While I’m not a fan of fatalities as they’re done in Mortal Kombat, I am interested in seeing Ultimates make a return. It would add an element of excitement to offline matches and tournament streams to see people bust out ultimates on their rivals and add some hype drama to the KI scene.
Obviously the Ultimate animations should be unique for each character and suited to their personality. I’ve got a few ideas for animations I’d like to see.
TJ Combo: clinches the opponent in his hands and delivers a series of brutal strikes to their cranium, bashing their skull in with his fists and his head. He then runs offscreen for a moment, leaving them dazed and confused, and comes back carrying a KI2 arcade machine, which he then smashes them into the ground with.
Riptor: leaps onto the opponent and tears into them with her claws on both her hands and feet, then she pins them and stares at them for a moment. She opens her mouth wide; the camera goes into her mouth and fades to black. A loud burp is heard, and then Riptor is seen on the ground with a bloated and distended belly, her opponent nowhere in sight.
Rash: Grabs the opponent and faceplants them in the ground, then whistles and summons the other two Battletoads, Zitz and Pimple. A montage is shown of all three toads going to town on Rash’s opponent, wailing on them with anvils, hammers, drills, boots and all sorts of cartoony weapons. Rash delivers a final big bad boot which sends the opponent flying into the screen, breaking the glass. The opponent falls offscreen with a 5000 point bonus indicator, and all three toads strike a cool pose. Battletoads “stage clear” music plays.
The next ones I’m going to post are another idea I have: Ultimates tied to specific costume parts. It would be cool if you could pull this off.
Retro Costume Maya: In a callback to her original No Mercy move in KI2, first she kicks the opponent a short distance away from her, then touches her tiara which shoots out a mystical red beam that shrinks the opponent to the size of an ant. Maya approaches them with a naughty grin and does something extra depending on which button is pressed: if a punch is pressed, she picks them up and crushes them in her palm, or kidnaps them by placing them in a satchel and carrying them off; if a kick is pressed then she stomps on the opponent like a bug.
Voltron Jago: Can only be done if all accessories are Jagotron. Jago uppercuts the opponent into space, and then a VHS film grain effect appears on the screen as anime music starts playing. Jago hovers his hand over his laser sword and says something like “I shall vanquish all evildoers with my blade!”. He leaps into space after the opponent and delivers a series of brutal slashes to them with his laser sword, after which he runs through them, and the opponent goes up in a giant cel-shaded explosion with a saturn ring effect. Jago stands in front of the explosion with some Japanese text appearing on the bottom of the screen (when translated, says the name of the move, or simply says “ULTIMATE”).
What do you guys think?
