It's been a long time coming, but episode 2 is FINALLY here. I said this video was taking a while, and I meant it. it's the biggest video I have ever made by far, and required months of work. Thank you for all being patient, and I hope you can all enjoy this end of year treat, as I have. This was a lot of fun to revisit and relearn as our very first major fighting game. Expect more MK Meta videos in the future. This series is here to stay. You'll just need to be understanding of the work it takes to produce them as a one man editing team! Also, don't forget to watch Episode 1 where I break down Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 in the same fashion: ua-cam.com/video/Nbo9df9SuCo/v-deo.html Much love! - Ketchup
Mustard didn't use the reset combos for ages because he kept thinking they'd get removed. Then in the final year, decided he'd use them anyway. Jerk, he was.
@@PNDKM I remember thinking Kabal would be Nerfed into the ground (as a 13 year old playing MK the concept of cancels were beyond me so i thought it was OP XD)
And it really shows. I dont even own any consoles or play these games outside of occasional nights out at friend's places but I just watched a 43 minute video on the meta, utterly transfixed. These are extremely professionally presented and entertaining, you're incredibly talented!
MK9 was a love letter to the 90s games. It did some things better than MKX.It had all the things that made MK cool in the first place with more balanced gameplay.
@@yawontsmokemebicth4922 lol ok bud. I still won matches and I didn’t even understand frame data till recently or the poke system. Still won matches The things people say online man.
Loved this vid. You guys did a great job. One thing I wish you guys talked about was the jailing in MK9 and how it was unique to the game and to stand blocking opponents only which made certain strings viable and useful like Cyrax 3,3,4 (as an example).
That's a good shout. I fully expected some things to have slipped by because there was so much to MK9. But to be honest I wanted to cover a base amount of the game. All the details like that are things open for discussion in comments etc etc. If I were to cover every single little thing, this video would have been hours long. And it already took 2 months to make.
every other fighting game I main 1 character and dont really touch anyone else. Mk9 is the only fighting game that I enjoy not only playing, but being really good at every character
I found MK9 to be far more fun to play than MKX due to its meta doing a lot more than super heavily emphasizing rushdown and mindless mixing/oki like MKX did. I find that stuff when taking to the extreme like MKX does produces a really annoying game experience for me. The abundance of armor didn't help either. Also, neutral, footsies, and reliable AAs isn't a bad thing you know, it made MK9 neutral far more diverse than MKX. And i'm not saying I want MK11 to be a rehash of MK9 or anything, but I hope it inherits the game philosophy behind MK9 design rather than MKX.
Detectives K&M figure out a 7-year old mystery through thrilling investigative journalism and research! Great video, really captures what MK9 was and meant and puts the NRS titles that came after into perspective. There is nobody better suited to make these than you two.
The disgusting thing is that Mustard's net restand setup after the 1 bar variant will still kill if the command grab hits after net restand. DISGUSTING character.
Great video so far! I didn't play fighting games for 10 years between 2006-2016 while I went to college, got married, had a child. Playing in the arcades prior to that was a blast and I'm happy to see how fighting games have progressed since then.
Time for my tri-annual rewatch of this amazing video. I played MK9 briefly as a teen where I rented it from Blockbuster, beat the story mode and returned it after trying to play the awful online. Fast forward to about a year ago and I picked the game up for my Vita on a whim and fell in love. I bought the PC version and play with some folks via Discord servers from time to time and I absolutely can't get enough. It just feels oh so good and MK9 Sub-Zero's ice clone makes him one of my all time favorite fighting game characters to play. I'd kill for a remaster with rollback netcode and ideally a balance patch. I wouldn't want them to nerf the top tiers or anything but I would love for them to take everyone outside of the top 10 and give them some tools/bugfixes to help them compete a bit better at higher levels. As someone who grew up near Galloping Ghost it was a shame I wasn't aware of the local scene because I probably would have fallen in love with the game back in high school, but better late than never I guess lol
Sorta ironic how Sektor, the guy who was all for the Cyber Initiative was better as a human in competitive play, while Cyrax, one who was against said cyber-ization ended up being better as a cyborg.
