Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Promotional flier for the arcade version
Developer(s)	Midway Games Sega Saturn Eurocom Genesis/Mega Drive, SNES Avalanche Software Game Boy Advance Virtucraft Nintendo DS Other Ocean Interactive iOS Electronic Arts
Publisher(s)	Midway Games Game Boy Advance Midway Games Sega Saturn, Genesis, SNES Williams Entertainment Sega Saturn (PAL) GT Interactive Mega Drive, SNES (PAL) Acclaim Entertainment iOS Electronic Arts
Producer(s)	Neil Nicastro Ken Fedesna Paul Dussault
Designer(s)	Ed Boon
Programmer(s)	Ed Boon
Artist(s)	John Tobias Steve Beran Tony Goskie
Composer(s)	Dan Forden
Series	Mortal Kombat
Platform(s)	Arcade, Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis, Super NES, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, iOS, PlayStation 2,Windows
Release	Arcade NA: November 6, 1995 Sega Saturn NA: 1996 EU: 1996 Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES NA: June 1996 EU: November 28, 1996 Game Boy Advance NA: December 12, 2001 EU: March 1, 2002 Xbox Live Arcade NA: October 22, 2006 EU: October 22, 2006 Nintendo DS NA: November 12, 2007 EU: December 7, 2007 iOS December 16, 2010 PlayStation Network NA: August 30, 2011 EU: December 7, 2011
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	Midway Wolf Unit
Sound	ADSP2150 MDC System
Display	Raster resolution 400 x 254 (horizontal), palette colors 32768

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	82.07% (Saturn) 72.96% (DS) 70.00% (Genesis) 68.70% (SNES) 68.18% (X360) 56.25% (iOS)
Metacritic	73/100 (DS) 70/100 (X360) 54/100 (iOS)
Review scores
Publication	Score
CVG	4/5 (Saturn)
EGM	8.625/10 (Saturn)
GameSpot	2.9/10 (GBA)
Maximum	(Saturn)
Next Generation	(Arcade)
Sega Saturn Magazine	91% (Saturn)

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (UMK3) is a fighting video game in the Mortal Kombat series, originally developed and released by Midway Games to arcades in 1995. It is an update of 1995's earlier Mortal Kombat 3 with an altered gameplay system, additional characters like the returning favorites Kitana and Scorpion who were missing from Mortal Kombat 3, and some new features.

Several home port versions of the game were soon released after the arcade original, although none were completely identical to the arcade version except for the Sega Saturn port. Some later home versions followed the arcade original with more accuracy. Some versions were released under different titles: Mortal Kombat Advance for the Game Boy Advance in 2001 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat for the Nintendo DS in 2007. The iOS version, recreating the game using a 3D graphics engine, was released by Electronic Arts in 2010.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 was mostly well received and has been considered a high point for the Mortal Kombat series. However, the iOS remake and some other home versions were received poorly in comparison to the arcade game.

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 was updated to include more content from previous games in the series as Mortal Kombat Trilogy in 1996. The 2011 compilation Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection includes an emulation of UMK3 as well as the first Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II.

Several ninja characters absent from Mortal Kombat 3 return in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, including Kitana, Jade, Reptile and Scorpion on the prototype version; a new Ultimate Kombat Code was added in revision 1.0 to enable Mileena, Ermac, and Classic Sub-Zero as secret characters. Two new gameplay modes were introduced: the 2-on-2 mode which was similar to an Endurance match but with human players on both sides, and a new eight-player Tournament mode.