The Convoluted, Blood-Spattered History of Mortal Kombat

THE HISTORY OF MORTAL KUMBAT 1992 MORTAL KOMBAT CHOOSE YOUR FICHTER SHANG TSUNG SEEKS TO CONQUER EARTHREALM BY WINNING ATENTH STRAIGHT TOURNAMENT. THE FINAL CNOT FINAL) BATT LE BEGINS! SURPRIS- INGLY. EARTHREALM IS NOT CONQUERED. CREDIT SEO 1993 MORTAL KOMBAT II CHOOSE YOUR PIGHTER THE TOURNAMENT MOVES TO OUTWORLD, AND FOR SOME REASON THE FATE OF EARTHREALM STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE. THE FINAL BATT LE BEGINS! AGAIN! MK IS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT 3 SELECT YOUR FIGHTER SHAO KAHN STEALS EVERYONE'S SOULS: THE SURVIVORS ARE HUNTED AND FIGHT BACK. IN A TOURNAMENT. FANS CRY IN OUTRAGE AT THE LACK OF ICONIC MASKED NINJAS. KOMBAT ZONE: SOUL CHAMBER 1995 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3 LIKE MK3, BUT 300% MORE ULTIMATE. MASKED NINJAS RETURN, AND NO ONE MINDS THAT THERE ARE SOMEHOW TWO VERSIONS OF SUB-ZERO NOW. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT DESPITE A PG-13 RATING AND SERIOUS FLAWS, THE MK MOVIE IS A BOX-OFFICE HIT THAT GOES DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LIVE-ACTION VIDEO GAME MOVIES. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT: THE JOURNEY BEGINS HERALDING THE END OF MK'S SUPERBOZOIC ERA, THIS CARTOON ADAPT AT ION OF AN MK WIKI PAGE MANAGES TO BE MORE BORING AND LONGER TO DIGEST THAN A WIKI. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF ULTIMATE AND HARNESS ITS ESSENCE TO CREATE THIS LAST UPDATE TO MK3. T INCLUDES EvERY. MK CHARACTER. EYER. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEFENDERS OF THE REALM A SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON SHOW FOR KIDS. THIS ABOMINATION LASTS 4 MONTHS ON TY BEFORE IT IS PUT our OF ITS MISERY. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION THIS SEQUEL TO THE SUCCESSFUL 1995 FILM FAILS AS A MOVIE AND AS AN HOMAGE TO MK, FIRMLY EST ABLISHING THE FRANCHISE'S CRAPOZOIC ERA. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT MYTHOLOGIES: SUB-ZERO DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS ONE. SERIOUSLY, JUST FORGET IT'S HERE. EVERYONE ELSE DOES. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT 4 SELECT ROUR FIGHTER THE LAST MK GAME THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN ARCADES, MK4 FEATURES A FULL 3D CAST, AND FANS SNEER AT THE HIDEOUS POLYGONS. FRANDOM GROUP FHIDDEN 1998 MORTAL KOMBAT: CONQUEST ANOT HER FAILED FORAY INTO THE TV MEDIUM, CONQUEST IS CANCELLED AFTER 1 SEASON. SERIES CREATORS CLAIM THAT, LIKE, A WHOLE TON OF PEOPLE TOT ALLY WATCH IT. 1999 MORTAL KOMBAT GOLD MK GOLD EST ABLISHES THE FRANCHISE'S PORTOCENE EPOCH BY BEING AN INFERIOR PORT OF MK4 FOR THE DREAMCAST. JOHN TOBIAS LEAVES THE COMPANY DUE TO FLOP AFTER FLOP. 2000 MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES WITHOUT JOHN TOBIAS, MK HITS ITS ULTIMATE LOw WITH WHAT WILL BE REGARDED AS THE WORST. MK GAME. EVER. AN ACTION PREQUEL STARRING JAX, A CHARACTER NO ONE CARES ABOUT. 2001 MORTAL KOMBAT ADVANCE AN ULTIMATE MK3 PORT FOR THE GAME BOY ADY ANCE. THIS Is THE LEAST LuLTIMATE VERSION OF THE GAME, BECAISE IT SUCKS. 2002 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE AFTER YEARS OF CRAP. DEADLY ALLIANCE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO MK - BY KILLING LIU KANG. TWIST! THIS SPARKS MK's REVINOZOIC ERA. LOAD PROFILE L1 2003 MORTAL KOMBAT: TOURNAMENT EDITION THIS REDUNDANT LY-TIT LED GAME BOY ADY ANCE RELEASE IS ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND HALF OF THE DEADLY ALLIANCE PORT - WITHOUT FAN-FAVORITE SUB-ZERO. GUH? 2004 MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION MORTALOKOMBAT DEADLY ALLIANCE'S DRAGON KING NOW DIFFICULTY: 2 COMMANDS OUTWORLD. FIGHTING STYLES TAI TZU LUI HE WRATH HAMMER AND... TOT AL DEST RUCTION.. SHAO KAHN SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES.. WHATEVER. FIGHTING ENSUES! ? 2005 MORTAL KOMBAT: SHAOLIN MONKS MK'S SUCCESSFUL FORAY INTO THE ADVENTURE GENRE, THIS GAME TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MK1 AND MK2, WHICH MEANS WE WERE SPARED A CONVOLUT ED NEW PLOT. 