Mortal Kombat

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fighting game series video game franchise

Mortal Kombat is a landmark fighting video game franchise known for its brutal combat, distinctive characters, and graphic finishing moves that helped shape the genre and influence game rating systems.

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Label Occurrences
Mortal Kombat canonical 10
Mortal Kombat (1992 video game) 2
Mortal Kombat (2021 film) 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fighting game series ⓘ
video game franchise ⓘ
commercialSuccess multi-million selling franchise ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Ed Boon ⓘ
John Tobias ⓘ
culturalImpact iconic status in fighting game genre ⓘ
influenced depiction of violence in video games ⓘ
developer Midway Games ⓘ
NetherRealm Studios ⓘ
feature Fatalities finishing moves ⓘ
blood and gore ⓘ
combo-based combat ⓘ
graphic violence ⓘ
special moves ⓘ
firstRelease Mortal Kombat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)
firstReleaseDate 1992 ⓘ
genre fighting game ⓘ
hasSpinOff Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero ⓘ
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks ⓘ
Mortal Kombat: Special Forces ⓘ
influenced ESRB ⓘ
surface form: Entertainment Software Rating Board
knownFor controversy over video game violence ⓘ
helping establish age-based video game rating systems ⓘ
mediaFranchiseIncludes Mortal Kombat (1995 film) ⓘ
Mortal Kombat (1995 film) ⓘ
surface form: Mortal Kombat (2021 film)

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation ⓘ
Mortal Kombat: Conquest ⓘ
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm ⓘ
Mortal Kombat: Legacy ⓘ
notableCharacter Goro ⓘ
Jax Briggs ⓘ
Johnny Cage ⓘ
Kano ⓘ
Kitana ⓘ
Liu Kang ⓘ
Mileena ⓘ
Raiden ⓘ
Scorpion ⓘ
Shang Tsung ⓘ
Shao Kahn ⓘ
Sonya Blade ⓘ
Sub-Zero ⓘ
notableEntry Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) ⓘ
Mortal Kombat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023 video game)

Mortal Kombat 11 ⓘ
Mortal Kombat 3 ⓘ
Mortal Kombat 4 ⓘ
Mortal Kombat II ⓘ
Mortal Kombat X ⓘ
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe ⓘ
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon ⓘ
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance ⓘ
Mortal Kombat: Deception ⓘ
notableMechanic Brutalities ⓘ
Friendships ⓘ
Stage Fatalities ⓘ
X-Ray moves ⓘ
platform PC ⓘ
PlayStation ⓘ
Sega Mega Drive ⓘ
surface form: Sega Genesis

Super Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ
Xbox ⓘ
arcade ⓘ
publisher Midway Games ⓘ
Warner Bros. Games ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
setting Earthrealm ⓘ
Netherrealm ⓘ
Outworld ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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Sega Mega Drive → popularGame → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
Mehcad Brooks → characterInWork → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
Mehcad Brooks → notableWork → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
Hiroyuki Sanada → notableWork → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortal Kombat (2021 film)
Warner Bros. Games → publishesFranchise → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
Warner Bros. Games → publishesGame → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortal Kombat 9 (2011)
Mortal Kombat → firstRelease → Mortal Kombat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)
Mortal Kombat → notableEntry → Mortal Kombat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortal Kombat 1 (2023 video game)
Midway Games → notableWork → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortal Kombat series
Midway Games → notableArcadeGame → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa → notableWork → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
Jax Briggs → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortal Kombat franchise
Jax Briggs → appearsIn → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortal Kombat (1992 video game)
Jax Briggs → franchise → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
Bridgette Wilson → notableWork → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
Christopher Lambert → notableWork → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
Scorpion / Hanzo Hasashi in Mortal Kombat (2021 film) → franchise → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
subject surface form: Scorpion (Mortal Kombat, 2021 film)
Danielle Nicolet → notableWork → Mortal Kombat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mortal Kombat (video game series)