Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the Mortal Kombat games that I’ve played in my lifetime, but this is all really from a creative standpoint. When it comes to character creation, stories and development, Mortal Kombat really is kind of silly, in a stupid kind of way. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, because it shows that they acknowledge errors and roll with the punches in a fashion that so many companies wouldn’t be willing to do. But throughout the years and lineage of the series, it’s gotten to a point where it’s all gone kind of far now.
All of this came upon because I happened to stumble upon the Mortal Kombat Wikia page, and I spent several hours of my day incapable of escaping the six degrees of Wikipedia whilst in this specialized Wiki. What started out as a little bit of a nostalgia trip ended up turning into this head-tilting, mouth-contorting, WTF-fest at seeing how some of the characters developed, the introduction of newer characters, and how the “canon” story progressed.