Mortal Kombat Comes to DS with Online Play

June 27, 2007 3:50 PM

The grotesque fatalities, adorable babalities and heartwarming friendships of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 are on their way to Nintendo DS, IGN reports. Developed by the recently independent Other Ocean Interactive, formerly Backbone Charlottetown, and published by Midway, Ultimate Mortal Kombat is slated to hit the handheld this November.

In addition to the content of the original arcade version, Ultimate Mortal Kombat on DS will include Puzzle Kombat. First introduced in Midway's Mortal Kombat Deception (PS2, Xbox, GCN), Puzzle Kombat is extremely similar to Capcom's Super Puzzle Fighter series. Both the standard fighting mode and Puzzle Kombat will support online and local multiplayer for two players.

Other Ocean Interactive previously handled the Xbox Live Arcade version of Konami's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night as well as the upcoming XBLA renditions of Disney's Tron and Discs of Tron. The XBLA edition of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 was handled by Other Ocean's former sister studio, Backbone Vancouver.

"For what it's worth, myself and the original design team are very involved with this version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat for the DS," Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon told IGN. "It will be arcade accurate and we are very excited about it."

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

Filed Under

From The Chatty

Refresh Go To Thread

doomed

 reply
June 27, 2007 4:04 PM

Ocean Interactive

Is that the same Ocean from the 90s?
- Chris Remo
  
   reply
  June 27, 2007 4:07 PM
  
  Nope. Check the full company name: "Other Ocean Interactive."
- Chris Faylor
  
   reply
  June 27, 2007 4:08 PM
  
  No. This is OTHER Ocean Interactive.
  
  Suddenly, their name makes a bit more sense to me.
  - doomed
    
     reply
    June 27, 2007 4:35 PM
    
    Oh, ok. I didnt even notice the "other" part.
    
    Funny, the way they played with their name.