"death punch" with opponent on the ground?

[tehdrewsus]

I'm sure this is probably common knowledge, but I played some MK2 last weekend on MKAK for PS3 and noticed standing low punch does 3 levels of damage not only anti air, but with opponent walking as well.
I noticed this when playing as female ninjas. Opponent walked toward me and I hit with a LP, holding away with Mileena. Happened several times - I was shocked to even see the "death punch" while the opponent walked towards me! The pushback occurred as well.
Is this a glitch in the game, or something done on purpose?

 

[mortal_jason]

I'm sure this is probably common knowledge, but I played some MK2 last weekend on MKAK for PS3 and noticed standing low punch does 3 levels of damage not only anti air, but with opponent walking as well.
I noticed this when playing as female ninjas. Opponent walked toward me and I hit with a LP, holding away with Mileena. Happened several times - I was shocked to even see the "death punch" while the opponent walked towards me! The pushback occurred as well.
Is this a glitch in the game, or something done on purpose?

Pretty sure it's just as much a glitch as other death punches in MK2. Sometimes you can even score a death punch while your opponent is in between crouch and standing up. They are cool looking, love getting them!

 

[miloPKL]

what is a death punch?

 

[mortal_jason]

what is a death punch?

It's a regular HP or LP that pushes your opponent backwards, and does about as much damage as an uppercut.
Here's a video:

 

[miloPKL]

thats crazy.

 

[miloPKL]

EHHHHH MIDWAY!

 

[mortal_jason]

EHHHHH MIDWAY!

R.I.P. Midway

 

[Minh Giang]

lol @ old MK CPU

 

[Konqrr]

Death Punch is the result of an overlooked subroutine of code that looks for collision for every active frame of a jab, so if you hit with one of the first active frames of a jab, you get "multiple hits".