Reception
Reception for Deadly Alliance was generally favorable as it both resuscitated a series that had been waning since the late 1990s and brought many new innovations to the Mortal Kombat series itself. Despite the success of Mortal Kombat 4, the franchise had begun to suffer from overexposure and mostly spawned failed and mediocre projects during this period. The animated series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm lasted for four months in 1996. In November 1997, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, the sequel to the successful 1995 original, underperformed in theaters, while the live-action series Mortal Kombat: Konquest lasted for only one season in 1998 despite strong ratings. Meanwhile, on the game front, the side-scrolling Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero was met with limited interest, as was the Dreamcast port of Mortal Kombat 4 titled Mortal Kombat Gold, among critics both games were considered mediocre at best and received less than favorable reviews. As of 2003, according to IGN, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance sold 2 million copies. In April 2011, Ed Boon stated that the game had sold 3.5 million units.
GameSpot awarded Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance the award of Best Fighting Game of the Xbox in 2002 as well as the best Fighting Game on the GameCube of 2002. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance won the Best Brawl at G-Phoria on 2003, and later would also be included on the PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits.
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