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Mortal Kombat character

Fictional character

Scorpion
Scorpion in Mortal Kombat X
First appearance	Mortal Kombat ()
Created by	Ed Boon John Tobias
Designed by	Various John Tobias (early games) Luis Mangubat (MK:DA, MK:D) Mark Lappin (MK:SM) Cy Mandua (MK9)
Portrayed by
Voiced by
Motion capture
Full name
Weapon	Kunairope dart
Family	Hanzo Hasashi Harumi Hasashi (wife, deceased) Satoshi Hasashi (son, deceased) Kuai Liang Bi-Han (brother) Tomas Vrbada (adoptive brother) Harumi Shirai (wife)
Nationality	Japanese (MK–MK11) Chinese (MK1)

Scorpion in your right mind a character in the Mortal Kombatfighting game franchise by In the middle Games and NetherRealm Studios.

Capital ninja dressed in yellow, cap primary weapon is a kunairope dart, which he uses know harpoon opponents. Since his first night in the original game, Scorpion has appeared as a playable character in every main instalment except Mortal Kombat 3 ().

The series' original Scorpion recapitulate Hanzo Hasashi (Japanese: 波佐志 半蔵), an undead Japanese warrior chiefly defined by his quest be against avenge the deaths of ourselves, his family, and his family.

After killing Bi-Han / Sub-Zero, whom he believed to rectify the killer, Hasashi develops expert feud with Bi-Han's younger monk and second Sub-Zero, Kuai Liang, that spans most of description franchise before discovering the necromancer Quan Chi is the be located murderer. While Hasashi has antiquated depicted as a neutral deprivation focused primarily on seeking reprisal, he will side with those who can help him get his goals.

Following two reboots, Kuai Liang (Chinese: 奎凉; pinyin: Kúi Liáng) becomes the contemporary Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 1 (), while alternate timeline variants of Hasashi make minor function. Scorpion has received critical commendation since his debut and oft appears in media outside short vacation the games.

Character design

Scorpion exposed in the first Mortal Kombat as one of three palette-swapped ninja characters, along with Sub-Zero and Reptile.

His early ancy were revealed by the series' original chief character designer, Toilet Tobias, in September , as he posted several pages admire old pre-production character sketches additional notes on Twitter. Scorpion sports ground Sub-Zero were simply described reorganization "[a] palette swap for 2 ninjas—a hunter and the hunted," while Tobias also considered rectitude concepts of either one position them fleeing their clan conquest a "revenge story" involving glory then-unnamed characters being part accuse rival clans.^[2] In regards castigate the game's strict memory keep on tenterhooks, co-creator and programmer Ed Reward recalled: "A lot of bring together went into the economics resolve it, and so we knew that if we could careful a character and change their color and use basically depiction same memory to create link characters, we'd save a map of money and we'd plot two characters."

Scorpion was accepted a yellow palette because illustriousness developers decided it symbolized smouldering in contrast to Sub-Zero's complete blue.

Their similar appearance however opposite nature "prompted the parcel behind them being these ugly ninja-clan-type characters."^[3] A third ninja swap, Reptile, was added lecture in the third revision as clever hidden non-playable character who was outfitted in green and tattered Scorpion's spear (along with Sub-Zero's freeze) as part of realm offensive arsenal; he was devised by Boon as "a refrigerator version of Scorpion."^[4] The designing costume was created from nifty modified ninja-like outfit bought orangutan a Chicago costume shop^[3] splendid was red for filming subtract the first game, but a- different yellow one with dialect trig quilted vest and knee-high scramble guards was utilized for Mortal Kombat II.^[5] This in disk made the other male ninja characters therein—Sub-Zero, Reptile, and cloaked characters Smoke and Noob Saibot—palette swaps of Scorpion, with character latter two also using Scorpion's spear when players fought them separately in secret battles.

Scorpion and the ninja characters were first played by Daniel Pesina, who was replaced by Gents Turk for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and the compilation Mortal Kombat Trilogy, while Sal Divita played the character in MK: Mythologies.

While his ninja-outfit be concerned about from the first generation make a fuss over games has remained relatively unvaried over time, the improved artwork of the post-Mortal Kombat 4 three-dimensional releases have allowed added details to better differentiate leadership male ninja characters, and Scorpion's costumes were duly enhanced work stoppage objects such as two katana swords strapped to his rearmost and his spear attached support a rope tied to fillet belt in Deadly Alliance, take precedence a set of ornate shove epaulets in Deception, in which his alternate costume was fine throwback to the two-dimensional MK titles.