irina1296 For me it's the reverse. MKX clearly had far better writing in the story compared to MK9, which was both just a lazy (and somehow inferior) remake of the first three titles, with several instances where the writers clearly had no idea what they were doing. Once Rayden's defenders were finally together in a room, the writers couldn't think of anything for them to do, so they just had Sindel kill them all off as a lazy means to get us to the result of the beginning of the game without having to actually give each character a proper death or having to think up something new for each character to do while Rayden and Liu Kang left to plead the Elder Gods. Additionally, you have Shaw Khan treated like an incompetent buffoon who gets his ass handed to him twice (three times if you count Tsung's defeat in the MK1 portion) and constantly resorts to cheating; Raiden is treated like a powerless madman who does nothing but beg other people, including Quan Chi for help, and ultimately, nothing the player does actually wins the day. The way to beating Khan was actually by letting him win. Not only is this anti-climactic and not a fulfilling way to beat the boss at all, but it also implies Khan is stupid enough to intentionally do an action that would lead to his own demise. Even the voice acting is quite mediocre. MKX had an original storyline, which automatically makes it better. It had a really cool dynamic with the Outworld Civil War and characters like Kotal Khan and D'vorah whom, while you could never fully trust, were still temporary allies. Rather than making Outworld always the bad guys, this was a mature and intriguing direction to take the franchise in. Showing us characters' development through backflashes was another new concept that worked rather well. Apart from Shinnok being taken down a bit too easily and a rushed romance between Jacqui and Takeda, I found the story overall to be very good. I also really liked the quick time events in cutscenes, which are often handled poorly but in this case were a benefit to the story. When it comes to gameplay, both games are broken messes, but I find MK9 to be more tolerable. At least MK9's expert ladder in arcade mode is feasible and enemy attacks don't feel cheap. MKX's idea of a higher difficulty is making the ai impossible to beat without exploiting the juggling mechanics, and that's just frustrating to push through. Multiplayer in MKX is an absolute nightmare and not worth your time whatsoever. I can't speak for MK9 multiplayer as by the time I played that nobody was in the servers.
MK9 easily my favorite MK game. MKX is great, Mk11 has left me disappointed but I have a sudden urge to play it some more so that’s good. MKA I love cause nostalgia. MKD and MKVDC are also both good imo
Mk11 is filled with the same amount of keepaway but in that game it’s way harder to deal with considering the lack of running blockdashing and a lack of fast full screen moves slash teleports
Mk vs dc could have been really good, but the way they had to scale back the violence because of dc's inclusion was disappointing to me. No true fatalities, the fighting system was pretty dodgy too. It's cool to see sub zero square off against batman though lol
Honestly, this game has such a story to it. So many players, so many moments. So many memories. You should honestly make a part 2 to this video. There's so much to express
You can really see the inexperience from NRS in this look back. Lack of frame data in game and in guides, animation differences on Cyrax and Sektor costumes changing their gameplay, lack of high/low mix-ups, universal jump in buttons and of course Kenshi in general. Nothing against the game however, I had a lot of fun with it but it's interesting to see the lack of experience from NRS and how they changed going forward with MKX. Makes me more excited for MK11.
Wow man, this was a really good vídeo, high quality . I play mk9 super casual and don't know anithing, but the history and comentary keep me watching it all. I hope u make more videos like this. U have a new fan from Argentina
Thank you! Picking up MKX after being away from the franchise since MK4 and Deadly Alliance (which i loved).. and missing out on MK9, i found myself very lost with the new mechanics and more niche tech the game had gained. This kept me in the 'casual' brackets of play because i didn't know enough to improve my game. The more competitive matches i watched and learned the lingo definitely helped me understand the game more, but, video's like this open my eyes to things i never knew (like Dash-blocking/cancels). Great vid, keep it up.. MK11 hype is real
@@threat9231 it wasn’t called wavedashing back then in mk9. Probably because of the block state being active the whole time you’re block-dashing. You can also watch REO’s MK9 Reptile video about his movement. testyourmight.com/threads/stupid-question-how-do-you-dash-block.13330/
This game was my introduction to the tournament scene and changed my life for the better. It was great to see some of the history again. Thanks so much for this video.
What a fun video. I myself came in the competitive scene with MKX and actually through you, Mr.Ketchup. Nowadays, I compete in NRS, Tekken, Street Fighter, and i'm working harder to learn anime fighters, primarily Arksys. Definitely been a ride thus far. Only wish I got in this a little quicker. Was 13 when MK9 came out, but sadly I never got a newer gen console until 2 years before release of Xbone and PS4. I may not be a part of the deep history, but I sure do cherish what it and all it's players/community members have done.
this is awesome to see as someone who plays mkx at a competitive level and mk9 at a very bad casual level. I wish i went into the meta lore when it was happening but this is a very close second! thank you!
2:03 I think this is why MK9 had my favourite roster! It felt so full ! MKX and MK11 always felt like they were missing a part of the cast. MK9 felt like a full roster, complete with everybody you would want!
the only terrible thing about MKX and MK11 roster is the same problem with Netherrealm in general now. They focus far too much on guest characters...Stupid characters like Rambo, Robocop, Jason, alien shouldn't be taking up slots in a game when your game has something like 80 characters possible.