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON FEATURING A STAGGER- ING 62 FIGHTERS, ARMA- GEDDON'S PLOT BREAKS THE 4TH WALL BY STATING THE UNNERSE WILL EXPLODE DUuE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF R. WARRIORS. WE TEND TO AGREE. SEKTOP 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: UNCHAINED THIS PSP PORT OF DECEPTION IS CALLED UNCHAINED BECAUSE WHOEVER NAMES THESE THINGS IS AN IDIOT. 2007 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT IN AN EFFORT TO INDUCE ANEURISMS IN ITS FAN BASE, THIS DS PORT OF UMK3 CONTINUES THE FRANCHISE'S NON-NAMING CONVENTIONS. 2008 MORTAL KOMBAT VS. DO UNIVERSE RENDERED WITH THE UNREAL ENGINE, THIS GAME DELIVERS THE BEST MK GRAPHICS TO DATE WITH THE LEAST GORE. ALSO, BAT MAN. FANS ARE CONFUSED. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY MK KICK'S OFF ITS FRANCHISE REBOOT WITH THIS LIVE-ACTION WEB SERIES STARRING MICHAEL JAI WHITE, STAR TREKS 7 OF 9, AND A GUY WHO HAD SEX WITH ATOASTER ON BSG. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT PRETENDING MK VS. DCU NEVER HAPPENED, THIS REBOOT RETELLS THE "STORY" OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY IN AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE, AND PROM/SES TO BE THE MOST VIOLENT JOENNY CAGENIGTE GAME EVER MADE. FLAWLESS rIcTORY! 2013? MORTAL KOMBAT: DEVASTATION A SEQUEL TO 1997'S MK: ANNIHILATION, THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT HELL FOR A DECADE AND MAY NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY - AND THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING. Game Front R E TRO zO IC ριΟΖ Ο ΛΙΛ L PORTOCENE C RA P O zO I C SU PER BOZOI C UNREAL OCENE ARCADOCENE THE HISTORY OF MORTAL KUMBAT 1992 MORTAL KOMBAT CHOOSE YOUR FICHTER SHANG TSUNG SEEKS TO CONQUER EARTHREALM BY WINNING ATENTH STRAIGHT TOURNAMENT. THE FINAL CNOT FINAL) BATT LE BEGINS! SURPRIS- INGLY. EARTHREALM IS NOT CONQUERED. CREDIT SEO 1993 MORTAL KOMBAT II CHOOSE YOUR PIGHTER THE TOURNAMENT MOVES TO OUTWORLD, AND FOR SOME REASON THE FATE OF EARTHREALM STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE. THE FINAL BATT LE BEGINS! AGAIN! MK IS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT 3 SELECT YOUR FIGHTER SHAO KAHN STEALS EVERYONE'S SOULS: THE SURVIVORS ARE HUNTED AND FIGHT BACK. IN A TOURNAMENT. FANS CRY IN OUTRAGE AT THE LACK OF ICONIC MASKED NINJAS. KOMBAT ZONE: SOUL CHAMBER 1995 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3 LIKE MK3, BUT 300% MORE ULTIMATE. MASKED NINJAS RETURN, AND NO ONE MINDS THAT THERE ARE SOMEHOW TWO VERSIONS OF SUB-ZERO NOW. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT DESPITE A PG-13 RATING AND SERIOUS FLAWS, THE MK MOVIE IS A BOX-OFFICE HIT THAT GOES DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LIVE-ACTION VIDEO GAME MOVIES. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT: THE JOURNEY BEGINS HERALDING THE END OF MK'S SUPERBOZOIC ERA, THIS CARTOON ADAPT AT ION OF AN MK WIKI PAGE MANAGES TO BE MORE BORING AND LONGER TO DIGEST THAN A WIKI. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF ULTIMATE AND HARNESS ITS ESSENCE TO CREATE THIS LAST UPDATE TO MK3. T INCLUDES EvERY. MK CHARACTER. EYER. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEFENDERS OF THE REALM A SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON SHOW FOR KIDS. THIS ABOMINATION LASTS 4 MONTHS ON TY BEFORE IT IS PUT our OF ITS MISERY. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION THIS SEQUEL TO THE SUCCESSFUL 1995 FILM FAILS AS A MOVIE AND AS AN HOMAGE TO MK, FIRMLY EST ABLISHING THE FRANCHISE'S CRAPOZOIC ERA. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT MYTHOLOGIES: SUB-ZERO DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS ONE. SERIOUSLY, JUST FORGET IT'S HERE. EVERYONE ELSE DOES. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT 4 SELECT ROUR FIGHTER THE LAST MK GAME THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN ARCADES, MK4 FEATURES A FULL 3D CAST, AND FANS SNEER AT THE HIDEOUS POLYGONS. FRANDOM GROUP FHIDDEN 1998 MORTAL KOMBAT: CONQUEST ANOT HER FAILED FORAY INTO THE TV MEDIUM, CONQUEST IS CANCELLED AFTER 1 SEASON. SERIES CREATORS CLAIM THAT, LIKE, A WHOLE TON OF PEOPLE TOT ALLY WATCH IT. 1999 MORTAL KOMBAT GOLD MK GOLD EST ABLISHES THE FRANCHISE'S PORTOCENE EPOCH BY BEING AN INFERIOR PORT OF MK4 FOR THE DREAMCAST. JOHN TOBIAS LEAVES THE COMPANY DUE TO FLOP AFTER FLOP. 2000 MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES WITHOUT JOHN TOBIAS, MK HITS ITS ULTIMATE LOw WITH WHAT WILL BE REGARDED AS THE WORST. MK GAME. EVER. AN ACTION PREQUEL STARRING JAX, A CHARACTER NO ONE CARES ABOUT. 