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I cant waight to get it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been waiting a long time for a arcade version of Mk for GBa to play on the go.

Where is Sheeva?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Ok First off i would like to say this is a great game overall if you like the classics, which I do, thats why I want SHEEVA!!!! Where is she? For God's sake they have "stryker" but they dont have sheeva. They dont have Sheeva, Motaro, or more importantly... THEY DONT HAVE RAIDEN!!! What kind of classic MK game doesent have RAIDEN?

it is nadal!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this game is nadal!!! this game is nadal!!!this game is nadal!!!
this game is nadal!!!this game is nadal!!thisthis game is nadal!!! game is nadal!!!!this game is nadalthis game is nadal!!!!!!this game is nadal!!! mr. x!!! give me some cheeps!!! mista wuuuuuuuuu!!! you come here!!! remain in your regular seats!!! varela bomb!!!

Man this game sucks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat perfected itself when it brought out the MK Trilogy on Pc and PSX. But before that, the SNES had great games of MK 1, 2 & 3 and then buggered up the trilogy for the N64.

Now that the power of the SNES can be made into a hand held console, you'd think the GBA version of the original style of MK would rock, right? Wrong.

What the hell have they made here????

A GBA is supposed to be a handheld SNES, yet the SNES game never was as slow as this game, the graphics wherent as bad (backgrounds are image's) the moves where executable with ease on the SNES and yet this version it takes 2 or 3 tries to get something to work because the response of the game is not fast enough!!! and the worst thing is the feel of it, you cant beat the computer with ease, everythign you do gets blocked, the computer all of a suddan goes on a rampage kicking your butt and you cant do anythign about it.

Plus, where the hell is Johnny Cage, Goro but most important of all Raiden??? You cant have a MK game without Raiden.

To screw it up even worse, it's a 2 button game now!!! no more jp,lp,lk,hk,b & r...nope, just k & p... press back+K for a roundhouse kick, press down+back+kick for a sweep... that probably would have been ok to get used to if the bloody response of it actualy worked... i have to slow down my button pressing so the computer can execute the moves which sucks to high heaven.

I didnt even get a fality off, there is no one button fatality code. I played this with a gameshark and needed the infinite health code on. You even need the gameshark to unlock Shoakahn, Montoro and Human Smoke because to access them you have to beat the game then get to use them for one round. WHY THE HELL GO BACKWARDS FROM THE TRILOGY? It's a serios downstep and it's the worst Mortal Kombat i've ever played. It even makes me like the 64's version better with it's less charactors and no one button fatality cheat that every other version had.

This is the worst MK game ever. Dont buy it, it's slow, it doesnt have the right feel, the response sucks, the computer blocks everything, there is hardly a cheat worth looking at, the bacgrounds suck.... there is nothing good to say about this game.

Plase, if you do like this game, it's probably because you have never played any of the other MK's before. So, go and find an MK game on any other system and find out why I am saying what I am saying about this version, and you will agree with me 100% when you play the GBA version again and it runs so slow and boring and nothing goes right.

BOORRRIIIINNNNGGGG!!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game bums! I mean, it's a hell of a lot better than the MK 4 Game Boy color, but it's still so darn horrible! The graphics are barely above bad, there is not nearly as much fun in the gameplay or moves as there is in MK Trilogy(which I plan to get for my big computer), and the sound and character design is atrocious. I think that this game belongs on the shelves except if you either have no love for yourself or if you want to pay a jerk back for something rotten he did to you. What was Ed Boon thinking(no offense to him) when he made this waste of mechanics? Man, oh man, don't waste your cash on this game. Buy MK4 or II or a really worthy MK game.

A Terrible Excuse of a Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat Advance was released years ago, but as long as the game remains on the market, people should be warned of the utter disgrace of a title they may one day consider. If you're reading this because that day has come, heed my words closely: There is no legitimate reason to buy Mortal Kombat Advance. None.

Midway was once well-known as a failure in making handheld versions of their popular, arcade-quality titles. Mortal Kombat Advance is one of these. The game is filled with bugs, making the easiest difficulty as ridiculous as it is inconsistant, then almost impossible on any difficulty from the default up. If you're still playing the game after a half-hour or so, it's probably to figure out how to beat anyone in the higher difficulty levels; simply put, it isn't. The game just wasn't made well enough to offer fair play against CPU, and if that's all you've got for play options, then your experience is going to be the worst possible.

The rest of MKA's elements are a mixed bag. The graphics are standard for classic Mortal Kombat games, but the animation is subpar, giving it the air a bad SNES port. The same goes for sound, which is minimal, and music, which is poor if even existent. There really isn't anything for this game to fall back on; not only is it shamefully unimpressive in its gameplay, but it's an embarrassment to hear and see, too.

