The best Mk ever was Trilogy.
Till this day, no fighting game can top that game. I'm not one for the 3d thing, because it takes away from the realism of what MK was about.
To me Tekken, Virtua Crapper, Troll Calibur, etc., wish they had the spunk that games like UMK3 did.
Nothing beats real actors and real choreography.
MK started to suck when they had to compete with all the new gen kids and they're new gen video games, thats when they fell off.
MK 6 is due out this fall.