2001 MORTAL KOMBAT ADVANCE AN ULTIMATE MK3 PORT FOR THE GAME BOY ADY ANCE. THIS Is THE LEAST LuLTIMATE VERSION OF THE GAME, BECAISE IT SUCKS. 2002 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE AFTER YEARS OF CRAP. DEADLY ALLIANCE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO MK - BY KILLING LIU KANG. TWIST! THIS SPARKS MK's REVINOZOIC ERA. LOAD PROFILE L1 2003 MORTAL KOMBAT: TOURNAMENT EDITION THIS REDUNDANT LY-TIT LED GAME BOY ADY ANCE RELEASE IS ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND HALF OF THE DEADLY ALLIANCE PORT - WITHOUT FAN-FAVORITE SUB-ZERO. GUH? 2004 MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION MORTALOKOMBAT DEADLY ALLIANCE'S DRAGON KING NOW DIFFICULTY: 2 COMMANDS OUTWORLD. FIGHTING STYLES TAI TZU LUI HE WRATH HAMMER AND... TOT AL DEST RUCTION.. SHAO KAHN SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES.. WHATEVER. FIGHTING ENSUES! ? 2005 MORTAL KOMBAT: SHAOLIN MONKS MK'S SUCCESSFUL FORAY INTO THE ADVENTURE GENRE, THIS GAME TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MK1 AND MK2, WHICH MEANS WE WERE SPARED A CONVOLUT ED NEW PLOT. 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON FEATURING A STAGGER- ING 62 FIGHTERS, ARMA- GEDDON'S PLOT BREAKS THE 4TH WALL BY STATING THE UNNERSE WILL EXPLODE DUuE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF R. WARRIORS. WE TEND TO AGREE. SEKTOP 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: UNCHAINED THIS PSP PORT OF DECEPTION IS CALLED UNCHAINED BECAUSE WHOEVER NAMES THESE THINGS IS AN IDIOT. 2007 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT IN AN EFFORT TO INDUCE ANEURISMS IN ITS FAN BASE, THIS DS PORT OF UMK3 CONTINUES THE FRANCHISE'S NON-NAMING CONVENTIONS. 2008 MORTAL KOMBAT VS. DO UNIVERSE RENDERED WITH THE UNREAL ENGINE, THIS GAME DELIVERS THE BEST MK GRAPHICS TO DATE WITH THE LEAST GORE. ALSO, BAT MAN. FANS ARE CONFUSED. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY MK KICK'S OFF ITS FRANCHISE REBOOT WITH THIS LIVE-ACTION WEB SERIES STARRING MICHAEL JAI WHITE, STAR TREKS 7 OF 9, AND A GUY WHO HAD SEX WITH ATOASTER ON BSG. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT PRETENDING MK VS. DCU NEVER HAPPENED, THIS REBOOT RETELLS THE "STORY" OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY IN AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE, AND PROM/SES TO BE THE MOST VIOLENT JOENNY CAGENIGTE GAME EVER MADE. FLAWLESS rIcTORY! 2013? MORTAL KOMBAT: DEVASTATION A SEQUEL TO 1997'S MK: ANNIHILATION, THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT HELL FOR A DECADE AND MAY NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY - AND THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING. Game Front R E TRO zO IC ριΟΖ Ο ΛΙΛ L PORTOCENE C RA P O zO I C SU PER BOZOI C UNREAL OCENE ARCADOCENE THE HISTORY OF MORTAL KUMBAT 1992 MORTAL KOMBAT CHOOSE YOUR FICHTER SHANG TSUNG SEEKS TO CONQUER EARTHREALM BY WINNING ATENTH STRAIGHT TOURNAMENT. THE FINAL CNOT FINAL) BATT LE BEGINS! SURPRIS- INGLY. EARTHREALM IS NOT CONQUERED. CREDIT SEO 1993 MORTAL KOMBAT II CHOOSE YOUR PIGHTER THE TOURNAMENT MOVES TO OUTWORLD, AND FOR SOME REASON THE FATE OF EARTHREALM STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE. THE FINAL BATT LE BEGINS! AGAIN! MK IS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT 3 SELECT YOUR FIGHTER SHAO KAHN STEALS EVERYONE'S SOULS: THE SURVIVORS ARE HUNTED AND FIGHT BACK. IN A TOURNAMENT. FANS CRY IN OUTRAGE AT THE LACK OF ICONIC MASKED NINJAS. KOMBAT ZONE: SOUL CHAMBER 1995 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3 LIKE MK3, BUT 300% MORE ULTIMATE. MASKED NINJAS RETURN, AND NO ONE MINDS THAT THERE ARE SOMEHOW TWO VERSIONS OF SUB-ZERO NOW. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT DESPITE A PG-13 RATING AND SERIOUS FLAWS, THE MK MOVIE IS A BOX-OFFICE HIT THAT GOES DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LIVE-ACTION VIDEO GAME MOVIES. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT: THE JOURNEY BEGINS HERALDING THE END OF MK'S SUPERBOZOIC ERA, THIS CARTOON ADAPT AT ION OF AN MK WIKI PAGE MANAGES TO BE MORE BORING AND LONGER TO DIGEST THAN A WIKI. