Videogame Review, Mortal Kombat 2 for the Nintendo Gameboy (w/ Brand New Gameboy)

Videogame Review, Mortal Kombat 2 for the Nintendo Gameboy (w/ Brand New Gameboy)

True or false.

“Mortal Kombat 2 for the Gameboy is more graphic than the ‘Toy Story’ movie.”

The answer is “false”.

“Toy Story” has more graphics, is more graphic, and shows violence that’s even worse.  Think about it!  Woody punches Buzz in the face repeatedly, Buzz threatens to zap him with his laser, and Sid, their enemy, blows up toys with matches and rockets “just for fun”.  Mortal Kombat 2 on the Gameboy is more fixed, more linear, and more restricted in the graphic.  What’s scary is that kids have grown up in Halloween costumes for “Toy Story” and still think they’re innocent and peaceful.  This Gameboy game still has violence but with a lot less in the graphic area- for one thing, the Gameboy is monochrome, and what it shows is 8-bit, with fixed, linear visuals that speak more to indifference in combat.  Also, this Gameboy game in its original form doesn’t have blood in it.  “Toy Story” isn’t just more graphic than this Gameboy version of Mortal Kombat 2, it’s more graphic than the Sega Genesis version of Mortal Kombat 2 also.  That said, parental guidance is needed for both the movie and the game.  Even with watching Barney the Dinosaur or Sesame Street the parents may have to explain matters to their kids.  The answer isn’t necessarily to prevent kids from watching violence; the answer is for parents to guide their children and make them understand right and wrong.  So, excuse me for admitting this, but the “G” audience rating for “Toy Story” doesn’t qualify.  How would you look at a kid who dresses up like Woody, a violent criminal in Andy’s bedroom?  Yes, you’re probably thinking, “Toys aren’t really human.”  But, hey!  Even the gods in Mortal Kombat 2 aren’t really human, either.  Humans are typically mortal, frail, and easy to deal with.  Mortal Kombat 2 involves progress to be made for a pillar in contrast to victories and losses overtime.  Videogames are often less dreadful because the characters are usually not real and come back to life in obvious fiction.  Of course, there’s still violence.  So why isn’t Mortal Kombat 2 rated “G”?  Violence is violence.  I believe the difference lies in the fact that toys are more unreal most of the time compared to human-looking gods and warriors.  And, the Gameboy game is actually in resuming connection to the violent arcade game; but, even then, “Toy Story” is more graphic and violent.  I’m not denying that a tragic event occurred; I am correcting what people have sensed as a tragic event.  Don’t you think the toy that Sid exploded ever came back to life, or, that he was completely dead for good?  Not to mention the characters in “Toy Story” talk like humans, behave like humans, and still fight in acts of violence.  But controls for this Gameboy game are terrific, the visuals appear like art, and, despite the violence, a parent can show great things to their kids with the Mortal Kombat series.  The modern versions of Mortal Kombat are more grotesque and graphic; nonetheless, the Gameboy version of Mortal Kombat 2 is less graphic than the “Toy Story” movie- would it make sense to say that its graphics aren’t as good, and that it’s more graphic?