¡HarlequinPanic!
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I applaud Midway and Co. for having the stones to throw away half of their recognized cast in vanilla MK3.
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Mortal Kombat Secret Characters Refresher
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Waylon Drums
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¡HarlequinPanic!;159328537 said:
It didn't really work, though. Vanilla MK3 is kinda lame.
Not secret chracters. Also, it's Motaro.
Dusk Soldier
Member
Goro is a secret selectable character in MK4, that's really wierd that you omitted him.
Oh hey, welcome back, glad you're not banned anymore. You're my VR savior.
But yeah I dunno. I remember MK3 at one arcade and then UMK3 at another, so maybe I just got into MK3 a bit late. Didn't get any console version of MK3 until N64 I think.
Mr. Nice_Guy
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Great thread! One of my favorite things about oder fighting games. Hopefully there will be some in X as well; holding out hope for Noob Sabot!
Mr. Nice_Guy
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¡HarlequinPanic!;159328537 said:
Don't forget the Original Street Fighter III as well! They threw out everyone but Ryu and Ken. I miss those crazy risk taking days.
I was very seriously considering buying a psx solely for mk3. The reason I held off was because of the announcement (I got a saturn at launch). Wound up preordering the genesis version of mk3 instead and got umk3 saturn at launch. The saturn port of umk3 was so good, even if the game itself wasnt that great.
I originally had him there. I was misinformed on his position in that game. Should be fixed, now.
sixteen-bit
Member
Tekken did a roster refresh the same year as SF3 with Tekken 3.
Shit was trendy as fuck.
Dont forget the best of all - garou motw.
I hope my personal favorites return. Noob, Smoke (at least he seems to be an opponent we can face), a cyber ninja of some kind since Sub looks to be returned to his non altered state. Even if not officially playable, mods and hacks will rectify that if enough of them exist in the game.
The goat.
The goat.
atomic moth
Member
Funny how memories work. I probably tried it after reading EGM and was disappointed.
I just love secret characters. It's now a staple in fighting games, and I don't recall in recent memory any major fighter not having them. I have a strong faith we will see Noob again. And somewhere, hidden deep behind something that can't be gleaned from 3 days on a leaked copy, there will be others. This will take time, and a greater number of people to come across.
Killer instinct has no secret characters.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
I believe Motaro and Shao Kahn are playable characters in SNES version of MK3/UMK3 via cheat code without any exploitation required.
Not sure if it counts as secret characters.
Not sure if it counts as secret characters.
Mr. Smiley
Member
Shadow Jago?
Edit: Oh, I guess not if you bought the Day One edition. Not a secret then.
TheVampire
Banned
So pissed Smoke isnt in Mortal Kombat X.......
Sir_Crocodile
Member
lol
Never heard about that, were they all getting up to what Pesina was, or were they demanding more money, or was midway just being douchey?
ArchedThunder
Banned
Same, also pissed that none of the Cyborg Ninjas return. It would have also been nice to see Rain and Scarlet return after being DLC in MK9. Oh well, maybe next time :/
ReBurn
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I remember the days of trying to unlock secret character fights in the original trilogy. It was so much fun. I was so enamored by the games back then.
The load times for the PSX MK Trilogy sucked, but I still loved it. I've always secretly wished that it would be released as a digital title I could play on Vita.
The load times for the PSX MK Trilogy sucked, but I still loved it. I've always secretly wished that it would be released as a digital title I could play on Vita.
I love their habit of referencing old rumours and bringing in those characters. Skarlet in 2011 was the last one. There was also a weird history with Tremor who only officially appeared in Special Forces beforehand, but was maybe supposed to appear in UMK3 I think.
It's only a matter of time before Hornbuckle has his time in the spotlight
It's only a matter of time before Hornbuckle has his time in the spotlight
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/2/3444618/mortal-kombats-johnny-cage-20-years-later
Boon and Tobias told the actors that they'll be taken care of if the game sells gangbuster. When the sequel sold like hotcakes, actors decided to ask for more money (their contract was per-hour basis and they believe they deserve more than what they were paid which was a low thousand). Midway and the CEOs loled. They fought in court and actors lost. The court case is what lead to their ultimate breakup, and the reason why Johnny Cage isn't in MK3. The above photoshoot was done 2 years before the lawsuit and wasn't even a big deal until fans noticed Johnny Cage missing from MK3.
Read the article for more goodness.
