Mortal Kombat 2: Difference between revisions

The Emperor of Outworld, Shao Kahn, is furious with Shang Tsung's failure to achieve victory in Mortal Kombat. As Kahn [[You Have Failed Me|prepares to end]] the sorcerer's life, Tsung comes up with an idea to save his skin: since the invitation to Mortal Kombat cannot be refused, if the Earthrealm warriors were challenged to a tournament in Outworld, [[But Thou Must|they would have to accept]] -- and, once there, Kahn's Outworld warriors (led by Shokan warrior Kintaro, who seeks revenge for the death of Prince Goro) could kill them and conquer Earthrealm itself. Kahn approves of Tsung's idea and restores his youth as a gift. Earthrealm's warriors accept Kahn's challenge, and once in Outworld, they come face-to-face with numerous new foes, all of whom are ready to crush a few skulls.

 

 

This game brought back the entire playable cast of the first game (sans ''[[Good Looking Privates|Sonya]]'' and ''[[Smug Snake|Kano]]'', who were trapped by ''[[Big Bad|Shao Kahn]]'' in his stage), made ''[[Evil Sorcerer|Shang Tsung]]'' and ''Reptile'' playable characters, and introduced seven new characters: playable characters ''[[Rebellious Princess|Kitana]], [[Colonel Badass|Jax]], [[Blade Below the Shoulder|Baraka]], [[Evil Counterpart|Mileena]],'' and ''[[Nice Hat|Kung Lao]]''; sub-boss ''[[The Dragon|Kintaro]]''; and final boss ''[[Big Bad|Shao Kahn]]''.

 

Followed by '''[[Mortal Kombat 3 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 3]]'''.

* [[Backup Twin]] / [[Legacy Character]]: After the original Sub-Zero was killed off following the events of the previous game, his younger brother assumes his former identity.<ref>Later it is revealed that Noob Saibot is actually Sub-Zero's spectre, but this wasn't established yet in this game.</ref>

* [[Big No]]: Should you best him, Shao Kahn will say [[Rule of Three|"No! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!"]]

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Friendships and Babalities.

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Shao Kahn was this to Shang Tsung.

* [[Now Buy the Merchandise]]: Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Reptile had this as their Friendship, in which they would advertise their own dolls. Considering how hard it was around that time to come to know about the actual codes to perform them, however, you could think those finishing moves can be seen as more of a parody of the trope than anything else. But in all reality, that wasn't entirely [[Played for Laughs]]; there ''was'' an actual G.I.Joe line of action figures being sold around that time after all.

* [[Palette Swap]]: Added two new male ninja (Noob Saibot[[hottip:* :{{spoiler|later retconned into the original Sub-Zero [[Back From the Dead]]}} and Smoke) and three female ninja (Kitana, Mileena, Jade) to the existing group of Sub-Zero, Scorpion, and Reptile.