
The Capcom Senior Director of communications compared Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat in an interview with Gamasutra by asking if the interviewer preferred the "precision and depth" of Street Fighter or the "gore and comedy" of Mortal Kombat he also stated that the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat rivalry was considered similar to the Coke and Pepsi rivalry in the 1990s. In an interview with Computer and Video Games, Ed Boon stated, " since the beginning, one of the things that's separated us from other fighting games is the crazy moves we've put in it, like fireballs and all the magic moves, so to speak." When asked if Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat would do a crossover, Street Fighter producer, Yoshinori Ono, called Mortal Kombat a very different game from Street Fighter. Īccording to 1UP.com, the early Mortal Kombat characters played virtually identical to one another with the only major differences being special moves. In fact, some reviewers have criticized that the "bewildering array" of special moves in comparison to other fighting games has resulted in too little focus on regular moves. Reviewers have stated that because of this the characters are only differentiated by their special moves. The original three games and their updates, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy, were styled in a 2-D fighting fashion with gameplay consisting of five buttons that were high punch, low punch, high kick, low kick, and block. Other spin-offs include various comic book series, a card game and a live-action tour.

As a result of its success, Mortal Kombat has spawned many sequels and has been spun off into several adventure games, films ( animated and live-action with its own sequel), and television series ( animated and live-action). The idea fell through and Mortal Kombat was born instead.

The series began originally as a game based on the popular actor martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme. in July 2009 and became a part of the Warner Bros. Following Midway's bankruptcy, the franchise was picked up by Warner Bros. Beginning with Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Midway Games exclusively created home versions of Mortal Kombat up until Mortal Kombat vs. The arcade titles were later picked up by Acclaim Entertainment for the home console conversions. The first four renditions and their updates were developed by Midway Games and initially released on arcade machines.

Mortal Kombatcommonly abbreviated MK, is a fantasy series of fighting games created by Ed Boon and John Tobias.
