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Frankly, I'm tired of constantly correcting fake statistics of height weight and age; how about we just remove them completely until we get an entire set of stats (possibly in MKA?) at which time we will know all characters heights and weights and ages hopefully.
I think that page is frankly not important enough to have an entire article devoted to it, but is important enough to have a section in this page. Comments? Virogtheconq 18:11, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Having reviewed it a second time, the article has been significantly revised and can stand by itself. If no one objects in the next week or so, I'm thinking of removing the merge tag and trying to link more articles to it. Virogtheconq 18:13, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I don't see why it needs to be seperate. The "Mortal Kombat Tournament" page is nothing more than the storyline that the games, tv shows, etc... follow. It seems more like something that you'd have as part of a larger article. -- Marhawkman 01:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Well The MK tournament is part of the MK Spectrum-- Triple-Quadruple 20:12, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I don't think they should be merged. This page should deal strictly with the game information, and the other should deal with the tournament as a story device. -- DragonMaster 00:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Created this page from Mortal Kombat, which needed to be separated into distinct game and series pages. I've basically just copied and pasted the stuff I think should belong here, though this page now needs heavy cleaning and reformatting. Also, could someone perhaps get a copy of the MK dragon symbol and use it to replace the current screencap? Virogtheconq 04:01, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Well I think they should have a small section about the arcade culture and then put an external wiki link to the Mortal Kombat Tournaments instead of merging the article into one, that would be huge and the tournaments can be independant from this article.
Yes, I know it's "yours" article... I renamed it and moved for a better layout, so please? There's a free space there anyway.
Okay then.
Why are: Mythologies, Special Forces, and Shaolin Monks under both fighting games and non-fighting games? Dessydes 01:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
This is currently posted on the article:
Acclaim produced 2 Mortal Kombat-styled games based on the World Wrestling Federation: "WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game" & "WWF In Your House". Both featured Mortal Kombat-like sprites, moves, and finishers.
Now I can't say I own either of these games. But I highly doubt this statement is wonderfully accurate. I'm aware the sprites for some of the old WWF games look digitised, but I can't quite believe the games are "Mortal Kombat-styled". Wouldn't they be, I dunno, wrestling games? Rather than beat-em-ups? And why would there be MK-like moves and finishers? I've never seen Shawn Michaels kick someone's head clean off, no matter how much the commentators say he may as well have, nor do I think Vincent "Family Entertainment" McMahon would approve of such content in a WWF/E game. Even if the games are fighting style rather than wrestling style, the text needs a rewording so its meaning is clearer. -- L T Dangerous 15:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
There are also MK style fatalities, not as gory as MK but still fatalities, for example, HBK summons a heartshaped bed to fall on the opponent, crushing them.
I can't belive no one mention the NBA JAM crossover, so I added it.-- 4.250.6.88 16:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I included the championship history for the MK arcade series and people are changing the names of the winners.
I'd like something done about this as I know for a definitive fact about these tournamets as I was actually the winner of the first MK tournament and I don't believe whoever is editing it is acting in good faith.
I believe it would be very difficult to get a print source from 1993/4 about arcade tournaments, however I believe the winners were printed in an old issue of Computer and Video Games magazine which I'll try and find.
This arcade championship section has no place at wikipedia in the first place. There have been hundreds of MK tournaments over the years and people still play UMK3 and the 3D games competitively. This isn't the place for tournament results. To be honest nobody cares about a tournament 10 years ago you happened to win.
Actually no, there's only ever been 4 official tournamets as I said before.
Yep apparently. I got to meet a couple of the MK Cast and Crew. "To be honest nobody cares about a tournament 10 years ago you happened to win." Sounds like somebody's jealous.
This article isn't the place for tournament results no matter how "official" they are. It's already cluttered as is. You honestly think people are coming to read this article to find out the names of people they've never heard of who won a tournament 10 years ago? MAYBE it'd something for the actual section on MK1/MK2 and it'd be a lot more interesting if there was some details on the tournament and not just "there was a championship. Here's the names of the people who won".
Not just the names. None of it should be here.
Some, but not complete, details were included in this page about how to fight the hidden character Reptile. I added what I think to be the complete requirements for the original arcade version ( [1]).
Thrill Kill was never released. However on this page, it claims that Thrill Kill was a flop due to excessive violence (???). I removed this due to its inaccuracy.
The comparatives should stay as they are (bloodier, etc.). They are a correct form, and the form that was originally there. Wikipedia policies tend to give weight to the initial variant in cases when two options are correct. -- Eyrian
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This list really needs to be trimmed down, it's huge! I suggest someone look at each of the list and keep the links that are notable and have a good amount of information. M2K E 18:20, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Being considered for deletion due to lack of sources. Either someone should find sources or it should be deleted.
I'm surprised there isn't any mention of the controversy that the MK series started with respect to violence in video games. I know that's an ongoing theme and many games received similar treatment but I seem to recall the first MK game being singled out specifically when it first came out. I checked here and the page for Mortal Kombat (arcade game).
I merged the MK tournament article as requested. There is also alot of spelling fixes and rearranging of the sections to get rid of anything repetitive. The boss section was also deleted since the List of Characters table now mark the bosses in the games anyways. Benjwong 15:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
I can't help noticing a lot of MK related pages have large trivia sections. Strickly speaking, information that shouldn't really be on wikipedia is normally put into these sections, but the MK trivia sections are too big. Where best you must try and avoid clumping everything into trivia sections, information on how the character was depicted in a game or its developement can go into a Character devlopment section and a game information section. I've started this off on the Raiden, Baraka, Ermac, Cryrax, Johnny Cage and Goro pages. The only thing left to do with those pages is rewrite the stuff that sounds poor grammar or is badly written to make it sound better.
If anyone else thinks things should be done differently, please say so. Take in mind as far as encyclopedia value is concerned currently, many pages are being weakened by their large trivia pages and someone should go round and merge them all the best they can into the main section. Angel Emfrbl 08:37, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
I think the character pages should have endings sections like the Tekken characters. - The 4th Snake 19:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
It's just that there are some endings that some people won't know the canonciality (if that's the correct word) of some endings. - The 4th Snake 20:09, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
That's pretty much it, yeah. I seriously doubt most people who wanted to know if an ending was canon, they wouldn't read the whole article to find out. - The 4th Snake 20:42, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
It was just an idea. - The 4th Snake 18:52, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Who is the person who is the announcer for the Mortal Kombat series. I heard that it's the same guy as for the unreal tournament series
Yes, I'm still here, just not editing articles directly associated with MKA until I get the damn game. Anyway, to the point. Is the 'Similar Games' section really needed? I mean, I just removed a few things from there where there really was no proof that such a game existed, or just generally irrelevant info. Before I start to remove all other irrelevant or unencyclopedic information from this list (and there is a lot), I wanted to know what everyone else thought. Personally, I think we should remove the whole section, the article is already pretty big, this is just unencyclopedic and takes up unnecessary space. The list itself could go on forever; why not add Street Fighter or Tekken (etc...). I personally just think the whole damn section should be removed. ~ The Haunted Angel ( The Forest Whispers My Name) 11:46, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Alas I agree the section is heavily unnecessary and furthermore negligible to those seeking MK related information. I vote to its deletion. ≈ Kombat Krave ~ 17:20, 07 March, 2007 (CT)
I was thinking that "The Mortal Kombat Universe" (where it lists the main games, remakes, main characters, etc.) should also have sub-characters in it. Like Kia, Jataaka, etc. from the Adventure games that have never been playable.
I would have done it already, but I don't know how to edit that part, lol. 138.217.219.127 06:51, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Was the franchise succesful in Japan and Asia? I can't find information about such thing. -- 189.135.69.59 03:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I seem to recall reading in Gamefan Magazine that it wasn't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.122.119.33 ( talk) 10:19, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Whoever split the navigation Template for the entire MK series in half, fix it back. It was better the old way and much easier to navigate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Donco ( talk • contribs)
Moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mortal Kombat#No progress, since this is applicable to all MK articles Virog It's not my fault!
