Key takeaways
- Ed Boon is working with MortalKombat fans to collect feedback on DLC and future games, and a recent post has old school fans excited.
- Boon asked if fans want Mortal Kombat: Deception's Konquest mode back, and whether it comes through a remastered version or a modern game, there is clearly interest in a revival based on the community's response to his question.
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon is once again testing the waters to see if fans will Mortal Kombat: Deceptions Konquest mode will return in a future game. Mortal Kombat: Deception was the sixth main entry in the iconic Mortal Kombat series, released on sixth generation consoles in late 2004. Picks up var Deadly alliance stopped, Fraud saw the fighters from earlier Mortal Kombat game faces a new threat to the realms: Dragon King Onaga.
An area there Mortal Kombat: Deception standing out from what came before was its updated Konquest mode, a single-player RPG-like mode originally introduced in Deadly Alliance. While that entry's version was basically a training mode that allowed players to complete missions as existing Mortal Kombat sign, Fraud expanded Konquest into a full-fledged storyline with a new protagonist named Shujinko – who would later return as a Kameo fighter in Mortal Kombat 1. Players could follow Shujinko as he traveled to collect the mysterious Kamidogu weapons, complete side quests, and unlock bonus features for the rest of Mortal Kombat: Deceptions game modes.
Ed Boon recently shared a link to an article describing the effect of Mortal Kombat: Deceptions Konquest mode in the 20 years since the game's initial release in 2004 on Twitter, playfully asking followers if they'd like to see it return at some point. Most of the responses he received seemed to want Konquest mode back, either as a new experience with more playable characters or as part of a 3D remaster Mortal Kombat games from the 21st century. Others claimed that the 2005 spin-off Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is about to make a comeback instead, while some users just want to see NetherRealm's next game after Mortal Kombat 1.
Mortal Kombat fans want Deception's Konquest mode to return
While continuing to support Mortal Kombat 1 remains NetherRealm's top priority, Ed Boon recently revealed that the acclaimed fighting game studio has been working on its next project for the past three years. While a new Mortal Kombat game is indeed a possibility, many fans believe that this mysterious title will instead be the long-awaited one Injustice 3 or a brand new IP altogether.
There's still plenty of content on the horizon too Mortal Kombat 1 likewise, as NetherRealm has yet to release the guest characters for Kombat Pack 2 – consisting of Ghostface Killer from Scream, Terminator 2: Judgment Days shapeshifting T-1000 and Conan the Barbarian. Ed Boon always asks Mortal Kombat fans what they want to see in future DLC and games, and it looks like both he and players feel nostalgic about Mortal Kombat: Deceptions outstanding Konquest mode.