History VideoGame / MortalKombatArmageddon

At the apex of destruction, alliances will be broken and old hatreds will be revived.\\

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine The code of the warrior demands the resolute acceptance of death.]]'']]

''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon'' is the seventh fighting game installment in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' franchise. It was released for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/XBox in 2006, and for Nintendo UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in 2007. This game marks the last ''Mortal Kombat'' releases for that generation of consoles, and the GrandFinale of the franchise's original continuity.

''Armageddon'' [[DreamMatchGame brought back the entire cast from the previous six installments]] in the FightingGame franchise -- from ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'' all the way up to ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'' -- and also added Sareena from ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero]]'' (because she was selectable in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance-only ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition]]''). It includes a total cast of '''63 playable named combatants''', including the ''Trilogy'' exclusive characters Chameleon (for all consoles) and Khameleon ([[RegionalBonus exclusively]] for Wii), Meat from ''4'' as a SecretCharacter, and Blaze (a SecretCharacter from ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]]'' who was turned into a [[ElementalPowers Fire Golem]] in order to be the game's FinalBoss). To cap off the roster, '''all''' previously unplayable bosses and sub-bosses -- [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 Goro]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII Kintaro, Shao Kahn]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Motaro]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Moloch]], and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Onaga]] -- were turned into playable characters without any need for unlocking them. There was even room for two new characters (Daegon and Taven, the main characters of this game). Oh, and there's an extra space for [[VirtualPaperDoll your very own created kombatant]]. At first, ''Armageddon'' appeared to be a dream come true: every potential ''Mortal Kombat'' dream match was now possible.

** Heck, even most of the characters' endings are either this or [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet Endings]]. In the whole roster, the only ones who have a good ending (that doesn't involve the death of good characters and the conquering/destruction of realms) are Ashrah, Baraka, Bo'Rai Cho, Chameleon, Cyrax, Dairou, Fujin, Goro, Johnny Cage, Kitana, Li Mei, Liu Kang, Motaro, Nightwolf, Reptile, Sareena, Sindel and Sonya. So 18 characters...over '''63'''.

''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon'' is the seventh fighting game installment in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' franchise. It was released for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/XBox in 2006, and for Nintendo UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in 2007. This game marks the last ''Mortal Kombat'' releases for that generation of consoles, and the final game in the franchise's original continuity.

''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon'' is the seventh fighting game installment in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' franchise. It was released for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/XBox in 2006, and for Nintendo UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in 2007. This game marks the last ''Mortal Kombat'' releases for that generation of consoles.

It was foreseen that kombatants would one day grow too powerful and too numerous. If left unchecked, their intensifying kombat would weaken and shatter the realms…and bring about... the apocalypse.\\

''Armageddon'' [[DreamMatchGame brought back the entire cast from the previous six installments]] in the FightingGame franchise -- from ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' all the way up to ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'' -- and also added Sareena from ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero]]'' (because she was selectable in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance-only ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition]]''). It includes a total cast of '''63 playable named combatants''', including the ''Trilogy'' exclusive characters Chameleon (for all consoles) and Khameleon ([[RegionalBonus exclusively]] for Wii), Meat from ''4'' as a SecretCharacter, and Blaze (a SecretCharacter from ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance]]'' who was turned into a [[ElementalPowers Fire Golem]] in order to be the game's FinalBoss). To cap off the roster, '''all''' previously unplayable bosses and sub-bosses -- [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Goro]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII Kintaro, Shao Kahn]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Motaro]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Moloch]], and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception Onaga]] -- were turned into playable characters without any need for unlocking them. There was even room for two new characters (Daegon and Taven, the main characters of this game). Oh, and there's an extra space for [[VirtualPaperDoll your very own created kombatant]]. At first, ''Armageddon'' appeared to be a dream come true: every potential ''Mortal Kombat'' dream match was now possible.

* NostalgiaLevel: Many of the arenas are lifted from past games. This includes [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Goro's Lair]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII the Armory, Shao Kahn's Arena, the Evil Tower, the Wastelands]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 the Bell Tower, Hell, the Soul Chamber, the Subway]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombat4 the Fire Well, Reptile's Lair]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance the Nethership, the Lin Kuei Palace, the Throne Room]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception the Falling Cliffs, Hell's Foundry and Sky Temple]].