Who has removed their height and weight again? These are very important items, these have to be notable. Pooter-the-clown 08:29, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Is there also a Wiki for Mortal Kombat? Morris Munroe 15:56, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Are there also Wikipedia-users from Midway? Morris Munroe 15:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
There has been a lot of back-and-forth lately about the link section; specifically, an anon editor has been adding the same links repeatedly. So, I'm opening up discussion to talk about the merits (or lack thereof) for all the links. EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:22, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, but it is not just one person adding links. It is a whole group of people who feel there should be more links added, and they've all agreed to keep adding the sites everyday until you leave them. If one website deserves to be listed, then any other MK website should be allowed the same privilege. Either remove them all, or allow other sites to be listed. The sites you keep removing contain 10x or more information and content than MKO. The Haunted Angel tried justifying MKO's listing because it's high on Google's list. That's just dumb. Being popular doesn't make it the best site on the net for MK content. And another thing, what is it hurting having more links at the bottom? Nothing? The public wants more links, and last I checked, two or three people who think they run Wikipedia don't speak for the entire MK kommunity. —Preceding
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Since Fuzzd0rk's Mortal Kombat is ineligible because registration is required to view certain sections, doesn't MK Online fail then, as well? You need to purchase a flawless account to receive extra features on the site. Also, you need to be at least registered with a free account in order to download any type of video on the site. Let's not be hypocrites, here. You said FDMK doesn't make the cut because of that Wikipedia guideline. Well, MK Online is in violation of that guideline, as well.
"The web site itself is the topic of the article"
MK Online is not the topic of MK on Wikipedia.
"It has relevant content that is of substantially higher quality than that available from any other website."
There are, by far, more superior MK sites on the net for content than MK Online. Besides for the occasional exclusive news update, MK Online is fairly useless. Their games section is the same as any other MK site.
If MK Online isn't removed from the list, as well, it will only prove how you all choose to follow/not follow Wikipedia guidelines only when it's convenient for what you want.
Taken from MK Online:
Flawless Accounts are available to Free Account holders who want extra features
You assholes are nothing but hypocrites. MK Online violates the same exact guidelines but it's ok because they rank highter on the web. That's complete and utter bullshit! You got alot of nerve talking about this being over supporters or different sites, when it's so completely obvious you are supporting MK Online by keeping them listed even though their site requires registration, as well.
[Flame Sama]I am a member of both FDMK and MK Online, I added a special section so both forums can get their sites advertised, I also added Kamidogu.com, another good site. There is a note at the bottom of the forum section saying Some sites may require accounts. Is that any better?
MarphyBlack - "Wikipedia does not negotiate with terrorists. Er, I mean disruptive vandals."
I have three problems with this. One, MarphyBlack, you are not Wikipedia. The public is Wikipedia. Two, labeling people as "disruptive vandals" when none of the actual text or data in the article pertaining to Mortal Kombat has been compromised is completely innaccurate. Third, stating that there is no chance for compromise implies to me that you think you are in charge, here.
The dictorship attitude, and the blatent favoritism being displayed, is very unbecoming of those who are supposed to help maintain this place in a fair and just manner. You people are bending and shaping rules and guidelines here as you see fit.
This isn't about Fuzzd0rk's Mortal Kombat, anymore. It's about you people bringing up a rule about not allowing websites that require registration, and now you're blatently bending that rule to suit your own ends. So here's what's going to happen. You either agree to remove all MK fansites or you allow any fansite to be listed. There is no in between. Just because a website is popular doesn't make it a good site for content. We can continue to be a thorn in your side if you want, or you make that rule apply to all MK fansites. Plain and simple. You opened the can of worms, and now it's biting you in the ass. We're only asking for fairness. Either remove MKO and everyone's happy, or continue to make revert after revert for a long, long time. The choice is yours.
Hey there... webmaster of MK Online here, and just wanted to clear up a bit of a misconception. The only reason that registration was required for downloading video and audio files from our media system was to get around a bug. (Unlike a lot of sites, MK Online's CMS is written completely in-house.) We thought we had removed the registration requirement for the audio/video files, but it looks like a bug has caused it to reappear. CCShadow (our coder/admin) is working on fixing the issue now. Our apologies for the confusion. DArqueBishop 03:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Maybe I'm just uninformed, but what do 3 Doors Down and Adema have to do with Mortal Kombat? 139.78.10.130 19:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
3 Doors Down, I dunno. But Adema did the music video for MKD; Immortal. ≈ The Haunted Angel ( The Forest Whispers My Name) 21:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Adema did the Immortal video for MK:Deadly Alliance, not Deception...
Removed Music section. Dan Forden did most of the music and is mentioned elsewhere in the article. I have no idea where 3 Doors came in - band wasn't formed until 1996. Ent 23:25, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
The troll won't go away. -- HanzoHattori 12:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Can we add a characters template?→ 041744 22:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Closure of AFD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Test Your Might requests merger of Test Your Might into Mortal Kombat as the outcome. I have closed this AFD but ask that another more knowledgeable of the topic conduct the merger itself. Thank you. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 16:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Why does searching for "Mortal Kombat" bring up a redirect page instead of going directly to this page? Fllmtlchcb ( talk) 03:23, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
The page doesn't cite many sources, reads more like an essay at some points, and is pretty sloppy all around (for instance the Easter Egg section). As I get time, I'll clean up the article and point out where citations are needed, and if none are given within a reasonable amount of time I'll clean it out of the article, but I'm asking for some help here. Fllmtlchcb ( talk) 03:35, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
There was a paragraph under the Controversy heading that gave brutally graphic details about the death of a young girl. I have removed it, pending this talk. It is my opinion that the inclusion of this CNN/AP article [2], while it may be presented as factual evidence, does not convey a neutral point of view in that it does not consider related facts (for example, that the "Mortal Kombat moves" are primarily basic martial arts techniques, not at all unique or special to the game, other than the fact that the teens had been playing the game). Further, I would suggest that the story might be appropriate in the Video Game Violence article mentioned in the same section. I fail to understand how a brutal murder is considered to be encyclopedic information in a video game article. I look forward to your thoughts. Thanks, Sabin4232 ( talk) 22:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
The Murder of the young 7 year old girl is factual information about the Mortal Kombat Game Series, and it should be included as a small part of the page, stating that it happened. If you word it correctly you can let people know about what happened to the girl, and im sure if you searched the net you might be able to find a qoute from someone to do with Mortal Kombat and the Murder, and put that together as a small thing upon the page. Its all a matter of wording this thing Rupert 59 ( talk) 02:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Please don't put in a name for it (other than Mortal Kombat 8) unless you have a source.-- Rockfang ( talk) 13:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Update: A source has now been cited. -- Rockfang ( talk) 02:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Unless some of this can be sourced, it should all be removed. The entire section sounds like it was written by some fans who were trying to find similarities to other works. "Having similarities" is not the same as actually being "inspired by." Powerslave ( talk| cont.) 09:17, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Always been pretty clear to me that the game took a few cues from Big Trouble in Little China
In the Mortal Kombat film, Kitana claimed Kahn killed both her parents. Is the movie considered canon? If so, perhaps it would be worth it to add a short clause at the end of that sentence stating that Kitana is unaware of the fact of her mother's suicide. Quintopia ( talk) 09:39, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
What was the hardware used for the arcade machines? When reading about Street Fighter II and other arcade games it lists the hardware used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.122.119.33 ( talk) 10:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Never mind, i see it listed on the "mortal kombat video game" article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_T_Unit
originally released on "Midway Y Unit" which seems to be the same
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=610
Main CPU : TMS34010 @ 6.25 MHz
Sound CPU : M6809 @ 2 MHz
Sound chip : YM2151 @ 3.57958 MHz, OKI 6295 @ 8 KHz, DAC
Not sure about graphics
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OH! The graphics processor WAS the CPU.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMS34010
neat
Not to sound like a troll, but this section, as a serious fighting game player, is sort of ridiculous in regards to the to the part talking about Mortal Kombat's radically different special moves. Mortal Kombat is quite well known for it's hemogony and various combinations of the same "projetile/teleport punch/advancing move' concept over than other fighters. Though honestly,theres no real encyclepedic source for these claims on any side, so I think it's safer to remove this information as it's likely inaccurate and unverifiable anyways. It also seems to side more with trying for neutrality where it isn't appropriate. -- Kayin ( talk) 04:11, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
A few editors have been working on the fighting game article. Although it is not meant to be an exhaustive compilation of every fighting game, let alone every variation on a fighting game, we'd appreciate some comments at talk:fighting game to tell us if there are any huge errors or omissions. Randomran ( talk) 20:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Most of the recent edits appear to be a small war over replacing every C in the article with a K. Personally, I think we should keep the spelling in the article correct; this is an encyclopedia. Therefore, how much vandalism should a page go through before it becomes a candidate for semi-protection? Is this page a candidate? -- LedgendGamer ( talk) 07:25, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
The article claims that all ninjas were supposed to be from the same clan initially. Not only is THAT wrong, but it also claims that their connections to each other 'thinned out' and that Rain went from being a Lin Kuei to a samurai. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Rain has always hailed from Edenia. Should I fix this OR can someone provide evidence that this is even true? Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 16:07, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Whoever keeps adding weird statements about your hatred of triangles, please STOP. I just removed those silly things and would appreciate it if you did not do this anymore. Thanks. Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 16:11, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
I propose we remove that section per the fact that Wikipedia is not a game guide. I think that if someone wants to know how to get the secret characters, how to perform Raiden's Fergality on the Genesis, OR anything else (I note there are plenty of things not covered here as it is), then we can include a list of external links or something to an authoritative source offsite. Wikipedia is not devoted to that kind of information, though I'm okay with briefly touching on it if it's necessary. Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 16:29, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Okay to begin, under the character depth section, why is gameplay depth mentioned? And Also why i it compared to Street Fighter in term of gameplay as I quote: "Critics felt that the gameplay of Mortal Kombat was inferior due to having less complexity in the normal moves compared to Street Fighter and other series.[citation needed] Supporters however felt that normal move complexity mostly added to the game's learning curve without adding real strategic depth, and that greater strategic depth and fun factor was created by having more radically different special moves, and thus believe that Mortal Kombat had better gameplay."
