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115-401: Upon release, the console versions of Mortal Kombat 11 received generally favorable reviews, which praised the gameplay, story, graphics, and improved netcode , but it received criticism for the presence of microtransactions and over-reliance on grinding . An expansion was released on May 26, 2020, entitled Aftermath . It includes an additional story mode, three new characters, new stages, and

230-533: A 1997 interview with Femme Fatales magazine, Pantaeva stated that "I loved my character so much that I [could] not get away from her." Tati Gabrielle will play the character in the upcoming film Mortal Kombat 2 . Jade appeared in the 2021 animated film Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms , and was voiced by Emily O'Brien . In the Mortal Kombat comic book series published by Malibu Comics , Jade

345-518: A Special Forces strike team led by Sonya Blade , Cassie Cage , and Jacqui Briggs attack the Netherrealm, with Raiden providing assistance. The team succeeds in destroying the Netherrealm castle, at the cost of Sonya's life. Kronika forms an alliance with revenants and Netherrealm's rulers, Liu Kang and Kitana , immediately afterwards. Meanwhile, Kotal Kahn , the current emperor of Outworld, attempts to execute Shao Kahn 's loyalist Kollector , but

460-433: A certain delay (greater or lesser depending on the physical distance between the players, the quality and speed of the players' network connections, etc.). During an online match, games must receive and process players' input within a certain time for each frame (equal to 16. 66   ms per frame at 60  FPS ), and if a remote player's input of a particular frame (for example, of frame number 10) arrives when another one

575-719: A character customization system similar to the Gear system in NetherRealm Studios' previous DC Comics fighting game Injustice 2 , improving over the Variation system featured in Mortal Kombat X . Each character has an initial set of skins, gears and moves, which can be further customized by the player. However, unlike Injustice 2 , in Mortal Kombat 11 the characters' appearance does not determine their abilities, allowing players to create custom move lists independently of their character's appearance. Online modes now feature cross-play for

690-535: A close friendship. After Kitana flees to Earthrealm after killing Mileena, Shao Kahn orders Jade to bring Kitana back to him alive; forcing her to choose between disobeying her superior or betraying her close friend. Jade is not playable again until Mortal Kombat: Deception (2004). She witnesses the deaths of Kitana and the thunder god Raiden 's chosen fighters at the hands of the Deadly Alliance ( Shang Tsung and Quan Chi ) and their subsequent resurrection by

805-501: A community reveal event was held simultaneously in Los Angeles and London. The reveal event featured, among many others, a filmed interview with Ronda Rousey , the voice actress for Sonya Blade. On March 22, 2019, about a month before the game's release, it was announced at C2E2 that actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa would reprise his role as Shang Tsung from the 1995 film and the second season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy , while coinciding

920-498: A conflicted figure ultimately redeemed by her friendship with Kitana." However, in her 2021 study Art Imitates Life: The Representation (Or Lack Thereof) of Black Women in Video Games , author Bug Gadson criticized Jade's role as "a servant" and her staff "which she uses as a stripper pole to celebrate her wins," while she "is expected to give her life to protect her masters". While discussing Sindel's killing of multiple characters in

1035-463: A construct of Kronika who, like her, has powers that allow him to control the flow of time, and produce sand-based attacks; Cetrion, an Elder Goddess who is Shinnok's sister and Kronika's daughter and has control over elemental forces; and Kollector, a six-armed Naknadan who serves as a tribute collector to the Outworld empire. Non-playable characters appearing in the game include Shinnok , who appears in

1150-508: A cyberized Frost , has reinstated the Cyber Lin Kuei to build an army of cyborgs out of kidnapped Lin Kuei warriors for Kronika. Grandmasters Sub-Zero and Hanzo Hasashi shut down Sektor's factory with Cyrax 's aid, forcing Geras, Black, and both versions of Kano to retreat to Kronika's Keep, where they revive Sektor and rebuild the cybernetic army themselves. Meanwhile, Raiden consults with

1265-399: A delay-based netcode does not allow the simulation to continue until it receives the inputs from all the players in the frame in question. This variable delay causes an inconsistent and unresponsive experience compared to offline play (or to a LAN game), and can negatively affect player performance in timing-sensitive and fast-paced genres such as fighting games . An alternative system to

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1380-516: A guest character with Keith David reprising the title role from the HBO animated series Todd McFarlane's Spawn . In February 2015, McFarlane had granted NetherRealm a limited window of permission to use Spawn as a guest character for their titles. However, in April 2015, Ed Boon revealed that Spawn had been discussed as a potential guest character early in development, but that he did not know McFarlane had made

1495-400: A large amount of damage, but unlike them, they only become available when a player's health drops below 30%, and can only be performed once per match. Krushing Blows are a critical hit variation of a given special move or combination, triggered when certain requirements are met and cause deadly effect by showing graphic body injuries and draining at most times 30% health in a single hit. New to

1610-567: A magical steel bō staff, which was also used in her Fatalities , mostly for impaling her opponents. Her projectile attack in the game was a three-pronged boomerang that players could shoot in three different forward directions through varying joystick and button combinations. Jade's body-propel attack, a kick that sees her encased in a smoking green glow, is a variant of Johnny Cage 's Shadow Kick. Sega Saturn Magazine 's guide to Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 described her specials as leading into "some devastating combo attacks," adding that she

1725-415: A packet, or when packets arrive in an incorrect order or duplicated, which can be very detrimental to a real-time online game (this protocol was not designed for this type of software). If the game instead uses a User Datagram Protocol (UDP), the connection between machines will be very fast, because instead of establishing a connection between them the data will be sent and received directly. This protocol

