History Trivia / MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance

** [[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Sareena]] might have made it into the game, as her model was created during the end of the ''Deadly Alliance'''s development cycle (she was also intended to be playable in ''4'' and ''Deception''). Instead, she was used in ''Tournament Edition'' (one of the two portable offshoots of ''DA'' for the GBA) and eventually was introduced into the console titles in ''Armageddon''.

** [[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Stage]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 Fatalities]] were considered. For example, the Lung Hai Temple stage would've had a Fatality involving the Great Sea Dragon of Outworld mentioned in the arena's bio. The demonic Buddhas in the Acid Bath stage were supposed to drench the victim in acid for a stage fatality according to ''Mortal Kombat Unseen'', the bonus featurette.

** The game was originally going to be called Mortal Kombat 5; when they decided on using subtitles instead of numbers, it was going to be Mortal Kombat Vengeance. A humorous list of VERY cringey official titles allegedly proposed during development can be found in the Krypt; how much of this is real (it's probably no more real than, "Ed sarcastically suggested this and we thought it was too funny to not write down") or was seriously considered during production is probably better left unanswered.
** Dairou and the Kombat Chess minigame were both intended to be in this game, but ended up being cut for time. They were held back until ''Deception''.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The NuMetal soundtrack (Especially Music/{{Adema}}'s contribution) ''badly'' date this game as something from the early 2000's.

** Originally, Fujin was meant to be the lead of the game (as a carryover from his and Raiden's endings in ''4'', where Raiden became an Elder God and Fujin became Earthrealm's protector god in his stead). [[InternetBackdraft Due to fan backlash]], Raiden returned.

** The game was originally going to be called Mortal Kombat 5; when they decided on using subtitles instead of numbers, it was going to be Mortal Kombat Vengeance.

** [[VideoGame/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Stage]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 Fatalities]] were considered. For example, the Lung Hai Temple stage would've had a Fatality involving the Great Sea Dragon of Outworld mentioned in the arena's bio.

!![[center: Main games: [[Trivia/MortalKombat1 MK1]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat2 MK2]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat3 MK3]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat4 MK4]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatDeception Deception]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse MK vs. DC Universe]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat9 MK9]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatX MKX]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombat11 MK11]]\\
[-Spinoffs: [[Trivia/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero MKM: Sub-Zero]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatSpecialForces Special Forces]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatShaolinMonks Shaolin Monks]]\\
Non-videogame media: [[Trivia/MortalKombatTheMovie Mortal Kombat: The Movie]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatTheJourneyBegins The Journey Begins]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatAnnihilation Annihilation]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatConquest Conquest]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm Defenders Of The Realm]] | [[Trivia/MalibuComicsMortalKombat Malibu Comics]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatLegacy Legacy]] | [[Trivia/MortalKombatRebirth Rebirth]]-]]]
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** Dairou and the Kombat Chess minigame were both intended to be in this game, but ended up being cut for time. They were held back until ''Deception''.
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** Dairou and the Kombat Chess minigame were both intended to be in this game, but ended up being cut for time. They were held back until ''Deception''.

** The game was originally going to be called Mortal Kombat 5; when they decided on using subtitles instead of numbers, it was going to be Mortal Kombat Vengeance.

** Several pieces of concept art reveal characters and arenas that were unstable to be implemented into the game, such as the Water Temple arena. One of the more amusing and intriguing "what-ifs" was Zebron, a prince from another world clad in a tuxedo who resembled an anthropomorphic zebra.

** Hsu Hao was originally named Kublai Khan (as in GenghisKhan; not to be confused with Shao '''Kahn'''). This can be seen his Mortal Kandies artwork from The Krypt and other concept art.

** Stage Fatalities were considered. For example, the Lung Hai Temple stage would've had a Fatality involving the Great Sea Dragon of Outworld mentioned in the arena's bio.

* CelebrityResemblance: A few have commented that Nitara resembles German model Janine Habeck.

** [[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Sareena]] might have made it into the game, as her model was created during the end of the ''DeadlyAlliance'''s development cycle (she was also intended to be playable in ''4'' and ''Deception''). Instead, she was used in ''Tournament Edition'' (one of the two portable offshoots of ''DA'' for the GBA) and eventually was introduced into the console titles in ''Armageddon''.