Mortal Kombat 1 developer NetherRealm has launched a gameplay trailer for last Year 1 DLC character Takeda forward of his July 23 launch date alongside Kameo character Ferra.
Takeda is one of the so-called Kombat Children alongside Cassie Cage, Kung Jin, and Jacqui Briggs. The gameplay video, under, exhibits off a quantity of Takeda’s strikes and combos, which revolve round his trademark bladed whips, in addition to pre-fight interactions (Johnny Cage, for instance, desires him to star in a superteam motion film).
It ends with a glance at his fatality, which, as you’d count on from Mortal Kombat, isn’t for the faint of coronary heart. Right here Takeda wraps his hapless sufferer tightly in his bladed whips earlier than slowly retracting them. Now that’s obtained to harm.
This is the official blurb on Takeda, from writer Warner Bros. Video games:
Just like his cousin Kenshi, Takeda Takahashi was raised a Yakuza. Not like him, Takeda loved this life-style. That is why he was chosen to finish Kenshi’s campaign towards his masters. The battle mortally wounded Takeda. Unwilling to let his cousin die, Kenshi rushed him to the closest assist: the Shirai Ryu. Even after Takeda was healed, Kenshi would not launch him. He feared that the Yakuza would possibly kill him for failing his mission. Takeda resisted, trying to flee repeatedly. However because the months handed, he started to understand the Shirai Ryu’s selfless dedication to Earthrealm, a distinction to his previous life-style. Takeda swore to tear up Earthrealm’s underworld by the roots, however he quickly learns they’re stronger and extra tangled than he ever thought potential. Within the new video, Takeda’s Shirai Ryu impressed moveset is on full show, together with his capability to make use of serrated whips to drag and throw opponents, utilization of explosive kunai projectiles to increase combos, and mastery of teleportation to assault opponents from behind.
Takeda is the final of the six Kombat Pack 1 DLC characters to return out, and joins Omni-Man from Invincible, Quan Chi, Peacemaker from the DCU, Ermac, and Homelander from The Boys. Dataminers have already unearthed proof to counsel the following six DLC characters coming to the gory combating recreation as half of Kombat Pack 2.
The gameplay video doesn’t function Ferra, nevertheless. Ferra is the small fighter who sat atop the hulking Torr as half of the mixed Ferra & Torr character from Mortal Kombat X, and was set to hit Mortal Kombat 1 in Kameo kind in June however was delayed to launch alongside Takeda on July 23.
Talking of Kombat Pack 2, NetherRealm has confirmed plans to disclose the longer term of Mortal Kombat 1 throughout San Diego Comic-Con 2024, in a panel set for 2pm Pacific / 5pm Jap / 10pm UK on Friday, July 26. Year 2 plans could embrace what Boon has already teased is ready for Mortal Kombat 1, resembling story DLC and “an enormous shock after that.” In the meantime, the Mortal Kombat 2 film is due out October 24, 2025.
Takeda is accessible from July 23 to Mortal Kombat 1 Premium Version or Kombat Pack 1 homeowners. The character is then in the stores per week later.
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