Can’t wait to buy MK9 I haven’t played it before Yep not making it up. my friends back them were talking about it every day Funny how I can cope with every game now before I couldn’t in 2012 This was the first time I saw an R18 game I’m very happy I changed.
Amazing work. Mortal Kombat 1 was the game that introduced me to the fighting game genre and the Mortal Kombat franchise in particular, but I also started playing fighting games on a more serious level with Mortal Kombat 9. It was an excellent game for sure, just like Mortal Kombat X is and the whole series. Can't wait for your next MK Meta video, keep up the awesome work :)
Never played MK competitively. But MK9 is my favorite in the series because I like the story, I like the roster and I absolutely love that every characters feels like he has came from original MK trilogy. Which I'm a big fan of. I remember spending hours with friends playing MK2, MK3 and UMK3 on MegaDrive after school. We loved the games, we loved the movies (even Annihilation, lol) and MK 9 is like having both at the same time xD This is also, the reason why I never actually played MK X and 11 - it just doesn't feel right. not like "my mortal kombat". Characters are "wrong", gameplay feels stiff and different and the roster is just alien to me.
I watch this video like every month and it still astounds me like the 1st time I ever watched this I thought toasty was just some random thing that showed up every now and then I didnt know you could get a boost from it but mk9 was the time where I didnt know combos or anything like that and I thought the xray was the best thing in the game and would just button mash I love the vids man you made me main quan in mkx untill now I have basically mained him for the entirety of mkx I have watched all of you quan vids and mustards tremor stuff aswell as yours they were my 2 go to characters and I would just like to thank you for making my mk experience so much more fun and easier
This is the game that got me into fighting games after MK9 I branched out to other games like Street Fighter and later on to Marvel, king of fighters, tekken, and other fighting games. MK9 got me hooked into fighting. Brings back memories when I was around 14 ish playing with my friends either online or locally.
this is by far my favorite multiplayer game, I mained Reptile and Kano, and have memories of people freaking out on me because if I get in even once I can do like 90% to 100% health from a single combo, and I could allow them to get me to %10 hp then I would try and just destroy them lol
For younger people like me, these are OUTSTANDING videos about metas and communities, and I'm not even a MK player, I just love fighting games in general, and the knowledge you share to me with this series is what I need
Check out the UMK3 video if you haven't already! I love making these, but there's so much info in them that they take a while. Stay tuned for episode 3 :)
This brings back so many memories. You guys probably don't remember me, but I met you at Evo in 2012. I made it out of pools ended up like 30 something place? But anyway these videos are great guys keep up the awesome content!
I’m a casual player getting ready for MK11, and just watched the MK Meta-MK 9 video for meta and lore purposes. Loved it! Really well done!! I’m looking forward to more of your content revolving around MK11! Cheers!
with mortal kombat 9 being my first MK game this was a fantastic video to give me a trip back through the game. i was never very good at this, but this was a phenomenal time
Awesome video as always! Idk if this is intended or not, but this kind of partial retrospective is a great way to get all of us prepared for Mortal Kombat 11! Great stuff, guys! And strange thing is, I reinstalled MK9 today and replayed it after a few years! This might be the best coincidence I've ever seen!!!!
I follow your channel and I didn't realize you released this video! oh boy the nostalgia!! I've always loved MK and I remember seeing the 3d era as not that good and then with MK vs DC I was like "Man, MK is so dead that they had to mix it up with DC to keep it alive", hopes went up when a 2d MK fighter that will reboot the series was announced, I gave it a try and this was the first EVER fighting game I took serious, that I wanted to truly LEARN, beacuse it was so good, and then the NRS scene started to pop up, started following every one I saw in tournaments on twitter, and also I remember getting super hype when I found some of the ofline players online! (My first encounter was with foxy Grampa, you could imagine the hype). I also remember fighting against members of the FOREVER clan online on xbox360 (they were tough to beat, but one day I managed to beat FOREVER SWAGG's Johnny Cage with Cyrax, my best accomplishment online lol). THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! IT'S AMAZING, It would be amazing if you could do an MK9 most important tournaments history and hype moments in general (Like a continuation to this video). I will always love MK9. Thank you again for taking the time to do this FLAWLESS and OUTSTANDING video!
