Walmart pulls Mortal Kombat 1up Arcade and refuses to sell stock

[Dashful]

Taking down promotional displays wasn't enough it seems.

(found on the official 1up fan page on Facebook)

Always remember, guns don't kill people, Mortal Kombat kills people.

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I went to purchase Mortal Kombat just after work a little while ago, and once I got to the register, was told I couldn't purchase MK due to restrictions on their end. Apparently the manager said, he was not able to sell it to me because Walmart has begun removing this particular cabinet due to its violent nature, but it's ok to buy SF and FF?? I just checked their website and Mortal Kombat has been removed.. Unbelievable.. He literally took it back to the back of the stock room, I kid you not. Speechless... Am I missing something? I'm 40 btw.. I have kids of my own..

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Also, EB Games Canada just announced they'll be selling the cabinet.

edit2: See threadmark: Walmart.com is selling it again? If anyone could check if they put them back on shelves in store too?

 

[SparkleMotion]

Our kids might start punching people into they explode into 40 pelvic bones.

 

[Barrel Cannon]

Oh for a sec I thought it was a copyright violation. This is just hilarious. It's the early 90's all over again "The videogames are killing are youth"

 

[RadzPrower]

Really...we're coming back to this after 20 years!? What the hell is wrong with people!?

 

[Proteus]

What year is it?

 

[lobdale]

We truly have returned to the early 90s.

 

[nsilvias]

this isnt what people were asking for when they said they wanted 80s nostalgia to end already

 

[higemaru]

Can't buy an MK cabinet, might as well buy a rifle. They're only 300 ft. away 🤷‍♂️

 

[Etrian Darkness]

Guns don't kill people, people who played video games kill people.

 

[KoolAid]

One story from Facebook from one Walmart, huh. Maybe we should wait until we get more information or more cases like this one.

 

[Burai]

Oh for a sec I thought it was a copyright violation. This is just hilarious. It's the early 90's all over again "The videogames are killing are youth"

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It's worse than that. It's literally the exact same game they lost their shit over in the early 90s.

BRB, checking Night Trap is still installed on my Switch.

 

[astro]

Trump is undoing decades of progress.

 

[Blackage]

WHAT YEAR IS IT?

 

[Okabe]

We truly have returned to the early 90s.

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IMAGINE returning to the early 90's

 

[SolidSnakex]

Especially amusing given that MK and MK2 didn't even have guns in them.

 

[Wiseblood]

 

[VariantX]

Walmart knows who their customer base is. After all, they're largely responsible for putting alot of america out of work just by showing up in their town.

 

[LuigiMario]

The fact it is an arcade machine for the first 3 Mortal Kombat's is just **chefs kiss**

Wal Mart probably makes more money on guns than video games so decided to use games as a scapegoat to give the appearance they give a shit since it will effect their bottom line less. Scum bags.

 

[Oneself]

That's very retro!

 

[Ouroboros]

I haven't shopped at walmart for YEARS, what a bunch of fools.

 

[5taquitos]

Walmart is desperate as fuck to convince people that it's not the guns two aisles down that's the real problem.

They absolutely know video games aren't causing violence.

 

[Zutrax]

Fuck Wal-Mart, I'd say I won't shop there anymore, but I already didn't. Their stores always sucked, it always feels like I'm walking into a depressing dystopian warehouse when I go into one.

I wonder if they're still selling copies of MK11? The original MK is tame as hell compared to half the games that come out anymore, and MK11 is on a whole 'nother level.

 

[jett]

The US is such an assbackwards place sometimes.

IMAGINE returning to the early 90's

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[vypek]

It's worse than that. It's literally the exact same game they lost their shit over in the early 90s.

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Was thinking the same thing. Lol. Can't believe its come back to this after 20-some years

 

[Link]

Really...we're coming back to this after 20 years!? What the hell is wrong with people!?

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This administration has dragged us backwards for everything else. Seems par for the course.

 

[dancingphlower]

Maybe they just pull their inventory of guns and refuse to sell those too, there's an idea.

 

[julian]

It's like they've been sleeping the past 25 years.

 

[Dashful]

One story from Facebook from one Walmart, huh. Maybe we should wait until we get more information or more cases like this one.

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They've been pulled from the website and other people in the group also confirmed.

In store stock according to online trackers is at 0 too.

And they were just starting to meet demand very recently.

 

[Z-Beat]

It's a good thing I already bought Night Trap

 

[Manu]

So what videogame makes you want to lock brown children in concentration camps?

Get your shit together, America.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Now all we need is a night trap

 

[Foffy]

Gonna stop selling the guns too, right?

Oh, no?

 

[DeathByBacklog]

One story from Facebook from one Walmart, huh. Maybe we should wait until we get more information or more cases like this one.

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It's been pulled off the site.

 

[AtomicShroom]

What is this, the early 90's? What's next, banning sales of music that contain references to violence and Satan? The USA is so fucked that I can't comprehend this country doesn't just collapse and implode on itself.

 

[nihilence]

This item is no longer available We're unable to show you buying options for this item.

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Sad if all is true. It's a Walmart exclusive too.

 

[Lant_War]

Woah, added nostalgic value.

 

[LiK]

No MK, but hey, let's keep selling guns.

 

[BossLackey]

This is fucking hilarious.

 

[Starwing]

I know that people have 90's nostalgia but this is ridiculous!

 

[RadzPrower]

Sad if all is true. It's a Walmart exclusive too.

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Checked myself and it's listed as unavailable on their site.

 

[Einbroch]

does mk even have guns

 

[socksfelloff]

" I'm sorry sir but I can't sell you this Mortal Kombat Kabinet but I hope you found all of the assault rifles you were looking for today "

 

[sensui-tomo]

Heck I just saw a cabinet yesterday on the floor when I was checking their 1up selection(they also had pacman/street fighter/and the final fight one.) There goes my dream of getting that at a reduced price.

 

[Z-Beat]

Now all we need is a night trap

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"This game promotes violence towards women!"

Meanwhile

"We'd be extinct if we didn't have rape and incest!"

 

[chandoog]

Only a 90's kid will know.

 

[dock]

I'd love to know how many firearms Walmart has sold to the American public over the years.

 

[Bakercat]

Funny enough it was the only one I really wanted to get one day.

 

[Phellps]

Wow. This has got to be the most cynical reaction to a mass shooting. It's like they lack the self awareness, but we know they actually don't.

 

[Absoludacrous]

Now they'll have to retool it so the only game it plays is the SNES version of MK1

 

[nded]

How nostalgic.