Thread: Ask me about Mortal Kombat

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Originally Posted by Silox

Ask Me About Mortal Kombat

Why have the Fatalities gotten progressively lame, over the years?

What is the deal with "Smoke"? I always hated having to enter the cheat to unlock him.

Originally Posted by CoLd BlooDed

What do you do in your spare time?

A lot of things.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Why have the Fatalities gotten progressively lame, over the years?

Well except for MK vs. DC, all the games are pretty much equally violent (unless you got a crappy home port). As far as originality and coolness, I'd have to agree though. They definitely could use some more creative fatalities. Ed Boon (co-creator of MK) said that MK9 will be darker and grittier like Gears of War, so we can probably look forward to some really gruesome fatalities.

Originally Posted by DuB

What is the deal with "Smoke"? I always hated having to enter the cheat to unlock him.

Well Smoke first appeared in MKII, but he was a hidden "Easter egg" character, so he required you to input a special code. He also needs a code to be unlocked for MK3. MK has always been all about the hidden easter eggs and secrets. He didn't appear in MK4 or MK: Deadly Alliance, however he did appear in MK: Deception and MK: Armageddon, but was unlocked the normal way just like the other characters.

Why was it that when you died, you fell into a pit of spikes? That scared me as a child. I would run to the console and turn it off before I got stabbed to death.

Originally Posted by Silox

Well Smoke first appeared in MKII, but he was a hidden "Easter egg" character, so he required you to input a special code. He also needs a code to be unlocked for MK3. MK has always been all about the hidden easter eggs and secrets. He didn't appear in MK4 or MK: Deadly Alliance, however he did appear in MK: Deception and MK: Armageddon, but was unlocked the normal way just like the other characters.

Interesting. So who was this Smoke guy? Sub-zero and Scorpion's distant cousin?

Describe to me the goriest fatality.

1. Why do fatality moves change from game to game? Cause I would totally love to pick up any MK and press up up with Scorpion and burn someone.

2. What happened to Johnny Cage? He's not the coolest character, but at least he wasn't a clone.

3. What is your favorite MK? Mine was part two...

4. Do you think we'll ever see a home version of NBA Jam with MK characters in it?


oh and a side note...MK vs. DC isn't all that bad...I played it a little bit once...it felt a lot like annihilation and all of that...the finishing moves are a different story though.

Originally Posted by eppy

Why was it that when you died, you fell into a pit of spikes? That scared me as a child. I would run to the console and turn it off before I got stabbed to death.

Well that doesn't happen every time you die, you have to be in "The Pit" arena/stage and it happens when you get hit with a uppercut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XtMHuRoqpg
(side note: The severed heads on the spikes are faces of the people who worked on the game)

Originally Posted by DuB

Interesting. So who was this Smoke guy? Sub-zero and Scorpion's distant cousin?

Well not exactly, but he was one of the multi-colored ninjas* (along with sub-zero, scorpion, rain, ermac, and reptile)

*They're all exactly the same except for the color.


Anyways, Smoke is good friends with Sub-Zero and both are Lin Kuei assassins. However, they both fled the Lin Kuei when they found out that the clan was going to transform the best warriors into "cybernetic units" like Cyrax and Sektor. Smoke was captured and transformed then programmed to hunt down Subby. In Smoke's ending in MK3, he finds that with Sub-Zero's help, he still retained his soul. Then they are both friends again and they defeat Cyrax and Sektor.
In MK: Deception, Smoke is still a cybernetic unit, and he is discovered by Noob Saibot (Noob happens to be the "original Sub-Zero", the older brother of the one we all know) who reprograms him to be under his command. In Armageddon, Noob and Smoke launch an attack on the Lin Kuei temple but Smoke is defeated by Taven in battle.

Smoke's a pretty interesting character and he's had a bunch of different appearances.

Originally Posted by CoLd BlooDed

Describe to me the goriest fatality.

Oh man, there's way too many to name just one. Here's some good ones I can remember though:

Raiden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdOj9...eature=related
Shao Kahn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JtAM...eature=related
Goro:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs1kY-9v4fc

Originally Posted by Psylis

1. Why do fatality moves change from game to game? Cause I would totally love to pick up any MK and press up up with Scorpion and burn someone.

2. What happened to Johnny Cage? He's not the coolest character, but at least he wasn't a clone.

3. What is your favorite MK? Mine was part two...

4. Do you think we'll ever see a home version of NBA Jam with MK characters in it?


oh and a side note...MK vs. DC isn't all that bad...I played it a little bit once...it felt a lot like annihilation and all of that...the finishing moves are a different story though.

1. Well it's hard to stay totally consistent with the button combos, and there's a lot of different moves. Also, the transition from the arcades to consoles probably switched some buttons around.
2. Yeah, Johnny Cage is alright, but a lot of the fans hate him for some reason. They think he just doesn't fit in at all, which I can understand, but I think he's some good comic relief and I like him. He is one of the original 7 characters though, and I think they should definitely put him in MK9
3. I'd have to agree with you, I like MKII the best.
4. Ummm... I really don't know, but that would freakin' awesome!

Yeah, I'll still definitely pick up MK vs. DC, but I'm just dissapointed because I was looking forward to an all MK roster and a good storyline to tie up all of the loose ends of Armageddon.

Why are there like 10 characters with the exact same anatomy, but different colors? Were the makers just lazy? What?

Well there's 6 different mulit-colored ninjas, but yeah, the designers were just lazy

who would win in a fight? sub zero or iceman?

Sub-Zero fo sho.

i'm just waiting for a new remake, of the instant classic,big trouble in little china