Mortal Kombat Deception Explained

[@DonCritic]

Thank you all for the incredible support and getting this far in my Explained series. These episodes are best watched in order. If you would like to see more games explained then check out the full playlist here, m.kzbin.info/aero/PL1OBedn71fCt6nYsng_LzCgCU93-NbOOZ

[@toryyung9528]

Nah THANK YOU for all you do. Please continue to bring that passion & hellfire to your videos. We appreciate you.

[@rockhound3.14]

Thank you for explaining Mortal Kombat. Always have I wanted such a video and lones behold here it is!!! Thank YOU 👍👍

[@christophercruz1513]

I'm a huge supporter of your channel but I wish you went into the lore of the characters and more information of what each character did during the time of each game for the video your making. Please consider it and reply with your thoughts 🧐. Thank you and always been a fan.

[@aaronwebb9637]

😮😢

[@Dreamcaster111]

Fun fact: The reason the game was renamed in France is because deception literally means disappointment in french.

[@MichaelDixon-ux4es]

Okay, I was wondering why the name was changed, thank you!

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

Kinda the same with Spanish “decepción”. However it got no name change.

[@andersnfabiano]

Kinda like Portuguese then lmao

[@igorveloso100]

​@@andersnfabianoYeah, that's what I had in mind when I was kid as a portuguese speaker lol

[@TheAllstargamer]

umm same in Spanish

[@jonjustdope]

Love how these are both retrospectives on both the games and the story. Grew up through the Deadly Alliance-Armageddon era so this is so nostalgic.

[@DonCritic]

Thank you, I love talking about narrative, characters and gameplay/mechanics, so I’m really glad it’s enjoyable to watch 🙂

[@irina1296]

Definitely one of the greatest and most entertaining MK games. Amazing Konquest mode. Great fatalities, music, arenas, stage transitions, death traps, mini games Chess and Puzzle kombats and Hara Kiris. Mileena, Jade and Tanya had the greatest costumes in Deception. This game introduced three unique, yet so criminally underrated characters: Ashrah, Havik and Hotaru.

[@IMChessMD]

Any games come close to this--especially like the konquest mode? I am rediscovering my gaming interest through this nostalgic game

[@omarslayz]

hopefully Hotaru joins his unique/underrated friends as a DLC in M1K! also Jade joining her edenian assassin ladies ofc

[@BradTheBrobarian]

The best storyline in the entire series

[@MrSkullMerchant]

Facts

[@Danny-cy7tl]

Best Villain in the series

[@mpsins]

Konquest mode was amazing as well, to bad it didn't get finished but at least we got a little over half of it.

[@toryyung9528]

I prefer MK9 but this is definitely close second for me!

[@superironman8324]

​@@toryyung9528for me it was armageddon

[@grigoregruesome3606]

I miss konquest mode from deception. It felt like it really helped flesh out the world. I appreciate all the work that goes into their story modes now but the exploration and the fact that they basically gave us several games in one really made this feel special.

[@DonYoGi8331]

With SF6 having a whole World Tour single-player mode filled with side missions, lore characters, and mini games there's no excuse for MK1 not to have just as much kontent if not more. It will be 100gb to download at launch after all so a konquest mode or somethin similar to a Shaolin Monks 2 has to take up most of that space.

[@purpirek]

@@DonYoGi8331hey it’s December and guess what they didn’t do any of that and instead gave us characters JC that will automate win a match for us does that sound like deception open world to you ? No ?

[@DonYoGi8331]

@@purpirek lol we might see otherwise by the time the expansion comes.

[@Nov-5062]

Hara-kiris are such a brilliant addition to the MK series. It's a shame that they've never been utilized again.

[@mr.awesome6011]

Well, they've brought back Babalities, Friendships, Animalities, and rehauled Brutalities. Maybe the next game.

[@WaliWrlddd]

If MK 1 turns out to be half as good as deception, than we’re in for a hell of game 🕺🏻

[@alexdawe-le4vj]

Let's hope, Mortal Kombat 2 was awesome, they can do it

[@sucess2toture213]

Your dumb if you think mk1 is gonna have a knoquest. Mode all of sudden and open world roaming keep wishing😔😔🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Christianthemagician_]

Yo Fr

[@okay8182]

@@alexdawe-le4vj no the new game mk 1

[@Eduardesuper]

I’m expecting more along the lines of the previous 3 games.