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF ULTIMATE AND HARNESS ITS ESSENCE TO CREATE THIS LAST UPDATE TO MK3. T INCLUDES EvERY. MK CHARACTER. EYER. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEFENDERS OF THE REALM A SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON SHOW FOR KIDS. THIS ABOMINATION LASTS 4 MONTHS ON TY BEFORE IT IS PUT our OF ITS MISERY. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION THIS SEQUEL TO THE SUCCESSFUL 1995 FILM FAILS AS A MOVIE AND AS AN HOMAGE TO MK, FIRMLY EST ABLISHING THE FRANCHISE'S CRAPOZOIC ERA. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT MYTHOLOGIES: SUB-ZERO DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS ONE. SERIOUSLY, JUST FORGET IT'S HERE. EVERYONE ELSE DOES. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT 4 SELECT ROUR FIGHTER THE LAST MK GAME THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN ARCADES, MK4 FEATURES A FULL 3D CAST, AND FANS SNEER AT THE HIDEOUS POLYGONS. FRANDOM GROUP FHIDDEN 1998 MORTAL KOMBAT: CONQUEST ANOT HER FAILED FORAY INTO THE TV MEDIUM, CONQUEST IS CANCELLED AFTER 1 SEASON. SERIES CREATORS CLAIM THAT, LIKE, A WHOLE TON OF PEOPLE TOT ALLY WATCH IT. 1999 MORTAL KOMBAT GOLD MK GOLD EST ABLISHES THE FRANCHISE'S PORTOCENE EPOCH BY BEING AN INFERIOR PORT OF MK4 FOR THE DREAMCAST. JOHN TOBIAS LEAVES THE COMPANY DUE TO FLOP AFTER FLOP. 2000 MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES WITHOUT JOHN TOBIAS, MK HITS ITS ULTIMATE LOw WITH WHAT WILL BE REGARDED AS THE WORST. MK GAME. EVER. AN ACTION PREQUEL STARRING JAX, A CHARACTER NO ONE CARES ABOUT. 2001 MORTAL KOMBAT ADVANCE AN ULTIMATE MK3 PORT FOR THE GAME BOY ADY ANCE. THIS Is THE LEAST LuLTIMATE VERSION OF THE GAME, BECAISE IT SUCKS. 2002 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE AFTER YEARS OF CRAP. DEADLY ALLIANCE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO MK - BY KILLING LIU KANG. TWIST! THIS SPARKS MK's REVINOZOIC ERA. LOAD PROFILE L1 2003 MORTAL KOMBAT: TOURNAMENT EDITION THIS REDUNDANT LY-TIT LED GAME BOY ADY ANCE RELEASE IS ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND HALF OF THE DEADLY ALLIANCE PORT - WITHOUT FAN-FAVORITE SUB-ZERO. GUH? 2004 MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION MORTALOKOMBAT DEADLY ALLIANCE'S DRAGON KING NOW DIFFICULTY: 2 COMMANDS OUTWORLD. FIGHTING STYLES TAI TZU LUI HE WRATH HAMMER AND... TOT AL DEST RUCTION.. SHAO KAHN SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES.. WHATEVER. FIGHTING ENSUES! ? 2005 MORTAL KOMBAT: SHAOLIN MONKS MK'S SUCCESSFUL FORAY INTO THE ADVENTURE GENRE, THIS GAME TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MK1 AND MK2, WHICH MEANS WE WERE SPARED A CONVOLUT ED NEW PLOT. 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON FEATURING A STAGGER- ING 62 FIGHTERS, ARMA- GEDDON'S PLOT BREAKS THE 4TH WALL BY STATING THE UNNERSE WILL EXPLODE DUuE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF R. WARRIORS. WE TEND TO AGREE. SEKTOP 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: UNCHAINED THIS PSP PORT OF DECEPTION IS CALLED UNCHAINED BECAUSE WHOEVER NAMES THESE THINGS IS AN IDIOT. 2007 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT IN AN EFFORT TO INDUCE ANEURISMS IN ITS FAN BASE, THIS DS PORT OF UMK3 CONTINUES THE FRANCHISE'S NON-NAMING CONVENTIONS. 2008 MORTAL KOMBAT VS. DO UNIVERSE RENDERED WITH THE UNREAL ENGINE, THIS GAME DELIVERS THE BEST MK GRAPHICS TO DATE WITH THE LEAST GORE. ALSO, BAT MAN. FANS ARE CONFUSED. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY MK KICK'S OFF ITS FRANCHISE REBOOT WITH THIS LIVE-ACTION WEB SERIES STARRING MICHAEL JAI WHITE, STAR TREKS 7 OF 9, AND A GUY WHO HAD SEX WITH ATOASTER ON BSG. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT PRETENDING MK VS. DCU NEVER HAPPENED, THIS REBOOT RETELLS THE "STORY" OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY IN AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE, AND PROM/SES TO BE THE MOST VIOLENT JOENNY CAGENIGTE GAME EVER MADE. FLAWLESS rIcTORY! 