<s>
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deception	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2004	O
fighting	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Midway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sixth	O
main	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
franchise	O
and	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
2002	O
's	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deadly	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2004	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2005	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
under	O
the	O
title	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	O
Unchained	O
in	O
November	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deception	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
storyline	O
from	O
the	O
fifth	O
installment	O
,	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Konquest	O
Mode	O
returns	O
from	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
,	O
but	O
follows	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
Shujinko	O
,	O
a	O
warrior	O
who	O
is	O
deceived	O
by	O
Onaga	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
artifacts	O
to	O
give	O
Onaga	O
more	O
powers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deception	O
's	O
Konquest	O
Mode	O
differs	O
greatly	O
from	O
the	O
Konquest	O
Mode	O
of	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
containing	O
elements	O
of	O
open-world	O
exploration	O
in	O
between	O
story	O
progression	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
Kombat	O
Tower	O
of	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
parts	O
from	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
such	O
as	O
combos	O
and	O
arenas	O
were	O
redesigned	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
realistic	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
more	O
interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
arenas	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deadly	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
,	O
but	O
include	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
characters	O
had	O
only	O
one	O
Fatality	O
,	O
the	O
Deception	O
characters	O
have	O
two	O
Fatalities	O
and	O
a	O
hara-kiri	O
suicide	O
move	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deception	O
introduces	O
two	O
minigames	O
that	O
use	O
MK	O
characters	O
,	O
"	O
Chess	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
Puzzle	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Krypt	O
"	O
returns	O
from	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deadly	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
and	O
serves	O
as	O
an	O
interface	O
to	O
access	O
extra	O
content	O
hidden	O
in	O
(	O
actual	O
coffins	O
named	O
with	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
trademark	O
misspelling	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Krypt	O
in	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deception	I-Application
includes	O
twelve	O
bonus	O
characters	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
cut	O
down	O
to	O
six	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deadly	B-Application
Alliances	I-Application
action	O
role-playing	O
game-style	O
training	O
mode	O
—	O
called	O
"	O
Konquest	O
"	O
—	O
returns	O
in	O
Deception	O
and	O
is	O
greatly	O
expanded	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Chess	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
"	O
is	O
minigame	O
similar	O
to	O
classical	O
chess	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Puzzle	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Puzzle	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
Turbo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
setting	O
begins	O
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deadly	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
(	O
Shang	O
Tsung	O
and	O
Quan	O
Chi	O
)	O
were	O
successful	O
in	O
their	O
plan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
quickly	O
dissolves	O
as	O
the	O
two	O
sorcerers	O
turn	O
on	O
each	O
other	O
for	O
Shinnok	O
's	O
amulet	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
them	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
army	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quan	O
Chi	O
,	O
Shang	O
Tsung	O
and	O
Raiden	O
join	O
forces	O
to	O
stop	O
Onaga	O
,	O
though	O
Raiden	O
ultimately	O
unleashes	O
all	O
his	O
powers	O
in	O
a	O
colossal	O
explosion	O
that	O
,	O
apart	O
from	O
destroying	O
both	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
,	O
the	O
surrounding	O
palace	O
and	O
himself	O
,	O
has	O
little	O
effect	O
on	O
Onaga	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
fighters	O
who	O
survive	O
the	O
battle	O
against	O
the	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
now	O
stand	O
against	O
Onaga	O
and	O
his	O
supporters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bo	O
 '	O
Rai	O
Cho	O
–	O
Outworlder	O
who	O
rescues	O
Li	O
Mei	O
from	O
the	O
clutches	O
of	O
the	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
(	O
Shang	O
Tsung	O
and	O
Quan	O
Chi	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Li	O
Mei	O
–	O
Outworld	O
native	O
who	O
is	O
rescued	O
from	O
the	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
by	O
Bo	O
 '	O
Rai	O
Cho	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liu	O
Kang	O
–	O
the	O
deceased	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
champion	O
whose	O
spirit	O
enlists	O
Ermac	O
in	O
freeing	O
the	O
enslaved	O
Earthrealm	O
fighters	O
,	O
but	O
his	O
corpse	O
has	O
been	O
exhumed	O
and	O
reanimated	O
for	O
evil	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
had	O
two	O
more	O
playable	O
characters	O
:	O
the	O
sub-boss	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
,	O
Goro	O
,	O
and	O
Shao	O
Kahn	O
,	O
the	O
final	O
boss	O
of	O
the	O
past	O
digitized	O
MK	O
titles	O
;	O
both	O
were	O
previously	O
thought	O
to	O
have	O
perished	O
in	O
the	O
prologue	O
of	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
also	O
had	O
the	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
and	O
had	O
four	O
more	O
characters	O
—	O
Blaze	O
,	O
Frost	O
,	O
Jax	O
and	O
Kitana	O
-	O
taken	O
directly	O
from	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
again	O
appearing	O
youthful	O
rather	O
than	O
his	O
depiction	O
as	O
a	O
septuagenarian	O
in	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
,	O
Sub-Zero	O
sported	O
a	O
"	O
grandmaster	O
"	O
armor	O
set	O
that	O
was	O
often	O
likened	O
to	O
Shredder	O
from	O
the	O
Teenage	B-Application
Mutant	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Turtles	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
co-creator	O
Ed	O
Boon	O
wanted	O
Deception	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
unpredictable	O
fighting	O
game	O
that	O
gave	O
players	O
new	O
features	O
"	O
they	O
could	O
never	O
imagine	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wanting	O
to	O
surprise	O
fans	O
and	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
deeper	O
,	O
they	O
added	O
the	O
puzzle	O
and	O
chess	O
minigames	O
(	O
the	O
chess	O
minigame	O
had	O
first	O
been	O
considered	O
