The ULTIMATE Mortal Kombat ICEBERG Explained (Part 1)

[@FAiRWAYx]

Part two is out now! ⬇️ Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIrRd5qbeL2opNksi=ICp2dTmo_iijPJ3V

[@Adriana-x7h]

Wait, what about ermaccer!? 🤯🤯

[@S0ap_bubbles]

I think the “50 shades of Jade” probably refers to the fact that jade’s skin tone changes every game and is super inconsistent lol

[@FAiRWAYx]

Precisely

[@Thollis1987]

I love Jade's dark skin and her sassy and confident personality.

[@ianmiller1000]

A bunch of characters went through this, mostly notably Rain, who looked Caucasian in the 90s games. Sindel, Kitana, and Mileena (And really any ninja character) have also been portrayed by actors of various races and ethnicities throughout the years.

[@FAiRWAYx]

@@ianmiller1000 yeah pretty much

[@assassin4714]

Hey man, I'm u/KombatGuy800 I just wanna thank you for making this video. I've been wanting someone to make a video on my Icebergs for a while now, so thank you for bringing that dream into fruition. To clarify some stuff "50 shades of Jade" refers to the controversy concerning the inconsistencies in Jades skin tone throughout the years And the "Shang Tsung made chameleon" theory's main basis comes from the fact that the deadpool is the result of the waste coming from the fleshpits. And the waste in the deadpool manifests as acid, so it's possible Shang Tsung is just making zaterrans such as Chameleon in the fleshpits

[@FAiRWAYx]

I definitely fumbled some entries but I hope I made you proud ❤️. Thanks for making it!

[@ajxx9987]

What a Real G, thank you for making this iceberg

[@yeez13]

I thought the point of Raiden being a “good guy” in MK2 was because of the John Tobias comics establishing that he was your typical Greek God archetype of “evil and immoral while flexing their powers” and he was humbled by the way he was beaten by Liu Kang in the tournament into rethinking his responsibilities. Then the slaughter of the Shaolin happened and it really changed his mind.

[@iwantmygarlicbread]

Yeah and after that happened he just kinda turned into his old ways.

[@Seth_Barefoot]

Criminally underrated KZbinr

[@FAiRWAYx]

Thanks bro ❤️

[@THEREALXenonSageHUH]

Gotta be glazing

[@rikukagene2550]

@@FAiRWAYx😂

[@dariusdafigga]

^

[@Sonicx30th]

Agreed

[@srb5776]

Least favorite retcon is the change of Scarlett's backstory. The original born of the blood of fallen warriors was awesome but the orphan backstory is lame.

[@j.i.nthenobody54]

The backstory’s better but MK11 Skarlet has better character

[@ParaplegicKeanuReeves]

" MK 4skins" 💀

[@PiccoloNamexio]

AAHAHAHAHAHHA

[@bretthaas3646]

Best. Comment. Ever.

[@VergilDMC]

The nightwolf revenant is not a retcon actually. The Nightwolf we see in Aftermath is likely from around the time between MK and MK3's events. His revenant also exists in the same events, so we can assume Kronika brought the three in Aftermath back from the past and then sent them to the void.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Yeah I suppose it just wasn’t ever explained so it felt like a retcon

[@TroxoBR]

Nope there is only 2 off each, no thirds plus in pre fight dialouge they ssay that raiden kills the revenant, game's writting is just that shit

[@VergilDMC]

​@@TroxoBRby the three, I mean Shang, Fujin, and Nightwolf. Not three Nightwolf's.

[@Euro.Patriot]

10:05 Retcon, Sub-Zero was originally there to assassinate Shang Tsung.

[@DeathScepter]

@@Euro.Patriot Well Shang Tsung has a lot of enemies. So If he would have completed that mission, he would have enough money to live comfortably and pay off the Lin Kuei completely.