2013? MORTAL KOMBAT: DEVASTATION A SEQUEL TO 1997'S MK: ANNIHILATION, THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT HELL FOR A DECADE AND MAY NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY - AND THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING. Game Front R E TRO zO IC ριΟΖ Ο ΛΙΛ L PORTOCENE C RA P O zO I C SU PER BOZOI C UNREAL OCENE ARCADOCENE THE HISTORY OF MORTAL KUMBAT 1992 MORTAL KOMBAT CHOOSE YOUR FICHTER SHANG TSUNG SEEKS TO CONQUER EARTHREALM BY WINNING ATENTH STRAIGHT TOURNAMENT. THE FINAL CNOT FINAL) BATT LE BEGINS! SURPRIS- INGLY. EARTHREALM IS NOT CONQUERED. CREDIT SEO 1993 MORTAL KOMBAT II CHOOSE YOUR PIGHTER THE TOURNAMENT MOVES TO OUTWORLD, AND FOR SOME REASON THE FATE OF EARTHREALM STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE. THE FINAL BATT LE BEGINS! AGAIN! MK IS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT 3 SELECT YOUR FIGHTER SHAO KAHN STEALS EVERYONE'S SOULS: THE SURVIVORS ARE HUNTED AND FIGHT BACK. IN A TOURNAMENT. FANS CRY IN OUTRAGE AT THE LACK OF ICONIC MASKED NINJAS. KOMBAT ZONE: SOUL CHAMBER 1995 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3 LIKE MK3, BUT 300% MORE ULTIMATE. MASKED NINJAS RETURN, AND NO ONE MINDS THAT THERE ARE SOMEHOW TWO VERSIONS OF SUB-ZERO NOW. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT DESPITE A PG-13 RATING AND SERIOUS FLAWS, THE MK MOVIE IS A BOX-OFFICE HIT THAT GOES DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LIVE-ACTION VIDEO GAME MOVIES. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT: THE JOURNEY BEGINS HERALDING THE END OF MK'S SUPERBOZOIC ERA, THIS CARTOON ADAPT AT ION OF AN MK WIKI PAGE MANAGES TO BE MORE BORING AND LONGER TO DIGEST THAN A WIKI. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF ULTIMATE AND HARNESS ITS ESSENCE TO CREATE THIS LAST UPDATE TO MK3. T INCLUDES EvERY. MK CHARACTER. EYER. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEFENDERS OF THE REALM A SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON SHOW FOR KIDS. THIS ABOMINATION LASTS 4 MONTHS ON TY BEFORE IT IS PUT our OF ITS MISERY. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION THIS SEQUEL TO THE SUCCESSFUL 1995 FILM FAILS AS A MOVIE AND AS AN HOMAGE TO MK, FIRMLY EST ABLISHING THE FRANCHISE'S CRAPOZOIC ERA. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT MYTHOLOGIES: SUB-ZERO DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS ONE. SERIOUSLY, JUST FORGET IT'S HERE. EVERYONE ELSE DOES. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT 4 SELECT ROUR FIGHTER THE LAST MK GAME THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN ARCADES, MK4 FEATURES A FULL 3D CAST, AND FANS SNEER AT THE HIDEOUS POLYGONS. FRANDOM GROUP FHIDDEN 1998 MORTAL KOMBAT: CONQUEST ANOT HER FAILED FORAY INTO THE TV MEDIUM, CONQUEST IS CANCELLED AFTER 1 SEASON. SERIES CREATORS CLAIM THAT, LIKE, A WHOLE TON OF PEOPLE TOT ALLY WATCH IT. 1999 MORTAL KOMBAT GOLD MK GOLD EST ABLISHES THE FRANCHISE'S PORTOCENE EPOCH BY BEING AN INFERIOR PORT OF MK4 FOR THE DREAMCAST. JOHN TOBIAS LEAVES THE COMPANY DUE TO FLOP AFTER FLOP. 2000 MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES WITHOUT JOHN TOBIAS, MK HITS ITS ULTIMATE LOw WITH WHAT WILL BE REGARDED AS THE WORST. MK GAME. EVER. AN ACTION PREQUEL STARRING JAX, A CHARACTER NO ONE CARES ABOUT. 2001 MORTAL KOMBAT ADVANCE AN ULTIMATE MK3 PORT FOR THE GAME BOY ADY ANCE. THIS Is THE LEAST LuLTIMATE VERSION OF THE GAME, BECAISE IT SUCKS. 2002 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE AFTER YEARS OF CRAP. DEADLY ALLIANCE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO MK - BY KILLING LIU KANG. TWIST! THIS SPARKS MK's REVINOZOIC ERA. LOAD PROFILE L1 2003 MORTAL KOMBAT: TOURNAMENT EDITION THIS REDUNDANT LY-TIT LED GAME BOY ADY ANCE RELEASE IS ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND HALF OF THE DEADLY ALLIANCE PORT - WITHOUT FAN-FAVORITE SUB-ZERO. GUH? 2004 MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION MORTALOKOMBAT DEADLY ALLIANCE'S DRAGON KING NOW DIFFICULTY: 2 COMMANDS OUTWORLD. FIGHTING STYLES TAI TZU LUI HE WRATH HAMMER AND... TOT AL DEST RUCTION.. SHAO KAHN SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES.. WHATEVER. FIGHTING ENSUES! ? 2005 MORTAL KOMBAT: SHAOLIN MONKS MK'S SUCCESSFUL FORAY INTO THE ADVENTURE GENRE, THIS GAME TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MK1 AND MK2, WHICH MEANS WE WERE SPARED A CONVOLUT ED NEW PLOT. 