Ed Boon: MK could be best selling fighter of 2011

Mortal Kombat could be the best selling fighter of 2011, Mortal Kombat creator and NetherRealm Studios boss Ed Boon has told MCV.

According to Boon, the previous MK game created a hunger for a title that returns the series to its roots.

“This is the first mature-rated Mortal Kombat to come out in about four or five years. I believe the last game created a hunger for many players to see Mortal Kombat return to its original roots and that’s exactly what we are doing with this one,” said Boon.

“Mortal Kombat sells as well as or better than our rival fighters do. We’ve seen some of our competitors sell fewer units with each iteration of their games because they are not offering something dramatically different from the last version. While they are still great games, they are basically the same great game with better looking graphics,” he continued.

“Mortal Kombat has been around over 18 years and we believe this version will be one of the best selling of them all – perhaps the best selling fighter of this year.”

Fighting talk from the Mortal Kombat creator. This year’s already seen Capcom’s Marvel vs. Capcom 3 ship 2 million copies worldwide. Bettering the performance of MvC3 would certainly be decent for publisher Warner.