[@DiabolikalRA]

Been having a horrible weekend in my personal life. This upload was a nice break from feeling. I loved the chess mode on this game.

[@DonCritic]

Sorry to hear that mate, keep strong and find beauty in the small things in life! I wish you well! I too love Chess Kombat, I really hope it returns!

[@Danny-cy7tl]

This game took the deadly alliance formula and perfected it. 2 fatalities for each character, returning classic characters, Onaga as the villain, konquest mode has the gamer traverse through out each realm. Time jumps in Konquest mode led to gold treasure chests that unlocked new characters and alternative customes. Also the select character music is a banger

[@DonCritic]

I agree with all you said, Deception is king of the 3D era MK games!

[@blackheart7261]

Im grateful for you doing vids on these on games idk why people today think the 3D games were huge failures when they really revived the series

[@DonCritic]

Thanks so much! Yeah I don’t get it either, these games were some of Mortal Kombat’s best moments

[@gamervet4760]

I poured hours into the Konquest mode looking for Liu Kang. I had the Game Cube version so I had Goro and Shao Khan and they were pretty fun. My personal favorites to use in chess kombat.😁 This one scratched an itch that had been there since the 95 movie for me. Getting to explore and get lost in the MK worlds.

[@DonCritic]

Thanks for tuning back in! Yeah there is so much to love with Deception. I really hope we get to see some of it return, like Chess Kombat

[@gamervet4760]

@@DonCritic That would be pretty sweet. I mean if they're dead set on the story mode being a movie then I'll take chess kombat as a consolation prize. 😁

[@georgienikora8905]

Omg same haha meditated everywhere in each realm 😅

[@DonYoGi8331]

I hope MK1 has a konquest mode.

[@OhNoJoshEdits]

So I saw this was a Liu Kang thread. Help me remember fellas. Was Liu Kang broken in versus mode or just single player arcade mode? Idk if you guys remember, but his bicycle kick would *destroy* Onaga’s health bar. But I don’t remember if that was the case if you fought a friend 🤔

[@BadCredit253]

I liked this game way more than I thought I would. I remember freshman year of college, me and my roommate always rushing back to the dorm after class to hop on to Konquest to find everything. GameFAQ’s was invaluable.

[@paullucas6275]

My all-time favorite MK game ever. I played it for 2 years straight. Endless amount of things to do. The Conquest mode alone took me forever to complete.

[@DonYoGi8331]

I hope MK1 borrows alot from this game.

[@slothbro2740]

I really do not see why people dislike this game and Shujinko so much. this game and the Konquest mode were amazing Shujinko is a great character and fun to play as imo.

[@Unchainedful]

It was just that he was a clone of Shinnok, who is literally a copy of all character moves. Shujinko personality was pretty much just that he was betrayed, and that was it. His story was pointless since MK Armageddon made Shujinko’s Deception story non-canon since he was captured in Outworld before fighting Onaga, forcing Scorpion to fight Onaga and defeat Onaga alone.

[@DonCritic]

@Unchainedful Armageddon makes no retcon to Shujinko’s victory over Onaga in Deception. In both of the characters bio’s for Armageddon, it states that Shujinko defeated Onaga by shattering the six Kamidogu, rendering Onaga vulnerable and Nightwolf ensnared his soul. Only later in the Netherrealm did Shinnok then find Onaga’s soul and revive him, offering him an alliance for the forthcoming Armageddon. Shujinko, after defeating Onaga, was tricked by Mileena into going to Outworld, who he thought was Kitana, and she imprisoned him in the dungeons. There’s no mention of Scorpion.

[@yodudeyo100]

Shujinko is my broski and I really hope we get to play as him again! And get another Konquest mode!

[@C0DYM4N99]

@@Unchainedful I wouldn't say a copy of Shinnok, but at the time, not well-received as a poor man's version of Liu Kang's role did the fusion dance with Shang Tsung's shapeshifting ability. Which sounds crazy now that you realize their hatred for each other, but I wish NRS rewatches Kill Bill someday & says "Let's build up Shujinko like this with one of our Kombat characters" 😅

[@ragnar930]

Favourite mortal kombat of all time

[@TheHuskyK9]

I really hope Onaga comes back in MK 1. Imagine how he would look in current-gen graphics 🤤🤤

[@DonCritic]

I hope so too!

