Well, I don't think so anyways. The way the fatalities look now, i could easily see this game getting hit with the dreaded AO rating, effectively meaning they need to go back and clean the game up.

What?  The only thing that can give something an AO rating is explicit sexual content or extreme realistic violence.  Even Manhunt 2 is not rated AO.

Manhunt 2 was AO which is why they put those crappy filters over the kills

" What?  The only thing that can give something an AO rating is explicit sexual content or extreme realistic violence.  Even Manhunt 2 is not rated AO. "

The only thing I heard of regarding the potential AO rating attributed to Manhunt 2 was that one violent kill they took out that consisted of tearing someone's scrotum apart, but I suppose there were other things they had to modify.  But all of that's realistic.   
 
Game's with dismemberment like Ninja Gaiden II don't have AO ratings, games with tons of blood like Fairytale Fights don't have AO ratings, games with intense violence in a cartoony depiction like Naughty Bear don't have AO ratings and twisted psychological horror games like American McGee's Alice don't have AO ratings. 
 
I don't think that the gruesome fatalities in the game are enough to warrant it an AO rating.  They'll definitely get an M for it, but not an AO.

Who cares if it gets an AO rating? Have someone get it for you if you're too young. Anyway... it won't get an AO. No way. Mortal Kombat is way too ridiculous and cartoony. No one looks at that stuff and gets traumatized. I saw some surgery on basic cable that scarred me far worse than any video game. If they really wanna give this game an AO rating, then I should never have to accidentally flip to a woman's snatch as she's giving birth on basic cable again.

" The only thing I heard of regarding the potential AO rating attributed to Manhunt 2 was that one violent kill they took out that consisted of tearing someone's scrotum apart, but I suppose there were other things they had to modify.  But all of that's realistic.    Game's with dismemberment like Ninja Gaiden II don't have AO ratings, games with tons of blood like Fairytale Fights don't have AO ratings, games with intense violence in a cartoony depiction like Naughty Bear don't have AO ratings and twisted psychological horror games like American McGee's Alice don't have AO ratings.  I don't think that the gruesome fatalities in the game are enough to warrant it an AO rating.  They'll definitely get an M for it, but not an AO. "

" Who cares if it gets an AO rating? Have someone get it for you if you're too young. "

" @FluxWaveZ: What? That's ridiculous. Man, some laws are just crazy. "

" @FluxWaveZ: What? That's ridiculous. Man, some laws are just crazy. "

" @FluxWaveZ: What? That's ridiculous. Man, some laws are just crazy. "

" Who cares if it gets an AO rating? Have someone get it for you if you're too young. Anyway... it won't get an AO. No way. Mortal Kombat is way too ridiculous and cartoony. No one looks at that stuff and gets traumatized. I saw some surgery on basic cable that scarred me far worse than any video game. If they really wanna give this game an AO rating, then I should never have to accidentally flip to a woman's snatch as she's giving birth on basic cable again. "

" Who cares if it gets an AO rating? Have someone get it for you if you're too young. . "

Hooooollly shit people. Hahah my inbox just exploded. Didn't realize my ignorance was so interesting.
@FluxWaveZ said:

" @FunExplosions said:

" @FluxWaveZ: What? That's ridiculous. Man, some laws are just crazy. "

It's kind of the same reason that you won't find porn DVDs at Wal-Mart; it's the stigma.  I'm not sure if there's any particular law that enforces it. "

• God of War 
• Saw 
• Silent Hill
• Ninja Gaiden
• Bayonetta
• Gears of War
• Left 4 Dead 2

The Manhunt2 AO came while the ESRB still had egg on it's face from the Oblivion and Hot Coffee reratings. It will ONLY get AO if the ESRB feels it has something to prove like last time.

Yo God of War III got an M rating I don't think anything in MK tops this. 
 
Good stuff starts around 4:23 you can see the jaw fall off. 
 
  

In the M-rated God of War III, you: 
 

• Slice centaurs' stomachs, making their intestines spill out.
• Rip off a guy's head with your bare hands.
• Cut off a guy's legs while he begs for mercy.

It's not an AO. AO is a lot more sex stuff.
 
Also, don't Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft not allow AO games on their systems anyway?

" Also, don't Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft not allow AO games on their systems anyway? "

" @Xtrememuffinman said:

" Also, don't Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft not allow AO games on their systems anyway? "

Sure they do, but it's up to the developers of that AO game willing to find a publisher who will deal with the mess they've created. "

are you saying that at this moment mk would get an AO rating.

But what about Australia? Surely it wouldn't pass the OFLC in its current shape. And those Aussie edits tend to affect the rest of the world's copies in most games.
 
Did God of War 3 get edited down there? Or did they say "Fuckit! It's a PS3 exclusive which is open region by default, and people could just import the unedited version causing our economy to lose potential business as a result," ?

this is your average ao rated vidja game.. 
 
http://www.giantbomb.com/rapelay/61-16696/       ...its a rape simulator where if you win you get stabbed in the throat.
 
bloody homicide in a mystical realm is fine. 

I think I've read somewhere that Ed Boon is working with the ESRB to help make the game. He wants it to be violent, over the top, and gory, but he does not want a AO. There's a partnership there that if something is too far the ESRB would tell him and he would have to either change it or alter it. Having the ESRB at your side would help a lot.

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• God of War 
• Saw 
• Silent Hill
• Ninja Gaiden
• Bayonetta
• Gears of War
• Left 4 Dead 2

 
...oh, sorry.  I was listing off games that, by the OP's prerequisite, should've also had AO ratings slapped on them. 

 Mortal Kombat won't see any form of AO rating.  There's nothing in that game from what I've seen that's any more extreme than the stuff shown in those games I mentioned above, let alone the first two MK games. "