Mortal Kombat II

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Mortal Kombat II is a 1993 arcade fighting game widely regarded as one of the most influential and popular entries in the Mortal Kombat series, known for expanding the roster, deepening gameplay, and intensifying its signature violence.

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Mortal Kombat II canonical 23
Mortal Kombat II (1993 video game) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fighting game ⓘ
video game ⓘ
artStyle digitized live-action actors ⓘ
bossCharacter Shao Kahn ⓘ
coCreator Ed Boon ⓘ
John Tobias ⓘ
controversy criticized for graphic violence ⓘ
developer Midway Games ⓘ
gameMode multiplayer ⓘ
single-player ⓘ
genre 2D fighting game ⓘ
hiddenCharacter Jade ⓘ
Noob Saibot ⓘ
Smoke ⓘ
influence helped popularize violent fighting games in the 1990s ⓘ
legacy considered one of the best entries in the Mortal Kombat franchise ⓘ
credited with expanding the series roster and lore ⓘ
notableFeature graphically violent finishing moves called Fatalities ⓘ
improved combo system over the original Mortal Kombat ⓘ
introduction of Babalities finishing moves ⓘ
introduction of Friendships finishing moves ⓘ
multiple hidden characters ⓘ
multiple hidden fights ⓘ
originalReleaseRegion North America ⓘ
platform Amiga ⓘ
Arcade ⓘ
Atari Jaguar ⓘ
Game Boy ⓘ
Game Gear ⓘ
linked to: Sega Game Gear

PC ⓘ
PlayStation ⓘ
Sega 32X ⓘ
Sega Genesis ⓘ
linked to: Sega Mega Drive

Sega Saturn ⓘ
Super Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ
Various modern compilations ⓘ
playableCharacter Baraka ⓘ
Jax ⓘ
Johnny Cage ⓘ
Kano ⓘ
Kitana ⓘ
Kung Lao ⓘ
Liu Kang ⓘ
Mileena ⓘ
Raiden ⓘ
Reptile ⓘ
Scorpion ⓘ
Shang Tsung ⓘ
Sonya Blade ⓘ
Sub-Zero ⓘ
plot Earthrealm warriors travel to Outworld to fight in a tournament hosted by Shao Kahn ⓘ
prequel Mortal Kombat ⓘ
publisher Midway Games ⓘ
ratingImpact contributed to debates that led to formalized video game rating systems in the 1990s ⓘ
releaseYear 1993 ⓘ
sequel Mortal Kombat 3 ⓘ
series Mortal Kombat ⓘ
setting Outworld ⓘ
subBossCharacter Kintaro ⓘ

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Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mortal Kombat → notableEntry → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Midway Games → notableArcadeGame → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Jax Briggs → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Ed Boon → notableWork → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
John Tobias → notableWork → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
John Tobias → workedOn → Mortal Kombat II (1993 video game) ⓘ
linked to: Mortal Kombat II
Scorpion → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Sub-Zero → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Raiden → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Johnny Cage → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Sonya Blade → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Kano → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Shang Tsung → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Kitana → firstAppearance → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Kitana → gameSeriesAppearance → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Mileena → firstAppearance → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Mileena → appearsInGame → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Midway → notableWork → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Mortal Kombat 3 → precededBy → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Shao Kahn → firstAppearance → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Shao Kahn → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Goro → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks → basedOn → Mortal Kombat II ⓘ