Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

Mortal Kombat 1
Developers: NetherRealm Studios, QLOC (Windows), Shiver Entertainment (Switch), Saber Interactive (Switch) Publisher: Warner Bros. Games Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch Released internationally: September 19, 2023 This game has unused playable characters. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material.

This game is receiving new content, by way of Expansion Packs and/or Downloadable Content. Be aware that any unused content you find may become used in the future. If this does happen, please specify as such!

Mortal Kombat 1 is the continuation of Mortal Kombat 11 (Aftermath), and a new reboot to the series, returning characters not seen since Deadly Alliance and Deception... and timeline shenanigans and more.

Unused / Unfinished Characters

The game has in the Story Mode various unfinished versions of the characters from the roster, including both Kombat Kameos and Playable Characters.

Playable Characters

Quan Chi

An unfinished version of Quan Chi exists on the data files, which uses MK11 Shang Tsung's stance and attacks as placeholders, used for the Story Mode. He later arrived as a full playable DLC Character on December 14th for the Early Access users, fully released on December 21st, with a brand new moveset.

As being unfinished, he lacks bones for the Fatal Blows, apart from lack of Fatalities and Brutalities, having only the basic attacks, some specials and that's it. Curiously, this version is the one used for Kameo Titan Quan Chi.

Ermac

Like Quan Chi, he uses MK11 Noob Saibot's stance and attacks as placeholders, having his attacks slightly edited, and like Quan Chi, he lacks bones, Fatal Blows, Fatalities, Brutalities and the taunt, T-posing instead. Unlike Quan Chi (before his DLC Version was released), he had facials programmed in the Armageddon Chapter.

Along with Quan Chi, they were announced as part of the Kombat Pack 1 DLC for the game, being Ermac released in April 16 (Early Access) and April 23 (Full Release), revamped and with a new moveset, along with Mavado.

Kameo Characters

Khameleon

An unfinished version of Khameleon is used in the Story Mode against Tanya, lacking the Jade pole attack part. A DLC Version, complete with a proper Fatal Blow and Fatality along with Quan Chi, were released on December 14th and 21th.

Elemental Kameos

These ones are exclusively for the story mode, being the ice one a clone of Kameo Sub-Zero. With the exception of the last mentioned, all of them uses a generic Fatal Blow.

Unused Dialogues

Quan Chi (Non-KP1, Story Mode Ver.)

It's known that thanks to the datamining, both him and Ermac were planned for the base game, hence why their Tower Endings were completed but left unused until the Kombat Pack 1 dropped. Unlike Ermac, he have almost all of his facial animations incomplete.

(Source: SHAAR)

Ermac (Non-KP1, Story Mode Ver.)

It's well known that Ermac was originally part of the base roster during the development, and despite he was left in the game as a placeholder version until the KP1 dropped, he had full dialogues and face animations in the Armageddon Chapter, that can only be seen via hacking.

(Source: SHAAR)

Unused Endings

Note: All of this endings were used for their Kombat Pack 1 versions after the release of it.

Quan Chi

When the game was released, and because Quan Chi was at that time a Story-Exclusive Character (Or placeholder), this ending was left unused until Quan Chi's release.

(Source: Interloko)

Ermac

Same case as Quan Chi. Despite the character is used only in the story mode and unplayable without hacking, his ending was present and unused until his KP1 counterpart took it.

(Source: Interloko)

Unused Game Modes

Tag Team Mode

In the files of the game, an almost completed Tag Team mode (Seen in past games) is present, albeit unused and a bit unfinished.

In-game doesn't change the UI to the other character, but one of the pause menus with the moveset.

Unused / Alternative Cutscene

Armageddon Scene - Kombat Kids Encounter

An actual intro scene for the Kombat Kids! Unfortunately didn't made the cut for unknown reasons and was left unused. Instead, was converted into a fast-kill scene.

Early	Final

Project Name

Mortal Kombat 1 is internally known as Mortal Kombat 12, and is visible when some dialogues from the game fail to load, rendering the internal name of the game and its location.

When Mortal Kombat 1 launched, instead of this subtitle saying "Know that it will cost you your life" (here, when Sindel confronts Reiko in her chapter in Story Mode), this error text appeared reading "mk12_148_154.11"