Facts you didn't know

Nipped in the Buddha
The Buddha statue from the second stage of the arcade MK1 is 🎉extending its middle finger in a deliberately rude gesture.

Impaled by comparison
After impaling an opponent on the ceiling spikes in MK2, holding down on both joysticks makes the body sliღde to the floo💜r.

Name that meat
Ultimate MK3 added "br🍰utalities" - finishing moves that sent the winner into a punching frenzy and made the loser explode in a shower of suspiciously identical body parts. You'd often see at least three skulls and a couple of rꦑibcages.

Fight the system
Despite the huge popularity of MK2, the fighting system was revised for MK3, adding a Run button and a combo system reminiscent of Killer Instinct. The Mortal Kombat series never really recovered.