Mortal Kombat II

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Product Features

• The game includes eight original and new characters
• Unique settings
• Cool special moves
• Vicious Fatalities

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000035Y4T
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,822 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
The game that rocked the world and changed arcade-style fighting forever returns in all its splendor. Choose from eight unique characters (some familiar faces have returned from the original, but a few new combatants make for spiced-up action), as you try to pummel your computer-controlled opponents to death. Each character has special moves that only he or she can pull off, making the game full of plenty of surprises...and blood. As with the original, whichever character wins the battle gets the opportunity to complete a Fatality, which is every bit as violent as it sounds. There's a reason that this game was so overwhelmingly popular, and the cold-blooded, hand-to-hand combat is as fun today as it was when it first came out.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A pretty good fighting game, at least for its time..., October 27, 2001

By	Madhura de Silva (Colombo, Sri Lanka) - See all my reviews

When Midway released the first Mortal Kombat to the arcades back in 1992, they probably never thought of doing a sequel. But the game was very well received. For the first time digitized actors replaced hand-drawn fighters, the action looked very realistic and most of all, it took violence in a video game to a standard that had never been reached before. It all lead to the inevitable release of Mortal Kombat II, which is widely considered the best and most original of the series.

The SNES version is probably the best home conversion available. Everything from the arcade version is included, from blood and gore to fatalities and hidden characters. The story behind the game is fresh. At the end of the first tournament, Liu Kang has managed to defeat Shang Tsung and banish him to the "Outworld".
Tsung's master, Shao Kahn, has restored Tsung's youth in exchange for a plan to lure the earth warriors to a tournament held in the Outworld itself. This tournament is none other than Mortal Kombat II.

MK2 introduces a host of new kombatants including Kung Lao, Jax, Kitana, Mileena, Baraka and the now playable Reptile and Shang Tsung. The original fighters return, minus Sonya and Kano. Each fighter has at least two fatalities, plus a friendship and a babality! The old guys have been polished up a bit and given some new moves to match them with the new ones. There are two brand new bosses. The first is Kintaro, who is of the same clan of creatures as Goro from the original, but is far more powerful. The second is Shao Kahn, who's insults are his own downfall.

What the MK series is really known for is the finishing moves, and MK2 manages to satisfy any lust you would have for blood! These make MK1 look tame! Especially violent are Johnny Cage's torso rip, Jax's arm rip and face smash and Baraka's blade lift. New to the series are Friendships (in which the winner shows his friendship towards the loser) and babalities (in which the loser is turned into an infant). Three new stage fatalities are present as well! Two brand new secret characters are present and will appear during the game giving various clues. They are of course, Smoke and Jade. Unfortunately you can't play as them, but only fight them.

A noticable weakness of the game is the irritating scratching sound that almost always appears when something is announced. The music is also not much in the quality department, but then again, Mortal Kombat was never known for its music. The visuals were pretty amazing for it's time, but will hardly impress anyone today. Controls, though responsive are a bit awkward. The characters tend to slide too much.

Anyway after all these years, it can still be quite addicting. SNES owners looking for worthy fighting games should pick this up. You might also want to try MK3 (but not Ultimate MK3 please...). If you are a fan of Mortal Kombat 4, then you will undoubtedly enjoy this. For the ultimate in SNES fighting games however, consider Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The series in its prime, June 26, 2006

By	Simon (Brampton, ON) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Mortal Kombat II is widely held as the best installment of the bloody fighting series. Graphics and sound have been given a nice upgrade since the first installment, and controls are tight and responsive. The game walks a fine line between dreary, violent gore (ripping torsos apart, cutting people in half, impaling them, etc) and light humour (Friendship moves, Babalities). Too much of the latter turned the next installment of the franchise into self-parody, but it's kept in check here. The game features one of the most memorable roster of fighters since the original Street Fighter II, and gameplay is loose enough to let players develop their own combos. Finally, lots of secret characters and easter eggs await those who search hard enough.

The SNES version is definitely superior to the Genesis port this go-around, with all of the gore intact and presentation true to the arcade. Still one of the best conversions of Mortal Kombat II. If you own an SNES and still don't have this gem, get it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best SNES Mortal Kombat, October 11, 2002

By	E. Batica (MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Mortal Kombat II, it sounds so funny to talk about this game now as the next installment of this game is coming out (MORTAL KOMBAT : Deadly Alliance). But let's say it, Mortal Kombat II was a perfect home version of the Arcade Hit and from then on, it proved to be that if Mortal Kombat was going to do well on any home systems, it had to be clear, un-cut, un-censored unlike Mortal Kombat and it had to play just like it did in the arcade.

That and this was the last Mortal Kombat to be some-what serious before it became a fighting Cartoon in Mortal Kombat 3 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.

Honestly, I still play this every now and then. It takes me a little while to get back the information of the game because it's been that long (LOL). But it's still worth it to just do that.

I say this a lot, but this was another game (in the history of games) that a person needed to get to complete a collection. Personally, I skipped the SNES version of the original Mortal Kombat and went straight to Mortal Kombat II because it was un-cut.

If you still have your SNES, and you don't have Mortal Kombat II, you have to get it. After all, you might regret it later when the only time you can find any decent games are at Flea Markets and Garage Sales and for me as a collector of some of the "old school" game systems and games, I despise rummaging through piles of junk just to find that needle in the hay stack. Why go through all that trouble when you can do your collecting here?