Over the Winter vacation, somebody crammed all Mortal Kombat appreciators’ Christmas stockings up with one thing a lil’ further: Mortal Kombat II’s supply code on GitHub. The legal professionals at Warner Bros. took exception to this by issuing a swift DMCA takedown discover that Github adhered to by disabling public entry—however don’t fret, as there are different methods to take a look at the content material dump.
Initially reported by Exputer, the Github put up was uploaded to the web internet hosting service on December 27 earlier than getting reshared on the r/MortalKombat subreddit. Whereas MK II’s complete supply code is not out there because of that DMCA takedown, that hasn’t stopped MK followers from reuploading sprites and paintings on social media.
Probably the most notable components of content material that the MK II supply code dump unearthed was unused animations, paintings, and strikes that didn’t make the reduce for the sport’s launch in ‘93. One piece of paintings was an alternate appeal to mode display that includes an oiled-up Shao Khan. Though the alternate panel of Sindel’s spurned lover appears to be like the identical as MK II’s ultimate Shao Khan appeal to mode display, the unused paintings has a bunch of cloaked wizards on floating platforms within the background as a substitute of a roaring hearth. Based on Polygon, the unique paintings is extra imposing as a result of it illustrates how stacked the chances are towards Earth Realm. Actually, yeah, a bunch of platforming wizards is leagues scarier than a generic flame, particularly in the event you’ve had the misfortune of enjoying the ‘97 beat ‘em up spin-off, Mortal Kombat Mythologies.
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The MK II leak additionally showcased some beforehand unused sprite animation and strikes. In the event you don’t have time to parse by way of a nearly-three-hour YouTube video of some dude scrubbing by way of the GitHub recordsdata, right here’s a detailed Twitter thread compiling the entire most notable findings, Twitter consumer Pegasus Child combed by way of the leak and uploaded a complete thread of reduce strikes, stage artwork, and fatalities. My favourite sprite, since everybody was questioning, is Kintaro walk cycle animation as a result of it’s timed completely to the music within the Steel Gear Stable however its the Dr. Livesey Meme video.
Kotaku reached out to Warner Bros. and Nether Realm studios for remark.