Hahaha that music at the beginning gave me chills! I'm 20 years old but in 2011 when I first started playing Mortal Kombat 9 I has just turned 13, before MK9 I played Shaolin Monks, armageddon and deception, this video has given me so much nostalgia! Can't wait for MK11
It’s been 5 years since I’ve heard of you guys but what always struck my curiosity was that pnd meaning... the name isn’t what I expected but it’s still cool
Loved the vid guys, you're awesome. I loved MK9 and the community so much. It was never perfect, but it will always be my favorite fighter. Seeing all the little details of the game broken down and the tournament history was a rush of nostalgia. I'll always regret not going down to VSM since I lived so close to that scene and always wanted to play MK9 more seriously.
this video is perect.i kept saying while i was watching it.. if only they talked about the matchups and there you go.. if only the talked about the commu..here you have..the lore... the best matche..ok this video is just perfect i just wish now that something like this could exist for other classic games.
Agreed. The only people that think MKX is better are pros (and maybe their fans?) because it was more balanced. MK9 is the all around perfect game for a long time MK fan no doubt.
My favorite fighting game, I still play this with my friend who only has a 360 and I've learned about half the roster, i'm in the middle of learning kung lao; those mid combo dive kicks are so hard to pull off.
It's been a long time coming, but episode 2 is FINALLY here.
I said this video was taking a while, and I meant it. it's the biggest video I have ever made by far, and required months of work.
Thank you for all being patient, and I hope you can all enjoy this end of year treat, as I have. This was a lot of fun to revisit and relearn as our very first major fighting game.
Expect more MK Meta videos in the future. This series is here to stay. You'll just need to be understanding of the work it takes to produce them as a one man editing team!
Also, don't forget to watch Episode 1 where I break down Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 in the same fashion: ua-cam.com/video/Nbo9df9SuCo/v-deo.html
Much love!
- Ketchup
I miss my main girl Skarlet! She had some nasty block string dagger cancels!
Thanks for taking the time to make this man! I can always rely on your channel to make me a better fighting game player.
Also awesome video!
Where is episode 1?
@@dksoulstice6040 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3!
ua-cam.com/video/Nbo9df9SuCo/v-deo.html
Toasty Boost literally just blew my mind.
Fatality!
Spent way too much time playing MK9 as a kid ignoring how broken Cyrax was. Then you see mustard at tournaments with his execution
Mustard didn't use the reset combos for ages because he kept thinking they'd get removed. Then in the final year, decided he'd use them anyway.
Jerk, he was.
@@PNDKM I remember thinking Kabal would be Nerfed into the ground (as a 13 year old playing MK the concept of cancels were beyond me so i thought it was OP XD)
As a kid
*have that many years passed?*
@@taylorbee4010 yh lol i was 10 when the game came out now I'm 17 😂
@@taylorbee4010im 18 now so, pretty much yeah haha, doesnt feel dated either imo
I adore these videos. They remind me a bit of those behind the scenes and documentary stuff you'd find in the krypt back in the 3d era.
My god! this was painfully detailed and well done too..looks so professional
I didn't skimp out on editing anywhere, which is why the video took so long.
And it really shows. I dont even own any consoles or play these games outside of occasional nights out at friend's places but I just watched a 43 minute video on the meta, utterly transfixed.
These are extremely professionally presented and entertaining, you're incredibly talented!
I would've kut out the first 15 minutes. It's unneeded.
MK9 was a love letter to the 90s games. It did some things better than MKX.It had all the things that made MK cool in the first place with more balanced gameplay.
Yup love mkx but the run button made the game all rush down
@@Nonlifting_breezy I like the running mechanic. It allowed for aggressive gameplay and more Kombo opportunities.
@@Nonlifting_breezy couldn't adapt
@@yawontsmokemebicth4922 lol ok bud. I still won matches and I didn’t even understand frame data till recently or the poke system. Still won matches The things people say online man.
@@Nonlifting_breezy 👍🏼
Man I'm getting nostalgic. MK9 is easily the best NRS game. I miss it!
I mean easily
SaSSolino best soundtrack too
Yeah they didn't have to create their own story all they had to do was recap
i think mk11 is giving it a run for it's money
@@notsogreatsword1607 agreed!
Mk9 was amazing, the x rays, characters actually looked damaged during the fight, the way the characters entered and exited the stage when switched.
Loved this vid. You guys did a great job.
One thing I wish you guys talked about was the jailing in MK9 and how it was unique to the game and to stand blocking opponents only which made certain strings viable and useful like Cyrax 3,3,4 (as an example).
That's a good shout. I fully expected some things to have slipped by because there was so much to MK9. But to be honest I wanted to cover a base amount of the game. All the details like that are things open for discussion in comments etc etc.
If I were to cover every single little thing, this video would have been hours long. And it already took 2 months to make.
MK9 is still my favorite fighting game. It's definitely the best Mortal Kombat.
No way mortal kombat 2 is better.
