Understand the timeline of Mortal Kombat so far 535b5k

Many video game franchises have confusing histories and timelines, such as The Legend of Zelda e Street Fighter, but none comes close to the craziness that is the chronology of Mortal Kombat as a series, with many twists and turns in time. Could we get everything in order before the arrival of Mortal Kombat 1 In a few months? Come more and let's give one FINISH HIM in this problem! 4c5oi

But, first of all, an important stipulation: let's talk only two games do Mortal Kombat. As already mentioned in a matter before this one, there is a lot, but a LOT of cloth for the sleeve when the subject is MK. When you put so much comics, cartoons and other products based on it in the mix, it overcomplicates the very little order there is in the whole business. If there was an illustrated video game dictionary, Mortal Kombat I would stamp the page with the meaning of “mess” easy, easy… 

Ed Boon and John Tobias 36l1k

Like every self-respecting video game born in the 1990s, the series Mortal Kombat had a bombastic origin. Product of the developer duo's mind Ed Boon e john tobias, who at the time worked for the Midway games – traditional company focused on pinball and arcade games, located in the Windy City, Chicago, in the state of Illinois, USA – the first game of what would become a multimillion-dollar series already started with high ambitions. It was to be a product starring none other than Jean-Claude Van Damme.

The Belgian martial arts film star, who at that time was at the height of his popularity on the big screen, with films such as deadly , Double Impact and more important to the subject, The big white dragon, Kickboxer e White Lion, Van Damme it was an excellent request to star in a game where the fate of Earth is in danger, depending on a tournament to continue to exist, with a lot of beatings going on. 

An Adventure in the Forbidden Quarter: The Real "Inspiration" Behind Mortal Kombat    115o2a

But calm down, let's not be in a hurry. Before we talk about kick-ass championships and the like, and look, we'll have plenty of that, I guarantee, let's take a more detailed close-up of the beginnings of what would come to be Mortal Kombat. After all, it's a really cool topic, especially for nerds out there who are nostalgic for the 1980s and 1990s and cinema trash of those decades. 

For many of us who lived our childhoods in the years between them, the name John Carpenter is synonymous with fun. With homeopathic doses of scatological special effects, many elements of horror and, of course, adventure, what came out of it was basically the 51 of the mustache of the brewers on duty, only for us, tuned-in kids, but without cable TV. 

The guy didn't miss a beat. Among his biggest hits of the 1980s, one film in particular became especially popular among kids and would prove to be the literal "boom" in the minds of Ed e John. Yes, I'm talking about Adventurers of the Forbidden Quarter (adaptation of the title in English Big Trouble in Little China).

Released in 1986 and starring the rising star Kurt Russell, the ion of the young Kim Cattrall, that guy who always ended up appearing as an unreliable Chinese sage in this type of film, Victor Wong, hitherto unknown to the public, Dennis Dunn, and Hong Kong and Hollywood film legend, James hong. 

A true Afternoon Session medallion for all the boys of that era. Russell, in the role of Jack burton, a loudmouth truck driver and womanizer, ends up getting in a real cold when he infiltrates a Chinese criminal organization in San Francisco in order to help try to rescue his friend's fiancée (played by Dun), role of the young cattrall.

What he imagined to be a simple exchange ends up becoming a dangerous adventure when Burton and his friends find themselves face to face with curious and ridiculous enemies equipped with black magic, led by Lo pan (hokey and masterfully embodied by Wong), a sorcerer in search of a green-eyed young bride to sacrifice. In doing so, he hopes to appease the wrath of an ancient Chinese god, whose curse has left a man decrepit, nearly falling to pieces. 

The film is a true show of disgusting practical special effects, martial arts and many (many) same) catchphrases, and even though it was not successful with critics or at the box office, it became cult absolute, ed to this day as a classic of that period and a pillar of the film genre trash. ing that this word, which refers to garbage in English, in this case does not mean that the product it refers to is bad, but that it was made with ion, even with a low or medium budget, and that it is loved by a dedicated niche of the public .

Any resemblance between him and the game was not coincidental. Boon e Tobias freely used aspects of the film to come up with the story that would move their future game, “borrowing” elements and characters from the work of Carpenter practically literally. That was a different time when parodies very commonly crossed the line in a way that today would be considered an obvious plagiarism, generating many lawsuits, alleging infringement of intellectual rights.

An example of this is the case of Raiden, god of thunder in the mythology of Mortal Kombat, which he painted from a henchman of Lo pan in the movie; his characteristic look with the hat, and ability to glide in the air and manipulate electricity, were shamelessly brought to the game by the duo, only changing the color of their costumes and changing their predisposition from evil to good.

Yes, Shang tsung isn't too far off, especially in this first game in the series, where it looks a lot like Lo pan from head to toe as well as skills as a practitioner of the forbidden arts. In the case of the game's character, his powers are capable of stealing the victims' souls, giving him the ability to transform into them for a short period of time, giving him a much longer life than natural.

Of course, over time, Mortal Kombat has been distancing itself from its inspiration, shaping its own convoluted mythology, but this first title is, without a doubt, unabashedly an amalgamation of the culture of films like those of Carpenter, from bloody martial arts tournaments like those of Van Damme, and the like. There is no denying this fact and Boon nem Tobias they do, well.

This, combined with the cutting-edge technology of the time, in which actors were digitized and inserted into games – and which was first used in pit fighter, the forerunner of Mortal Kombat, of dubious quality, whose theme was also that of obscure tournaments of fights to the death – and the bloody finishing blows, the fatalities, with an unprecedented amount of graphic violence in electronic games until then, came to put the game in the minds of all young people and fans of arcade goers at that time.

The tournament that would become world fever begins 1w4p3

After much deliberation, Mortal Kombat – that's right, with a K, for effect – was carved as the name of the millennial tournament in which Earth, with its fighters, champions handpicked by the god of thunder and protector of the earthly kingdom, Raiden, were placed face to face against the forces of outworld, a reality with demonic features located in another dimension. 

At the end of ten defeats, Shao khan, the emperor of this world, would have the right to invade our planet. The game starts at the point where we are at the end of the rope, worse than the 7-1 to in 2014; in the tenth version of the championship, Earth is one defeat away from invasion. And to make sure that this would happen, the emperor placed one of his sudden, Shang tsung, wizard banished from Earth for his evil practices and various sacrileges, at the head of his army. In the game, he is the final boss.

It's up to the newest champions on the planet to prevent this from happening, at all costs, without leaving a stone unturned, or rather, arm pinned to the body, or even, heart beating inside the chest, or... ah, you get the point. It wasn't for people with a tendency to palpitations or those with an aversion to blood, even if comically exaggerated, with the clear aim of shocking and not being taken too seriously (spoiler: he was, but that's a subject for another future post).