1840-549: A revenant, returns in Mortal Kombat 11 (2019), serving under Kitana and Liu Kang's revenant forms in the Netherrealm after they became its new rulers in MKX as well as servant to the keeper of time Kronika . Due to her plans to erase Raiden from history however, a time anomaly she created inadvertently brought past versions of Jade and Kitana to the present. The two lend their support to its new ruler Kotal Kahn , with whom Jade shared

1955-480: A romantic history with before she died. While helping him track down a time-displaced Shao Kahn, during which they encountered Jade's revenant and D'vorah and Jade Defeated Them Both, Kotal's hatred for all Tarkatans led Jade to beat him down before he Would Kill The innocent Tarkatans and left them both vulnerable to being captured by their quarry. She is later rescued From Skarlet by Kitana and joins her united Outworld army in confronting Shao Kahn. After Kitana becomes

2070-479: A secret battle. She is a green palette swap of Kitana with darker skin, and fights with increased speed and a pair of gold fans. Jade makes her official debut as a playable character in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995); an upgrade of Mortal Kombat 3 in which she was written as being one of Outworld emperor Shao Kahn 's elite assassins along with his adopted stepdaughter Kitana, with whom she shared

2185-556: A series where lasting friendships are rare, that’s a cool little detail, but it also puts Jade in a role that makes her seem secondary to the princess." Reception to her Fatalities has been mixed. Leon Miller of Screen Rant wrote in 2017, "Jade compensates for a fairly boring moveset – yes, we know she wields a bō staff! – and tired, sexed-up outfit" with her "creative finishers" and "her backstory, which has seen her develop from an uncomplicated assassin in Shao Kahn’s employ into

2300-555: A specific set of requirements. She was of three palette-swapped female ninjas into the game along with Kitana and Mileena, with a green color scheme. MK co-creator and character designer John Tobias felt that including hidden characters in MKII would add to its mystique after the inclusion of Reptile in the previous game, so he conceived Jade and another secret character, Smoke , by creating their color palettes while background artist Tony Goskie added images of them peeking out from behind

2415-430: A synchronous and seamless experience between users despite these networking challenges. Unlike a local game where the inputs of all players are executed instantly in the same simulation or instance of the game, in an online game there are several parallel simulations (one for each player) where the inputs from their respective players are received instantly, while the inputs for the same frame from other players arrive with

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2530-551: A teaser trailer for an additional DLC pack was uploaded, promising more information on October 8. This was revealed to be Kombat Pack 2, consisting of three playable characters: Mileena , who was last playable in Mortal Kombat X ; Rain , who was last playable in the 2011 reboot via DLC; and an additional guest character, John Rambo from the Rambo franchise , with original actor Sylvester Stallone providing his voice and likeness. Kombat Pack 2, along with all previous downloadable content,

2645-473: A tree in the game's "Living Forest" stage. Tobias then created backstories for Jade and the game's other hidden characters once they were made playable in later installments. In Mortal Kombat II (1993), Jade was a hidden character who played no part in the game's storyline other than appearing at the start of random fights to drop cryptic clues on how to access her, with players having to then meet specific requirements during gameplay in order to fight Jade in

2760-403: A very mild criticism of Sheeva's strengths" according to the player. In February 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav announced during a 2022 fourth-quarter earnings call that a twelfth installment in the series is set to be released later in that year, later to be revealed to be Mortal Kombat 1 . Mortal Kombat 1 's Kollector and Premium editions released on September 14, 2023 and

2875-560: Is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios . She debuted in Mortal Kombat II (1993) as a hidden opponent and first became playable in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995). Her primary weapon is a steel bō staff. In the story of the games, Jade is the childhood friend of Edenian princess Kitana . She first appears as an assassin for Outworld emperor Shao Kahn , but due to her friendship with Kitana, she supports

2990-402: Is a popular MIT-licensed library named GGPO designed to help implement rollback networking to games (mainly fighting games). Latency is unavoidable in online games, and the quality of the player's experience is strictly tied to this (the more latency there is between players, the greater the feeling that the game is not responsive to their inputs). The latency of the players' network (which

3105-418: Is already running (for example, in frame number 20, 166. 66 ms later), desynchronization between player simulations is produced. There are two main solutions to resolving this conflict and making the game run smoothly: The classic solution to this problem is the use of a delay-based netcode. When the inputs of a remote player arrive late, the game delays the inputs of the local player accordingly to synchronize

3220-569: Is destroyed by the Black Dragon gang and Kronika's cybernetic army, with the younger Johnny and Sonya captured, the elder Johnny wounded, and Sektor self-destructing in the process. Due to this and the destruction of Sub-Zero's Lin Kuei Temple and the Wu Shi Academy's Sky Temple, Earthrealm's heroes reconvene at Hasashi's Fire Garden. Cassie leads a strike team to save her parents, where Sonya kills

3335-418: Is dropped in the bottomless Sea of Blood; Frost is shut down, disabling the cyber Lin Kuei; and the present Jax defects to the heroes' side. Once revenant Liu Kang has absorbed his past self's soul, Kronika sends him to attack Raiden, who eventually merges with him to become Fire God Liu Kang. The heroes breach Kronika's Keep, but Kronika rewinds time. With his god-like status making him immune, Liu Kang defeats

