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- Mortal Kombat II Strategy Guide
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- Section 1- Character Profiles and Moves
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- Liu Kang- The true master of the tournament,
- Liu Kang, was the only one who could defeat
- Goro and Shang Tsung. Now he's back and better
- than ever defending the honor of the Shaolin
- monks with a new low fireball as well as a
- devastating Bicycle Kick!!
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- Double Forearm- HP (Close to opponent)
- Fireball- F, F+HP (Works in air)
- Low Fireball- F, F+LP
- Flying Kick- F, F+HK (Works in air)
- Bicycle Kick- Hold LK for 5 seconds
- Fatalities- (While close) D, F, B, B, HK Liu
- Kang turns into a dragon and chomps
- his opponent in half.
- Also try- Hold BL+(U, U, HP+HK)
- Reverse circle starting at F
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- Kung Lao- The winner of the first Mortal
- Kombat, he was defeated at the hands of Goro
- and Shang Tsung. He has returned to avenge his
- loss, bringing with him an impressive array of
- moves and great control of his hat.
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- Spin Shield- U, U+LK
- Teleport- D, D, U
- Hat toss (high)- B, F, U+LP
- Hat toss (low)- B, F, D+LP
- Fatalities- F, F, F, F, LK Kung Lao removes
- his razor sharp hat and promptly
- slices you in half with it!!!
- Also try- Hold BL (U, U, U, U, LP+HP)
- Hold BL (F, F, LK)
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- Johnny Cage- The Hollywood head honcho is back
- with his usual attitude and moves to back it
- up. He retained his patented Shadow Kick, but
- now his fireballs curve. His dragon punch move
- will make mincemeat out of any so called street
- fighter!!!
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- Fireball- D, DF, F+LP
- High fireball- D, DB, B+HP
- Shadow Kick- B, F+LK
- Shadow Uppercut- B, D, DB, B+HP
- Groin Grab- LP+BL
- Fatalities- (While close) D, D, F, F, LP Cage
- has learned that ripping off your
- head wasn't enough-know he rips you
- in half!!!!
- Also Try- F, F, F, LP
- F, F, F, D, U
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- Reptile- The mystery character from the Pit now
- joins the others in the Outworld. No longer
- possessing the moves of Scorpion and Sub-Zero,
- he know has his own tricks up his sleeve...
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- Venom spit- F, F+HP
- Energy Orb- B, B, HP+LP
- Invisibility- Hold BL (U, U, D+HP)
- Fatalities- B, B, D, HP Reptile decides to
- make a meal by ripping your head off
- with his tongue and eating. Mm Good!!
- Also Try- Hold BL (D, D, D, DB, B, B+LP)
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- Jackson Briggs- Jax is one bad dude!!! This
- guy can pummel you very quickly, very easily!!!
- His grab/punch, though cheap, will beat the
- crap out of most opponents. Definitely a guy to
- watch for!
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- Dizzy Punch- (While close) F+HP
- Grab and Smack- F, F+LP
- Wave Punch- D, DB, B+HK
- Earthquake- Hold HP+LP
- Ground Slam- B, F+HP
- Fatalities- Hold LP (B,B,B) release LP Jax
- decides to be a human clapper. He
- rears back, then SLAM!!! He nails
- your head on both sides, crushing
- your skull to pieces!!!
- Also Try- Hold BL (B, D, B, LP)
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- Mileena- One of the new deadly women, she can
- hold her own against any guy in this game. She
- has lightning speed and those deadly sais!! Use
- her speed to your advantage!!
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- Sai Shot- Hold HP, then release (works in air)
- Warp Drop Kick- B, F+LK
- Throw- F+LP
- Sai Swipe- B+HP
- Air Attack- D, DB, B+HP
- Fatalities- F, B, F, LP Mileena desires to
- play short order cook by continuously
- slicing your stomach! Lots of blood.
- Lots of fun.
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- Baraka- The evil looking Baraka must be from
- the Outworld. His evil eyes, teeth, and bald
- head give him a sinister appearance. Has
- Wolverine-like claws, and he's not afraid to
- use them. Rumored to be Goro's nephew...
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- Deep Head Slice- B+HP
- Spark Toss- D, DB, B+HP
- Slice-O-Matic- B, B, B+LP
- Blade Spin- D, DB, B+(HK+LK)
- Fatalities- Hold BL (B, B, B+HP) Baraka wants
- to give you a quick and painless
- death-by removing your head!!! Cool!!
- Hold BL (B, B, B, F, F+LP) Baraka
- raises you up on his long blades,
- watches you die and slowly sink into
- the blades. Nice guy, huh?
