{"id":37029,"date":"2023-09-19T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1892047"},"modified":"2023-09-19T21:08:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:08:12","slug":"mortal-kombat-fans-react-as-cursed-mk1-switch-graphics-revealed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/mortal-kombat-fans-react-as-cursed-mk1-switch-graphics-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortal Kombat fans react as \u201ccursed\u201d MK1 Switch graphics revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The Switch version may or may not have gone down well &#8211; depending on how you look at it&#8230; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Toby Saunders\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 19 September 2023 at 13:18 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/mortal-kombat-1-release-date-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mortal Kombat 1<\/a> being out now on Switch, we haven\u2019t seen official screenshots or trailers of the port. Now we know why.<\/p>\n<p>The Switch is many things \u2013 but powerful like the Xbox Series X\/S and PS5, it is not. Development of the MK1 Switch port was handled by a different team to those consoles, and it\u2019s safe to say it might have needed more time in the oven.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have taken to social media to showcase the graphics and character models of the Switch version of MK1 \u2013 and the outcome is delightful.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Norellas_\/status\/1699926141589500194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one fan put it<\/a>, \u201cMK1 on the Switch is going to give us so many memes and cursed pics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s precisely what we\u2019ve got.<\/p> <p>There are tonnes of cursed images and memes floating around Twitter, Reddit and other sites already, with many players pointing out the <i>rather stark <\/i>differences in the faces of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/gaming\/mortal-kombat-1-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">playable characters<\/a>. It\u2019s fair to say that Johnny Cage has seen some things in the Switch version\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you don&#8217;t get MK1 on Switch, you&#8217;re a coward <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HrjvTDoWnk\">pic.twitter.com\/HrjvTDoWnk<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Gen! \ud83c\udf82 SEP 30 (@Gentendo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gentendo\/status\/1703265625492033790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>It\u2019s not just Johnny Cage \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SynthPotato\/status\/1703339602331746633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they\u2019ve all seen some things<\/a>. What\u2019s up with their eyes and expressionless faces? We truly can\u2019t say for sure.<\/p>\n<p>We get that the Switch isn\u2019t too powerful, but it\u2019s better than\u2026 whatever this is.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, many are pointing out that Mortal Kombat 11 on Switch looked a heck of a lot better than the strange eyes and facial expressions in MK1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yahya_no_1\/status\/1703449282731200734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This fan<\/a> \u201cexpected MK11 quality graphics\u201d and adds that \u201cMK11 looks miles better on Switch than MK1\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happened, it\u2019s led to a memorable launch. We love you really, MK1 on Switch. How can you not love something which has given us things like this?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy to see Mortal Kombat 1 doing well on the Switch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MK1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MK1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aXNeTvLCAA\">pic.twitter.com\/aXNeTvLCAA<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Melee Games (@MeleeGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeleeGames\/status\/1703539681596682348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>One fan has even gone so far as suggesting MK1 on Switch shares some <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saltiest_Gaming\/status\/1703461501724725656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unfortunate similarities<\/a> with the often strange-looking Starfield NPCs.<\/p>\n<p>The poor graphics have led others to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DayOneBino\/status\/1703505797878005900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">question<\/a> why the game is on Switch but not on PS4 or Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p>While the suboptimal character models can be hilarious, and the game is proving to be something of a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kraidy117\/status\/1703396190111338574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">goldmine for content<\/a>, what actually isn\u2019t great for those forking over the cash for the Switch version of MK1 is its bugs.<\/p>\n<p>One Switch user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mr_baconssauro\/status\/1703146940953756023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has shared a clip<\/a> of a literally unplayable fight where one character walks into the background and foreground of the screen, instead of from side to side as they should.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mikemetroid\/status\/1703431015702667268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fan shared a clip<\/a> of a bugged-out fatality that doesn\u2019t show any of what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Fingers crossed there\u2019s a hefty patch incoming for the Switch version of Mortal Kombat 1 that fixes some of its worst bugs, at least. 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