The only thing this game is even remotely good for is two-player combat. There are over 20 "Kombatants," giving players plenty of characters to keep things mixed up. Not having to deal with the AI is a plus, but the bugs make it difficult to execute moves; consequently, fights are reduced to button-mashing and desperate attempts to pull off combos and special moves, which may or may not even work. This too may ultimately leave you frustrated, especially since the prospect of playing two-player meant TWO copies of this game were purchased; that's simply two too many.

Midway has learned its lesson since releasing Mortal Kombat Advance, releasing far better titles in MK: Deadly Alliance and MK Tournament Edition. Again, if you're even considering Mortal Kombat Advance, do yourself a favor and don't. There are plenty of better options out there.

MKA = UMK3

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Its umk3 potable and ruined. It could have been so easy to finally come out with a good mk game on gameboy. the graphics and sound are incredible, and the number of players is nice, but pnce again the game play is sooo bad. It is extermely hard, and very boring. The people move so slow and its almost impossible to win. They should take the old mk2 for the old gb and port it to gba with color and bloo(sorta like the gg version) that would be a thousand times better.

I agree with the gamer that said, EGM Gave bad scores

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I buy EGM alot and I read all their reviews but something
caught my eye. Mortal Kombat Advance got a O.O out of 10.
I read the review of it and began to laugh one reviewer quoted,
"Mortal Kombat is a stinking pile of bloody dog krap!"
While another quoted, "I'd rather be locked in solitary
confinment while gargling cat piss." Ignor reviewer one, I
do not reccomend this to anyone this game is crap, WARNING:
DO NOT PLAY should be stuck to the box case.....hooorrible

EGM's lowest rated game ever.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If I remember correctly, in an old issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (probably the most respected magazine for console gaming), Dan Hsu gave this game a rating of a 0/10; making this to my knowledge, the lowest rated game ever ever reviewed by them. He spoke of numerous glitches in combat itself and combos not being added up correctly... just a blatantly terrible game.

You can't make a good portable MK game, so stop trying!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Mortal Kombat games are some of the most widely recognized fighting games out there. Whether you love the games or hate them, they're damn popular. Next to Street Fighter, this is probably the most popular fighting game series of all. Unfortunately, every previous attempt to bring the series to a portable gaming system is an utter failure. But with the Game Boy Advance released, things were looking promising. It seemed that Midway finally had the technology to make a good portable MK game! Did they succeed? Read on for my review of Mortal Kombat Advance.

PROS:
-THERE ARE A TON OF CHARACTERS TO CHOOSE FROM. Essentially, the list of characters you can choose from is every similar to that of the Nintendo 64 Mortal Kombat title, Mortal Kombat Trilogy. No two characters play exactly alike.
-THE GRAPHICS ARE VERY GOOD. For a portable fighting game, these graphics are excellent. The characters and backgrounds alike both look great.
-THERE ARE A TON OF BACKGROUNDS. The backgrounds make your combat all the more interesting, especially since there are a few background fatalities your characters can pull off.
-UNLIKE SOME EARLIER MORTAL KOMBAT BLUNDERS, THIS GAME IS UNCENSORED! Early Game Boy and Super Nintendo Mortal Kombat games were censored for reasons unknown, but this is a mature-rated game, in all its bloody glory.

CONS:
-THE ANIMATION IS JUST TOO CHOPPY. Everything in the game looks good except for the movement of the characters. Their movement is just too choppy! And this can really mess up your response times in battle.
-THE GAME FORCES YOU TO USE THE GAME BOY ADVANCE'S SHOULDER BUTTONS. I've said it before, and I'll say it again - WHEN YOU ARE DESIGNING A GAME FOR THE GAME BOY ADVANCE, YOU WANT TO MAKE USAGE OF THE SHOULDER BUTTONS MINIMAL. Unfortunately, one of the most important commands in the game, block, requires usage of the R button. When will game makers learn? Okay, okay, this one is more Nintendo's fault than anyone else.
-MORTAL KOMBAT IS A SIX-BUTTON GAME, BUT GAME BOY ADVANCE HAS FOUR BUTTONS. This means instead of high and low punches and kicks, you only get one punch and one kicks. This just butchers the gameplay.

OVERALL:
Midway just can't take a hint - every time they make a portable Mortal Kombat game, it fails terribly. They need to quit trying while they're still ahead. If you want a good fighting game for the Game Boy Advance, look elsewhere, because this ain't it!

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