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DO NOT BUY Mortal Kombat 1 on Switch 2 gameplay and review

2025-06-19 · 10 min

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  1. Okay, Mortal Kombat 1 on the Switch 2.

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  2. I can't skip the cutscene.

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  3. Look at this,

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  4. it thinks I actually want to see this

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  5. stupid cutscene.

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  6. I don't care, I just want to play the

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  7. game.

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  8. Come on, Jesus Christ.

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  9. So this came out in 2023,

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  10. um, I got it on a discount, 67% off, so it

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  11. was about £11.

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  12. Okay, let's just jump straight into

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  13. online.

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  14. Uh, no, don't need tutorial.

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  15. Okay, well, there's so many pop-up menus,

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  16. it's really annoying.

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  17. Okay, see how long it takes to get a

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  18. match.

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  19. Game better not be dead.

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  20. So I do a casual versus

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  21. I was trying to play Mortal Kombat 11 and

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  22. it looks so old and outdated.

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  23. I think that one came out in 2018, so this

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  24. one is a

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  25. more up-to-date version of the Mortal

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  26. Kombat franchise.

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  27. Decided to get this over Street Fighter 6

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  28. mainly because I just prefer Mortal

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  29. Kombat, to be honest.

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  30. Okay, let's see how long it takes to get a

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  31. match.

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  32. Surely there's some people playing it.

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  33. Hmm, maybe I'll pause the video.

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  34. Um, so it's been about 10 minutes, I still

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  35. haven't found a match.

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  36. A bit annoying.

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  37. Maybe I'll try

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  38. Try ranked,

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  39. maybe that's faster.

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  40. Well, at least I get to the character

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  41. selection.

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  42. Where's my favorite guy, Baraka?

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  43. What's this?

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  44. Oh, I gotta choose a team.

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  45. See if I can find a match.

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  46. Imagine I bought this game and I can't

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  47. find a match because no one's playing it

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  48. anymore.

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  49. I mean, people were playing Mortal Kombat

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  50. 11 online.

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  51. That game's even older.

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  52. Well, I guess we just wait and see if I

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  53. actually get a match.

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  54. It's not looking good.

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  55. Oh, looks like I got a match.

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  56. Took a few minutes.

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  57. Oh wait, what?

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  58. It booted me back out to the menu system.

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  59. Oh God, what the hell?

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  60. It said looking for match and then it put

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  61. me back to the menu.

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  62. I'll try casual versus again.

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  63. Very annoying.

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  64. Oh, I got a match.

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  65. That was quick.

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  66. Took about 30 seconds.

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  67. I declined.

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  68. Oh my God,

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  69. he just declined me.

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  70. Why are you matchmaking and then declining

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  71. people then, idiot?

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  72. Is it because my stats are like zero or

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  73. something because I just got the game?

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  74. That was so lame.

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  75. I haven't even played it yet.

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  76. Oh my God.

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  77. Okay, I've got another match.

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  78. Opponent accepted.

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  79. Oh, thank God, actually play the game now.

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  80. Oh, I've got to accept.

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  81. He— it's because I've got 0 wins and 0

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  82. losses.

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  83. He's got 210 wins and losses, so they

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  84. probably think, oh, noob, and then they

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  85. decline it.

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  86. Fair enough.

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  87. I guess graphics look okay.

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  88. It's not a super new game.

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  89. So when can I actually choose my

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  90. character?

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  91. Why is it— oh, there you go, there you go,

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  92. there you go.

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  93. Okay, where's my favorite guy, Baraka?

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  94. So it's like tag team.

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  95. I don't understand why they force you to

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  96. do the tag team.

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  97. I just want to play Baraka.

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  98. I don't want to play the other guy.

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  99. Okay, let's see if the game's any good

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  100. then.

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  101. Loading's a bit long, isn't it?

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  102. Okay, here we go.

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  103. Why is it lagging though?

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  104. Okay, let's see what this game's like

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  105. then.

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  106. I'll use the D-pad.

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  107. I don't know if the controls are the same

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  108. as Mortal Kombat 11.

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  109. Oh, it's laggy.

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  110. Why is it laggy like that?

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  111. What

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  112. is it, because my internet's slow, or is

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  113. their internet slow?

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  114. My internet's not slow.

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  115. Okay, it's a bit better now.

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  116. I don't know if he's got the same combos

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  117. as Mortal Kombat 11.

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  118. Oh, that's pretty cool.

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  119. How'd you block?

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  120. Oh,

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  121. uh,

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  122. yeah, kind of close.

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  123. Not bad for my first game.

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  124. What was that?

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  125. What was that?

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  126. I hate it, they do the combos, I can't

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  127. move.

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  128. What am I supposed to do?

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  129. Game is as annoying as always.

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  130. Cut my legs off.

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  131. My first loss.

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  132. Yeah, so

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  133. doesn't really seem any different to

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  134. Mortal Kombat 11.

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  135. Graphics slightly improved.

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  136. Loading is forever.

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  137. I don't know why the match was so— see if

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  138. the match is laggy again.

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  139. I swear it's because of them, not me.

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  140. What?

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  141. How did that not do anything?

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  142. Haha, got her!

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  143. Nice!

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  144. Oh yeah, she's gonna do hers.

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  145. Uh, blocked.

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  146. Oh, I think she got me.

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  147. Oh, I won!

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  148. My first win.

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  149. Okay,

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  150. I

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  151. don't even know what the combos are.

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  152. I hate combos, to be honest.

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  153. Hey,

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  154. oh, that's a nice combo.

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  155. I didn't even have to press much.

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  156. I'd press like down, left, and B.

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  157. How'd you get out of there?

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  158. I can't fucking move.

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  159. Oh my God,

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  160. stupid fucking

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  161. game.

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  162. God, why is such a— what was that?

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  163. I can't fucking move.

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  164. Ah, she knew I was gonna do that.

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  165. Fuck this game.

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