I'm glad "citation needed" was put for both of those statements, because such arguments have only been seen on message boards not with game critics (who personally are no better than those who argue on the message boards.)
Also, it seems someone only saw the movie and did not play the game as under Notable Tournaments subsection, it says that Johnny Cage defeated Goro. While this is true in the sense of the movies, it is not true in the canonity of the games. Someone please, edit that. I'll get various sources to corroborate it. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 01:34, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
I see so many templates here, so many wanting various issues addressed and corrected, I feel the need to take them ALL down and plaster the complete rewrite template at the top. If I or anyone else should carry this motion, please give me some feedback. Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 18:40, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
That's all I see for now Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 23:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
The fergatlity, how noob saibot obtained his name could be simply used in their respective articles (fergality to MKII, noob to noob). There is no source about the creation of the white lotus of other stuff, it seems original research. If we are going to add that, it could be simply add it to a development section. Tintor2 ( talk) 23:39, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
I maybe a little ignorant but what is a development section? Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 00:59, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
So, all in all, I guess there won't be a rewrite but I will be busy with this page. From here, does anybody agree with the way Tintor2 proposed to arrange the article? (earlier in this section) I know I do Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 13:53, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
This article is a frequent target of vandalism, what say we protect it from unregistered users? Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 03:35, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
This I agree on Tubular. Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 02:49, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I ebelieve should be merged (failed to find anything else notable about her). -- Ostateczny Krach Systemu Korporacji ( talk) 18:49, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
I'm open minded to changes in this page, but I do not believe the trivia should have been removed. One sentence in the Wikipedia:Trivia sections guidelines corrobates with my argument
This guideline does not suggest removing trivia sections, or moving them to the talk page. If information is otherwise suitable, it is better that it be poorly presented than not presented at all.
I know that other Wikipedians are picky about such miscellaneous section so I believe we should keep the information there until we can present it better. Hopefully, those for it's removal and those against can come to a compromise. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 18:36, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Why is it called Mortal Kombat instead of Mortal Combat? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LucaTurilli89 ( talk • contribs) 22:16, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
Answer: They call it Mortal Kombat for looks, and sound. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.203.112.147 ( talk) 12:43, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
The section seems sloppy, verified, but sloppy. Could someone perhaps reword that section and make it appear more attractive to the visiting wikipedian? Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 02:45, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Okay in regards to this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mortal_Kombat&diff=311091770&oldid=311042946
I do believe that the edit done is well written as well as cited many sources. Removing some of the copyright sources, it sort of fixed that section, but I don't think so much should have been removed. We know for a fact that we should include: The storyline of the Mk1-MK7 and every part which is considered canonical (Liu Kang winning MK1-MK3, Shinnok trying to take over the world, Liu Kang's death and the formation of the deadly alliance, etc.) But what about the portions of the realms, the description of the realms, the elder gods, the one being, etc. the parts you wouldn't know unless you played MK:D's Konquest as well as the reason why the MK warriors went to Outworld (the kidnapping of Sonya). Do we include those portions, or are they not pertinent to the storyline? I'm just asking to come to a consensus what should be considered pertinent to the storyline and what could kept out. Any and all replies are asked and will be taken into account. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 15:20, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, what species is he? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.41.213.30 ( talk) 06:48, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Specifically, from the beginning of the section 'Overview': "Whereas better fighting games ..."
Does anyone else pick up on the bias in that whole section? I realize it may be removed due to lack of citation, but still ...
-- The Nails ( talk) 01:28, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Why was the character list removed? I wrote it according to the articles of other game series, such as Street Fighter and Tony Hawk. I noted that the characters roster is being removed from some game articles, such as MK Deception, so a list in the series article would be very informative. Actually, all of the other lists could be removed. I'm aware that Wikipedia "is not a game guide", but remember that the characters of a game are so important as the story itself. That list was only telling the name of the characters and the appearances they had in the series, not different from the articles I already cited as well as movie series articles like X-Men (film series). So please, tell me why it was removed and where it is writen that no characters list can't be in articles, because "unneeded list" is not a good answer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.5.210.212 ( talk) 03:10, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I know what you mean, but I don't really agree that a list of characters makes an article worse. I mean, see the Spider-Man (film series). It says the name of the characters and in wich movies they appear on, and it's fine. They even built an article only for the characters in the X-Men movies! I know MK also has an article for it's characters, but that page is too damm confuse and it's hard to understand wich games the characters appear on, wich should be the most important thing. And this article is not good in terms of characters. It only mentions some of the ones who got spin offs and some secret ones, and that's all. MK has much more than that, and would be great to show that on the series own page.
I think the list is informative and I would like it back, but it seems the last word is yours. I just want MK to be a good article and I think it should have all the Sreet Fighter page has and more. You say SF is a poor article but, sincerely, these two articles are in the same quality level. For a moment I even thought SF page was better because of that list, so I built a MK one, and now it's gone. Anyway, with or without the list, tell me what can I do to make this page better. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.5.210.212 ( talk) 03:49, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey guys! I was recently reading the Shadow of the Colossus article and noticed it has a featured star, so I edited Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance following SOTC order of topics, but in reality just organizing what was already written and adding some new things that are sourced. I think it's pretty good but it would be better if someone could fix some spelling errors I didn't noticed and the links to characters pages. Now I think all MK game articles could be like that one, and I would like to edit all of them. But I came here first to ask if I can do this or if there's something wrong with what I did in MKDA. Anyway, the goal here is to make all MK pages to have the same style, and when you go from MK1 page to MKDA it would be nice if they have the same feeling. Thanks! Please reply! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.222.57.147 ( talk) 03:29, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
In a recent interwiew with Ed Boon, he said Warner Bros was planning not only a new game but also "other media" releases, including movies, so I think an article called " Mortal Kombat (film series)" could be made here, in the same way of X-Men (film series). I would like to work on that, but I'm asking first because it would suck if someone just erases everything because it "goes against copyright" or something like that. Please reply! MK Rules!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.222.58.66 ( talk) 02:40, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Anyone there?
According to the new MK 2011 game Shao Kahn won Armmageddon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.227.22 ( talk) 19:52, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
-- Asperchu ( talk) 10:11, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
Jax has some notability but only in the mention that he is the first black person to appear in MK. But that would only provide a smidgen of notability, he would need more. I am typically against it but in this case, Jax just can't handle his own article. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 17:30, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
You asked, and you shall receive.