But let's get back to the subject of the game's protagonist. In the end, negotiations with the Muscles of Brussels ended up failing, leading the creative duo to come up with an alternative for the main hero. In place of JCVD, was born Johnny Cage, a cocky and arrogant martial arts B-movie star, who ends up g up for the tournament to put his name on screens around the world. 

Apart from the more than accurate description, it even brought a little more Van Damme in the form of a main blow, the very famous split of the star, which hit, say, the enemies' jewelry, leaving them stunned for a few moments.

Liu Kang emerged from the stars of the film industry Kung Fu from Hong Kong, and with mannerisms that are very reminiscent of those of the late Bruce Lee, becoming the main star of the game, all based on flying and a lot of screaming. Oh, their screams could be heard outside the arcades, believe me. 

Complementing the group, came Sonya Blade, agent of the United States special services, as the fatal woman of the game, armed with a fatal kiss in her arsenal of blows, who ed the tournament to capture Kano, another participating fighter, a bloodthirsty criminal whose characteristics were a metal plate on his face, knives, and the most hated move by all fans of the game, the “little ball”, where he launched himself against his enemies at a speed worthy of Blanka, the tip of Brazil in Street Fighter II, main opponent of Mortal Kombat in the nascent fighting game scene.

Next to outworld, We had Sub-Zero e Scorpion, enigmatic ninjas with opposing powers and clothing colors to envy any graphic designer. While Sub-Zero was capable of freezing and consequently shattering his enemies, Scorpion it burned them, leaving only small bones behind. They were clearly the favorites of many players. They completed the lean cast of the first Mortal Kombat. He wouldn't remain as tied up in future games, however.

As the plot unfolds, Liu Kang defeat Shang tsung in combat, but not before putting an end to Goro, the emblematic four-armed monster, the old man's henchman, who lived in his home, just below the villain's palace. 

Oh, and there was too Reptile, the third and most mysterious of the carnival ninjas, possessing reptilian characteristics, hidden by his mask, which with each new game would become more and more, well, in the face. This made home the bottom part of the stage the pit, by the heaps of thorns and painful spears; in the game, the fight could only be accessed after performing specific feats during the match.

Mortal Kombat 2: Everything starts to get tangled up 6y6z3p

the defeat of Shang tsung it wasn't enough to Shao Kahn give up its main objective, to annex Earth to its dominions. Not recognizing the result in favor of Earth in the championship, he decides to challenge the survivors among the Earth fighters to fight him in his own territory, under the false pretense that he would completely give up the conquest of the planet if defeated in a new tournament. At his master's feet, Shang tsung manages to convince him to spare his life by suggesting this new plan. In addition, he manages to regain his youth!

New fighters the fray. From Earth come Kung Lao, a fighting monk shaolin, direct descendant of a past human champion e Jax Briggs, boxer and partner of Sonya, who decides to enter the race after she disappears, captured by the emperor of outworld. From the dark side, the two feminine forces arrive in the form of Kitana e Mileena. 

The first is a princess of one of the kingdoms dominated by Shao Kahn who ended up becoming his adopted daughter, but still carries a certain sympathy for Earth's cause in the clash. Her “sister” was treated as some kind of “evil twin”. She had a secret: her mask hid her face half human and half tarkatan, a race of humanoids from outworld.

Another newcomer was Baraka, general of Shao Kahn of the tarkatan race, the same as Mileena. His arms with razor-sharp blades have placed him at the top of the list of favorite characters in Mortal Kombat 2 and that explains itself. The fans' wish was granted and Shang tsung ed the cast as a playable character, bringing his identity-switching powers into players' hands.

the two ninjas Scorpion e Sub-Zero return to combat with the aim of revenge. Scorpion, for the death of his clan at the hands of the Lin kuei, the brotherhood of Sub-Zero, which from this game becomes a type of identity ed between different individuals. In the game, the blue clothes fall on the brother of the character from the first game, who s the championship to put an end to Scorpion, who was the one who killed his little brother. Reptile also becomes part of the selectable characters.

There are also some secret holdings in Mortal Kombat 2: among them is Jade, friend, confidant and bodyguard of Kitana, who wears a bib tights the color of his name and is armed with a staff bo, and Smoke, undercover agent in the clan of Sub-Zero, another ninja – don't lose count of them! – only from gray robes, wielder of smoke powers. 

the enigmatic Noob Saibot, combination of the last names of the creators of the series, but in reverse, Boon e Tobias, closes the list of secret characters and is a shadow of ninjas. I already advance that later in the story it is revealed that Noob Saibot is none other than none other than the Sub-Zero from the first game, brother of Sub-Zero current. Calm down, his story didn't end there. 

Amidst the various fights and bloody fatalities, Sonya is rescued by Earth's heroes, Shao Kahn's mission is thwarted (at least for now) by Liu Kang, who gives a chorus to him and his own four-armed general, Kintaro. In between Mortal Kombat 2 and the third, Jax ends up having his arms chopped off, given heavy metal substitutes in their place, and Johnny Cage ends up dying during the subsequent invasion of Earth by the forces of outworld. 

Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 4wv24

with the arrival of Mortal Kombat 3, the mess has settled in the franchise for good, so hold on tight that the trip will be very turbulent. This is due to the fact that there was more than one version of the game and that, with it, a number of new features included to please fans dissatisfied with omissions in the initial version of the game, ended up being carelessly placed in the general story of the MK universe. 

Let's try to take it easy from this point on. This is where corporate decisions end up directly influencing the history of games and, as a consequence, spill the beans even more, so to speak. The launch of the third game in the saga committed a serious crime, that of not bringing two of the most popular characters from the previous games, Scorpion e Kitana, And ermac, the physical form in a single body of the souls stolen by Shang tsung throughout the history of the games so far. 

The concept of this character is quite intriguing, even if in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 he is just another one of the ninjas, this time red, with a form of fighting based on short, medium and long distance projectiles. In future games, ermac assumed an identity of its own, becoming one of the fighters with the most radical development, along with Reptile. Apart from that, these and other reasons that are beside the point within the subject of the story resulted in a game with no impact on the story, more a product within the general context of MK3; as the name implies, it is the ultimate version of the game.

Among these releases, it was also sold Mortal Kombat Trilogy, a version of Mortal Kombat 3 e UMK3, with even more characters that didn't have a place in the story until that point. It did not count as a chapter in the chronology of Mortal Kombat, so there's no need for us to lengthen the conversation beyond saying that it's the game in the series with the most selectable fighters up to that point, leaving no one who participated in any of the previous titles behind, including even some new ones, like Chameleon, another one of the colorful ninjas.

