My mom used to love Mortal Kombat when she was younger. Actually, she told me that it was one of the three games she’d play before i was born. The other two being one of the Ogre Battle (or Tactics Ogre, still not sure which one is more of a fitting name), and the amazing SNES JRPG Chrono Trigger
To me the peak was Ultimate MK3 it had all the characters from the previous games up to that point and added 3 new ninjas Noob Saibot, Rain, and Ermac its also the first time you can play as Shao Khan, Goro, Kintaro, and Motaro, Motaro in MK Armageddon kind of blows I still have that game but my ps2 is broken
Shujinko didn't fail his quest. He actually completed it, which was exactly what Onaga wanted. He was a spirit at the time, since he was previously killed by Shao Khan, and wanted Shujinko to collect the Kamidogu so he could merge the realms. This would bring back the One Being, a deity that existed before everything else, who was eventually split into the realms that exist. Once Reptile got turned into Onaga's new body in his Deadly Alliance ending, Onaga took the Kamidogu from Shujinko, who thought he was on a quest from the Elder Gods to save the realms. That's why the game talks about Deception. Deception, and to an extent Armageddon, are driven by the One Being trying to reform, which would end all of reality. As for MK10 being less colorful, I believe it reflects the serious nature of the story. In the original timeline, Shao Khan is still alive, and most of Earthrealm's heroes are still alive. This means Shinnok has to settle for a tournament in order to conquer Earthrealm and absorb it into the Netherrealm. This would bring the One Being closer to resurrection, of course, showing its influence over even a fallen Elder God. But, Liu Kang kicks Shinnok's ass and sends the Netherrealm packing. In the new timeline, most of Earthrealm's fighters are dead and serving as Revenants under Shinnok, while Outworld is in the middle of a civil war because of Shao Khan being killed at the end of MK9. This lets Shinnok launch a full-scale invasion of Earthrealm, complete with an army of demons. It's just about as bleak a situation as possible for Earthrealm in this game. Shinnok's Arcade ending even has him conquer all the realms and merge them, intentionally bringing back the One Being. That ending basically tells us he was being mentally influenced by this dead entity. So, MK10 has a lot at stake, which, again, I believe is the reason for the darker color tones. Sorry for the long post, but the lore and background machinations in MK are very interesting to me.
Fun fact, quan chi’s first ACTUAL appearance was not the games, but the cartoon spelt with a K: defenders of the realm where all he does is make this goofy freeze frame worthy face, then peaces out until 4 came out…our villain everyone
Johnny Cage in the 1st and 2nd MK games was actually modelled after Jean Claude Van Damme from bloodsport. And not sure why exactly; but watching Kitana turn into a ravenous rabbit then attacking made me immediately think of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And Tiger electronics had made a card barcode scanner MK3 handheld game. When I played that it confused the crap out of me due to having to use certain cards for certain moves for certain characters. Street Fighter also had one which I also have. Fun fact; Carey-Hiroyuki Tagawa also portrayed Shang Tsung in live action in MK Legacy for 3 episodes. He also portrayed Heihachi in both live action Tekken movies.
Jesas Khrist Deception, I was casually listening to this retrospective when I heard the name of the main character. Shujinkou (主人公) in Japanese LITERALLY translate to "protagonist". I'm simultaneously proud I caught that and pissed I now know this trivia.
Here's the kicker: Shujinko, aka Protagonist, is approached by a spirit who gives him his mission supposedly on behalf of the Elder Gods. The spirit is actually an avatar summoned by Onaga, the dead Dragon King, to set up events so he could be resurrected. The spirit's name? Damashi. aka "Deceive"...in a game called Mortal Kombat: Deception.
Batman doesn’t kill…but he brutally lays the smackdown on anyone in his path to the point where the unfortunate j-bronne is in a hospital, hanging on for dear life.
A flawless retrospective. To think I've been playing MK in its inception, I can see why it's still going strong 30 years later. I really appreciatetaking us into your journey with your experience with MK. A crown jewel of both fighting games and pop culture. All there's left to say is excellent!
