Last night, a brand new trailer for Mortal Kombat 1 was released, showing off several returning characters – mostly from Lin Kuei – everyone’s favorite band of colorful ninjas.
The trailer highlights the story and gameplay details of Sub Zero, Scorpion, Smoke, and Rain. We also see Sektor, Cyrax, and Frost in the form of Kameo fighters, adding in-fight assists and blows of their own in X-ray animations.
It’s an interesting trailer, full of callbacks to old games, and recognizable special moves throughout the trailer. It also packs a bunch of new content, with all the characters apparently getting a new look with the reboot of the Mortal Kombat universe.
Starting with Sub Zero, we saw some new plays on classic ice-based attacks, such as ice clones and slides, as well as some close-range ice sword strikes. Apparently, they also brought back an even dastardly Sub-Zero trying to take control of the Earth Realm alongside his elemental brethren.
Ironically, cooler heads seem to have the upper hand in Scorpion, and this time he seems to be a man of measure. However, that doesn’t mean we won’t see the Goofy fighting style we’ve loved over the years. Flames, rope grabs, and other intense hits are scattered throughout the trailer’s Scorpion section.
Something really new. While Scorpion and Sub Zero have largely remained faithful, Smoke got a serious glow in Mortal Kombat 1. Their entire kit looks new, definitely reminiscent of the old Smoke, but completely reworked, with close range kunai combat playing a central role.
The protagonist we see is Rain, who has turned into a wizard. With crews on his staff, he witnessed a number of massive water-based attacks launched from afar. Another fresh new look while retaining the classic colours.
In addition to this, there is the aforementioned Cameo Warrior. Frost, Sektor and Cyrax are back and looking classic. We see a lot of their old moves in the trailer, leading to bigger combos and special finishing animations. Fans of Lin Gui in Mortal Kombat 1 are back with their favorite.