[@Eucalyptus_Sage]

Not sure if this aligns with what the iceberg meant, but there are two possible answers to the "50 shades of Jade" entry: 1. It may be a reference to how Jade has always had dark skin, but when MK Mobile added Jade as a character (This being before mk11), instead of using mk9 Jade's model, they used design elements from concept art for Li Mei for MKX (since she appears in the story mode), such as the design of her costume, as well as making her very pale with east asian facial features, essentially painting Li Mei green and calling her Jade. Nowadays, that model is still in the game but Jade has received a lot of character cards that use her mk11 model, and some of her support cards were updated to show mk11 jade instead of that old Jade model. 2. The entry could also be a reference to how through the years its been debated whether Jade was meant to be a black woman or a brown woman (as to say Middle Eastern or South Asian inspired) since her skin tone had been inconsistent thru the games as well as her facial features. It wasn't until, ironically, mkmobile made a celebratory post for Black History Month including characters like Tanya, Jax, Jacqui, and of course, Jade. At the end of the day, Edenians come in all shades and sizes lol

[@FAiRWAYx]

Very interesting! My mind clearly went to a different place… lmao

[@assassin4714]

Creator of the iceberg here. You're on the money with number 1.

[@MegaSoniczone]

The way I rationalize a lot of the retcons after 9 is that MK11 established that numerous timelines have happened before, and with the start of 9, a new timeline began, creating numerous changes to several characters, such as Sindel and Mileena. It just so happened in this new timeline, Sindel was always evil, that's how I see it.

[@AlienDemonKing]

The woman in Jades ending is almost definately a Titan that got retcon'd

[@FloridaGuy53]

Probably, pre-MK11 Kronika

[@OlFune]

Bruh tell me that ain't Prince doin avatar cosplay

[@OlympusPublicAffairs]

Small correction on Shaolin Monks: Scorpion and Sub Zero were not just skins. They were fully functional characters you could play with their own moves.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Yes I definitely have some amends to make in part 2

[@aaronjones5742]

Yessir, they just used the same dialogue options and enemies wouldn’t acknowledge scorpion and subzero. They would still act like your kung lao or liu kang

[@TinOfBoost]

Hell yesss, there isn’t enough MK icebergs !

[@FAiRWAYx]

Hope you enjoy!

[@tabmok99]

Hey man, thank you for making this video and thank you for the shout out at 1:06:40! Heres a few comments I got for you. • Gorbak - Goro's father was named and invented by John tobias, and even depicted in his official Mortal Kombat II comic (which predates the Malibu series). He was also shown in The Journey Begins! • Hydro - ended up making an appearance in MK Legacy as a cyborg • MK4 Skins - This may have to do with the fact that the arcade version did not really have alternate skins (other than the mirror match costumes) and that a lot of variants were added for the consoles • Rellim Ohcanep - you correctly identified this minigame as Galaga. However, the Yrrek Divad minigame, while using the same graphics, actually plays more like Space Invaders and is even referred to as "Invaders from Space." Keep up the great work!

[@Notaverysadartist]

Erron Black killing Abraham Lincoln in exchange for immortality is something i wouldnt think i would hear before

[@JunkieRemix]

19:12 Here after T-1000 was revealed to be in MK1’s Kombat Pack 2, funny how he said Khrom will never be in the game but put the character that people would compare him to. At least people can have Khrom with a mod over T-1000

[@Adriana-x7h]

Shoutout for Kombatguy800!!

[@AngriestPeanut]

I bet NRS is really regretting not making that Kombat Pack 3 now lol

[@FAiRWAYx]

What’s your favorite piece of Mortal Kombat trivia/hidden secret?

[@zeidyousef806]

That striker was supposed to be in the original mk then in mk2 but didn't appear. Explanation: In the original Mk, Striker was planned to be in the game but was replaced by Sonya to have a female character in the game. He was moved and planned to be in Mk2 but was then again replaced this time by Jax (reason unknown). Finally though he made is day view in mk3.

[@FAiRWAYx]

@@zeidyousef806 interesting!

[@lordsquid6652]

@@FAiRWAYx no mention of the MK2 source code leak?

[@FAiRWAYx]

@@lordsquid6652 it may be in one of the other levels but if not I’ll include it

[@bignorm8586]

I just like to say great job on this video man this must have taken you a couple of hours and days to get this done but my favorite character of all time is Reyden but I would love to see come back and a remaster of Shaolin monk

[@MeDestroyer]

I can confirm of the MKX Takeda and Kung Jin intro. It’s a scrapped intro for the game, there IS audio files of their interaction.