3450-508: Is included as part of the game's enhanced Ultimate re-release. To work around the COVID-19 pandemic , Stallone recorded his dialogue at his home, through Zoom conference calls with the Netherrealm staff. Mileena's inclusion in Kombat Pack 2 was due to high demand from fans in the wake of her absence in the game previously. Ed Boon revealed that the motivation for her exclusion from the base game

3565-532: Is interrupted by a time storm that brings Shao Kahn, Skarlet , Baraka , and younger versions of Kano , Erron Black , Jade , Raiden, Kitana, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage , Sonya, Jax , Scorpion , Kabal , and Kung Lao from the past and erases Dark Raiden from existence. A battle erupts in Kotal's Koliseum until D'Vorah transports Baraka, Kollector, Skarlet, Shao Kahn, Black, and Kano to her hive, recruiting them into Kronika's fold. Liu Kang, Kung Lao, and Raiden appear at

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3680-400: Is largely out of a game's control) is not the only factor in question, but also the latency inherent in the way the game simulations are run. There are several lag compensation methods used to disguise or cope with latency (especially with high latency values). A single update of a game simulation is known as a tick. The rate at which the simulation is run on a server is often referred to as

3795-562: Is less and less time to react to other players' actions) with a fixed input delay and then rollback being used. Rollback is quite effective at concealing lag spikes or other issues related to inconsistencies in the users' connections, as predictions are often correct and players do not even notice. Nevertheless, this system can be troublesome whenever a client's game slows down (usually due to overheating), since rift problems can be caused leading to an exchange of tickets between machines at unequal rates. This generates visual glitches that interrupt

3910-413: Is much simpler than the previous one, but it lacks its reliability and stability and requires the implementation of own code to handle indispensable functions for the communication between machines that are handled by TCP (such as data division through packets, automatic packet loss detection, etc.); this increases the engine's complexity and might itself lead to issues. Jade (Mortal Kombat) Jade

4025-518: Is to resurrect Sindel , so they head to the Netherrealm and capture her revenant. Returning to Outworld, Shang Tsung uses Sheeva's blood debt to Sindel to gain access to the Soul Chamber and restore Sindel despite fierce resistance from Kitana, Jade, Kotal, Black, and Baraka. Sindel accompanies Shang Tsung and the others to his island, where Fujin defeats Kronika's forces and convinces present-day Jax to defect early while Sindel defeats Cetrion and helps

4140-492: The 1997 film Mortal Kombat Annihilation , and was portrayed by Siberian-born supermodel and actress Irina Pantaeva in her English-language film debut. She has no past relationship nor any interaction with Kitana in the film, and she secretly remains loyal to Shao Kahn while pretending to aid the Earthrealm warriors in her attempt to lead them into an ambush. Pantaeva underwent six months' fight training prior to shooting, and in

4255-402: The 2005 beat 'em up action-adventure spinoff that retold the events of MKII , she engages Shaolin warriors Liu Kang and Kung Lao in a fight alongside Mileena and a brainwashed Kitana, and is defeated. In Mortal Kombat , the 2011 reboot of the series, Jade was born into Edenian royalty that served Shao Kahn after he conquered the realm. Jade served as bodyguard to Princess Kitana and

4370-485: The 2011 Mortal Kombat had "gone too far in its sexualization". In 2019, a Mortal Kombat 11 developer revealed to Kotaku that some of the team members were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because of exposure to excess graphic violence. Developers used real gore videos and images as an inspiration for the game's gore imagery. Source material such as beheading videos and pictures of murder victims as well as slaughtered animals were viewed amongst

4485-410: The 2011 reboot , four new fighters were introduced, three of whom are playable. Firstly, Kronika serves as the series's first-ever female boss character , who has powers over the flow of time, and had been supervising the events of the timelines since the very beginning of the events in the overall Mortal Kombat story. She is not among the game's playable characters. New playable fighters include Geras,

4600-526: The 2011 reboot as "ridiculous" and "large breasts and cleavage for the sake of it", while her response to the criticism of Jade's more conservative redesign in MK11 was that "part of the sex appeal of the characters is watching them destroy their enemies. Watching Jade in [ MK11 ], she has plenty of sex appeal when she disembowels her enemies." April Prince of Black Girl Nerds described the character as "a strong, beautiful dark-skinned woman who has always fought for

4715-450: The 2011 reboot's story mode, Gadson noted that Jade's death was "the most gruesome in the entire cutscene; her white and male counterparts are only put down with punches and kicks. Her master, Kitana, is merely shoved away. Jade's stomach is ripped out of her body as she tries to protect her." Chad Hunter of Complex chose the Mortal Kombat 2011 versions of Jade and Kitana to represent the "women who fight" stereotype in his 2012 list of

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4830-484: The 2011 reboot. The character featured the voice and likeness of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , who portrayed him in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film and the second season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy . On May 31, 2019, five additional fighters were announced to be released under the first Kombat Pack with Shang Tsung. Three of the confirmed characters were Nightwolf and Sindel , both returning from the 2011 Mortal Kombat game, and Spawn from Image Comics by Todd McFarlane , as

4945-535: The Cage family, defeating Kitana, Liu Kang, and Jade, throwing Kung Lao into the Sea of Blood, and killing Kotal. It is revealed that Sindel was never brainwashed and had willingly married Shao Kahn after he conquered her realm by killing her former husband and Kitana's biological father. While Fujin spearheads the offensive on Kronika's Keep, Raiden discovers Shang Tsung's plot and Sindel's betrayal while fighting revenant Liu Kang when

