•: December 9, 2006 Mode(s) Mortal Kombat: Deception is a developed and published by as the sixth installment of the ( MK) video game franchise. It was released for the and in October 2004, and for the in March 2005. Mortal Kombat: Deception follows the storyline from the fifth installment,. Its story centers on the revival of the Dragon King, who attempts to conquer the realms featured in the series after defeating the sorcerers and, the main antagonists in the previous game, and the Thunder God, defender of Earthrealm. The surviving warriors from the previous titles join forces to confront Onaga.

Twenty-six characters are available to play in the game, with nine making their first appearance in the series. Deception contains several new features in the series, such as chess and puzzle games with the MK characters and an online mode. The Konquest Mode returns from Deadly Alliance, but follows the life of, a warrior who is deceived by Onaga to search for artifacts to give Onaga more powers. In November 2006, Midway released Mortal Kombat: Unchained, a for the, which adds characters to the game from the previous title. Series co-creator designed Deception to be an unpredictable fighting game, and included new features such as the as surprises.

Mortal Kombat: Deception is a fighting video game developed and published by Midway as the sixth installment of the Mortal Kombat (MK) video game franchise. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in October 2004, and for the Nintendo GameCube in March 2005. Mortal Kombat: Deception follows the storyline from the fifth installment, Deadly Alliance.

Several parts from Deadly Alliance such as and arenas were redesigned to be more realistic as well as more interactive. Deception has been well received by video game reviewers, who praised the fights and the new features. The Konquest Mode, however, received criticism for poor voice acting. Several publications have called Deception the best fighting game of 2004. A fight between and The game's arenas are similar to those in, but include new features such as unique weapons which players can use, and instant-death traps which immediately kill a fighter who falls into them.

The game also introduces the 'Combo Breaker', a system which allows players to interrupt up to three times per match. In contrast to Deadly Alliance, in which characters had only one, the Deception characters have two Fatalities and a suicide move. The latter is used when the phrase 'Finish Him/Her' is shown on the screen and the player is about to lose. Deception introduces two that use MK characters. 'Chess Kombat' is a minigame similar to classical chess, but uses player-selected characters as pieces that must best each other in combat to take a square.

Some pieces have certain abilities, ranging from impersonating their opponents to instantly killing one of the opposing pieces. It also adds 'Puzzle Kombat', a similar to which features versions of the MK characters that attack each other once a player gains an advantage in the game. The 'Krypt' returns from Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and serves as an interface to access extra content hidden in 'koffins' (actual coffins named with the series' trademark misspelling). In Deception, the size of the Krypt was reduced from 676 koffins to 400 koffins.

Some koffins also have locks that require keys which can only be found in the Konquest mode. The Krypt in Mortal Kombat: Deception includes twelve bonus characters (which was cut down to six characters in the GameCube version). A young meeting in the action-adventure Konquest mode Deadly Alliance 's -style game called 'Konquest' also appears in Deception. Deception 's Konquest mode explores the history of, starting prior to his training with and ending with the beginning of Deception 's main story. While mostly an adventure game, the combat elements take place in the normal Deception fighting mode.

In Konquest, a young Shujinko meets Damashi, a being who requests his assistance in collecting six powerful items, the Kamidogu, to send to the Elder Gods. By the time he collects the six Kamidogu, Shujinko is an old man, having spent forty-six years on his mission. However, Damashi is then revealed to be the Dragon King Onaga, who deceived Shujinko to obtain the six Kamidogu. Players seeking to unlock much of the bonus content in Deception are required to play through the Konquest mode. Plot [ ] In the final events of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, 's warriors, who were meant to protect the six (named 'realms'), are killed by the Deadly Alliance ( and ), who attempted to conquer the realms. As the last survivor, Raiden attempts to fight both sorcerers but is ultimately defeated.