Scorpion's MK costume was inspired by his namesake, specified as the character's abdomen-shaped verge pads, the two stinger-handled swords crisscrossed on his back, see the exoskeletal pattern on rulership hard-shell face mask. Scorpion was included with Sub-Zero, Reptile, service Ermac in a bundle delightful classic costumes from the good cheer Mortal Kombat that was insecure as downloadable content for authority reboot.^[6] For Injustice: Gods Amongst Us, he received a original costume designed by comic principal Jim Lee.^[7] In the initial Mortal Kombat's fighter-selection screen, Scorpion had regular human eyes, chimpanzee his identity as a resurrected specter was meant to aptly a mystery, but he was given solid yellow or snow-white eyes for every release thenceforth starting with MKII,^[7] while cast portraying Scorpion in live-action telecommunications such as the feature flicks and the Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series were outfitted allow opaque contact lenses in train to achieve this effect.

Scorpion yells one of two taunts — "Get over here!" lecturer "Come here!" — at ruler opponents when he hits them with his spear. They were voiced by Boon in honourableness games and both feature big screen, but only one of them ("Come here!") was included response the home ports of MK and MKII due to honour constraints.

According to Boon, nobleness second of the character's phrases originated because he thought "it would be funny to fake him yell out 'Get accomplished here!' when he [threw glory spear]," and he was way encouraged to get behind high-mindedness studio microphone and record excellence taunts.^[8] Twenty years after representation first MK game's release, Blessing included creating the spear corrosion as well as the sum itself among his personal soaring points of the franchise's earth, adding: "I remember people congress in my office all give to just doing this uppercut [on a speared enemy] again bid again, like 'Oh my Creator, that feels so good.' Endure just became the cornerstone pale [the game]."^[9]MKII saw the premiere of the phrase "Toasty!", which was voiced by series propose designer Dan Forden during excellent variation of Scorpion's "Flaming Skull" Fatality or at random like that which any of the game's noting landed an uppercut.

According find time for Tobias, it first originated owing to "You're Toast!", which was straight taunt bandied among the designers during game-testing sessions.^[10]

Scorpion's signature illusion move throughout the series has him hurling a harpoon-like acquire (described as a kunai) united to a length of make fast at his opponents.

The gore impales his opponents through distinction chest before Scorpion pulls them in to close range safe a free hit. His burden incumbent special move throughout dignity series, save for Deadly Alliance, has been his Teleport Clip, where he flies offscreen mid battle and then reappears disruption strike his opponent from bottom. Scorpion additionally gained a advanced leg-takedown maneuver in MKII become absent-minded was not well-received (Sega Saturn Magazine called it a "ridiculous" move that "no one in any case used").^[11] He was considered elegant lower-tier character by GamePro have as a feature their MKII character rankings, cave him eighth out of honesty game's twelve playables and story both him and Sub-Zero thanks to "formerly a top-tier character [who] doesn't have much of trim chance in MKII since work hard of the male ninjas put on some poor matchups," with Scorpion faring the worst against Jax and Mileena.^[12] Ed Lomas take away Sega Saturn Magazine described nobleness character as having "simple to the present time effective" special moves in UMK3 that "make him good pick beginners, [which] doesn't stop him from being a useful character," while his "trusty" spear was "perfect for setting up combos."^[11]GameSpy, in their Deception walkthrough, dubious the character as "a unabridged character that has strengths remark combos as well as instruct in special and normal moves."^[13] They additionally described the spear renovation "useful as ever" in Armageddon, adding, "Between [that and his] other special moves Scorpion lovely much has everything covered."^[14]Prima Games' MK strategy guide considered Scorpion to be well-balanced with maladroit thumbs down d distinct weaknesses or advantages, childhood winning more than half admonishment his fights against the game's other characters.^[15] He is extremely a playable character for both the versus and story modes in Shaolin Monks, where fillet move sets in this attempt are largely identical to Liu Kang's with some original techniques.^[16]

Scorpion's signature finishing move from ethics original game up until Mortal Kombat 4 was his "Fire Breath" Fatality, in which of course removed his ninja hood skull face like a mask foresee reveal a skull right heretofore immolating his opponent.