5060-672: The Dragon King Onaga . Jade is forced to imprison a brainwashed Kitana in the Edenian palace dungeon before freeing Sindel and escaping with her to Outworld, while seeking revenge against traitorous fellow Edenian Tanya , who had allied herself with Onaga. In Sindel's non-canonical ending, she and Jade locate Onaga's tomb when he sends Kitana after them. Jade battles her friend before Sindel kills Onaga, breaking Kitana from his spell and returning peace to Edenia. In Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks ,

5175-667: The Earthrealm warriors free Kitana from captivity. She later joins them as they prepare to fend off Shao Kahn's invasion of Earthrealm. As Raiden and Liu Kang commune with the Elder Gods, the Lin Kuei ninja clan and Sindel attack; killing Jade and several of her allies before they are resurrected as undead revenants and enslaved in the Netherealm by Quan Chi. Jade was not included in Mortal Kombat X (2015), with Kitana shown using Jade's weapons in one of her three gameplay variations. Jade, as

5290-455: The Earthrealm's Special Forces HQ after forging an alliance with Kotal while Jade and Kitana aid Kotal in protecting Outworld from Kronika's forces. Liu Kang and Kung Lao investigate the Wu Shi Academy and encounter Kronika's right-hand man, Geras. Their battle ends with Geras using his chronokinetic powers to escape with powerful energy capsules containing Earthrealm's life force. The Special Forces learn that Sektor , backed by Noob Saibot and

5405-552: The Elder Gods. They cannot intervene as the time storm is draining their power, but Shinnok's twin sister Cetrion gives him a clue on how to defeat Kronika. During a later attempt, Raiden discovers Cetrion had betrayed and killed the Elder Gods to serve her mother: Kronika. Kotal and Jade go to a Tarkatan camp to ask for their help fighting against Shao Kahn, but Kotal's hatred towards the Tarkatans causes Jade to battle him before Shao Khan appears and captures him. The Special Forces base

5520-496: The Fire Garden to honor Hasashi's dying wish. Refusing to believe him, Raiden attacks him on sight using Shinnok's amulet. Liu Kang intervenes, causing Raiden to realize how they have fought before across multiple timelines and that Kronika had orchestrated them all because she fears their combined strength. Anticipating this, Kronika kidnaps Liu Kang. With Kharon recruited, a joint Earthrealm-Outworld army assaults Kronika's Keep. Geras

5635-744: The Hourglass cannot be used to change history without destroying it. He convinces Liu Kang to send him, Fujin, and Nightwolf back in time to retrieve the Crown of Souls before Cetrion does. Despite Raiden's suspicions of Shang Tsung, Liu Kang agrees and sends the trio back, staying behind to protect the Hourglass. Shang Tsung, Fujin, and Nightwolf are transported to the Koliseum just as Kitana confronted Shao Kahn. They attempt to flee undetected, but news spreads of their arrival, prompting Kronika to retaliate. To face Cetrion on his island, Shang Tsung determines their best option

5750-503: The Joker had a redesign due to the initial backlash back in August. The redesign for the Joker was later well-received, citing improvement on his facial features as opposed to the initial reveal. Ed Boon initially described the presence of the Joker as "Vicious", in contrast to his previous appearances that were toned down in both Injustice games and Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe in order to secure

5865-424: The Joker's new moveset and gruesome Fatality. Like Mortal Kombat X , Mortal Kombat 11 received skin packs included in the Kombat Pack, normally consisting of three character skins per pack, with a total of eighteen skins all together. A small number of single skins were released for free such as a Harley Quinn -inspired skin for Cassie Cage and a Dimitri Vegas skin for Sub-Zero, featuring Vegas himself providing

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5980-835: The Standard edition released on September 19 of the same year. The sequel received very positive reviews (with the exception of the Switch version, which was received negatively). Netcode Netcode is a blanket term most commonly used by gamers relating to networking in online games , often referring to synchronization issues between clients and servers. Players often infer "bad netcodes" when they experience lag or when their inputs are dropped. Common causes of such issues include high latency between server and client, packet loss , network congestion , and external factors independent to network quality such as frame rendering time or inconsistent frame rates . Netcodes may be designed to uphold

6095-455: The T rating. Another teaser was uploaded on New Year's Day 2020, featuring the character's trademark graffiti and smiling on the walls of Arkham Asylum during fireworks, followed by laughter. Two weeks later, Boon later posted a gameplay image of the Joker covered in blood through his Twitter account, promising a taste of things to come for the character's inclusion. The gameplay trailer was released two days later on January 16, 2020, showcasing

6210-463: The aesthetics department". In North America, Mortal Kombat 11 was the best-selling video game software for the month of April. This, along with Fortnite , contributed to digital game sales reaching over $ 8.8 billion in April. In June 2019, Mortal Kombat 11 surpassed the sales of Kingdom Hearts III . Mortal Kombat 11 proceeded to be the best-selling video game software in North America for

6325-414: The announcement of the character as downloadable content . A public stress test of the game's online mode took place between March 15 and 17. Also, a closed beta was available between March 27 and April 1, 2019, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One pre-order buyers. During the 2019 Brasil Game Show , Ed Boon announced that the story mode of Mortal Kombat 11 served as a conclusion to the saga that started since

6440-424: The battle, the epilogue will show one of the following: Following Kronika's defeat, Fire God Liu Kang and Raiden attempt to utilize Kronika's Hourglass to restore history, but are interrupted by Shang Tsung , Fujin , and Nightwolf , who were all imprisoned in a timeless void by Kronika for refusing to join her. Shang Tsung elaborates that, due to the destruction of the Crown of Souls when Liu Kang defeated Kronika,