[@DonYoGi8331]

MK1's story and kontent should be similar to this game. This was the best!

[@Taydutt13]

I remember playing deception so much as a kid. It's always pissed me off that I went through all that shit just to help out the bad guy lol

[@jermaine8573]

MK-Deception is easily one of the best Mortal Kombat games in general cause of how unique it is entertaining wise aside from MK-Trilogy

[@DonYoGi8331]

Seems NRS or Ed Boon I should say remembered how successful this game was because seems like MK1 is takin alot of ideas from this game which is good.

[@zanfear]

@@DonYoGi8331 "A lot of ideas" huh? Which ideas did they take?

[@RadicalVelocity]

Watching this made me realize what a complete game Deception really was. Man how times have changed. 😅 Excellent video!!

[@DonCritic]

Thanks mate 🙏

[@Syweezy2012]

Can you imagine the sound of the souls leaving the temple when it was destroyed?? Deadly alliance had a creepy sound effect with the souls flying in the temple

[@yodudeyo100]

Shang Tsung probably sleeps somewhere in that temple with the soul chamber. Do you think it would be so loud that it would be hard to fall asleep?

[@dannyleo5787]

When it came to mk deceptions overall, favorite 3D era when I was just fifteen years old. After deadly alliance I had to know how it concluded… I was not disappointed and I was terrified when Onaga just walked right in. That feeling of “ oh my god… who can even slay this guy if not these guys?!! “ this was pure desperation and they fn nailed it. Jon quest mode was just joy for it answered many questions for me, but for me if I had just admit enjoying new characters it have to be Havok cause of how he just gives off a unsettling feeling that he will just do what he damn well anything he wants. Armageddon sadly disappointed me. I felt nothing for that conclusion, and worse off it was also midways last chance before bankruptcy.

[@187btokes]

Konquest was just insane. I wish they would go back go an semi open world style like this again

[@DonCritic]

Yeah seeing an open world MK game on modern consoles would be incredible!

[@DonYoGi8331]

No excuse for the new one not to have a updated version of konquest.

[@kylefelter9615]

This was by far my favorite Mortal Kombat game. The konquest mode was so fun, and I loved customizing my move set. Thanks for the video!

[@MrSkullMerchant]

Best game in the series imo

[@ericgutierrez5820]

Mortal Kombat deception will forever and always be my number 1 video game

[@ByMixedApe]

my absolute favorite thing about Deception was Konquest mode. We would always hear and have art for the Realms but I couldn't IMAGINE it. Even in Shaolin Monk it's hard to know for certain what it is like to be inside these realms. Although, with Konquest mode, it gave me EVERYTHING I wanted when it came to questions I had about each realm from civilians, where each main character lived, the atmosphere, etc… AND THE SIDE QUESTS!!!! i could rave about it forever !!

[@CargoShorts7]

Mannn I remember that intro cutscene being one of the coolest things I had ever seen as a kid, especially coming from the sprites of MK3. Would love to see MK return to the semi-open world Konquest mode along with the Krypt, chess and other fun modes. Deception had so much content (kontent?) and while I may be blinded by nostalgia some, I remember so much of that content being great! I remember running around punching random people in Konquet mode and just getting completely lost in the world and lore, ah good times

[@DonCritic]

Great memories 😃

[@halfblooddutchprince]

By far my favorite Mortal Kombat game. I absolutely sucked at it when it first came out but still managed to beat it. I bust the game out every once in a while. I love puzzle and chess kombat and really wish they would bring them back

[@awkc63]

The "open" world of Deception needs to return. Same with Wizard Chess, Mortal Kombat AND the Tetris Mortal Kombat. Hara Kiri ALSO needs to return. Absolutely awesome.

[@rockhound3.14]

God do i remember Deception's conquest mode . One of the best i ever have seen or remember. Nothing tops it.

[@johnnywilson1453]

Video games from back in the day had so much more content than they do now smh I miss the old days

[@DonCritic]

Yeah they did, that’s what makes them so great to look back. But it’s also a lot longer and bigger progress today with advancements in graphics, AI and mechanics. Creating a Konquest mode to stand up to modern standards, would take years!