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON FEATURING A STAGGER- ING 62 FIGHTERS, ARMA- GEDDON'S PLOT BREAKS THE 4TH WALL BY STATING THE UNNERSE WILL EXPLODE DUuE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF R. WARRIORS. WE TEND TO AGREE. SEKTOP 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: UNCHAINED THIS PSP PORT OF DECEPTION IS CALLED UNCHAINED BECAUSE WHOEVER NAMES THESE THINGS IS AN IDIOT. 2007 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT IN AN EFFORT TO INDUCE ANEURISMS IN ITS FAN BASE, THIS DS PORT OF UMK3 CONTINUES THE FRANCHISE'S NON-NAMING CONVENTIONS. 2008 MORTAL KOMBAT VS. DO UNIVERSE RENDERED WITH THE UNREAL ENGINE, THIS GAME DELIVERS THE BEST MK GRAPHICS TO DATE WITH THE LEAST GORE. ALSO, BAT MAN. FANS ARE CONFUSED. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY MK KICK'S OFF ITS FRANCHISE REBOOT WITH THIS LIVE-ACTION WEB SERIES STARRING MICHAEL JAI WHITE, STAR TREKS 7 OF 9, AND A GUY WHO HAD SEX WITH ATOASTER ON BSG. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT PRETENDING MK VS. DCU NEVER HAPPENED, THIS REBOOT RETELLS THE "STORY" OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY IN AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE, AND PROM/SES TO BE THE MOST VIOLENT JOENNY CAGENIGTE GAME EVER MADE. FLAWLESS rIcTORY! 2013? MORTAL KOMBAT: DEVASTATION A SEQUEL TO 1997'S MK: ANNIHILATION, THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT HELL FOR A DECADE AND MAY NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY - AND THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING. Game Front R E TRO zO IC ριΟΖ Ο ΛΙΛ L PORTOCENE C RA P O zO I C SU PER BOZOI C UNREAL OCENE ARCADOCENE THE HISTORY OF MORTAL KUMBAT 1992 MORTAL KOMBAT CHOOSE YOUR FICHTER SHANG TSUNG SEEKS TO CONQUER EARTHREALM BY WINNING ATENTH STRAIGHT TOURNAMENT. THE FINAL CNOT FINAL) BATT LE BEGINS! SURPRIS- INGLY. EARTHREALM IS NOT CONQUERED. CREDIT SEO 1993 MORTAL KOMBAT II CHOOSE YOUR PIGHTER THE TOURNAMENT MOVES TO OUTWORLD, AND FOR SOME REASON THE FATE OF EARTHREALM STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE. THE FINAL BATT LE BEGINS! AGAIN! MK IS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT 3 SELECT YOUR FIGHTER SHAO KAHN STEALS EVERYONE'S SOULS: THE SURVIVORS ARE HUNTED AND FIGHT BACK. IN A TOURNAMENT. FANS CRY IN OUTRAGE AT THE LACK OF ICONIC MASKED NINJAS. KOMBAT ZONE: SOUL CHAMBER 1995 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3 LIKE MK3, BUT 300% MORE ULTIMATE. MASKED NINJAS RETURN, AND NO ONE MINDS THAT THERE ARE SOMEHOW TWO VERSIONS OF SUB-ZERO NOW. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT DESPITE A PG-13 RATING AND SERIOUS FLAWS, THE MK MOVIE IS A BOX-OFFICE HIT THAT GOES DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LIVE-ACTION VIDEO GAME MOVIES. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT: THE JOURNEY BEGINS HERALDING THE END OF MK'S SUPERBOZOIC ERA, THIS CARTOON ADAPT AT ION OF AN MK WIKI PAGE MANAGES TO BE MORE BORING AND LONGER TO DIGEST THAN A WIKI. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF ULTIMATE AND HARNESS ITS ESSENCE TO CREATE THIS LAST UPDATE TO MK3. T INCLUDES EvERY. MK CHARACTER. EYER. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEFENDERS OF THE REALM A SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON SHOW FOR KIDS. THIS ABOMINATION LASTS 4 MONTHS ON TY BEFORE IT IS PUT our OF ITS MISERY. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION THIS SEQUEL TO THE SUCCESSFUL 1995 FILM FAILS AS A MOVIE AND AS AN HOMAGE TO MK, FIRMLY EST ABLISHING THE FRANCHISE'S CRAPOZOIC ERA. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT MYTHOLOGIES: SUB-ZERO DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS ONE. SERIOUSLY, JUST FORGET IT'S HERE. EVERYONE ELSE DOES. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT 4 SELECT ROUR FIGHTER THE LAST MK GAME THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN ARCADES, MK4 FEATURES A FULL 3D CAST, AND FANS SNEER AT THE HIDEOUS POLYGONS. FRANDOM GROUP FHIDDEN 1998 MORTAL KOMBAT: CONQUEST ANOT HER FAILED FORAY INTO THE TV MEDIUM, CONQUEST IS CANCELLED AFTER 1 SEASON. SERIES CREATORS CLAIM THAT, LIKE, A WHOLE TON OF PEOPLE TOT ALLY WATCH IT. 1999 MORTAL KOMBAT GOLD MK GOLD EST ABLISHES THE FRANCHISE'S PORTOCENE EPOCH BY BEING AN INFERIOR PORT OF MK4 FOR THE DREAMCAST. JOHN TOBIAS LEAVES THE COMPANY DUE TO FLOP AFTER FLOP. 2000 MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES WITHOUT JOHN TOBIAS, MK HITS ITS ULTIMATE LOw WITH WHAT WILL BE REGARDED AS THE WORST. MK GAME. EVER. AN ACTION PREQUEL STARRING JAX, A CHARACTER NO ONE CARES ABOUT. 