Twitter’s “AFredenucci” has shared a video, showcasing what a Mortal Kombat HD Remaster could have looked like. In order to create the new 2D sprites, AFredenucci most likely used AI tools, and the results are truly incredible.
In this comparison video, we get to see Sonya, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage and Scorpion. AFredenucci claims that these aren’t the final sprites, so we can expect to see some improvements to them in another update.
Quick Animation test of my remaster of Mortal Kombat 1 ( not the final sprites ) pic.twitter.com/qTpnw7luOw
— AFredenucci (@afredenucci_) May 17, 2023
Now I don’t know whether it’s possible to replace the vanilla 2D sprites of the fighters with these new ones. In theory, this would be possible in the arcade version of Mortal Kombat 2. For the first MK game, though, that seems unlikely to happen. So, perhaps a MUGEN MK game using these sprites?
This isn’t the first time we see an HD Remaster of the classic Mortal Kombat games. In January 2023, we shared a video for Mortal Kombat 2. As with this fan project, that remaster used AI techniques in order to enhance the original 2D sprites.
From what we know so far, NetherRealm does not have any plans for remastering these classic Mortal Kombat games. And that’s a shame. By using AI tools, the developers won’t have to digitize new actors. In other words, right now, it could be possible to remaster all three classic MK games.
Anyway, enjoy the comparison video and stay tuned for more!
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‘Here’s what a Mortal Kombat Classic HD Remaster could look like’
hopefully not
“Test of my remaster generated with AI”
In full screen : it’s horrendious, faces are blinking, fingers do crazy stuff. Usual AI generation nightmare.
Sonya has a frame with a huge lip. Scorpion looks like a cheap costume for Haloween.
gotta admit…19 bucks? i’d buy it…play it for like 2 hours, then never touch it again…cause it sucks…didn’t such 30 years ago, sucks now. go try mk…it sucks dingus.
If someone’s into 6 fingers.
There are already a handful of HD MUGENs, mostly half baked attempts. Why keep redoing that?
And there have been 3 attempts at official HD remakes, Matt McMuscles on YT has that covered.
If it’s AI, it’s not a remaster; that would require access to the original footage of each actor standing in front of a green screen!
And, if I’m not mistaken, they used an off-the-shelf VHS camcorder to record the footage for MK 1 sprites. (They’d have more professional cameras for MK 2 and 3.)
Soulless, like all other crap in 2023. May as well be a real game for the idiot masses to consume.