The Earth is almost completely dominated by Shao Kahn, who frustrated by his defeat in the last game, ends up using the resurrection of his former wife, Sindel, the mother of Kitana, as an excuse to annex Earth to their domains. This is due to an ancient ritual that would only bring your loved one back to life if performed on our plane of existence. next to Sindel he arrives Sheeva, soldier of the race of Goro and the revived Queen's bodyguard, a four-armed female version. Amidst this chaos, it's up to Earth's heroes, new and old alike, to fend off this new threat.

Some fighters who were previously on the other team end up ing Liu Kang to defend our planet. It is the case of Sub-Zero (ing that this is the brother of the original character), who in this game revealed his face and a sinister scar. Kurtis stryker, an Earth police officer, s the fray, bringing grenades and firearms to what has long ceased to be a fair fight. Nightwolf is a shaman and Native American who ends up becoming a kind of adviser to Liu Kang. Among his powers are the spectral wolf and hatchet.

But it's the dark side that ends up getting the most reinforcements, with not one, but three cybernetic ninjas, slaves to Shao Kahn's will, when they were once of the clan. Lin kuei, of Earth, the same as Sub-Zero. Cyrax e Sector are respectively the mustard and ketchup on the sandwich that Kahn makes of our world. 

One, with stealth combat capabilities, very similar to the cinematic character Predator, while the other brought heavy weapons. Both were willingly turned into machines, seeking a source of power far beyond human limits and paying dearly for their greed.

Both robots were accompanied by a third, the cybernetic version of Smoke, which could only be selected using a code. Smoke ended up converted and used as a tool of evil by force, since it was seen as an ally of the land forces. In future games, he regained his consciousness and later, even his biological body, thanks to the chronological variations used as tools of evolution. retcon – term used to describe changes made to the story in order to explain abrupt changes made to elements present in it.  

Two of the dreaded crime organization Black Dragon the fray: Kano, who managed to escape from the clutches of Jax e Sonya, now totally bald and with a laser beam upgrade in his eye, and Kabal, a masked man armed with hookswords, swords with hooks on their ends, and a lot of speed, which he uses to skin enemies while they are still alive. Only good people!

Well then, with Earth being part of outworld, becoming the Outland, unfortunately there was nothing that Raiden could do to protect humans from being killed, and thousands end up falling at the mercy of the armies of Shao Kahn. With his power extending to the spiritual rather than the corporeal element, the fight against the evil emperor had to be solely up to the gang of Liu Kang, which had the help of Johnny Cage, who came back to life thanks to the powers of the writers… I mean… the god of thunder and his influence.

Shao Kahn, despite all the advantage he had over humans, is again defeated...    

Mortal Kombat 4: A fight between gods and polygons 25413e

shinnok, one of the supreme gods of the universe, long before any tournament for the control of the dimensional planes, tries to dominate everyone, but ends up failing, defeated by Raiden. Sent to the realm of the dead, the Underworld, spends thousands of years imprisoned, plotting his revenge on the god of thunder and his allies. 

Mortal Kombat 4 is the first in the series to use polygonal graphics, during the generation of the first PlayStation. Since this visual tool was not so well developed at that time, but still in fashion, there was no way: the series had to give in to the times. The result was a very different game than the traditional one, which started the shift from 2D to 3D for all subsequent games.

For example, in addition to moving in three dimensions, which worked in a similar way to that of Tekken, with lateral dodges to “inside” or “shape” the horizontal plane, weapons became part of the combat for all characters, not just those who were equipped with them in their list of blows.

one version Gold of the game ended up leaving for the beloved, but still unsuccessful console from Sega, the Dreamcast, which at the time was already in decline. She brought some new fighters into the mix, like a diminutive Goro e Kung Lao, and as the device was much more powerful than the PlayStation 1, rotated Mortal Kombat 4 very smooth and without so many jaggies, the infamous aliasing effect that plagued games at the time.  

Honestly, the technical innovations are much more striking than the game's story, but let's get back to the story, which is the focus of this article. shinnok ends up escaping the land of the dead with the help of the sorcerer Quan Chi – whose role was played by eri johnson in the game's commercial, starting his great revenge. With the help of QUESTIONS & INQUIRIES, new fighter very similar to Kitana, but with 1/100th of personality, the ancient god of chaos rules the realm of Eden.

Enter the heroes, called again by Raiden, who with each game has become more and more of a real mess, with some new faces. Fujin, oddly enough, is another elemental god, this time of wind, bestowing, you guessed it, powers of speed and hurricanes to your fighting style. Friend of Liu Kang, Kai nothing more than another generic martial fighter and Jarek is basically a clone of Kano, only good.

These new fighters from the side of good what basically boils down to the roster of Mortal Kombat 2. Of evil, we have even more extremely forgettable characters, who never returned to have much importance to the story, except when they returned only to serve as flour for the list of combatants of Mortal Kombat Apocalypse. Reiko is the general of the armies of the boss of the game and left arm of shinnok; he dresses similarly to ninjas, and wears a mask that barely covers his glowing undead eyes.        

Before reaching the end of this game, let's take a moment to mention a curiosity that painted during the same generation of consoles that Mortal Kombat 4: the spin-offs from the series. Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero it was to be the start of a subseries of games starring characters from the main cast. 

Despite the failure of this idea due to the more than dubious quality of the game, the solo adventure of Sub-Zero yielded some results, including “important” characters from the fourth game in the main series, Quan Chi e shinnok. The first was responsible for placing the freezing ninja in this frustrating adventure, while the other was in charge of the final boss, to face the few players who were able to reach the end of this calamity in video game form.

let's not talk about Mortal Kombat: Special Forces. The less discussed about it, the better. poor thing Jax. But not everything was a tragedy; from the rubble of the two critical and sales failures released for PlayStation 1, emerged Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, during the next generation. a fun beat 'em up co-op starring Kung Lao e Liu Kang, Shaolin Monks brought some changes to the already cemented history of the series, in particular the events between Mortal Kombat 2 e 3, which we'll see later, when we get to the ninth game in the series.

Back to normal programming. Where did we stop? Oh yes! the downfall of shinnok. Yes, the god of evil, who also uses the ability to transform into his enemies, found himself a target of the fists and feet of Liu Kang. He ended up banished again to the Underworld together with Quan Chi, but how Mortal Kombat had long since become a total bitch in historical and temporal , it didn't take long for her situation to change for the better. 

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance 4d3fz

With Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, we're about halfway through the chronological list of the series. We are almost there! The game was a game changer for the franchise. It was the initial step of the series in the new line of consoles led by PlayStation 2. continued from where MK4 stopped in of game design, taking the gameplay even further into the 3D side of things. 

