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A better than expected entry into the MK series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Mortal Kombat series hasn't always had the best track record on the GameBoy system (Mortal Kombat Advance anyone?), but Midway is nearly forgiven with this near excellent GBA port of the latest chapter in the Mortal Kombat saga. Old favorite characters like Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Jax, and Shang Tsung return to deliver simple one on one fighting mayhem enhanced by the eye popping 3-D graphics and buckets of blood and gore flying around. The control is simply simple, along with the addition of changing your character's fighting style while fighting is a nice little extra. As you play though single player mode, you'll collect coins to unlock secret costumes and arenas, plus you can also choose from a survival mode and the two player link option. Another weird option however is the night vision and psychedelic mode which are so completely absurd that you can't help but try them out. As I said before the graphics are eye popping and the fighters are superbly animated and move around fluidly, the only complaint about the graphics are the sometimes bland and blocky backgrounds, bu that is instantly forgiveable. Fighting game fans looking for strategy and depth won't find too much here as opposed to other GBA fighters like Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Tekken Advance, but for what it's worth, Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance is a hell of a fun fighter that GBA owners or fans of the long running series will surely enjoy.

Such a nice change from MK-A

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: May 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I loved Mortal Kombat on Arcade and Super Nintendo, I hated Mortal Kombat Advance, and I love Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance on GBA.

This opus renewed my faith in the series. The difficulty is well adjusted, the graphics and sound are just as good as I would expect them to be on GBA, and the gameplay is great. This is such a welcome change after MK-A (which was so difficult that it was downright frustrating).

Don't let your past experience with MK-A deter you from buying this great game. Think of MK-D.A. as a redemption game from Midway.

A surprisingly responsive, accessible fighting game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: October 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was never a big fan of the Mortal Kombat series. Though I loved the characters and concept, the controls usually left much to be desired. But I found this game to be immediately appealing, and supplied the learning curve necessary for me to re-enter the Mortal Kombat franchise.

Many Gameboy Advance games I've played just don't allow you to slowly build up skill. The Revenge of Shinobi, for example, had me seething thanks to the lack of checkpoints, overlong levels and overly powerful enemies. And there was no Difficulty setting available for new players to gently ease into expertise. This game does, happily, and being a newbie to the game I needed this feature in order to slowly learn the moves and master the mechanics.

I wasn't optimistic about the prospect of fighting games on the four-buttom Gameboy Advance, but the Mortal Kombat series proves to be highly suitable for the platform. And the response is quite good; I was actually able to execute a lot more moves here than on my old SNES Mortal Kombat game. There is also a load of extras to unlock using "Koins" that you earn by playing various modes of the game.

If I have one gripe, it's that there aren't too many characters to choose from. Twelve is on the low side for a fighting game in 2003. A minor complaint, however, for what is generally a very good, playable package.

gisselle

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is one of the greatest game ever for the game boy Advance. Because the fatality are a bomb,sub zero actually riped a guy spine out. if u are a MK fan i think you should get this game

Some titles just won't go away

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

MK DA is a top rate fighting game. Although most of the "classic" characters must be "bought" with game coins, it still leaves you some new goodies to start with. What I like best about this game are the profiles. It creates your win/lose record and keeps your game coins. You can have several profiles. Secondly, the graphics are awesome.
Overall:
Re playablity: 4 stars. Its a fighting game, but there are many many many "coffins" to open for game secrets.
Graphics: 4 stars. Alittle slow/choppy on some stages.
Great value and cheaper than Trilogy.

Word.

It's a hell of a lot better than MK Advance

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Over the yrs, handheld ports of MK games have ranged from absolutely abysmal to merely embarrassing(AHEM...MK Advance), so DA deserves special mention for even displaying a level of competence. The sound is great with good vioce samples and surprisingly potent smacking sounds, and the tight conrols retain an impressive amount of 12 characters maoves, stances, and fatalities. And just like it's console bretheren, there's tons of stuff to unlock, even if it's mostly character palete swaps. The most unfortunate thing about GBA DA is the decision to ape the console version's 3D gameplay when it really wasn't neccessary,the arenas are blocky Mode-7 messes that do impossible Escher things whenever the floor meets the background, and the characters have been pixelated to make the "scale". 10 for ambition, at any rate, great game Capcom, keep up the good work.

A step above any portable fighting game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 22
Date: November 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

To start with the fighting is in 3D, there are seven playable characters (Jax, Sonya, Scorpion, Kung Lao, Kenshi, Ki Mei and Frost) and five hidden characters to unlock (Kitana, Kano, Sub-Zero, Kwan Chi, Shang Tsung). The fighting controls are very simple, the A button is the kick button, the B button is the punch and the R button is for blocking. What makes this different than other portable fighting games is that usually a character has one set of fighting moves, and a few special moves to use, but with this game each character has two different fighting styles! Which means every time you press the L button during the fight your character will change the fighting style they are using! So a whole new set of moves to use from over 20 styles! In addition to special moves there are fatalities, babalities brutalities and more that can be done at the end of the fight. Not only do you have five levels of challenge, but there are new tasks, earn Kombat Koins, to spend on mystery prizes! Anything from giving the characters a new look or enabling a new character to enabling different modes! There are also two mini games that can keep you interested in the game as well "test of strength" and "test of sight," where you can get more Kombat Koins. Finally there are player profiles, where the game will keep track of your stats! Wins, losses, fatalities, your best score at the survival mode.

Huge improvement over Mortal Kombat Advance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

So far, I think this is the best fighter available for the Gameboy Advance. The Mortal Kombat series got a much needed overhaul with the introduction of different fighting styles, the use of Koins (the monetary system) in the game which you can buy hidden specials to unlock in the game. Most importantly, the game is balanced and fun! Lots of fun!

If there is only one bad thing to say, its the fact the characters don't look as sharp as I would like them to be. Some of the faces and the bodies are a little pixelated for my taste but otherwise this is worthy of you money. Highly recommended.

great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: December 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

if you like fighting games this is for you in fact this is in my list of things to have if you have a game boy advance here is my list 1 dbz the legacy of Goku 2 dbz the collectible card game(dbz is dragon ball z)3 the transporter 4 Nyko worm light 5 MK deadly alliance 6 dbz legendary super worriors 7 ac/car adaptor 8 sonic advance 9 yugioh the eternal duelist soul 10 yugioh dark duel storys

one of the best games ive ever played!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was perfect. the graphics were good the backrounds are good you can set it on easy mode. the only thing that i didnt like about it was on hard it was really easy. ibeat the whole game in two days. parents buy this game for your kids!

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