History VideoGame / MortalKombatSpecialForces

Taking place before the events of the first VideoGame/MortalKombat1992, the game begins with Black Dragon leader Kano breaking his gang out of jail and Jax out for revenge. Soon Jax discovers that they're after the "Eye of Shitian", a powerful relic and aims to stop them getting their hands on the artifact.

''Mortal Kombat: Special Forces'' is an action game released for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} in 2000. A spin off of the popular ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fighting series, the game revolves around Jax and his quest to avenge the deaths of his special combat unit at the hands of the Black Dragon.

[[center:They say this cat Jax is a bad mother-]]
[[center:SHUT YOUR MOUTH!]]
[[center:But I'm talkin' 'bout Jax, not this game.]]
[[center:THEN WE CAN DIG IT!]]

[[center:[[AcceptableTargets THEN WE CAN DIG IT!]]]]

Taking place before the events of the first VideoGame/MortalKombat1, the game begins with Black Dragon leader Kano breaking his gang out of jail and Jax out for revenge. Soon Jax discovers that they're after the "Eye of Shitian", a powerful relic and aims to stop them getting their hands on the artifact.

* CanonDiscontinuity: It seems that with the rebooted timeline, the events of this game just disappeared ''(despite the events of this game happening long before VideoGame/MortalKombat1)'', as evidenced by [[spoiler: Tasia and Jarek’s survival in the ''Mortal Kombat X'' comics,]] and Tremor's inclusion in ''Videogame/MortalKombatX''.

* CanonDiscontinuity: It seems that with the rebooted timeline, the events of this game just disappeared ''(despite the events of this game happening long before VideoGame/MortalKombat1)'', as evidenced by [[spoiler: Tasia and Jarek’s survival in the MortalKombatX comics.]] and Tremor's inclusion in Videogame/MortalKombatX.

The game suffered development problems, including half the original Midway team leaving (along with series co-founder John Tobias), the story being rewritten halfway through and being rushed out to release.

--> ''Awwww yeeaaahhhh...''

* [[DevelopersForesight/MortalKombat the franchise's Developers' Foresight page]]
* [[ShoutOut/MortalKombat the franchise's Shout Out page]]

* {{Blaxploitation}}: Cheesy 70's style intro, ScaryBlackMan, outdated JiveTurkey sounding dialogue, distracted by the "honeys" and even owns a purple muscle car.

[[center:[[AcceptableTargets THEN WE CAN DIG IT]]!]]

The game suffered development problems, including half the original Midway team leaving (along with series co-founder John Tobias), the story being rewritten half way through and being rushed out to release.

Taking place before the events of the first VideoGame/MortalKombat, the game begins with Black Dragon leader Kano breaking his gang out of jail and Jax out for revenge. Soon Jax discovers that they're after the "Eye of Shitian", a powerful relic and aims to stop them getting their hands on the artifact.

* CanonDiscontinuity: It seems that with the rebooted timeline, the events of this game just disappeared ''(despite the events of this game happening long before MortalKombat1)'', as evidenced by [[spoiler: Tasia and Jarek’s survival in the MortalKombatX comics.]] and Tremor's inclusion in Videogame/MortalKombatX.

->''Who's the Kombatant that won't cop out\\

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''Mortal Kombat: Special Forces'' is an action game released for the Playstation in 2000. A spin off of the popular ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fighting series, the game revolves around Jax and his quest to avenge the deaths of his special combat unit at the hands of the Black Dragon.

* CanonDiscontinuity: It seems that with the rebooted timeline, the events of this game just disappeared ''(despite the events of this game happening long before MortalKombat1)'', as evidenced by [[spoiler: Tasia's survival in the MortalKombatX comics.]] and Tremor's inclusion in Videogame/MortalKombatX.

* FiveBadBand: The Black Dragon members, arguably doubling as a QuirkyMinibossSquad.
** BigBad: Kano
** TheDragon: Jarek
** EvilGenius: No Face
** TheBrute: Tremor
** DarkChick: Tasia

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'''Mortal Kombat: Special Forces''' is an action game released for the Playstation in 2000. A spin off of the popular ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fighting series, the game revolves around Jax and his quest to avenge the deaths of his special combat unit at the hands of the Black Dragon.

[[center:But I'm talkin' 'bout Jax, [[Horrible/VideoGames not this game]].]]
[[center:[[AcceptableTargets THEN WE CAN DIG IT]]!]]

[[caption-width-right:256:''...And Since when was Jax a pirate?'']]

'''Mortal Kombat: Special Forces''' is an action game released for the Playstation in 2000. A spin off of the popular ''MortalKombat'' fighting series, the game revolves around Jax and his quest to avenge the deaths of his special combat unit at the hands of the Black Dragon.

[[center:THEN WE CAN DIG IT!]]

[[caption-width-right:256:

''...And Since when was Jax a pirate?'']]

[[caption-width-right:256:''Since when was Jax a pirate?'']]

* CanonDiscontinuity: It seems that with the rebooted timeline, the events of this game just disappeared ''(despite the events of this game happening long before MortalKombat1)'', as evidenced by [[spoiler: Tasia's survival in the MortalKombatX comics.]] and Tremor's inclusion in Mortal Kombat X.

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* CanonDiscontinuity: It seems that with the rebooted timeline, the events of this game just disappeared ''(despite the events of this game happening long before MortalKombat1)'', as evidenced by [[spoiler: Tasia's survival in the MortalKombatX comics.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Despite only appearing in this game, fans really seem to like Tremor.