- (Really close) F, F, F, LK Baraka
- slices you in half!!!! This one might
- only be in the newer games!
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- Scorpion- The specter ninja and rival enemy of
- Sub-Zero is back and meaner than ever. Wearing
- a outfit identical to Sub-Zero, except for the
- yellow to symbolize Sub-Zero's cowardice,
- Scorpion has added an air throw and wrestling
- move!! Still tough guy to beat. Plus the
- fatality's a snap!
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- Spear- B, B+LP
- Teleport- D, DB, B+HP (Can do in the air)
- Air Throw- hold BL (Only in air!)
- Take Down- D, DB, B+LK (Can do in the air)
- Fatalities- Hold BL (U, U, HP) Yummy!!!
- Nothing better than a nice stir fry
- warrior!! Scorpion blasts you with
- fire, leaving your quivering, flaming
- bones, which promptly explode!!
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- Sub-Zero- The cold powered ninja is back with
- an icy trick up his sleeve!! He can now freeze
- the ground, leaving foes slipping and sliding!
- Follow up with an uppercut, and it's good night
- Seattle...
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- Freeze- D, DF, F+LP
- Ground Ice- D, DB, B+LK
- Slide- DB+BL+LP+LK
- Fatalities- When Close, Hold BL (F, F, B, B,
- HP+LP)YES!!!! At last, the Sub-Zero
- fatality has been found!!! Sub-Zero's
- decides to teach you the dangers of
- ice cycles, and he'll do a lot more
- than shoot your eye out!!!
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- Kitana- Looks like a twin of Mileena, Kitana is
- a beautiful woman who makes Sonya Blade look
- like Mary Poppins!! Her bladed fans will toast
- most opponents!!! She's a deadly lady!
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- Fan Slash- Hold B, HP
- Fan Toss- F, F+ (HP+LP) (Works in the air)
- Fan Wave- F, B+HP
- Big Punch- D, DB, B, HP
- Air Sweep- F, B+HP
- Fatalities- F, B, F, LP This is supposed to be
- Kitana's fatality. In the December
- issue of EGM, they show her kissing a
- guy and making them blow up! This may
- or may not be it.
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- Raiden- The immortal thunder God is back after
- glory! After being personally invited to the
- first tournament, Raiden has come once more to
- prove the power of the Gods!! Watch out for his
- new electric grab, as well as his mid-air
- torpedo.
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- Torpedo- B, B, F (Works in the air)
- Lightning Strike- D, DF, F+LP
- Teleport- D, U
- Shock Grab- (When close) Hold HP, release
- Fatality- F, F, B, D, F+HP
- Fry the man where they stand until only
- their shoes are left! Ouch!
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- Shang Tsung- The evil boss of Mortal Kombat,
- he has the hometown advantage in the Outworld.
- he can morph into any character (rumor has it
- he can morph to Goro) and wants to avenge his
- defeat!!! Fireballs work great!! Seems to be
- the most popular character.
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- One Fireball- B, B+HP
- Two Fireballs- B,B, F+HP
- Three Fireballs- B,B, F, F, F+HP
- Smash Punch- F+HP
- Morphs- Liu Kang- B, B, F, F, BL
- Kung Lao- D, DB, B, HK
- Johnny Cage- DB, DB, LP
- Reptile- Hold BL, U, D, HP
- Sub-Zero- F,D,F,HP
- Kitana- BL, BL, BL, BL
- Jax- D, F, B, HK
- Mileena- Hold HP, release
- Baraka- D, D+LK
- Scorpion- Hold BL, U, U
- Raiden- F, D, DB, B, LK
- Fatalities- When CLOSE (BL+HK) Only on Player
- 1, Shang Tsung has had enough playing
- around!! As a matter of fact, he
- sucks your soul right out of your
- body!!! Very creepy!!
- Also Try- Hold BL (F, B, B, B, HP+LP)
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- Section 2- Combos
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- LIU KANG: For some reason, the computer enjoys
- getting hit by Liu Kang's flying kick or simply
- ducks under it. Just keep doing that back and
- forth while you are charging for the bicycle
- kick. Do a bicycle kick once in a while and
- the computer will get hit(better when close).
- Jump Kick - Flying Kick: Jump kick your
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- opponent low and immediately do the flying
- kick. Start the two forward motion right
- before you hit, then quickly press HIGH KICK.
- Sometimes if you do the flying kick too fast
- you will go over your opponent.
- Hop Punch - Standard Fireball: Hop punch your
- opponent in the air and immediately do the
- standard fireball. Start the two forward
- motion right before you hit, then quickly press
- HIGH PUNCH.
