Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has defined why the upcoming recreation is titled Mortal Kombat 1 versus Mortal Kombat 12. Whereas the pre-reveal teasers did trace at a reboot, Boon has additional clarified that Mortal Kombat 1 isn’t a continuation of the timeline reset story informed in Mortal Kombat 11.
Mortal Kombat 1 is a “model new starting”
In a Kommunity Chat final week, Boon was quizzed about MK1’s title, in response to which he mentioned that the subsequent recreation marks the “starting of a universe” and burdened that it’s a “model new starting” for all of the characters.
“It’s not a continuation of the Mortal Kombat 11 story so the characters have utterly totally different roles on this new timeline and we actually sort of wished to punctuate that, and actually, actually wished to emphasise that with our title,” Boon could be heard saying across the 9:10 mark within the video under (thanks, PCGamesN).
Boon additionally revealed that every one the characters in MK1 shall be reintroduced with their new roles and of their new relationships.
Mortal Kombat 1 will launch on current-gen platforms on September 19, 2023. A few of the recreation’s DLC was leaked by an Amazon Italy itemizing, revealing characters like Homelander and Peacemaker.
