Jax

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Jax

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Age: 28 (as of MK2)
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 350 lbs.
Resides: ?

Jax made his first chronological appearance in Mortal Kombat: Special Forces. The game opened depicting a prison break at the Special Forces' detention facility. Jax, driving along a highway, received a transmission from his fellow Special Forces operative Gemini detailing the escape and the escapees: No Face, Tasia, Jarek and Tremor. She informed him that they had escaped to a warehouse on the town's south side, likely receiving assistance from an outside source. Jax surmised that source to be Kano. He received another transmission from one Lieutenant Sanchez, whose squad had arrived at the warehouse. After the transmission was cut off at the source, Jax arrived at the scene to find the squad massacred. For this, he swore he would achieve vengeance against Kano. Using prototype bionic implants on his arms in order to enhance his strength, Jax set out to find his enemy.

Infiltrating the warehouse, Jax confronted No-Face and dispatched him. Proceeding into the sewers, he eliminated Tasia. At this point, Jax contacted Gemini who informed him that the Black Dragon were using a corporate building as a front for their base of operations. At the building, Jax confronted and defeated Jarek, and his investigation led him to the town of the lost city of Sin Kiang, where he defeated Tremor and discovered a portal to Outworld. Surmising that the portal was linked to Kano's plans of global domination, he entered. The portal led to Outworld, and Jax caught up with Kano, who had acquired an artifact called the Eye of Shitian through which he could acquire great power. After an exchange of words, the two fought, and Jax emerged the victor. He used the Eye's power to bring them both back to Earthrealm and brought Kano into custody, only to have the criminal escape at a later date. At this point, Jax ceased using his bionic implants.

Following the end of the Mortal Kombat tournament in which both the wanted Kano and Jax's friend Lt. Sonya Blade had entered, Jax first came across the Earthrealm warriors when he found Johnny Cage in the waters close to the Special Forces Agency, and took him in for an interrogation on the whereabouts of Sonya. Cage explained the events that took place on the island although Jax didn't believe him until he received a video signal from Sonya, whom was temporarily working with Kano to escape Outworld. As an apology to Cage for not believing his story, he visited him at a commercial shoot where he was being attacked. Jax participated in a battle with Kintaro there but the fight was interrupted when the Earthrealm warriors arrived to help. After helping Cage against the intruders, Jax travelled into Outworld once more to compete in the next tournament along with the Earthrealm warriors in hopes of finding Sonya. Jax soon came to learn of the emperor Shao Kahn's dark plans for Earthrealm. He was successful in freeing Sonya from the clutches of Shao Kahn and arresting Kano once again, though he eluded capture as soon as they had passed through the portal to Earth. Jax warned his government of the impending danger but would find himself frustrated, however, as not only did Kano escape back into Outworld, but the government did not believe the major.

Jax began to prepare for war covertly, and once more outfitted his arms with bionic implants. After helping foil Shao Kahn's attempt to permanently claim Earth as his own, Jax became the commanding officer of the Outer World Investigation Agency (OIA). They operated from an underground bunker, and had scouts in various realms, not only exploring and mapping them, but also looking for inter-realm portals that could lead to Earth: these needed to be destroyed. He briefly assisted Raiden in the defeat of Shinnok in Edenia, and it was during these events that both he and Sonya would find the Lin Kuei cyborg Cyrax, malfunctioning and trapped in a desert. Returning with him to their home base, they reversed the automation process, restored his humanity, and gained a new ally.

Jax's alternative costume, as depicted in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, had a decidedly "street" look to it. It was well received by fans. He retains this costume in MK Armageddon.

Years later, trouble would occur again, as not only were his agents Kenshi and Cyrax lost in Outworld, but the OIA underground facility was nuked into oblivion by the traitor Hsu Hao. When, soon after, Raiden summoned the Earthrealm warriors to the abandoned island of Shang Tsung and asked them to travel with him to Outworld to bring down the Deadly Alliance, Jax didn't hesitate. He used this trip as a cover to track down Hsu Hao and, once he caught up with the criminal, killed him by tearing out his artificial heart.

Afterward, he was among the group of warriors who made a final stand against the Deadly Alliance of Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, but was unfortunately killed in the ensuing combat along with the rest of his allies. He, like his friends, was eventually found by Onaga and revived as a mindless drone, used to intimidate the survivors of his group before killing them outright.

In Armageddon, Sonya's sends Jax to lead a team of Special Forces to search for survivors after destroying Sektor's Tekunin Warship, but they later vanish and are captured by the Tekunin. His own cybernetic bio scanners send out mysterious readings before contact is lost, and Sonya fears the possibility of Jax's death.

