Thursday, February 23, 2017

How Street Fighter II Inspired Mortal Kombat's Fatalities

Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has shed light on where the original idea for Fatalities came from, citing the Street Fighter franchise as a key source of inspiration.

On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, Boon revealed that the dizzy mechanic introduced in Street Fighter II (which renders a player unable to move for a brief period of time mid-battle after getting it too many times consecutively) ultimately led to the creation of Fatalities in Mortal Kombat.

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