6555-545: The battle, the story ends in one of the following outcomes: The game's roster consists of a total of 37 playable characters; 25 characters in the base game (2 of which are unlockable) and 12 characters available via DLC (5 of which are guest characters). The characters in bold are new to the series, while the italicized ones are guest characters. Kombat Pack 1 Aftermath Kombat Pack 2 Along with series veterans including Kano, Raiden, Scorpion, Sonya Blade and Sub-Zero, and others such as Skarlet, who returns from

6670-461: The bonus costume of character Skarlet, which was also part of the MK11 Premium ;Edition. Mortal Kombat 11 also received heavy backlash from members of the Mortal Kombat fanbase for drastically cutting back on the sex appeal of its female characters. Creator Ed Boon , in an interview with Playboy , claimed it was "unrealistic" for female fighters to be scantily clad and thought that

6785-410: The character "seems to fetishize Eastern culture" in that she was "equal parts exotic slave girl and Asian princess, her most powerful weapon being her sexuality. She's the mystical, foreign black widow, a relic of post-war pulp novels ." Julian Beauvais of Comic Book Resources said in 2017, "For most of her time in the franchise, Jade has pretty much been defined as being the best friend of Kitana. In

6900-478: The character voiced by Chris Cox , who was appointed by Schwarzenegger himself. In a December 2015 interview, Ed Boon revealed that like Spawn, the Terminator had been considered as a guest character for Mortal Kombat X . The reveal for the Joker's design was met with negative reception, generating a wave of online fans comparing it to a poor cosplay . A teaser trailer later debuted on December 12, 2019, revealed that

7015-575: The corporate rebrand of Warner Bros. in 2019. Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate , released the same year as the Aftermath DLC, was published under the Warner Bros. Games label, and used the shield logo designed by Pentagram , first introduced in 2019, replacing the WB Games logo used since 2010. At C2E2 on March 22, 2019, Shang Tsung was announced as the first downloadable character, who was returning from

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7130-549: The delay-based netcode model) or more ingenious solutions as the one currently used in Skullgirls , which consists of the systematic omission of one frame every seven so that when the game encounters the problem in question it can recover the skipped frames in order to gradually synchronize the instances of the games on the various machines. Rollback netcode requires the game engine to be able to turn back its state, which requires modifications to many existing engines, and therefore,

7245-535: The desynchronization may compound and be unrecoverable. A game's choice of transport layer protocol (and its management and coding) can also affect perceived networking issues. If a game uses a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), there will be increased latency between players. This protocol is based on the connection between two machines, in which they can exchange data and read it. These types of connections are very reliable, stable, ordered and easy to implement. These connections, however, are not quite suited to

7360-569: The fifteen most stereotypical characters in video games, describing them as "half-naked skanks who can fight, hurl lasers and perform aerobatic attacks while wearing thongs, high-heeled boots and keeping their giant breasts under scarves", which he felt had caused "female gamers [to] slide away from this series." In a 2016 thesis discussing female representation in video games, Juho Matias Puro included Jade with Street Fighter ' s Chun-Li and Tekken ' s Christie Monteiro as " hypersexualized " characters "designed to aesthetically pleasure

7475-511: The first Mortal Kombat title and the storyline that was established in the 2011 reboot . It used the Unreal Engine 3 . The Nintendo Switch version was developed by Shiver Entertainment while the Windows version was developed by QLOC. The game was released on April 23, 2019, across Microsoft Windows , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , and Xbox One , with a Stadia port releasing later in

7590-424: The first time in the series. However, the feature is in beta and this excludes Nintendo Switch, PC and Stadia. Following Shinnok 's defeat , Dark Raiden plans to protect Earthrealm by destroying all of its enemies and making an example of Shinnok, decapitating him. This latter act inspires Kronika , the keeper of time, to rewrite history to undo Raiden's interference and erase him from existence. Two years later,

7705-665: The following month of May, for both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, the sales of the game is nearly doubled comparably to previous entries of the series. In May 2019, the game reached number 1 in Australia, and number 2 in New Zealand. It reached number 2 in Switzerland. It was the 4th most downloaded game on the European PlayStation Store charts in April 2019. Overall, Mortal Kombat 11 was the fifth best selling game of 2019 and

7820-524: The fourth best selling PS4 game of 2019. By 2022, the game had sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling game in the Mortal Kombat franchise. Due to its violence and gore, Mortal Kombat 11 is banned in Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, and China. It was also banned in Ukraine because of the laws banning Communist symbols . Some of these symbols are present on the "Kollection" images and on

7935-452: The game a 9, praising the fighting system calling it "accessible, deep and exciting" as well praising the story mode. However, they criticized the "always-online requirement for progression" as well as the randomization of rewards in the Krypt. The Nintendo Switch version of the game was also well received. Pure Nintendo gave the game a 9, praising the game's story mode, customization mode, and

8050-463: The game can act in two ways: if the prediction is correct, the game continues as-is, in a totally continuous way; if the prediction was incorrect, the game state is reverted and gameplay continues from the corrected state, seen as a "jump" to the other player or players (equivalent to 45 ms, following the example). Some games utilize a hybrid solution in order to disguise these "jumps" (which can become problematic as latency between players grows, as there

8165-567: The game simulation between the server and clients. Tickrate for games like first-person shooters is often between 128 ticks per second (such is Valorant 's case) , 64 ticks per second (in games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch ), 30 ticks per second (like in Fortnite and Battlefield V 's console edition) and 20 ticks per second (such are the controversial cases of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare , Call of Duty: Warzone and Apex Legends ). A lower tickrate also naturally reduces

