Mortal Kombat (2011) is the ninth main installment and serves as a soft reboot. It starts during Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, where Raiden, Earth's protector, sends a message to his past self to alter history. The plot revisits and reimagines the events of the first three games: Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, and Mortal Kombat 3 to prevent Armageddon's disastrous outcome.