As an 3D era lover and advocate, I never understood why 3D era haters or people who haven't played the 3D games would call the new characters "generic" when characters from the klassic era like Johnny, Sonya, kano, Jax (to a lesser extent) and especially Liu Kang are as generic as they come in their debut games, Johnny is every white Hollywood actor ever, Sonya is basically just "Girl" kano was basically "ever bad guy grunt ever," Jax is bodybuilder/pro wrestler, and Liu Kang is 1 of a million Bruce lee ripoff/copycats. Now if you were to say, read their bios or see their arcade endings they might become more interesting, but guess what I'm about to say. Go on, guess. The same think would happen if people did the same thing for the 3D era characters!! Lets use Ashrah as an example. Some people have called Ashrah a "Raiden Clone" which outside of the color theme and ONE move, is not true. and if people read Ashrah's bio and story, they'd learn that Ashrah is a Demon from the netherrealm who wants to cleanse her soul and and escape damnation. there is a lot more to her story but everyone else can look that up. but this is just one example of many 3d era characters that are very interesting if you look past the surface of "Character select" (RANT OVER) Also to talk about the "Bad voice acting" I understand it can be annoying to some but remember, unlike NRS, Midway wasn't a major game developer, they had to work a much smaller budget, most videogames of this era had bad, Cheesy voice acting, there are some exceptions but those are exceptions.
Great video! I remember when the first Mortal Kombat came out in arcades and just blew everyone's mind. I always thought it was kind of weird how the graphics style would change a little from game to game, but overall I was always impressed by the visuals... until they went 3D. MK4 turned my off of the series as a whole, to the point where I just never got back into it. Shout out to Kyle!
I like mk3 the most, but deception was really damn good. Chess kombat was addictive af to me as I love chess. Playing story mode was so relaxing to me, it is a great game to stream even to this day, can't go wrong with it. Mk3 gave me bursts of action and fun, but I could definitely sit there and stream deception for hours.
Honestly I don’t know why they don’t do another mk vs dc universe. I think they’ve gotten pretty good at making the modern mk gameplay as well as injustice’s take in it with dc characters. Both series are do well so it almost seems like a no-brainer to try again. I feel like this time they could actually give marvel vs capcom the run for their money that they were originally intending with mk 8
I still remember when I first played Mortal Kombat on Genesis. I hadn't ever played it at the arcade, partly because I've always hated playing fighting games at the arcade because of having to use a crappy joystick that doesn't register anything properly. So when I did get the chance to play Mortal Kombat, which involved some exploitation of an incident to convince my mom to let me rent it, I was highly disappointed by the low level of violence. Yes, it was still more violent than most other games I'd played, but compared to all the rumors I had heard of the game at the time, and without having experienced the arcade original, I came to the conclusion that all the hype over the game's violence was heavily over exaggerated.
I played in the arcade because I was poor, we were always behind on the game consoles as well when we were barely getting an snes people already had n64 and playstation, then we got the N64 and the ps2 came out, then we finally caught up with the ps2 and the ps3 came out so we gave up after getting a ps3 and xbox360
@@rockk9753 On the plus side, staying a generation behind means most games will be cheaper to buy, and you can research the console's entire library in advance, instead of buying a console early then hoping for the best in the years to come.
MK Armageddon was the first mortal kombat I saw. My brothers wouldn’t let me play with them so I would sit and watch. When I did play the game my main was Liu Kang.
Honestly, mk 9 was one of my favorites, I loved how your character kept their injuries as they fought to where at the end they're standing there with chunks of their body missing and whatnot, lol. Seems like after that game they'd mostly spray blood but most look like sweaty angry ppl.
The first Mortal Kombat game I’ve played was Mortal Kombat (2011) on the Xbox 360 and it was fantastic. And I was also too young to play that game at the time, I was about 7 or so. But I still love Mortal Kombat in all of its Gory Glory.
Mortal Kombat 2011 where you play in the story mode as Liu kang and have to fight shao kahn is still to this day the hardest level of any game i have ever played in my life, i wasn’t much of a controller thrower but if i was i definitely would’ve went through a few and maybe a tv or 2
mkx being so low makes me so sad bc it was basically my first hands on experience with the 2D style of mortal Kombat and I loved it so much and I learned so many combos and got really good at it. But overall Mkx is an amazing game but it sucks how bad the color palette was.
