Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection on Switch (and Switch 2) physical releases arrive with a surprising omission: Mortal Kombat 4 isn’t on the game card. Digital Eclipse and Atari confirm you’ll need to download the missing title to play MK4 on these versions.
Here's the situation in plain terms: if you picked up the physical Legacy Kollection for Switch or Switch 2 last week, MK4 isn’t included on the cartridge itself. Digital Eclipse has explained across several social posts that the Switch build had to be submitted well before release, and MK4 simply wasn’t ready in time. As a result, MK4 is offered as downloadable content rather than being shipped on the cartridge. All other platforms reportedly include MK4 on the disc or digital download.
Official notes from Atari now advise Switch players to connect to the Nintendo Store to download post-release patches that add MK4 along with various performance improvements. Nintendo Life also reports that a day-one update is required for the Switch 2 cartridge to enable MK4 and the rest of the collection, with the cartridge starting on Version 1.0.1 out of the box.
This discrepancy appears isolated to Nintendo platforms. The PlayStation 5 physical release includes every game in the Kollection on the disc, and Digital Eclipse has noted that any future Switch cartridge reprint would ideally include MK4.
If there are further developments about the Legacy Kollection’s physical release, we’ll share updates.
What this means for fans is simple: on Switch and Switch 2, you’ll get the core Kollection on the cartridge, but MK4 will accompany the purchase as a download. On PS5, you’ll get the full package on disc from the start.
Would you be willing to download MK4 after buying the physical Kollection for Switch, or do you feel publishers should have included every title on the cartridge from day one? Share your thoughts in the comments.
