Hello and welcome to the Mortal Kombat Online Fight Night Chat with the Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Development Team! A transcript of tonight's event will be made available immediately following the chat at - http://www.mortalkombatonline.com/ .::Mortal Kombat Online - The Ultimate Mortal Kombat Experience::. We're here at the Midway Games Studio in Los Angeles, and would like to extend our thanks to Midway Games for help in making this event possible! Now we will begin our interview with the MK:SM team based on pre-submissions sent in last week. This is a moderated chat. To ask a question not sumitted to the pre-submission queue, please send it to MKBot. At approximately 9:45 PM EDT we will finish up the chat by using some of those questions to wrap the event up (Yes, we'll take a few MK7 questions!). With that, it's once again time to start the return of Fight Night! Ok everyone introduce themselves! :-) <---lead designer Slow Slow typers! My name is Ed Boon and I am the Creative Director for the MK games I am Shaun Himmerick - Producer. Hi everyone, I'm John Edwards, lead designer on MK:SM Big Big Mouth <----Producer, Midway LA Alright great thanks for coming guys. Alright.. now the questions.. A lot of MKO users, like CRKFIEND for instance, are wondering why the MKSM team decided not to include an online mode? ... hi guys I'll field this one Man must be a long answer! The online mode came up various times during the development of the game, however it would have been a very large effort to get off the ground and in the end we decided that we did not want to compromise the other aspects of the game so to sum it up: we wanted to, but had plenty to do with the rest of the game so we couldn't An MKO visitor named Mike Smith wonders if you guys could change one thing about MKSM, what would it be? hi mike smith I'll field this one... We would have had more playable characters for me, I wanted ot play as kenshi M' names Ed....if there is one thing I suppose I would have liked to have the players be able to tag-team in and out of the game. And a noob boss fight. I think it would havebeennice to be able to have a seperate story line for the extra characters, but time did not allow it i agree with ed on this one Another question a lot of users have (especially this one guy, Grantis): For game completion, what's the maximum percentage that can be obtained? shaun, field it! I'll field this one... over 100% at least 108% I've seen 114% QA claims 115% Wow.. All fatalities count. All the smoke missions count. All unlcokcablers an secret coins count. Nice spelling.. unlockables, fuck you i don't spell. shouldn't have told them about the unlcokcablers great fielding, way to hussle you are good at four-letter words, at least Wow. moving on.. A lot of people (such as db2dz) want to know: What was your reaction to a certain French website that leaked information/pictures about the unlockable characters? Whose "field" of expertise is that? Adam, filed this one. Fuck you Reilty Field, Shaun Field! i'll file that under F I got it here Adam.. you filed it under "Shocked" Still need an answer.. i was not happy. Were "we annoyed" is the official answer yes.. it was Give the beer to me Shaun ¬_¬ Ok next quetion Another good question, this one from SycloneFX from Mortal Kombat Guides: How do you guys react to the mods/cheats that are allowing people to play as Goro, Mileena, Johnny Cage, etc. in MK Shaolin Monks 1-player mode? i think we were all not happy with that information getting out so fast, MK titles are always known for their secrets too late Ed will field this one... This is Ed....It has some amount of novely but if we wanted those characters to be playable then we would have put them in the game....obviously out of our control Someone's gonna have a "field" day with this one. novely = novelty Good answer.. Doesn't it crash the game? Shaun is typing more yes Does it? Goro doing a long jump looks odd. Cool, ok next one coming up.. Another popular question: Will MKSM be ported to other systems such as PSP, GameCube, or the PC? Which of these is the most likely? NO GAMECUBE NO PC PSP..? "reily says "details possibly coming soon". Awesome.. give me a PSP and I'll try that out.. No commitments yet. we are analysing possibilities. Great, keep us posted. NO DS Haha no GBA no Wonderswan How about the Phantom? next question Adam says to move on.. I think we should Besides an MKSM port, how likely