Mortal Kombat 11 established Liu Kang, a man who used to uppercut individuals actually onerous or drop Mortal Kombat arcade machines on them to finish their lives, as one of the {powerful} beings in its universe. After dying, returning as a mind-controlled zombie, and being revived with Raiden’s powers, leveling him as much as hearth god standing, Liu Kang added the ability to rewrite Mortal Kombat’s complete timeline to his bag of methods.
That explains — form of — how Liu Kang can teleport to outer area, create a black gap by snapping his fingers, and switch Sub-Zero right into a gore noodle in his (second) Mortal Kombat 1 Fatality. Liu Kang’s black gap Fatality is already one of many preventing sport’s greatest ending strikes, and arguably within the high 10 greatest Fatalities of all time.
Right here’s a glance:
Liu’s spectacular new spaghettification Fatality was revealed Saturday in a brand new trailer for Mortal Kombat 1 that additionally confirms returning character Geras. He made his debut in MK11 as a creation of Kronika, the previous keeper of time, and launched some fascinating, time-trolling mechanics to that sport. Geras checks in on Liu’s time-manipulation machinations and appears to understand how a lot the hearth god is relishing his new function — however there seems to be an undercurrent of disapproval in how Liu is utilizing Kronika’s omnipotent hourglass.
Developer NetherRealm exhibits off what Geras is able to in his Mortal Kombat 1 look, together with his capability to freeze opponents in time and to actually smash timelines collectively for a nasty headbutt. Lately confirmed Kameo Fighter Darrius even chips in, performing as a blunt object for Geras to twirl round.
However it’s the 2 Guardians of Time exhibiting off their Fatalities that makes MK1’s new sneak peek such a crowd pleaser (the trailer has already racked up 2.8 million views). Geras summons a sand storm and grinds Baraka all the way down to a sliver earlier than spiking him, whereas Liu Kang lets gravity do the work on poor Bi-Han, who will get flayed and pureed by the black gap.
In the event you simply need to see the ability of a black gap extruding Sub-Zero right into a miles-long tube, right here it’s edited in GIF kind:
Mortal Kombat 1 is coming to Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Collection X on Sept. 19. A web-based beta for gamers who pre-order the sport (on PS5 or Xbox Collection X) will go stay on Aug. 18.