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Noob Saibot

ChaosandQuietChaosandQuiet Registered User regular
edited October 2008 in Games and Technology
I have an interesting question. Why is Noob Saibot all black? Does anyone know why they choose for him to be that way, or was it just aesthetic?

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    YOU'RE RACIST

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  • ChaosandQuietChaosandQuiet Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Haha, no, I was just wondering why he was that way and the other ninjas aren't.

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  • Lord JezoLord Jezo Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Because in 1992 that was f'ing badass.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noob_Saibot

    He was in the Brotherhood of the Shadow, and shadows are black.

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  • VistiVisti Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Also, they wanted another character and blacking out an existing one (Kano, I think) was easier and faster than designing a new one. Obviously. He even had Kanos combos and in one of the versions when he wins, the announcer goes "Kano wins". There. It's just a hack to include another character.

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  • ChaosandQuietChaosandQuiet Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Thanks man

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  • Syd LexiaSyd Lexia Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Visti wrote: »
    Also, they wanted another character and blacking out an existing one (Kano, I think) was easier and faster than designing a new one. Obviously. He even had Kanos combos and in one of the versions when he wins, the announcer goes "Kano wins". There. It's just a hack to include another character.
    It wasn't done because it was easier and faster, it was done due to space constraints. MK has always tried to cram as many characters into a game as they could and in the early days, palette swapping was an easy way to include character at minimal extra space. That's why the series used to have ninjas, female ninjas, and robots who all looked exactly the same. It's also why all the secret bosses were just different colored versions of playable characters.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    Did I wake up in the past?

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  • Syd LexiaSyd Lexia Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Um, it's 1995. So if that's "the past" to you, then yes, you're in the past.

    Now if you'll excuse me, Future Man, my girlfriend needs to make a phone call, so I have to disconnect from AOL. Later.

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  • thej3wthej3w Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Man, I can't wait till the Ultra 64 is out. That's gonna make palette swapping a thing of the past! ...right?

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Lord Jezo wrote: »
    Because in 1992 that was f'ing badass.

    Wrong year but damn is that funny.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    thej3w wrote: »
    Man, I can't wait till the Ultra 64 is out. That's gonna make palette swapping a thing of the past! ...right?

    I wish they had kept the Dolphin moniker. That was such a superior name for a console.

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  • thej3wthej3w Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »
    thej3w wrote: »
    Man, I can't wait till the Ultra 64 is out. That's gonna make palette swapping a thing of the past! ...right?

    I wish they had kept the Dolphin moniker. That was such a superior name for a console.

    Here's hoping they don't make the same mistake with any future consoles. They should just keep the codename, it always sounds better!
    also.. psst Dolphin was for Gamecube

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    thej3w wrote: »
    Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »
    thej3w wrote: »
    Man, I can't wait till the Ultra 64 is out. That's gonna make palette swapping a thing of the past! ...right?

    I wish they had kept the Dolphin moniker. That was such a superior name for a console.

    Here's hoping they don't make the same mistake with any future consoles. They should just keep the codename, it always sounds better!
    also.. psst Dolphin was for Gamecube

    Dammit! I knew deep down it was wrong but I went with it anyway.

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  • Syd LexiaSyd Lexia Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I hear the Ultra 64 is going to have an arcade perfect version of Killer Instinct, the hottest new fighting game around!

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited October 2008
    yes yes very good you are very funny people

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