Ed Boon Answers Mortal Kombat 11 Questions From Twitter

Hi, my name is Ed Boon.

I am the Creative Director at NetherRealm Studios

and today we are doing Mortal Kombat 11 support.

@Omgitsmaurice1 says, Why does Sub-Zero always

get butchered in promotional footage and trailers

by Scorpion?

Because Scorpion is better.

[Whip Cracks]

[Recording] Scorpion wins.

@PNDKetchup, The tactics of MK11 completely change

once you enable 'Krushing Blow Hold' in the controls.

Being able to specifically choose when you trigger

those key moves transforms the game for the better.

In high level, this option is mandatory.

Everybody should start using it ASAP.

When we originally decided to implement Krushing Blows

as we wanted to, we did want the dynamics of the fight

to change dramatically once you had a Krushing Blow

available.

That is by design and I don't think we're

going to change that.

@BMaternowski, Guys I have been trying so hard to get

Skarlets 'Blood trail' brutality and I can't get it.

I'm using the amplify button and R2 at the same time, right?

I'm going at a sweeping distance.

Can someone explain to me please, thanks!

In order to get that brutality out,

you have to be further than sweep distance,

you have to have your blood-mist move activated,

and you have to do an amplify version of the blood trail.

@17_TheHitman, Does sweeping stop tech roll in this game?

I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to

but when you tech roll,

I don't think you are within sweep distance.

I would say no.

@THE_GAME_ZOMBIE, Hey @noobde, I made this just for you.

What do you think?

I think you covered up the dragon's face

and you shouldn't do that.

@MK_ForeverKing, How do you block counter attack?

You know, a counter attack is basically an attack

that happens while the other guy was attacking.

So I'm not sure how you can block it

if you were in the middle of attacking.

It's impossible to block a counter attack

and if you meant an attack that follows the perfect block,

you cannot block it because that is the advantage

of getting a perfect block,

you get a free hit on the other guy.

Hope that helps.

@GMarshMallo, What could my main be?

I like fast characters.

I'd say say Scorpion or Skarlet.

Those are fast characters.

@UnrealTvink, Why did you make these 'flashes'?

And it shows an image of somebody blocking.

It's basically the little bang that denotes

that an attack was blocked.

That's just kind of the visual language

that we have in the game.

@ashleylynch, How are the characters of Mortal Kombat

not dead yet?

I mean if it's up to MK11 or whatever now,

then how is it all of the original characters

except for one aren't dead.

First of all, it's a video game.

Second of all, I don't think every character

died in Mortal Kombat.

You have to look at the story.

There's a lot of time-messing that we do

with the story that explains everything.

@MrMacksta, The more I look at this image of Noob Saibot

and his shadow, I feel more and more that his shadow looks

a lot like Enenra Revenant Smoke,

I know it sounds ridiculous but maybe they merged together?

Yeah, let's go with that.

@Finalround__, Can't we all agree that Jacqui's fatality

is off the wall pun in-[bleep]-tended?

That's not funny.

@Flysavage4, How much skins do each person get

on Mortal Kombat 11

I will try to translate that.

I'm gonna assume you mean how many skins

does each fighter get on Mortal Kombat 11.

It varies, some characters have more than others.

More skins will be released throughout the year.

Expect to see a lot more costumes than you see right now.

@Jygga_Jaguar, What is the name of Kotal Kahn's Jaguar?

He actually has two of them.

One is named Maserati and one is named Bentley.

A little fun fact for you.

@apophiskahnum, which sounds dirty but I'm not gonna respond

to that, How are they going to top this?

This fatality was iconic.

A classic. A moment.

That's Noob Saibot's, where he tears his opponent in half

with the clone.

Honestly, I thought maybe we crossed a line with that one,

so I don't think we're gonna top it.

@xoxRaina, Who was y'all go to Mortal Kombat fighter?

Mine was Scorpion all day he was hella bossy.

GET OVER HERE!

Mine, too, and get over here to you, too.

@DrWheetos, You know what would be cool for MK11?

Bring back the tag team.

Just imagine the potential.

We talked about it.

There is a very cool kinda tag component

in some of the towers that I think you'll love

but as far as the main game,

we decided not to do it.

When you see it in the towers, that much more special.

@Rosedancer5, How long is MK11 planned to be supported?

As long as previous titles or longer?

Until next generation consoles?

We're not gonna support MK11 that long.

[Audience] [laughs]

Like that?

We like to support our games for as long as possible,

and for Mortal Kombat 11, we are going to support this game

for the long foreseeable future.

There's plenty of cool characters and new game modes coming.

You're gonna love it.

And that's it.

Thank you for all these great questions

and I hope you guys keep playing Mortal Kombat 11

and we'll keep looking for your questions online.

GET OVER HERE!