You get all my respect, @FallofSeraphs76, but that’s simply conjecture on your part. The rockstars at Code Mystics were responsible for the brilliant ports of KI & KI2 Classic to the Xbox One, and it wasn’t too long before the core KI Krew made Killer Instinct one of Microsoft’s first “Play Anywhere” games. (That’s a game purchased via the Xbox/Windows ecosystem, allowing it to be played on both PC and Xbox One.)
Code Mystics has done Xbox One to Windows ports before, and even then, Code Mystics offered to add characters that weren’t in KI2 into the game, such as Thunder, Mira, and/or Aganos, but for some reason, the KI Krew decided to give a heaping helping of KI Gold as the bonus for Season 3 instead.
I’d just really like to know why the KI Classics didn’t get the Play Anywhere treatment alongside the main game straight from the KI Team. I’m 400% sure that Code Mystics could port KI Classic to the Windows store, and I can’t help but to wonder if that could be on the table in the future if we wished hard enough…
See, now that’s some enthusiasm, @Coolsword123! I’d have LOVED to have seen Code Mystic’s take on adding modern and cut fighters into KI2 Classic, and that alone would’ve seriously boosted online play for the classic games. Just imagining a KI2.5 with Riptor, Cinder, Sadira, and Kan-Ra would be bonkers fun! As a matter of fact, if CM’s additions resulted in any weird bugs or combos, they could claim that they were just emulating the feel of the 1995 classic! KI Classic getting Play Anywhere functionality would certainly revitalize the game, and it’d be a killer bonus for us longtime fans.
Fight on,
-Zenek