[@FAiRWAYx]

So you can actually listen to it?

[@MeDestroyer]

@@FAiRWAYx Yes! There is audio of it somewhere, I remember someone posting it on twitter. I'd assume it's in the game's files.

[@FAiRWAYx]

@@MeDestroyer I'll have to keep digging in that case

[@cjwaters6575]

I love the subscribe animation at the beginning 😂

[@FAiRWAYx]

It’s legit my favorite thing to edit lmao

[@timbos468yt4]

wow Big big W on this video editing is very good information is all good like wow such an underated youtuber and video wow really insane can't wait for part 2

[@austinpaulk1597]

My entire life, I thought it was " whoopsie"

[@marx919]

20:43 Uh, that was obviously past Nightwolf in Aftermath. You literally encounter and fight revenant Nightwolf in Aftermath, when playing as past Nightwolf.

[@imlonelypleasehelp5443]

Dude I’m so happy I’m not the only who noticed. I thought this guy was a bit fake for it…

[@Slit518]

Valtik is probably the "Protector" of Netherrealm, much like Raiden was the Protector of Earthrealm, and Argus the Protector of Edenia. However, in the original timeline Lucifer was Netherrealm's "Protector"

[@cathedraldarkness]

Killer dive! Can’t wait for part 2!!

[@FAiRWAYx]

Thx bro!

[@MachkaMan]

52:33 May be a stretch but Kerry and David are names of a couple of the Von Erich Brothers, a Pro Wrestling Family that was very popular in the south especially. They had passed away before the release of those games, so one could assume it is in reference to them? Their deaths were major events in Texas as hundreds showed up

[@FAiRWAYx]

Interesting!

[@MannyKunV]

1:04:29 is it me or does Dairou's bottom right head concept art look very similar to his Havik appearance in MK 1?

[@nmbr4lizard524]

It does wow!

[@xenoranger79]

Favorite RETCON is Art Lean during the vents of Mortal Kombat 1. He needs to come back as a playable character.

[@mr_beebo2465]

Lois knowing the MK blood code off the top of her head is wild

[@personperson1254]

27:54 the impale move type has reappeared in MK1 with baraka’s projectile arm blades. If it lands in the opponent, it’ll drain their health and increase chip damage. The same goes for his Fatal Blow.

[@davtjfsg]

31:48 In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, it is explained that Daegon was awakened centuries before the events of the games because Caro, having lost mental contact with Blaze-who was trapped while guarding the last dragon egg-mistakenly interpreted this loss as a signal to awaken Daegon. Blaze's biography in Armageddon reveals that he was freed from his imprisonment by Onaga's royal sorcerers (the lava shrine priests) after the egg hatched during the events of Mortal Kombat: Deception. At that time, he was unaware of Daegon's premature awakening. It was only when Blaze signaled the two brothers, Taven and Daegon, to wake up in Armageddon that he discovered Daegon had already been freed. If the burning figure in Mortal Kombat II was indeed Blaze, this would imply that Blaze was imprisoned to guard the egg after the events of Mortal Kombat II. This means Daegon could not have been awakened centuries earlier, as Blaze would have known about it. Given that the Black Dragon clan dates back to before the first Mortal Kombat (1992) and the Red Dragon clan even further back, it seems unlikely that the burning figure in Mortal Kombat II was Blaze, as he would have already been guarding the dragon egg at that time.

[@ninjyminjy2095]

Make a pt 2 this was entertaining to watch

[@FAiRWAYx]

Oh it will happen for sure !

[@euvicgo]

a video about retcons would be great!

[@FAiRWAYx]

Definitely an option

[@liahiM-veliM]

w video finally someone to make that type of video about mk TYSM bro!

[@FAiRWAYx]

Thank you for watching bro!

