Trivia / Mortal Kombat: Special Forces

• Creator Backlash: Even those who made the game would likely wish it from existence.
• Dummied Out: Quite a lot apparently but the most glaring ommission is Sonya. Not only is she not a playable character as originally planned but her absence is never explained.
• Executive Meddling: The team making the Special Forces intended for it to released at a later date, but Midway Games rushed them to complete it.
• Refitted for Sequel: Shares a page with the rest of the franchise.
• Stillborn Franchise: This and Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero were intended to branch MK out of fighting games and into action/beat 'em ups. The pair of games' negative reception kiboshed that until they tried again in 2005, and this game was retconned out of existence.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Sonya was set to appear in this game◊ as a part of Jax's team (under the code name of "Panther").
  • Tobias had planned on doing several other platform spinoffs with the intention of expanding the mythos of the series, one of the two specific ones he had hoped to create would be centered on Baraka as its protagonist. Following the poor reception of Special Forces and Tobias's departure from the franchise, all other endeavors with the exception of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance were placed on hiatus.

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