8280-459: The game's tutorials, though stated that the online features are where the Nintendo Switch version "falls short". Nintendo Life gave the game an 8 out of 10, praising the game on its features, though it was critical on the game's graphics, stating that "it's a performance-first experience that nails 60fps, and boasts every mode and mechanic from other versions, only with a noticeable downgrade in

8395-424: The gameplay of those players that receive inputs at a slower pace, while the player whose game is slowed down will have an advantage over the rest by receiving inputs from others at a normal rate (this is known as one-sided rollback). To address this uneven input flow (and consequently, an uneven frame flow as well), there are standard solutions such as waiting for the late entries to arrive to all machines (similar to

8510-481: The group capture the Crown. Fujin and Shang Tsung travel to the Fire Garden to convince Raiden of Shang Tsung's alliance. When Kronika attempts to intervene, Raiden, Fujin, and Shang Tsung fend her off, though she reveals the sorcerer was the one who designed the Crown. As the offensive on Kronika's Keep is about to commence, Shang Tsung signals Sindel to heal Shao Kahn. The pair then betray and defeat Sheeva, gaining control of her army before destroying Geras, imprisoning

8625-404: The hypothetical male, but their sexual identity and expression are non-existent." Following the 2019 release of Mortal Kombat 11 , Princess Weekes of The Mary Sue described Jade therein as a "boss" in an article discussing video games "toning down their hyper-sexual female character[s]" due to the increase in marketing to female gamers. She dismissed the designs of Jade, Kitana and Mileena in

8740-626: The implementation of this system can be problematic and expensive in AAA type games (which usually have a solid engine and a high-traffic network), as commented by Dragon Ball FighterZ producer Tomoko Hiroki, among others. Although this system is often associated with a peer-to-peer architecture and fighting games, there are forms of rollback networking that are also commonly used in client-server architectures (for instance, aggressive schedulers found in database management systems include rollback functionality) and in other video game genres . There

8855-503: The increasingly sprawling story world." Gavin Jasper of Den of Geek praised Jade's hidden fight in Mortal Kombat II but felt that "she doesn't really bring anything to the table afterwards" until Mortal Kombat 11 , calling her romance with Kotal Kahn "a fresh romantic pairing that made sense and added a little bit of hope to Mortal Kombat 9 ' s tragedy and the nihilism of Kronika 's" plot. Chris Plante of UGO wrote in 2010 that

8970-466: The intro to the story mode and in one of the stages (albeit only his head); Sektor and Cyrax , who also appear in the story mode as NPC opponents; Ermac , Reptile and Smoke , who all appear in the gameplay as part of Shang Tsung's moveset, as well as one of Rain's fatalities; and Kintaro , who appears in one of Shang Tsung's fatalities. Mortal Kombat 11 was developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment ,

9085-411: The last of her power. As he starts approaching the Hourglass to mold his New Era, Fire God Liu Kang appears, revealing he was aware of Shang Tsung's intentions and, knowing he was the only one strong enough to defeat Kronika, allowed Shang Tsung to stay alive to protect the Crown. From this point, the player can choose their "final destiny" and fight as Shang Tsung or Liu Kang. Depending on the outcome of

9200-535: The latter receives injuries from his past self. Raiden arrives too late to stop Shang Tsung from tricking Fujin into giving him the Crown. The sorcerer gains Kronika's full power, revealing he had planned everything after Kronika imprisoned him. He overpowers and drains Raiden and Fujin's souls before using Sindel and Shao Kahn to reach the Hourglass. Once Kronika's remaining revenants are killed, Shang Tsung betrays Sindel and Shao Kahn and takes their souls as well before defeating and erasing Kronika from existence, gaining

9315-449: The latter. Mortal Kombat 11 received generally favorable reviews according to the review aggregator website Metacritic . IGN praised the more slow-paced combat compared to the previous game in the series , as well as the expanded tutorial, story mode and improved netcode. However, it condemned the game's drawn-out progression and customization unlock system, which was described as "frustratingly gimmicky and grindy". GameSpot gave

9430-404: The mobile game that had originally been launched as Mortal Kombat X for iOS and Android, was renamed to Mortal Kombat Mobile as it received its 2.0 update, incorporating Mortal Kombat 11 content in the process. Among these changes, the graphics engine was transitioned from Unreal Engine 3 to Unreal Engine 4 . The app is available on App Store and Google Play, with 50 million downloads in

9545-487: The network speeds that fast-action games require, as this type of protocol ( Real Time Streaming Protocols ) automatically groups data into packets (which will not be sent until a certain volume of information is reached, unless this algorithm — Nagle's algorithm — is disabled) which will be sent through the connection established between the machines, rather than directly (sacrificing speed for security). This type of protocol also tends to respond very slowly whenever they lose

9660-471: The new Kahn of Outworld, she and Jade take part in the final battle against Kronika and their revenant counterparts alongside the combined Earthrealm and Outworld armies. Jade was played by martial artist Katalin Zamiar, who also portrayed Kitana and Mileena. Zamiar did not return for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 due to legal issues with Midway, and was replaced by Becky Gable for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 . Jade

9775-439: The number of times that updates (of a simulation) are sent to a particular client and/or particular objects in the game's world in addition to reducing the precision of some values sent over the network to help with bandwidth use. This lack of precision may in some instances be noticeable. Various simulation synchronization errors between machines can also fall under the "netcode issues" blanket. These may include bugs which cause

