Over the weekend, Mortal Kombat 1 dataminer u/InfiniteNightZ uncovered a bunch of unused Hara-Kiri animations in the files.
If you haven't played the older games before, these are basically self-Fatalities in which the losing player kills themselves before their opponent gets the chance.
The closest we've come to Hara-Kiri finishers in MK1 are Quitalities.
It looks like these Hara-Kiri finishers will be implemented in a future update, given that Ghostface, who was just added to the roster last November, has their own unique animation. However, it's worth taking all of this with a grain of salt. NetherRealm has not officially announced anything, so this entire idea could be scrapped at any moment. But with how much effort has clearly been put into these finishers, there's some room for optimism, eh?
The above montage uses modded skins.
The Hara-Kiri finisher was introduced in Mortal Kombat: Deception way back in 2004, making it the first and last game to finish this unique spin on Fatalities.
However, there have been nods to Hara-Kiri finishers in the years since. As noted by the Fandom wiki, Scorpion attempts one in his MKX ending, but is stopped short by Raiden....
