Arcade Ladder

The Arcade Ladder (also called Arcade Mode) is single player game mode in the form of a ladder of kombatants where the player must face up to reach the final boss. It has appeared in all Mortal Kombat games, except for Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces.

Arcade Ladders in the MK series

 * In Mortal Kombat, the Arcade Ladder has a Mirror Match (where you fight the same character that you are using). It also featured three Endurance Matches before the bosses.
 * In Mortal Kombat II, the Arcade Ladder has the shape of a mountain and Shao Kahn is in the top. Also, it had "?" markers, which could be used to fight a secret character
 * Since Mortal Kombat 3 to Mortal Kombat 4, the Arcade Ladder would be in varying sizes, allowing players to pick a smaller ladder for an easier game. Sometimes picking the smaller ladders would prompt Shao Kahn to laugh and heckle the player. In the Master ladder in UMK3 and MKT, there are 2 Endurance Matches (the first have 2 characters and the latter have 3 characters). In MKT, with the use of a code, the Secret Endurance Ladders could be unlocked.
 * In Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, the Arcade Ladder was not tiered and didn't have different sizes, but rather moved to various locations, picturing the arena the battle would take place in.
 * In Mortal Kombat: Deception, in the Arcade Ladder, the player moved climbing a mountain.
 * In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, the ladder returned to be an only ladder and after beating the sub-boss, the final boss Blaze is roaring in the background.
 * In Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, there is no ladder, instead, the player chooses between fighting the MK Universe, the DC Universe or Mixed. After a fight, another fight begins inmediatly (without the ladder animation).
 * Mortal Kombat (2011) ´s Arcade ladder, is the only one to have 2 sub-bosses fights, one at the middle and one before the end.