9890-495: The offer until after the release of Mortal Kombat X . Leading up to a Reddit AMA in December 2018 where McFarlane hinted that Spawn would be in Mortal Kombat 11 . The gameplay trailer featuring Spawn was released on March 8, 2020, during the "Final Kombat" tournament, where David attended the event as a guest alongside the debut of the red band trailer for the animated film Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge . On August 21,

10005-647: The one who sneaks around and gets information, and carries out covert activities." Much like most of the female characters, Jade was given a more revealing costume in Mortal Kombat 9 , only to receive a more conservative costume again upon her return in Mortal Kombat 11 . Jade copied Kitana's attacks for her secret battle in Mortal Kombat II , in particular her "Fan Throw", but was extremely fast and immune to projectile attacks. Upon her playable debut in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 , her primary weapon became

10120-467: The pair are thwarted by Cetrion, who eventually escapes with the Crown, and present-day Jax, who had been deceived by Kronika into helping her in exchange for averting his time as a revenant. Hasashi is tasked with convincing Kharon, the ferryman of Netherrealm's souls, to join their side so they can travel to Kronika's fortress. Hasashi fights Scorpion and persuades him to join his side, but is fatally wounded by D'Vorah. Scorpion drives her away and returns to

10235-552: The precision of the simulation, which itself might cause problems if taken too far, or if the client and server simulations are running at significantly different rates. Because of limitations in the amount of available bandwidth and the CPU time that's taken by network communication, some games prioritize certain vital communications while limiting the frequency and priority of less important information. As with tickrate, this effectively increases synchronization latency. Game engines may limit

10350-412: The previous netcode is rollback netcode. This system immediately runs the inputs of the local player (so that they are not delayed as with delay-based netcode), as if it were an offline game, and predicts the inputs of the remote player or players instead of waiting for them (assuming they will make the same input as the one in the previous tick). Once these remote inputs arrive (suppose, e.g., 45 ms later),

10465-485: The previous three games in the series, including Mortal Kombat Mobile , Mortal Kombat 11 is a 2.5D fighting game . Alongside the returning Fatalities , Brutalities, Stage Fatalities, Friendships and Quitalities, new gameplay features are introduced, such as Fatal Blows and Krushing Blows. Fatal Blows are special moves similar to the X-ray moves in the 2011 reboot and Mortal Kombat X . Like X-ray moves, Fatal Blows deal

10580-415: The princess' rebellion against Shao Kahn to liberate the realms he conquered. While Jade also appears in various media outside of the games, the character has received mixed critical reception. Jade was initially conceived by the series developers as "an evil version of Kitana" for her introduction in Mortal Kombat II , in which she is a non-playable secret character whom players could fight after following

10695-455: The remaining revenants and Cetrion. Kronika then absorbs Cetrion's essence to strengthen herself enough to reverse time back to the primordial state of the universe, erasing all the events in the franchise from existence. Fire God Liu Kang is left unaffected due to his godly status. Kronika and Fire God Liu Kang fight one final time to determine the fate of the New Era. Depending on the outcome of

10810-621: The remaining two guest characters were revealed as the T-800 model from the Terminator franchise and the Joker from DC Comics , marking his return to the series since Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe after being a playable character in the Injustice series, with voice actor Richard Epcar reprising the role from both. As a tie-in release to Terminator: Dark Fate , the Terminator's facial likeness and capture were provided by Arnold Schwarzenegger , with

10925-414: The respective voices and likenesses of Linden Ashby , Bridgette Wilson , and Christopher Lambert , who portrayed them in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film. On July 2, 2021, NetherRealm Studios announced that Mortal Kombat 11 would no longer receive DLC and update support, and that they would instead be focusing on their next projects, Mortal Kombat 1 and Mortal Kombat: Onslaught . In February 2019,

11040-413: The return of stage fatalities and the friendship finishing move. An enhanced version of the game containing all downloadable content up to that point, titled Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate , was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 , Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 17, 2020. A sequel, and series reboot , Mortal Kombat 1 , was released on September 19, 2023. Like

11155-478: The series is a Flawless Block mechanic, which allows for a comeback window after blocking an attack with precise timing. Another returning finisher is Mercy, last seen in Mortal Kombat Trilogy , where the winning player can opt to revive their opponent after the "Finish Him/Her" prompt, causing the opponent to gain a small amount of life. Mortal Kombat 11 introduces a Kustom Variation feature which offers

11270-407: The server's tickrate; this is essentially the server equivalent of a client's frame rate , absent any rendering system. Tickrate is limited by the length of time it takes to run the simulation, and is often intentionally limited further to reduce instability introduced by a fluctuating tickrate, and to reduce CPU and data transmission costs. A lower tickrate increases latency in the synchronization of

11385-432: The simulation to proceed differently on one machine than on another, or which cause some things to not be communicated when the user perceives that they ought to be. Traditionally, real-time strategy games (such as Age of Empires ) have used lockstep protocol peer-to-peer networking models where it is assumed the simulation will run exactly the same on all clients; if, however, one client falls out of step for any reason,

11500-415: The staff and some members of the team were said to suffer nightmares as a result. The studio was also accused of instituting "crunch culture" , with employees regularly working 80 to 100 hours a week to meet submission deadlines. In January 2021, a Mortal Kombat 11 Pro Kompetition finalist, Titaniumtigerzz, was disqualified for naming his Sheeva variation 'WhyDidNRSdoThis'. The name "was supposed to be

