Mortal Kombat 9: You weak pathetic fools!

[karizzma]

Online is ass supposedly but I have not tested it myself.

[originaljulz]

Damn. Obviously used MVC3s netcode. But yeah, unless online is super shit I bet this'll have mad casual appeal. It does to me, anyway. Play this for shits and giggles at a party or something.

[LN]

Don't judge online until they've released the patch is my advice. Apparently they are working on it and should be out in a couple of weeks.

As for the game itself, I think it'll fit tekken players pretty well.
It's basically a 2d tekken with actual zoning. Some characters have high/low mixups all day.

You're doing it a complete disservice if you think it's just a casual game.

[massi4h]

I never said it's casual, but that a lot of casual players will play it imo.

[CaptainHook]

I just went and got my copy of MK9 from livewire.

Some surprising things i got told..

Out of 20 xbox copies, after my one only 2 left.
Out of 40 ps3 copies, 7 are left.

By 1pm on day one?

That's WAY more than i was expecting.

AND, apparently i was the first person from NZism to buy a copy from there today.

Go support them kungs!!!

[geneterror]

Hopefully they will price match JB $98

[CaptainHook]

Yeah i got mine for $98 with the NZism discount. Just mention NZism = gravy.

[CaptainHook]

What's the "accepted" button layout people are using?

FP BLK BP
FK TAG BK

??

[LN]

Anything you like

block on the thumb or in the fierce/roundhouse row is also acceptable

[karizzma]

The button config is the hardest part in the game right now. At the moment Im trying:

FP TAG BP
FK BLK BK

Put the block on the bottom so I can jam FK BLK BK for the x-ray. I may try this next:

TAG FP BP
BLK FK BK

or

FP BP TAG
BLK FK BK

[CaptainHook]

Oh damn. I was hoping there was a "standard" like with mvc3 so if it gets played at meetups etc i dont have to waste time changing my buttons around etc.

Ah well.

What are you using Alan? I think i'll try block on the bottom, wasn't "feeling it" on the top middle.

[Nick4now]

From playing the demo I've found this layout to be the easiest:

FP BP
FK BK BLK

Tag wasn't featured in the demo but I'm sure it'd feel good enough to have it assigned to "Fierce Punch".

[[NIUE] B1ackstar Ninja]

i got it from noel leemings for 99 , man this games pretty fucking best , really enjoying it , love to see this at nats . hmmmmmmmmmmm ?

[stereomonkey]

My buttons:

FP TAG BP
FK BLK BK

[LN]

You don't want to use my config. It's tainted by my playing of prior MKs.