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Mortal Kombat - Shinken Kourin Densetsu (Japan)

also known as Mortal Kombat
Sega Game Gear
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Reviewed in
1993
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Mortal Kombat brings Midway's arcade hit to Game Gear. 2D fights with cult characters, simplified fatalities and reduced roster. A technically impressive adaptation, more violent than expected.

Your verdict
Category
Fighting 2 players 16+
Description
Japanese version of Mortal Kombat for Game Gear.

Mortal Kombat - Shinken Kourin Densetsu review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,36 MB 📅19/11/1993
Published by Acclaim

Mortal Kombat - Shinken Kourin Densetsu (Game Gear) price, value & rarity

Notable
Q1 loose
 $15 Q6 complete
 $18 Q10 new
 $174 !
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Other versions
Mortal Kombat
Europe
13/09/1993
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Mortal Kombat
USA
13/09/1993
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Collector interest

Mortal Kombat - Shinken Kourin Densetsu, the Japanese version of Acclaim's fighting game on Game Gear, under an evocative local title. On a market where the genre and franchise were less established, this edition circulated little, making it markedly rarer than its Western counterparts. Its desirability lies in that regional scarcity and collectors' interest in Mortal Kombat's Japanese releases.

A questionable morality

Under the guise of the most serious martial-arts tournament going, the title saves its real reward for the moment the opponent staggers: a polished execution, triggered by a precise input. You repeat it like a compulsory figure, pleased with the clean move, pretending not to notice that the highlight of the show remains the methodical finishing-off of a beaten foe.

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