Weapons became even more important, becoming a unique fighting style for each character. went from Deadly Alliance that Ed Boon became the creative leader of the team, with the departure of john tobias of the series, when leaving the Midway games in 1999.   

The subtitle of the game's name refers to the alliance between Shang tsung e Quan Chi. The hair follicle-deprived mage decides to bring the soul thief to his side in hopes of reviving the seemingly invincible army of the Dragon King, former ruler of outworld, whose existence he discovered when he came across a tomb during his escape from Underworld. This was all thanks to the power of the amulet of shinnok, stolen by him shortly before the end of the previous game. They didn't count on his cunning!

Shang tsung he would be in charge of transplanting souls of dead warriors to this army who, in turn, would act as genocidal killers, giving him an infinity of fresh souls to consume. Together they knock on the door of Shao Kahn under false pretense of forging an agreement with the weakened monarch, and end his life. Liu Kang, Earth's mighty hero, also has his neck snapped by the terror duo's dynamics during an unfair two-on-one fight. Two birds with one stone (and a big one) only. 

With the way cleared by the two biggest thorns in the sorcerers' shoe, all seemed lost for Earth. Another decisive blow to the duo's success was the withdrawal of Raiden from his position as protector of the earthly dimension, since he was unable to do anything during the execution of the diabolical plan of tsung e About. For many games this character has been more and more incompetent, and such a development was quite curious from a general point of view. 

In of characters, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance introduced several new combatants to the universe of the series. Despite not having an impactful narrative development at first glance, many of the fighters were important in the background of Mortal Kombat, with several retcons until nice. 

Bo 'Rai Cho is what best fits this description. Your name is a joke Ed Boon – whose origin is Mexican – from Spanish drunk, drunk in Portuguese. His whole personality revolves around this: he is a master of the fight who uses drunkenness to his advantage, even throwing up on his enemies. Liu Kang he was his disciple and it is because of his death that the master decides to get involved in the fight.

Armed with a telepathically controlled sword, kenshi is an agent of the OIA, an agency within the world of MK formed to monitor the actions of criminals who escaped to other dimensions, such as cartel Black Dragon. He is a highly skilled fighter who ends up getting stuck in outworld during a mission, where the portal between the two realms exploded, blinding him in the process.

mavado, current leader of the criminal organization Red Dragon - not to be confused with Black Dragon, which originated from him, when he received dissatisfied with the severity of his principles – he ends up Kabal in the name of the terrible alliance; employs hsu hao, undercover agent of the group in the OIA. Both have a similar type of fight, based on fast and accurate blows.

the escape of Quan Chi do Underworld rendered him an enemy. drahmin – not to be confused with controlled medicine – is a demon who was betrayed by the sorcerer during his escape. Following the wizard to the site of his victory over the good guys and fighting to get his revenge. Together with his inseparable colleague, Moloch, leaves no stone unturned in achieving your goal. secret game character, Blaze is the guardian of the egg Dragon King, an elemental of monumental power in the service of its sleeping master.

Sub-Zero, now in the role of leader and supreme master of the reestablished clan Lin kuei, starts training new disciples in the art of freezing opponents, only for good. Frost is both her best student and worst disappointment, as the ambitious young fighter decides to Earth's enemies in their ultimate quest of conquest. Obviously, she uses ice powers like the blue ninja, but she does so in a very unique way by applying superhuman speed and contortionism to her fighting style.

the slender warrior Li Mei and the vampire Late share the same goal: to separate their worlds from outworld. The bloodsucker makes use of the fluid in basically every move on her skill list and needs to steal it from her opponents to stay active on the battlefield. Already Li Mei he practices a style very close to kung fu, originating from his village, destroyed by the diabolical alliance.    

Several fighters from previous games return to participate in the story of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, among them, Cyrax, who became an OIA agent after being rescued by Sonya e Jax during the events of previous games and Kung Lao, who s the cause not only to protect Earth, but also as revenge for the death of Kang. Even without your status as protector of the planet, Raiden the warriors in the fight against Shang tsung e Quan Chi, who are also part of the selectable roster of fighters.   

To get an idea of ​​the game's full story, players need to not only complete the Arcade with all the characters, but also reaching the end of konquest. It was nothing more than an adventure game along the lines of Mortal Kombat, in which you played with each character in the game, learning their moves and the new mechanics introduced by the fifth title in the franchise as you roamed the map like a nameless monk.

Now at krypt, you could unlock even more elements of the game's story and its characters, by purchasing access to various chests and urns, using coins earned in other game modes. This decentralization of the general story of the game meant that little was really known about the events of the chronology of Mortal Kombat unless it was reset almost completely and going to the bottom of its many collectibles, as they brought explanatory texts and data about the events of history.

As a result, the events resulting from such an alliance had little immediate effect, and the conclusion of its history and the individual stories of the characters were only discovered in the following game. At first, the villains were victorious, without any obstacles in their way, leading to the events of the next game.

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onaga, Dragon King, is revived at the end of the last game, but Shang tsung e Quan Chi end up getting the worst of it when performing this feat, as the boss of the game finishes them off soon after. The sorcerers' plan to bring the immortal army back to life ended up backfiring, since, by using the lives of practically all the fighters defending Earth to give their souls to the soldiers of onaga, end up leaving all the kingdoms unprotected, making them an easy field for the reborn conqueror to party. And that's what he does. Nor Raiden, the survivor, is able to contain his wrath, nor stand up to the combined might of evil's allies.

This alliance lasts a while mortal kombat deception and it is quickly broken up, now that the army is ready; it remains to be seen who will control it. For such, Quan Chi e Shang tsung fight each other for the amulet of shinnok, the only way to give orders to the invading and immortal force, but they soon realize that an even greater danger is waiting for them, in the form of the former emperor of outworld. 

In a desperate measure, Raiden, Shang tsung e Quan Chi forces in an attempt to prevent onaga. Raiden gathers all that is left of his powers and conjures a gigantic spell, which in addition to consuming him, eliminates the other two fighters. However, this had little effect on the Dragon King, who survives the attack unscathed.

In search of six artifacts of power called kamidogu (from Japanese, the instruments of god or divine clay), which among many other uses, are capable of destroying planes of existence. Standing up to the supreme leader of outworld are the few fighters that remain from past tournaments, led by Mileena, masked under the identity of Kitana, giving her control of the forces of Eden.

As if the problems for Earth weren't already colossal just because of the presence of onaga, he throws even more salt into the wound by subjugating the planet's protectors, using them in his assault on the Earth dimension. Deceived by Damashi, a specter to which the Dragon King resorts to concealing its identity, shujinko, a young warrior, sets out on a decades-long journey to find the kamidogu. 

