Noob Saibot unleashed in new Mortal Kombat trailer
Gamep💝lay video highlights gimmick character's shadow-fighting steez
Having given us a glimpse of澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the new Liu Kang, the logical next reveal for Midway's Mortal Kombat reboot might be some villain profiles or backup characters. But MK has always done things its own way: the latest gameplay trailer showcases the series' best-known Easter egg character, the smoke-ninja Noob Saibot. Besides showing off Saibot's varied move-list (similar to that of alter-ego Sub-Zero), the trailer highlights some hyper-graphic fatality action, making it unsuitable for anyone born after Mortal Kombat II (an embarrassing marker if ever there was one).
Famously, Noob Saibot began life as a Shen Long-esque in-joke: the moniker comes from reversing the surnames of MK programmers Ed Boon and John Tobias. Presumably much of the character's fi🐲ghting expertise comes from defending himself against accusations that such a stupid name speaks to his status as a persistent throwaway gag.
Debuting in the second game %26ndash; don't share your lunch money with anyone who tells you otherwise %26ndash; the non-playable ninja presented a challenge to any player who won 50 rounds in a row. Since then, he's become integrated into the playable roster as the reincarnation of Sub-Zero. While Noob Saibot's incorporation into the MK canon (kanon?) offers some of the most tortuous convolutions in a series never known for its narrative clarity, we trust it'll all make sense within the new game's revised continuity. How he got to looking like a martial arts version of Victor von Doom, on the other hand, will be left to fans to deduce.
Feb 15, 2011
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