{"id":74598,"date":"2015-04-22T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=74598"},"modified":"2015-04-22T10:42:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T08:42:05","slug":"5-goriest-mortal-kombat-fatalities-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/74598-5-goriest-mortal-kombat-fatalities-ever","title":{"rendered":"5 goriest Mortal Kombat fatalities ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/74165-mortal-kombat-x-review-roundup.html\">worldwide release of <em>Mortal Kombat X<\/em><\/a>, we put on our analytical glasses, sipped red wine, and sat around discussing our list of the most brutal fatalities in <em>Mortal Kombat<\/em> history.<\/p>\n<p>Prepare yourself &#8211; it&#8217;s about to get messy.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Sub-Zero&#8217;s spinal tap (Mortal Kombat)<\/h3>\n<p>Okay, so it may seem tame in today&#8217;s standards, but this very spine-tingling finishing move is actually one of the reasons the ESRB rating was established and the creation of the rating system we see in video games today.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t0ye7e41X5k\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Kung Lao&#8217;s hat-bisection (Mortal Kombat 9)<\/h3>\n<p>While the more prominent <em>Mortal Kombat<\/em> characters seem to get a shout-out when the &#8220;most violent&#8221; fatality discussion comes up, Kung Lao often silently takes the cake. This Shaolin Monk has no qualms about delivering some cringe-worthy finishers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OjhESCu3g0c\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Scorpion&#8217;s face-cutter (Mortal Kombat X)<\/h3>\n<p>Scorpion has had some brutal fatalities throughout <em>Mortal Kombat&#8217;s<\/em> bloody lineage, but his latest has to be one of the most intense. The Netherworld ninja not only blasts a hole through his opponent&#8217;s chest (leaving their heart hanging in full view), but he also literally cuts their face off, exposing their pulsing tongue and brain.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rfNXJXPYhT0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Jax&#8217;s arm-ripper (Mortal Kombat II)<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the most bloody fatality on the list, but Jax&#8217;s finisher from <em>MKII<\/em> makes the cut for its sheer brutality. Mr. Jax uses the strength in his bionic arms to yank the arms of his opponent clear-off, leaving nothing but a screaming armless victim. It&#8217;s not fancy, but it&#8217;s damn effective.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XOl15TdGEjk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Cyrax&#8217;s Buzz Kill (Mortal Kombat 9)<\/h3>\n<p>Everybody&#8217;s favourite cyborg ninja delivers quite the punch in terms of fatalities. 2011&#8217;s <em>MK9<\/em> showed some of his best, but it was his slice-&#8216;n-dice finisher that was arguably the best. After cutting up his opponent with his spinning blade, Cyrax delivers a kick to the chest of his opponent, sending their body parts flying in glorious slow-motion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IfgI7iU0LCo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pity about <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/74207-mortal-kombat-x-has-micro-transactions-and-theyre-bad-news.html\"><em>Mortal Kombat X&#8217;s<\/em> micro-transaction issues<\/a>, but its fatalities, along with the rest of the series&#8217;, and a butt-load of content to boot makes up for it.<\/p>\n<h4>Article originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We salute those Mortal Kombatants who &#8220;Finished Him&#8221; better than anyone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":74602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[13533,13616,3180,13618,1966,2664,615,601,10862],"class_list":["post-74598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-fatalities","tag-fatality","tag-feature","tag-fighting","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-gore","tag-mortal-kombat","tag-mortal-kombat-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74604,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74598\/revisions\/74604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}