The fighting game series Mortal Kombat originally comes from a time when people in Germany still erroneously referred to a “beat ’em up” spoke when two fighters faced each other in a video game in order to smash each other’s heads within a time limit thanks to more or less pronounced joypad acrobatics. The release of Street Fighter II meant the breakthrough of the fighting games in 1991 and helped the Super Nintendo away from its childish image. The sophisticated one 16-bit console NEO GEO was the uncrowned queen of this type of games, but prohibitively expensive (the device cost $600, games up to $300). and Mortal Kombat In 1992, the adult splatter variant with “photorealistic” graphics cast a lasting spell on the players.
Mortal Kombat is still part of pop culture today
As Street Fighter evolved from a mass phenomenon to a niche for enthusiasts and esports players, Mortal Kombat has remained firmly established in pop culture to this day. Mortal Kombat 11 was one of the top-selling video games in the US in 2019. The last cinema film from 2021 was commercially convincing and was extremely well received by fans.
The extremely brutally staged fatality moves are characteristic of the game series. If the opponent is close to KO, the request “Finish him/her!” You can then use a wild key combination to transport the tumbling opponent to the eternal hunting grounds in a martial and varied manner in an almost grotesque way.
Cosplayer inspires as Scorpion from Mortal Kombat
The cosplayer tiny.pauly impresses fans of fighting games on Instagram by slipping into the role of one of the most popular fighters in video game history. In Mortal Kombat Rival “Ninjas” represent various elements with appropriate color coding and are considered the iconic characters of the series.
Sub-Zero (blue) freezes enemies, Reptile (green) uses poison in sneaky ways, and scorpion (yellow) handles fire. The cosplayer tiny.pauly opted for the latter and reveals the moving background story of her outfit on Instagram.
She apparently contracted chickenpox when she was 18 and suffered from a high fever for three weeks. It was during this time that she decided to make her next cosplay from the fiery fighter Mortal Kombat to devote. Creating the outfit helped her get through this period. On PC Games we present you with very special cosplays at regular intervals. The spectrum ranges from fun variants, such as a devastated Sonic, to elaborate productions, such as that of the Sith Lord Darth Maul from Star Wars.
