After early leaks from data mining and the old bait and switch, it looks like Deception Mileena is finally officially available in Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns.
The game’s premium shop items have rotated once again and have added the highly sought after Mortal Kombat: Deception skin for the ferocious sai-wielding ninja. Here’s a look at all of this new skin’s color palettes.
The story of Deception Mileena in Mortal Kombat 1 goes like this.
Several weeks before the alternate costume was revealed in an official capacity, data miners and modders found it within the game’s files and modded access to it so that players could use it.
As it drew closer to being unveiled for real, data miners also reported that the costume would be hitting the store that coming week, and sure enough the official Mortal Kombat Twitter account provided the first official glimpse of Deception Mileena in a short trailer that was actually meant to advertise another costume coming to the game in Mortal Kombat 9 Smoke.
That tweet revealing the Smoke costume noted that he wouldn’t be arriving alone, and though they didn’t mention Mileena at all, showing her in gameplay footage against MK9 Smoke seemed to imply that her costume was also going to be released.
Well, last week came and MK9 Smoke hit the in-game store, but Deception Mileena was nowhere to be found. Fans were clamoring for it and it never came, but thankfully now a week later the costume is here.
Mortal Kombat: Deception, which released 20 years ago on October 4, 2004, was the third in the main series 3D Mortal Kombat titles. In it, Mileena wore a top with long, flowing sleeves, a billowy face mask, and her hair up in a ponytail.
The new Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns version recreates this look nicely, and it comes equipped with six different colors to choose from.
You can purchase Mortal Kombat: Deception Mileena in Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns as a premium item in the in-game shop right now for 500 Dragon Krystals ($4.99 USD). The bundle you get includes the skin, six colors for it, and a new gear item for Mileena.
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