Becky Gable played Kitana, Mileena, and Jade while John Turk played Scorpion, Reptile, Classic Sub-Zero, Human Smoke, and Ermac. In late 1995, a new version of the game, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, was released with eight new characters based on just two actors. Even though Kabal was a thematic replacement for Scorpion, the closest thing to the yellow ninja in the game was the new cyborg version of Smoke, who shot a harpoon out from his torso. Sub-Zero turned into Henry Rollins with giant, blue suspenders and Noob Saibot was just a palette swap of Kano. Mortal Kombat 3 was an odd one because not only did it not feature Scorpion, but it didn’t feature ANY male ninja characters who weren’t robots. Scorpion decided to become the new Sub-Zero’s protector. Years later, it would be revealed that super-secret character Noob Saibot was, in fact, an undead Bi-Han. In the game, Scorpion realized Kuai Liang wasn’t the Sub-Zero after Liang spared an opponent. Eventually, the series would name the older/dead Sub-Zero Bi-Han and the younger one Kuai Liang. The new Sub-Zero explained that he was the younger brother of the original blue ice ninja. The mystery was quickly solved by the promotional comic, though. Surprisingly, Midway also resurrected Sub-Zero. Female ninjas Mileena and Kitana were also introduced! They just weren’t allowed to have pointy shoulder pads or pants. Scorpion returned alongside Reptile as well as new ninjas Smoke and Noob Saibot, both of whom stole Scorpion’s spear attack. Scorpion and the other ninjas received much nicer, quilted outfits. That brings us to 1993’s Mortal Kombat II. Scorpion succeeded in killing Sub-Zero in the first Mortal Kombat game. Later games would retcon this so that they were dead too! The ending practically described Spawn (who also made his first appearance at almost the same time, so it was pure coincidence), with Scorpion victorious but broken by his failure to find his wife and child. ![]() His classic Fatality had him remove his mask to reveal a skull as he spat fire on his hapless victim. Regardless, Scorpion’s identity was explored through his Fatality and ending. I mean, unless you read the promotional comic where Scorpion straight-up grabs Sub-Zero by the lapels and says, “You killed me two years ago and now I have a flaming skull head!” They put that panel in the instruction booklet and everything. Sub-Zero was part of the Lin Kuei ninja clan and Scorpion hated him for some reason. The bios for Sub-Zero and Scorpion in the first game didn’t tell us all that much about them. Far more memorable than his teleport punch, Scorpion would toss his roped spear at his opponent and reel them in for a free hit, all while yelling either, “GET OVER HERE!” or “COME HERE!” This voice work was done by co-creator Ed Boon and basically made this rogue ninja an overnight sensation at arcades.įurther reading: Mortal Kombat X: The Strange History of Reptile Or harpoon or kunai, if that’s your preference. Another reason Scorpion is still popular today is his spear attack.
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