[@gabrielcornejo682]

Favorite Retcon? I supose we can count the story bits from the movie as such, so the 10 victorys in a row is a nice adition. Worse one? Shao Khan winning the armagedon on MK9 when Taven was the one who won it originally

[@FAiRWAYx]

Agree on both

[@muzz4610]

amazing video dude

[@FAiRWAYx]

Thanks bro ❤️

[@muzz4610]

@@FAiRWAYx can’t wait for part two man, please keep going with making this type of video specifically! i’ve loved ur stuff for a while but this is ur peak i rlly do believe that, this type of content. all the best g

[@FAiRWAYx]

@@muzz4610 thanks bro that really means a lot. I wasn’t sure if people would enjoy non-Tier List videos but glad to see I can branch out

[@muzz4610]

@@FAiRWAYx like i say, this is just one opinion, and i’m sure you also have to take other stuff into perspective, like stats and stuff. But that being said, like i say been watching for a while but this video is by far your most captivating imo. it seemed like there was more of your heart in this video, idk if that makes sense

[@myuk5427]

I love long form videos I can't wait for part 2 I subscribed I hope you have a good day

[@FAiRWAYx]

Thank you ❤️

[@zalybrainlessgenius503]

I've played MK Onslaught only for a while before deleting it to save space , but let me tell you this - the intro alone felt more MK than the entire MK11 game. I wish I was joking

[@FAiRWAYx]

And now the mobile team is done

[@CoolUsername666]

It really sucks that onslaught is shutting down, love that game fr

[@davdantsz]

53:03 If I'm correct, this refers to Jade's skin tone constantly changing. In MK3 she has a darker skin tone, in MK Deception her skin tone is lighter than before.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Exactly right!

[@nicktripp9147]

I guarantee she is supposed to be Hindu or some type of Indian before the retcon of MK"1"

[@MisterTrickster]

My personal favorite mk game is mk11 I’ve always liked the way you play the game being able to combo off a lot of projectiles is amazing and the quality was great the guest characters fit the game so much when I didn’t know spawn was a guest I thought he was a version of jax in the mk11 story whenever I play or play against the joker it feels like I’m playing or playing against a character from the game franchise and not the dc franchise and Rambo is simply the best one added there in my opinion and Shang stung fit so well would’ve liked him having a move where he transforms into subzero or scorpion goro kitana jade mileena skarlet and noob all of those moves will be unique to Shang tsung like scorpion throwing the spear upwards landing on to the head of the enemy where he pulls it and falls amplified would send them into the ur after scorpion pulls it subzero would get a low ice ball (that’s it) saibot would dash through the opponent restanding them if amplified goro would do some John cena wwe move which when amplified he jumps into the air after landing on them for more damage or if amplified aiming down he’d spit fire on them kitana would blow air onto the opponent pushing them back jade would have hee boomerang come back afterwards if amplified you jade shoots 2 and you’re able to combo after it mileena would give combo moves where you could grab them and bite them or stuff like that skarlet would suffocate the opponent in blood

[@ms.cocoabutterkissesqueeno9159]

Me when I see mk3 ninjas: 0:53

[@benis6969]

'players just want a bunch of scorpion and sub zero clones'

[@Notmeunknown123]

“The Pink Floyd” 💀

[@jessicajesssalazar7279]

Beautiful video

[@GulnozaIbragimova-b2h]

0:14 and some facts shao kahn knows everything

[@MattMatthewP]

How much I have to wait for part 2? I love this video man

[@FAiRWAYx]

Dropping today!

[@OfficialJab]

If you're cooking up new video ideas, something I've wanted to see done but haven't been able to find on KZbin is: a history game-by-game, movie etc of MK soundtracks. On one hand it's got one of the most famous game songs ever but not even from the game. On the other, who even remembers or discusses almost any of the in-game tracks or from other releases. Maybe tier list video would work, or just a history covering the composers would be cool. Anyway my friend and I liked this iceberg pt 1, great job!

[@FAiRWAYx]

Yeah I’d love to do a tier list of the stage soundtracks but I need to be careful of any potential copyright issues

[@Davdsd]

Mortal Kombat is over 30 years old, it's incredible how creative Ed Boon and John Tobias were when imagining the MK universe and its characters. I just hope NRS stops being greedy and gets back to being creative like its ancestor, Midway, was.

