In terms of plot, the original story ends at Part 7 with Armageddon. Next up is the Mortal Kombat vs crossover. DC Universe, which is not mentioned in subsequent parts, so, it seems to me, it should not be considered part of the main line. More likely a spin-off or something non-canonical, given how the developers treated the lore and characters of the game. But no matter how bad this game was, it served as a draft for Injustice: Gods Among Us and after it, the studio and publisher Midway Games was reborn as NetherRealm Studios under the auspices of Warner Bros.
The next Mortal Kombat is a soft restart and has no numbers or any signatures in the title. It was essentially a remake of the original trilogy and a reset of everything that came before.
Its events begin immediately after Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, that is, part 7, ignoring the strange crossover, which should be part 8.
But the next part is called Mortal Kombat X, that is 10. It is worth considering that the entire advertising campaign was structured as if it were an “X” and not a “ten”, but then it will become clear that this is exactly a 10. Or not?
Mortal Kombat 11 Looks Stranger After This. after 7 story-based games, a spin-off comes out (by no means the first), then a restart, and then parts 10 and 11, although if you take all the major games in the series, then the game will be the 14th in the series, and if you also take portables, then in general “Mortal Kombat 17”. At the same time, other spin-offs have many times more lore and meaning than Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe even without being canon. The only thing that sets this spin-off apart from the rest is the genre – fighting game.
And now, after this boring but necessary retreat into history and numbers, we can move on to the most interesting:
Have you noticed any confusion in the numbers?? I specifically focused on her throughout the story. We have to accept some kind of non-canonical game for everything to come together. But what if in fact Mortal Kombat X was never the tenth, and Mortal Kombat 11 is actually Mortal Kombat II. This is hinted at by the marketing of Mortal Kombat X, which was built on the “X” as a letter rather than the number “ten” and an expanded edition of the “ten”, which is called Mortal Kombat XL, which, using Roman numerals, generally means 40.
So, if we turn to the internal chronology, the 2011 game “resets” the events of all previous games, rewrites many moments of history and introduces new players to the universe. That is, this is a big, good Prologue. Then Mortal Kombat X is the first part of a new chronology.
But why "X"? The events of the game take place 20 years after the tournaments and tell about already aged heroes, focusing on their age and successors. Given the theme of the game and the age of many of the fighters, I can assume that “X” refers to the generation of the main characters, since, for example, Jax, according to the army badge from Mortal Kombat 2011, was born on March 5, 1963. Sonya Blade is a little younger and was born on October 8, 1982, which is also clear from the token from the same game. The rest of the original fighters are about the same age and this just falls into generation X.
Then the “first” part of the new chronology should be followed by the second. and then Mortal Kombat 11 or Mortal Kombat II appears. Even the tails of the ones are suspiciously short and could pass for a Roman numeral design.
Why all this confusion?? In the case of “X”, in order to briefly outline the essence of the game. That’s what headlines are for, like "Armageddon" or "Deadly Alliance", and Edd Boon and his team were able to fit the entire title into just one letter.
And in the case of the 11th part, in order to look stylish, because you can’t just write Mortal Kombat II, such a game was already released back in 1993.
And finally: it seems very strange to me that the developers took only the main games into the chronology, ignoring even high-quality projects (for example, the excellent Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks), and then simply added Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. By this logic, if this game is part of Mortal Kombat, then it should also be part of the Injustice series, which it spawned. And then we should see Injustice 2: Gods Among Us and Injustice 3 on the shelves. Or the Injustice series should be included in the Mortal Kombat series, because both parts of the superhero fighting game have mortal kombat characters. In general, it all doesn’t fit together at all.
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But, nevertheless, MK (2011) is considered the 9th game in the MK series, as evidenced, for example, by the tags in the MK (2011) trailers on YouTube from the official MK channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cApRYXF8bzc&feature=youtu.be Therefore Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is included in the MK numbering.
Mortal Kombat – 1st fighting game in the series
Mortal Kombat II – 2nd fighting game in the series
Mortal Kombat 3 – 3rd fighting game in the series
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 – add-on to 3
Mortal Kombat Trilogy – 3 but with all the fighters
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero is something.
Mortal Kombat 4 is the 4th fighting game in the series
Mortal Kombat Gold – expansion to 4.
Mortal Kombat: Special Forces is something.
Mortal Kombat Advance – GBA port.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance – 5th fighting game in the series
Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition – addition to 5.
Mortal Kombat: Deception – 6th fighting game in the series
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is something.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon – 7th fighting game in the series
Mortal Kombat: Unchained – port on PSP.
Ultimate Mortal Kombat – port on Nintendo DS.
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe – 8th fighting game in the series
Mortal Kombat (2011) – 9th fighting game in the series. Restart.
Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection – re-release of 1, 2 and 3.
Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition – 9 with extras.
Mortal Kombat X is the 10th fighting game in the series
Mortal Kombat XL – 10 with additions.
Mortal Kombat 11 is the 11th fighting game in the series
Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath – expansion to 11.
Next up is the Mortal Kombat vs crossover. DC Universe, which is not mentioned in subsequent parts, so, it seems to me, it should not be considered part of the main line. More likely a spin-off or something non-canonical, given how the developers treated the lore and characters of the game.
So it seems that in https://casinoluna.co.uk/login/ Injustice 2 Sub-Zero mentions Dark Kahn, hence the events of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe occurred and is canon. And in MK (2011), X or 11, the characters do not mention these events, since there was no reason for this.
This is hinted at by the marketing of Mortal Kombat X, which was built on the “X” as a letter rather than the number “ten” and an expanded edition of the “ten”, which is called Mortal Kombat XL, which, using Roman numerals, generally means 40.
The official numbering can be anything. I’m not forcing her to rewrite it, but I’m suggesting that she look at it from a different angle.
But, nevertheless, MK (2011) is considered the 9th game in the MK series, as evidenced, for example, by the tags in the MK (2011) trailers on YouTube from the official MK channel.
I don’t argue. the 2011 game is part 9 and this is practically a fact, even if it is not indicated on the box. Tags are a controversial argument because they write what people are most likely to google. Boone’s words also go there. He speaks as it is convenient for him and as will be understandable. If he calls Sektor ketchup, no one will say that this is the official second name of the character. And the fact that the crossover is included in the numbering is also a fact, but it looks far-fetched. Firstly Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is connected with the MK series only by the name and characters. And if you remember Midway Games, they shoved characters into almost every second of their games, including fighting games, which means they should also be numbered? For example, WWE Immortals with Johnny Cage and Raiden’s costume. Well, or the same Injustice is sort of like a fighting game, if I’m not mistaken and there are MK characters there too.
So it seems that in Injustice 2 Sub-Zero mentions Dark Kahn, hence the events of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe occurred and is canon. And in MK (2011), X or 11, the characters do not mention these events, since there was no reason for this.
Then why Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is not part of Injustice? Then it turns out that “in Injustice 3, Sub-Zero mentions Dark Kahn”.
Well here yes. This doesn’t fit under generations, but it doesn’t fit under “ten” either, so it doesn’t seem to contradict.
And in general, these are just my thoughts that I found interesting.
MK characters in Injustice are guest characters; they do not participate in the development of the plot, while in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe they were directly involved.
Then why Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is not part of Injustice? Then it turns out that “in Injustice 3, Sub-Zero mentions Dark Kahn”.
Because Injustice, both 1 and 2, are about Superman the dictator. They are not related to Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe directly and do not continue his story. Separate plot, separate series of games, different name.
Well here yes. This doesn’t fit under generations, but it doesn’t fit under “ten” either, so it doesn’t seem to contradict.
It also doesn’t fit into generations because for about a third of the storyline you play as young fighters.
MK characters in Injustice are guest characters; they do not participate in the development of the plot, while in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe they were directly involved.
In Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe the plot is not canon, so purely logically this is equivalent to character endings. Non-canonical character ending = non-canonical plot overall.
Because Injustice, both 1 and 2, are about Superman the dictator. They are not related to Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe directly and do not continue his story. Separate plot, separate series of games, different name.
MK 9 does not continue the plot of the crossover, and the plot of the 4th part of MK is no longer about the tournament, Shao Kahn and all that.
It also doesn’t fit into generations because for about a third of the storyline you play as young fighters.
In MK: Deadly Alliance, not all stories are about a deadly alliance; in MK: Armageddon, Armageddon does not happen at all. And MK X, it seemed to me, explores such topics as the relationship between parents and children and growing up (especially using the example of Johnny Cage). Well, this seems to be the first game in the series where the characters grow up (not counting the plot of MK: Deception).
My thoughts and my theory made you think, which means my main goal has been accomplished.
And then Mortal Kombat 1 comes out and the whole theory collapses
Or it’s confirmed, depending on how you look at it.. .
in my opinion, everything is simple and obvious, MK, MK2, MK3 (MK3U), MK4, MK5 is a sub-Zero, and everywhere it was written like that, so let’s leave it like that, there was no further talk about numbers, MK 6 is dead lines, MK7 deception, MK 8 Armageddon, MK9 2011, MKX, MK11 and MK 1 2023, it always seemed to me that this alignment of events is because that separate part to which the number 8 is attributed is not entirely logical, but the fact that MK Armageddon is the 8th part and after it the events immediately unfold in MK 2011, to which, logically, the 9th part can be attributed, this is already 100% correct .