Mortal Kombat 1’s timeline story becomes complete chaos

The Mortal Kombat franchise has rejiggered its timeline twice over the past decade, with Raiden altering the course of history starting with 2011’s Mortal Kombat and Liu Kang giving it another go in this week’s Mortal Kombat 1,. Narrative reboots like these give developer NetherRealm Studios a chance to rework core elements of Mortal Kombat lore — bitter ninja rivalries, Earthrealmers battling supernatural monsters and wizards, Outworld royalty and military drama — with a fresh spin.

Mortal Kombat 1In its new retelling, titled “Mortal Kombat: The Classic Story”, a more aggressive approach is taken. Liu Kang intervenes directly in past canon events in order to stop certain villains from gaining power. In his version of Mortal Kombat’s story, Liu Kang does a respectable job of keeping the peace between Earthrealm and Outworld. Mortal Kombat was the actual Mortal Kombat Tournament of MK1This version of the tale is a nonviolent one.

At one point, Liu Kang even comforts a young Raiden as he prepares to represent Earthrealm in the tournament, telling him, “No tournament participant has ever been grievously injured or killed.”

Liu Kang tells Raiden “No tournament participant has ever been grievously injured or killed.” in a cutscene from Mortal Kombat 1 — Do you really want to know?

That’s one of the low-key funniest moments in Mortal Kombat 1,’s story. But it’s nothing compared to the timeline shenanigans NetherRealm pulls off at the end of the game.

[Warning: The following contains endgame spoilers for Mortal Kombat 1’s story.]

Mortal Kombat 1,’s Liu Kang does an admirable job of resetting the universe, keeping series villains Shang Tsung, Quan Chi, and Shao Kahn from coming to power, but only up to a point. That’s because there’s a twist that neither Liu Kang or Geras saw coming.

Liu Kang’s power to rewrite the history of the world is explained by the events in Mortal Kombat 11,’s story add-on, The Aftermath. Shang Tsung, in the final minutes of this expansion, defeats the Titan Kronika and steals her Crown, a powerful magic temporal device. Liu Kang, who defeated Shang Tsung in the final moments of the expansion, used the crown to manipulate the Hourglass and erase his longtime foe from existence.

The alternate version has Shang Tsung defeating Liu Kang to become all-powerful. He conquers Earthrealms, Netherrealms, and Outworld.

What Liu Kang doesn’t realize in Mortal Kombat 1,This is what You can also read about how to get in touch with us. The Aftermath endings happen. Liu Kang, as well as Shang Tsung, are both rewriting Mortal Kombat History. The latter is interfering with Liu Kang’s plans and the two timelines are running in parallel. It turns out that what was originally thought of as two timelines is actually infinite.

Mortal Kombat 1,From here, it’s all multiverse.

It is a tired storyline that has become increasingly common in recent years. Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: The No Way Back, Doctor Strange: The Multiverse of Madness, The FlashThen, The World At One Time, Mortal Kombat 1,The story is multi-dimensional and hilarious.

In the game’s final chapters, Liu Kang and Shang Tsung travel to dozens of other timelines, recruiting the kombatants of those worlds to fight for their causes. Some of those alternate-reality fighters become the player’s opponents in a series of battles on the way to defeat Shang Tsung. And they’re mostly mashups of the Mortal Kombat characters that fans will know and love, but all of them are evil.

Stung Lao is a mix of Scorpion Kung Lao.

Kung Lao faces Stung Lao in a screenshot from Mortal Kombat 1

John Kahner combines Johnny Cage with Shao Kahn, and is an extra-special Terminator reference.

Geras faces John Kahner in a screenshot from Mortal Kombat 1

There’s also Quantum Chi, a mashup of Geras and Quan Chi.

Johnny Cage faces Quantum Chi in a screenshot from Mortal Kombat 1

Triborg Smoke can also be found here.

Kitana faces LK-7T2 (Cyborg Smoke) in a screenshot from Mortal Kombat 1

There’s even a Kano/Sonya mashup (Kanya?) Unfortunately, you do not battle one-onone.

The majority, if they are not all of them, can make use of the moves from both characters. Firefly, a combination of Li Mei and Scorpion, uses the latter’s throwing spear alongside her magical abilities.

Sub-Zero faces Firely in a screenshot from Mortal Kombat 1

The same is true for Frostbite, who employs Nitara and Sub-Zero’s movesets…

Gerasfaces Frostbite in a screenshot from Mortal Kombat 1

Klockodile is the name of the Geras/Reptile combination with its brilliant and groanworthy name.

Geras faces Klockodile in a screenshot from Mortal Kombat 1

Some of the characters you’ll fight in Chapter 15, “Armageddon,” of Mortal Kombat 1,These are all fun versions of well-known fighters. They include female versions of Scorpion and Sub-Zero as well as Reptile and Ermac. (There’s also a Janet Cage who unfortunately only appears in cutscenes.)

Sub-Zero faces female Sub-Zero in a screenshot from Mortal Kombat 1

Other jokes are merely a throwback to Mortal Kombat inside-jokes. Ninja Mime is a constant opponent.

Sub-Zero faces Ninja Mime in a screenshot from Mortal Kombat 1

Mortal Kombat 1,’s final chapter throws these mashups at players somewhat randomly, and NetherRealm included a trophy for playing the chapter twice — ensuring that players will notice the variety of opponents in their playthroughs of the game’s story mode.

These fighters are remixed versions of Mortal Kombat 1,’s climax may be a sly reference to Mortal Kombat Armageddon’s Kreate A Fighter mode, with which players could evoke Frankenstein by building custom characters using various body parts, costumes, and moves from across the game’s massive roster. NetherRealm’s upcoming release of the game. MK1 players a chance to make their own mashups remains to be seen, but that would certainly make an entertaining addition to the game’s roster.

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