- Jump Kick - Standard Fireball - Low Fireball:
- Jump kick your opponent and immediately do a
- high fireball. Start the two forward motion
- right before you hit, then quickly press HIGH
- PUNCH. If you are fighting the computer, you
- can follow the standard fireball with a ground
- fireball, which the computer will not block.
- Air fireball-Low Fireball-Flying Kick -hold LK-
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- Air fireball-Release LK.
- Jump Kick-Bicycle Kick- Hold down LK at all
- times when jump kicking, then...Let it rip!
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- KUNG LAO: Jump Kick - Hat Toss: Jump kick your
- opponent low and immediately do the hat throw.
- Be sure to guide the hat down so it hitsthe
- falling opponent.
- Jump Kick -Spin Shield
- Teleport-Sweep, HK
- Any punch-Spin shield (When close) Uppercut-Hat Toss
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- JOHNNY CAGE: Jump Kick - Shadow Kick: Jump
- kick your opponent low and immediately do the
- shadow kick.
- Jump Kick - Low Fireball: Jump kick your
- opponent low and immediately do the low
- fireball. After starting the jump kick, keep
- the joystick in the away position, so you can
- quickly do the half-circle motion right after
- you hit.
- Groin Buster- Jump Kick - Shadow Kick: Do the
- groin buster against your opponent.
- Immediately jump over the groaning victim and
- kick them low as you turn to face the other
- direction. Follow this with the shadow kick.
- Groin Buster-Shadow Kick-Jumpkick-Shadow
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- Uppercut-Fireball
- Jump Punch-Shadow Uppercut-Fireball
- Jump Punch-Shadow Kick
- Uppercut-Low Fireball
- Jump Kick-Groin Buster-Sweep
- Turn Around Kick-Groin Buster
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- REPTILE: Shoot an Orb from far away and often
- times, the computer will not react and keep
- walking forward. When he gets hit by the ball,
- do your combo of choice. However, he might
- throw a missile at you as soon as you do an
- energy ball. If that happens, do an energy
- ball again and the computer will not react the
- second time or the third time.
- Jump Kick - Venom Spit: Jump kick your opponent
- low and immediately do the venom spit. Start
- the two forward motion right before you hit,
- then quickly press HIGH PUNCH.
- Orb, Uppercut,Orb,Jump Kick, Venom Orb-Jump Kick-Venom Spit
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- Orb + Fatality: This one's weird. Immediately
- after releasing an Orb, do the fatality. The
- victim will bounce towards you from the
- powerball but the fatality will still work.
- The tongue pushes the victim back into range
- and proceeds as normal. Only thing is
- Reptile's head was about a centimeter to the
- left of his neck when the fatality was
- finished...bizarre.
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- SUB-ZERO: Jump Kick - Slide: Jump kick your
- opponent low and immediately do the slide.
- immediately do a hop kick, followed by the
- slide. Easiest when your opponent is frozen.
- Ground Ice-Freeze-When frozen-Uppercut
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- Ground Ice-Jump Kick-Slide
- Slide-Ground Freeze-Uppercut
- Throw-Slide
- Uppercut-Freeze
- Sweep-Ground Ice-Freeze-Uppercut
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- SHANG TSUNG: Flaming Skulls: If you can catch
- your opponent in the air with the first one,
- there is a good chance that the other two will
- hit. Do the three skulls before your opponent
- jumps towards or away from you.
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- KITANA: Her jump kick then air fan throw combo
- is very effective even if the jump kick is
- blocked.
- Jump Kick - Fan Toss: Jump kick your opponent
- low and immediately do the fan toss. Start the
- two forward motion right before you kick, then
- press both punch buttons. If you are fighting
- the computer and they block your jump kick, the
- fan toss will usually hit.
- Jump Kick - Fan Wave: Jump kick your opponent
- low and immediately do the fan wave. Start the
- three back motion right before you hit, then
- quickly press HIGH PUNCH. You must do the fan
- wave immediately, or it will not catch the
- falling opponent.
- Fan Wave - Jump Kick - Fan Toss - Hop Kick:
- Catch the opponent with the fan wave and wait
- until they are near the top. Walk forward as
- far as you can then do a jump kick, catching
- the opponent as they are falling down.
- Immediately do the fan toss, quickly followed
- by a hop kick. If your opponent is fairly
- close or near the corner, you could do a
- regular jump kick instead of a hop kick for the
- last move.
- Fan Wave, Jump Kick, Fan Toss in air
- Cornering Manuver- When opponent is in the
- corner- Fan Wave-Jump Kick-Fan Toss-Fan Wave.
- Do it once and you can repeat it over and over.