Well, that's all I have right now. Any other veteran editor can edit my list as they see fit. Please take this listing into consideration Asperchu. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 22:59, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
In no particular order:
I want to add something that I feel is missing and needs to be addressed. We cannot allow for material that makes Wikipedia read like a gameguide. Asperchu directly addressed something that would go towards a Gameplay section, and while perhaps something ought to be addressed there, that fact (Jax's superiority over other characters) is not where we should start nor should we give it any thought as it is based on a point of view and may not hold true for every player. It also dispenses gaming advice which is what contributes to the gameguide nature of the article. It would inform people what WP thinks is one of the best characters to choose, but that information is strictly forbidden. Now that that has been removed from the equation, my view is that his notability is considerably less and there is now less reason to give him an article. (Pretty late, I know, but I'm just sayin'.) Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 17:45, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
http://elr.lls.edu/issues/v21-issue2/matzkin.pdf
The link that references it now has suffered linkrot so here's a replacement for anyone interested in removing the current dead link for this one. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 20:49, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Could someone check the validity of this court case; the link to the plaintiff Philip Ahn suggests he died in 1978. I think perhaps the plaintiff is a different Philip Ahn. 76.226.77.106 ( talk) 00:30, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Should we mention the Australia banning of MK9 in the Reception section? Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 14:12, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
The site listed as a source at the bottom of the page leads to a website of phatality.com, though when I clicked onto it, there was nothing even remotely discussed about Mortal Kombat. No articles, no references at all. Although I could be wrong and didn't check out the site well enough, but my first impression is that somebody is looking for free advertisement and trick people into visiting the site. I'm going to remove the website. If this is an issue, please correct. ResidualD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.196.212 ( talk) 07:02, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Cool stuff, things regarding the dragon logo, another history on Toasty and a bit of tidbits on MK1-MK3. http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/08/26/mortal-kombat-memories-development-tales-from-netherrealm-studios/ Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 00:37, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
http://www.nowgamer.com/features/921572/the_history_of_mortal_kombat.html Another one. A bit long, and talks about Midway's relatio with Nintendo and an analysis of the whole series. Tintor2 ( talk) 01:10, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Also http://www.destructoid.com/ono-mortal-kombat-represents-western-game-design-198318.phtml and http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_mortalk/index.html (use Internet Archive for this one later on, page 16 is completely broken). -- 194.145.185.229 ( talk) 16:21, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Eh. Appearantly it's not interesting to anyone here, after all. Never mind. -- 194.145.185.229 ( talk) 12:09, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
This shouldnt be mentioned somewhere in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbertolotti ( talk • contribs) 01:59, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Why is Mortal Kombat written with "K"? The normal form would be written as Mortal Combat. Furko Nellis ( talk) 12:32, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
I don't think it's Start-Class, or even C for that matter. -- Niemti ( talk) 00:59, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Kitana (Mortal Kombat) too, for that matter (maybe even more). -- Niemti ( talk) 01:04, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
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I'm gonna be reviewing this. I've already glanced over the material yesterday and found you were updating the controversy section, give me a bit of time to do this one. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 16:38, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Gameplay section seems fine, just a few awkward wordings to deal with.
"Midway would keep their single styled fighting moves with four attack buttons which were a different array of punches and kicks and block until they changed this in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance by differentiating characters normal moves and even giving them multiple fighting styles." - Awkward sentence. It says too much and confuses the reader. I'd split into two sentences.
"Most of the fighting styles featured are based on real martial arts, though a few of them are not." Prose again seems a bit weird, not too major, but for emphasis "While most of the styles used are based on real martial arts, some are entirely fictitious."
Development section needs some inline citations.
"Ed Boon stated for six out of the eight months while they were in production of Mortal Kombat, "nobody could come up with a name nobody didn't hate."" - Direct quote needs inline source.
" Some of the names suggested were "Kumite", "Dragon Attack", "Death Blow", and even at one point, "Fatality". Someone had written down "combat" on the drawing board for the names in Ed Boon's office and someone wrote a K over the C, according to Ed Boon, "just to be kind of weird." - Again, direct quote needs inline cite.
"More so than other fighting games at the time, Mortal Kombat was famous for re-coloring certain sprites to appear as different characters." - Could be polished up a little.
"The Sega Mega Drive/Genesis versions had some unique eggs: in Mortal Kombat, a head shot of the President of Probe Software, Fergus McGovern, flew in front of the moon in the Pit stage, while in Mortal Kombat II, Raiden could perform a "Fergality" on the Armory stage." Cite required for this please.
"One example is "Toasty", which found its way into the game in the form of a small image of sound designer Dan Forden, who would appear in the corner of the screen during gameplay (after performing an uppercut) and yell the word "Toasty". - Easy fix, just pull it from the Gamestop article. Also, the Gamespot page is white text on white background, not your problem, but is odd. Ref 32 just needs to be mirrored over to it.
" In 1994, Malibu Comics launched an official MK comic book series, spawning two six-issue series ("Blood and Thunder" and "Battlewave"), along with several miniseries, and one-shot character issues, until its publication ended in August 1995. Two more comics were also made for Mortal Kombat 4 and the DC Universe crossover game." - Both could use a source.
"The franchise sparked two television series, the 1996 cartoon series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and the 1998-1999 live-action series Mortal Kombat: Konquest. Neither series ran for more than one season due to budget constraints." - Again sources would be nice here.
"An animated prequel to the first movie, titled Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins, was released straight to home video in 1995. The stage show Mortal Kombat: Live Tour was also launched at the end of 1995. The tour expanded to 1996, and featured Mortal Kombat characters in a theatrical display on stage." - And here.
Other then that it is very well sourced.
The Controversy section when I first viewed it was a single liner, but that has been expanded somewhat. Could this please be expanded a bit?
Technical notes.
John Vogel points right back to Mortal Kombat. Its not a major concern.
Ref 76. [7] is dead. http://bloody-disgusting.com/ links don't seem to be reliable. A better source would be nice. Ref 135 [8] is dead. So's #14 [9] and #67 [10]. Lastly, ref #6 [11] redirects to the newindianexpress site. Cannot view content.
Everything else seems fine and passable. Putting it on hold to address those issues. Overall, very nice broad and detailed view of the series. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 15:42, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
The content from the last reference or the beginning of the paragraph is presumably sourced by the reference in the end. GameSpot is always losing the backgrounds for their old pages before they go 404 completely, it's normal for them. -- Niemti ( talk) 17:18, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
How about now? I did also some more edits, including expanding and rewriting the development. -- Niemti ( talk) 18:23, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
The www.gametrailers.com ones are connection time out... and you sure you cannot get a replacement for the broken Guinness one? The article is definitely getting better, but a broken link to a review is really small and I doubt I can fail over that. Its just that according to the records its been dead for years. Time for a replacement I think. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 01:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
I just expanded/updated the article a lot again, but I'm basically done (with MKII too). -- Niemti ( talk) 19:12, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
A fourth paragraph with summary of "Reception and cultural impact". -- Niemti ( talk) 20:36, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
The series is full of macabre humor, comical references, parodies, and in-jokes, while an uninformed reader might think it is all dead serious. Addings this should vastly improve the article. -- Niemti ( talk) 15:39, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Whoever says it does is, IMO, unimaginative and ignorant, and needs to watch Back to the Future in order to understand how timeline rifts like this REALLY work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.180.97.233 ( talk) 21:43, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Sorry about what I said in my previous post, I edited my post so that I don't sound so much like a prick. 24.180.97.233 ( talk) 13:41, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
The two parallel universes in Injustice Gods Among Us backs up this theory even further... 75.129.123.163 ( talk) 10:56, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
I've been counting and counting and I can only come up with nine. Serendi pod ous 12:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
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When I was looking through the Mortal Kombat article I noticed that it does not have 2 sections that are important. These sections are overall reviews and overall sales. I was surprised to see that these sections were not includes especially because Mortal Kombat is one of the biggest fighting game franchises ever created. My plan is to gather research on these two topics and work on two sections in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nelsonnnkyle12 ( talk • contribs) 16:53, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
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Frankly, I'm tired of constantly correcting fake statistics of height weight and age; how about we just remove them completely until we get an entire set of stats (possibly in MKA?) at which time we will know all characters heights and weights and ages hopefully.
