#mk animality

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My OTP has sailed

As it goes, I generally don't find myself getting super excited about announcements when it comes to media I love. I get happy about it, but there's a different level of excitement that comes out of those announcements that's just not common for me to experience. I experienced this excitement when Khaos Reigns was announced, and alongside it, animalities. I LOVE animals, and I love Mortal Kombat specifically for the fatality system. So, pairing them together just makes an amazing combination for me. All that being said, this list was really hard to put together, and a character being absent from this list is no indication that their animality is bad, in fact they're all very good! But I have to pick 10, and here are mine.

10. Baraka

My standard for fatalities and animalities alike are that they play into the gruesome factor. I love creativity when it's added, but it's not necessary to me. I love the blood and gore, and we're starting with a good one. This animality sees Baraka turning into a monstrous porcupine, shooting quills at the opponent and landing them on his back spikes. Personally, I would have preferred to see Baraka turn into a walrus, but for the animal they chose it is extremely fitting.

9. Mileena

This was the first animality revealed to us, and it did not disappoint. We see Mileena turn into an elegant orchid mantis, and honestly, it suits her character. Something so fierce and beautiful, eating the opponent and ripping them in half like only Mileena would do.

8. Kenshi

I really like the animalities in the game that utilize aspects of a character in their fatality, whether it be their appearance or other attributes. This animality nails that concept beautifully by turning Kenshi and Sento into wolves that work together to maul the opponent. You'll see more maulings on this list because I think that really fits the animalistic nature of these kills, and Kenshi does it amazingly.

7. Johnny Cage

Was I hoping for Johnny Cage to turn into a kangaroo? Absolutely. Am I disappointed he didn't? Not necessarily, because this is an amazing reference to the film Jaws and it completely fits Johnny Cage's character, being an actor and all. The animality itself is alright, I really appreciate the camera angles but besides the flair, it really doesn't a whole lot else for me. But I think they really nailed this one for Johnny regardless.

6. Noob Saibot

Going back to what I said about Kenshi, it is great having these animalities utilize aspects of the character. Seeing Noob Saibot turn into 2 alligators, which then grab the opponent and rip them apart makes for good viewing. My only wish is that they had the two alligators death roll the opponent, twisting them in half. But for what we got, this was great.

5. Havik

This is one of the best animal designs in the game in my opinion. It perfectly fits the rotting nature of Havik. And the animality itself shows the absolute brutality that hyenas can really show off, as Havik mauls the opponent to death. Brutal death, and one that starts the top of this list.

4. Kitana

Growing up, my family has always had hummingbird feeders in the summer, so I've always gotten to see the elegance of the bird. And the hummingbird was a perfect choice for Kitana. On top of that, they also recreate Kung Lao's Flowerpot fatality from MKX, which is one of my favorite fatalities in the game. Turning the opponent into a hummingbird feeder that she feeds from before the action shot of her flying at the screen is just so great to me.

3. Geras

We are now getting into animals I love, which definitely put a little bias into this list. I love hippos to death, and Geras' animality goes the extra mile to show the true strength that they have in the wild. Crushing the opponent to death in his mouth like they're a big watermelon is just a refreshing take on an animality that could have taken a boring turn, like Reiko's or Sektor's. Not only that, but they made the hippo design so reflective of Geras' own design, and that is extremely cool to me.

2. Kung Lao

This one is complete savagery at its highest peak. Kung Lao turning into a tiger and not just mauling the opponent but pulling a Sub-Zero and ripping their spine out is a completely gruesome watch, but such a cool one at that. This one almost took the number one spot, but one other animality in this game takes that title.

General Shao

I promise that when I went into my blind reaction of all animalities, I had made it a point to not choose character's animalities based on how I liked them. It's the reason why characters like Kitana or Kung Lao, who I don't really care about, made the list while characters like Reiko didn't. It's no secret that General Shao is my favorite character in the game. So why did I put him first then? Simple. They made him a fucking GRIZZLY BEAR. My favorite animal paired with my favorite character in the game? Not only that, but the animality is absolutely grizzly, pun intended. He grabs the opponent and mauls them before crushing their head in his jaws, before this final shot of him roaring holding the opponent's corpse. Such an amazing animality, and one that I'm happy we get to end the list on.

HippoGeras greeting his pal PhoenixKang.