[@sabrinakod]

Shaolin monks had Subzero and Scorpion playable with full customized and upgradable rpg movesets, same as Liu Kang and Kung Lao. No cheats needed, no basic costume swap

[@FAiRWAYx]

Yes, I amended that mistake in my follow-up to this video

[@AndrewSSGSS]

Can’t wait for part 2, like literally I keep checking for a part 2 lmfao

[@FAiRWAYx]

🔜

[@hotlinetheog]

Great vid

[@FAiRWAYx]

Ty ❤️

[@KuWota2k]

Banger video! Can't wait for the next part! Instantly subbing.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Thx!! ❤️

[@noodlezbunny]

The art for MK ultra girls looks a LOT like pan pizza/rebeltaxi's artstyle.

[@FAiRWAYx]

That’s precisely what it’s modeled after. It may have been done by rebeltaxi actually.

[@Plague14]

1:08:08 Damn, kinda lame they’re retconning Lucifer :/ I guess they’re too afraid of pissing off religious people even though the old them wouldn’t care since he was literally canon in the original timeline 🤦‍♂️

[@KevinSevenElevenEleven]

GOD BLESS. Keep up the good work and amazing content bro! You earned my sub and likes!! ❤️🙏🏼🙂💪🏼🌹👑🌹💪🏼🙂🙏🏼❤️

[@Torquenbeans]

41:15 "an old gaming magazine....I feel attacked. I had a shit ton of those 😢

[@FAiRWAYx]

Believe me … I did too

[@JustAPrinnyDood]

I think one of the reasons Ed Boon is so opposed to Khrome's inclusion is legal reasons because MK didn't technically create the character. Katsuhiro Harada of the Tekken franchise recently tweeted about why they don't do fan requests / ideas for a new character and this was the reason why. Skullgirls had an issue with this with the character Juju, a fan character who was liked so much they added her into the game's lore, even mentioning her by name. They even had a chance to become a playable character with the fan vote that happened later on. But the creator wanted compensation for the use of HIS character so they removed her completely.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Yeah I’d be curious to see how they’d navigate putting Khrome in the game, but I have to imagine it’s possible.

[@JustAPrinnyDood]

@@FAiRWAYx Well, just found out the "creator" of Khrome is apparently a huge racist so that might be a factor too

[@KaitouKaiju]

Megaman has fan requested robot masters

[@hectorlumbagoCringe]

Great work man

[@Adamgamer27]

The KZbinr RebelTaxi worked on MK Ultra Girls. The characters are using his designs. I remember a post where he confirms it and shared some information.

[@sparxies]

With regards to Kano's actor Trevor Goddard - yes, he was British, born in Croydon (Surrey - outskirts of South London). He moved to the US in the late 80s to pursue acting. One of the ways he used to stand out in auditions was to mimic an Australian accent - he got a lot more parts that way. It sometimes went even further where he'd convince casting directors and fellow actors he was actually born and raised in Australia. He even went on to play an Australian in the US show JAG as can be seen in this clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGKckHp9msd2bMUsi=9glvD714uOtJcYch&t=70 When he played Kano, he was doing a very lazy Aussie accent, it was a bit of a mix of his working class London accent and his Australian accent. To my (UK) ears it leans more heavily into a working class London accent with a vague hint of Aussy, but given his subsequent acting roles and his elaborate backstories about actually being an ex-con from Australia (so he could get more roles), you can probably forgive people at the time (mostly American) believing him to be an Australian. There were even news reports after his death in 2003 referring to him as the Australian actor, Trevor Goddard. And at his funeral, many fellow actors and friends were shocked to find out (from his father) that he wasn't Australian at all and was born and raised in the UK. There's an article here on his apparent hoax of fooling many fellow actors and friends that he was Australian born and bred: goddard-association.org.uk/open/magazines/68%20-%20Nov%202003-1.htm

[@FAiRWAYx]

Great info!