I think that page is frankly not important enough to have an entire article devoted to it, but is important enough to have a section in this page. Comments? Virogtheconq 18:11, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
Having reviewed it a second time, the article has been significantly revised and can stand by itself. If no one objects in the next week or so, I'm thinking of removing the merge tag and trying to link more articles to it. Virogtheconq 18:13, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I don't see why it needs to be seperate. The "Mortal Kombat Tournament" page is nothing more than the storyline that the games, tv shows, etc... follow. It seems more like something that you'd have as part of a larger article. -- Marhawkman 01:30, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Well The MK tournament is part of the MK Spectrum-- Triple-Quadruple 20:12, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I don't think they should be merged. This page should deal strictly with the game information, and the other should deal with the tournament as a story device. -- DragonMaster 00:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
Created this page from Mortal Kombat, which needed to be separated into distinct game and series pages. I've basically just copied and pasted the stuff I think should belong here, though this page now needs heavy cleaning and reformatting. Also, could someone perhaps get a copy of the MK dragon symbol and use it to replace the current screencap? Virogtheconq 04:01, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Well I think they should have a small section about the arcade culture and then put an external wiki link to the Mortal Kombat Tournaments instead of merging the article into one, that would be huge and the tournaments can be independant from this article.
Yes, I know it's "yours" article... I renamed it and moved for a better layout, so please? There's a free space there anyway.
Okay then.
Why are: Mythologies, Special Forces, and Shaolin Monks under both fighting games and non-fighting games? Dessydes 01:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
This is currently posted on the article:
Acclaim produced 2 Mortal Kombat-styled games based on the World Wrestling Federation: "WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game" & "WWF In Your House". Both featured Mortal Kombat-like sprites, moves, and finishers.
Now I can't say I own either of these games. But I highly doubt this statement is wonderfully accurate. I'm aware the sprites for some of the old WWF games look digitised, but I can't quite believe the games are "Mortal Kombat-styled". Wouldn't they be, I dunno, wrestling games? Rather than beat-em-ups? And why would there be MK-like moves and finishers? I've never seen Shawn Michaels kick someone's head clean off, no matter how much the commentators say he may as well have, nor do I think Vincent "Family Entertainment" McMahon would approve of such content in a WWF/E game. Even if the games are fighting style rather than wrestling style, the text needs a rewording so its meaning is clearer. -- L T Dangerous 15:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
There are also MK style fatalities, not as gory as MK but still fatalities, for example, HBK summons a heartshaped bed to fall on the opponent, crushing them.
I can't belive no one mention the NBA JAM crossover, so I added it.-- 4.250.6.88 16:14, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I included the championship history for the MK arcade series and people are changing the names of the winners.
I'd like something done about this as I know for a definitive fact about these tournamets as I was actually the winner of the first MK tournament and I don't believe whoever is editing it is acting in good faith.
I believe it would be very difficult to get a print source from 1993/4 about arcade tournaments, however I believe the winners were printed in an old issue of Computer and Video Games magazine which I'll try and find.
This arcade championship section has no place at wikipedia in the first place. There have been hundreds of MK tournaments over the years and people still play UMK3 and the 3D games competitively. This isn't the place for tournament results. To be honest nobody cares about a tournament 10 years ago you happened to win.
Actually no, there's only ever been 4 official tournamets as I said before.
Yep apparently. I got to meet a couple of the MK Cast and Crew. "To be honest nobody cares about a tournament 10 years ago you happened to win." Sounds like somebody's jealous.
This article isn't the place for tournament results no matter how "official" they are. It's already cluttered as is. You honestly think people are coming to read this article to find out the names of people they've never heard of who won a tournament 10 years ago? MAYBE it'd something for the actual section on MK1/MK2 and it'd be a lot more interesting if there was some details on the tournament and not just "there was a championship. Here's the names of the people who won".
Not just the names. None of it should be here.
Some, but not complete, details were included in this page about how to fight the hidden character Reptile. I added what I think to be the complete requirements for the original arcade version ( [1]).
Thrill Kill was never released. However on this page, it claims that Thrill Kill was a flop due to excessive violence (???). I removed this due to its inaccuracy.
The comparatives should stay as they are (bloodier, etc.). They are a correct form, and the form that was originally there. Wikipedia policies tend to give weight to the initial variant in cases when two options are correct. -- Eyrian
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This list really needs to be trimmed down, it's huge! I suggest someone look at each of the list and keep the links that are notable and have a good amount of information. M2K E 18:20, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Being considered for deletion due to lack of sources. Either someone should find sources or it should be deleted.
I'm surprised there isn't any mention of the controversy that the MK series started with respect to violence in video games. I know that's an ongoing theme and many games received similar treatment but I seem to recall the first MK game being singled out specifically when it first came out. I checked here and the page for Mortal Kombat (arcade game).
I merged the MK tournament article as requested. There is also alot of spelling fixes and rearranging of the sections to get rid of anything repetitive. The boss section was also deleted since the List of Characters table now mark the bosses in the games anyways. Benjwong 15:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
I can't help noticing a lot of MK related pages have large trivia sections. Strickly speaking, information that shouldn't really be on wikipedia is normally put into these sections, but the MK trivia sections are too big. Where best you must try and avoid clumping everything into trivia sections, information on how the character was depicted in a game or its developement can go into a Character devlopment section and a game information section. I've started this off on the Raiden, Baraka, Ermac, Cryrax, Johnny Cage and Goro pages. The only thing left to do with those pages is rewrite the stuff that sounds poor grammar or is badly written to make it sound better.
If anyone else thinks things should be done differently, please say so. Take in mind as far as encyclopedia value is concerned currently, many pages are being weakened by their large trivia pages and someone should go round and merge them all the best they can into the main section. Angel Emfrbl 08:37, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
I think the character pages should have endings sections like the Tekken characters. - The 4th Snake 19:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
It's just that there are some endings that some people won't know the canonciality (if that's the correct word) of some endings. - The 4th Snake 20:09, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
That's pretty much it, yeah. I seriously doubt most people who wanted to know if an ending was canon, they wouldn't read the whole article to find out. - The 4th Snake 20:42, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
It was just an idea. - The 4th Snake 18:52, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Who is the person who is the announcer for the Mortal Kombat series. I heard that it's the same guy as for the unreal tournament series
Yes, I'm still here, just not editing articles directly associated with MKA until I get the damn game. Anyway, to the point. Is the 'Similar Games' section really needed? I mean, I just removed a few things from there where there really was no proof that such a game existed, or just generally irrelevant info. Before I start to remove all other irrelevant or unencyclopedic information from this list (and there is a lot), I wanted to know what everyone else thought. Personally, I think we should remove the whole section, the article is already pretty big, this is just unencyclopedic and takes up unnecessary space. The list itself could go on forever; why not add Street Fighter or Tekken (etc...). I personally just think the whole damn section should be removed. ~ The Haunted Angel ( The Forest Whispers My Name) 11:46, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Alas I agree the section is heavily unnecessary and furthermore negligible to those seeking MK related information. I vote to its deletion. ≈ Kombat Krave ~ 17:20, 07 March, 2007 (CT)
I was thinking that "The Mortal Kombat Universe" (where it lists the main games, remakes, main characters, etc.) should also have sub-characters in it. Like Kia, Jataaka, etc. from the Adventure games that have never been playable.
I would have done it already, but I don't know how to edit that part, lol. 138.217.219.127 06:51, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Was the franchise succesful in Japan and Asia? I can't find information about such thing. -- 189.135.69.59 03:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
I seem to recall reading in Gamefan Magazine that it wasn't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.122.119.33 ( talk) 10:19, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Whoever split the navigation Template for the entire MK series in half, fix it back. It was better the old way and much easier to navigate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Donco ( talk • contribs)
Moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mortal Kombat#No progress, since this is applicable to all MK articles Virog It's not my fault!