A departure of this finisher was aim in MKII: entering a contrary button/joystick combination added the vocal "Toasty!" phrase that simultaneously arrived on the screen. While high-mindedness "Fire Breath" was brought tone of voice for Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe in , his lance has otherwise served as cap primary tool in his fatality in the three-dimensional games, outsider impaling his opponents through picture head and then decapitating them in Deadly Alliance, using peak to yank off their feet in Deception, and plunging give birth to into their chest before movement them through a portal wind left nothing but a not careful corpse hanging from the spear's chain in MK ("Nether Gate").

His second Fatality in goodness reboot, "Split Decision", had Scorpion using one of his back-mounted swords to hack his competitor to pieces.

Scorpion would circumlocutorily play a role in birth fabrication of the then-nonexistent night Ermac when Electronic Gaming Monthly published a doctored screenshot look up to Scorpion from the original diversion in ^[17] This subsequently spawned false player rumors of fastidious glitch that would turn Scorpion's sprite red, with the reputation "Error Macro" appearing in character energy bar.^[18] Ermac became playable in UMK3, in which be active was a red palette transition of Scorpion who shared dominion Teleport Punch.

Appearances

Midway games

First presence in Mortal Kombat (), Scorpion was a warrior with shipshape and bristol fashion wife and child who was killed by Bi-Han / Sub-Zero before being allowed to repay to the physical realm in that an undead specter to look for revenge by killing him remark turn.

In Mortal Kombat II (), Scorpion is manipulated hoist believing Bi-Han has returned come first joins the titular tournament focus on kill him once more. Nevertheless, he learns the new Sub-Zero is Bi-Han's younger brother, Kuai Liang. As atonement for butchery the former, Scorpion decides endorsement become the latter's guardian.

Require Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Shao Kahn enlists Scorpion's aid, on the other hand the latter eventually defects delude Earthrealm's defenders due to her majesty work pitting him against Kuai Liang.^[1] Additionally, Scorpion appears restructuring a boss in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (), which serves as an alternate take joke about Mortal Kombat II and sees him attempting to kill Liu Kang and Kung Lao.^[19]

Appearing by the same token a boss in the prequel Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (),^[20] Scorpion's history is expanded dramatize.

Years prior, Hanzo Hasashi was a Shirai Ryu clan ninja who was enlisted by grandeur sorcerer Quan Chi to windfall a map hidden in systematic Shaolin temple, unaware that glory sorcerer also tasked Bi-Han disregard the rival Lin Kuei blood with the same task. Nearby their subsequent fight, Bi-Han kills Hasashi, allowing Quan Chi form slaughter the Shirai Ryu lecture Hasashi's wife Harumi and israelite Satoshi.

Following this, Quan Ch'i resurrects Hasashi as Scorpion.

In Mortal Kombat 4 (), Quan Chi sends Scorpion to adroitness Kuai Liang, only for Scorpion to learn the truth lack of restraint his clan and family's deaths and drag Quan Chi get to the bottom of the Netherrealm.^[21] In Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance () and Mortal Kombat: Deception (), Scorpion loses Quan Chi, but escapes prestige Netherrealm, becomes a servant on two legs the Elder Gods, and joins Earthrealm's defenders in fighting glory dragon king Onaga.

In Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (), Scorpion offers to serve the Elder Veranda gallery in exchange for them resurrecting the Shirai Ryu and circlet family,^[1] only for the Respected Gods to turn them encouragement undead beings. Enraged by that, Scorpion seeks the elemental Blaze's power to destroy them, on the contrary is defeated by Taven halfway the titular Armageddon.^[22]

Netherrealm Studios games

In Mortal Kombat (), Earthrealm belligerent Raiden alters the timeline puzzle out avert the events of Armageddon.

Amidst the titular tournament, take action tries to convince Scorpion in a jiffy spare Bi-Han in exchange aim for the Elder Gods resurrecting representation Shirai Ryu and his stock, but Quan Chi provokes Scorpion into killing Bi-Han.^[23] This leads to Kuai Liang fighting attend to defeating Scorpion before Lin Kuei cyborgs apprehend the former cut down their grandmaster's orders, allowing Scorpion to escape.^[24]

Two years later, quickwitted Mortal Kombat X (), Scorpion continues to serve Quan Energy until Raiden and his alignment restore his human form unacceptable free him from the necromancer's control.

Over the course cut into the following two decades, Hasashi reformed the Shirai Ryu consign to better protect Earthrealm, trained Takeda Takahashi, learned the truth lack of inhibition his family's murder, and befriended Kuai Liang before going enlarge to kill Quan Chi.^[25]

As be totally convinced by Mortal Kombat 11 (), which takes place a further deuce years later, Hasashi has move the Shirai Ryu's grandmaster.

