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series, was due to make a cameo
appearance in the film.
16Jean-Claude Van Damme
was asked to play the role of
Johnny Cage. He refused.
17Chris Casamassa was originally
hired as a stuntman for the
film. Producers were so impressed
with his performance he was hired
to play Scorpion.
18 A follow-up movie was
green-lit in 1996, but Paul W.S.
Anderson wisely chose to avoid
Mortal Kombat Annihilation in favour
of helming sci-fi horror flick Event
Horizon.
19Steve Ritchie, who originally
came up with the name
'Mortal Kombat' was still designing
pinball games when he was asked
to voice Shao Kahn. He did on five
MK titles.
20Mortal Kombat 4 signalled
the change from digitised
character graphics to motion-capture.
21Anti-video-game activist Jack
Thompson sent a letter of
complaint to Midway after Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon featured
a kreate-a-fighter system that
allowed players to create a character
undeniably similar to Thompson.
22Mortal Kombat: Deception was
changed to Mortal Kombat:
Mystification in France; Déception in
French translates to disappointment.
23Mortal Kombat vs. DC
Universe was the last game
developed by Midway Games before
the company filed for bankruptcy.
24Midway had to tone down
the violence in MK vs. DC
Universe to align the content with
the DC standard.
25The PS3 version of the Mortal
Kombat reboot in 2011,
Warner's first entry in the Mortal
Kombat series following the Midway
Games acquisition, can be played in
stereoscopic 3D.
1. As well as featuring as a stuntman
in films such as Nightcrawler and
Transformers: Age of Extinction, who
was the voice of Liu Kang in Mortal
Kombat II?
2. Blade Swipe, Blade Spin and
Scrape Kick are signature moves of
which character?
3. Whose FATALITY involves
transforming into a dinosaur and
chomping your opponent in half?
4. Phil LaMarr and Richard Epcar
both feature on the upcoming Mortal
Kombat X as the voices of Kotal Kahn
and Raiden, respectively. But which
other fighter title (published by Warner
Bros. Interactive Entertainment) did
the pair star in together?
5. Which Mortal Kombat arena
(almost) shares its name with a
Marvel character played by Ryan
Reynolds?
6. Which MK title held the first
appearance of “Babalities” – Fatalities
that turn the opponent into a baby
form of themselves?
7. Dana Lyn Baron, listed as an ADR
performer on The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay – Part 1, is also the voice
of which Mortal Kombat fighter?
8. Who is the guest fighter playable
in Mortal Kombat X, made famous in
Friday the 13th?
9. Sub-Zero has been voiced by many
an actor over the years – which one
was also the voice of the villain Vilgax
in Ben 10?
10. Ed Boon and John Tobias are
credited as being the original creators
of the Mortal Kombat series. Playing
around with their surnames will give
you the name of which fighter?
Quiz Answers: 1. tryker 4. Injustice: Gods Among Us . 5. Deadpool 6. Mortal Kombat II 7. Sonya Blade. 8. Jason Voorhees. 9. Steve Blum 10. Noob Saibot.
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