Earlier today, I reposted a LiveJournal meme on my own site. One of the things in this meme is where you tell the commenters to ask you something, and this friend of mine (who I got the meme from) asked me for the complete history of Mortal Kombat in less than thirty sentences/four hundred words. I asked for clarification; did she want an in-game history or the actual history of the game series itself? Her response:

"Actual history, and I WANT IT IN HAIKU FORMAT. WITH NAMES AND DATES."

I decided to take her up on the challenge, and less than half an hour later was done. Needless to say, she was rendered speechless as she was joking and didn't think I would actually do it. So, after ]{ said I should post it, I'm presenting it here.

Mortal Kombat was
released in nineteen-ninety-
two, by Midway Games.

In nineteen ninety-
three, Mortal Kombat II came
out for the arcades.

In the same year, home
versions of the first MK
came out for consoles.

Super Nintendo
was the loser, as the port
had no blood or guts.

In nineteen-ninety-
four, MKII came out for
home. Nintendo won.

In nineteen-ninety-
five, Mortal Kombat 3 came
out in the arcades.

The movie came out
that year as well, and to fans’
surprise, did not suck.

In late ninety five,
Ultimate MK3 was
released, with new stuff.

MK Trilogy
came out only for consoles
in mid-ninety-six.

MK Trilogy
had most fighters and levels
from previous games.

In ninety-seven,
Mortal Kombat 4 came out
and was 3D too.

Mythologies was
out in ninety-seven too.
It’s console only.

Special Forces came
out in ninety-nine for home.
It’s best forgotten.

Deadly Alliance
came out in 02. It was
for consoles only.

04, Deception
came out. Some fans liked it but
some thought it broken.

Shaolin Monks came
out in 05. It was an
adventure type game.

Armageddon came
in 06, and had all of
the old characters.

Armageddon is
considered to be the low
point of the series.

In 08, MK
versus DC Universe
came out. What, Joker?

I hope you’re happy.
This was not easy to do.
Why did I bother?