Mileena - A Visual History 

When he brought up Mileena's mouth anatomically shouldn't be able to speak normally reminds me of that interaction with Kabal, "No way you can imitate Kitana. Not with that mouth." "*proceeds to talk like Kitana* Do you believe Now Kabal?" "How the hell does that work?"

MAX PLEASE KEEP DOING THESE I LOVE THIS SERIES

I agree wholeheartedly that default MKX Mileena is the best she’s ever looked. I love that design.

Everyone: Mileena needs lips to talk! Baraka: Think they’ll ever give me lips? Everyone: I dk, nobody cares.

4:12 Mileena doing that weird-ass attack and Max's reaction had me rolling.

This series of Max going through the Visual Evolution of the Fighting game characters is really Dope. Hope to see do one for Rain or Baraka.

The conclusion I'm reaching after watching a few of these is that MKX definitely has my favourite visual design of the franchise overall.

The thing that I personally like about Mileena in mk11, is that she legitemately looks like Kitana when she has the mask on, specially with the skin that has the bun. And mk9 I like her mask on her default costume a lot, with the little fang design, it looks pretty neat.

Mileena’s MKX default costume is the best in the entire series in my opinion. Her first alternate is also an S tier. So glad I’m not the only one to think her aesthetic is perfect in that game

The "CHI-DI-KWOH!!!" bit had me CACKLING

I always liked the MK X Mileena the most as well. Interesting take on the design + can actually pronounce words + kissable but still can bite like a piranha

Deception Mileena is forever the definite design for her imo Looks unique and fitting for her at the same time

MKX Mileena is my favorite imo, her long hair , her outfit , just love it, also had a lot of great alternative costumes, 2nd best is likely going to be MK1.

Melina looked fantastic in all her MKX Costumes...

Really wish they had used the tech that they got in MK11 to perfect Mileena's mouth rather than giving up on her MKX concept entirely. Having the ability to make the mouth fold and have her lips move while concealing her teeth would have been PEAK. Now we have Blade 2 Mileena with Baraka teeth.

12:35 I have to agree with Max on this one. The best version of Mileena for me is her MKX version, it shows that she is a clone of Kitana with her face and lips, but also has teeth to show her Tarkatan DNA instead of just full teeth; while I’ll concede that the teeth is her identity in the old games, in the new games, it can also be argued that while a having a lip with teeth protruding on her cheeks shows that Mileena is trying as best as she can to look like Kitana and eliminate her imperfections to replace Kitana as Khan/Queen, so her MKX appearance does also fit with her lore and identity; so I kinda wish we have at least one more game with Mileena having lips and teeth.

I love MKX Mileena the most.

For me, her MKX appearance is peak.

I really dislike MkXs mouth but I adore the concept art at 14:06. Having flesh behind her side teeth while still having the centre of her mouth still be human-like looks cool as shit.

I watched this live and it was enjoyable to watch it slowly evolve into rate the mouth

I always liked Deception Mileena's sleeves. They def made her stand out in ways other clones already had in some way

Over the years my knowledge of mortal kombat has faded a lot, but one thing i never forgot: MK9 mileena my beloved

Wasn't expecting Mileena next, I feel she's been mostly consistent throughout, probably peaked in MKD but I have a soft spot for simpleness of MK9 or MKX. As for unmasked Baraka mouth in classic/Mk11 over having the lips.

"how does a baraka or mileena speak with no lips?" How does a ventriloquist speak without moving their mouths?

As much as I like her mk9 look, her default look for mkx is one of my favorite designs. She just looks so f*ckng cool

"Well I wanna do some of the female ninjas." I feel that

To me her default MKX one is just perfect, best one imo.

My Top 3 Mileena Designs are definitely: MK9, Deception, and MK1. I especially love her hair in MK1.

This is a very cool new series of vids from Max, examining & ranking the visual evolution of fighting game characters. I hope this becomes a regular series on Max's channel. Please do Liu Kang & Kitana next Max.

