Mortal Kombat II

Mortal Kombat II is a 1993 fighting game developed and published by Midway for arcades. It was later ported to multiple home systems, including MS-DOS, Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Sega Genesis, 32X, Sega Saturn, Super NES, and PlayStation, by Probe Software (later renamed to Probe Entertainment for some ports of the game) and Sculptured Software, and published by Acclaim Entertainment.

Mortal Kombat II is the second main installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise, and a sequel to 1992's Mortal Kombat. It improves the gameplay and expands the mythos of its predecessor while introducing more varied finishing moves (including several Fatalities per character and new finishers, such as Babality and Friendship) and several new characters such as Kitana, Mileena, Kung Lao, the hidden character Noob Saibot, and the series' recurring villain, Shao Kahn. The game's plot continues from the first game, featuring the next Mortal Kombat tournament set in the otherdimensional realm of Outworld, with the Outworld and Earthrealm representatives fighting each other on their way to challenge Shao Kahn.

Mortal Kombat II was released to enormous commercial success and critical acclaim, winning several awards and inspiring numerous clones. However, it was also involved in controversy due to the series' continuous depiction of graphic violence. In the years since its release, Mortal Kombat II has been cited as one of the best games in the series, as well as one of the greatest video games ever made. It was succeeded in 1995 by the direct sequel Mortal Kombat 3, and in 2005 by the spin-off Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks, which takes place during the events of Mortal Kombat II.