Mortal Kombat II

Description

The Mortal Kombat fighters, plus several new ones, return for a tournament held by the evil Shang Tsung of the Oddworld. The action is one-on-one as before, and famed for its high level of violence and blood (other than the sanitised Nintendo version). There are 5 difficulty levels and optional credits, as well as the usual two player mode including same character duels.

To win the main tournament, the player must beat each of the other human players, before taking on Sheng Tsung, Kintaro and finally Shao Kahn. Players have a range of punches and kicks available, as well as flying kicks, uppercuts, roundhouses, and the special moves, which vary for each player. These include throws, uppercuts, long-distance bullets, bicycle kicks and a teleport feature.

Alternate Titles

• "真人快打2" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "MK 2" -- Common abbreviation
• "モータルコンバットII ～究極神拳～" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Games made into movies
• Germany Criminal Code confiscations (§131: Excess Violence)
• Mortal Kombat series

Merchant Title Platform Price   Mortal Kombat II Game Boy $0.75   Mortal Kombat II Genesis $1.17   Mortal Kombat II SEGA Saturn $6.08   Mortal Kombat II SNES     Mortal Kombat II for Sega 32x SEGA 32X $8.00   Mortal Kombat II     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

Good but horrible in contrast to the Super Nintendo Version	Genesis	Mr. Huh (112)
Acclaims Best Game?	Genesis	Liam Dowds (51)
Good for a 16 Bit Translation	SNES	Tyrone Eugene (7)
Superb...	SNES	Stefan Grammer (6)
Street fighter 2 was the spark, Mortal kombat 2 was the gas that set the fire in Beat 'em ups.	Amiga	SonyasFan (4)
Great port of what's probably the pinnacle of the original MK series	DOS	Zovni (9138)
The Greatest Arcade Game...EVER	DOS	Daniel J McKinnon (4)
Worse sequel? Pixelated Graphics? Definetely not!	DOS	IJan (1980)
The sequel is even worse than the first.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4476)
Mortal Kombat 2 Genesis	Genesis	Joey Perkins (4)

The Press Says

GamePro	SNES	Oct, 1994	5 out of 5	100
Game Players	Genesis	Sep, 1994	92 out of 100	92
GameFan Magazine	SEGA 32X	Mar, 1995	91 out of 100	91
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SEGA 32X	Apr, 1995	9 out of 10	90
Super Play Magazine UK	SNES	Oct, 1994	90 out of 100	90
GamePro	Genesis	Oct, 1994	4.5 out of 5	90
GamePro	SEGA Saturn	Apr, 1996	4 out of 5	80
IGN	PlayStation 3	Apr 13, 2007	7.3 out of 10	73
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Game Gear	Oct, 1994	7 out of 10	70
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	SEGA Saturn	Mar, 1996	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

On September 30, 1994, Mortal Kombat II, with the exception of the Game Boy version, was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

In addition to the indexing, on February 8, 1995, all versions except Game Boy were also confiscated for violating §131 of Germany's penal code (for showing gruel violence against humans etc.). But due to the 10 year limitation for confiscations, all versions are no longer confiscated since February 8, 2005.