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Said recording also shows the actor who gave life to both Scorpion and Sub-Zero trying different poses and attack positions.
As of today, Mortal Kombat is one of the most downloaded video games on PS4, especially in the United States and Canada region.
30 years ago the first Mortal Kombat game came out, considered one of the most iconic video games in history and a classic gamer.
Originally, the franchise was launched in 1992 by Ed Boon and John Tobiasand quickly became one of the most requested fighting games.
That is why, on the occasion of his 30 years, Ed Boon, one of its creators, shared through Twitter the “Behind the Scenes” (Behind the Cameras) of how the first Mortal Kombat was created, as well as the origin of Scorpion and Sub-Zero.
According to the images that Ed Boon shared, the iconic characters were born as a result of the exchange of color palettes, this in order to save very valuable production elements at that time.
The recording also shows the actor who brought both Scorpion and Sub-Zero to life trying different poses and attack positions, while being directed by Ed Boon and John Tobias.
Continuing our celebration of Mortal Kombat’s 30th anniversary, here’s another video showing more behind-the-scenes moments. This time you can see how we decided to give Scorpion & Sub-zero different fight stances so they would look & feel like two separate characters. pic.twitter.com/t8fJmYexcu
— Ed Boon (@noobde) March 10, 2022
Mortal Kombat and its popularity in the gamer world
The conversation is actually very broad and in the tweets you can see more images of all the work that went into the development of one of the most popular fighting video games in history and, without a doubt, a milestone for the gamer community that grew up at that time.
Mortal Kombat is still one of the most popular video games for Sony consoles, PS4. This is demonstrated by a Statista list published in January of this year, in which it lists the most downloaded games for the PS4 in the United States, Canada and the European Union.
The PS4 console was originally launched in 2014, but it is still one of Sony’s most profitable products, especially in times when the production of PS5the new Sony console, has suffered the ravages of the pandemic.
According to what was published by Statista, in the United States and Canada region, Mortal Kombat 11 occupies the 11th position of the 20 most downloaded video games on PS4a list that also includes other popular titles such as FIFA, Madden NFL, NBA 2K and UFC.
The making of Mortal Kombat, as shown by the images shared by Ed Boon, was extremely complex, starting with the technology that was available in the early 90’s.
In fact, according to what can be read in the tweets, the decision to add the different positions that, in the end, appeared in the video game, was made at the time of filming, so there are several attempts to find a differentiator. between Scorpion and Sub-Zero within the world of Mortal Kombat.
Mortal Kombat became a great success, to the point that several titles have been made around it. of him, as well as movies and much more merchandising.
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