Pit II

The Pit II is the second "brother" of the Pit I. Its first appearance was inMortal Kombat II, and returns for Mortal Kombat Trilogy, and again inMortal Kombat Shaolin Monks, and last in Mortal Kombat (2011).

The arena consists of two long bridges parallel of each other very high above the ground. On the other bridge, two kombatants, Blaze andHornbuckle do kombat (though they only ever remain static). Like its predecessor, the Pit II possesses a stage Fatality. The opponent is knocked off the bridge and falls from a incredibly high altitude where their body is smashed against the hard, flat earth. Unlike the previous Pit incarnation, the player is required to input a unique combination depending on the character.

In Mortal Kombat Trilogy, the Pit II remains virtually unchanged, but lacks the stage Fatality as it would require unique falling sprites for the non-MKII characters.

In Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks, the Pit II is the final location of Smoke's quests to unlock Mortal Kombat IIand remains visually unchanged. This stage is located in the Living Forest in Story Mode, through a portal behind Smoke. The player is required to execute the stage Fatality on multiple opponents by simply uppercutting them off the bridge where their bodies break apart after impacting with the ground. Blaze and Hornbuckle also present in the arena as well, and no longer static as they are actually seen fighting one another.

In Mortal Kombat (2011), a new 3D design of theMortal Kombat IIarena appears. Instead of static images of Blaze and Hornbuckle, there are actual fights taking place on the far background bridge between random characters from the entire Mortal Kombat game series, including Daegon who did not appear in an MK game until Armageddon. There is a day and night version in addition to a Pit apocalyptic-like version with meteors and dark clouds at background.

In a rather curious move, the Pit II seems to have been redesigned to become an upgraded version of the original Pit. Instead of the long fall depicted in Mortal Kombat II, there are now enormous spikes lining the bottom. Considering that all arenas shown thus far are exclusively inspired by Mortal Kombat I, II and 3, it is likely that original Pit arena was simply replaced in favor of the Pit II design while keeping the beloved, classic spike impalement finish.