Mortal Kombat: Deception

Mortal Kombat: Deception
Also known as: Mortal Kombat: Mystification (FR) Developer: Midway Games Publisher: Midway Games Platforms: PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube Released in US: October 4, 2004 (PS2/Xbox), February 28, 2005 (GCN) Released in EU: November 19, 2004 (PS2/Xbox), March 1, 2005 (GCN) This game has unused playable characters. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

To do: According to the linker map, the debug functions display_debug_damage and trial_debug_mission_list appear to be still in the GameCube release. Create an Action Replay code for them if possible and document. pfx_debug.ssf is present in all releases of the game. Find out what it goes to.

Mortal Kombat: Deception is the second installment of the Mortal Kombat series on sixth generation consoles and has a far darker tone than the previous game.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Unused Characters

The characters Drahmin, Frost, Kitana, and Nitara are present in the game's files, yet they are not utilized in fights. It is likely that they were planned to be in Konquest missions but ended up being unused. The Action Replay codes for replacing Player 1 with these characters in the GameCube release have been provided below.

Character	Action Replay code
Drahmin	003AE747 0000002B
Frost	003AE747 00000029
Kitana	003AE747 0000002A
Nitara	003AE747 00000027

Kitana and Frost would later become playable in Mortal Kombat Unchained, a PSP port of Deception.

Unused Graphics

Locked Character Icons

Dairou, Kabal, and Kobra have unused locked icons despite being unlocked by default.

E3 End Screen

attract.ssf has a leftover end screen from the E3 demo.

Video Placeholders

Most of the unlockable videos from the Krypt have placeholder images present in krypt_art.ssf.

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  Chou Jiao

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  Choy Lay Fut

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  Goju Ryu

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  Hua Chuan

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  Mian Chuan

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  MK Deadly Alliance Commercial

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  MK Deception Trailer Animatic

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  MK4 3D Test

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  Moifah

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  Monkey Style

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  Quan Chi Voice Test

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  Raiden Lightning Test

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  Silat

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  Val Tudo

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  Zha Chuan

Konquest Items

key_jade

key_jade is an image of a jade-colored key that was meant to be found during Konquest mode.

icon_chicken

icon_chicken is an icon of a chicken leg. It may have been intended for a scrapped mission.

(Source: MattJ155)

Unused Sounds

Endings

Smoke

Before Noob and Smoke were merged into one character, Smoke was given his own ending. Only the narration remains.

Onaga

Onaga was intended to be an unlockable character at some point and was going to have an ending. While the stills for it can be unlocked in the Krypt, the narration was left unused.

Announcer Dialogue

Audio	Transcription	Usage
	"My goodnessǃ"	Unknown. Possibly a scrapped soundbyte for Konquest mode or one of the mini-games.
	"Fierceǃ"
	"Fabulousǃ"
	"Yummyǃ"
	"Toastyǃ"
	"Wonderfulǃ"
	"Hari-kiri"	An alternate soundbyte for Hara-Kiri, featuring a different spelling of the word.
	"Suicide"	Another alternate soundbyte for Hara-Kiri.
	"Noob"	A leftover character selection soundbyte from when Noob was a separate character.
	"Smoke"	A leftover character selection soundbyte from when Smoke was a separate character.
	"Smoke-Noob"	An alternate name for Noob-Smoke.
	"Smoke-Noob Win"	A soundbyte that addresses Smoke-Noob as plural.
	"Smoke-Noob Wins"	A soundbyte that addresses Smoke-Noob as singular, like the rest of the characters.
	"Noob-Smoke Win"	A soundbyte that addresses Noob-Smoke as plural.
	"The Dragon King Wins"	A soundbyte that was used before Onaga was given a proper name.

Apep Dialogue

Audio	Transcription	Usage
	"The bridge is blocked off, so you will have to break the boards if you want cross."	One of Shujinko's tasks while at the Earthrealm village was to break some boards to progress to the next lesson.
	"What you waiting for? Smash the boards."	More dialogue that was intended to be used for this scrapped task.
	"This wayǃ Hurry upǃ"	Apep originally urged the player to follow him if they strayed from his path.
	"Hurry upǃ"
	"Come onǃ"
	"Let's goǃ"

Konquest Mission Dialogue

Audio	Transcription	Usage
	"One moment, it seems we have a visitorǃ I am master Bo' Rai Choǃ And who might you be? "	There was originally a cutscene where Shujinko meets Bo' Rai Cho before their first lesson.
	"My name is Shujinko. I did not mean to interrupt."
	"Nonsenseǃ Would you like to train in the art of kombat?"
	"You mean... you can teach me martial arts?"
	"Of courseǃ I always have room for newer students."
	"I'm not sure. It looks like fun, but I doubt I can ever be good at it."
	"Hahahaǃ Then you underestimate... my skills as a teacher."
	"Why don't you visit each one of my classrooms. If you like what you see, I will take you on as my student."
	"Okay, I will give it a try."
	"Just wait outside and I will send someone to help you. Goodbyeǃ"
	"Goodbyeǃ"

Kid Shujinko Dialogue

Audio	Transcription	Usage
	"Good job."	You might have been able to train as yourself in Konquest mode at some point in development.
	"You learn quickly."
	"That was easy."
	"You were great."
	"Success."
	"Try again."
	"You have failed."
	"No, that was wrong."
	"Unsuccessful."
	"Better luck next time."

Menu Sounds

shell_1		Leftover sounds from Mortal Kombatː Deadly Alliance.
shell_2
shell_3

Debug Functions

Game Version

To do: Document the version numbers from the international releases.

