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DrunkCaveman posted...

The fighting I understand. Why they bother with a story and characters with relationships confuses me

Because fighting games generally try to have a story and they'll use weirder stories to justify weirder characters. And while MK's story is a total mess once you get beyond the most basic premise, it kinda lends itself to the setting.

aHappySacka posted...

So are all the other fighting games dumb then? why do any of them bother with a story at all?

Because people like stories. It gives them a reason to like/dislike characters.

And the level of convolution varies by franchise and it generally only becomes a problem when they try to incorporate dozens of characters across a dozen games. However, 90% of the time you're not going to know (or care) about most of the story, just basic overall plot elements and some things specific to each character.

Oftentimes you'll have a character bio/introduction somewhere in the game (either when you select the character or, especially with arcades, it shows on the "start" screen when nobody is playing) and then usually a character ending.

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