This trip is how the game unfolds konquest, which returns. In it, in the role of Shujinko, you travel around a map, acquire new moves, level up and participate in a large number of fights. It is the main feature of mortal kombat deception, and it's also where you unlock the near infinity of collectibles within the game. 

Outside the context of the story, Disappointment was the first Mortal Kombat to rely on modes that weren't related to fights, like Chess Kombat, an in-universe version of chess MK, replacing the classic parts with versions more familiar to fans of the franchise. Another type of game that escapes history is Puzzle Combat, which, as the name implies, is based on puzzlers of the same suit as Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo.

Back to the story; by finally delivering the powerful artifacts to onaga, shujinko realizes the betrayal he has gone through – the betrayal that names the game, from the English, deception. Thanks to the arduous task completed that made him a skilled and very strong fighter, he ends up being able to not only use the power of kamidogu against onaga, freeing the heroes under his power, but also destroying him completely with the help of new friends.     

mortal kombat deception brings back several fighters from previous games, including ermac, whose character underwent a tremendous costume change in this game. Now free from the control of Shang tsung, the aggregate of souls in the form of a warrior allies with the spirit of Liu Kang to rescue the warriors on Earth from the clutches of onaga. The revived body of Kang, under the control of the malefic Dragon King, is also part of the cast, along with QUESTIONS & INQUIRIES, the MK4 traitor who continues to be. tsk tsk.

when I said that Kabal had been killed by mavado in the previous game? It wasn't like that! He managed to escape the onslaught with his life, ing the allies of good in their fight against the new emperor of outworld. Another one that didn't stay dead for a while was Raiden, who ran against death to side with the good guys.

Noob Saibot, the mysterious ninja revealed to be the cursed spirit of the original Sub-Zero, also makes an appearance in Disappointment, as the penultimate boss of the game when merging with Smoke, becoming… noob-smoke. Yeah, the guys were running out of ideas at this point in the championship.

next to shujinko, there are numerous new fighters, but the protagonist of the game mode konquest is by far the most important to the history of Mortal Kombat Conquest, so much so that, honestly, it's not worth listing the others. In the end, they served more to fill the already crowded list of selectable characters in the next game.  

A curiosity: the version of GameCube of the game was able to perform a miracle, bringing even more characters back to life, such as Goro e Shao Kahn. Amen!     

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It's the end of the universe Mortal Kombat as we know it. Or at least that was the theme that served to continue the lack of control in which the continuity of the franchise was when it reached its eighth title, Mortal Kombat Armageddon.

A vision comes to the mage DeliaOn Eden: both sides of good and evil must again engage in combat in one last, decisive tournament so that the fate of all existence is decided once and for all! For that, basically all the fighters already seen in Mortal Kombat so far they are part of the game. All. No exceptions and no poorly written excuses to justify their attendance at the tournament. They are simply there to be selected.

This game, without wanting to diminish it too much, but diminishing it anyway, is the one that least tries to follow a story that is at least intelligible. Little of it makes sense, and let's face it, it's obvious that the only justification for its existence is money. But let's continue the mission of exploring the chronology of Mortal Kombat.

The insanity of the story MK was to finally end in Armageddon, and let's face it, with a premise like that, there was no way not to finish. But the madness didn't stop there, there are still many elements to unravel before jumping to the next game in the franchise, which is far better than this one. 

We stop at the received vision of a tournament to end all tournaments. In order to carry it out, the husband of Delia, the ancient god Argus, builds a pyramid to serve as an arena for the great fight. Your children, On the lake e Dagon, are the key to the end of existence, as the union of powers is the only means capable of putting an end to the conflict, since Blaze, the elemental being and character of the two previous games and pillar of conflict, can only be destroyed by the brothers.

There are two possible endings to the story of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon: in what is not considered the canonical, of the game mode konquest, Taven is the only survivor among all fighters. When confronting Blaze, manages to defeat him, becoming a god. But this is not able to contain the end of existence, and Taven is forced to find another solution before it all ends. End.  

The other, the actual canonical one, has – check it out – Shao *fucking* Kahn ending with Blaze, becoming an all-powerful and evil god. sures until Raiden, who with the last vestiges of his power, is able to send a message back in time to a younger version of himself, at the time point of Mortal Kombat in which the first game was taking place, with the hope of reversing this reality.

“He needs to win.” 

The cryptic message left by Raiden for his past self.

Taking into that the game was released with the intention of compiling practically everything that was shown in previous games up to that point, it is not surprising that the story took a backseat in Mortal Kombat Armageddon. So much so that it even had a racing game mode card. One way or another, the hook he left was good enough for the creative team to take from that sentence what they needed to finally (try) trigger a new reality for the series.

This would also be a new reality for the team led by Boon: in 2010, four years after Mortal Kombat Armageddon reach the shelves, they became their own developer, replacing the old WB Chicago, under the name of NetherRealm Studios. Warner Bros took over as the distributor and holder of the intellectual rights of the franchise following the liquidation and absorption of the catalog of Midway. In 2014, the studio was officially incorporated into WB.     

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The franchise lay dormant for five long years, until it came back in 2011 with the release of Mortal Kombat – in internet logs it is listed as Mortal Kombat 9 and we're going to use that numbering to help us organize the list a little bit, but in fact, the official name of the game is simply Mortal Kombat. It returned to the gameplay of the old games, moving away from the “fake 3D” movement of part of the series that occurred in the generation of PlayStation 2.

now on consoles Xbox 360 e PlayStation 3, the game, since its unnumbered name, has been treated as a new beginning for the confusing franchise, and for all intents and purposes, it has done so very well. Until the following games came back to mess up the midfield again, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Mortal Kombat 9 aimed to condense its story into the period encoming the first three games of the series, despite starting where Mortal Kombat Armageddon it's over, with the calloused message without much connection Raiden reaching its younger version. Not quite understanding what happened, the less experienced god of thunder continues with his role.

At this point, it is worth pausing to point out that Mortal Kombat 9 it was the first title in the series to able content in the form of new selectable characters, which in addition to cameos, included characters from the series' universe.

Skarlet, a blood ninja in the emperor's service, became part of the cast after the whole stir generated by a bugs in MK2 where the female characters appeared dressed in red, aka their name. Rain , last seen in the special third game version of the series, UMK3 – and yes, he wears purple and is an obvious homage to the immortal Prince, raised to the thousandth power in this new version. Now, he is a prince of one of the kingdoms conquered by Shao Kahn, and still has several strokes related to its name, the rain. The third and final addition was kenshi, the same as Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance.   