In order to enable this debug function, go to game options and select the gameplay menu. Hold L+Attack 1 for about six seconds and then it should display the game version. It appears to only work for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. The function would later be disabled in the GameCube release, though the version number is still referenced in its executable.

Release	Version Number
Xbox (USA)	0.098
GameCube (USA)	0.142_gc
PlayStation 2 (USA)	0.098

Unused Text

Internal Names

Once again, some files and code refer to debuting characters and arenas with their internal names.

Internal name	Actual name
cassius	Darrius
freak	Monster
kollapsing_kliffs	Falling Cliffs
monk	Shujinko
netherbelly	Nethership Interior
skab	Havik

Konquest

Scrapped Items

Descriptions of three scrapped items are referenced in konquest_common.ssf.

Artifact
Hmmm.... very mysterious...

Cyborg CPU
A prototype technology to turn warriors into cyborgs.

Treasure Note
Treasure is located between the prison and the ruins.

(Source: MattJ155)

Placeholder Text

konquest_common.ssf

NIS NEEDED
NIS NEEDED (ermac and ashrah fight discover netherrealm kamidugu)

kq_er2_fight.ssf

NEED TEXT. STANDARD FIGHT.
generic fighting mission - intro text
generic straight fight
generic straight fight - failure

kq_cr1_fight.ssf

The WEAPON1 is an elegant weapon. I will teach you to train your body and your mind to harness it's power.
Finally, the WEAPON1 basic low attacks.
Finally, I will teach you these devastating WEAPON1 power and pop-up attacks.
Finally, show me you can handle WEAPON1 basic combos.
Next you will practice WEAPON1 advanced combos.

Miscellaneous

The scrapped Earthrealm village objective is also referenced in text.

Press } to break the boards

The scrapped cutscene where Bo' Rai Cho meets Shujinko is referenced in text as well.

One moment -- it seems we have a visitor!
I am Master Bo' Rai Cho. And who might you be?
Nonsense!
Would you like to train in the art of kombat?
Of course! I always have room for new students.
Ha ha! Then you underestimate my skills as a teacher!
Why don't you visit each one of my classrooms? If you like what you see, I will take you on as my student.
Just wait outside and I will send someone to help you.
Goodbye.
My name is Shujinko.
I did not mean to interrupt.
You mean... you can teach me martial arts?
I'm not sure. It looks like fun, but I doubt I could ever be good at it.
OK, I will give it a try.
Goodbye!

Repository Log

Starting at 0x39D7C0 and scattered throughout the Xbox executable are fragments of a log pulled from a Renderware SDK source code repository.

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Build Date

Present at 0x39DDE0 in the Xbox executable is a build date for RenderWare.

Core built at May 31 2004 18:49:12

Acid Bath

permanent_strings.ssf has a reference to Acid Bath, an arena from the previous game. Considering that it is not unlockable, it might have ended up getting cut in favor of bringing back Dead Pool from Mortal Kombat II.

ACIDBATH

Placeholder Move List

The move list will display some placeholder text when you play as an NPC.

STYLE ONE ATTACK ONE
STYLE ONE COMBO ONE
STYLE TWO ATTACK ONE
STYLE TWO COMBO ONE
STYLE THREE ATTACK ONE
STYLE THREE COMBO ONE
SPECIAL MOVES NAME

Partial Script Output

Most of the characters in the GameCube release have some leftover text that seems to have been from a script that generates art assets.

isc\menu\buttons\gc\eng\buttonc�ncel.tga not found
isc\menu\buttons\gc\eng\buttont�yagain.tga not found
isc\konquest\eng\outstanding.tg� not found�ound

MK6BANKS.mmb

A file that lists sound assets from an early build of the game is present only in the Xbox release. It also provides further evidence that Acid Bath was a playable arena at some point during development.

announcr.msb
announcr_names.msb
bg_acid_bath.msb
bg_beetle_lair.msb
c_jax.msb
c_scorpion.msb
chess.msb
fighter_eb.msb
fighter_jax.msb
fightfx1.msb
fs_concrete.msb
fs_dirt.msb
fs_marble.msb
konq_lipsynch_test.msb
konquest_intro.msb
konquest_mk6.msb
mk5tune1.msb
music_fatality.msb
pf_fat_crusher.msb
pf_fat_grinder.msb
pf_fat_weight.msb
pf_fightfx1.msb
pf_jax.msb
pf_scorpion.msb
puzzle.msb
shell.msb

Development Leftovers

ELF Executable

Just like the previous game, an executable with debug symbols named mk6gc_release.elf is present inside the root folder from the GameCube release.

Linker Map

Additionally, a linker map for the ELF executable named mk6gc_release.MAP is present only in the GameCube release.

Download Mortal Kombatː Deception Linker Map File: MKDeception_LinkerMap.zip (629KB) (info)

Regional Differences

In France, the game is sold under the title of Mortal Kombat: Mystification, as the word "DÉCEPTION" in French translates to "disappointment." A game called Mortal Kombat: Disappointment would be a rather hard sell indeed.

Revisional Differences

The GameCube port has a few revisional differences due to coming out several months after the game's initial release.

• Goro and Shao Kahn are included as exclusive playable characters.
• Hotaru, Havik, Jade, Kira, Li Mei, and Noob-Smoke are unlocked by default, unlike in other releases.

Xbox	GameCube

• The Xbox port has a variation of konquest.sfd with footage from an unfinshed version of Konquest mode. Old Shujinko was not implemented yet, so Kid Shujinko's model was being used as a placeholder. This video was later replaced with gameplay of the final version.

Bonus Disc

To do: Describe the extra content better. Check if anything on this disc is unused.

The Premium Pack (PS2) / Kollector's Edition (Xbox) adds a second disc containing an emulated arcade version of Mortal Kombat and bonus videos.