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- JACKSON BRIGGS: Dizzy Punch-Uppercut: The
- overhead hammer will stun the opponent
- momentarily. You can follow this with any move,
- such as an uppercut or quadruple slam.
- Jump Kick - Wave Punch: Jump kick your opponent
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- low and immediately do the Wave Punch. After
- starting the jump kick, keep the joystick in
- the forward position, so you can quickly do the
- half-circle motion right after you hit.
- Jump Kick - Grab and Smack: Jump kick your
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- opponent low and immediately do the grab.
- Start the two forward motion right before you
- hit, then quickly press LOW PUNCH. Jax will
- grab air if not done quickly enough.
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- MILEENA: Jump Kick - Sai Shot: Jump kick your
- opponent low and immediately do the sai shot.
- You will need to charge the move before you
- jump. Immediately after hitting with the jump
- kick, release HIGH PUNCH.
- The computer is a sucker for her air Sais. Jump
- up and throw air sais right before you land(so
- that your sais will hit the top of his/her
- head). The computer does not block it most of
- the time.
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- BARAKA: Jump Kick - Spark Toss: Jump kick your
- opponent low and immediately do the spark toss.
- After starting the jump kick, keep the joystick
- in the down position, so you can quickly do the
- quarter-circle motion right after you hit.
- Jump Kick - Slice-O-Matic: Jump kick your
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- opponent low and immediately do the blade fury.
- Start the three back motion right before you
- hit, then quickly press LOW PUNCH. If you do
- not connect with the blade fury, you are left
- vulnerable for an attack.
- Deep Head Slice - Slice-O-Matic
- Sweep-Spark Toss
- When opponent is in the corner- Slice-O-Matic,
- Jump Kick, Slice-O-Matic
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- SCORPION: Jump Kick - Spear: Jump kick your
- opponent low and immediately do the spear.
- Start the two back motion right before you hit,
- then quickly press LOW PUNCH.
- Jump Kick - Take Down: Jump kick your opponent
- low and immediately do the take down. After
- starting the jump kick, keep the joystick in
- the forward position, so you can quickly do the
- half-circle motion right after you hit.
- Jump Kick - Air Throw: Jump kick your opponent
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- low and deep, then immediately do the air throw
- by repeatedly pressing BLOCK.
- Teleport Punch - Spear: Teleport punch your
- opponent and immediately spear. This will work
- best if you catch the opponent in the air with
- the teleport punch, making it easier to spear
- them before they hit the ground.
- Teleport Punch - Take Down: Teleport punch your
- opponent and immediately do the take down.
- This will work best if you catch the opponent
- in the air with the teleport punch, making it
- easier to leg grab them just as they hit the
- ground.
- Jump Kick- Air Throw- Teleport Punch-Spear
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- RAIDEN: Jump Kick - Torpedo: Jump kick your
- opponent low and immediately do the torpedo.
- Hop Kick/Punch - Torpedo: Hop kick/punch your
- opponent in the air and immediately do the
- torpedo.
- Jump Kick - Lightning: Jump kick your opponent
- low and immediately do the lightning. After
- starting the jump kick, keep the joystick in
- the down position, so you can quickly do the
- quarter-circle motion right after you hit.
- Shock Grab - Punch - Torpedo: As Raiden lets go
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- of the opponent after the shock grab, punch
- twice. This will pop them into the air, which
- can be followed by the torpedo.
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- Section 3- Tricks, Techniques, Rumors, Hints
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- xWhen Midway released Mortal Kombat II, they did so in most markets
- unfinished. There is a first version, then a newer one on west coast and
- Chicago area. That's why you can't get to the ? level, can't knock the guy
- off the bridge or the pit, and can't do other moves. There are 3 secret
- characters in the game- most believe them to be Kano, Sonya, and the man on
- fire in the background of the Pit stage. While there are rumors that there's
- more, I really doubt it. Once the ROM upgrade is installed into the old
- version of Mortal Kombat II, new fatalities will become available, new moves
- found, new levels discovered. Until then, we play. Midway wanted to kombat
- the new Street Fighter game by releasing Mortal Kombat 2 early. It worked-
- at the local arcades in my area, no one plays Super SF II.
- Shang Tsung on the ceiling trick There is a trick in the game so that
- Shang Tsung ends up on the ceiling. You must be Shang Tsung, and Player 2 must
- be Shang Tsung or one of the girls. Player 2 must morph into one of the girls
- for the trick to work. Right when Shang Tsung starts to throw fireballs, have
- the girl throw him. He'll now be on the ceiling!!! Takes practice, but it does
- work.Try throwing the computer Good luck! It is impossible, even when the
- opponent is frozen or dizzy. Try to throw them after you beat them. They will
- just pick you up and toss you, then fall over. Apparently you CAN throw the
- computer on a 1.4. Still don't know if you can block them from throwing you
- though.
