Post by DSkillz on Dec 8, 2013 5:14:05 GMT
Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
Scorpion is a recurring player and occasional boss character from the Mortal Kombat series, introduced in Mortal Kombat in 1992. In the games, he is an undead ninja spectre looking for revenge for his own death, and for the deaths of his family and clan, Shirai Ryu, killed at the hands of their rival clan Lin Kuei and Sub-Zero.
Scorpion is one of the most well-known and popular Mortal Kombat characters and has been playable in all the games, with the exception of the original version of Mortal Kombat 3. As such he was added to the logo of NetherRealm Studios, the successor of Midway Games and is featured on the cover art for Mortal Kombat 2011, alongside Sub-Zero. He has also appeared in a variety of other media in the Mortal Kombat franchise, usually as an antagonist, and made several guest appearances in the unrelated video games.
Scorpion appeared in the first three MK games simply as a gold and black palette swap of Sub-Zero, but with a different fighting stance. The original costume used for filming in the first game was red, but yellow for the second. In his initial backstory, shown in the first MK's attract mode, he is described only as having enmity towards Sub-Zero that was attributed to rivalries between opposing ninja clans. It was not until the release of 1997's Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero that Scorpion's origins were finally touched upon in detail: his real name (Hanzo Hasashi) was revealed and his yellow outfit was described as an apparent mockery of the Lin Kuei, after former Lin Kuei member Takeda developed ninjutsu before leaving the clan and forming the rival Shirai Ryu, of which Scorpion was a member.
In the original MK's fighter selection screen, Scorpion had regular human eyes (as his identity as a resurrected spectre was meant to be a mystery), but solid yellow or white eyes for subsequent releases starting with Mortal Kombat II. The character's outfit was created from a modified ninja-like costume found at a store in Chicago. In future releases after Mortal Kombat 4 (more in particular the sixth generation based games), his outfit was enhanced with two swords crisscrossed on his back and his kunai attached to a rope tied to his belt. In the 2011 Mortal Kombat game, Scorpion's original outfit was featured as downloadable content.
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Scorpion is one of the most well-known and popular Mortal Kombat characters and has been playable in all the games, with the exception of the original version of Mortal Kombat 3. As such he was added to the logo of NetherRealm Studios, the successor of Midway Games and is featured on the cover art for Mortal Kombat 2011, alongside Sub-Zero. He has also appeared in a variety of other media in the Mortal Kombat franchise, usually as an antagonist, and made several guest appearances in the unrelated video games.
Scorpion appeared in the first three MK games simply as a gold and black palette swap of Sub-Zero, but with a different fighting stance. The original costume used for filming in the first game was red, but yellow for the second. In his initial backstory, shown in the first MK's attract mode, he is described only as having enmity towards Sub-Zero that was attributed to rivalries between opposing ninja clans. It was not until the release of 1997's Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero that Scorpion's origins were finally touched upon in detail: his real name (Hanzo Hasashi) was revealed and his yellow outfit was described as an apparent mockery of the Lin Kuei, after former Lin Kuei member Takeda developed ninjutsu before leaving the clan and forming the rival Shirai Ryu, of which Scorpion was a member.
In the original MK's fighter selection screen, Scorpion had regular human eyes (as his identity as a resurrected spectre was meant to be a mystery), but solid yellow or white eyes for subsequent releases starting with Mortal Kombat II. The character's outfit was created from a modified ninja-like costume found at a store in Chicago. In future releases after Mortal Kombat 4 (more in particular the sixth generation based games), his outfit was enhanced with two swords crisscrossed on his back and his kunai attached to a rope tied to his belt. In the 2011 Mortal Kombat game, Scorpion's original outfit was featured as downloadable content.
Links:
Wikipedia
Mortal Kombat Wiki
Copyright Owner/Official Site
Mortal Kombat
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