Who has removed their height and weight again? These are very important items, these have to be notable. Pooter-the-clown 08:29, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Is there also a Wiki for Mortal Kombat? Morris Munroe 15:56, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Are there also Wikipedia-users from Midway? Morris Munroe 15:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
There has been a lot of back-and-forth lately about the link section; specifically, an anon editor has been adding the same links repeatedly. So, I'm opening up discussion to talk about the merits (or lack thereof) for all the links. EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:22, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, but it is not just one person adding links. It is a whole group of people who feel there should be more links added, and they've all agreed to keep adding the sites everyday until you leave them. If one website deserves to be listed, then any other MK website should be allowed the same privilege. Either remove them all, or allow other sites to be listed. The sites you keep removing contain 10x or more information and content than MKO. The Haunted Angel tried justifying MKO's listing because it's high on Google's list. That's just dumb. Being popular doesn't make it the best site on the net for MK content. And another thing, what is it hurting having more links at the bottom? Nothing? The public wants more links, and last I checked, two or three people who think they run Wikipedia don't speak for the entire MK kommunity. —Preceding
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Since Fuzzd0rk's Mortal Kombat is ineligible because registration is required to view certain sections, doesn't MK Online fail then, as well? You need to purchase a flawless account to receive extra features on the site. Also, you need to be at least registered with a free account in order to download any type of video on the site. Let's not be hypocrites, here. You said FDMK doesn't make the cut because of that Wikipedia guideline. Well, MK Online is in violation of that guideline, as well.
"The web site itself is the topic of the article"
MK Online is not the topic of MK on Wikipedia.
"It has relevant content that is of substantially higher quality than that available from any other website."
There are, by far, more superior MK sites on the net for content than MK Online. Besides for the occasional exclusive news update, MK Online is fairly useless. Their games section is the same as any other MK site.
If MK Online isn't removed from the list, as well, it will only prove how you all choose to follow/not follow Wikipedia guidelines only when it's convenient for what you want.
Taken from MK Online:
Flawless Accounts are available to Free Account holders who want extra features
You assholes are nothing but hypocrites. MK Online violates the same exact guidelines but it's ok because they rank highter on the web. That's complete and utter bullshit! You got alot of nerve talking about this being over supporters or different sites, when it's so completely obvious you are supporting MK Online by keeping them listed even though their site requires registration, as well.
[Flame Sama]I am a member of both FDMK and MK Online, I added a special section so both forums can get their sites advertised, I also added Kamidogu.com, another good site. There is a note at the bottom of the forum section saying Some sites may require accounts. Is that any better?
MarphyBlack - "Wikipedia does not negotiate with terrorists. Er, I mean disruptive vandals."
I have three problems with this. One, MarphyBlack, you are not Wikipedia. The public is Wikipedia. Two, labeling people as "disruptive vandals" when none of the actual text or data in the article pertaining to Mortal Kombat has been compromised is completely innaccurate. Third, stating that there is no chance for compromise implies to me that you think you are in charge, here.
The dictorship attitude, and the blatent favoritism being displayed, is very unbecoming of those who are supposed to help maintain this place in a fair and just manner. You people are bending and shaping rules and guidelines here as you see fit.
This isn't about Fuzzd0rk's Mortal Kombat, anymore. It's about you people bringing up a rule about not allowing websites that require registration, and now you're blatently bending that rule to suit your own ends. So here's what's going to happen. You either agree to remove all MK fansites or you allow any fansite to be listed. There is no in between. Just because a website is popular doesn't make it a good site for content. We can continue to be a thorn in your side if you want, or you make that rule apply to all MK fansites. Plain and simple. You opened the can of worms, and now it's biting you in the ass. We're only asking for fairness. Either remove MKO and everyone's happy, or continue to make revert after revert for a long, long time. The choice is yours.
Hey there... webmaster of MK Online here, and just wanted to clear up a bit of a misconception. The only reason that registration was required for downloading video and audio files from our media system was to get around a bug. (Unlike a lot of sites, MK Online's CMS is written completely in-house.) We thought we had removed the registration requirement for the audio/video files, but it looks like a bug has caused it to reappear. CCShadow (our coder/admin) is working on fixing the issue now. Our apologies for the confusion. DArqueBishop 03:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Maybe I'm just uninformed, but what do 3 Doors Down and Adema have to do with Mortal Kombat? 139.78.10.130 19:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
3 Doors Down, I dunno. But Adema did the music video for MKD; Immortal. ≈ The Haunted Angel ( The Forest Whispers My Name) 21:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Adema did the Immortal video for MK:Deadly Alliance, not Deception...
Removed Music section. Dan Forden did most of the music and is mentioned elsewhere in the article. I have no idea where 3 Doors came in - band wasn't formed until 1996. Ent 23:25, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
The troll won't go away. -- HanzoHattori 12:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Can we add a characters template?→ 041744 22:57, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Closure of AFD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Test Your Might requests merger of Test Your Might into Mortal Kombat as the outcome. I have closed this AFD but ask that another more knowledgeable of the topic conduct the merger itself. Thank you. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 16:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Why does searching for "Mortal Kombat" bring up a redirect page instead of going directly to this page? Fllmtlchcb ( talk) 03:23, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
The page doesn't cite many sources, reads more like an essay at some points, and is pretty sloppy all around (for instance the Easter Egg section). As I get time, I'll clean up the article and point out where citations are needed, and if none are given within a reasonable amount of time I'll clean it out of the article, but I'm asking for some help here. Fllmtlchcb ( talk) 03:35, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
There was a paragraph under the Controversy heading that gave brutally graphic details about the death of a young girl. I have removed it, pending this talk. It is my opinion that the inclusion of this CNN/AP article [2], while it may be presented as factual evidence, does not convey a neutral point of view in that it does not consider related facts (for example, that the "Mortal Kombat moves" are primarily basic martial arts techniques, not at all unique or special to the game, other than the fact that the teens had been playing the game). Further, I would suggest that the story might be appropriate in the Video Game Violence article mentioned in the same section. I fail to understand how a brutal murder is considered to be encyclopedic information in a video game article. I look forward to your thoughts. Thanks, Sabin4232 ( talk) 22:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
The Murder of the young 7 year old girl is factual information about the Mortal Kombat Game Series, and it should be included as a small part of the page, stating that it happened. If you word it correctly you can let people know about what happened to the girl, and im sure if you searched the net you might be able to find a qoute from someone to do with Mortal Kombat and the Murder, and put that together as a small thing upon the page. Its all a matter of wording this thing Rupert 59 ( talk) 02:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Please don't put in a name for it (other than Mortal Kombat 8) unless you have a source.-- Rockfang ( talk) 13:32, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Update: A source has now been cited. -- Rockfang ( talk) 02:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Unless some of this can be sourced, it should all be removed. The entire section sounds like it was written by some fans who were trying to find similarities to other works. "Having similarities" is not the same as actually being "inspired by." Powerslave ( talk| cont.) 09:17, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Always been pretty clear to me that the game took a few cues from Big Trouble in Little China
In the Mortal Kombat film, Kitana claimed Kahn killed both her parents. Is the movie considered canon? If so, perhaps it would be worth it to add a short clause at the end of that sentence stating that Kitana is unaware of the fact of her mother's suicide. Quintopia ( talk) 09:39, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
What was the hardware used for the arcade machines? When reading about Street Fighter II and other arcade games it lists the hardware used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.122.119.33 ( talk) 10:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Never mind, i see it listed on the "mortal kombat video game" article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_T_Unit
originally released on "Midway Y Unit" which seems to be the same
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=610
Main CPU : TMS34010 @ 6.25 MHz
Sound CPU : M6809 @ 2 MHz
Sound chip : YM2151 @ 3.57958 MHz, OKI 6295 @ 8 KHz, DAC
Not sure about graphics
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OH! The graphics processor WAS the CPU.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMS34010
neat
Not to sound like a troll, but this section, as a serious fighting game player, is sort of ridiculous in regards to the to the part talking about Mortal Kombat's radically different special moves. Mortal Kombat is quite well known for it's hemogony and various combinations of the same "projetile/teleport punch/advancing move' concept over than other fighters. Though honestly,theres no real encyclepedic source for these claims on any side, so I think it's safer to remove this information as it's likely inaccurate and unverifiable anyways. It also seems to side more with trying for neutrality where it isn't appropriate. -- Kayin ( talk) 04:11, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
A few editors have been working on the fighting game article. Although it is not meant to be an exhaustive compilation of every fighting game, let alone every variation on a fighting game, we'd appreciate some comments at talk:fighting game to tell us if there are any huge errors or omissions. Randomran ( talk) 20:02, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
Most of the recent edits appear to be a small war over replacing every C in the article with a K. Personally, I think we should keep the spelling in the article correct; this is an encyclopedia. Therefore, how much vandalism should a page go through before it becomes a candidate for semi-protection? Is this page a candidate? -- LedgendGamer ( talk) 07:25, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
The article claims that all ninjas were supposed to be from the same clan initially. Not only is THAT wrong, but it also claims that their connections to each other 'thinned out' and that Rain went from being a Lin Kuei to a samurai. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Rain has always hailed from Edenia. Should I fix this OR can someone provide evidence that this is even true? Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 16:07, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Whoever keeps adding weird statements about your hatred of triangles, please STOP. I just removed those silly things and would appreciate it if you did not do this anymore. Thanks. Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 16:11, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
I propose we remove that section per the fact that Wikipedia is not a game guide. I think that if someone wants to know how to get the secret characters, how to perform Raiden's Fergality on the Genesis, OR anything else (I note there are plenty of things not covered here as it is), then we can include a list of external links or something to an authoritative source offsite. Wikipedia is not devoted to that kind of information, though I'm okay with briefly touching on it if it's necessary. Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 16:29, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Okay to begin, under the character depth section, why is gameplay depth mentioned? And Also why i it compared to Street Fighter in term of gameplay as I quote: "Critics felt that the gameplay of Mortal Kombat was inferior due to having less complexity in the normal moves compared to Street Fighter and other series.[citation needed] Supporters however felt that normal move complexity mostly added to the game's learning curve without adding real strategic depth, and that greater strategic depth and fun factor was created by having more radically different special moves, and thus believe that Mortal Kombat had better gameplay."