Your perspective of the MK 11 story is opinion of course but I think honestly if you think about it, the multiverse reset aspect of it is the best way to reintroduce the 3D characters again which does appear to be a thing Ed Boon has said recently. Story wise I imagine it’s not a trilogy and MK12 will continue the story. If we see characters like Havok for example reappear and some others that would need a bigger redesign return I think that’s a strong move as well as in a way reopening the door for future games to bring back Onaga in a new way since timeline wise from MK9 it could make sense. However when you mentioned the MK movie and everything to do with it Hell yes. No one can replace Cage or Shang from that movie. They were perfect and it’s an easy guilty pleasure movie I’ve watched countless times. Great video though. Loved the content
This video is amazing. Your content is top notch. I'm actually low key crying a little, so much memories and your experience seems so familiar to mine... Thanks for your work...
I wish they would release the Mortal Kombat games into Collections. Kombat Collection 1 would have Mk 1,2,3,4 (The Gold Version), Mythologies, and Special Forces. Kombat Kollection 2 would have Shaolin Monks, Deadly Alliance, Deception, Armageddon, Vs DC Universe, and Mortal Kombat (2011)
I kinda need to correct ya on MK4 MK4 was actually highly praised for its graphics. Specifically, the arcade version. It was running on powerful custom hardware called Zeus, ten times stronger than the N64, running what was at the time, extremely detailed graphics and running at a fairly consistent 60 FPS. And it came out in 1997, making it pretty revolutionary. To put it simply, it was _too_ good to the point where all other ports of the game had to be massively scaled down just to run it at 60 FPS. To use the N64 version, while the best looking of the home ports, is unfair and just shows the difference of power between the original and the ports. Combos are still in MK4, they're just no longer character specific dial-a-combos. Everyone shares the same High Punch to High Kick combo and a few others, but how you implement those is largely up to you and offers a bit more freedom compared to previous games. It also introduced a solution to infinites in the form of Maximum Damage, which would instantly interrupt combos that hit a certain threshold of damage. MK4 also stood out for introducing Weapon Kombat, as each character had their own weapon to compliment their movesets, ranging from melee to ranged arms. Also, something else to note: MK4 was part of Midway's big push to advertise Mortal Kombat as more than a fighting game within the main series. This was meant to be the conclusion of a bigger plot that was started in the tie-in prequel, Mythologies Sub-Zero and in fact, three of the newcomers in MK4 were featured in that game as well as a couple backgrounds
I never played X for pretty much the exact same reason you did: I didn't have an Xbox or Playstation from that generation. Hell, the only reason I was able to play MK9 was cuz I bought a 360 super cheap during a black Friday sale towards the end of that console's life. What can I say, I've mostly been a Nintendo fanboy most of my life. Though when the next game, MK11, did actually come out on a console I owned, I went and watched a supercut of all of X's story cutscenes on youtube to prepare myself. Because, yes, I actually am that kind of dork who actually plays these games for the story.
MK armagedon was packed with effing content! If it was released now, some characters will be locked by paywall, kreate a fighter is non existent or if it was it's heavily reliant on micro transactions, and motor kombat would be released as a stand alone game priced at $60
Seeing someone rank MKX so low is actually so surprising to me, I guess it’s because from a gameplay stand point MKX is so much more fun than mk11 for me personally with running, meter management and having simpler variations. While MK11 has one of the worst comeback mechanics I have ever seen in a fighting game, worse story imo and quantity over quality cosmetics with micro transactions slapped on that you have to grind in towers for hours to even get for free. I could go on but honestly through all it’s faults I love both games and they both have something that keeps me coming back, hoping MK12 which is “soon” becomes the best it can possibly be
Mortal Kombat really brings such nostalgia to my childhood, and I’ve played all of these games (most of them). Now that they are recently releasing a brand new rebooted game, and calling it Mortal Kombat 1.
Great, now I can try one of those fa-alities! 😂 My brother was my rival in video games. With Shao Lin Monks I was always Kung Lao or Scorpion while he was always Liu Kang or Sub-Zero though I was always player 1. Would've been nice if they would've followed up with Shao Lin Monks 2, that first game was awesome.
The story will continue in this month’s Mortal Kombat 1. This game will usher in a new era for the franchise, taking place in Liu Kang’s new timeline. A lot of the characters; past, present and future, are all here (well, not all of them).
I remember hearing back when deadly alliance came out that Liu Kang was killed off because Ed Boon really didn't like the character to begin with. Could have been just a baseless rumor though.
