While October 2025 brings some fantastic new releases to the gaming world, it’s also the month when an iconic franchise in gaming is given its due. We’re talking, of course, about Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, an anthology of the franchise’s early hits (and a few flops), that is set to showcase its history and bring it into the spotlight once again.
With a host of nifty features and a long list of games, Legacy Kollection is sure to have caught your eye if you’re a fan of Ed Boon’s fighting titles. Whether you’ve been a fan from the franchise’s early days or have just hopped on to the bandwagon with Mortal Kombat 1, this one is sure to give you something to like. But is it worth your time and money?
That’s what we’re here to help you answer with these details you may want to know before you decide to pick up a copy. Let’s jump in!
1. Lots of Kombat To Take On
There’s a solid roster of games for you to dive into, making this one a dream come true for Mortal Kombat fans. You get to play Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (a title we thought we’d never see again), Mortal Kombat 4, Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, and Mortal Kombat Advance.
It’s a great way for Digital Eclipse to bring the best of the franchise from across a variety of consoles over the years to a single, convenient package for fans to enjoy.
2. Additions to Make Gameplay A Tad More Forgiving
One of the new features being brought to the table is the Rewind ability, which lets you go back a few seconds in the event that you make a mistake or hit the wrong button. It’s slated to make players who may not be used to the franchise’s hard-hitting difficulty still feel like they’re able to make progress in the games that they’re playing.
It could be quite useful in titles like Mythologies: Sub-Zero, which was widely criticized for its challenging difficulty, among other things.
3. Pull Off Those Fancy Moves Easily
Performing Finishers or special moves in Mortal Kombat wasn’t as easy back in the day as it is now. There were complicated input strings that you would have to write down and memorize before attempting them, a facet of the experience that a few franchise veterans might be missing thanks to NetherRealm’s more streamlined approach since MK9.
However, Legacy Kollection gives you the option to display complicated input strings on-screen as you fight, letting you easily check out what you’ll need to hit in the heat of battle. It’s a welcome addition to the game and is sure to have many players appreciating just how difficult things used to be back in the day.
4. Practice Makes Perfect
Another addition to the game is a Trainer Mode that lets you try out new characters and master their movesets in peace without having to worry about staying alive against vicious opponents. It’s a great way to move past your main character and try out a few others. We can’t all be Scorpions and Sub-Zeroes now, can we?
5. Fatality Training
Aside from brushing up on your fighting moves, Fatality Training lets you practice dealing out your more brutal moves after a fight to kick off the franchise’s iconic finishing moves. You’re going to be ripping and chopping up your opponents quite frequently once you get the hang of how to pull off the best and most vicious finishers in your move list.
6. Peek Behind The Creative Curtain
Legacy Kollection also includes a lot of exclusive content like interviews, an interactive documentary that lets you learn more about the franchise’s origins and its evolution over the years, snippets from Ed Boon and John Tobias spread out over an interactive timeline, and so much more.
It’s a great way to pay homage to a franchise that has been a mainstay in the fighting genre and has even managed to spread out into other entertainment media. We can’t wait for the new movie to come out, after all.
7. Online Play with Rollback Netcode
Diving into a quick versus match or joining a lobby is going to be quite seamless in Legacy Kollection, with Digital Eclipse bringing rollback netcode to the title to ensure that you’re always in the thick of the action, even if your opponent is miles away. There are a bunch of matchmaking options, as well as cross-gen play, which can let you play against your buddies even if you’re on older generations of consoles.
There’s even stat tracking for those of you who like to dive into how well you’ve been doing against talented opponents. That’s quite a nice touch in our book!
8. Choose Your Edition
Aside from a standard edition, those of you who would like to purchase physical copies are in for a treat if you have a bit of extra cash. The Deluxe Edition comes complete with a steelbook, a slipcover, a magnet and poster, cards, arcade flyers, and mini marquees!
The Kollector’s edition takes things up a notch, adding a very cool controller holder in the form of Goro alongside a host of additional goodies that make it a very attractive, albeit expensive option, based on the platform you’re purchasing it for.
9. Local Multiplayer
It wouldn’t be Mortal Kombat unless you get to dive into it with your friends from your couch. Local multiplayer joins online play, allowing you and your buddies to enjoy a bit of nostalgia while tearing each other to shreds, all from the comfort of your gaming rooms.
Get ready to bust out your best moves when the game hits the shelves!
10. CRT Filters
If you’re looking to really dive into the nostalgia factor, there’s good news. Legacy Kollection gets the option to enable CRT filters, bringing the classic scanlines of the original releases to the table to let you experience them just as you remember them in all their retro glory!
11. Add Some Music Into the Fray
There’s also a compilation of some of the franchise’s most iconic soundtracks in the Legacy Kollection, giving you the option of listening to tunes that can take you right back to the franchise’s arcade days. While it’s unclear if you can play those tracks in the middle of a fight, it’s still a solid addition to a title that’s aimed at recreating the look and feel of the earliest titles in its history.
12. Secret Characters At Your Fingertips
If you’ve played some of the games that are being included in Legacy Kollection back in the day, you probably shudder at the thought of jumping through hoops to unlock hidden characters. The unlock requirements for some of them were so specific and challenging to pull off that it could take a few hours to gain access to a character you really want to play.
However, Digital Eclipse has added the option to instantly unlock all characters without having to satisfy those elaborate requirements, an option that could save you a lot of time and effort.
13. MK Gold’s Absence Explained
While many fans were disappointed to learn that the Sega Dreamcast’s enhanced port of Mortal Kombat 4 was not going to be a part of the new title, Digital Eclipse’s Dan Amrich has since stated that it was definitely considered but ultimately scrapped owing to variables beyond the studio’s control.
He went on, however, to state that there was the possibility of DLC being added to the game, and speculations about MK Gold being among its additions continue to make the rounds. We’d take that news with a pinch of salt, however, but it is nice to know that the title did receive its due in some form.
14. A Few More Iconic Titles In The Pipeline
While Legacy Kollection does bring the best OG titles in the franchise’s history to the table, games from the PS2 era and, of course, Mortal Kombat 9, are notable omissions.
The studio has commented that it was focused on telling the franchise’s story over the years, and that its selection of games was a logical addition. That implies that we could be seeing some of the best titles in later years making their way to the collection either as DLC add-ons, or perhaps in their own anthology in a second volume of games.
15. The Switch 2 Version
For those of you considering picking up a physical version for your Switch 2, you’ll be pleased to know that it’s not a Game Key Card but contains the full game without the need for an additional download. You’re going to get to dive into the action as soon as you can once you get your hands on a copy!
And that’s a wrap on everything you need to know about Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection ahead of its October 2025 release. Are you going to be enjoying this blast from the past? Which one of its titles are you most stoked to play? Let us know in the comments!