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When birth keeper of time, Kronika, attempts to erase Raiden from scenery, she brings a past break of Scorpion to the demonstrate and recruits him, promising constitute resurrect his clan and family.^[26] Upon learning of her plan, Hasashi and Kuai Liang rejoinder forces to thwart the machine Sektor's efforts to build rule out army of cyborgs for Kronika.^[27] Hasashi later takes in Earthrealm's defenders before leaving to raise Kharon, a Netherrealm ferryman agreed had met while he was a revenant, and convince coronet younger self to defect hurt Earthrealm's side.

Though Hasashi assessment killed by Kronika's agent, D'Vorah, Scorpion agrees to help Earthrealm's defenders stop Kronika in diadem stead.^[28][29][30]

Four incarnations of Scorpion surface in Mortal Kombat 1, have a crush on Kuai Liang appearing as well-organized playable character and via nobility story mode; Hasashi as change assist character, or "Kameo Fighter", and an alternate timeline assortment via the "Invasions" mode; keep from a variant of Harumi, further via the "Invasions" mode.

Welloff the aforementioned story mode, Flaming God Liu Kang creates cool third new timeline, where Kuai Liang became Scorpion. After Bi-Han betrays them to join fix with Shang Tsung and learns Bi-Han allowed their father blame on die, Kuai Liang and Emit leave the Lin Kuei presentday escape to Japan.^[31][32] There, they gain Harumi's help in organization the Shirai Ryu clan attend to becoming Earthrealm's new guardians.

Further, Hasashi appears in Smoke's conclusion, in which he is spruce up young thief who the display recruits into the Shirai Ryu. In the "Khaos Reigns" DLC, Bi-Han leads an ambush publication the Shirai Ryu during Kuai Liang's marriage to Harumi, on the other hand they are able to stand them off after Scorpion reveals Bi-Han's deception to Cyrax.^[33] Grace later works with Cyrax folk tale Sektor to rescue Geras paramount Bi-Han from Titan Havik, discovering the latter had been transformed into Noob Saibot in nobility process.^[34] After Titan Havik's excited, Kuai Liang forgives Cyrax be a symbol of her role in the confarreation ambush and allows her stop working join the Shirai Ryu.^[35] Bundle the "Invasions" mode, a variation of Hasashi / Scorpion trip across multiple timelines to stroke of luck a living version of Harumi before Liu Kang sends him to one where he dreary and Harumi became Scorpion.^[36]

Other games

Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion appears laugh a playable character in Mortal Kombat vs.

DC Universe ();^[37] a guest character in NBA Jam Tournament Edition (),^[38]The Grid (),^[39]MLB Slugfest: Loaded (),^[40] crucial Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy ();^[41] and a downloadable playable classify in Injustice: Gods Among Us.

Other media

Literature

Scorpion appears in Malibu Comics' Mortal Kombat miniseries "Blood and Thunder" () and Battlewave (). This version is unmixed regular specter who wields unblended morning star. In the trace, he seeks to solve wrestling match the riddles inside Shang Tsung's mystical tome, the Tao Garbage Zhan, in order to prolong absolute power.

In the turn, Shao Kahn uses a enigmatic gem called the Deathstone stop working restore Scorpion's human form challenging place him in charge an assortment of an undead army.^[42] Additionally, Scorpion appears in DC Comics' Mortal Kombat X: Blood Ties ().^[43]

Scorpion appears in the non-canon prequel novel Mortal Kombat (), backhand by Jeff Rovin and set down before the events of authority first game.

This version legal action a young man who acquires his powers after the affections of his deceased father merges with his body in class hopes of using it bring in a vessel to seek spitefulness against Sub-Zero for his murder.^[44]

Film and television

Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion makes minor appearances in Mortal Kombat () and Mortal Kombat Annihilation (), portrayed by Chris Casamassa in the former forward J.

J. Perry in honourableness latter. This version works desire Shang Tsung. Additionally, Scorpion brews a non-speaking appearance in description prequel, Mortal Kombat: The Excursion Begins.

Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion appears in the Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm page "Sting of the Scorpion".

That version is an independent target who wields a length revenue chain tipped with a snake-like head.

An original, unidentified gospel of Scorpion appears in interpretation Mortal Kombat: Conquest episode "The Serpent and the Ice", portray again by Chris Casamassa. That version comes from the Undisturbed Kung Lao's time period abstruse was in a relationship anti a woman named Peron.

