Mortal Kombat 1 brought the smoke with an excellent Lin Kuei trailer

Mortal Kombat 1 got a new trailer last night showing off several returning characters, mostly from the Lin Kuei, everyone’s favorite band of colorful ninjas.

The trailer highlights both the story and gameplay details of Sub Zero, Scorpion, Smoke, and Rain. We also see Sektor, Cyrax, and Frost appear in the form of Kameo fighters, adding mid-match assists and their own punches to the X-ray animation.

It’s a fun trailer, packed with a mix of callbacks to the older games with recognizable special moves scattered throughout the trailer. It’s also wrapped up in a bunch of new additions, with all the characters clearly revamped with the reboot of the Mortal Kombat universe.

Starting with Sub Zero, we see several new takes on classic ice-based attacks such as the ice clone and dash, as well as some ice sword strikes up close. It’s clear they’re also bringing back a more evil Sub Zero, tempted to control Earthrealm with his elemental brothers.

Ironically, cooler heads seem to prevail with Scorpion looking like a measured type this time around. However, that doesn’t mean we won’t see the high-flying fighting style we’ve come to love over the years. Flame teleporters, rope grabs, and other hot hits fly loose in Scorpion’s trailer section.

In the really new things. While Scorpion and Sub Zero remain largely faithful, Smoke has been given a major shine in Mortal Kombat 1. His kit all looks new, with returns to the old Smoke, sure, but totally revamped with close-range kunai fighting playing out. a central role. .

The character that we see in the center of the stage is Rain, who has become a kind of sorcerer. Staff in hand, he has been seen firing numerous water-based massive attacks from a distance. Another totally new look, keeping the classic color of it.

Other than that, there are the aforementioned kameo fighters. Frost, Sektor and Cyrax are back and they look classic. We see them appear throughout the trailer with many of their older moves, leading to bigger combos and special finishing animations. Lin Kuei fans have brought back most of their favorites in a big way with Mortal Kombat 1.