is it that we'll get a sequel? (MKSM's critical and commercial success certainly seem to warrant one.) fielding? Noob will field this one... This is Ed.... I personally would like to see another MK Action game... but there is no official word out yet. ;) Hmmm when might word come? Tell your friends to go buy it, increased sales will help thhat possibility. Ok hold up Shaun is typing away. I hear the sales are doing pretty good. well, Scott, well. I wish we could hear from all those people on the side there... how much do people want one? So hopefully that works Oooh! Me! EVERYONE CHEER! Start a WAVE! Ok next question This question's about the story. MK Online member SubSaibot asks about the bosses being killed. Were they "really" killed, and if so, would it ever be explained how they came back? Who's fielding this one? When designing the game we decided we would rather suspend belief a little bit to be able to perform Fatalities on all the bosses that seemed much more entertaining than having the bosses run away when you beat them :P the other option was to have them all run away after you defeated them. Seemed less fun. run goro run Another story question. DarthChris was wondering about Sub-Zero's scar. In MKSM it's revealed that Kung Lao gave him the scar, but it was thought that he got the scar when he was escaping from the Lin Kuei in MK3. Can you clear this up? Feel the POWER of Shao.... oh shit. RUN AWAY! This comes form the "Marked for Death" thing... I know, great movie by the way The "marked for Death" was not a literal Mark. He got the scar in MKSM. When he was Marked for Death, it is a figurative marking, meaning they were planning to kill him. Bad movie. Marked for Death? heh Ok next quetion coming up.. One other story question, this from Anyanka (and many others). Somehow it seemed like Shao Kahn had the amulet for a while and then Quan Chi got it from him. Is this what happened? Because Quan Chi had the amulet since MKM, this ending confused a lot of people. Noob will field this one... This is Ed here again, There are a LOT of events in the MK timeline that have not been told. Just because Quanchi found an amulet doesn't mean it was the first time he found it. Nor does it mean it was the SAME amulet we may clear up that mystery in a future MK game.....until then....that will REMAIN a mystery. Ed Boon Nice signage. Glad that is leared up. next Question. Now we really "field" the power of Ed Boon. cleared up. Fuck you Joel Ouch. Spelling is important class. Don't end up like these guys. This chat is rated M for Mature. E for everyone. Hot Coffee anyone? Now, a lot of people are wondering about the game over messages. Can you explain if there's any meaning to "Boss Rush Mode?" or "There are secrets in vs. mode"? If either of these are true, we haven't found out yet. Another one is "Have you fed ALL the trees yet?" because we don't know if the tree in Smoke's area can be fed or not. Shaun should field this one :D I'll take Boss rush mode. it was an additional mode we wanted in. i really wanted BRM. it didn't get into the final product. Maybe a future product. Basically it was playing all the boss battles in a ladder style system. Due to the fact that the Smoke area does not have any enemies in it, it would seem impossible to feed that particular tree...but you never know... Four more questions left from our pre-selected list. The portal in that smoke area is opened my the final smoke mission. That is correct i know that. Nice work Shaun Ok great. Hold on we're having a debate over here.. The only way ot feed the tree is to kill yourself in that area. Is that considered a Super Unlockable? Doing that "WAS" going ot unlock another hidden boss fight. but we ran out of time for that, so that fight was cut.. yes, there are secrets in Vs. mode. I'll reveal at least one of them during this chat. That tree does not actually unlock anything...sorry Great, can't wait for that. That wasn't to John-Edwards.. heh Another person, Phillip, noticed that in the tree top part of the forest, Kitana/Mileena disappear into a portal and we can't seem to follow them. Can we possibly go through that portal at all, or see more to the Kitana/Mileena fight? No it is not possible to enter that portal it is a girl only portal. woooooooooo............mysterious Kitana is unlockable. OMGz <]{0MBAT> Yeah, in vs. mode. correct. she's hot Where is that clone of hers...? "You're going to be late for your own funeral!" DO