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    Fatalities are a means of ending a fighting game match by gruesomely murdering the loser. It was popularized as a finishing move performed at the end of a match in Mortal Kombat.

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    Fatality last edited by cwf97 on 09/04/19 01:26PM View full history


    Sub Zero beheading Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat.  This move was cited for helping found the Electronic Software Rating Board in 1992.     
    Sub Zero beheading Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat.  This move was cited for helping found the Electronic Software Rating Board in 1992.     
    Fatalities were made popular by the  Mortal Kombat franchise and involve a gruesome (and occasionally comical) death at the end of the final round.

    The move originated with the idea of awarding the victor a "free punch" at the end of a match. In the single player ladder, should the player lose to  Shang Tsung, his or her character would be beheaded by Tsung. This concept was eventually programmed for each playable character.
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