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The Mortal Kombat series and its many games continues to deliver gruesome fighting action to its fans.
Overview
Mortal Kombatwas originally planned as a game based on Jean-Claude Van Damme, but after the deal fell through, creators Ed Boon and John Tobias decided to make a game based loosely on Enter the Dragon. This idea morphed into a fighting game that starred digitally captured martial artists in its first three installments. The series also delivered an unprecedented level of violence, and introduced finishing moves called fatalities that let the winner of a match kill his opponent in a graphic and often comical fashion.Fighting Games
Mortal Kombat
The story begins during the Mortal Kombat tournament500 years before present day, in which the best fighters of two worlds, Outworld and the Earth Realm, fight to become champion. The wizard Shang Tsung plans to tip the balance of power to Outworld by introducing a new fighter, the four-armed Shokan warrior Goro, who becomes the champion until the start of the game. Outworld is on the brink of a victory that will spell doom for Earth, so new fighters such as Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya enter the tournament to tip the scales. The game's combat was unique at the time for its introduction of a block button, as well as the introduction of the fatality moves. While previous games usually revolved around the Street Fighter method of circular joystick motions, Mortal Kombat used directional commands, like tap back, tap back, then hit forward
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 3 began with Shao Kahn's new plan to claim the Earth Realm by resurrecting his long-dead queen, Sindel. She would be resurrected on Earth, allowing Shao Kahn to reach between the worlds and claim her. This act causes the death of millions--except for those protected by the thunder god Raiden--and parts of Earth are converted into Outworld. Raidenthen picks new fighters to enter Outworld and stop Shao Kahn. MK3 included a run button to address concerns that defending players had too much of an advantage. The game also added preset attack combos unique to each character. New finishers such as fatalities, babalities, friendships, and animalities were also added. Level interactivity was also introduced, meaning that certain attacks would transition you to a new level. For instance, an uppercut would make the player break through the roof and the fight would continue on the street above.
Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat 4 is the first MK game to feature 3D fighters and backgrounds, and introduced the use of weapons, limited 3D combat, such as side-stepping, and a combo breaker ability. The plot of MK4 features Shinnok, a corrupt elder god that has been outcast to another realm. The sorcerer Quan Chi allied himself with Shinnok to free him from imprisonment and kill the other elder gods.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
In Deadly Alliance, Quan Chi finds the mummified army of the dragon king, but he needs souls to resurrect them, so he forms an alliance with Shang Tsung to gain these souls. Before they can resurrect the army they decide to kill their two greatest threats, Liu Kang and Shao Kahn. Now Earth's warriors have to stop them before they can resurrect the army. This game featured various martial arts style that the player could switch to during the fight, and a store called the Krypt, where the player can purchase extras.
Mortal Kombat: Deception
The story of Mortal Kombat: Deception picks up after Deadly Alliance, in which the Earth Realm warriors were defeated by Quan Chi and Shang Tsung. Once the sorcerors' enemies are defeated, they turn on each other, and Quan Chi proves victorious. As he enters the tomb ready to resurrect the armies of the dragon king, the dragon king himself, Onaga, returns and defeats Raiden, Quan Chi, and Shang Tsung. Now Onaga must find six artifacts to join all the realms, and destroy everything within. Deception added the minigames Chess Kombat and Puzzle Kombat to the core fighting game. The fighting was also improved with multiple levels, level-specific weapons, instant death traps, and breakable boundaries. The combo breaker system returned, but only it only worked three times per match. This is the first MK game that features online fighting support.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Mortal Kombat vs. DC
