Mortal Kombat 1 Reboots to a New Start with Sequels in Sight
Throughout its history, the Mortal Kombat Universe experienced soft reboots and occasional resets to its timeline. However, Mortal Kombat 1 promises to be an entirely new journey – not simply a start from scratch to tell the same story from before. In fact, this new timeline holds numerous surprises that will reveal themselves in subsequent releases.
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How did the franchise get to this point, though? The answer lies in Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath. The canonical ending for the game features Liu Kang beating Shang Tsung, then erasing him from existence. The Fire God now holds the power to create a new timeline, so he does exactly that. In this new world – or new era – he tries to establish peace, such as turning Sub-Zero and Scorpion into allies rather than foes. However, there is danger on the horizon and a fight brews, so of course, everyone needs to put up their dukes for another round of Mortal Kombat.
In an interview with ComicBook.com, NetherRealms Studios’ story director Dominic Ciancolo discussed how the previous reboot, Mortal Kombat 9, crammed three video games’ worth of story into one narrative in its reboot, but there’s a long-term plan with Mortal Kombat 1.
“Mortal Kombat 1 as a narrative is a springboard,” Ciancolo said. “It’s the first step on this road. And so we’re going to obviously see the characters develop, they’re going to change, things are going to happen, but this is not the end. This is just the beginning. And so that’s going to be something we hopefully will evolve as we go forward.”
It’s an important bit of information dropped by Ciancolo, since this indicates how pivotal this new story branch will be to the future of the franchise. This isn’t
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