I know I am the only person who feels this way, but MK 4 is my favorite MK game of all time. I loved the chessy endings, and I was also really good at it. Beat the game with every character on Ultimate II and took the time to actually memorize the move sets for each character.
My personal nitpick about MK11 is that they could have pulled a Smash Bros Ult and brought back every MK character into a single game. But they didn't.
Hold it Waffle Did you know: in the MK to Armageddon Wilson Olivera posted a Longest Video and using all endings & cutscenes into a Own story from the path of Armageddon what you just played until things had change the better
I liked Stryker in 3. I also liked MK4 and Reiko. When they gave some Shao Kahn mystery to him, I was excited. I understand why they undid it cause people didn't care for him. I definitely hated him in the 2020 movie.
2:28 Correction, in the original arcade game Kano was MVP. Why you may ask? Because his cannonball move was the easiest to perform with the arcade controls. You just rotated the joystick 360. The same move on the D-pad of a NES was difficult, but it was super easy on the Arcade. The first time I beat the game was by cheesing that cannonball move.
the 3D games are definitely best, i really want them to bring that style back and the weapons too, idk much of One but if it does that i might actually consider buying it, especially if it has every character in the game like in Armageddon.
My mom used to love Mortal Kombat when she was younger. Actually, she told me that it was one of the three games she’d play before i was born. The other two being one of the Ogre Battle (or Tactics Ogre, still not sure which one is more of a fitting name), and the amazing SNES JRPG Chrono Trigger
Ogre Battle, now there's a game I haven't heard of in a long time. It sure was an interesting one
My mom was too much of a fool to not play that game
why is my mom not like yours
@@vortex4613 I have no clue. the most my mom plays for games these days is very rarely Pokemon Conquest.
Your mom sounds amazing all 3 great games!
"Wrong, Jarek! This is not a brutality! This is a FATALITY!" "IMSOGAAAAAAAAAAY!!!"
Kyle is a legend for teaching this man about Mortal Kombat
"Kyle The Legend" is the person we never got to know but the person we need to learn about..
#MortalKyleSweep
Me: Mains Reiko when he is playable.
Conner: Reiko fans don't exist
Me: ok. (Fades from existance)
Armageddon and 9 (2011) are easily the peak back to back games. I NEED A SHAOLIN MONKS SEQUEL AND REMASTER NOW
To me the peak was Ultimate MK3 it had all the characters from the previous games up to that point and added 3 new ninjas Noob Saibot, Rain, and Ermac its also the first time you can play as Shao Khan, Goro, Kintaro, and Motaro, Motaro in MK Armageddon kind of blows I still have that game but my ps2 is broken
Shujinko didn't fail his quest. He actually completed it, which was exactly what Onaga wanted. He was a spirit at the time, since he was previously killed by Shao Khan, and wanted Shujinko to collect the Kamidogu so he could merge the realms. This would bring back the One Being, a deity that existed before everything else, who was eventually split into the realms that exist. Once Reptile got turned into Onaga's new body in his Deadly Alliance ending, Onaga took the Kamidogu from Shujinko, who thought he was on a quest from the Elder Gods to save the realms. That's why the game talks about Deception. Deception, and to an extent Armageddon, are driven by the One Being trying to reform, which would end all of reality.
As for MK10 being less colorful, I believe it reflects the serious nature of the story. In the original timeline, Shao Khan is still alive, and most of Earthrealm's heroes are still alive. This means Shinnok has to settle for a tournament in order to conquer Earthrealm and absorb it into the Netherrealm. This would bring the One Being closer to resurrection, of course, showing its influence over even a fallen Elder God. But, Liu Kang kicks Shinnok's ass and sends the Netherrealm packing. In the new timeline, most of Earthrealm's fighters are dead and serving as Revenants under Shinnok, while Outworld is in the middle of a civil war because of Shao Khan being killed at the end of MK9. This lets Shinnok launch a full-scale invasion of Earthrealm, complete with an army of demons. It's just about as bleak a situation as possible for Earthrealm in this game. Shinnok's Arcade ending even has him conquer all the realms and merge them, intentionally bringing back the One Being. That ending basically tells us he was being mentally influenced by this dead entity. So, MK10 has a lot at stake, which, again, I believe is the reason for the darker color tones.
Sorry for the long post, but the lore and background machinations in MK are very interesting to me.
