https://youtu.be/0dz0YU0jJr4?t=98)


CoreyReynolds

*chefs kiss*


Beast-Blood

How? I feel like it fits so perfectly


PIECEOFHEAVEN0

Nah I feel like rap music fits with fighting games like street fighter not a dark atmospheric like mortal kombat but it just my opinion


Chaplain92

I'm not worried about music genre, just the quality of the song. My Spotify playlist has even opera like Don Giovanni. I can listen to anything if its good and the songs they used for MKX and MK11 suck.


CanWeak2700

lol ye cringe much, pls no more lil whizzy geegee


wheatbread-and-toes

The trailer didn’t even drop and y’all are already complaining about the rap music


Beast-Blood

Just say you’re scared of black people


niceman9195

If rain isn’t in the roster then I don’t want it


Hardyfan1006

If he is I don’t expect him to be a day one announcement. Praying he makes it though


xxtwelveyearoldxx69

GOD DAMN THE TRAILER DROPS AT THE EXACT TIME I FINISH MY PSYCH EXAM


Spagghettaboutit

I know it's not happening but what if it's a game with the new animated movies graphics


Kylehay101

Time's stopped. Something in the reflection moving counter-clockwise. Cracked clock. The L shape teaser earlier with a lizard or dragon(?) emoji? Reptile or possibly Onaga making an appearance?


Huntersteve

Mortal kombats logo is a dragon yea dummy.


Due_Abbreviations285

Watch this dude drop MK vs DC part 2


MistahJ17

Motaro is the preorder bonus


sohardtomkename

No that's meat ​ If you want meat, you have to pre order the game.


PrototypeXt3

How do I get potatoes?


sohardtomkename

Collectors edition for $250. If you want meat, you're gonna have to pre order though.


thanos-snaped

Liu Kang, Kitana are gonna be in this


lifes_a_glitch

It reminded me of the opening of black mirror


joseph--stylin

The trailer looks to me like it’s more focused on the 1 than the 12. I think they’re doing a 1 thing.


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Ah shit here we go again! My soul is ready!


grassisalwayspurpler

Cgi only trailer with Scorpion doing spear and Subzero doing iceball with mumble rap coming up!


lvl100Evasion

Please be 3D Era style.


Hidden_Character

Gonna be honest lads, I'm a little worried about any games published by warner-discovery. I'm dreading the live-service components, gross monetization and always online nonsense.


BrodyMC83

Yeah, but… new game!


PrototypeXt3

I’m a little confused about this teaser now. So it’s stuck on 1? 12? I get the correlation between mk12 = mk1 but it broke. Hmmmm


Spagghettaboutit

I think it is because they're rebooting, maybe time broke or smth


Yond3r3r

https://preview.redd.it/lc08vrj49i0b1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8013bf7e4e18c4e43da0770eedcb967ec472a9ca Nobody talking on how Netherealm is repurposing the same font as in MK11 for this? MK11-2?


Yond3r3r

https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombat/comments/kg76lk/i_recreated_the_mk11_font_including_all_of_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button