With Scorpion you often see two common themes besides "yellow ninja" which tend to be more skeletal detail referencing his true nature as a hell spirit, or chitin like scorpion details referencing his namesake literally. Here you can see the first in game versions of that with MK4 and MK vs. DC designs. Which do you think should take precedent?It's also worth mentioning later Scorpions tend to often have more "authentic" or "feudal" ninja details than others, with Japanese looking armor and using Katana, to homage the fact that he came to be truly the only real "ninja" in the series while the others are in name only but with different origins
>>12127259Hot take:I fucking hate nu MK and the way they try to make everything authentic and realistic. Scorpion is Hanzo this Hanzo that. Sub Zero is Bi Han this Kuai Liang that. What was once considered back story is now always in your face. MK 1995 didn't need any of that shit, they were just simply former rivals but now under Shang Tsung's control with no in depth explanation or back story needed. NRS' obsession with a feudal design and his asianess is lame. MK should just remain racially/ethnically ambiguous and open to more than one interpretation. After all, the obsession with ninjas in the 90s is really an American thing.
>>12127290i don't think anyone likes nu MK. even the ones that do bitch about a billion things about it.
>>12127259I never figured out why he's called Scorpion. Like Sub-Zero I get it. Reptile I get it. But he does nothing that a scorpion does. He has no real affiliation with the bug, either as a ninja or a hell wraith. So between the two, I'd rather they lean into his skeletal side, but that giant skull belt is too much.
>>12127335Did you by any chance forget what Scorpion's signature move is
>>12127318>don't think anyone likes nu MKI do like the gameplay and some of the design choices. But story had been ass since the inclusion of Kombat Kids.
>>12127290not a hot take. it's looked like shit since 4 and UMK3 was gorgeous.
>>12127368I didn't think MK3 looked particularly good stylistically. MK4 was a minor course correction leaning back towards bit more asian bit darker and moodier. It's just a shame some of the MK4 newcomers were garbage, albeit some were also amazing.
As far as looks go I like his N64 alt costume.>>12127335'Stinger' sounded less cool then 'Scorpion'. It was the movie which made his signature move some kind of weird lizard demon when it was a some kind of grappling spear thing.
>>12127290Nu MK just doesn't capture the same vibes tonally, by that I mean post MK9 which to me was almost perfect aside from a couple dumb story instancesThat being said all I pointed out in the OP had begun before the reboot era. Scorpion became more "authentic ninja" like starting with MK Deadly Alliance as seen here, and as for story yes the love action movie simplified Scorpion/Subs roles to fit them into the movie and give the "bad guy" side some muscle other than Kano, but by MK3 the in game lore was pretty fleshed out with Scorpion and Sub Zeros rivalry, with Scorpion going from murdering the MK 1 SZ to being the guardian of his brother, after that he shifted his vengeance to Quan Chi, this is all pre reboot. MK in game bios and endings were all pretty intertwined and complex starting with the second game and only got more so each release. Not everyone cared, but if you did it was there
>>12127335It's just because his kunai rope is vaguely like a scorpions tail, being a ranged strike ending with a pointed tip etc. More of a code name than a literal affiliation. Like if he was famous for using nets he might be called Spider because it's like a web or something
>>12127259Both
>>12127259Hi, kevin smith