In Jax's Armageddon ending, after absorbing the power of Blaze, the cybernetics in his arms grew and permeated his entire body. He was transformed into a full cyborg. He became aware of a controlling neural chip that had been implanted in his brain by Sektor. Enraged, Jax defeated Sektor and claimed leadership of the cyborg ninja clan, the Tekunin. It is unknown if he will ever return to the Special Forces.

In Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Jax appears as the playable character in Chapter 3. He infiltrates the U.N. Orbital Space Station and defeats several of the strongest D.C. heroes, including Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman. His rival is Lex Luthor, who he fights twice. In his ending, Jax had sustained serious injuries on his body. To save his life, he had himself roboticized, at the cost of his humanity.

Signature Moves
Energy Wave (MKII, MKT, MKvDCU, MK2011)
Ground Pound (MKII, MK3, UMK3, MKT, MK4, MKG, MK:DA, MK:A, MKvDCU, MK2011)
"Gotcha!" Grab (MKII, MK3, UMK3, MKT, MKvDCU, MK2011)
Dash Punch (MK3, UMK3, MKT, MK4, MKG, MK2011)
Missile (MK3, UMK3, MKT, MKvDCU)
Double Missile (MK3, UMK3, MKT, MKvDCU)
Piston Punch (MK:DA, MK:A)
Machine Gun (MK:DA, MK:A, MKvDCU)
MultiSlam (MKII, MK3, UMK3, MKT, MK4, MKG, MK2011)
Backbreaker (MKII, MK3, UMK3, MKT, MK4, MKG, MK2011)
Plasma Ball (MK4, MKG)
Blinding Light (MKvDCU)
X-Ray Move: Shattering Grab (MK2011)

Fatalities
Head Clap (MKII, MKT, MK4, MKG, MKvDCU)
Arm Rip (MKII, MK4, MKG)
Super Quad Slam (MKII)
Big Foot (MK3, UMK3, MKT)
Slice 'em up (MK3, UMK3, MKT)
Foot Decap (MK:DA, MK:U)
Air Machine Gun (MKvDCU)
Armless Decapitation (MK2011)

Other Finishers
Friendship #1: Jax cuts out some paper dolls. (MKII)
Friendship #2: Jax begins to jump rope. (MK3, UMK3, MKT)
Animality: Lion (MK3, UMK3, MKT)​
 
Do people like him more with his cybernetic arms or without the cybernetics? :)

I like him with the arms...they kinda give him an interesting appeal.
 
I wish he had his flare fireball from MK 2 still and don't get his new fatality; i mean it makes more sense if he rip the arms off 1st and the opponent left screaming then smash the head and that's how it ends. If you smash the head 1st opponent is already dead basically.
 
I wish he had his flare fireball from MK 2 still and don't get his new fatality; i mean it makes more sense if he rip the arms off 1st and the opponent left screaming then smash the head and that's how it ends. If you smash the head 1st opponent is already dead basically.

That move is from MK3

And I agree about the fatality, seems really stupid.
 
I wish he had his flare fireball from MK 2 still and don't get his new fatality; i mean it makes more sense if he rip the arms off 1st and the opponent left screaming then smash the head and that's how it ends. If you smash the head 1st opponent is already dead basically.

That move is from MK3

And I agree about the fatality, seems really stupid.

I'm gonna laugh when we'll see him performing that fatality on Shokans...
 
I wish he had his flare fireball from MK 2 still and don't get his new fatality; i mean it makes more sense if he rip the arms off 1st and the opponent left screaming then smash the head and that's how it ends. If you smash the head 1st opponent is already dead basically.

Werd to the Fatality.

Also, the sounds from MK2 for his projectile and his ground pound were 10x better.
 
Well i heard they won't be changing the finisher..who cares i'll just be happy if he makes it through story mode without getting killed!lol
 
Never understood why some people prefer him without the metal arms. Giving him metal arms makes him stand out, unlike any other fighting characters. Wishing no metal is like arguing that The Simpsons should have normal skin color instead of yellow. The yellow is what makes them stand out!

Jax would be boring without metal arms.
 
I think he was pretty cool without the cyber arms, but no complaints here; maybe his alt in MK9 will have him without the cyber arms.
 
Never understood why some people prefer him without the metal arms.

Jax would be boring without metal arms.

Jax is cheesy with metal arms. This is only a minor complaint however. If he doesn't have metal arms, awesome! If he has metal arms, meh.
If they ever bring back the uzi and/or his Deadly Alliance alternate costume though, you can expect some rage.
 
Jax is cheesy with metal arms. This is only a minor complaint however. If he doesn't have metal arms, awesome! If he has metal arms, meh.
If they ever bring back the uzi and/or his Deadly Alliance alternate costume though, you can expect some rage.

His alt was in DA was trying way too hard imo; the uzi was meh. His design in MK9 is awesome though.
 
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