MK4 was an invasion not a tournament. It's only a tournament from a gameplay perspective.
Alot at stake but the NRS storyline is trash.
Mortal Kombat will remain one of my most favorite fighting game franchises of all time.
This video has to have the most chaotic ranking of the Mortal Kombat games I’ve ever seen
Fun fact, quan chi’s first ACTUAL appearance was not the games, but the cartoon spelt with a K: defenders of the realm where all he does is make this goofy freeze frame worthy face, then peaces out until 4 came out…our villain everyone
Johnny Cage in the 1st and 2nd MK games was actually modelled after Jean Claude Van Damme from bloodsport.
And not sure why exactly; but watching Kitana turn into a ravenous rabbit then attacking made me immediately think of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
And Tiger electronics had made a card barcode scanner MK3 handheld game. When I played that it confused the crap out of me due to having to use certain cards for certain moves for certain characters. Street Fighter also had one which I also have.
Fun fact; Carey-Hiroyuki Tagawa also portrayed Shang Tsung in live action in MK Legacy for 3 episodes. He also portrayed Heihachi in both live action Tekken movies.
Ok, now his iconic splits/crotch shot move makes 1000x more sense 😂
Jesas Khrist Deception, I was casually listening to this retrospective when I heard the name of the main character.
Shujinkou (主人公) in Japanese LITERALLY translate to "protagonist".
I'm simultaneously proud I caught that and pissed I now know this trivia.
Here's the kicker: Shujinko, aka Protagonist, is approached by a spirit who gives him his mission supposedly on behalf of the Elder Gods. The spirit is actually an avatar summoned by Onaga, the dead Dragon King, to set up events so he could be resurrected.
The spirit's name? Damashi.
aka "Deceive"...in a game called Mortal Kombat: Deception.
Batman doesn’t kill…but he brutally lays the smackdown on anyone in his path to the point where the unfortunate j-bronne is in a hospital, hanging on for dear life.
A flawless retrospective.
To think I've been playing MK in its inception, I can see why it's still going strong 30 years later. I really appreciatetaking us into your journey with your experience with MK. A crown jewel of both fighting games and pop culture. All there's left to say is excellent!
It's not flawless, he talked shit about Fujin.
MK trilogy is the only one i still love playing to this day. its the best homage to the first 3 games.
Armageddon was basically the smash ultimate of mortal kombat
God, MK on Gameboy looked like a Tiger Electronics game. That's rough
😂😂😂😂
True
I will not allow the total disrespect of Shujinko
As an 3D era lover and advocate, I never understood why 3D era haters or people who haven't played the 3D games would call the new characters "generic" when characters from the klassic era like Johnny, Sonya, kano, Jax (to a lesser extent) and especially Liu Kang are as generic as they come in their debut games, Johnny is every white Hollywood actor ever, Sonya is basically just "Girl" kano was basically "ever bad guy grunt ever," Jax is bodybuilder/pro wrestler, and Liu Kang is 1 of a million Bruce lee ripoff/copycats. Now if you were to say, read their bios or see their arcade endings they might become more interesting, but guess what I'm about to say. Go on, guess. The same think would happen if people did the same thing for the 3D era characters!!
Lets use Ashrah as an example. Some people have called Ashrah a "Raiden Clone" which outside of the color theme and ONE move, is not true. and if people read Ashrah's bio and story, they'd learn that Ashrah is a Demon from the netherrealm who wants to cleanse her soul and and escape damnation. there is a lot more to her story but everyone else can look that up. but this is just one example of many 3d era characters that are very interesting if you look past the surface of "Character select"
(RANT OVER)
Also to talk about the "Bad voice acting" I understand it can be annoying to some but remember, unlike NRS, Midway wasn't a major game developer, they had to work a much smaller budget, most videogames of this era had bad, Cheesy voice acting, there are some exceptions but those are exceptions.
Nice timing I've been bingeing mk kontent recently
I would be so funny if you renamed this video to the bloody world of mortal Kombat
He should do that
Caddicarus
My favorite type of video game is Mortal Kombat 4 for the Nintendo 64 because it is a great game too play 🎮🥋👍🥳😊
Great video! I remember when the first Mortal Kombat came out in arcades and just blew everyone's mind. I always thought it was kind of weird how the graphics style would change a little from game to game, but overall I was always impressed by the visuals... until they went 3D. MK4 turned my off of the series as a whole, to the point where I just never got back into it.