[@thegamingprozone1941]

And that's the problem with modern triple AAA games barely any content.

[@mr.blueitachi5258]

This was the game that introduced me to the mortal kombat universe absolute beast

[@DonCritic]

It was a great time!

[@TheGlidingDutchman1999]

Chess Kombat really is a whole new game on it own. I'd do unhealthy things that I am not allowed to discuss if it meant the return of chess kombat in a modern title

[@GaminHawks]

Yessss!!!

[@sikhminded408]

Nsfw description incoming. Aaaaaand go 😂😂

[@slick82388]

Greatest MK game of my childhood. Learned so much about the Mortal Kombat universe through this game. Spent hours and hours with this game.

[@PotsNpans13]

This was when they were really in their bag. The intro, konquest, chess Kombat. I still haven’t seen a fighting game made with this amount of content

[@DonCritic]

It was ready to explode and yet it was all high quality content

[@misterkeys2893]

I love Deception so much. My teenhood was just playing Deception and watching the "MK Conquest" over and over again for what felt like a decade. I remember in MKX and 11 the characters kept making such a big deal about Shinnoks amulet and I was like "SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS!?" Up until that point it had just been "that random thing Quan Chi had on his belt in the Deception Intro Cinamatic." I also never knew any other MK fans and so this intro cinamatic was something that was exclusive to me and my little love of the game, so to read this comment section and see so many others who loved it is a little bit of a gift to my past self. Wow, what an era.

[@iguess6984]

Man, Deadly Alliance and Deception/Unchained got me into the franchise. Best character design imo. Great vid, btw.

[@DonCritic]

Thanks for watching!! 🙏

[@sammylane21]

This is my personal fav of the '00's MK games. I've spent hundreds of HOURS playing this sequel.

[@GamingManual]

Did anyone else feel like the MK:DA, MKD, and MKA mirrored the release of MK1, MK2, and UMK3/MKT respectively by almost 10 years? It was like the next octave of the same idea in the next dimension of gaming, if that makes sense. MKDA felt like MK1 all over again; it revived the series and lore and aesthetic, etc. MK Deception fixed and rounded out the gameplay and added even more to what the first one built; it felt like the peak of this generation of games, as did MK2. MKA was like our Trilogy; it had everything and had a ton of compromise because of it lol. Just my thoughts! AWESOME content!

[@DonCritic]

That’s a great way to look at it. Would’ve been awesome to see NetherRealm tackle a “Trilogy/Armageddon” game again with everyone back. Thanks a lot for watching my series! Glad to hear you’re enjoying it!

[@007nikster2]

Mortal Kombat will never again be as cool, mystical, and dark as MK Deception.

[@Luqas808]

Thank you for making this. Beautifully done. Love this game. I sucked at the trilogy arcade games but when i finally had a console i played this game with my brother such fond memories

[@realithegamer]

Onaga is such a Beast! I hope to see him in the latest MK1 game. In the meantime, I'm gonna enjoy Deception

[@DonCritic]

He is! 🐲

[@DonYoGi8331]

​@@DonCritichow do u know??🧐don't hype me up! Lol

[@ivel17]

I've had so much fun playing Konquest when I was 10 years old, even though I didn't understand English at all (It's not my native language) I just liked running around and exploring the world. Btw, the character design here is amazing, especially Kitana's, Mileena's, and Ermac's outfits, these are better than their outfits from recent MKs in my opinion.

[@DonCritic]

Yeah a lot of the designs in Deception are epic!

[@skurinski]

Kitana wasnt in this game

[@ivel17]

@@skurinski I was playing the PSP version of this game which is called "Unchained". This port has some new characters like Kitana, Goro, Shao Kahn and somebody else but I don't remember who exactly

[@kairyan6115]

Sindel primary and alt are awesome and Jade was just TOP tier designs all round

[@mrbrocephus3849]

This was my favorite game. I still go back to it. The story was bomb

[@Gatoholic4eva]

My favorite MK man.. puzzle kombat, chess kombat, konquest were my childhood. Also Havik is one of my favorite characters.

[@stranger5011]

Onaga is one of the best Bosses in the entire series

[@DonYoGi8331]

They'd be dumb to not bring him back in current-gen.