11615-424: The top of the cast." For Mortal Kombat X , Jade's special attacks were given to Kitana for her "Mournful" gameplay variation, described in the game as her paying tribute to "her fallen best friend" by "employing the weapons of the deceased master assassin." Jade has a minor role in the novelization of the 1995 live-action film Mortal Kombat , but did not appear in the film. Jade is a supporting character in

11730-410: The two became close friends, but was under orders to kill Kitana should she become disloyal to Kahn. They initially fight against the Earthrealm warriors, but Jade soon becomes suspicious of Kitana when she attempts to discover her true heritage, which in turn leads to her capture when she confronts Shao Kahn after coming across a grotesque clone of herself named Mileena. Jade changes allegiances and helps

11845-428: The two inputs and run them simultaneously. This added delay can be disruptive for players (especially when latency is high), but overall the change is not very noticeable. However, these delays can be inconsistent due to sudden fluctuations in current latency. Should the latency between players exceed an established buffer window for the remote player, the game must wait, causing the screens to "freeze". This occurs because

11960-490: The two parties also involved with the game's predecessor, Mortal Kombat X . The game was announced by series co-creator Ed Boon in December 2018, at The Game Awards 2018 , with a trailer showcasing Dark Raiden and Scorpion fighting against each other. At the end of the announcement trailer it was announced that pre-order buyers would have Shao Kahn available as a playable character. The trailer featured " Immortal ", an original song by artist 21 Savage . On January 17, 2019,

12075-541: The voice for the skin as Sub-Zero. During the Summer of 2019, two Klassic skin packs were released in a period of two months, consisting of a Klassic Ninja skin pack in June and a Klassic Arcade Fighter skin pack in August 2019. In October 2019, a Double Feature skin pack was released while a Halloween skin pack was released for free. In November 2019, a Gothic horror skin pack was released. In January 2020, an Elseworlds -themed skin pack

12190-527: The year on November 19, 2019. On March 22, 2022, almost three years after the game's release, a patch was released for the PC version, removing the Denuvo Anti-Tamper from it, among other minor changes. McFarlane Toys produced a line of action figures to promote the game. The physical release of Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath , released in June 2020, was the final game published under the WB Games label, following

12305-402: The younger Kano to erase his present self from existence. Meanwhile, Kitana, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao battle Baraka to secure an alliance between him and Sheeva . With their aid, Kitana successfully defeats and blinds Shao Kahn, uniting the Outworld factions and inheriting the throne from Kotal. Raiden sends Jax and Jacqui to Shang Tsung 's now-abandoned island to retrieve the Crown of Souls, but

12420-489: Was a non-playable boss character in Shaolin Monks, fighting alongside both Kitana and Mileena. Prima Games rated Jade an overall score of seven out of ten, higher than Kitana and Mileena, for the 2006 compilation title Mortal Kombat: Armageddon , in which she was playable along with the entire Mortal Kombat roster. For the 2011 reboot, Prima opined that her "speed, safe attacks, and savvy combo abilities put her near

12535-419: Was a recurring character in the 1995 six-issue miniseries Battlewave , in which she is simply an evil assassin paired with Smoke in serving Shao Kahn, and has no connection to Kitana or her homeland. A Jade figurine was included with a 1995 special issue of Argentinian magazine Top Kids that featured a cover story titled "Jade: mystery warrior". In 1996, a figure of Jade from Mortal Kombat Trilogy' s line

12650-399: Was announced to be released with the Joker alongside a Darkseid skin for Geras. In March 2020, a Matinee skin pack was released with Spawn including a "Hellspawn" themed skin for Jacqui Briggs. On May 5, 2020, a new story mode DLC was teased, to be announced the following day. This DLC was revealed to be titled Aftermath and together with new story mode content, it consists of Fujin , who

12765-550: Was especially hard to win against as the CPU -controlled opponent. Jade's moves, along with these of Mileena and Kitana, were used in Mortal Kombat Trilogy to create the hidden composite character Khameleon . In their 1997 review of the game, GameSpot described both Jade and Noob Saibot in Trilogy as being "incredibly overpowered, with moves that run from rendering projectiles ineffective to making characters momentarily powerless." She

12880-484: Was given her own weapon, a bõ staff, to further differentiate her from Kitana and Mileena. Like their male ninja counterparts in the Mortal Kombat games, Kitana, Mileena and Jade evolved considerably from their original palette swap designs in the three-dimensional titles, receiving distinct new designs and other features. John Vogel, who worked on story and animations for Mortal Kombat: Deception , described Jade therein as "more of stealthy ninja type of character. She's

12995-525: Was last playable in Armageddon ; Sheeva , who previously appeared as a non playable character in the game's story mode; and an additional guest character, RoboCop , with actor Peter Weller reprising his role for the first time since RoboCop 2 . Three additional skin packs were announced in July 2020 as part of the post Aftermath launch, which were released between August and September 2020. On October 6, 2020,

13110-554: Was released by Toy Island. A 1:6 scale limited-edition character statue was released in the Mortal Kombat "Enchanted Warriors" line by Syco Collectibles in 2012. In his 2022 book Mortal Kombat: Games of Death , David Church remarked that when Jade and the series' other hidden characters first became playable in the "completist" titles Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat Trilogy , "their gameplay abilities were often poorly balanced and their backstories seem[ed] tacked onto

13225-549: Was that the team wanted to "create an appreciation" for the character, after getting constant replies from fans on social media demanding her return. An enhanced version of the game with all downloadable content included, titled Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate , was released on November 17, 2020 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 , Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S . A "Klassic MK Movie" skin pack was released on November 24, 2020, adding new skins for Johnny Cage, Sonya Blade and Raiden using

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