The playable version of Shadow Jago came with a 1-year Xbox Live subscription Day One Edition at the Xbox One launch. Just an alternate skin for Jago.
The boss version of Shadow Jago has a tweaked moveset, and requires special conditions to fight him at the end of the "story" mode.
Don't know if that's enough to count the boss version of Shadow Jago as a hidden character.
I saw somebody playing on a stream and there is something.
Do not reveal this spoiler unless you want end boss spoilers for MKX.
Watched a guy playing arcade mode on the stream and when he beat Shinnok, he had to fight Possessed Shinnok, a demon-ified and MKbosslol version of Shinnok.
Possessed Shinnok also had separate Fatalities from normal Shinnok: He summoned a giant pillar with spikes on the sides of it (like from the bottom of the Pit, or seen in the Crossroads stage of MKX), impaled the streamer's character up there, let him writhe in agony, then grabbed his legs and pulled him down slowly, using the impaled spike to cut him in half. It seemed to last a lot longer than most normal character's Fatalities too, it was pretty ornate lol.
Possessed Shinnok also had separate Fatalities from normal Shinnok: He summoned a giant pillar with spikes on the sides of it (like from the bottom of the Pit, or seen in the Crossroads stage of MKX), impaled the streamer's character up there, let him writhe in agony, then grabbed his legs and pulled him down slowly, using the impaled spike to cut him in half. It seemed to last a lot longer than most normal character's Fatalities too, it was pretty ornate lol.
Naw man, I said he's not a secret opponent. He's even on the tower. I didn't mean he's not a secret selectable. All good now, i guess lol.
Zero-Crescent
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Deception's unlockable characters situation was quite complicated. While not as much of a surprise as Zombie Liu Kang, the PS2 and Xbox version had 12 unlockable characters*, almost all unlocked through treasure chests in Konquest mode, with the exception of the "main" character Shujinko. Shujinko was unlocked by beating Konquest Mode and could gain even more special moves through Yin-Yang icons scattered around post-ending Konquest Mode.
Then with the GameCube version, to compensate for the lack of online, Shao Kahn and Goro were added and available from the get-go, along with six previously-locked characters. Then there was Mortal Kombat Unchained for PSP, which ported over the changes from the GC version and added four characters from Deadly Alliance (Jax, Frost, Blaze, Kitana), also unlocked from the start (along with the rest of the previously-locked characters).
* Havik, Hotaru, Jade, Li Mei, Noob-Smoke, Kira, Kenshi, Raiden, Liu Kang, Sindel, Tanya, Shujinko (Italicized characters were unlocked from the start in the GC version)
Then with the GameCube version, to compensate for the lack of online, Shao Kahn and Goro were added and available from the get-go, along with six previously-locked characters. Then there was Mortal Kombat Unchained for PSP, which ported over the changes from the GC version and added four characters from Deadly Alliance (Jax, Frost, Blaze, Kitana), also unlocked from the start (along with the rest of the previously-locked characters).
* Havik, Hotaru, Jade, Li Mei, Noob-Smoke, Kira, Kenshi, Raiden, Liu Kang, Sindel, Tanya, Shujinko (Italicized characters were unlocked from the start in the GC version)
Most fighting games have all their characters unlocked from the start because most fighting game players find it annoying to have to unlock them, especially when arranging tourneys.
Well, yea. But hell, most of the characters weren't available from the start. Most fighters come in a much more complete package before reaching the public.
I'd say they do!
He is in it, but I only saw him in the story mode. Doubt He's playable. I'm sure he will be stupid DLC.
I love their habit of referencing old rumours and bringing in those characters. Skarlet in 2011 was the last one. There was also a weird history with Tremor who only officially appeared in Special Forces beforehand, but was maybe supposed to appear in UMK3 I think.
It's only a matter of time before Hornbuckle has his time in the spotlight
Me too. Skarlet, Ermac, Tremor, Blaze. Boon and his team pay attention to the community.
Ugh. I'd rather have an actual character than that.
I think there's should be an option of some kind (although I don't want to see it being a paying one) that allows people to bypass unlocking things. Because seeing it go because 'tourneys" is not the option, IMO.
QuantumZebra
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He was my mofuckin man in MK9. Loved his kicks / teleport attack. My friends refused to play me if I picked him.
WrenchNinja
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I had no idea Noob was just a black silhouette in MK2.
Same for his appearance in MK3. They also nod to this in MK9 when you fight against the secret version of him.