Despite having small vignettes to explain how characters from other franchises got there, their presence in the universe Mortal Kombat do not affect continuity at all. That's good, because if it's confusing enough on its own, imagine how it would look if it relied on everything coming in from the outside.

There were all kinds of participation, with different villains and movie heroes cultas the Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, RoboCop, the Xenomorph (of Alien: The Eighth enger) and up to John Rambo and T-800, from the movies Terminator – both with the features of Stallone and Schwarzenegger respectively. There were also participations by people from some other game franchises and even comics, such as Kratos, from God of War, Spawn and Ninja Turtles (as a single character encoming the abilities of the four brothers), who are not averse to participating in crossovers, say in ing.

According to rumors, everything indicates that even being an apparent reboot from the series, Mortal Kombat 1 will also have special appearances. Okay, with that out of the way, let's get on with the journey! 

Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn, and before receiving the final blow, he texts [the younger version] of himself in the past, saying he should win, with the camera rewinding the tape back to [ the first] Mortal Kombat. Raiden [from the first] Mortal Kombat gets the message and experiences a premonition.

The game then encomes [the first] Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and finally the third game, retelling the story of an enlightened Raiden, who was able to alter the course of events. Eventually, everything the player previously witnessed - Liu Kang's victory, the Lin Kuei being transformed into cybernetic ninjas - ends up being toggled.

And there's likely to be a robotic character who wasn't like that before, (…) in a different version of events [in the story].

As explained by the Ed Boon, in an interview, summarizing the remix through which the Mortal Kombat chronology ed with the then new game.

With these changes, a new timeline was created for the series, which did not erase the previous one. The two remained parallel, which will become an element of the narrative later on. And no, the robot he is referring to is not RoboCop, it is yes Cyber ​​Sub Zero, which ends up suffering the old fate of Smoke, the big surprise of Mortal Kombat 9! 

Upon receiving the message from the now alternate future, Raiden realizes that his amulet is damaged, concluding, based on the message, that Liu Kang needs to win the tournament to save the earthly plane. This one ends up being the only survivor among all the Terra team fighters in the tournament, thanks to the influence of Scorpion, who as revenge for the extermination of his clan, the Shirai ryu, and the murder of his wife and infant son at the hands of Bi-han, Sub-Zero, kills him, after being consumed by hatred and transformed into the demon we know so well.

Liu Kang then defeats Goro, characterized as the prince of his race, and after that Shang tsung, in its old version. Even so, Raiden's amulet cracks further, showing that the events of the future still haven't changed. The events of the past games, now seen under the new visuals of the new game, happen as they were known.

Shao Kahn, enraged by the sorcerer's failure and about to execute him, is persuaded to spare him and follow his suggestion to start a new tournament Mortal Kombat under the false promise that we already know will be broken, that of leaving the Earth dimension in peace if his fighters are victorious, but if he is the winner, he will be able to invade our planet without any intervention. In the midst of it all, Shang Tsung brings part of the army to Earth's dimension, forcing the reluctant Raiden to accept the emperor's demand.

It is during the second tournament that Kuai Liang, brother of Bi-han, decides to take over his brother's mantle and becomes the new Sub-Zero and with your friend Smoke, decides to take revenge on Scorpion for the death of his brother, but ends up failing. The Lin Kuei robot ninjas kidnap Kuai-Liang in Smoke's place for cybernetic conversion, which has the effect of changing the timeline, at the expense of the new one. Sub-Zero.

Kitana, princess of Eden and d to the strength of Shao Kahn, discovering the existence of Mileena, a clone created by her surrogate father, s the good guys in their battle against evil, closely followed by Jade, her friend since childhood. Raiden, in an attempt to reverse the apocalyptic course of history, replaces Liu Kang by Kung Lao in the tournament, but that's not enough.

Out of the blue, Quan Chi, along with Kintaro, materializes right in the middle of the arena during the fight between the warrior in the wide-brimmed hat and the boss and, distracted by the bizarre events before him, is exposed to a cowardly attack from Shao Kahn. His neck is broken by Kahn, which causes his friend's uncontrollable rage. Liu Kang, which inevitably mortally wounds the Emperor of outworld. The locket crumbles further, which worries the clumsy even more. Raiden.     

Quan Chi is able to heal Shao Kahn, saving him from death. About that, Shang tsung relive Sindel, deceiving her, using the witch's powers to break the ancient gods' spell that prevents her husband from invading Earth's dimension. Immediately, the forces of outworld invade the neighboring dimension. Raiden, by defeating the centaur motoro, rescue Johnny Cage of a painful death during the enemy invasion.

Liu Kang e Raiden they go in search of help, appealing to the ancient gods, whose answer is a beautiful no; Shao Kahn he did not violate any divine law by stepping on Earth, and his actions would only be considered blasphemous if he tried to unite the two dimensions without even winning a tournament, as he did in the original timeline.

Back to Earth, Stryker e Kabal go to the rescue, ing their forces with the warriors in combat with the termites of Shao Kahn. Kintaro burn Kabal alive, but Kano revive him. None of this prevents Sindel to easily kill a good part of the heroes when crossing to that dimension. At the mercy of his mother, who is brainwashed by Shang tsung, stay Kitana on the verge of death. Eventually, she finds her, in the arms of Liu Kang, but not before Nightwolf emerge and use his shamanistic powers to sacrifice himself and put an end to the sorceress.

Johnny Cage e Sonya are the only survivors of the attack of outworld, but are unable to continue fighting due to their injuries. Raiden, in a desperate futile attempt to save Earth, offers the souls of defeated warriors to Quan Chi, but the sorcerer refuses, since he is in possession of them through Shao Kahn, in exchange for your loyalty. About then he transforms them and uses their souls to make them his ghost warriors.

almost hopeless, Raiden understands the true meaning of the words coming from his version of the future, "he must win". They referred to Shao Kahn: if he ended up managing to annex Earth to his kingdom without defeating the Mortal Kombat, he would be violating divine principles and would be severely punished. Upon witnessing the thunder god's hesitation and furious at the senseless deaths of his friends, he charges at the emperor of outworld.

When trying to stop Liu Kang to interfere, Raiden ends up killing Kang by mixing its lightning bolts with the hero's firepower, roasting him until there's almost nothing left. In pure regret for what happened, Raiden surrenders to the will of Shao Kahn, but ends up being saved, at the last moment, by the ancient gods, who grant him a status equivalent to theirs. With his new powers, the turbocharged god of thunder defeats Shao Kahn for violating the code of Mortal Kombat.

But it was all just a wild plan. Quan Chi. The wizard revealed himself to be an agent of shinnok, god of destruction, and everything went as they wanted, since the earthly plane weakened with the death of its protectors and outworld was without a leader in the absence of Shao Kahn. Everything was ready for them to dominate not only these two, but all dimensions.    

