San Diego Comic Con is all wrapped up, and now we settle into the glorious post-party of blurry leaks and ‘TRUST ME DUDE’ rumour-mongering.
One such piece of blurry fun is a video that was clearly captured during the Mortal Kombat 1 story panel – showcasing a section of the narrative where – you guessed it – an unexpected fight breaks out. And the main instigators of this bloodshed appear to be some old faces that have not yet received a more formal introduction to the internet:
Finally !
A far better footage of #Reiko and #Motaro pic.twitter.com/ti0Dv9zwpQ— 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝟮𝗸 🐉 (@Sri2k5) July 24, 2023
These no good upstarts are none other than the General Reiko, from Mortal Kombat 4 and the four-legged, horse-scorpion dude Motaro – the OG sub-boss of Mortal Kombat 3. Neither has had a formal reveal, so it would be safe to say that their appearance at SDCC was intended to be a fun little treat for the attendees – but leakers are going to leak.
As far as speculation goes, Reiko being a playable character doesn’t seem too far fetched – he has appeared in a number of games and received some polish to his kit that may translate well to the new era. Motaro however, is a little more complex. Being a boss character, he has never really had a moment to shine – his purpose was to delete kids at the arcade, and devour more of their hard earned pocket change; and his one truly polished playable experience was a nightmarish abomination (they deleted two of his legs due to technical limitations) and so I must surmise that if he was to be included, it would be as a kameo fighter.
With the blurry footage well and truly seeped into the internet now, I am hoping that NetherRealm marketing will perhaps consider releasing the footage normally so we can all bask in the glow of a weirdly orange horse man.
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Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games
