What game does Ellie play in the arcade in ‘The Last of Us’?

With the premiere of the seventh episode of ‘The Last of Us’ last Sunday, the 26th, the public was able to learn more details about Ellie Williams’ past, where part of the revelations were made through a visit to the post-apocalyptic Shopping Center, a place in which the protagonist of the plot that appeared as a video game in 2013, and her best friend, Riley, enjoy the best things that the place has to offer.

The two girls’ schedule included a trip to the Carousel, a visit to the Halloween store, a trip to a photo booth, reading the second volume of their favorite book of Ellie’s puns, and of course, a trip to a arcade, where they could play a game of Mortal Kombat II.

The importance of the game to Ellie had already been mentioned previously, since, in episode three of the series, Joel and Ellie end up finding an arcade with the game during a brief visit to a convenience store that was already in ruins, where she reveals that a friend knew everything about the game. subject.

Mortal Kombat II

Released in 1993 and produced by Midway, ‘Mortal Kombat II’ is the second title in the franchise of the same name. The game’s backstory is a new tournament based in Outworld and organized by Shang Tsung, so that his master, Emperor Shao Kahn, continues with his plan to conquer Earth.

It is worth remembering that the game, which later gained versions for consoles such as the Super Nintendo and the Mega Drive, first appeared on arcade machines, allowing those who went to the arcade at the time of the game’s rise to use their chips to choose one of the characters. to fight in duels to the death so that the great winner of the Mortal Kombat tournament would be defined.

Among the characters available to play were Baraka, Princess Kitana, a martial arts movie star and a series of shaolin warriors, ninjas, military, all of which allowed players to fight violent and action-packed battles.

In the game of ‘The Last of Us’ it was different

It is worth remembering that the scene in which the duo plays Mortal Kombat II was adapted from ‘The Last of Us: Left Behind’, a game that takes place before the first events of the franchise and tells the story of Ellie and Riley, where the moment of fun of the two, is portrayed otherwise.

For starters, in ‘Left Behind’ the name of the game is not ‘Mortal Kombat II’, but receives the fictional title of ‘The Turning’. Also, unlike the series, when the pair go to the arcade, Ellie cannot play Riley’s favorite game, as there is no electricity in the mall.

Thus, creativity is put into play, as Riley convinces Ellie that she can indeed experience the emotion of the game. For this, Riley describes the combat between Angel Knives and Blackfang, two characters in the game, while they carry out the commands related to the fight in the arcade machine.

A curiosity is that HBO Max, the streaming platform that makes the episodes of the series available, belongs to Warner Bros Discovery, a company that also runs NetherRealm, producer of the Mortal Kombat franchise, which will receive a new title soon as announced during a meeting from Warner Bros. Discovery with investors.