- Try the fatalities in the air. Liu Kang can do his dragon fatality in the air.
- Can others? Also, try Reptile's fatality as he is invisible.
- Reptile Death Trick-Victim must be Reptile or Shang morphed into Reptile.
- Reptile must be invisible. Kill Reptile while he is invisible with a leg grab.
- Reptile will still be invisible. Back up and do the fatality. Scorpion will
- Breathe fire onto (the invisible) Reptile. You hear the scream and the there
- is an explosion of bones engulfed in flames. Cool part: after the bones
- settle an image of the skeleton will appear where Reptile was standing, frozen
- in mid-explosion!
- Reptile's Fast Food-Victim must be Reptile or Shang morphed into Reptile.
- Reptile must be invisible. Morph into Scorpion. Time your morph (in v1.1,
- Shang remains morphed for 12 seconds) so that you will change return to Shang
- just after you execute Scorpion's leg throw. Reptile will still be invisible.
- Morph into Reptile and perform the fatality. Reptile (Shang) will do the
- fatality as normal but the victim will not have a body. The head being eaten
- seems to appear from thin air. After the fatality everything is visible.
- Scorpion makes Whoopy!- After you execute Scorpion's fatality, start rapidly
- pushing both punch buttons rapidly. After you toast the guy, the screen will
- flash the word "Toasted!" and you will hear a loud "whoopy" yell!!
- Getting out of a corner-There are times when you screw up and end up in a
- corner. Do not panic. Crouch and wait for the CPU to approach. When the CPU
- is within sweep range but out of his/her throw range, jump over him/her. Kick
- him/her as soon as you character turns around. Often times the CPU will not
- block it. If it blocks the kick, do an air fan throw if you are Kitana.
- Otherwise, try to block the retaliation. Then jump back a few times
- immediately.
- Use the turn-around kick(TAK) often.The computer does not block a TAK 70% of
- the time. Use it to your advantage. It hits, follow up with a missile
- weapon. If the computer blocks it, throw a fan if you are Kitana, or do a high
- fireball if you are Liu Kang.
- How to get to the secret characters-In the latest issue of GamePro, they
- interview Ed Boon (MKII programmer) and he said this about hidden characters:
- "In the second game though, there are actual plateaus that you're hitting with
- your score. When you get 30 wins in a row, you fight one hidden character.
- When you hit 50 you get this, or maybe when you do 10 Fatalities in a row. .
- everything is kind of building up to do something way down the line."
- Secret Character Trick?- During the character selection screen, move the cursor
- to Liu Kang. Now hold the joystick to the left until the cursor moves off of
- Liu and onto the grey background. (This did actually happen. It moves just
- before the game starts.) What you are supposed to do next is tap 5 times to the
- left. What this is supposed to do is access a menu of 5 hidden characters!! We
- tried it several times, but we were never able to get the 5 taps in between the
- time the cursor moves and the time the game starts. We tried the same thing
- going to the right, with the cursor on Reptile, and the cursor moved into the
- background again, just like before. We tried hitting buttons after the cursor
- moved, and when we did this, we ended up with a character other than Liu or
- Reptile. (Raiden or Jax, to be exact.)
- Also, here's a VERY interesting rumor someone told me yesterday. Actually three
- things. First off, this guy said the Pit II does work, but in order to knock
- the guys down, you have to aim it so when you uppercut them, they fall
- perfectly through one of those 'holes' on the platform. I looked and sure
- enough, there were circular shapes on the platform, but I was unable to get
- anyone to land directly on it. Second, he said if you did Liu Kang's old
- fatality on the Armory stage, you could knock someone onto the spikes on the
- ceiling. I tried this once and the guy didnt even reach the ceiling, or else he
- didnt stick. He also said Liu could hang up on the meathooks of the Dead Pool
- with that fatality, but I didn't try it. The last two sound bogus to me as there
- is no way anyone else could do this, only Liu's fatality can get them up that
- high. However, the Pit thing does sound very plausible as I never took notice of
- those holes and also never tried to knock anyone off.
- How to beat Kintaro-In my nook of the world, our players use Baraka, or anybody
- for that matter, and score the first hit, then avoid the beast and win on time
- disqualification. An easier way is to take advantage of a bit of a glitch re.
- Liu Kang. Start off the round by rapidly punching. It will hit him at least
- once, then he will stand amazed by the display of yelling and punching,
- allowing you to when on a time disqualification!!
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