[@Jay-ti8vs]

oh imagine how cool it would be if they did a mk shaolin monks game with noob smoke as the two characters

[@kaibaman182]

ZEBRON GANG STAND TF UP!!! 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥😤💯

[@boogante]

54:50 You forgot about cyber skarlet who is a red pallete swap of cyrax seen in the bonus challenge tower #76 on MK9 PS Vita

[@FAiRWAYx]

Oh for real? I gotta check that out

[@kingschwag4208]

Krhome would be a lot cooler character than a lot of the ones they have now

[@justinkanev8362]

Did you know that in mk9, sometimes if you perform a baballity on scorpion in his mk1 costume, he can sometimes appear to be red with green glowing eyes like Ermac

[@FAiRWAYx]

Did not know that!

[@adibsyamir]

You deserve a subscribe for this man keep it up❤

[@FAiRWAYx]

Thank you!!

[@CyprusBeyblade]

please include the jave phones j2me UMK3 version, that could be played either with sfx or music, and the tombstones had "your mom" jokes in polish in one of the stages (the team porting it is from poland). Depending on the screen resolution of the game (weaker phones had less storage), you would end up with less characters. Another one is the delisted 3D model version of UMK3 for android and ios

[@tirzahroseroot]

As someone who’s favourite MK character is Cassie, I would die for a show with her as the lead!

[@unofficialmeme5972]

The General auto insurance being used to subtly leak Shao Kahn a year before the reveal of MK1 will never not be funny.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Lmao

[@channeycash2609]

I know this may sound embarrassing, but... when I was in sixth grade, I was able to finish the first three Arcade Ladders of MK3. I wasn't able to climb to the top of the last Arcade Ladder and it's still a roof hole inside me to this day.

[@Holdenheroofheroes]

I've been hoping someone made an updated MK Iceberg!

[@zalybrainlessgenius503]

Oh yeah, MK Conquest hype! 😂 That show is nothing but a product of its time and that's why it's worth a watch alone. The nostalgia is heartwarming

[@FAiRWAYx]

I need to rewatch it again. It’s been a long time

[@ThePolishValsion]

I did played MK Onslaught and I liked how dialogs were done in that game. It's a shame the game was killed so quickly.

[@terranman4702]

So there IS No Lin Kuei called Iceberg?

[@frostywarrior4649]

If you're a developer on any Mortal Kombat game and you claim PTSD about anything while making the game, the judge should laugh you out the court saying 'you haven't seen no other Mortal Kombat game huu???"

[@AnAverageGoblin]

just incredible how much you miss the point.

[@RideTheGamer]

Waddup Waddup

[@Cyndadogo]

It's my first time watching your channel, after a handful of icebergs i've watched, for this was the best by far you're were really accurate and explanatory with every single item, thanks a lot for this information and for expand the MK Fandom far beyond! ❤

[@Stevo.100]

19:11 and this is why MK is nowhere near as good as it used to be, where before fans would say "ERMAC IS A SECRET CHARACTER!" then they'd play with those rumors and eventually put that character in, now people say "MAKE KHROME A CHARACTER" and he just responds with "no", the success went to his head and he forgot who he is, a creator for what people want, but this isn't new or just an attitude that he has, it's a problem with a large amount of game developers, they forget they're making a product for us to BUY and if they don't do what we want we won't buy it. It'd be so easy to have a khrome reference with the T-1000 coming in the next DLC, I'd actually be shocked if it doesn't happen.

[@distr1c7]

Noooooo!!! I thought this was a bit old so I was expecting part 2 to be out. 🫶🏼 subbed ! Kept me extremely entertained 🫡

[@FAiRWAYx]

In production now and hoping to have it out soon

[@distr1c7]

@@FAiRWAYx can't wait 🙏🏼🫡

[@GulnozaIbragimova-b2h]

Keep make these cool videos

[@richiepryor]

Love the history. Takes me Back to when my kids use to beat my ass in MK before I could even touch the controller.😂 thank you for the memories❤

[@StormyTalks]

9:27 I feel like I'm watching a Snacube fan dub. This is so goofy.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Hilariously bad

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Thank-you 😊

[@zazombiezmasher0116]