Of course not, dear reader! There had to be a new title in the series; in the end, Mortal Kombat 9 It sold like crazy and was a critical success, not to mention audiences, who loved the game's story mode and new tower of challenges.

The ninth game in the franchise proved to be incredibly fun, and the way in which it told the series' new storyline through an engaging single-player mode - a refined version of what debuted in the studio's previous game, before the name change, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, left fans with their jaws dropping. Thanks to this success, all games have continued to present the story in this way.

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Which Mortal Kombat it had already become a hell of a soap opera well before the tenth game, no one doubts it, but the NetherRealm outdid himself with Mortal Kombat X. It even seems like the subject of a gossip magazine from the world of games, but it's not. Before the start of the game, two years after the final defeat of Shao Kahn in the hands of Raiden, shinnok finally invades Earth, along with his undead army and the warriors of good, now resurrected and under his control.

A team made up of Sonya, kenshi e Cage arrives at the temple of Raiden in time to find the god of thunder and his colleague, Fujin, fighting a battle against shinnok. Upon witnessing the near death of Sonya by the god of destruction, Johnny is able to cope with shinnok long enough to Raiden use the power of your enemy's amulet to imprison him. During this fight, Quan Chi runs away, but the good guys manage to find him, and on top of that they are able to restore Scorpion, Sub-Zero e Jax to their human forms, of good. 

In the following years, Johnny e Sonya they get married, but shortly afterwards they Fatality in the union. Scorpion, again a human, begins to live under his old name, Hanzo Hasashi, as supreme master of his former clan, the Shirai ryu and starts to train the son of kenshi, Takeda. Sub-Zero returns to being the leader of Lin kuei after finally defeating Sector. By ending the robot, he acquires the knowledge of those truly responsible for the deaths of his family and friends. Hashashi, putting an end to the conflict between the two ninjas. 

Twenty years later, a new generation of fighters emerges: the fruit of the union between Sonya e Johnny, the soldier Cassie Cage, whose fighting abilities are a mix of her parents' powers, like her genes, and the daughter of Jax, Jacqui Briggs, an expert in technology inspired by his father's artificial enhancements.

The third “MK child” is Kung jin, nephew of Kung Lao; It has a bow and arrow in its repertoire of attacks. together of Takeda, the four form a new team of fighters for good. 

On a mission to quell a war between the former empress of outworld, Mileena e Kotal Kahn, the successor to Shao Kahn to the emperor's throne, who, upon taking power, changed the course of outworld completely, forging a fragile peace deal with Earth. With the reluctant help of Kano, heroes are able to capture Mileena, which is then executed by Cotal. 

Without the faith that humans are able to protect the amulet containing shinnok, formerly under the possession of the former empress, the new Kahn decides to keep him in his care, in outworld. He also kidnaps the MK kids, to use as a trading currency with Raidenbut D'Vorah, an insectoid and second-in-command of Cotal, turns out to be a spy of Quan Chi, and steals the jewel for his master. The Earth team manages to escape and alerts its allies of the plans of D'Vorah.

Jax performs a feat and captures Quan Chi, taking him to Earth. Hanzo seizes the opportunity to eliminate the true killer of his family and friends, inadvertently leaving the mage free to cast a spell to free shinnok, in possession of the amulet, brought to him by his subordinate, D'Vorah, shortly before being beheaded by Hashashi.

With Earth's forces weakened by the onslaught of Scorpion and the return of shinnok, the ancient god invades the temple of Raiden and takes for himself the power contained in the place, becoming a very strong demon. Kotal Kahn, who is not stupid at all, takes advantage of the situation and tries to kill Earth's warriors, to please shinnok and have more time to prepare the defenses of his empire, but he is unable to do so, as Sub-Zero and your ninjas arrive to save your allies.

When you see your father, Johnny, previously captured by Shinnok, being tortured by D'Vorah, Cassie awakens powers similar to those of his old man, and uses them to win his fight against the villain. Raiden, despite being injured, manages to purify his temple, but ends up being corrupted in the process, due to the influence of the defeated villain's amulet. 

In its new form, Raiden issues a threat to ghost warriors Liu Kang e Kitana, leaders of the Underworld in the absence of Quan Chi: "Face me and you will find a fate worse than death.", leaving behind Shinnok's decapitated head to make his intentions clear.    

Among the new fighters presented in the new game, in addition to the “sons of MK”, it is worth mentioning Erron Black, a western-style cowboy who uses two guns and their projectiles during fights and acts as a sidekick to enemy forces on Earth. Other former characters are once again part of the story's cast and as selectable fighters through paid s; they are Bo 'Rai Cho e QUESTIONS & INQUIRIES. 

Tremor, in turn, is another of the colorful ninjas, who haven't received a new member for some time. And as his name already says, his powers are to make anyone nauseous with the vibration of the ground. He has no participation in the story, as well as the special appearances of the time, Leatherface, from the films of the series. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the already mentioned Xenomorph. 

Let's leave what doesn't count for history behind, because we are face to face with the last game in the franchise released so far...

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By defeating him, decapitating shinnok, Raiden, now under the influence of the amulet, hopes to keep Earth safe through terror. Kronika, mother of the god of destruction and controller of time, due to the actions and influence on reality of Raiden, decides to erase him from existence, putting a diabolical plan into action. 

In the meantime, the good guys, together with the corrupted thunder god, attack the Underworld, destroying his castle. Sonya ends up dying during the action, and Kronika takes advantage of the situation to ally himself with the remaining ghost warriors, Liu Kang e Kitana. 

In Outworld, Kotal Kahn finds itself in peril when a storm of weather brings to its doorstep not only Shao Kahn, Skarlet e Baraka, considered dead, but also young versions of Kano, Erron Black, Jade, Raiden, Kitana, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Sonya, Jax, Scorpion, Kabal, and the hatted Kung Lao, the latter ready to bring firewood to his killer, Shao Kahn – he died at his hands two games ago? The corrupted version of Raiden ends up being erased from reality for good.

The beating rolls generalized and without any vestige of control until D'Vorah transports all of your allies from the arena to your lair, where you recruit them to the cause of Kronika. Heroes brought into this new timeline created by the villain soon spring into action; Liu Kang e Kung Lao begin an investigation on Earth, while Jade e Kitana decide to stay in outworld to help Cotal, with whom the good guys come to again.

Earth's allies discover that Sector, revived by Kronika, with the help of Frost, now a cyborg-ninja and Noob Saibot, put it back on its feet Lin kuei cyber. But their joy is short-lived, for Sub-Zero, Scorpion e Cyrax promptly destroy the place, putting it to run next to the doormat Kronika, General. 