MK9 is such a homecoming for the series. It was a sort of reboot and to me is the best somewhat remake of MK1,2,3 combined
Mk trilogy hands down the best
every other fighting game I main 1 character and dont really touch anyone else. Mk9 is the only fighting game that I enjoy not only playing, but being really good at every character
I found MK9 to be far more fun to play than MKX due to its meta doing a lot more than super heavily emphasizing rushdown and mindless mixing/oki like MKX did. I find that stuff when taking to the extreme like MKX does produces a really annoying game experience for me. The abundance of armor didn't help either. Also, neutral, footsies, and reliable AAs isn't a bad thing you know, it made MK9 neutral far more diverse than MKX. And i'm not saying I want MK11 to be a rehash of MK9 or anything, but I hope it inherits the game philosophy behind MK9 design rather than MKX.
What your thoughts on mk11 now?
@@Luisneospied I was literally just about to comment this
My favorite MK when it comes to character design ;)
So true
Character design is a bit bland and generic. Kitana and Sonya have the same face and female outfits are terrible lol
Kitana looked the best in MK9
@@zealcake
No they didn't.
@@zealcake Why female outfits are the worst exactly?
MK9 has a special place in my heart and this is such a flashback. Damn. Great stuff guys.
Insanely well made video! I miss that game so much
Detectives K&M figure out a 7-year old mystery through thrilling investigative journalism and research!
Great video, really captures what MK9 was and meant and puts the NRS titles that came after into perspective.
There is nobody better suited to make these than you two.
22:46 Dat Cyrax combo :o
The disgusting thing is that Mustard's net restand setup after the 1 bar variant will still kill if the command grab hits after net restand. DISGUSTING character.
Great video so far! I didn't play fighting games for 10 years between 2006-2016 while I went to college, got married, had a child. Playing in the arcades prior to that was a blast and I'm happy to see how fighting games have progressed since then.
Time for my tri-annual rewatch of this amazing video. I played MK9 briefly as a teen where I rented it from Blockbuster, beat the story mode and returned it after trying to play the awful online.
Fast forward to about a year ago and I picked the game up for my Vita on a whim and fell in love. I bought the PC version and play with some folks via Discord servers from time to time and I absolutely can't get enough.
It just feels oh so good and MK9 Sub-Zero's ice clone makes him one of my all time favorite fighting game characters to play. I'd kill for a remaster with rollback netcode and ideally a balance patch. I wouldn't want them to nerf the top tiers or anything but I would love for them to take everyone outside of the top 10 and give them some tools/bugfixes to help them compete a bit better at higher levels.
As someone who grew up near Galloping Ghost it was a shame I wasn't aware of the local scene because I probably would have fallen in love with the game back in high school, but better late than never I guess lol
Sorta ironic how Sektor, the guy who was all for the Cyber Initiative was better as a human in competitive play, while Cyrax, one who was against said cyber-ization ended up being better as a cyborg.
Overall, I prefer MKX but MK9 had a much better story mode and way better characters
And tag team! ;)
irina1296 For me it's the reverse. MKX clearly had far better writing in the story compared to MK9, which was both just a lazy (and somehow inferior) remake of the first three titles, with several instances where the writers clearly had no idea what they were doing. Once Rayden's defenders were finally together in a room, the writers couldn't think of anything for them to do, so they just had Sindel kill them all off as a lazy means to get us to the result of the beginning of the game without having to actually give each character a proper death or having to think up something new for each character to do while Rayden and Liu Kang left to plead the Elder Gods. Additionally, you have Shaw Khan treated like an incompetent buffoon who gets his ass handed to him twice (three times if you count Tsung's defeat in the MK1 portion) and constantly resorts to cheating; Raiden is treated like a powerless madman who does nothing but beg other people, including Quan Chi for help, and ultimately, nothing the player does actually wins the day. The way to beating Khan was actually by letting him win. Not only is this anti-climactic and not a fulfilling way to beat the boss at all, but it also implies Khan is stupid enough to intentionally do an action that would lead to his own demise. Even the voice acting is quite mediocre.
MKX had an original storyline, which automatically makes it better. It had a really cool dynamic with the Outworld Civil War and characters like Kotal Khan and D'vorah whom, while you could never fully trust, were still temporary allies. Rather than making Outworld always the bad guys, this was a mature and intriguing direction to take the franchise in. Showing us characters' development through backflashes was another new concept that worked rather well. Apart from Shinnok being taken down a bit too easily and a rushed romance between Jacqui and Takeda, I found the story overall to be very good. I also really liked the quick time events in cutscenes, which are often handled poorly but in this case were a benefit to the story.