NOT look under the mask Why? Moving on.. Just ignore me.. geesh! heh Jason Steenbarger, and many others, noticed there are some Fatalities that just don't show up in the list. Is there any way you can update us with a complete listing of all the Fatalities? Adam? ok, let me type up all the fatalities real quick hold We will not give a full list of fatalities sure let me dig that up for you real quick oh wait, shaun said no check noob.com Haha I was about to ctrl-V the fatality list... doh! what fun would it be if we gave away all fatalities? how about this though............try up,up,right,left with someone in Vs. mode :) 10 fatalities was the minimum. Come on Adam, you cant make these guys walk away with nothing <]{0MBAT> Okay. That sounds like they've thought it out, and that's... FINALITY. Again, I hate you, ]{. * CCShadow hits ]{, what have I told you? Uh oh, someone is going to get FIRED. Heh moving on, two more.. Fired-ality Multiple users, justycist and -NIGHTWOLF- for instance, report problems with the PAL version of MKSM on PS2. MK2 doesn't seem to be playable at all, actually. Were you guys aware of this, and what can be done to fix this? see if someone can find out who's fatality that is before this chat is over you will win...nothing It is not a bug. It was removed. You may be aware of the "Smoke bug" from MAT2 That bug somehow was still i nthe MK2 version for mKSM. Sony Europe found this at the 11th hour. Our options were to delay the game, or to pull it. We pulled it it from the PS2 version of PAL. XBOX still has it for PAL. XBOX EXCLUSIVE! When I was 7... lol You done yet? <]{0MBAT> Okay, moving along. in fact no dick... I.. I.. :( that must have been a tough life for a 7 year old Fuck you Barclay. Behave! Don't make me kick you! * CCShadow is disappointed that Scott stopped the fight * ]{0MBAT kick/bans the MK team. heh kick = Himmerick & Barclay Many MK Online members, like Fraysol, want to know what's going to be different about MKD: Unchained on PSP. It will be more than just MKD But we can't get into the details at this point Reilly "Fucker" Brennan says "it wil lbe portable. There will be additioanl kontent, but we will not annoucnce that yet. additional, idiot. <]{0MBAT> Remember, they confirmed Goro & Shao Kahn at E3 2005. Fuck you, I'm leaving. ... :( Is that the sound of Shaun hitting Scott I hear on the phone? Ok! That concludes our pre-selected questions.. He lept over the table and ripped Scott to bits. After I clean the blood from my broken nose from Shaun.. ]{ombat will now be taking over, since Scott is now dead. ]{0MBAT will be taking over and taking your LIVE questions! Shaun-Himmerick wins, Fatality. <]{0MBAT> Total-MK wants to know if the praying statue used as a "save point" as inspired by another game, The Last Ninja. No, I have never heard of that game. i asked the animators adn they had never heard of it either. it jsut made sense for monks to bow. I think Shaun's going for round 2 on Scott. * CCShadow gets some popcorn to watch Ok, we're picking some more.. <]{0MBAT> Ed, Shadaloo wants to know if a Scorpion-centered game planned for an eventual release down the line, knowing he is your favorite character. There is no official announcement * Barclay-Smith just got to 116%! There currently isn't plans for a Scorpion based MK game...but I think its safe to say that you haven't seen the last of Scorpion. I saw it on a website...I thought maybe I was out of the loop :P if you saw it on the web, it MUST be true...(Ed's Joke) * M4C laughs <]{0MBAT> Camel_Kid wants to know, Ed, if you still have the "RX7" he said you were rollin' to work in that 'Making of MK:DA' video. * Ed-Boon purple RX7?? That shit was a Chevette! scorpion drives a chevette Actually that wasn't an Rx7 .... it was a Misubishi.... no I dont have it any more Okay, I have a question... <]{0MBAT> Bish, you look you have something to say. Do yoU? I've always wanted a Misubishi what is his license plate? HELLFRE? Now that Midway Arcade Treasures 3 is out, we can look to the future, namely to MAT4. Is there any chance we might see UMK3, MK4, or even MK1 in MAT4? I would be surprised if we didn't release any more MK games in MAT format Reily say "it is possible, but no annoucements". PR guys are dicks like that. See, and reilly has no retort... <]{0MBAT> Feroca wants to know if you guys heard anything about the MK3 movie, Devestation. Oh you were finished? Well then allow me to retort !! We do not