[@The_Hero74_]

First MK I ever played and it is still my favorite today especially Komquest Mode

[@xafronicajones]

This is my favorite mk 3d era! The falling cliff stage was the iconic stage! This should come back

[@Leonard_Washington76]

Deception was the best 3D game they made.

[@ezettina]

Glad you did this buddy. Now you have to keep doing this to MK 1! 😈

[@DonCritic]

Thank you! 🙏 we got six more games to go

[@ezettina]

@@DonCritic ✏️

[@vlare3636]

Deception was great because it was the first time the “good guys “ didnt win in mortal kombat . There was also a evil far greater then what he had seen with the previous villians .

[@knighttrax4237]

Thanks for all the work you put into this series. These videos have been awesome to watch. 👍

[@DonCritic]

Thank you KnightTrax!! 🙌

[@laggie28]

literally unlocked my memory of playing through konquest and getting bamboozled by onaga

[@DonCritic]

Haha good times 😄

[@MICcinema1393]

this one right here🎉 Top tier. This game is so good that it's easy to ignore the imperfections it does have. This is my second favorite

[@azharmoosa4005]

Another excellent video in the series keep it up These are just pure quality

[@DonCritic]

Thanks so much!

[@PhDFloppur]

Yo Don! About to watch. Keep this up man, these vids are legendary.

[@DonCritic]

Thank you Joe 🙏

[@sonidourbano3368]

They need to make a new mk game with stage transitions... man this game was good

[@DonCritic]

I’m surprised they haven’t gone with stage transitions in the new MK1

[@aridflesh3248]

My favorite 3d mk game. Miss this one.

[@seasonembrace3624]

Honestly I feel like it’s a bit SUS that NRS always focuses on only the 2D era characters and costumes when they have a huge catalogue of 3D era costumes and characters they can use as well…like why has our boy the Dragon king 🐉 for example been sidelined for 3 games in a row it makes no sense to me. Like I respect the hard work they put for making the MK games but it's a nitpick I have with NRS.

[@DonCritic]

Hopefully we see Onaga again!

[@_zaldivar2590]

I think we will see a lot of them in MK 1.

[@seasonembrace3624]

@@_zaldivar2590 Like I know Onaga and Havik are strong returns but I also want to see the sons of Argus and Shujinko like I know there are folks who are not fond of them but my argument is there stories are solid enough to be worth expanding upon and there designs and personalities can easily be updated for modern MK.

[@acidgolem2132]

To be fair some of the 3Ds era costume did make a return for example : mileena second costume from mk9 is a reference to her primary costume in this game, Quan chi mk9 look is literally just his 3d era costume and we can't forget the mk deception sub zero returning in mk 11

[@DonYoGi8331]

Seems like they've wisened up since the 30th anniversary. John Tobias musta knocked some sense back into Ed Boon because he said this particular era will be represented heavily in MK1. Which most likely means we'll see Onaga again🔥🐲

[@Prettiboimico]

Deception was soooo good!

[@TheDonPalumbo]

MK1 better have konquest mode. Honestly playing through street fighter 6 right now is just making me want it more

[@DonCritic]

Does Street Fighter 6 have something similar to a Konquest mode?

[@skurinski]

@@DonCritic yes, World Tour

[@DonYoGi8331]

I say the same thing, there's no excuse for them not to follow that pattern. I know they've seen World Tour mode and hopefully it reminded Ed Boon of how good konquest mode was.

[@majortom331]

That Girls Gone Wild Jade spot always kills me 😂

[@DonCritic]

😂

[@1bwash]

It's crazy how much better the models from Midway 3D era look than MK9.

[@DonCritic]

Yeah there are some really good designs in this game

[@DonYoGi8331]

Thats because John Tobias was still around. Good thing he worked on the new MK1. It shows.

[@rosefaceFGC]

​@@DonYoGi8331no he wasn't lol

[@karmatem]

amazing video on the greatest game ever made…thankyou for this!

[@DonCritic]

You’re welcome! Thank you for watching! 🙏

[@MoreBrainz]

Deception to this day is my favorite Mortal Kombat game it's just so good which is saying a lot because shujinko is one of the lamest characters in MK history but freely exploring the realms was so good and the fatalities where my favorite of the whole series

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

I miss playing _Unchained_ on PSP.