When it comes to gameplay, both games are broken messes, but I find MK9 to be more tolerable. At least MK9's expert ladder in arcade mode is feasible and enemy attacks don't feel cheap. MKX's idea of a higher difficulty is making the ai impossible to beat without exploiting the juggling mechanics, and that's just frustrating to push through. Multiplayer in MKX is an absolute nightmare and not worth your time whatsoever. I can't speak for MK9 multiplayer as by the time I played that nobody was in the servers.
Damn you still here
@@stefanpanmk5371
1.Calm tf down
2. It's her opinion
3. How tf do you have two likes
@@Moonlightbliss858
1. I am calm.
2. I was refering to the infamous bot, Irina.
3. Great minds think alike.
MK9 easily my favorite MK game. MKX is great, Mk11 has left me disappointed but I have a sudden urge to play it some more so that’s good. MKA I love cause nostalgia. MKD and MKVDC are also both good imo
mk11 is awesome what are you even on about?
@@notsogreatsword1607 I grew up on the series, and idk man Mk11 just left me a little unsatisfied
@@notsogreatsword1607 mk11 is so slow and boring af...
Mk11 is filled with the same amount of keepaway but in that game it’s way harder to deal with considering the lack of running blockdashing and a lack of fast full screen moves slash teleports
Mk vs dc could have been really good, but the way they had to scale back the violence because of dc's inclusion was disappointing to me. No true fatalities, the fighting system was pretty dodgy too. It's cool to see sub zero square off against batman though lol
Honestly, this game has such a story to it. So many players, so many moments. So many memories. You should honestly make a part 2 to this video. There's so much to express
Mortal Kombat 9 was my first ever fighting game
MKX and Injustice 1 and 2 failed to grab me as much as MK9 did
MK9 was the best in the series
Somberness sounds like the M2K of MK9 lol. Mad respect for people who give out resources to the community
You can really see the inexperience from NRS in this look back. Lack of frame data in game and in guides, animation differences on Cyrax and Sektor costumes changing their gameplay, lack of high/low mix-ups, universal jump in buttons and of course Kenshi in general. Nothing against the game however, I had a lot of fun with it but it's interesting to see the lack of experience from NRS and how they changed going forward with MKX. Makes me more excited for MK11.
This is by far my favorite MK of all time. I miss these days. A much simpler time.
Wow man, this was a really good vídeo, high quality .
I play mk9 super casual and don't know anithing, but the history and comentary keep me watching it all.
I hope u make more videos like this.
U have a new fan from Argentina
I remember spending HOURS in training mode practicing IAGB and nomad cancel strings with Kabal, this video really takes me back
this video was simply fantastically well made!!
Thank you! Picking up MKX after being away from the franchise since MK4 and Deadly Alliance (which i loved).. and missing out on MK9, i found myself very lost with the new mechanics and more niche tech the game had gained. This kept me in the 'casual' brackets of play because i didn't know enough to improve my game. The more competitive matches i watched and learned the lingo definitely helped me understand the game more, but, video's like this open my eyes to things i never knew (like Dash-blocking/cancels). Great vid, keep it up.. MK11 hype is real
Always thought that Smoke has the coolest design in this game
I was never good at mk 9. Doesnt change the fact this whole video was a nostalgia trip.
All I’m gonna say is:
Dash Blocking > Running
Wave dashing*
@@threat9231 it wasn’t called wavedashing back then in mk9. Probably because of the block state being active the whole time you’re block-dashing. You can also watch REO’s MK9 Reptile video about his movement. testyourmight.com/threads/stupid-question-how-do-you-dash-block.13330/
Ima say it, MK9 is the best MK and it easily has the best roster....
This game was my introduction to the tournament scene and changed my life for the better. It was great to see some of the history again. Thanks so much for this video.
"You name it, they were playable"
Cyber smoke wasnt in it
So...
But regular smoke was, no bitching
We got Cyber Sub Zero instead
Goro, Kintaro, and Shao Kahn weren't playable either :/
Motoro
regular amoke cooler anyway tbh
3:45 I did the same with Shinnok for MKX locals!
You forgot to mention Pig Of The Hut, best Kenshi player !
What a fun video. I myself came in the competitive scene with MKX and actually through you, Mr.Ketchup. Nowadays, I compete in NRS, Tekken, Street Fighter, and i'm working harder to learn anime fighters, primarily Arksys. Definitely been a ride thus far. Only wish I got in this a little quicker. Was 13 when MK9 came out, but sadly I never got a newer gen console until 2 years before release of Xbone and PS4. I may not be a part of the deep history, but I sure do cherish what it and all it's players/community members have done.
this is awesome to see as someone who plays mkx at a competitive level and mk9 at a very bad casual level. I wish i went into the meta lore when it was happening but this is a very close second! thank you!