2001 MORTAL KOMBAT ADVANCE AN ULTIMATE MK3 PORT FOR THE GAME BOY ADY ANCE. THIS Is THE LEAST LuLTIMATE VERSION OF THE GAME, BECAISE IT SUCKS. 2002 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE AFTER YEARS OF CRAP. DEADLY ALLIANCE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO MK - BY KILLING LIU KANG. TWIST! THIS SPARKS MK's REVINOZOIC ERA. LOAD PROFILE L1 2003 MORTAL KOMBAT: TOURNAMENT EDITION THIS REDUNDANT LY-TIT LED GAME BOY ADY ANCE RELEASE IS ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND HALF OF THE DEADLY ALLIANCE PORT - WITHOUT FAN-FAVORITE SUB-ZERO. GUH? 2004 MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION MORTALOKOMBAT DEADLY ALLIANCE'S DRAGON KING NOW DIFFICULTY: 2 COMMANDS OUTWORLD. FIGHTING STYLES TAI TZU LUI HE WRATH HAMMER AND... TOT AL DEST RUCTION.. SHAO KAHN SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES.. WHATEVER. FIGHTING ENSUES! ? 2005 MORTAL KOMBAT: SHAOLIN MONKS MK'S SUCCESSFUL FORAY INTO THE ADVENTURE GENRE, THIS GAME TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MK1 AND MK2, WHICH MEANS WE WERE SPARED A CONVOLUT ED NEW PLOT. 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON FEATURING A STAGGER- ING 62 FIGHTERS, ARMA- GEDDON'S PLOT BREAKS THE 4TH WALL BY STATING THE UNNERSE WILL EXPLODE DUuE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF R. WARRIORS. WE TEND TO AGREE. SEKTOP 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: UNCHAINED THIS PSP PORT OF DECEPTION IS CALLED UNCHAINED BECAUSE WHOEVER NAMES THESE THINGS IS AN IDIOT. 2007 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT IN AN EFFORT TO INDUCE ANEURISMS IN ITS FAN BASE, THIS DS PORT OF UMK3 CONTINUES THE FRANCHISE'S NON-NAMING CONVENTIONS. 2008 MORTAL KOMBAT VS. DO UNIVERSE RENDERED WITH THE UNREAL ENGINE, THIS GAME DELIVERS THE BEST MK GRAPHICS TO DATE WITH THE LEAST GORE. ALSO, BAT MAN. FANS ARE CONFUSED. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY MK KICK'S OFF ITS FRANCHISE REBOOT WITH THIS LIVE-ACTION WEB SERIES STARRING MICHAEL JAI WHITE, STAR TREKS 7 OF 9, AND A GUY WHO HAD SEX WITH ATOASTER ON BSG. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT PRETENDING MK VS. DCU NEVER HAPPENED, THIS REBOOT RETELLS THE "STORY" OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY IN AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE, AND PROM/SES TO BE THE MOST VIOLENT JOENNY CAGENIGTE GAME EVER MADE. FLAWLESS rIcTORY! 2013? MORTAL KOMBAT: DEVASTATION A SEQUEL TO 1997'S MK: ANNIHILATION, THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT HELL FOR A DECADE AND MAY NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY - AND THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING. Game Front R E TRO zO IC ριΟΖ Ο ΛΙΛ L PORTOCENE C RA P O zO I C SU PER BOZOI C UNREAL OCENE ARCADOCENE THE HISTORY OF MORTAL KUMBAT 1992 MORTAL KOMBAT CHOOSE YOUR FICHTER SHANG TSUNG SEEKS TO CONQUER EARTHREALM BY WINNING ATENTH STRAIGHT TOURNAMENT. THE FINAL CNOT FINAL) BATT LE BEGINS! SURPRIS- INGLY. EARTHREALM IS NOT CONQUERED. CREDIT SEO 1993 MORTAL KOMBAT II CHOOSE YOUR PIGHTER THE TOURNAMENT MOVES TO OUTWORLD, AND FOR SOME REASON THE FATE OF EARTHREALM STILL HANGS IN THE BALANCE. THE FINAL BATT LE BEGINS! AGAIN! MK IS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT 3 SELECT YOUR FIGHTER SHAO KAHN STEALS EVERYONE'S SOULS: THE SURVIVORS ARE HUNTED AND FIGHT BACK. IN A TOURNAMENT. FANS CRY IN OUTRAGE AT THE LACK OF ICONIC MASKED NINJAS. KOMBAT ZONE: SOUL CHAMBER 1995 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3 LIKE MK3, BUT 300% MORE ULTIMATE. MASKED NINJAS RETURN, AND NO ONE MINDS THAT THERE ARE SOMEHOW TWO VERSIONS OF SUB-ZERO NOW. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT DESPITE A PG-13 RATING AND SERIOUS FLAWS, THE MK MOVIE IS A BOX-OFFICE HIT THAT GOES DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LIVE-ACTION VIDEO GAME MOVIES. 