You were saying something about beat 'em ups?

[quote]Recently, Midway announced that the Wii would be receiving a new title in the Mortal Kombat series. The title, known fully as Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, is expected to include a roster of over 60 fighters, and will feature a "kreate-a-karacter" mode.
Many gamers have been curious as to how fighting games will work on Wii. Well, it appears that gaming site [URL="uhttp://www.kotaku.com/"][COLOR=#0000ff]Kotaku[/COLOR][/URL] may have stumbled across the answer:
The basic "concept" is that the Wiimote will control arm actions, while the Nunchaku will take on leg actions.
Light and heavy kicks, for example, will be done with the C and Z triggers on the Nunchaku. The analog stick lets you run (free roaming stages, similar to last two games). Finally, jumping is done by nudging the Nunchaku upwards.
On the other hand (ba-dum-tsh), you have light and heavy punches done with A and B. Blocking is done with the d-pad, and yes, it blocks in the direction you press.
Now, remember how in past fighting games moves were executed with a roll across the d-pad and a button press or two? Now, instead of the d-df-f style thumbrolls, you actually just point the Wiimote down and swing up to the forward position and then hit your button. This has two interesting side effects: 1) you can much more easily perform moves while running, as the controls are independent; 2) button mashers around the office are easily outed and christened with the new 'flailer' nomenclature. If you know what you're doing it apparently looks pretty cool.

Well, there you have it. We are treating it as a rumor for now, but this does seem pretty interesting. As always, we'll be posting fresh details of this game, including how you play this title, as soon as we get them.

Source: [URL="http://www.revo-europe.com"]www.revo-europe.com[/URL]

That actually sounds like it'd be pretty cool.

If they actually do this, I'll squeal.

Eh, that all seems a bit tedious to me. Not very pick up friendly.

Mortal Kombat. Ewww.

It does sound like it would be hard to pick up. However, I love the name "flailers" and the fact that you cant mash your way to victory anymore.

If you can't beat a button masher then you yourself must not be very good. (this goes to all people who lose to button mashers from time to time, not just LoS)

my 8yo sister used to beat me in fighting games cuz she would always button mash

this sounds really cool i was kinda disapointed that ssbb didnt use the motion sensor but this is good enough

It sounds interesting, I'll give them that. But I'm worried it will be harder to learn than with a standard controller.

Cue Miyamoto coming on stage at the Leipzig game con and shouting MOOOORRRRRRRTAAALLLLL KOMBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT! and nobody criticising him and everyone thinking it's cute.

That's because it is cute. He's the type of guy who can dress up as Link or be a conductor and totally pull it off. Kaz is a smarmy bastard who comes off as an ******* trying to make something **** look like a huge deal.

Plus, no one would do that because it's Mortal Kombat. Unless they were absolutely desperate, which, really, Nintendo isn't... what with Zelda and Metroid right out of the gate.

Come to think of it I can see the Wiimote being used to add more fun to performing moves. Imagine actually having to move your hands like Ryu does when pulling of a Hadoken, and hearing the fireball leave your controller speaker and hitting your opponent.

Except that would make it easy, and no-one wants that.

I'm just waiting for the arm attachment that fits into the Wiimote for a Yu-Gi-Oh game.

[quote=Wings]Except that would make it easy, and no-one wants that.

There are few moves in real fighting that are difficult to pull off. It's all about distence, deception and making the right choices, not standing around fumbling trying to one-hit KO.

The Wii controller could well usher in a new era of fighting games, it at least has a much better chance than the archaic joypads PS3 and 360 use.

I wouldn't call the 360 joypad archaic. It fits like a glove.

I would very much like to see a new Punch-Out game using similar technology.

And maybe a better fighting game than Mortal Kombat.

And we come full-circle.

Seriously, before the Revolution was even announced, I called the motion sensors, one for each hand. And used a new version of Punch-Out!! as an example.

Yeah, I rock. Bow.

Seems cumbersome. More of a chore than anything. The virtual console controller should be used for fighting games.

[quote=Last Fog]Seems cumbersome. More of a chore than anything. The virtual console controller should be used for fighting games.

You find down, down-right, right on a D-Pad less cumbersome than a quick short sweeping motion? Lol.

The game sounds fun and all but am I the only one who thinks 60+ characters is an over kill?

If by over kill you mean 'crap'. Then ask yourself this: Isn't the entire Mortal Kombat game library an over kill?

How is Street Fighter overkill? And how is having sixty plus characters a bad thing again?

I want to see how you pull off Raiden's move where he flies superman-style into your opponent.
I think having over sixty characters is cool, as long as the characters aren't just different combinations of all the same moves.

Here's hoping Noob Saibot and Smoke are still doing that tag team stuff like in Deception.

I don't. My brother always kicks my ass when he's Noob Smoke.
And Noob Saibot's parents must have hated him... calling him a n00b...