I'm glad "citation needed" was put for both of those statements, because such arguments have only been seen on message boards not with game critics (who personally are no better than those who argue on the message boards.)
Also, it seems someone only saw the movie and did not play the game as under Notable Tournaments subsection, it says that Johnny Cage defeated Goro. While this is true in the sense of the movies, it is not true in the canonity of the games. Someone please, edit that. I'll get various sources to corroborate it. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 01:34, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
I see so many templates here, so many wanting various issues addressed and corrected, I feel the need to take them ALL down and plaster the complete rewrite template at the top. If I or anyone else should carry this motion, please give me some feedback. Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 18:40, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
That's all I see for now Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 23:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
The fergatlity, how noob saibot obtained his name could be simply used in their respective articles (fergality to MKII, noob to noob). There is no source about the creation of the white lotus of other stuff, it seems original research. If we are going to add that, it could be simply add it to a development section. Tintor2 ( talk) 23:39, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
I maybe a little ignorant but what is a development section? Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 00:59, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
So, all in all, I guess there won't be a rewrite but I will be busy with this page. From here, does anybody agree with the way Tintor2 proposed to arrange the article? (earlier in this section) I know I do Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 13:53, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
This article is a frequent target of vandalism, what say we protect it from unregistered users? Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 03:35, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
This I agree on Tubular. Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 02:49, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I ebelieve should be merged (failed to find anything else notable about her). -- Ostateczny Krach Systemu Korporacji ( talk) 18:49, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
I'm open minded to changes in this page, but I do not believe the trivia should have been removed. One sentence in the Wikipedia:Trivia sections guidelines corrobates with my argument
This guideline does not suggest removing trivia sections, or moving them to the talk page. If information is otherwise suitable, it is better that it be poorly presented than not presented at all.
I know that other Wikipedians are picky about such miscellaneous section so I believe we should keep the information there until we can present it better. Hopefully, those for it's removal and those against can come to a compromise. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 18:36, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Why is it called Mortal Kombat instead of Mortal Combat? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LucaTurilli89 ( talk • contribs) 22:16, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
Answer: They call it Mortal Kombat for looks, and sound. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.203.112.147 ( talk) 12:43, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
The section seems sloppy, verified, but sloppy. Could someone perhaps reword that section and make it appear more attractive to the visiting wikipedian? Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 02:45, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
Okay in regards to this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mortal_Kombat&diff=311091770&oldid=311042946
I do believe that the edit done is well written as well as cited many sources. Removing some of the copyright sources, it sort of fixed that section, but I don't think so much should have been removed. We know for a fact that we should include: The storyline of the Mk1-MK7 and every part which is considered canonical (Liu Kang winning MK1-MK3, Shinnok trying to take over the world, Liu Kang's death and the formation of the deadly alliance, etc.) But what about the portions of the realms, the description of the realms, the elder gods, the one being, etc. the parts you wouldn't know unless you played MK:D's Konquest as well as the reason why the MK warriors went to Outworld (the kidnapping of Sonya). Do we include those portions, or are they not pertinent to the storyline? I'm just asking to come to a consensus what should be considered pertinent to the storyline and what could kept out. Any and all replies are asked and will be taken into account. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 15:20, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, what species is he? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.41.213.30 ( talk) 06:48, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Specifically, from the beginning of the section 'Overview': "Whereas better fighting games ..."
Does anyone else pick up on the bias in that whole section? I realize it may be removed due to lack of citation, but still ...
-- The Nails ( talk) 01:28, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Why was the character list removed? I wrote it according to the articles of other game series, such as Street Fighter and Tony Hawk. I noted that the characters roster is being removed from some game articles, such as MK Deception, so a list in the series article would be very informative. Actually, all of the other lists could be removed. I'm aware that Wikipedia "is not a game guide", but remember that the characters of a game are so important as the story itself. That list was only telling the name of the characters and the appearances they had in the series, not different from the articles I already cited as well as movie series articles like X-Men (film series). So please, tell me why it was removed and where it is writen that no characters list can't be in articles, because "unneeded list" is not a good answer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.5.210.212 ( talk) 03:10, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I know what you mean, but I don't really agree that a list of characters makes an article worse. I mean, see the Spider-Man (film series). It says the name of the characters and in wich movies they appear on, and it's fine. They even built an article only for the characters in the X-Men movies! I know MK also has an article for it's characters, but that page is too damm confuse and it's hard to understand wich games the characters appear on, wich should be the most important thing. And this article is not good in terms of characters. It only mentions some of the ones who got spin offs and some secret ones, and that's all. MK has much more than that, and would be great to show that on the series own page.
I think the list is informative and I would like it back, but it seems the last word is yours. I just want MK to be a good article and I think it should have all the Sreet Fighter page has and more. You say SF is a poor article but, sincerely, these two articles are in the same quality level. For a moment I even thought SF page was better because of that list, so I built a MK one, and now it's gone. Anyway, with or without the list, tell me what can I do to make this page better. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.5.210.212 ( talk) 03:49, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Hey guys! I was recently reading the Shadow of the Colossus article and noticed it has a featured star, so I edited Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance following SOTC order of topics, but in reality just organizing what was already written and adding some new things that are sourced. I think it's pretty good but it would be better if someone could fix some spelling errors I didn't noticed and the links to characters pages. Now I think all MK game articles could be like that one, and I would like to edit all of them. But I came here first to ask if I can do this or if there's something wrong with what I did in MKDA. Anyway, the goal here is to make all MK pages to have the same style, and when you go from MK1 page to MKDA it would be nice if they have the same feeling. Thanks! Please reply! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.222.57.147 ( talk) 03:29, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
In a recent interwiew with Ed Boon, he said Warner Bros was planning not only a new game but also "other media" releases, including movies, so I think an article called " Mortal Kombat (film series)" could be made here, in the same way of X-Men (film series). I would like to work on that, but I'm asking first because it would suck if someone just erases everything because it "goes against copyright" or something like that. Please reply! MK Rules!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.222.58.66 ( talk) 02:40, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
Anyone there?
According to the new MK 2011 game Shao Kahn won Armmageddon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.227.22 ( talk) 19:52, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
-- Asperchu ( talk) 10:11, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
Jax has some notability but only in the mention that he is the first black person to appear in MK. But that would only provide a smidgen of notability, he would need more. I am typically against it but in this case, Jax just can't handle his own article. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 17:30, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
You asked, and you shall receive.
