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Gamespot recently conducted a rather extensive Q & A session with resident Mortal Kombat dude Ed Boon, confirming that rumors of an online game mode for Mortal Kombat: Armageddon on the Wii were nothing but that: rumors. Boon discusses just when development on the Wii installment in the franchise began, as well as some of the tweaks the game was subjected to in transitioning over to Nintendo's motion-sensitive system.

Ed goes on to discuss specifics in the motion-sensitive system, saying he "felt there would be no point in doing this game for the Wii if we did not support the Wii-mote for all modes and features. We didn't want to just support it, though--we wanted to utilize it and customize the gameplay experience. When you play it, you will notice that every single super move in the game is controlled by a Wii gesture system; also, the fatality systems will use the gesture system. For example, to do a move like throw Scorpion's spear, you will swing the Wii-mote away from your enemy and then bring it back toward your enemy, as if you are throwing the spear yourself toward the enemy, in an "away-toward" motion." Sounds good to us, bring on the Kombat!

Game Informer's Billy Berghammer recently interviewed the master of Mortal Kombat, Ed Boon, mostly about the upcoming Armageddon, which aims to achieve the lofty goal of having every Mortal Kombatant available for play in one game, but did make a point to inquire about the next generation consoles. When asked if he would be willing to do a fighting game with the Revolution's remote, Ed had this to say:

"You know, I don’t know how you could. One of the things about the Revolution controller is that you don’t have immediate access to a whole bunch of buttons. It’s like your holding a television remote and you have that directional pad and you have a big A button next to it. But there’s not five or six buttons to give you all of these functions, so maybe they will compensate but tilting one way for blocking or another way for attack. But that is so dramatically different. So it will either be one of the biggest hits in the world or a big failure. I certainly hope it does well."

This brings up an interesting question; will Nintendo have to lay the first stones down to create the path of innovation before third-party developers can change gameplay through the unique mechanics of the Revolution's remote? Do third-party developers need to see the ideas executed first before feeling comfortable attempting them? 

[Via QJ Net]