Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition

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Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition is a 2003 fighting game, developed and published by Midway Games. It is the second Game Boy Advance port of 2002's Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. Tournament Edition builds on the story present in Deadly Alliance by adding Noob Saibot, Sektor, and Sareena (who first appeared in Mythologies) to the plot. Tournament Edition retains only Quan Chi, Scorpion, and Shang Tsung, while adding Bo' Rai Cho, Cyrax, Drahmin, Hsu Hao, Johnny Cage, Mavado, Nitara, Raiden, and Reptile. The game received generally positive reviews upon release.

Characters

New characters:

• Blaze – Massive fire elemental who has the task of guarding the egg of the Dragon King (secret character).
• Bo' Rai Cho – Jovial Outworld native and former trainer of Liu Kang.
• Drahmin – A Netherrealm Oni seeking revenge against Quan Chi for abandoning him in the realm after helping the sorcerer escape.
• Frost – Sub-Zero's first Lin Kuei trainee who lacks humility.
• Hsu Hao – Red Dragon operative sent to infiltrate and destroy the OIA.
• Kenshi – A blind swordsman who was employed briefly by the OIA before the portal was destroyed, blinding him and stranding him in Outworld.
• Li Mei – Outworld native whose people are enslaved by the Deadly Alliance. She enters a tournament sponsored by the sorcerers hoping to win their freedom.
• Mavado – Red Dragon mastermind who ordered Hsu Hao to infiltrate the OIA. Kills Kabal.
• Mokap – Joke character said to have done motion capture work for Johnny Cage's films. Included in the game as an homage to Midway graphic artist Carlos Pesina, who portrayed several characters in the digitized Mortal Kombat games and performed motion capture work for Deadly Alliance (secret character).
• Moloch – Drahmin's fellow and the game's sub-boss (unplayable character).
• Nitara – A manipulative vampiress seeking to separate her home realm from Outworld.

Returning characters:

• Cyrax – A former Lin Kuei cyborg rescued by Jax and Sonya and recruited for the OIA, he is stranded in Outworld and manipulated by Nitara.
• Jax – Established the Outerworld Investigation Agency with Sonya, who was betrayed by an OIA operative who destroyed the agency's portal.
• Johnny Cage – Hollywood actor whose career is now marked with mockery and who hopes to restore his image.
• Kano – Black Dragon leader and longtime enemy of Sonya and Jax.
• Kitana – Edenian princess who allied with Goro to wage war against Shao Kahn, and eventually the Deadly Alliance.
• Kung Lao – Shaolin monk who seeks vengeance for his friend Liu Kang's death.
• Quan Chi – Nefarious self-serving sorcerer who struck the deal with Shang Tsung.
• Raiden – The thunder god who resumes his lesser-god status to help against the Deadly Alliance.
• Reptile – The remaining member of the Zaterrian race, and an expert infiltrator.
• Scorpion – Quan Chi's tormentor who has left the Netherealm to pursue the sorcerer.
• Shang Tsung – The sorcerer who seeks immortality.
• Sonya Blade – Partner to Jax, who feels responsible for the disappearance of the two agents of the OIA lost in Outworld when the portal was destroyed.
• Sub-Zero – Cryokinetic warrior who reestablishes the Lin Kuei as a force for good and solicits new members.

Due to hardware limitations, the Game Boy Advance port of Deadly Alliance features 12 of the 21 playable characters: Frost, Jax, Kano, Kung Lao, Kenshi, Kitana, Li Mei, Quan Chi, Scorpion, Shang Tsung, Sonya Blade, and Sub-Zero. A second port, subtitled Tournament Edition, retains only Quan Chi, Scorpion, and Shang Tsung, while adding Bo' Rai Cho, Cyrax, Drahmin, Hsu Hao, Johnny Cage, Mavado, Nitara, Raiden, and Reptile. Tournament Edition also adds three extra characters that were not present in the other versions: Sektor (a Cyrax palette swap), Noob Saibot (a Scorpion palette swap), and Sareena from the action-adventure spin-off Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero. Both versions exclude Blaze, Mokap, and Moloch. Tournament Edition is the only Mortal Kombat fighting game that does not feature Sub-Zero in any form, although Noob Saibot would be revealed as the original Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat: Deception.

Reception

The game has a score of 75% on review aggregator website Metacritic. IGN gave it 8.5 out of 10, and GameSpot gave it 7.6 out of 10.

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