Was it the best one
>>12107834People stopped caring about MK at that point
>>12107835No they didn't, MK remained the only surviving fighting game series through the 00s normies played strictly because of brand recognition and nostalgia while Tekken took SFs spot as the more competitive game. Nothing else was remotely popular aside from Soul Calibur during SC2, and really that's it
>>12107834Hi mk4spammer
>>121078354 flopped, but thats the fault of the game and players, not mk franchise fatigue or anything like that>>12107838No, people were hyped for sfa3, mvc1 and 2, the doa games, kof 97 and 98, tekken 3 and tekken tag, the first three soul caliburs obviously, the first few virtua fighters did really well.
>>12107838MK got BTFO by tekken and SF in the 2000s. stop pushing completely nonsensical narratives
>>12109054Mk > sf Since the moment mk came out, and literally ever since. Even in the sf4 era, yes. And for as poorly as mk4 did for mk standards, it still outperformed everything in that era
>>12107834Yes it was the best one, until Deception released.
No because og MK had big dick energy. 4 was the one I was best at though. There was a cab at my laundromat that I crushed at, and for about three years (which is when it finally broke for good) nobody I met there could beat me. I actually made a little money by betting on myself back then. And I even played against the Chicanos and the blacks when they'd show up in the evening. They were always tougher to beat than the white kids, don't know why.One time I went there and someone had taken a Sharpie and drawn cocks all over Quan Chi's face on the side of the cab. I've never looked at pic related in the same way. Thanks for reading my blog.
>>12109039I love SFA but it's not the era I'm talking about, it's mid 90s and nobody was playing any SF en masse because SFII burned the mainstream out entirely on the franchise with its twenty updates sold at full price each time, SF was considered "old" as a whole to normies by 1996, not to mention it lacked edge which defined 90s cool so it was seen as kind of corny to anyone who wasn't an anime kid watching the movie being impressed by rock music and cussing and tits>>12109054Are you American or a zoomer? Nobody played any SF game in the 00s, IIIs popularity is entirely retroactive and absolutely nobody cared about EX. SF was dead in the water to everyone but die hards until SF4, which is also when III got popular to newcomer zoomers learning about it via YouTubeBy the time of Marvel, the mainstream was looking at 2D like it was dated, by the 00s only hardcore FG nerds played them and SNK never was popular in the states at all, it's more popular now than it ever was in the 90s or 00s. So many people in this board act like authority of the timeline I grew up in when all they did was watch video essays about it and look up game reviews that were written before they came out the cunt. You have no idea what games, music, fashion, etc was actually viewed in what way unless you lived it, going by YouTube shit isn't objective
>>12109268Zoomers love historical revision, like how according to them everyone has a Dreamcast and it defined the period but really nobody had one and it sunk Sega
>>12109268>pretending alpha wasnt popular>pretending marvel wasnt popular Absolute mk shill retard
>>12109268and this is why you don't race mix, kidsyou'll create schizos like this
>>12109328You weren't gaming in the 90s. Post drivers license and show birthdate, 6th Gen migrant cancer Gen z faggot
>>12109268>detailed description of the era that lines up with what I experienced>>12109328>assmad crying with no rebuttal Yeah the second poster is a zoomer capcuck
>>12109353Don't be asian
>>12109226You're literally me. Nobody could go up against my Tanya. I pretty much had this exact same experience back in the nineties, except i didn't fucking play against any goddamn mexicans. My dad would have beat my ass for doing that.>someone had taken a Sharpie and drawn cocks all over Quan Chi's facekek
>>12111726>My dad would have beat my ass for playing mortal Kombat with spicsThat's oddly psychopathic. Not that I necessarily like Mexican by default, but just for playing games with them? Kinda sounds like you're larping.
The only good MK game is not retro.
>>12111737Can't say I agree with that one.
>>12111735I'm in my mid 40's and my dad was an old school racist. My siblings and i weren't even allowed to watch shit like Fresh Prince on tv. When he found out my sister was secretly dating a black kid at school, he sold her car to get back at her.
>>12110219don't tell me what to do
>>12107835MK is more popular than ever.
>>12117013Now read that comment again, ESL
>>12117028More popular than ever is perfect English, ESL
All MK ever had since its creation was just blood and nothing else and by this point even the violence got stale. MK4 being outright bad was just another nail in the coffin.
>>12107834The worst Needed another year of polishing
>>12117028MK is way more popular now than it was during MK4's time, I don't know what you're smoking.
>>12117481MK had blood and gore, it also had more appeal to Westerners in a time when anime was still niche and way more people liked kung fu and ninja movies, it also had a simpler control scheme than SF anyone could instantly get into, it also had a coherent narrative and more interesting character backgrounds and more flashy and creative special attacks that were all noob friendly to perform MK4 wasn't really bad from a technical perspective, but the hype was petering out and there wasn't nostalgia yet, add that the games animations and voice acting was totally awkward and hilarious on top of the new characters not being well received, and yeah you get the series low point. But it's a functional game, the original game is still the worst probably gameplay wise, no reason to play it when 2 exists other than nostalgia >>12117715This is true. MK4 was probably the low point of popularity. Right now it's probably the most popular it's been since MK2-UMK3 and the first movie. I think the recent movie was in every way other than action and effects inferior to the original, but normies loved it. Hell as blockbuster crap goes I'll still put it above most Marvel movies or whatever Transformers is out because at least the violence is fun
>>12114592Good, coalburning mudsharks deserve no less
>>12117715>nowI said "stopped caring at that point", ESL
>>12118612I said people stopped caring not HAVE stopped caring, you retarded ESL pajeet
>>12118628You're retarded and foreign Faggot
>>12107834That depends on what are you looking for.I'd say it plays better than (U)MK3, but isn't as aesthetically pleasing.Honestly none of MK games play well, but if we'd go style over substance with it, MK2 is the king.
>>12120538all the main MK games are great>>12118237>>12118628chill out Karin
>>12120624Only MK2 and UMK3/Trilogy are great, the rest are crap.
>>12120732all the main MK games are great, I don't know what you're smokingog MK had big dick energy
>>12117891She is a pure maiden. Only problem is that the second birth was twins so now she's got three kids that she doesn't take care of. She just puts on Bug Bunny Builders and sits them in front of the TV all day so she can drink boxed wine.
>>12107834Goros return was like a back to basics, no nonsense statement. But the game didn't have the intended effect of like going back to a more stripped down hardcore reputation
>>12122186Goro coming back just felt lazy
>>12107838>MK remained the only surviving fighting game series through the 00sSmash Brothers was more popular
>>12107834Best most memorable endings in the entire retro series
>>12122939Nobody considers it in the same genre as the martial arts vs genre. It's not competition anymore than Mario Kart is for fans of GrannTurismo
>>12122939Smash Bros is a party game. The worst times I ever had with it were with the people who took it too seriously (Final Destination, no items). It's so fucking boring, and also the reason I usually avoid Smash fags or even talking about it, aside from this post.
>>12123239>Smash Bros is a party gameSurely you'd smoke anyone at a Sbash Brothers tournament, right?
>>12123095The endings are cinematic kino with enough explosions in them to make Micheal Bolton proud.
>>12111737Sub Zero Mythologies is retro though.
>>12124951yeah and it's also not worth playing for any reason whatsoever
>>12125457It is for the laugh when you're drunk and high
>>12125714then you might as well just play some shit like The Flowers of Robert Mapplethorpe
