His trusted advisor Shao Kahn betrayed him via poisoning and took over. Not only was his power unmatched, but he commanded an unstoppable army of warriors. The winning son would take Argus’ place as protector of Edenia.įor quite a while, Outworld was ruled by a being known as Onaga the Dragon King. He and his sorceress wife Delia came up with a cockamamie plan to put their sons Taven and Daegon in hibernation so that they could one day awaken, take part in a race to gather special weapons, kill a fire elemental named Blaze, and this would somehow magically nullify the abilities of all the warriors in said gigantic battle. In Edenia, the god and protector Argus got visions of a huge battle that would one day cause Armageddon throughout all of reality. Shinnok spent endless years biding his time so that he could return and get his revenge. Shinnok buddied up with the mysterious, wandering sorcerer Quan Chi and the two overthrew the damned realm and took over. Although lower on the godly totem pole, Raiden was able to defeat him and had him sealed away in the Netherrealm. He opposed his brethren and decided that he wanted the inhabitants of Earthrealm to worship him and only him. On Earthrealm, the Elder God Shinnok went mad with power.
Speaking of lack of aging, people in most of the other realms have incredibly long lifespans and live for thousands and thousands of years. If the invading realm can win ten tournaments in a row, they have the right to take over. Whoever wins loses the ability to age until the next one is held. Every generation, there will be a fighting tournament held. Conquering and merging can only be done by invoking Mortal Kombat. To keep things civil, the Elder Gods put together a rulebook. Realms are able to conquer and actually absorb each other, becoming kind of a jumbled landscape in the process. Even higher on the scale in importance and power are Titans, who are hidden in the shadows. They rarely ever interfere, even when they really should. You have your regular gods, who tend to meddle in man’s affairs in a limited sense, and Elder Gods, who are higher on the power scale and ultimately don’t do much. These realms are looked over by gods for the most part. Then you got a bunch of random worlds like the world of reptile people, the world of vampires, the world of bug people, and so on. On the other side of the coin is Chaosrealm, where anarchy is a way of life. Seido is the realm of order, though to an extreme, fascist degree. Outworld is a barbarian world where violence and monsters run rampant. You have Earthrealm, which is us, or a world similar enough to ours.Įdenia is kind of a happy fairytale world made of magic and beauty. They’re basically different planets completely. They’re kind of like alternate Earths, but without the parallel universe gimmick. In the Mortal Kombat multiverse, there are different dimensions (or realms). Before I really get into it, let’s just talk about the makeup of this reality: So here’s a look at the canon storyline of Mortal Kombat.
Now we get full-on cinematic story modes. It used to be that we’d just get some profile text, ending text, and a couple of neat images. As video games have advanced, so has the storytelling. DC Universe, Injustice: Gods Among Us, and the wonderful Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks are non-canon).
#Mortal kombat x story plus
There have been ten fighting games plus upgrades that are part of its canon and a few side games ( Mortal Kombat vs. There’s a reason why the Mortal Kombat story has been told in different forms. Even when they’re literally redoing an earlier story!
the Soul Caliburgames and King of Fighters), but Mortal Kombathas been able to hold its own for over 25 years due to embracing its own wacky mythology and finding ways to be fresh. Sometimes the sequels just retread the same plot over and over (ie. Usually, these lead to fun B-movie plots that can carry a game or two. Who are these characters and why are they fighting? Why are they fighting again? And again? Not just for the characters, but for the world itself. A fighting game kind of needs to have a storyline for the sake of identity.
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