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S1E268 - The SNES Podcast #268 -- Warlock

The SNES Podcast · October 24, 2025

Shared from search: Mortal Kombat II

00:24:09 - 00:24:33

... And I did not see that. OK. Yeah. Yeah. And in this one, it is just black. So it's the Nintendo centric ship is definitely still there. But you are right. By 95, they kind of let up because they learned their lesson with Mortal Kombat. Mortal Kombat 2 is up at this point, too, right? Yeah. Yep. Yep. So yeah. And I was going to mention it when we got to graphics and sound. ...

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... Even Nintendo was pretty relaxing on their policy at this point. I do understand the whole like, we've got to get the same game out for both systems. So keep the same mentality. So one of the big differences between these versions is in the Genesis and the final fight with the Warlock, it's like blood dripping down the back of the wall. And I did not see that. OK. Yeah. Yeah. And in this one, it is just black. So it's the Nintendo centric ship is definitely still there. But you are right. By 95, they kind of let up because they learned their lesson with Mortal Kombat. Mortal Kombat 2 is up at this point, too, right? Yeah. Yep. Yep. So yeah. And I was going to mention it when we got to graphics and sound. But like I really like that they took the Wolfenstein slash Doom approach to showing damage. Like you have a face that melts away as you take damage. I thought that was really good. Yeah. That was the only other thing I had to mention. But I was like, since you started talking about graphics, I might as well throw it out there. ...

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