Mortal Kombat 9/Nightmare Fuel: Difference between revisions

When Ed Boon said that this would be the bloodiest MK game of the series, he wasn't making stuff up. What he didn't tell us is that most of it would give us [[Nightmare Fuel|horrible nightmares]].

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** The fate of {{spoiler|ALL but two}} of the members of the Forces of Light. {{spoiler|Raiden}}'s failure to {{spoiler|successfully interpret the visions of his future self}} led him to make mistake after mistake, each one more costly than the last. Nine of the heroes died in the battle against {{spoiler|Sindel}}, and all of them are now {{spoiler|slaves of Quan Chi}}. {{spoiler|Liu Kang}}, the most devout of the group, loses his faith in {{spoiler|Raiden}} and is accidentally killed by him. And after everything's said and done, all that's left for the final fight are {{spoiler|Johnny Cage and Sonya}}...

** Shang Tsung's demise: {{spoiler|Shao Kahn basically absorbs Shang into himself, much like when Shang steals a soul}}. Talk about [[Irony]].

** Sub-Zero's X-ray combo is especially horrifying: he plunges his hand into the victim's side, freezes their liver, and crushes it.

** Goro's X-ray move deserves special mention. He lifts up his opponent and squeezes their head so hard that their skull '''CRACKS''', exposing some of the brain. This is then followed by a one-handed toss to the ground, which breaks the skull and neck even further.

** Baraka, Kitana, Reptile, and Skarlet all give the opponent [[Eye Scream]].<br /><br />Baraka uses one of his blades to lift the opponent and stab them through their neck and then one of their eyes.<br /><br />Kitana warps behind the opponent and sticks her fans in the back of their skull, then warps in front of them and removes the fans only to put them through the eyes<br /><br />Reptile sticks his fingers (which have claw-like nails) through the eyes and snaps the neck before kicking them away.<br /><br />Skarlet slams her palm into their face before sticking one of her high heels into an eye.

* Many of the fatalities easily qualify, [[Bloodier and Gorier|which isn't surprising]].

** Good luck getting a good night's sleep after [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCXX9QrO-gw&feature=related seeing Mileena's fatality].

** Kung Lao is no slouch in horrifyingly gory finishers either. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2K-Z05hmRc See for yourself...]

** Skarlet's "Blood Bath" fatality is particularly horrific; not only does she slit your throat, but ''she tilts your head back and lets your blood spray on her''.<br /><br />Her second fatality, "Make It Rain", is even ''more'' terrifying. She stabs herself and melts into a puddle of blood that slithers underneath the opponent. Then, four spikes made of hardened blood come out of the puddle, impaling the opponent through their arms and legs and lifting them above her, who emerges shortly after. She then proceeds to cut the opponent open and lets the blood rain down on her.

** Scorpion "Nether-Gate" fatality consists of him first stabbing his opponent in the chest with his spear and wrapping the chain around them, then kicking them into a portal to the Netherrealm that flays them alive. Their skeleton drops out of another portal, still hanging from Scorpion's chain.<br /><br />The Klassic Skins DLC also includes his classic "Toasty!" fatality, rendered in all of it's 3D glory and horror.

** Kenshi's "Scatterbrained" fatality gives the opponent a [[Camera Abuse|camera-breaking]] [[Eye Scream]].

** Rain's first fatality, "Bubble Burst", is absolutely horrific. He creates a large bubble of water over his opponent's head which forces itself down into their mouth, causing them to expand to terrifying proportions...then they explode.

** In the Deadpool, your skin and all facial tissues are melted off by acid.

** In Scorpion's Lair, your face is burned off by lava. [[Convection, Schmonvection|It's a wonder none of it splashed up on the other fighter]].

** In the Subway, your head is repeatedly slammed against a passing train and then thrown in front of another one.

** Kratos' Arena has an option to do THREE different death traps: crushing, burning alive and being sliced into pieces.

* As the battles wear on, characters [[Shows Damage|experience more than]] [[Clothing Damage]]; exposed brains, eyes, skulls, etc. ''[[How Much More Can He Take?|The characters look like they're ready for a trip to the morgue.]]''

** The worst ''by far'' is Kabal, whose mask can be knocked off, (something which should kill him, but we can see the breathing hose is connected to his throat) revealing just ''how'' gruesome a toll the experience of {{spoiler|''being burned alive by Kintaro''}} can take on your appearance.<br /><br />Speaking of which, said experience is horrorsome on it's own: in Chapter 12, after witnessing {{spoiler|Raiden's murder of Motaro}}, {{spoiler|Kintaro}} appears in front of both {{spoiler|Stryker}} and him and proceeds to {{spoiler|roast}} the latter.

** That being said, his fatalities are no slouches either:<br /><br />In the first one, he summons a boiler out of the ground, and then tosses the conquered foe in it. They start burning to death; not immediately like Scorpion's "Toasty!" fatality, ''slowly''. They try to stumble out, but all they can do is get one of their arms out of it, and Freddy slams the boiler door on the grasping appendage (if you pay attention to the arm, ''it's still moving''), severing it. The arm is still on fire. There's no indication how long [[And I Must Scream|it'll take them to die.]]<br /><br />His second one has him appear behind his opponent, impale them with both claws, and drag them into a hole that appears within the ground. It soon closes up. And what comes next? ''A geyser of blood''. Extra points to how [[Gory Discretion Shot|it doesn't show what the hell he's doing to them.]]

*** Bonus points for both fatalities being iconic deaths from the movies. The first is Freddy's own death, and the second is a paraphrased version of Glen's death in the first movie.

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