On the topic of that Kotaku article, I feel at this point it can fairly easily be said that that whole article was a load of bullshit, or greatly exaggerated at the least, it’s been 5 years since it came out and the gore is MK1 is pretty damn brutal, not as brutal as MKX but far less stylistic compared to how it was done in MK11. In fact I’d go so far to say that MK11 is definitely the bloodiest MK game but shockingly lacking in the actual gore department, which kinda flys in the face of the whole “they made us look at gore to get the fatalities to look right”. I want to preface this next paragraph with the fact this is purely from memory on the night that the TLOU2 entire game, and game dev documents got leaked on twitter, so take what I say with a grain of salt but I definitely recall Naughty Dog themselves getting in trouble for the exact same thing that the Kotaku MK dev was saying about MK, and supposedly, had to give the people who got traumatized PTO and actual therapy covered by the studio/insurance. I could be very wrong on this, like i said take what I’m saying with a grain of salt, and by all means if someone can prove me wrong please do, but I recall seeing multiple websites cover that story as well as the fact that naughty dog even addressed it? I know that the naughty dog dev that brought forward the PTSD trauma story was supposedly, confirmed to have actually worked on TLOU2, not to mention all the actual shit that was apart of the huge TLOU2 leak, I definitely recall seeing a few blurred crime scene photos and a discussion about a live leak video? But the one thing I definitely remember very well was how differently TLOU2 dev handled the trauma when directly compared to the anonymous dev in the MK11 Kotaku article. It’s a total 180, with the naughty dog dev being afraid of being in public/near police, and hated being awake, compared to the Kotaku dev being afraid to go to sleep, with that being the only thing they mentioned. Now I know this is purely anecdotal on my part, but I can definitely say that TLOU2 has gore that seriously made me feel very queasy at times, in particular the awful noises that the scars make when shot in the neck, as well as the scar arm break scene, which that one sucks in a way that feels far more real then any bit of video game violence I’ve ever seen, and compared to anything Mortal Kombat has done, even the worst fatality’s like Gerras’ skin rip one in MK11 to Noob Saibots wish bone fatality in MK9. I personally, truly do believe that article was just Kotaku getting a supposed insider/leak and just jumping the shark on publishing it without any proper research into what the person was saying, cause even with MKX, which absolutely has the most brutal fatalities in the franchise, the gore has been very basic biology related shit, like getting cut in half will cause your guts spill out and shit, or getting your trachea torn out will cause you to cough up blood and choke. Add onto the fact that Kotaku just found out and published that one of their leading accessibility consultants was literally just a troll fucking with them and multiple other gaming publications for years, I’m starting to seriously doubt anything that’s said from gaming “insiders” and is also published by Kotaku of all websites. Sorry for the literal essay, it’s just something that I’ve thought about quite a bit due to how often that article is sited by people who dislike MK, without any real evidence to support or deny its claims, aside from a whole fucking lot of “he said, she said”

[@ianmiller1000]

Did you know that the ABACABB code has another Easter Egg? The code was for the Genesis system, and was a reference to the band Genesis, who had an album called ABACAB.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Really? That’s interesting

[@steve_en5903]

Not going to lie. I like the genesis/mega drive version of fighting the hidden characters in MK2 in a blue portal rather than Goros lair

[@Euro.Patriot]

10:05 - Retcon, he was originally sent to assassinate not assist Shang Tsung. 11:39 coming from an Australian, he doesn't not sound Australian at all. He sounds British. He was originally Japanese-American. 13:07 They're normally unlocked through beating the story with the characters. They have their own movesets. 16:53 Yes if it was done well. 19:58 That wasn't a retcon, Raiden revived him. 20:45 The characters brought by Kronika come from all over time. 20:55 Raiden's alignment change and Sindel's alignment change, Sindel was really nice in Deception's konquest.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Does Johnny’s resurrection not qualify as a retcon? Thanks for the input on these, I definitely have some amends to make in part 2

[@Euro.Patriot]

@@FAiRWAYx No, he was killed in 3 by a death squad but revived in Trilogy or 4. It's explained in one of his bios.