[@acidgolem2132]

In my opinion midway should have keep shujinko as the protagonist in the next game instead of introducing taven.

[@tariqramadan1521]

I liked taven

[@SpoonOfConsciousness]

Hey man your videos are incredible thank you so much for sharing this with us the community is so rich and the hype is building like crazy! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@DonCritic]

Thanks so much!

[@ElViperr408]

Deception is still my favorite MK Game of all time/best fighting game for me. Nothing will top it

[@neauxmad1048]

Deception was really a nice package.

[@amornoro2076]

I feel like mk’s story has lost its charm that DA or deception had. The ambiences, the boldness etc. Killing off those main characters were so good adding to tension to the story. After Armageddon mk has become more comical and inconsistent level of powers between the characters. Also the ambience, it was more darker and had medieval settings in DA and deception.

[@DonYoGi8331]

When John Tobias left, all the good ideas left. He was responsible. Good thing he did work on the new one. Can't wait!

[@kingartison]

Sindel did the meanest backflip

[@MGSFanboy2012]

for me, it was all about having Liu Kang playable in the 3d era and seeing Jade and Ermac make a comeback. Konquest was the best!

[@DonCritic]

Agreed! Ermac and Jade are amazing in this game

[@boyzen5832]

Really enjoyed the easter eggs in conquest

[@DonCritic]

Yeah it’s filled with so many!

[@hosellama]

I played a good anount of MK while i was young from family/friends owning the game but Deception was the first MK game i owned and man it was so amazing

[@Christianthemagician_]

Konquest mode was so fun

[@AceMackOfficial]

Seeing the comments fills me with so much joy. I still go on crazy rants on how this game is basically the perfect game and I always get looked at like I have 3 heads lol

[@BreakingBlake1]

Still the best MK game IMO, most open world games nowadays aren’t a patch on Konquest mode.

[@WoAntonio]

Konquest had some big ass maps fr

[@DonCritic]

Yeah they were epic!

[@DonYoGi8331]

​@@DonCriticif all that was crammed in PS2 era imagine what they could cram into current-gen consoles🤯

[@KingLee8977]

Been waiting on this and i subbed maybe 5 days ago! I think im falling in love with another youtube channel... its been so long! 😂 but naw fr keep them coming!! Appreciate the content

[@DonCritic]

Cheers mate!!

[@noneedforaname640]

One of the Best. Thank you Ed Boon for this Game.

[@JR2311.]

I played this recently again this time on xbox360 man the memories 😢

[@DonCritic]

Good times 🙂

[@kushkong1339]

Playing the Konquest mode as we speak. I have friends that come over and when I told them I had MKD on my emulator we've all been playing that a lot (we played it alot as kids). I've actually been tasked with playing the konquest mode to unlock more guys lol. I'm using old fashioned cheat websites. this is the most nostalgic MK for me.

[@DonCritic]

Have a great time dude!

[@radhwangothic]

That was great! Can’t wait for the next one! These videos are very informative and brings lot of memories. Thank you a ton

[@DonCritic]

Thank you Rod! Next video will be soon

[@shujinko2944]

MKD was my first MK game and man…. the nostalgia kicks in. The game is still the best of its series.

[@mrcampo19]

Deadly Alliance, Deception and Armageddon are the best trilogy in the entire series.

[@ewanbone6053]

Amazing video, I am enjoying these so much 😊

[@DonCritic]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@deviltime009]

Many people actually miss the fact that right before Raiden detonated his attack, Quan chi runs off possibly surviving the blast but losing tge amulet in the process

[@reginaldh2079]

The secrets were the absolute best. Loved the story mode.

[@AxlsTiara]

Deception will always be my favorite it just has so much content and i grew up with it

[@coolerthanafrieza4726]

5:50 that kick through the wall was to cool

[@dankusmemeus7093]

Deception was peak Mileena costume design that and 9

[@illmental2622]

Quan Chi escaped through a portal in the intro cutscene.

[@DonCritic]

Omg you’re absolutely right, in all my years of watching that intro, I never saw this 😱

[@illmental2622]

@@DonCritic very good explanation though! nice to see an older game get some recognition

[@TheODLawson23]

@@illmental2622 No, Quan Chi did not escape. He got killed by Raiden's self-destruct and Onaga revived him and them at his personal slaves. Onaga used the Amulet to re-animate the dead Earthrealm Warriors and he put them in the Prison stage.

