Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to give it read. Hopefully tomorrow.

IMPORTANT QUESTION:

Is Mako Iwamatsu narrating?

Prized possesions imo. Loved them as a kid. Just wish I took better care of them back then so I didn't need to spend so much getting all the mint versions back. 😅

I read through scans of the Malibu comics every couple of years. The art is all over the place but I love the character designs.

I just wish they were available in the actual game because otherwise you're sol

Put Grum in a game.

Mortal Kombat in Midway times✨✨✨

https://youtube.com/c/Historybehindthewarrior

I mostly learnt from just playing and reading, but I've watched some of his stuff and enjoyed it

Just play the story mode

History Behind The Warrior on YouTube uploads videos of explaining characters stories.

Check Tabmok99 on Youtube. Dude's a walking MK wikipedia.

Best game to start with is whatever you have access to.

MK1 is a fresh start, it’s now technically the ‘first game’ because Liu reset the timeline.

But I get what you mean about wanting to learn all the lore because all 4 NRS timeline games connect

I will find a video and once I do I will edit this comment with a link

Start with mk9 if possible, it's easy to understand in my opinion and retells the main events of the first games

Raiden consulted the elder gods. They didn't help.

That's 60% of it right there

For MK1 to 7 you could youtube videos showing the endings and cutscenes i/a.

MK8 is actually MK vs DC which is fun but not canon.

From MK9 onwards it's easy as you can almost literally watch each game's story mode like a movie.

We can assume MK1 takes place in 1992, since it's suggested the series kinda follows their release dates, especially with MKDA explicitly being 10 years after MK1. However that doesn't mean every game is in its release year.

MK2 takes place right after 1 as we see in the comic, so 2 is also in 92.

MK3 is not as clear. It's probably at least a year after 1, but we don't know when exactly. Release date doesn't seem like a great option either, seeing as 3 years after the events of 1 and 2 seems a little too long. If you want my best guess, I say 93 or 94, about a year after 1 and 2. It does have to take place at least 2 years before MK4 though, because of Scorpion's MKDA bio.

MK4 again is not clear. Again, it has to be at least 2 years after MK3. As for a maximum, it can't happen after 98, seeing as in 98 Johnny starred in 24 Karate Gold, but he was dead between 3 and 4. So putting this information together, 3 is at the earliest 92 and at the latest 96, and 4 is at the earliest 94 and at the latest 98.

MKDA is pretty clear that it happens 10 years after MK1. So 2002. EZ.

MKD is a bit of a mess. As for the events that happen in the present, it's just 2002 again since it starts right after MKDA. However the Konquest mode really makes no sense in terms of timeline. Things happen too early or too late. Time passes too fast or too quickly. Things just don't match up, so I won't bother going through it.

MKA really could be any time. Obviously it's after Deception, but it could be right after or quite a few years after, there's really nothing to make that clear.

MK9 goes back to MK1, so obviously that starts in 92. However it seems a bit more spread apart than it may appear. It initially seems like each act of the story happen after each other rather quickly, however in MK11 Raiden from the past says he's been receiving visions for months, which means the MK2 act is months after the MK1 act, so the MK3 act may be a bit later too. But for simplicity I'm just gonna say all of MK9 happens in 92.

MK10 is where things get very difficult. So it starts 2 years after MK9, so Johnny's chapter is set in 94. Then there's the timeskip. It is not consistent how long the timeskip is, and the game can't seem to make its mind up on 20, 23 or 25 years. So there isn't really a right answer here, you just have to decide which number makes the most sense to you. The bios mostly all go with 25, and that makes the most sense for Cassie's age, so I will say the timeskip is 25 years, putting MK10's present in 2019. The comics are another timeline nightmare. The flashback in the game where Mileena's rebellion starts says 5 years ago, however in the comic Kotal says the war has been already going on for 10 years. I'll just go with what the game says even though that might not make any sense, so the rebellion starts in 2014. That means the comic must take place in 2014 - it can't take place later because Scorpion and Sub-Zero have not become allies yet, but this also happens in a 5 years ago flashback.

MK11 is set 2 years after 10, so 2021.

As you can there are a lot of issues in terms of continuity with this series, so this is just my best attempt to make sense of it.

I think the trilogy of each different game takes place in the time they were released so mk1-3d era in the 90s then nrs era takes place in 2011 then I think it ends in 2019 might be completely wrong though

I’m going to leave this to the Giga Nerds of this sub but I have to commend OP on coming up with this question, I’ll have a field day reading the various replies!

No. Not a remaster. We need a full blown sequel.

Shaolin Monks II

The story should lead up to the opening of Deadly Alliance. Twist ending, you were actually playing as Shang Tsung and Quan Chi and you have to kill Liu Kang.

Imagine catching hands from Liu Kang and Kung Lao lol

You couldn’t pick a worse duo to have to fight from Earthrealm.

In need of a remaster

BRING

THIS

SHIT

BACK!!!!

Unpopular opinion: it's perfect the way it is and doesn't need a remaster. I don't trust NRS, like, at all. I also don't understand people chasing a pretty picture for games that are already more superior comparing to everything that has come out recently.

Don't think so. The earliest mentions of the great kung lao state that he one the tenth tournament after earthrealm won the previous nine. Was that the first nine tournaments? No one knows because it is so ancient. Probably a whole century before liu kang was even born.

we are about to learn about it

I don't think it is ever specifically talked about, but it had to have happened at some point.

And in few days, the demand for a sequel would turn 20yrs too!

A friend and I skipped school and spent all day playing this. It froze rite before the final boss fights.

Fuck I feel old god damn

Was hyped when I 1st seen the trailer,game did not disappoint 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Would love for a ps classics release like they did with the Jak series.

To me, this is the most comprehensive lore guide on the web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONBue4gt_M

If you want pure factual information, the ONLY source is NetherKast.

No one else gets it right. People will try to recomment History Behind the Warrior or 4thSnake, but both of them are wrong on a lot. HBTW just reads the flawed wiki for his information. And I've seen 4thSnake flat out reject information that's been in the game, because his personal head-canon doesn't like it.