2:03 I think this is why MK9 had my favourite roster! It felt so full ! MKX and MK11 always felt like they were missing a part of the cast. MK9 felt like a full roster, complete with everybody you would want!
the only terrible thing about MKX and MK11 roster is the same problem with Netherrealm in general now. They focus far too much on guest characters...Stupid characters like Rambo, Robocop, Jason, alien shouldn't be taking up slots in a game when your game has something like 80 characters possible.
Can’t wait to buy MK9 I haven’t played it before Yep not making it up.
my friends back them were talking about it every day Funny how I can cope with every game now before I couldn’t in 2012 This was the first time I saw an R18 game I’m very happy I changed.
@@lutherheggs451 Blame Warner Bros who probably forced NRS to add them
From then till now and into the near future, what a journey this series is.
I still think this is the greatest MK game ever
Thanks for the love my dudes :) hope to see you soon
Amazing work. Mortal Kombat 1 was the game that introduced me to the fighting game genre and the Mortal Kombat franchise in particular, but I also started playing fighting games on a more serious level with Mortal Kombat 9. It was an excellent game for sure, just like Mortal Kombat X is and the whole series. Can't wait for your next MK Meta video, keep up the awesome work :)
Ty you guys were my first experience into mk9 and not gonna lie mustard was my favorite of you two to watch
also this was back in the day when i was in high school for sure XD
great video about the era before Sonic Fox powerhoused through every major MK tournament and blew all away :D
These videos are still so epic to rewatch
Never played MK competitively. But MK9 is my favorite in the series because I like the story, I like the roster and I absolutely love that every characters feels like he has came from original MK trilogy.
Which I'm a big fan of. I remember spending hours with friends playing MK2, MK3 and UMK3 on MegaDrive after school. We loved the games, we loved the movies (even Annihilation, lol) and MK 9 is like having both at the same time xD
This is also, the reason why I never actually played MK X and 11 - it just doesn't feel right. not like "my mortal kombat". Characters are "wrong", gameplay feels stiff and different and the roster is just alien to me.
the memories man, the clan scene in mk9 was epic, MKU days, the rivalries, ty for this video ketchup, you inspired me to pick sektor back in the day
Thank god, I love this series. I’m relatively new to mk so it’s always fun trying to experience everything I missed.
I watch this video like every month and it still astounds me like the 1st time I ever watched this I thought toasty was just some random thing that showed up every now and then I didnt know you could get a boost from it but mk9 was the time where I didnt know combos or anything like that and I thought the xray was the best thing in the game and would just button mash I love the vids man you made me main quan in mkx untill now I have basically mained him for the entirety of mkx I have watched all of you quan vids and mustards tremor stuff aswell as yours they were my 2 go to characters and I would just like to thank you for making my mk experience so much more fun and easier
28:10
OMG I love that edit
Also my favorite mk game and I'm so happy it got the love in this video.
This is the game that got me into fighting games after MK9 I branched out to other games like Street Fighter and later on to Marvel, king of fighters, tekken, and other fighting games. MK9 got me hooked into fighting. Brings back memories when I was around 14 ish playing with my friends either online or locally.
This is what got me into competitive fighting games.
I mained Cyrax, Smoke, and Sub-Zero.
Amazing trip down the memory lane thank you for the effort and can't wait to see more from the MK masters .cheers!
I miss mk9 heavily i hope they'll remaster this game some day 🙏🏾
28:12 Alright that transition was smooth
I wish I'd gotten into the MK9 meta back when it was popular. I played it quite a bit, but never to that extent.
Still have MK9 on my VITA. and still playing it from time to time.
The best version tbh. New game modes and all dlc characters including Kratos
this is by far my favorite multiplayer game, I mained Reptile and Kano, and have memories of people freaking out on me because if I get in even once I can do like 90% to 100% health from a single combo, and I could allow them to get me to %10 hp then I would try and just destroy them lol
Excellent video dude, keep up the good work with this series, I'm lovin' it
7:04 friend and i recently went back to shaolin monks, we found that sub's 111 is either unsafe or plus depending on where you stand.
"Also shoulder charge - f*ck that move." LOL! Excellent vid.
This video was absolutely awesome. I love learning about the history of the competitive scenes of certain games. Thank you for making this!
Damn MK9 really has the best fatalities
For younger people like me, these are OUTSTANDING videos about metas and communities, and I'm not even a MK player, I just love fighting games in general, and the knowledge you share to me with this series is what I need
Check out the UMK3 video if you haven't already!
I love making these, but there's so much info in them that they take a while. Stay tuned for episode 3 :)
I played this game so much as a kid just ignoring everything about it, how broken it was it was just fun
14:35 Scorpions head hahahah
This brings back so many memories. You guys probably don't remember me, but I met you at Evo in 2012. I made it out of pools ended up like 30 something place? But anyway these videos are great guys keep up the awesome content!
