Customer Reviews
The best beat-em-up you get for the DS at the moment and the Puzzle Kombat game is great fun too. - By: Dragonlord, 15 Jun 2010 
I have been a Mortal Kombat fan since the beginning many years ago. For me Mortal Kombat 2 which I own on the SNES is best out of all the 2d versions. Ulitmate Mortal Kombat is Mortal Kombat 3 with extra knobs added onto it. The main thing that lets this game down as was the same with Mortal Kombat 3 is that the computer is as hard as nails even on easy.
The best bits are you can play against your friends with just one game card & play online too. I also enjoy playing Puzzle Kombat by myself or with others too. On the top screen you have a display your characters special & finishing moves which comesin handy. Overall this is a very good fighting game for the ds & if it was a copy of the superior Mortal Kombat 2 with extras then it would have been even better, nevermind maybe next time if we are lucky.
Good Old Classic - By: JapanMan, 06 Mar 2010 
I am a huge Mortal Kombat Fan, have been since the first ever MK. & yes this game did impress me.
yes their is no practice mode, but their never was a practice mode on the classics, you just hadda go out their & find the moves yourself! whereas while playing, not only does it have a list of all your special moves, it has the combinations to fatalities, just find the right distance & type itin fast, & enjoy the show.
the animation is nice smooth & clear due to it being a smaller resolution than a TV.
and when you get bored, just play the mini game, or just play with your friends! as they don't need the game to play.
recommended for all mk & beat em up fans.
the more u play, the more your hooked - By: Daniel Davies, 15 Feb 2008 well id decided i wanted this game when i saw it was released & wrote it down on a list, & i took my ds with me when i went to buy it, & was playin itin a nearby cafe close to the game shop, & i loved it, i remember playin UMK on n64 backin the good old days wen i was about 10 years old, & it was seriously addictive event till today, now i have it on ds, the graphics are great & the animations dnt let up, & some parts of teh gameplay are better than back on n64. i played it for 2 weeks straight late into the nights, trying to get better because its terribly hard, & frustration & ur fingers will ache. so when i stopped playing after a while i got realy bad again, & its harder to pick up & play but its still addictice.
the download play is decent enough as well but cant do much, 4 characters to choose from & only one level, so that will keep you ocupied with a friend for maybe half an hour. i havnt played online because i cnat yet, but thats bound to be good.
i havnt played puzzle kombat much its not my thing but it has its up, the graphics on that.... :O absolutly... incredible, especialy for ds. seriously.
and last but not least
unlockable extras:
you can unlock special matches agaisn certain charatcers taht arentin the game at first, you can unlock fatalities videos, u can unlock charatcers for mortal kombat & puzzle kombat. & ofcourse endings.
so yeah if u have a ds, & u want to be ocupied, for single & mutliplayer.
u like puzzle games with amusing animations.
if u like challenges
if u like hidden unlockable
then buy this game, its deffintily worth the cheap price tagging it these days
A stripped down version of the PS2 games - By: S. Porter, 21 Nov 2007 
I've been lucky enough to play this game on import & I couldn't help feel a little disappointed but perhaps my expectations were too high. There are only 2 real modes. The single player game is based on Ultimate MK3 which plays fairly well, but shows its age. The only real slowdown comes when you uppercut someone to a higher level of a stage & there is a slight pause, but otherwise this is a decent conversion of the game you played several years ago on consoles... & that's the problem. There really isn't much new here.
The other mode is Puzzle Kombat which is taken from MK Deception on PS2. It's very similar to Capcom's Puzzle Fighter, so if you've ever played that you will know what to expect. This mode is a nice break from one on one fighting but it won't really occupy anyone for long periods.
The touch screen is barely used at all, & this game would work just as well with one screen. The top screen is used to display movelists for the character being used which is a nice touch but it's hardly pushing the barriers of originality.
If you're desperate to play MK online then this might be worthwhile buying but if you already own one of the PS2 versions then it's just a stripped down version. It's perfectly functional, but just a bit of a disappointment really.