I really love mk11 because she looks exactly like kitana with the mask. But when you take it off it just looks bizzarre, like something is out of proportion. Thats exactly how a genetically modified takatan-enhanced clone monstrosity should look like

Mileena having lips just takes away from one of the two key components of her character - and that is that she is fucking terrifying without a mask on. In MKX, she is genuinely just sexy and not creepy at all. Like, she has fangs on the sides, but it just makes her look "cooler" and sexier in a dangerous way. Her having a mutilated fucked up face is a must for me, otherwise it just doesn't feel like Mileena but just some random sexy vampire lady

Kitana is the Chun-Li of MK

Honestly Mileena was the one that really taught me looks don’t matter

I always crack up about the OG movies. The first MK movie was all right, fun, nothing special. Solid action movie. Then you watch Annihilation and it suddenly felt like a masterpiece in comparison.

Highly agree with MKX being her best design. I've never really been a Mileena fan but this design is great, I love the hair. Not too big on the split mouth though, I prefer her having the full on Tarkatan mouth

MK Deception Mileena is best Mileena, her alternate sling looking outfit is just awesome, love the hair brushed to the side and Mileena is peak sex appeal too, the sling outfit just amplifies it.

MK9 and MKX are definitely my favorite Mileena designs. I prefer the more traditional Tarkatan mouth with Mileena. MKX made her have human lips and it always felt weird to me. The predator mouth looks silly but at least it doesn't take the away that aspect of being hideous underneath the mask.

Mileena's lore in MK1 and her costume mach perfectly, for me is 10/10

We need more of these videos Max!! I know you’re busy with MK1 but I think everyone would love this done for every MK character if not every major fighting game character who changes designs.

I still think they only gave Mileena lips in MKX was for the D’Vorah scene

Immediately stopped what I was doing for Mileena

11:28 MKX Mileena was peak, I miss her so bad 14:05 YEAH THE CONCEPT ART IT'S SO GOOD

Mkx will always be my favorite design.

I feel so incredibly validated by you saying MKX is Peak Mileena

I love these videos so much Max

Max has me questioning his manhood over here

Goated series! Have been following along happily and would love to see Cyrax/the Cyber Lin Kuei

Thank you. I love these!!

MKX Mileena inexplicably developing lips only to lose them in MK11 makes me believe NRS only gave her lips so they could have that kissing scene. 💀

i think with mileena deception costume my favorite bit on it is the sleeves i’ve always loved long flowy sleeves on characters

MK9 Millena is THE Mileena costume, just as iconic as SF2 Cammy costume Cant tell you how much i seen girls doing MK9 cosplays at Cons its by far her most popular costume

Imma keep 100 Mileena with less clothes is peak🙌🏻 Yes the thirst is real😂 What do you expect that’s what made me fall in love with the character😈 MK 4 incredible, Deception fantastic, MK 9 brilliant, then they gave her pants and it’s trash, kinda brought it back with MK 11 and now I personally love the mouth on MK 1 but I need alternate costume with as little clothes as possible😤

Love this series pleas keep going.. 👍🏽💪🏽

MKX Mileena was my favorite for a while. MK1 might be my new favorite

I know Kitana is probably next...but I kinda wanna see Sonya next since her outfit styles really shifted as the games went on (save for when they pull out the klassics)

God I love this series please do more!

There's something about MKX Mileena that reminds me of the Prince in PoP: Warrior within, still one of my favourite videogame characters. Both their hair changes from being more glossy in the previous game to being pitchblack, more unkempt. And once that was in my head, even their clothing seemed kinda similar - since WW Prince also wears leather armor and even has his abs peeking out between some straps

Found you last night through Matt McMuscles. How often are you doing this series? I absolutely am loving it, I'd love to see you finish MK and then go through like Street Fighter or just keep continuing it,

Next MK Character visual history has to be Baraka or the Cyborg ( Cyrax & Sektor ) max.

