Now unlike the first game all eyes were on this one to deliver everything the last one did and more and it did just that, more characters mover violence more blood, more fatalities and more. This time there was a difference though the home versions never had any of the blood and gore removed so it was far closer than the original was on the SNES, and that certainly helped it out, other than that though this game was far quicker and played better in everyway since it was far easier to link moves together and create combinations that looked good. This was also pretty much twice the size of the last game so there was a lot to take in and remembering all the moves was quite a task especially all the Fatalities, Friendships and Babalities, but you had to see them all, looks wise this game was far better than the original since the actors weren't so badly digitised and the same as the arenas everything looked far better because of it too, being more colourful and not looking like something lifted from a bad Kung-Fu movie, but that's what the first Mortal Kombat looked like as a whole a bad Kung-Fu movie. Playing wise this game is where it all starts to hold up pretty well because of the faster pace, and generally better to play against others, if you want to see where the series really took off pick this one up since it is where the series really started.
Other Helpful Reviews for Mortal Kombat II: Kyuukyoku Shinken
Rating:9.6
By -HighStakes- | Review Date: Jul 14, 2004 | SNES
Mortal Kombat II is best on SNES, yes, even better than the 32X version! First of all, this is an almost perfect port of the Arcade game, and yes, there is even blood in the SNES version. Original MK on the SNES just h... Read Full Review
This is the most violentist games to come out for the SNES when MK 2 first hit the stores! I'd recommend anyone who likes gory+fighting to buy this game. Fatalities are 10 times way more gorier than MK 1. Friendships are... Read Full Review