[@sparxies]

I'll post this as a main thread, as well, in case it gets lost here, but with regards to Kano's actor Trevor Goddard - yes, he was British, born in Croydon (Surrey - outskirts of South London). One of the ways he used to stand out in auditions was to mimic an Australian accent - he got a lot more parts that way. It sometimes went even further where he'd convince casting directors and fellow actors he was actually born and raised in Australia. He even went on to play an Australian in the US show JAG as can be seen in this clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGKckHp9msd2bMUsi=9glvD714uOtJcYch&t=70 When he played Kano, he was doing a very lazy Aussie accent, it was a bit of a mix of his working class London accent and his Australian accent. To my (UK) ears it leans more heavily into a working class London accent with a vague hint of Aussy, but given his subsequent acting roles and his elaborate backstories about actually being an ex-con from Australia (so he could get more roles), you can probably forgive people at the time (mostly American) believing him to be an Australian. There were even news reports after his death in 2003 referring to him as the Australian actor, Trevor Goddard. And at his funeral, many fellow actors and friends were shocked to find out (from his father) that he wasn't Australian at all and was born and raised in the UK. There's an article here on his apparent hoax of fooling many fellow actors and friends that he was Australian born and bred: goddard-association.org.uk/open/magazines/68%20-%20Nov%202003-1.htm

[@bledfordaysband]

I'd give my pinky toe for NRS to take some time and craft a well-put-together Konquest Mode, with some good fighters for the towers.

[@FAiRWAYx]

Another Konquest is necessary

[@bledfordaysband]

@@FAiRWAYx Looking forward to part two of the video!

[@FAiRWAYx]

@@bledfordaysband should be dropping Friday 🤞

[@Kankayama]

"Ptsd stories" is so LOL😂

[@lordsquid6652]

Meat was going to be playable in Motor Kombat, there's even a model of him and his own kart

[@FAiRWAYx]

For real? That would’ve been sick!

[@dushaneholland333]

Yo amazing video. I was wondering if u could talk about Michonne being the initial guest character, but was swapped out for Omni Man. All I know is Ed Boon tweeted about it sometime last year

[@FAiRWAYx]

Definitely adding this to the list. Thanks for watching ❤️

[@dushaneholland333]

@@FAiRWAYx of course and I can’t wait til the next one🙃

[@kiragreen7336]

Ruutuu is literally Geras. Big dark buffed man with blue glowing eyes appears from a sandstorm. Surprised they had concept of him back in mk9

[@FAiRWAYx]

That’s a wild connection. Didn’t think of that

[@zambikiller9977]

Nice i was waiting for a vid like this

[@iswitchedsidesforthiscat]

20:58 Favorite is making Stryker a cool character. Least is making sindel a bad guy.

[@AnnHasGangrene]

48:41 I love these portraits Raiden looks completely zooted Quan Chi has the greatest jawline I've ever seen Fujin looks like a desecrated corpse Liu Kang looks malnourished Sub-Zero looks like he farted in class and is looking around to make sure nobody heard it Reiko looks relatively normal Tanya looks like someone puked all over her portrait Scorpion looks like they used his album cover from when he was 16 for his portrait

[@FAiRWAYx]

So unbelievably funny 😂

[@Zetsuboulurkswithin]

1:08:15 Maybe it's a server sided thing and not client sided? If you somehow remember this in a couple months from now you could maybe phone a friend and waste like a few hours trying to get this to occur..? I'm not sure what timezone the server is on, but if you and your friend have absolutely nothing to do on Christmas.. might as well stream/record gameplay until the both of y'all finally get it (if it actually exists of course)..

[@FAiRWAYx]

That would be an interesting stream lmao

[@casualhuman1940]

Just found this video and channel. Really good Kontent, can't wait for part 2!

[@FAiRWAYx]

Thanks friend ❤

[@decepter-x]

They could’ve put chrome in M1K instead of the T-1000 but they care more about guests than new original characters for some reason

[@Arkangelx98x]

I still think it's funny how AFI was used as a cryptic way to tease Havik considering how two different people named Havoc are tied to the band; if you know who the second person is then you know who I'm referring to