with the quest and refuses to go further until Blaze reveals the true nature of the quest. With all the fighters engaged in Mortal Kombat in the crater, Blaze reveals that it will be the epicenter of the apocalypse unless the quest is fulfilled. With their respective armors being the catalysts for ending Armageddon, only Taven and Daegon are meant to defeat Blaze with one of two outcomes occurring depending on which brother completed the quest first and will either destroy all the warriors or strip them of powers and abilities. Reclaiming his sword from his fallen brother, Taven travels through a portal to confront Blaze. In the non-canon ending, after fighting his way to the top of the pyramid, Taven confronts Blaze. Taven manages to defeat Blaze and becomes an Elder God. However, neither outcome occurs and instead the fighters power are increased. Taven vows to use his status as Elder God to find another solution to prevent Armageddon. In the canon ending, Shao Kahn defeats and kills Blaze, granting him godlike powers and allowing him to overpower the only remaining kombatant: Raiden. On the verge of death, Raiden uses his amulet to send a cryptic message to his past self: "He must win." Characters The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of Armageddon contain 62 fighters (as well as two extra slots for user created characters), the most of any Mortal Kombat or tournament fighter game to date. Only two characters, Daegon and Taven, are new to the series, while Sareena makes her playable debut on non-portable consoles, and Meat makes his debut as a legitimate character. The Wii version contains all the original characters from both the original versions, as well as exclusive character Khameleon from the Nintendo 64 port of Mortal Kombat Trilogy, increasing the roster to 63. Playable characters in bold are returning characters with new designs or characters entirely new to the series. The rest of the roster's character models are recycled from Deadly Alliance, Deception and Shaolin Monks. Development Armageddon contains every single playable fighter from the six main fighting game installments of the franchise and their upgraded versions, not counting the adventure games like Special Forces and Shaolin Monks. Khameleon, a secret character from the Nintendo 64 version of Mortal Kombat Trilogy (not to be confused with the male Chameleon) was absent from the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of Armageddon, but was