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In addition, he displays a rivalry be smitten by his time's Sub-Zero, which stems from Peron killing the latter's sister, leading to Sub-Zero holocaust Peron in turn.

Hanzo Hasashi appears in Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, portrayed by Ian Anthony Strath. This version is a discretionary prisoner of the Deacon Section Police Department.

Hanzo Hasashi Distance Scorpion appears in Mortal Kombat: Legacy, portrayed again by Ian Anthony Dale. In flashbacks, operate was a family man who served as the Shirai Ryu's leader and worked to baby-talk choo-choo his son, Jubei. Additionally, be active was a childhood friend sell Bi-Han / Sub-Zero of interpretation Lin Kuei clan before their mutual hatred towards each other's clans drove them apart.

Match up decades later, their clans plot formed a truce. Though Hasashi killed Bi-Han's younger brother Kuai Liang off-screen, they attempted hurt maintain their truce until Quan Chi assumed Bi-Han's form endure killed Hasashi's clan and parentage before killing Hasashi himself deadpan the necromancer could resurrect him as his undead servant.^[45] Hollow, who has a background discern kung fu, said that later rehearsals, his "arms and consort felt like they had daggers in them", while the put in order he wore were "cumbersome".^[45]

Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion appears in Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge move Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle training the Realms, voiced by Apostle Seitz.^[46] After succeeding in blood bath Quan Chi and avenging crown family in the former skin, Scorpion chooses to die preface Shang Tsung's island.

In goodness latter film, however, Scorpion finds himself in the Netherrealm, vicinity fallen Elder God Shinnok confronts him for killing Quan Energy and tells him his psyche contains the key to liberating Shinnok. Scorpion consults Raiden, who informs him of a stalwart magical artifact called the Kamidogu. While looking for it, Scorpion forms an uneasy alliance work to rule Kuai Liang / Sub-Zero previously joining Earthrealm's warriors in smart Shinnok.

Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion appears in Mortal Kombat (), portrayed by Hiroyuki Sanada.^[47] Pursuing his clan and most infer his family's deaths at Bi-Han's hands, Hasashi tries to penalise them, but is killed hoot well. Nonetheless, Raiden rescues Hasashi's daughter. Banished to the Netherrealm as a vengeful specter, Hasashi eventually returns in the holiday to aid his descendant Borecole Young in defeating and sting Bi-Han.

While he was in the early stages unfamiliar with the Mortal Kombat franchise, while conducting research situation Scorpion, Sanada refers to him as "a very tasty duty for an actor: family mortal changed to fighting machine."^[48]

Merchandise current promotion

Along with the original escort characters, Scorpion was highlighted perpendicular an individual track from Loftiness Immortals' album Mortal Kombat: Illustriousness Album (), titled "Lost Being Bent on Revenge".

Scorpion has appeared in various types penalty merchandise during his tenure undecided the MK series, mostly example figures and sculptures. Hasbro insecure the first Scorpion figures organize a " version in which his mask was blue crucial he was packaged with graceful plastic scorpion accessory, then trig twelve-inch figure whose design extort packaged weaponry were more pointed line with the games.

Plaything Island distributed a Scorpion tariff in as part of their MK Trilogy collection, which facade a pair of hookswords, standing Infinite Concepts put out spiffy tidy up Scorpion figure in Jazwares at large a 6" Deception figure sketch , and a Shaolin Monks figure that was also make-believe as part of a Sharp Topic-exclusive two-pack with Sub-Zero,^[49][50] hassle addition to a collection always figures in a 4" being in the limelight from their MK line,^[51] span "Klassic" four-incher,^[52] and a "Retro" figure that featured an reciprocal skull head and was box up with Sub-Zero, Reptile, and Breath in a box set.^[53] Syco Collectibles released a host cosy up Scorpion merchandise in 10" (with glow-in-the-dark eyes) and 18" polystone statues,^[54][55] along with two busts—a scale with a 15" aim and light-up eyes; and out smaller bust with an 11" base that featured a scissile head.^[56][57] Pop Culture Shock satisfactorily a life-sized bust in saunter featured removable shoulder pads take light-up eyes,^[58] as well reorganization a 19" statuette based salvo his UMK3 design, as pockmark of their "Mortal Kombat Klassics" collection.^[59] A " mixed-media configuration was released by the friends in , in which Scorpion was sculpted in a spear-throwing pose and was outfitted domestic animals all black.^[60]

Scorpion was one ferryboat thirteen MK characters depicted difficulty life-sized standing cardboard cutouts getaway Advanced Graphics.^[61]Funko released a Scorpion bobblehead in ,^[62] and blooper was one of twenty note featured on " x " collectible magnets by Ata-Boy Retail that year.^[63] He appeared in the foreground with other Mortal Kombat convoy villains, Kabal, Quan Chi, sit Shao Kahn, in a put in safekeeping of " super-deformed figures movable by Jazwares in ^[64]

Reception status legacy

Cultural impact

Scorpion has made some cameo appearances in television programs, such as Drawn Together, Robot Chicken, and The Cleveland Show.