Following much destruction on Earth, the good guys find themselves cornered by a surprise attack from their enemies, which causes the few heroes outside the conflict to fight back. Sonya manages to put a permanent end to Kano, killing his younger version. 

When trying to consult the Elder Gods, Raiden discovers that the twin sister of shinnok, Cetrion, controller of the charms of Nature, killed them, at the behest of her mother. Jacqui and the younger version of his father, Jax, arrive at the abandoned lair of Shang tsung, in search of an artifact capable of delaying the advance of Kronika.

Unfortunately, it didn't work for them. O Jax current, deceived by Cetrion e Kronika due to guilt over his actions while under the influence of Quan Chi as one of his ghostly warriors, flees along with Cetrion, in possession of the important treasure. In outworld, Hashashi plans to convince the boatman of the Underworld Kharron to help the good side reach Kronika's home.

But before that, he faces the version of himself brought by the temporal storm. When he was about to bring the demon to his side, he ends up being mortally wounded by D'Vorah. Scorpion, moved by the sacrifice of his alter-ego in human form, decides to the side of good.

Upon reaching the location where all the other Earth heroes are, Scorpion is immediately attacked by Raiden, even after trying to explain what happened to Hashashi. Raiden then he realizes that such a struggle and others, among the infinite realities, were all orchestrated by Kronika lest they both destroy each other, as she fears their combined strength. Taking advantage of the conflict, Kronika capture Liu Kang and the heroes, now with Kharon on their side, they leave for the fortress of the villainous goddess.

In the clash, Geras ends up being hurled into the Sea of ​​Blood, where it sinks forever, Frost is deactivated along with its army of robots Lin kuei and Jax finally takes care of the mess he made and returns to the side of the good guys. As a last ditch attempt to get rid of your enemies, Kronika send the ghost warrior Liu Kang to attack Raiden, after absorbing the soul of his past self.  

Well, Raideninstead of fighting Liu Kang, ends up ing your essence to his, creating the Fire God Liu Kang. The heroes try to enter the castle of Kronika, but the goddess reverses time. Liu Kang, in her new capacity, is immune to the effects of the villain's magic. leaning against the wall, Kronika absorbs her daughter, Cetrion, and with his powers multiplied, he turns the clock back to the beginnings of the universe, resetting ALL events in the universe Mortal Kombat.

Not even that can stop the Fire God Liu Kang, which has its final clash with Kronika. This fight has three possible outcomes, depending on who wins the fight. If the player is defeated, the villain kills Liu Kang, ushering in a new era for the universe. The canon – and which paves the way for expansion Aftermath – Happens when winning the fight as the God of fire, but losing one round: Raiden is brought back into existence and offers the Liu Kang his service as an adviser. 

The last ending rolls when you win Kronika without missing a round even. In him, Raiden comes back the same way, but offers the Liu Kang the choice of someone to keep company with the Hourglass, controller of time and fate of the universe; Kang choose Kitana and the two promise to shape reality in order to undo the actions of Kronika.

From the canonical ending, Aftermath start. In it, a Shang tsung young – and with the actor's look Cary-Hiroyuki Togawa, Shang tsung of the first adaptation of Mortal Kombat to the cinema, from 1994 – which was also transported by the storm, appears next to Nightwolf e Fujin, who managed to escape exile from Kronika. They interrupt the Fire God Liu Kang, who was about to reforge reality. Or so he hoped to do. 

The villain, temporarily benevolent, explains that without the crown that was used to destroy Kronika, the aforementioned valuable treasure, the Hourglass would have the reverse effect when used: it would destroy everything, definitely. To avoid this, Shang suggests using it to take you back in time to your island, and then prevent Cetrion to obtain the magic item, during the events of the previous game. Despite suspicions of Raiden of a coming betrayal, Liu Kang agrees, and stays behind to protect the Hourglass.

The trio formed by Nightwolf, Fujin e Shang tsung arrives at the arena – and, in the best style of back to the future 2, try to go unnoticed during the chaos of the fight between both sides, which took place in MK9. They fail miserably, and to top it off, everyone finds out about their plans, including Kronika. , they went back in time to before the end of Mortal Kombat X, so she's back.

With a thread of being slaughtered, they manage to escape to the UnderworldWhere Shang plans around Sindel, whose power he hopes he can use to get back to his lair. Before he can accomplish this, he resorts to Sheeva to help him gain access to his ward's remains. Going against his daughter's wishes, Kitana, Sindel is brought to life again.

There, Sindel can get rid of Cetrion in time to recover. Everything was going from strength to strength for Shang tsung, who did not count on the tricks of Kronika. She reveals to everyone who was there that the sorcerer was the one who created the crown. Even with this revelation, the heroes continue to believe in the former villain's newfound goodness, which sets them on a one-way path to their eventual destruction.

Shang tsung betrays everyone who was by his side shortly after his arrival at Kronika's castle, killing almost the entire group; this included his allies, whose souls he also stole. Kronika is the only obstacle in his way, but not for long, as tsung has control over it. Erasing her from reality with the power of the crown, the mage is one step away from Hourglass and the ability to take control of everything and everyone. 

That's where the Fire God Liu Kang enters the scene. He knew from the beginning of the nefarious intentions of Shang tsung, but let him act because he was the only one who had the ability to recover the crown and at the same time stop the advance of Kronika. At this point, the player is given the choice to fight as one of two characters, and the ending of the additional content changes depending on who wins.

playing as Shang tsung, by defeating Liu Kang, he absorbs the soul of the supreme god and becomes the most powerful being in the universe, taking all realms and dimensions for himself. What's left of Kang it is nothing more than a pile of charred bones. If Liu Kang whoever wins, kicks off for the brand new Mortal Kombat 1: God of fire makes Shang tsung cease to exist and use the crown to give a reset in the universe. With your new Era constructed, Liu Kang going to visit your ancestor, the first Kung Lao, and helps you train for the first Mortal Kombat of the new reality.

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Yes, my friends, we have reached the end of the story so far. If you read all of this and didn't freak out, congratulations! Understand the timeline of Mortal Kombat It's not for anyone.

Moreover, Mortal Kombat 1 has everything to simplify the story once and for all, since it has the rare opportunity to reconstruct the history from the beginning of the series, long before the events of the first game, from 1991. If the new game fulfills its potential, it will be able to bring peace to spirit to the many fans of the franchise and, who knows, attract even more fans.  

Until then, it remains for us to wait for the release date of the game, which we already know: October 19 day. we will have our full review of the game, so be smart not to miss any news about the game; just follow us here at showmetech!

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Text proofread by: Pedro Bomfim (07 / 06 / 23)