1995 MORTAL KOMBAT: THE JOURNEY BEGINS HERALDING THE END OF MK'S SUPERBOZOIC ERA, THIS CARTOON ADAPT AT ION OF AN MK WIKI PAGE MANAGES TO BE MORE BORING AND LONGER TO DIGEST THAN A WIKI. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF ULTIMATE AND HARNESS ITS ESSENCE TO CREATE THIS LAST UPDATE TO MK3. T INCLUDES EvERY. MK CHARACTER. EYER. 1996 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEFENDERS OF THE REALM A SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON SHOW FOR KIDS. THIS ABOMINATION LASTS 4 MONTHS ON TY BEFORE IT IS PUT our OF ITS MISERY. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION THIS SEQUEL TO THE SUCCESSFUL 1995 FILM FAILS AS A MOVIE AND AS AN HOMAGE TO MK, FIRMLY EST ABLISHING THE FRANCHISE'S CRAPOZOIC ERA. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT MYTHOLOGIES: SUB-ZERO DONT WORRY ABOUT THIS ONE. SERIOUSLY, JUST FORGET IT'S HERE. EVERYONE ELSE DOES. 1997 MORTAL KOMBAT 4 SELECT ROUR FIGHTER THE LAST MK GAME THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN ARCADES, MK4 FEATURES A FULL 3D CAST, AND FANS SNEER AT THE HIDEOUS POLYGONS. FRANDOM GROUP FHIDDEN 1998 MORTAL KOMBAT: CONQUEST ANOT HER FAILED FORAY INTO THE TV MEDIUM, CONQUEST IS CANCELLED AFTER 1 SEASON. SERIES CREATORS CLAIM THAT, LIKE, A WHOLE TON OF PEOPLE TOT ALLY WATCH IT. 1999 MORTAL KOMBAT GOLD MK GOLD EST ABLISHES THE FRANCHISE'S PORTOCENE EPOCH BY BEING AN INFERIOR PORT OF MK4 FOR THE DREAMCAST. JOHN TOBIAS LEAVES THE COMPANY DUE TO FLOP AFTER FLOP. 2000 MORTAL KOMBAT: SPECIAL FORCES WITHOUT JOHN TOBIAS, MK HITS ITS ULTIMATE LOw WITH WHAT WILL BE REGARDED AS THE WORST. MK GAME. EVER. AN ACTION PREQUEL STARRING JAX, A CHARACTER NO ONE CARES ABOUT. 2001 MORTAL KOMBAT ADVANCE AN ULTIMATE MK3 PORT FOR THE GAME BOY ADY ANCE. THIS Is THE LEAST LuLTIMATE VERSION OF THE GAME, BECAISE IT SUCKS. 2002 MORTAL KOMBAT: DEADLY ALLIANCE AFTER YEARS OF CRAP. DEADLY ALLIANCE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO MK - BY KILLING LIU KANG. TWIST! THIS SPARKS MK's REVINOZOIC ERA. LOAD PROFILE L1 2003 MORTAL KOMBAT: TOURNAMENT EDITION THIS REDUNDANT LY-TIT LED GAME BOY ADY ANCE RELEASE IS ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND HALF OF THE DEADLY ALLIANCE PORT - WITHOUT FAN-FAVORITE SUB-ZERO. GUH? 2004 MORTAL KOMBAT: DECEPTION MORTALOKOMBAT DEADLY ALLIANCE'S DRAGON KING NOW DIFFICULTY: 2 COMMANDS OUTWORLD. FIGHTING STYLES TAI TZU LUI HE WRATH HAMMER AND... TOT AL DEST RUCTION.. SHAO KAHN SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES.. WHATEVER. FIGHTING ENSUES! ? 2005 MORTAL KOMBAT: SHAOLIN MONKS MK'S SUCCESSFUL FORAY INTO THE ADVENTURE GENRE, THIS GAME TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MK1 AND MK2, WHICH MEANS WE WERE SPARED A CONVOLUT ED NEW PLOT. 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON FEATURING A STAGGER- ING 62 FIGHTERS, ARMA- GEDDON'S PLOT BREAKS THE 4TH WALL BY STATING THE UNNERSE WILL EXPLODE DUuE TO THE SHEER NUMBER OF R. WARRIORS. WE TEND TO AGREE. SEKTOP 2006 MORTAL KOMBAT: UNCHAINED THIS PSP PORT OF DECEPTION IS CALLED UNCHAINED BECAUSE WHOEVER NAMES THESE THINGS IS AN IDIOT. 2007 ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT IN AN EFFORT TO INDUCE ANEURISMS IN ITS FAN BASE, THIS DS PORT OF UMK3 CONTINUES THE FRANCHISE'S NON-NAMING CONVENTIONS. 2008 MORTAL KOMBAT VS. DO UNIVERSE RENDERED WITH THE UNREAL ENGINE, THIS GAME DELIVERS THE BEST MK GRAPHICS TO DATE WITH THE LEAST GORE. ALSO, BAT MAN. FANS ARE CONFUSED. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY MK KICK'S OFF ITS FRANCHISE REBOOT WITH THIS LIVE-ACTION WEB SERIES STARRING MICHAEL JAI WHITE, STAR TREKS 7 OF 9, AND A GUY WHO HAD SEX WITH ATOASTER ON BSG. 2011 MORTAL KOMBAT PRETENDING MK VS. DCU NEVER HAPPENED, THIS REBOOT RETELLS THE "STORY" OF THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY IN AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE, AND PROM/SES TO BE THE MOST VIOLENT JOENNY CAGENIGTE GAME EVER MADE. FLAWLESS rIcTORY! 2013? MORTAL KOMBAT: DEVASTATION A SEQUEL TO 1997'S MK: ANNIHILATION, THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT HELL FOR A DECADE AND MAY NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY - AND THAT MAY BE A GOOD THING. Game Front R E TRO zO IC ριΟΖ Ο ΛΙΛ L PORTOCENE C RA P O zO I C SU PER BOZOI C UNREAL OCENE ARCADOCENE