The arc of her mouth design in the Netherrealm trilogy is her appearance in 9 being too Tarkatan and her appearance in X being too human (though that’s probably still her best design). And then 11 found the balance of the two

MKX Mileena has a great costume, yes, and the face does look pretty good as a balance between "able to talk" and "monstrous," but I can't get the thought out of my head: did they give her lips just so she could be makeout-murdered by D'Vorah? Even if not, I have to wonder how that conversation went internally. "You know what would make a great combination for this character's death? Sexual assault and bees!"

I don't know why they keep giving her masks in every design tbh. The veil just suits her perfectly and fits more with her theme. It also explains how she's able to bite you instead of a mask literally disappearing.

Should definitely do Raiden or Shang Tsung visual history.

I feel like Johnny’s costume stayed relatively the same, same with Lui. Raiden might be interesting to look at next.

MK9 Mileena is my favorite design-even the mouth portion its iconic for being tarkatan. Also I didn't know her mouth functions like that in MK1, I thought it was a Photoshopped image at first when Max brought it up. 😂

Love this...waiting for another vid

Mileena is one of those characters in which the Stripperella works & makes sense, she is supposed to tempt you & then WHAM!! monster mouth. so yeah her Deception & MK9 battle bikini are the best of the bunch ... and yet her MKX giving her pants & dressing her up still works, also that is her best monster mouth, because is not full Trakatan cartoon mouth & i wish they kept it, maybe make the lips slightly less human but still be functional

The MK1 mouth reminds me more of the creepy vampire mutant things from Blade 2 than Predator, to be honest

20:28 not gonna lie, when Max said “sais” I thought he said “size” and immediately agreed thinking, “yeah she’s got some huge honkers and I wouldn’t know otherwise either.”

Thats cool and all. Its clear Max like semi-complex designs with esthetically pleasing faces and masks.

Wasn’t expecting a Mileena one so soon! Thank you Max 💕

These are SO MUCH FUN!! What a fun Series!

I think Kitana has more of a more popular reputation when it comes to the casual fandom. Mileena has a more hardcore fanbase which makes her fans more louder.

love this series

Ooh I’ve been waiting for this one!

we love you max!!!!!

I think you should do raiden, personally love his deadly alliance costume

Dude I seriously can not wait for his review on Jade MK9 jade outfit Is my personal favorite

I like the street fighter amv at the top recommended having been seen already. With a track that was used in the MK Annihilation movie.

Max. I love this series. Don't stop after mortal combat

14:04 Wow that MKX Mileena concept art is amazing

Looking forward to the Baraka review

I'll take Baraka teeth over MKX mouth any day of the week. Makes no sense, but it looks so brutal (and hot *cough*). Gotta agree on MK9 being the best tho, great mix of sexy and badass.

I personally like Kitana more, mostly cause Mileena scares me and Kitana is the blue one. But seriously, this series is great! I need Smoke’s episode yesterday.

Okay the new New mill is adorable with that maw

I think before she gets the crazy mouth in MK1 her normal design is the best she’s looked imo. I do agree though she looks best mouth wise in MKX.

Love this series do akuma next

Even in movie clips Max is watching the frame data

4:57 Goddangit, my salad just went flying outta my mouth. XD

Max!!! The hand was literally a thing scorpion is literally got the the same hand thing… an honestly I don’t really know why but I love it

I like Mileena's "chidikowuuooo"🤣👍

Man this series is genius !!! It's so many characters from different games that we can look back on and see their visual changes. Dope fucking series. Keep it going

You know we should probably give props to the deception modelers for making that mileena design with one hand

Max needs to do an MK Annihilation watch party. Seriously convinced

We need a video like this for every character!! Raiden, Johnny, Lui Kang! Do em all!

Clicked so damn fast to listen to Max about mileena

Yo hoe I love Mileena cause she is crazy as hell and she fits my play style!

Mk1 mileena mouth reminds me of that blade movie when the vampires had the extra mandibles

Finally,I've been waiting for Mileena to get some love. Her MK Deception outfit is in top 5 Character designs in all of MK history.

I’m gonna be honest, I really don’t mind the unrealisticness of the mouth thing. The lips just seem like a way to make her less monstrous.