If there is already a topic about this, I apologize in advance.

Okay, okay. I know this game is old, but it still is a pretty kickass game in my opinion. Made by both Nintendo and Rare, Killer Instinct is pretty much Rare's way of saying "Up yours!" to Midway and Mortal Kombat. Personally, I enjoy both games, but you'll sooner catch me playing this before I play MK. Why you may ask? Simple. It was the first extremely violent game made by Rare. Donkey Kong Country wasn't violent. I don't care who you are, it just wasn't it. I personally was glad when this was released(Of course, I was only four and went searching for it at the age of ten.) and still am glad that people make these games. Keep up the good work at finding excellent games like this.

Some people may just call it a MK knock-off, but it wasn't. Actually, this game referred to both Street Fighter and MK. Killer Instinct's Jago reminded me of Ryu from Street Fighter so much, that I almost mistakenly called him Ryu. They may not look alike, but he sure does have his moves down pat. The similarities that are between KI and MK are only the death system. Certain stages kill people when you uppercut them near the edge of something, while other stages you are on your own. Also, the names of the fatalities or "No Mercy"s aren't their either. I just called it (insert name here)'s finisher.

The major difference between this game and SF as well as MK is the Combo system, if KI didn't start it, there wouldn't be one. From triple to ultra combos, this game had all of the combo names. Super, Hyper, Brutal, Master, Awesome, Blaster, and a couple others are in between those first two I mentioned. My favorite character to play with is Jago, but the most combo able is...well...you'll see in a sec...
Click and see the ultra combo king.
Questions? Comments?

c-c-c-combo breaker!--ULTRA COMBO!!!!

Hah, man I used to love this game....

What? No, I sucked at it.

I just loved watching my older bro play. That was my best way of seeing characters do cool stuff..>_> Glacius(?) and jago were my favs. I dunno why I didn't like Cinder, even though I'm a pyro lover. No, I'm sorry--Fulgore was badass too.

I've forgotten KI over the years(except for the time I attempted to replicate the theme on guitar) so I'ma go wiki the characters since I know nothing about them.

Man i can't believe i don't start topics that i know i should start... oh well lol....Cinder for the win....why?

123...123..1234...123...BOOM.......................crash....AWESEOME COMBO!

i know how to do some of his no mercy moves and i know his humilitaion move....i could never get cinder invisible though...and trust me it is possible...my friend did it right in front of me..

Hey, were the character sprites made the same way as in MK?(stop-motion animation?)

I think so. Oh, and as for Cinder? I kicked his ass on the hardest setting. He wasn't easy, but a few Awesome Combos along with the Ultra combo I somehow pulled off(random button mashing) gave me the win.

i got that game! no i didn't mean to make u guys suffer, my fav is saberwolf. not good at fighting games but i try, my hardest task was beating Combo he's too frigging good and he can overcome your block! What's up with that? my second fav is Spiral and the raptor.