Mortal Kombat 1 on SNES was a decent fighting game but it really showed the flaws of the base game when the blood was taken out. What sucks is it came out in interviews with former employees of both Acclaim and Nintendo stating Acclaim went above and beyond what Nintendo was asking to be changed - which makes me wonder what really could have been with MK1 on SNES. Also I wonder what was the reasoning? Was Acclaim, or someone in it, doing this out os spite?
I do sincerely hope the new Acclaim is able to do better and have a better track record so to speak. I know not all games are going to be absolutely amazing but I do hope they are able to fulfill their dreams with this venture.
Yeah it is likely some things inside the company,that contributed to things being changed so much.
I honestly didn't notice the changes on SNES MK compared to the arcade machine.. but I was only like 8 - 10 and I was loving the games played in my life.
But now I notice much more, it is possible a lot more games will not be so enjoyable, for the new Acclaim goals and releases but who knows.
I was born in 1976 so I grew up with gaming, I was the prime age/audience for Mortal Kombat and while I played the SNES Mortal Kombat that weekend for the time I rented it, I never bought it or went back. The sweat was just too much - adjusted fatalities and such made it feel like an alternate entry in the series.
I was always a bigger fan of Street Fighter II though so Mortal Kombat without the blood or familiar fatalities was already at the bottom of a steep hill with me.
Mortal Kombat II was a pre-paid purchase for me. I enjoyed it, partly because my mom was a HUGE fan of Jax and his fatalities but she was too sick to play. I recorded all his fatalities I could perform on a VHS tape so she could watch them whenever she wanted to. Fighting cancer left her in weird states of consciousness so anything we could do to help her we did.
I know a lot of people enjoy many of Acclaims 32-bit and later releases but by then, I had already moved on from the company. I never played Shadowman for instance, I was never a sports fan so I never touched those by any company outside Sega and their World Series Baseball on Saturn (Home Run Derby was my mode).
For what the original Acclaim did, they deserve kudos for changing gaming like they did. I just hope the new Acclaim is able to thrive and some gamers have fond memories of their titles too and someday, gamers are discussing their portfolio like we are here, reminiscing and enjoying memories of past times.