[@illmental2622]

@@TheODLawson23 mortal kombat wiki explains it very well, as did the MKD comic.

[@TheODLawson23]

@@illmental2622 I didn't read MK Wiki when I was on the Midway forum board in 2004. MKD came out, John Vogel officially confirmed it on the Midway board. He confirmed it and then Wiki put it.

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

Ideologically, I should hate Hotaru, but i did like his character a lot.

[@veissra4047]

Great video, but I do have one small critique. I would probably at the very least tackle why some characters are there mechanically, you know past just lore wise. Take Kira for example who has a major stigma from just being a Sonya/Kano clone, which is popular opinion to this day. Though her purpose outside "new Black Dragon" was there to act as something familiar to those who were a fan of said characters as lore wise they couldnt be in the game. Speculation but I think its obvious that Kira was also an experiment for a darker look at Sonya. Something that hopefully plays out in either MK1 or the next game. Unless she just replaces them permanently which at this stage is welcome.

[@DonCritic]

Thanks so much! Oh I thought I did mention Kira was a Sonya/Kano clone haha 😄 I’m glad you still enjoyed the video

[@veissra4047]

@@DonCritic You did, I just felt explaining the why as casual fans who don't know lore might not know Kano and Sonya were gone for X reason. Hence they couldn't be on the roster, as it helps clear up the hate on a "clone" character that is kind of unjust when you get into it. I also understand it's fairly a tad much, as if it were done for every character it runs the length of the video up, more work and more of your own time. This one example just stood out to me as with MK1 around the corner. Obviously you're seeing more lists of characters who shouldn't return, and in some cases I think it is perpetuated by just a lack of knowledge. Thank you for a response though, I do hope this hasn't come off as rude. Just constructive criticism for where it is applicable within your schedule.

[@DonCritic]

@veissra4047 No not rude at all, I thoroughly appreciate all the feedback I get. And I think it’s a great point and something that I overlooked. I’ll work a bit more detail into the characters in my MK1 Explained video 🙂

[@danasaeed9018]

One Of My Favorite Mortal Kombat Games.

[@NoName-cz3wn]

I think its a shame that the Trilogy is often thought of as MKDA-MKD-MKA, simply because of the gameplay style. The actual storyline begins with MK4 and concludes with MKD. MKA is just Trilogy 2, and I consider that story to be like a bonus chapter. If they eventually do an HD port, or a full-fledged remake, I really hope that MK4 is included. Otherwise, the entire impotus for MKDA will be lost on newer fans, and MKA is irrelevant to the Dragon King Trilogy. Sidebar: if they DID make that brand new game, I hope that when they get to the Armageddon portion of the story, the characters whove died up to that point don't just magically come back. They had to do that in MKA, because it was a standalone game, but you could absolutely keep the parts with characters like Sektor and Daegon, while cutting the parts that had characters like Onaga, Quan Chi, and Shujinko, who were canonically dead when Deception concluded.

[@Unchainedful]

You got it backwards. Armageddon played a HUGE role in the mortal Kombat universe, and played a pivotal plot in the brand new timeline and reboot of the entire MK franchise. Mortal Kombat Deception, though I love the game, didn’t play too much of a role after Armageddon. Onaga was defeated by Scorpion but wasn’t killed, so he healed his wounds later in Armageddon, making the entire story of Deception pointless. You can literally skip Deception and the story wouldn’t have changed. As for the trilogy thing, it goes like this: Mortal Kombat 1-4 are known as the arcade era, Mortal Kombat DA-Arm are known as 3D Era, Mortal Kombat 9-1 are known as the Netherealm Era.

[@hurricane7727]

Quan Chi was Alive because he telported before the Blast hit him and Shujinko was alive too

[@rashadnagi7531]

This is so strange, but the edits in that intro are so good!

[@DonCritic]

Thanks so much

[@Ineptitude_RR]

I just stumbled onto your videos. I've enjoyed watching your Mortal Kombat videos, now I'm going to check out your other videos.

[@DonCritic]

Thanks so much Robert!! 🙂