Mortal Kombat II

Trivia

It was names Best Fighting Game in VideoGames magazine (March 1995) 1994 Game Awards

It was named best Genesis fighting game in 1994 (Game Players Jan. 1995).

It was named best overall SNES game and best SNES fighting game in 1994 (Game Players Jan. 1995).

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.

Unlike the previous Mortal Kombat on the SNES, MK2 kept the blood and fatalities in the SNES version.

Jax was originally going to be named Stryker, a name that would later be used for a whole other character in Mortal Kombat 3.

The "Toasty!" face is sound designer Dan Forden.

Baraka was at one point going to have a blade spin move, but this was removed to balance him out more. However, this move did eventually get restored for Mortal Kombat Trilogy.

Three of the cast members for Mortal Kombat 2 and 1 filed a lawsuit against Midway shortly after the game was released. The claim? The physical instructors/martial artists Elizabeth Malecki (Sonya Blade), Catalin Zamiar (Kitana/Milenna) and Philip Ahn were under the impression that they were hired under typical acting contracts and were entitled to a small modicum of benefits including royalties of title sales, etc. The plaintiffs banded together against Midway, who took the case to court.

Eventually the judge failed on Midway's behalf, citing that the work done by the plaintiffs for Midway was done strictly as a "work-for-hire" and Midway owned all the property and benefits on the characters/titles/etc.

As a side note, it has always been rumored that this lawsuit was what prompted Midway to take Kitana and it's variations from MK3.

Missing characters from the Game Boy version: Baraka, Johnny Cage, Kung Lao, Rayden, Kintaro, and Noob Saibot.

Mortal Kombat 2 was voted #97 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).

Contributed by PCGamer77 (3025) on Jul 28, 2001.

Noob Saibot, a secret character, spelled backwards is Tobias Boon, the last names of the 2 game creators.

In some versions of the game ERMAC flashes onscreen. This is an error message (ERror MACro) that was not removed but many people believed it was a secret character. He was later added as an actual character in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.

Kano and Sonya are the only 2 characters not to return from MK1, although they can be seen chained in the background of Shoa Kahn's stage.

There were strong rumours of animal fatalities called animalities. This was untrue but as a result they were included in Mortal Kombat 3.