Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is a video game that consists of 4 releases

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MK: Shaolin Monks is an action-adventure/platformer set in the Mortal Kombat universe and stars Liu Kang and Kung Lao as the two main protagonists.

Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is an action-adventure game that takes place during the events of the Mortal Kombat II storyline. Its begins with the conclusion to the first Mortal Kombat. The game centers on two members of the Shaolin Order, Liu Kang and Kung Lao, as they travel through the realms in an attempt to thwart Shang Tsung's plans to dominate Earthrealm. Unlike similar action game of the past which are Mortal Kombat Mythologies and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces, Shoalin Monks has received higher crictial acclaim, and gameplay wise is an enjoyable game that should have been made from the beginning.

The game features three main modes of play. The first is the single-player campaign. The second is a co-operative mode, where two players can work together through the same single-player campaign but with you and a friend. The differences between single-player and co-operative (co-op) are secret areas as well as items in the game that are not obtainable in single-player mode, but do not change the overall story. Lastly, there is a versus mode, where two players fight each other in a traditional Mortal Kombat fighting style.

Gameplay features in the game include a fighting mechanic called Multi-Directional Kombat System. This system allows the player to form combo attacks on multiple enemies on the ground as well as bringing the opponent into the air like Devil May Cry and continuing the combo. Familiar to Mortal Kombat players are stage fatalities that can be performed when playing on certain key spots like pits in the floor or rotating spikes. Like stage fatalities another adoption of the Mortal Kombat franchise is the fatalities. These are performed different then the arcade versus counterpart, here the player has to perform combos on multiple enemies to fill up a fatality meter. Once this meter is filled a fatality can be performed at any point in the game against any enemy. A new finishing move called Mutalities can be performed like fatalities but on multiple opponents. Lastly, Brutalities are the last finishing move which like Mortal Kombat 3 is a explosive combo attack that can be performed on a oppenent or multiple opponents.

A bonus feature toward completists of the game is a unlockable emulation of Mortal Kombat II that is present on XBOX and Playstation 2 versions of the game but only in NTSC territores.

Credits

The Narrator - Herman Sanchez
Producer - Barclay Smith
Lead Designer - Adam Puhl
Lead Designer - John Edwards
Two-Player Designer - Luke Whiteside
Level Designer - Bill McDonald
Level Designer - Paul Edwards
Level Designer - Mike Bilodeau
Level Designer - Michael Portillo
Camera Design - Hollie Blackman
Secrets & Menu Design - Earl Berkeley
Additional Enemy/Character Design - Jason Cole
Additional Effects Design - Omar Kendall
Lead Programmer - David Gautrey
Graphics System Programmer - Peter Jefferies
Graphics System Programmer - Paul Stapley
Game Programmer - Ben Kutcher
Game Programmer - Romalis Taylor
Two-Player Programmer - John Lawrie
Systems Programmer - Ed Ma
Systems Programmer - Yanbing Chen
Systems Programmer - Krassimir Simeonov
Systems Programmer - Jim Leiterman
Lead Character Artist - Mark Lappin
Character Artist - Jeff Wand
Lead Background Artist - Damon Dubois
Background Artist - Joel Payne
Background Artist - Richie Romero
Lead Animator - Bruno Velazquez
Animator - Kyung Hee Kelly Shon
Animator - Seung Young Lee

General Information Edit

Game Name	Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2 Xbox
Publisher(s)	Midway Games
Developer(s)	Midway Studios Los Angeles
Genres	Add a new genre Action
Themes	Add a new theme Martial Arts
Original US Release	Sept. 16, 2005 need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	know the real date?
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ESRB	ESRB: M
PEGI	PEGI: 18+