Some fans of the longstanding Mortal Kombat series have expressed major concerns about the Nintendo Switch port of the latest entry in the series, Mortal Kombat 1. Players have expressed concerns regarding the storage requirements alongside the game's stability. If the launch of Mortal Kombat 11 on Switch is anything to go by, there might be a lot to be worried about with Mortal Kombat 1.
The recent announcement of Mortal Kombat 1 has stirred a few players as the game will only come out as an exclusive title for current-generation consoles and PC. However, the Nintendo Switch was also announced to be the home of a port of the game that will be handled by the developers that brought The Witcher 3 to the console.
Unfortunately, this announcement has been met with lots of skepticism from players, regardless of the developer in charge of the port. A Reddit user started a thread wondering if Mortal Kombat 1 on the Nintendo Switch would have better graphics than Mortal Kombat 11. Several users have voiced their concerns regarding the upcoming port in response, citing worries about the game's graphical fidelity and possible framerate issues. Given that the previous port for Mortal Kombat 11 suffered from a tepid reception and was even left out of the game's crossplay beta test because of its myriad of issues, players have valid concerns regarding this upcoming release that, oddly enough, will not be released on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One.
Some players were quick to point out the insane storage requirements that Mortal Kombat 1 will have, talking about how the game requires over 100 GB of storage on its current-gen counterparts. While it's obvious that the game will not take as much space from the Nintendo Switch as the current-gen ports, it's more than likely that this version of Mortal Kombat 1 will come with a requirement for players to have a high-capacity SD card just to house the game. Still, a few outliers have also expressed hope about the upcoming port. One of them even pointed out that the circumstances around the production of this port might be better than some realize since the Nintendo Switch has received FSR support to help make some of its games look better without sacrificing performance.
There's still one more possibility that could be worth taking into consideration, and that is that the port of Mortal Kombat 1 on Nintendo Switch could be handled as a Cloud version, offering the performance and graphic fidelity that other cloud-based Nintendo Switch ports have offered with the inherent disadvantage of the game having an always-online requirement. Still, there's much room for speculation, given that NetherRealm hasn't shared any gameplay trailers yet on the Nintendo Switch or the current-generation consoles. As such, it's worth keeping an eye out for upcoming developments as NetherRealm Studios figures out how to bring the soft-reboot of the franchise to the Nintendo Switch.
Mortal Kombat 1 is set to release on September 19 for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.