Shout out to Kyle!
The disrespect to fujin is unforgivable.
Also, deadly alliance had an arcade release as well. It was just...wierd.
No it didn't, it had a handheld version named Tournament Edition and it was trash.
@@Euro.Patriot yes it did. I saw it a few times.
Mortal kombat is my FAVOURITE game series, i see positives for ever game, and it's good to see just content on someone who's lovin talking about it
One of the best MK4 jibberishes is Jarek: "OHI'MGONNATHROWYOUOVERTHERE!!!" ("Oh I'm gonna throw you over there!")
I wish you mentioned one of my favorite things about Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance.
The music video for Adema's Immortal
Thanks for the long format video! It was a great nostalgia romp. Great summary 👌
I like mk3 the most, but deception was really damn good. Chess kombat was addictive af to me as I love chess. Playing story mode was so relaxing to me, it is a great game to stream even to this day, can't go wrong with it. Mk3 gave me bursts of action and fun, but I could definitely sit there and stream deception for hours.
The mortal Kombat series was alot of fun to play.
Mortal Kombat is fantastic, from the original cabinet to the upcoming mobile title.
Honestly I don’t know why they don’t do another mk vs dc universe. I think they’ve gotten pretty good at making the modern mk gameplay as well as injustice’s take in it with dc characters. Both series are do well so it almost seems like a no-brainer to try again. I feel like this time they could actually give marvel vs capcom the run for their money that they were originally intending with mk 8
I still remember when I first played Mortal Kombat on Genesis. I hadn't ever played it at the arcade, partly because I've always hated playing fighting games at the arcade because of having to use a crappy joystick that doesn't register anything properly. So when I did get the chance to play Mortal Kombat, which involved some exploitation of an incident to convince my mom to let me rent it, I was highly disappointed by the low level of violence. Yes, it was still more violent than most other games I'd played, but compared to all the rumors I had heard of the game at the time, and without having experienced the arcade original, I came to the conclusion that all the hype over the game's violence was heavily over exaggerated.
I played in the arcade because I was poor, we were always behind on the game consoles as well when we were barely getting an snes people already had n64 and playstation, then we got the N64 and the ps2 came out, then we finally caught up with the ps2 and the ps3 came out so we gave up after getting a ps3 and xbox360
@@rockk9753 On the plus side, staying a generation behind means most games will be cheaper to buy, and you can research the console's entire library in advance, instead of buying a console early then hoping for the best in the years to come.
Kobra is the Dan of MK and I unironically want him to come back.
MK Armageddon was the first mortal kombat I saw. My brothers wouldn’t let me play with them so I would sit and watch. When I did play the game my main was Liu Kang.
MK Deadly Alliance had the first guest character. My dawg Mokap.
Shoutout to kyle
Hope he is still doing ok.
Also I am the fabled raiko fan
@@beardizz😂R…really?😳
@@himwhoisnottobenamed5427 yeah I am
Honestly, mk 9 was one of my favorites, I loved how your character kept their injuries as they fought to where at the end they're standing there with chunks of their body missing and whatnot, lol. Seems like after that game they'd mostly spray blood but most look like sweaty angry ppl.
i used to dislike ashrah…. but her combos were crazy so i love her now. and hotaro, and havik i thought were so cool
The that’s so raiden line. 100% gold. Had me in tears
I met the actors for johnny/ninjas, Jax, and Raiden. Really cool dudes.
The first Mortal Kombat game I’ve played was Mortal Kombat (2011) on the Xbox 360 and it was fantastic. And I was also too young to play that game at the time, I was about 7 or so. But I still love Mortal Kombat in all of its Gory Glory.
One of the most iconic fighting game franchises of all time
This and the powerpuff girls video are my favorite videos of Conner, Keep up the great job Conner
Very entertaining mate loved that! Thanks for the effort. Flawless Victory :P
Mortal Kombat 2011 where you play in the story mode as Liu kang and have to fight shao kahn is still to this day the hardest level of any game i have ever played in my life, i wasn’t much of a controller thrower but if i was i definitely would’ve went through a few and maybe a tv or 2
mkx being so low makes me so sad bc it was basically my first hands on experience with the 2D style of mortal Kombat and I loved it so much and I learned so many combos and got really good at it. But overall Mkx is an amazing game but it sucks how bad the color palette was.