Well, that's all I have right now. Any other veteran editor can edit my list as they see fit. Please take this listing into consideration Asperchu. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 22:59, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
In no particular order:
I want to add something that I feel is missing and needs to be addressed. We cannot allow for material that makes Wikipedia read like a gameguide. Asperchu directly addressed something that would go towards a Gameplay section, and while perhaps something ought to be addressed there, that fact (Jax's superiority over other characters) is not where we should start nor should we give it any thought as it is based on a point of view and may not hold true for every player. It also dispenses gaming advice which is what contributes to the gameguide nature of the article. It would inform people what WP thinks is one of the best characters to choose, but that information is strictly forbidden. Now that that has been removed from the equation, my view is that his notability is considerably less and there is now less reason to give him an article. (Pretty late, I know, but I'm just sayin'.) Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 17:45, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
http://elr.lls.edu/issues/v21-issue2/matzkin.pdf
The link that references it now has suffered linkrot so here's a replacement for anyone interested in removing the current dead link for this one. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 20:49, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Could someone check the validity of this court case; the link to the plaintiff Philip Ahn suggests he died in 1978. I think perhaps the plaintiff is a different Philip Ahn. 76.226.77.106 ( talk) 00:30, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Should we mention the Australia banning of MK9 in the Reception section? Tubularbells1993 ( talk) 14:12, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
The site listed as a source at the bottom of the page leads to a website of phatality.com, though when I clicked onto it, there was nothing even remotely discussed about Mortal Kombat. No articles, no references at all. Although I could be wrong and didn't check out the site well enough, but my first impression is that somebody is looking for free advertisement and trick people into visiting the site. I'm going to remove the website. If this is an issue, please correct. ResidualD — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.196.212 ( talk) 07:02, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
Cool stuff, things regarding the dragon logo, another history on Toasty and a bit of tidbits on MK1-MK3. http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/08/26/mortal-kombat-memories-development-tales-from-netherrealm-studios/ Sincerely Subzerosmokerain ( talk) 00:37, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
http://www.nowgamer.com/features/921572/the_history_of_mortal_kombat.html Another one. A bit long, and talks about Midway's relatio with Nintendo and an analysis of the whole series. Tintor2 ( talk) 01:10, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
Also http://www.destructoid.com/ono-mortal-kombat-represents-western-game-design-198318.phtml and http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hist_mortalk/index.html (use Internet Archive for this one later on, page 16 is completely broken). -- 194.145.185.229 ( talk) 16:21, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Eh. Appearantly it's not interesting to anyone here, after all. Never mind. -- 194.145.185.229 ( talk) 12:09, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
This shouldnt be mentioned somewhere in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbertolotti ( talk • contribs) 01:59, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Why is Mortal Kombat written with "K"? The normal form would be written as Mortal Combat. Furko Nellis ( talk) 12:32, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
I don't think it's Start-Class, or even C for that matter. -- Niemti ( talk) 00:59, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Kitana (Mortal Kombat) too, for that matter (maybe even more). -- Niemti ( talk) 01:04, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
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I'm gonna be reviewing this. I've already glanced over the material yesterday and found you were updating the controversy section, give me a bit of time to do this one. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 16:38, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
Gameplay section seems fine, just a few awkward wordings to deal with.
"Midway would keep their single styled fighting moves with four attack buttons which were a different array of punches and kicks and block until they changed this in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance by differentiating characters normal moves and even giving them multiple fighting styles." - Awkward sentence. It says too much and confuses the reader. I'd split into two sentences.
"Most of the fighting styles featured are based on real martial arts, though a few of them are not." Prose again seems a bit weird, not too major, but for emphasis "While most of the styles used are based on real martial arts, some are entirely fictitious."
Development section needs some inline citations.
"Ed Boon stated for six out of the eight months while they were in production of Mortal Kombat, "nobody could come up with a name nobody didn't hate."" - Direct quote needs inline source.
" Some of the names suggested were "Kumite", "Dragon Attack", "Death Blow", and even at one point, "Fatality". Someone had written down "combat" on the drawing board for the names in Ed Boon's office and someone wrote a K over the C, according to Ed Boon, "just to be kind of weird." - Again, direct quote needs inline cite.
"More so than other fighting games at the time, Mortal Kombat was famous for re-coloring certain sprites to appear as different characters." - Could be polished up a little.
"The Sega Mega Drive/Genesis versions had some unique eggs: in Mortal Kombat, a head shot of the President of Probe Software, Fergus McGovern, flew in front of the moon in the Pit stage, while in Mortal Kombat II, Raiden could perform a "Fergality" on the Armory stage." Cite required for this please.
"One example is "Toasty", which found its way into the game in the form of a small image of sound designer Dan Forden, who would appear in the corner of the screen during gameplay (after performing an uppercut) and yell the word "Toasty". - Easy fix, just pull it from the Gamestop article. Also, the Gamespot page is white text on white background, not your problem, but is odd. Ref 32 just needs to be mirrored over to it.
" In 1994, Malibu Comics launched an official MK comic book series, spawning two six-issue series ("Blood and Thunder" and "Battlewave"), along with several miniseries, and one-shot character issues, until its publication ended in August 1995. Two more comics were also made for Mortal Kombat 4 and the DC Universe crossover game." - Both could use a source.
"The franchise sparked two television series, the 1996 cartoon series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm and the 1998-1999 live-action series Mortal Kombat: Konquest. Neither series ran for more than one season due to budget constraints." - Again sources would be nice here.
"An animated prequel to the first movie, titled Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins, was released straight to home video in 1995. The stage show Mortal Kombat: Live Tour was also launched at the end of 1995. The tour expanded to 1996, and featured Mortal Kombat characters in a theatrical display on stage." - And here.
Other then that it is very well sourced.
The Controversy section when I first viewed it was a single liner, but that has been expanded somewhat. Could this please be expanded a bit?
Technical notes.
John Vogel points right back to Mortal Kombat. Its not a major concern.
Ref 76. [7] is dead. http://bloody-disgusting.com/ links don't seem to be reliable. A better source would be nice. Ref 135 [8] is dead. So's #14 [9] and #67 [10]. Lastly, ref #6 [11] redirects to the newindianexpress site. Cannot view content.
Everything else seems fine and passable. Putting it on hold to address those issues. Overall, very nice broad and detailed view of the series. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 15:42, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
The content from the last reference or the beginning of the paragraph is presumably sourced by the reference in the end. GameSpot is always losing the backgrounds for their old pages before they go 404 completely, it's normal for them. -- Niemti ( talk) 17:18, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
How about now? I did also some more edits, including expanding and rewriting the development. -- Niemti ( talk) 18:23, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
The www.gametrailers.com ones are connection time out... and you sure you cannot get a replacement for the broken Guinness one? The article is definitely getting better, but a broken link to a review is really small and I doubt I can fail over that. Its just that according to the records its been dead for years. Time for a replacement I think. ChrisGualtieri ( talk) 01:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
I just expanded/updated the article a lot again, but I'm basically done (with MKII too). -- Niemti ( talk) 19:12, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
A fourth paragraph with summary of "Reception and cultural impact". -- Niemti ( talk) 20:36, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
The series is full of macabre humor, comical references, parodies, and in-jokes, while an uninformed reader might think it is all dead serious. Addings this should vastly improve the article. -- Niemti ( talk) 15:39, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
Whoever says it does is, IMO, unimaginative and ignorant, and needs to watch Back to the Future in order to understand how timeline rifts like this REALLY work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.180.97.233 ( talk) 21:43, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
Sorry about what I said in my previous post, I edited my post so that I don't sound so much like a prick. 24.180.97.233 ( talk) 13:41, 30 November 2013 (UTC)
The two parallel universes in Injustice Gods Among Us backs up this theory even further... 75.129.123.163 ( talk) 10:56, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
I've been counting and counting and I can only come up with nine. Serendi pod ous 12:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
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When I was looking through the Mortal Kombat article I noticed that it does not have 2 sections that are important. These sections are overall reviews and overall sales. I was surprised to see that these sections were not includes especially because Mortal Kombat is one of the biggest fighting game franchises ever created. My plan is to gather research on these two topics and work on two sections in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nelsonnnkyle12 ( talk • contribs) 16:53, 17 April 2018 (UTC)