Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is a video game developed and produced by Midway. It is chronologically the fifth in the gory, controversial fighting game series Mortal Kombat. Deadly Alliance was released for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance systems on November 20, 2002.

New characters

• Bo' Rai Cho — Outworld master of Liu Kang and Kung Lao
• Drahmin — Warlord possessed by a demonic mask
• Frost — student of Sub-Zero)
• Hsu Hao — Mavado's flunky
• Kenshi — blind warrior
• Li Mei — Outworld fighter
• Mavado — leader of the Red Dragon
• Moloch — Netherealm demon
• Nitara — Outworld vampire
• Blaze, an elemental warrior bound to guard the last Great Dragon egg. (secret character)

MK:DA has a hidden joke character: Mokap, a stunt man who provides martial arts action to Johnny Cage's movies. MK:DA also has a hidden serious character:

Returning characters

• Cyrax
• Jax
• Johnny Cage
• Kano
• Kitana
• Kung Lao
• Quan Chi
• Rayden
• Reptile (still de-evolving)
• Scorpion
• Shang Tsung
• Sonya Blade
• Sub-Zero

New to the series

• MK:DA's character models are vastly improved over those of Mortal Kombat 4.
• MK:DA's characters have two unarmed martial arts styles and one weapon-based style, which they can switch between with the push of a button.
• MK:DA has a "Krypt," where the player can purchase things like outfits, hidden characters, and neat extras with Koins earned in regular play and in Konquest Mode.
• MK:DA introduces a "Konquest Mode," which expands on the storyline and acts as a tutorial for each character.

Storyline

While fleeing from Scorpion, Quan Chi discovers an ancient tomb, containing the mummified bodies of the army of the Dragon King, the first emperor of Outworld (and the inspiration for the MK Dragon symbol). He proposes an alliance to Shang Tsung, wherein he will provide a conduit for Tsung to draw souls from the Heavens to imbue into the army, and they will use the army to conquer Outworld, Earthrealm, and the Heavens. They kill Shao Kahn and Liu Kang to remove the largest obstacles in their way, and then proceed to draw souls from the Heavens to put into the army. Rayden gathers his Earthrealm warriors and takes them into Outworld to fight the Deadly Alliance.

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance follows Mortal Kombat Gold and comes before Mortal Kombat: Deception.

External links

• Midway's Web Page for Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (http://www.midway.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Midway/RSK_Game&gameid=ZZZT5F8XIYC)