Mortal Kombat History Character Backgrounds (2004)

Mortal Kombat has long been known for its excessive bloodshed, extreme gore, and over-the-top violence, but what about the characters themselves? Almost a decade ago in 2004, Mortal Kombat: Deception was released and with it, a "Kollector's Edition", also was made available. It contained a separate disc that, among other content, included "Video Trading Kards" (VTK).<br /><br />VTKs were 90 seconds to two minutes featurettes of 25 characters of the Mortal Kombat roster over the years. Produced nearly a decade ago on the run-up to "MK: Deception" release day, it gives insights to some of the most venerable and popular characters such as Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Kitana, Mileena, and others from the game's creators such as Ed Boon, Dan "Toasty" Forden, John Vogel, and more.<br /><br />For "MK: Armageddon", there were more VTKs on the "Premium Edition" of the game which was exclusive to the PS2. Xbox did NOT have a "Premium Edition" of the game and was not privy to the new VTKs or other bonus content.<br /><br />The characters featured are: Baraka, Cyrax, Goro, Jade, Jax, Johnny Cage, Kabal, Kano, Kenshi, Kitana, Kung Lao, Mileena, Nightwolf, Quan Chi, Raiden, Reptile, Scorpion, Shang Tsung, Shao Kahn, Shujinko, Sindel, Smoke, Sonya, Sub-Zero, and Tanya.<br /><br />Side note: A lot of the videos contain production footage of MK games, so you'll see a few things that are "off" compared to the release versions. Also, Mortal Kombat Trilogy footage is seen in some clips.