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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: ''Armageddon'''s engine couldn't handle a four-footed fighter, so the developers were faced with the choice of cutting Motaro down to two legs, or removing him from the game entirely. They went with the former, giving the story line explanation of a curse caused by the Shokan.

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* RefittedForSequel: [[RefittedForSequel/MortalKombat Shares a page with the rest of the franchise]].
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: ''Armageddon'''s ''Armageddon''[='=]s engine couldn't handle a four-footed fighter, so the developers were faced with the choice of cutting Motaro down to two legs, or removing him from the game entirely. They went with the former, giving the story line explanation of a curse caused by the Shokan.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sektor and Reptile were considered for the Motor Kombat roster.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sektor and Reptile were considered for the Motor Kombat roster.roster.
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* NoExportForYou: The Xbox version is only released in North America.

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* NoExportForYou: The Xbox version is only released in North America.America, and sadly won't work on PAL consoles.
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Wick swap


** The game itself is a reference to "What if X fought Y?" theories since the days of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'', when Kano, Sonya, and Goro were removed from the game.

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** The game itself is a reference to "What if X fought Y?" theories since the days of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII'', when Kano, Sonya, and Goro were removed from the game.
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* NoExportForYou: The Xbox version is only released in North America.
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Eh, I'd say this was a successful maneuver, given enough time.


* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The Battle of Armageddon was intended to do this so that [[http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/mortal-kombat-8/news/next-gen-mortal-kombat-reaffirmed/a-2007100312233076023/g-20070205122339792042 the next game could throw away everything from past games and have a practically new cast.]] Aside from killing off nearly everyone, the proposed plan didn't really take off.

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* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The Battle of Armageddon was intended to do this so that [[http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/mortal-kombat-8/news/next-gen-mortal-kombat-reaffirmed/a-2007100312233076023/g-20070205122339792042 the next game could throw away everything from past games and have a practically new cast.]] Aside They were able to accomplish this without having to sacrifice old continuity, or at least whatever was left of it from killing their constant [[RetCon tinkerings]], by [[spoiler:having the sequel pick up where this game left off nearly everyone, (with all the proposed plan didn't really take off.good guys dead or dying) but go back in time to avert it]].
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Removed the top page index! There's already an index on the bottom of the page.


!![[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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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sektor and Reptile were considered for the Motor Kombat roster.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sektor and Reptile were considered for the Motor Kombat roster.
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!![[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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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sektor and Reptile were considered for the Motor Kombat roster.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sektor and Reptile were considered for the Motor Kombat roster.roster.
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* FranchiseKiller: The game's underwhelming reception dampened hopes for a new game with an all new cast and combined with the mixed response of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVSDCUniverse'', ensured the next game was a [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 reboot]].

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* FranchiseKiller: The game's underwhelming reception dampened hopes for a new game with an all new cast and combined with the mixed response of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVSDCUniverse'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'', ensured the next game was a [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 reboot]].
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* DevelopmentGag:
** The game itself is a reference to "What if X fought Y?" theories since the days of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat2'', when Kano, Sonya, and Goro were removed from the game.
** Blaze was the nickname people gave to the ablaze PaletteSwap of Liu Kang that appeared in the background of The Pit II stage. He first appeared in ''Deadly Alliance'' as a SecretCharacter and [[AscendedExtra later become a very important character]] in this game.
** Meat is a reference to a bug in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4''.
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* FranchiseKiller: The game's underwhelming reception dampened hopes for a new game with an all new cast and combined with the mixed response of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVSDCUniverse'', ensured the next game was a [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 reboot]].
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: ''Armageddon'''s engine couldn't handle a four-footed fighter, so the developers were faced with the choice of cutting Motaro down to two legs, or removing him from the game entirely. They went with the former, giving the story line explanation of a curse caused by the Shokan.
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* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The Battle of Armageddon was intended to do this so that [[http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/mortal-kombat-8/news/next-gen-mortal-kombat-reaffirmed/a-2007100312233076023/g-20070205122339792042 the next game could throw away everything from past games and have a practically new cast.]] Aside from killing off nearly everyone, the proposed plan didn't really take off.

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* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The Battle of Armageddon was intended to do this so that [[http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/mortal-kombat-8/news/next-gen-mortal-kombat-reaffirmed/a-2007100312233076023/g-20070205122339792042 the next game could throw away everything from past games and have a practically new cast.]] Aside from killing off nearly everyone, the proposed plan didn't really take off.off.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sektor and Reptile were considered for the Motor Kombat roster.
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* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The Battle of Armageddon was intended to do this so that [[http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/mortal-kombat-8/news/next-gen-mortal-kombat-reaffirmed/a-2007100312233076023/g-20070205122339792042 the next game could throw away everything from past games and have a practically new cast.]] Aside from killing off nearly everyone, the proposed plan didn't really take off.

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