The only one of the Kombat Kids that I kinda liked was Takeda
Considering how in love you were with Lui Kang, I'm surprised you didn't mention his zombie being a secret unlockable in Deadly Alliance.
Your perspective of the MK 11 story is opinion of course but I think honestly if you think about it, the multiverse reset aspect of it is the best way to reintroduce the 3D characters again which does appear to be a thing Ed Boon has said recently. Story wise I imagine it’s not a trilogy and MK12 will continue the story. If we see characters like Havok for example reappear and some others that would need a bigger redesign return I think that’s a strong move as well as in a way reopening the door for future games to bring back Onaga in a new way since timeline wise from MK9 it could make sense. However when you mentioned the MK movie and everything to do with it Hell yes. No one can replace Cage or Shang from that movie. They were perfect and it’s an easy guilty pleasure movie I’ve watched countless times. Great video though. Loved the content
I just want to see Onaga and Havik in the roster again
This video is amazing. Your content is top notch. I'm actually low key crying a little, so much memories and your experience seems so familiar to mine... Thanks for your work...
I wish they would release the Mortal Kombat games into Collections.
Kombat Collection 1 would have Mk 1,2,3,4 (The Gold Version), Mythologies, and Special Forces. Kombat Kollection 2 would have Shaolin Monks, Deadly Alliance, Deception, Armageddon, Vs DC Universe, and Mortal Kombat (2011)
glad to know you're just as much of an MK nerd as i am 👍
I used to watch your content when I was in middle school, glad to see you’re still uploading :)
I kinda need to correct ya on MK4
MK4 was actually highly praised for its graphics. Specifically, the arcade version. It was running on powerful custom hardware called Zeus, ten times stronger than the N64, running what was at the time, extremely detailed graphics and running at a fairly consistent 60 FPS. And it came out in 1997, making it pretty revolutionary. To put it simply, it was _too_ good to the point where all other ports of the game had to be massively scaled down just to run it at 60 FPS. To use the N64 version, while the best looking of the home ports, is unfair and just shows the difference of power between the original and the ports.
Combos are still in MK4, they're just no longer character specific dial-a-combos. Everyone shares the same High Punch to High Kick combo and a few others, but how you implement those is largely up to you and offers a bit more freedom compared to previous games. It also introduced a solution to infinites in the form of Maximum Damage, which would instantly interrupt combos that hit a certain threshold of damage.
MK4 also stood out for introducing Weapon Kombat, as each character had their own weapon to compliment their movesets, ranging from melee to ranged arms.
Also, something else to note: MK4 was part of Midway's big push to advertise Mortal Kombat as more than a fighting game within the main series. This was meant to be the conclusion of a bigger plot that was started in the tie-in prequel, Mythologies Sub-Zero and in fact, three of the newcomers in MK4 were featured in that game as well as a couple backgrounds
I never played X for pretty much the exact same reason you did: I didn't have an Xbox or Playstation from that generation. Hell, the only reason I was able to play MK9 was cuz I bought a 360 super cheap during a black Friday sale towards the end of that console's life. What can I say, I've mostly been a Nintendo fanboy most of my life. Though when the next game, MK11, did actually come out on a console I owned, I went and watched a supercut of all of X's story cutscenes on youtube to prepare myself. Because, yes, I actually am that kind of dork who actually plays these games for the story.
MK armagedon was packed with effing content! If it was released now, some characters will be locked by paywall, kreate a fighter is non existent or if it was it's heavily reliant on micro transactions, and motor kombat would be released as a stand alone game priced at $60
Out of every single character, cyborg smoke is still the best out of all of them.
Glad you made this, I just got into this series after playing Mk11 with my Dad on the PS4 and Bought Mk11 Ultimate on the switch.