for	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
developers	O
lacked	O
time	O
to	O
implement	O
it	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
popular	O
demand	O
and	O
favorable	O
reception	O
of	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
finishing	O
moves	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Fatalities	O
,	O
increased	O
to	O
two	O
per	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MK	O
team	O
focused	O
their	O
energies	O
solely	O
on	O
platforms	O
that	O
had	O
strong	O
online	O
functionality	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
consumer	O
;	O
this	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
greater	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
games	O
require	O
some	O
re-engineering	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
platforms	O
when	O
porting	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
exclude	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
from	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
until	O
the	O
online	O
hurdles	O
were	O
cleared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
time	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Boon	O
commented	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
disappointed	O
that	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
did	O
not	O
feature	O
online	O
gameplay	O
as	O
he	O
regarded	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
in	O
the	O
business	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Details	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
first	O
confirmed	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
in	O
the	O
May	O
2003	O
issue	O
of	O
PlayStation	O
:	O
The	O
Official	O
Magazine	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
called	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
VI	I-Application
,	O
and	O
an	O
online	O
mode	O
was	O
confirmed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Midway	O
Entertainment	O
was	O
asked	O
if	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deception	I-Application
was	O
the	O
official	O
title	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
gave	O
no	O
answers	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deception	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
(	O
PS2	B-Device
)	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
PAL	B-Language
territories	O
on	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	O
Mystification	O
in	O
France	O
,	O
other	O
countries	O
did	O
not	O
change	O
its	O
original	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
consoles	I-Application
:	O
the	O
standard	O
edition	O
for	O
both	O
systems	O
,	O
a	O
Premium	O
Pack	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Kollector	O
's	O
Edition	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Premium	O
Pack	O
and	O
Kollector	O
's	O
Edition	O
include	O
a	O
metal	O
trading	O
card	O
and	O
a	O
bonus	O
disc	O
containing	O
a	O
history	O
of	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
,	O
several	O
video	O
biographies	O
of	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
"	O
arcade	O
perfect	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
cover	O
art	O
features	O
either	O
Scorpion	O
,	O
Raiden	O
,	O
Baraka	O
or	O
Mileena	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
uses	O
the	O
character	O
Sub-Zero	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
redistributed	O
as	O
a	O
Platinum	B-Device
Hits	I-Device
title	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
as	O
a	O
Greatest	B-Device
Hits	I-Device
title	O
on	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
,	O
coming	O
in	O
new	O
packaging	O
and	O
sold	O
for	O
a	O
discounted	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deception	O
is	O
also	O
included	O
along	O
with	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shaolin	I-Application
Monks	I-Application
and	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Armageddon	I-Application
in	O
the	O
compilation	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
Kollection	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2008	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	O
Unchained	O
is	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deception	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Just	O
Games	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unchained	O
includes	O
all	O
the	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
,	O
and	O
four	O
more	O
characters	O
—	O
Blaze	O
,	O
Frost	O
,	O
Jax	O
and	O
Kitana	O
—	O
from	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deadly	I-Application
Alliance	I-Application
that	O
are	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
characters	O
have	O
only	O
one	O
Fatality	O
and	O
no	O
Hara-kiri	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
other	O
characters	O
,	O
most	O
likely	O
because	O
that	O
was	O
all	O
they	O
had	O
in	O
Deadly	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
's	O
wireless	B-General_Concept
ad	I-General_Concept
hoc	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
functionality	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
release	O
week	O
,	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Deception	I-Application
shipped	O
one	O
million	O
units	O
,	O
surpassing	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
MK	O
title	O
and	O
becoming	O
the	O
fastest-selling	O
game	O
in	O
Midway	O
's	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
in	O
IGN	O
's	O
PS2	B-Device
Best	O
of	O
2004	O
Awards	O
in	O
the	O
best	O
fighting	O
game	O
category	O
,	O
and	O
won	O
the	O
Readers	O
 '	O
Choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deception	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Game	O
…	O
Sequel	O
Fighting	O
"	O
award	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Academy	O
of	O
Video	O
Game	O
Trade	O
Reviewers	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
to	O
Dead	B-Application
or	I-Application
Alive	I-Application
Ultimate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
had	O
81	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
versions	O
;	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
received	O
77	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeremy	O
Dunham	O
of	O
IGN	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
called	O
character	O
designs	O
in	O
Deception	O
"	O
robotic	O
"	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
other	O
fighting	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Dead	B-Application
or	I-Application
Alive	I-Application
series	O
or	O
Virtua	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
PS2	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
port	O
received	O
lower	O
scores	O
from	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
review	O
,	O
GameSpy	O
's	O
Miguel	O
Lopez	O
wrote	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
"	O
is	O
far	O
from	O
the	O
best	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
and	O
advised	O
players	O
to	O
use	O
another	O
port	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	O
Unchained	O
received	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
70	O
from	O
14	O
reviews	O
from	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