I’m a casual player getting ready for MK11, and just watched the MK Meta-MK 9 video for meta and lore purposes. Loved it! Really well done!!
I’m looking forward to more of your content revolving around MK11! Cheers!
Thanks so much for the hard work, I loved this video and can't wait for the others.
with mortal kombat 9 being my first MK game this was a fantastic video to give me a trip back through the game. i was never very good at this, but this was a phenomenal time
This was the first mk game i played. This video is the best mk video ever. So great.
I miss this game alot, it was so fun especially tag team.
Awesome video as always! Idk if this is intended or not, but this kind of partial retrospective is a great way to get all of us prepared for Mortal Kombat 11! Great stuff, guys! And strange thing is, I reinstalled MK9 today and replayed it after a few years! This might be the best coincidence I've ever seen!!!!
I'll never grow tired of sektors x ray move
Same here man , sektors mk9 X-ray was insane
This was an amazing nastolgia packed video. I had to go back and play MK9 immediately. Great job! April 23rd almost here.
The Epic saga that was the MKX patches will be an Interesting video.
Wow throwback to when Ketchup and Mustard looked extremely similar. Now adays I could tell them apart but back then idk
Last bit of this video is awesome. All the Pioneers of the scene.
This game is love. Thank you for this.
PLEASE make more of these
Love the video! Favourite quote: "Cyrax could basically delete you in one touch." :D
The game that got me into competitive fighting games! It always revived the MK franchise
Absolutely legendary game. Great video, thanks & cheers!
I follow your channel and I didn't realize you released this video! oh boy the nostalgia!! I've always loved MK and I remember seeing the 3d era as not that good and then with MK vs DC I was like "Man, MK is so dead that they had to mix it up with DC to keep it alive", hopes went up when a 2d MK fighter that will reboot the series was announced, I gave it a try and this was the first EVER fighting game I took serious, that I wanted to truly LEARN, beacuse it was so good, and then the NRS scene started to pop up, started following every one I saw in tournaments on twitter, and also I remember getting super hype when I found some of the ofline players online! (My first encounter was with foxy Grampa, you could imagine the hype). I also remember fighting against members of the FOREVER clan online on xbox360 (they were tough to beat, but one day I managed to beat FOREVER SWAGG's Johnny Cage with Cyrax, my best accomplishment online lol). THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! IT'S AMAZING, It would be amazing if you could do an MK9 most important tournaments history and hype moments in general (Like a continuation to this video). I will always love MK9. Thank you again for taking the time to do this FLAWLESS and OUTSTANDING video!
Hahaha that music at the beginning gave me chills! I'm 20 years old but in 2011 when I first started playing Mortal Kombat 9 I has just turned 13, before MK9 I played Shaolin Monks, armageddon and deception, this video has given me so much nostalgia! Can't wait for MK11
Best Mortal Kombat game ever
I'm a Tekken player but I've always been a Motal Kobat fan. As an outsider of MK competitive scene I really love this kind of vids. Ty
It’s been 5 years since I’ve heard of you guys but what always struck my curiosity was that pnd meaning... the name isn’t what I expected but it’s still cool
This is a seriously great series and channel overall. Keep it up guys!
Loved the vid guys, you're awesome.
I loved MK9 and the community so much. It was never perfect, but it will always be my favorite fighter. Seeing all the little details of the game broken down and the tournament history was a rush of nostalgia. I'll always regret not going down to VSM since I lived so close to that scene and always wanted to play MK9 more seriously.
I just found your UMK3 video a few days before this was posted and enjoyed that very much and was looking for more. Glad you're still making em.
MK9 is literally a dream game. ALL the classic and popular MK characters with a decent fighting game engine.
this video is perect.i kept saying while i was watching it.. if only they talked about the matchups and there you go.. if only the talked about the commu..here you have..the lore... the best matche..ok this video is just perfect i just wish now that something like this could exist for other classic games.
This game crushes mkx
Definitely not
Nah bruh stop
82 Pythons exactly
Its story was way better than the mkx story.
Agreed. The only people that think MKX is better are pros (and maybe their fans?) because it was more balanced. MK9 is the all around perfect game for a long time MK fan no doubt.
Great work as always, you sir never disappoint
Mk9 is where the series actually begins.
My favorite fighting game, I still play this with my friend who only has a 360 and I've learned about half the roster, i'm in the middle of learning kung lao; those mid combo dive kicks are so hard to pull off.
That body on millena .. gimme a way to keep her mouth shut and a paper bag. Game on.