Recommended Reading: The rise and fall of 'Mortal Kombat'

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Matt Gerardi,
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franchise was riding high... and then 1997 rolled around.

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at the hot streak before the release of two games and a movie in the fall of that year. All three fell flat. That trio of shortcomings didn't kill the franchise completely, but it did enough damage to end Mortal Kombat's reign atop the video game world.

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