Mortal Kombat: The Reboot That Never Happened
Written by Mark Hain   

The Mortal Kombat series has been stagnant for years now. MK vs. DC was an original idea -- and fun to play for the most part -- but the core series has looked the same since Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance was released way back in 2002. It doesn't help that the characters have had little to no development in that time either. Enter a former Midway employee named Vincent Proce and the best redesign of the players of this stale brawler so far [via Unreality]:

You're looking at a bad-ass recreation of Scorpion, wearing yellow blood of the demon that helped resurrect him to exact his revenge. Raiden (who looks even more like the lightning-wielding baddie from Big Trouble in Little China), a super-hot Sonya, and Kano have also been recreated with their own enhanced storylines. Unfortunately, these were never used. We'll just have to hope that the character work in Mortal Kombat 9 shows some of the quality and originality of what was done here. A better shot of Scorpion and pics of the other three reworked character designs after the jump.

Comments (11)

That's some awesome art! And I love the MK series. I hope it comes regains it's former glory someday.
Shaphan Smith , November 20, 2009
I hope it can regain it's former glory someday.*** Sorry, it's been a long day.smilies/cheesy.gif
Shaphan Smith , November 20, 2009
Does Kano look like Borg Riker to anyone else?
Evan Killham , November 20, 2009
The art can look cool all it wants, if the mechanics aren't there it won't stand the test of time like SFII. With that said, I think this series is in hard need of a reboot and this art style would've been a great start.
Raymond Fenandes , November 20, 2009
@Evan Ha! I didn't see that until you pointed it out. It's Borg Riker! Run, everyone!
Jason Wilson , November 20, 2009
They are all very cool ... except Sonya. I know, she is hot, whatever. The original Sonya looked like she could actually perform those moves in her clothes. This Sonya seems to be taking a page from Ivy in Soul Calibur 4 (if you don't know what I mean, look it up, she looks ridiculous).
Alejandro Moreno , November 20, 2009
The pictures are all pretty cool. I definitely like the new Kano one the best.
Peter Thompson , November 21, 2009
Great pics! I do hope they can reboot the series in a positive way, in both the gameplay and art areas.
Eric King , November 21, 2009
I'd like to see the MK series come back with a vengeance. I remember spending a little too much money back in middle school playing the first two games, so a *well done* reboot of the series would be welcome.

Oh, and I agree with that previous sentiment... Sonya needs to put some pants on.
Eric Arntson , November 21, 2009
Oh, a fighting game character with big tits. Real quality character design. Really.

Also: the characters had stories? Who the fuck reads that shit.
Lucas Goudie , November 22, 2009
What's Ryu doing with a terminator eye?
Michael Bradley , November 23, 2009

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