Two years after the huge success of 'Mortal Kombat II', fans kept crying out for more. A cinematic movie, as well as a straight to video animated film, was not enough to curb their cravings. Eventually, Ed Boon and John Tobias caved in and created a third game. It was somewhat of a departure from the norm, in that it dropped the Oriental martial arts theme for something more in the vein of 'Street Fighter'. Not a bad thing it has to be said but 'Mortal Kombat 3' is in honesty in an entirely different league compared to the previous two games.
Rayden The God Of Thunder sits this quest out and adopts more of a sooth saying role. Shao Kahn has been resurrected and so endeavours to raise former ruler of Edenia Queen Sindel from the dead as his bride. He also sends his minions, one of which is Shang Tsung, to Earth to claims as many souls as he can.
New characters are included yet again such as police officer Kurtis Stryker, four-armed Shokan warrior Sheeva ( who is also Queen Sindel's protector ), Kabal ( who was disfigured by Shao Kahn and is out to seek revenge ) Cyber Lin Kuei assasins Cyrax, Sektor and Smoke ( the latter who had to be unlocked to be able to be played ) and Native American Nightwolf. Characters returning from previous games were Kano, Jax, Sub Zero, Kung Lao, Liu Kang and Sonya Blade. A new boss character was Motaro, a half human half horse like creature.
The fatalities performed here take a more humourous approach and the friendship finishing moves are retained as well, though a new finishing move known as an animality is included in which the player transforms into a vicious animal and mauls their helpless foe to death,
Despite some harsh criticism from many fans, the game managed to sell well and whilst it was not as good as the first two games was a more than playable beat-em-up that I regularly would hire from the local video rental store. Many of the actors from the previous games did not return as Midway fired them due to issues regarding royalties, alas new actors were brought in.
Released for Sega Mega Drive, SNES, PS1 and Sega Master System ( the latter release only available in Brazil though ), 'Mortal Kombat 3' was not bad stuff at all and later garnered two successful spin-offs - 'Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3' ( released for the Mega Drive, SNES and Sega Saturn ) and 'Mortal Kombat Trilogy' ( released for the PS1, N64 and Sega Saturn ), both of which were updated versions of this one with more characters and new fighting zones.
Rayden The God Of Thunder sits this quest out and adopts more of a sooth saying role. Shao Kahn has been resurrected and so endeavours to raise former ruler of Edenia Queen Sindel from the dead as his bride. He also sends his minions, one of which is Shang Tsung, to Earth to claims as many souls as he can.
New characters are included yet again such as police officer Kurtis Stryker, four-armed Shokan warrior Sheeva ( who is also Queen Sindel's protector ), Kabal ( who was disfigured by Shao Kahn and is out to seek revenge ) Cyber Lin Kuei assasins Cyrax, Sektor and Smoke ( the latter who had to be unlocked to be able to be played ) and Native American Nightwolf. Characters returning from previous games were Kano, Jax, Sub Zero, Kung Lao, Liu Kang and Sonya Blade. A new boss character was Motaro, a half human half horse like creature.
The fatalities performed here take a more humourous approach and the friendship finishing moves are retained as well, though a new finishing move known as an animality is included in which the player transforms into a vicious animal and mauls their helpless foe to death,
Despite some harsh criticism from many fans, the game managed to sell well and whilst it was not as good as the first two games was a more than playable beat-em-up that I regularly would hire from the local video rental store. Many of the actors from the previous games did not return as Midway fired them due to issues regarding royalties, alas new actors were brought in.
Released for Sega Mega Drive, SNES, PS1 and Sega Master System ( the latter release only available in Brazil though ), 'Mortal Kombat 3' was not bad stuff at all and later garnered two successful spin-offs - 'Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3' ( released for the Mega Drive, SNES and Sega Saturn ) and 'Mortal Kombat Trilogy' ( released for the PS1, N64 and Sega Saturn ), both of which were updated versions of this one with more characters and new fighting zones.