The Mk 11 Nintendo switch port doesn’t have the best graphics thoguh
@Scream Soda Yeah tell me about it ugh
Deception will always be my favorite so many great game modes along with arcade
lmao as a child i use to awlays mk vids from u but i could never now ik my old self will be happy
Seeing someone rank MKX so low is actually so surprising to me, I guess it’s because from a gameplay stand point MKX is so much more fun than mk11 for me personally with running, meter management and having simpler variations. While MK11 has one of the worst comeback mechanics I have ever seen in a fighting game, worse story imo and quantity over quality cosmetics with micro transactions slapped on that you have to grind in towers for hours to even get for free. I could go on but honestly through all it’s faults I love both games and they both have something that keeps me coming back, hoping MK12 which is “soon” becomes the best it can possibly be
Thank you, Kyle
TOASTY
Mortal Kombat really brings such nostalgia to my childhood, and I’ve played all of these games (most of them). Now that they are recently releasing a brand new rebooted game, and calling it Mortal Kombat 1.
MK gold was always my favorite. 1 and 2 rounding out the top 3 games in the franchise imo.
nice video bro, me , my bro , and nephew love mk games!!
"When I played with Kyle, I sometimes got lucky." How many times I wonder this has been quoted in the comment section.
Great, now I can try one of those fa-alities! 😂
My brother was my rival in video games. With Shao Lin Monks I was always Kung Lao or Scorpion while he was always Liu Kang or Sub-Zero though I was always player 1. Would've been nice if they would've followed up with Shao Lin Monks 2, that first game was awesome.
Digital Actors was my favorite part of Mortal Kombat
MK2 & MK9 are my all time favorites in the franchise.
MK started it all, MK2 set the tone, and MK3 made the gameplay we have today possible. The original trilogy is incredible.
mans's out here putting some Tales of Series tracks In the video. kudos to you mate.
Mavado was actually a pre damn good character, other than Quan Chi he was my go to for that game.
My opinion MkX is top 3
The story will continue in this month’s Mortal Kombat 1.
This game will usher in a new era for the franchise, taking place in Liu Kang’s new timeline. A lot of the characters; past, present and future, are all here (well, not all of them).
I grew up with Mortal Kombat Armageddon, Bad Game but it got me into a great franchise.
thanks Kyle
Thank you for nostalgia
Man no one could remember fatalities back then we had them written down on a piece of paper after seeing them in magazines
I remember hearing back when deadly alliance came out that Liu Kang was killed off because Ed Boon really didn't like the character to begin with. Could have been just a baseless rumor though.
Cool mortal Kombat love the complete trilogy
MKX is actually my all time favorite fighting game
I know I am the only person who feels this way, but MK 4 is my favorite MK game of all time. I loved the chessy endings, and I was also really good at it. Beat the game with every character on Ultimate II and took the time to actually memorize the move sets for each character.
Ranking X below MKvsDC is wild
My personal nitpick about MK11 is that they could have pulled a Smash Bros Ult and brought back every MK character into a single game. But they didn't.
Thanks, Kyle.
Anyone else feel bad that Jade basically dies in every MK story mode?
big fan of the three original mortal kombat games
You should do a Marvel vs Capcom retrospective.
On point I'm older but u are right the first 2 just push buttons till someone loses the third tho it was time to learn, Shaolin monks best one ever.
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Wow someone else who appreciates Deception as much as me
The PS3 version of MK9 has Kratos as a playable character. You should also look at the alternate ending for MK11's dlc.
Hold it Waffle
Did you know: in the MK to Armageddon
Wilson Olivera posted a Longest Video and using all endings & cutscenes into a Own story from the path of Armageddon what you just played until things had change the better
Also Kratos was on mk9 but was a ps exclusive.
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I liked Stryker in 3. I also liked MK4 and Reiko. When they gave some Shao Kahn mystery to him, I was excited. I understand why they undid it cause people didn't care for him. I definitely hated him in the 2020 movie.
All you gotta do to cheese Shao Kahn in 3 was crouch freeze, run up and uppercut, back off. Repeat.
7 year old me was obsessed.
I know it's not but, the actor playing Raiden in Mythologies Sub-Zero always reminded me of Patrick Warburton. He just kind of resembled him to me.
Wow also thanks kyle
2:28 Correction, in the original arcade game Kano was MVP. Why you may ask? Because his cannonball move was the easiest to perform with the arcade controls. You just rotated the joystick 360. The same move on the D-pad of a NES was difficult, but it was super easy on the Arcade. The first time I beat the game was by cheesing that cannonball move.
Ha
the 3D games are definitely best, i really want them to bring that style back and the weapons too, idk much of One but if it does that i might actually consider buying it, especially if it has every character in the game like in Armageddon.