Classic bloody fighting on the go.
Now, Ultimate Mortal Kombat is not the first time a MK game has been transfered to a handheld console. But what separates it from Mortal Kombat one for the GBA, is that for one thing, the game is a much more fluid and fun (if not incredibly difficult) port of a Mortal Kombat game than the disaster Mortal Kombat GBA was. The port is of the famous Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for the Arcade, Super Nintendo, and Xbox 360. And the game does a swell job of transfering the same button mashing and brutal action as the original.
The gameplay for this DS version is a bit sketchy at first, but you'll get used to the DS's handheld fighting game experiance. Now one excellent feature included with this game is the use of Wi-Fi online play, so you won't be limited to just fighting the 20+ characters in the game, but you'll get to face players from around the world as well. And if you don't have Wi-Fi, you can still face a friend, even if they don't have this game. But take away the online play and such, and you still have a well playing handheld version of UMK3. As an added plus, the game features Puzzle Kombat, which is similar to Tetris mixed with some MK flash and flair. You might recognize this from MK Deception.
The game's graphics are nothing special, dispite this, you won't have to worry about your bloody action and fatalities looking bad, for the real version and this version are compareable. The sound is excellent, and is not diminished one bit when compared to the original Arcade or SNES version of this game.
Overall, Ultimate Mortal Kombat is a worthy buy if you really want to play Mortal Kombat wherever you go, and the added online play helps this game to be more than just a re-make for handheld fans.
-verdugo