own the movie rights. We have heard rumors, adn threshhold has said something will be announced soon. So take that as you want. <]{0MBAT> Okay. We saw a video that said we'd see a little bit more about why Kano was tied up in the background in MKII/MKSM. However, we didn't see anything in-game. Was that planned but later deleted, or hidden in the game somehow? This is another good example of something that we wanted to do, but did not have time ot do "right". The additional Kano kontent was cut fro mthe final product. if it couldn't be done right, we didn't want ot od it. Fuck you Ed. Ot od it buh duh OMG HOLD ON!! Noob Saibot is Boon Tobias backwards!!! LOL why did nobody tell me??? ... haha i get it now... all these years... <]{0MBAT> Hey, guys. MK7 question from sixtymhz. Are you guys planning on reusing the MK:DA and MK:D engine for MK7 or do you have plans on using a new engine? MK7 will contain significant enhancements to the fighting engine...at least thats what Reilly told me to say. You can punch. shhhhhhhhhhh The game will have a brand spanking new feature that we are VERY VERY excited to announce Oooh? Will there be backgrounds too? no sorta... I wish we could tell you now....expect more news in early 2006 <]{0MBAT> Aaron, you were just sitting there in the "background" for a while. <]{0MBAT> Okay, well thank you for the "background information" on MK7, guys. * CCShadow kicks ]{ I'll back your ground, Justin. Wow, that sounds bad. We are just SO excited about Monks now that we dont even want to talk about other MK games * Ed-Boon purple <]{0MBAT> Heh. <]{0MBAT> Will MK7 be released on the next-gen systems like X-Box 360, PS3, and Nintendo Revolution? Or current systems (PS2, X-Box, and GameCube) * Shaun-Himmerick Kool ALL SYSTEMS......? It's been so confusing.. It keeps going back and forth. Which is it?? heh We can't get into those details....wish we could N-Gage Reilly says "no platforms have been announced yet, but there is plenty of life left in these current systems. lets see if Shaun can get thru a whole sentence without making an ass of himself <]{0MBAT> Okay. Damn dude <]{0MBAT> This is not really an MK7 question, but a LOT of people want to know... Asstality Shaun got PW3D! <]{0MBAT> DurianClock (and LOTS of other people) want to know if there would be ever be another "all-in-one" Mortal Kombat game like Mortal Kombat: Trilogy. JOhn will be Laid off -tality. Shaun's spelling is rubbing off on Scott. lol Thats not a bad idea..... * Ed-Boon writing down cool idea <]{0MBAT> At least there's no other "rubbing off" going on in here. At least no one is getting waylaid here ... <]{0MBAT> Oh yeah. Back to the Trilogy question. was that answer to me getting laid off Ed? lol <]{0MBAT> Okay, Ed answered that. <]{0MBAT> n/m nerf shammies shh don't tell I can field that what they're about to ask <]{0MBAT> Baraka_MK wants to know, "Ed, what's it like working with Shaun? Is he this much of an asshole all the time?" <]{0MBAT> Crap, wrong question!! i can field that one... Well....define "ALL OF THE TIME"..... ]{ombat is FIRED well, he is if he makes one more bad pun... He is PRIME form now though...... 6 minutes left Four more minutes left.. ok, someone found the fatality i posted just to post again.........the fatality input is up,up,right,left,square Adam gave a Vs. mode secret already.. he's typing some more stuff. Adam you should reveal Survival Mode <]{0MBAT> Some guy who's nickname is Guest, so it could be anyone, has a question. it's too much to type :) <]{0MBAT> Why didn't we see Scorpion kill Sub-Zero? survival mode?? but keep looking <]{0MBAT> We see it mentioned but that's all. I KNOW ITS IN THERE One more minute yet.. lol ME TOO! Any last words of wisdom Shaun.. That part of the MK history is a big mement, we want it to be perfectly kool adn do the story jsutince, we couldn't get that into this game, but we will eventually see that moment in an MK game, even if it is a flash back. * Barclay-Smith starts crying Alright.. I'm glad you did the story jsutince. barclay smith cries a lot. Haha Ok guys we are finishing up.. <]{0MBAT> YOu made that "just in" time before the chat ends. in that dark...while... enough ]{! And this concludes the Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Fight Night! A transcript will be available at http://www.mortalkombatonline.com/ Again, special thanks to Midway Games for making this possible. Good Night! uh oh Copyright © 2005 Mortal Kombat Online