Note:
All gifs were made from the Genesis version of MK3. As per usual, my disclaimer
of the gifs not accurately portraying the game's animation, speed or framerate
apply here. The gifs have also had their color palette reduced to help
out those with modems.
John
Turk not only plays Shang Tsung, but also Sub-Zero and *every* ninja in
UMK3.
In
the arcade, Sindel would exclaim "That was fun!" after kicking
the field goal in her Friendship.
Jax's
"Stomp" fatality is, quite possibly, one of the crappiest in
the entire game.
The
Skeleton Rip, though goofy, was always one of my favorites. I was surprised
to see it come back in MK: DA.
What
in the HELL were they thinking with the MK2 Drop Fatality!?
Kerri
Hoskins originally played one of the cheerleaders in the NBA Jam games
before being recruited to be the new Sonya.
In
the arcade version, actual MK characters would run across the screen during
Stryker's Friendship.
Smoke
was once human, and in UMK3 you can actually play him in that form.
In
the first revision of MK3, SZ's Ice Clone move was UNBLOCKABLE. If you
did it to someone right after kicking or sweeping them to the ground,
it would become an un-avoidable trap. It was shortly done away with by
the 2nd revision.
Cyrax's
codename while the game was in development was "Mustard".
Sektor's
codename while the game was in development was "Ketchup". He
is also a secret character in MKG on the Dreamcast.
Sal
Divita, of NBA Jam fame, plays Nightwolf and all of the cyber-ninjas.
Sheeva's
model, like Kintaro and Goro, is actually a claymation miniature with
a wire skeleton.
For
Kung Lao's Friendship, what you don't get out of the gif is the dog "yelping"
as he catches the hat.
In
the first revision of the MK3 arcade unit, Kabal had a combo that could
take a whopping 75% of your life bar away.
Friskality!
This
one is actually better, imo, than the arcade's version. In the arcade,
they'd just fall throw the floors, as if they weren't even there. Here
they actually bounce threw them, making it look pretty painful.
The
Pit has shown up in every MK game except MK: DA.
You'll
notice that in the Subway, the train will either take you to the 300N
block of Boon or the 400E block of Tobias...
I
cannot believe they wasted their time and the game's size on bringing
this -ality back.
Bad
cat!!!