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The good folks over at Gamespot had a chance to sit down with Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon and go over the new control mechanics for Mortal Kombat: Armageddon on the Nintendo Wii console. Also revealed, is that the game will support the Wii's classic controller, as well as the Gamecube controller.
GS: How did you approach control in the game? Did you feel like you had to use the Wii Remote and motion sensing? How did you implement it?

EB: Using the Wii-mote for MK: Armageddon was a must for us. We 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. It makes all of the moves feel more visceral, and it feels like you are more directly doing the action over just button presses. We want the controls of MK: Armageddon to be the biggest feature of this game on top of all of the content it already has.

GS: Did you implement alternative control methods to make sure longtime MK vets weren't alienated?

EB: Yes! To make sure we stayed true to our fans and people who like the other controllers, we are also supporting the Wii's Classic Controller as well as the GameCube controller for use in MK: Armageddon for the Wii. You could be playing Mortal Kombat with one person using a Wii-mote and Nunchuk, one person with just the Wii-mote, one person on the GameCube controller, and one person on a Classic Controller. We wanted the player to have as many options as possible.

Click here to read the entire article.

There is also a video available of Ed Boon demonstrating the new controls with the Wii controller. Click here to watch the video.


Special thanks to forum member Metallica for the news update.
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i found that so cool how to use the moves now i can do the spear and backflip kick without any guide seems like the wii version will be better
I can't wait to play this. My main question is about how some moves will be preformed, but it was great that they figured out that not all fans will like playing Armageddon with the Wii-mote.

I found the phrase: "...so easy that your grandmother will be throwing spears, teleporting, and preforming fatalities," particulary amusing, because I once talked my grandma into playing MK1 on SNES with me and she spent the whole match telling me to "COME HERE!" and she won.
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