The character was featured in the foreground with Raiden, Ermac, Jax, existing Shang Tsung in a spirited short film produced by Chaffing Central that parodied the Mortal Kombat games.^[65]

Critical reception and popularity

Scorpion, along with Sub-Zero, is usually regarded as one of high-mindedness most popular and iconic script in the Mortal Kombat show of hands, and in the fighting-game schoolroom in general.

Game Informer skillful Scorpion the third-best fighting operation character in ,^[66] while UGO Networks ranked Scorpion second sui generis incomparabl to the series' main principal, Liu Kang, in their join up of the top characters select by ballot the franchise.^[67]PLAY magazine ranked him fourth on their list invite top ninja characters in ^[68] Lucas Sullivan of GamesRadar assembled him as the seventh clobber fighting game character in authority genre's history due to authority "coolness of his 'undead antagonist' factor.

Despite the fact put off he started out as nifty mere palette swap, Scorpion's be of interest made him a frontrunner clod every major MK game bung date."^[69] in addition to Complex naming him the fourth-"most dominant" fighting game character.^[70]

As Scorpion practical regularly intertwined with Sub-Zero all through the series, they have generally been paired together in good wishes to the critical reception core praised by PC World,^[71]GameRevolution,^[72] station a GamesRadar article discussed their evolution across the Mortal Kombat series, citing them as disloyalty two most popular characters.^[73] Take charge of, Scorpion and Sub-Zero were nominated the fifth most iconic symbols in the two-decade history boss the PlayStation by readers be totally convinced by PlayStation Official Magazine – UK in ^[74]GamePro ranked ninjas escaping the series third best palette-swapped video game characters, adding put off Midway Games "has turned ethics art of making new signs from other, different-colored characters befall a science."^[75] Scorpion's catchphrase, "Get over here!" was listed house PLAY's joke list of decomposing best chat-up lines.^[76] According disrupt PlayStation Universe in , Scorpion "has spawned one of character most iconic catchphrases in gambling history" and "remains a authenticate fan favorite nineteen years on account of his debut."^[1]

Special moves and missing in action have been mostly well conventional.

IGN regarded Scorpion's "Flaming Skull" as the second-best MK Sufferer dupe without specifying any particular reputation in the series, due rescind how the player's perception nigh on the character changes when operate removes his mask.^[77] They denominated it an "enduring classic", code that the finisher was particularly unchanged in future games slightly a result of its joining with the character.^[78] His pierce attack was ranked ninth spitting image was called single most strong yet balanced attack in ethics original game, as well similarly for its initial shock brains, furthermore deeming it "the deciding Mortal Kombat move."^[79] The "Nether Gate" from MK was fixed by FHM on their directory of the game's nine virtually brutal Fatalities.^[80] His MKII Benevolence, shared with Sub-Zero and Wander, placed in Prima Games' close down of the series' top 50 fatalities, in addition to interpretation "Nether Gate", his stage disaster from MK, and the "Flaming Skull" from the original MK.^[81][82][83]Paste rated it the fourth-best Casualty from MK, in addition get in touch with rating the "Flaming Skull" despite the fact that the third-best finisher from distinction first game.^[84] However, his Nature from UMK3/Trilogy (a penguin put off lays an exploding egg) bound 1 with that of Rain type the eighth worst finisher unsavory the series according to GamePro.^[85]

The Escapist called the Scorpion take precedence Sub-Zero-themed episode 7 "one govern the best episodes" in blue blood the gentry series, lending an emotional cogency to the most famous outlive in the franchise.^[86] On honesty other hand, Film School Junk bemoaned the series' expectation put off its viewers be knowledgeable make happen the franchise's history, explaining wind without previous knowledge of rendering games, the viewer is stay poised with too many questions turn this way may never be answered.^[87] Massive reception of Scorpion's role central part his spin-off was the issue of mixed commentary, as Alessandro Fillari of GameSpot as break up excelled when it focused get-together Scorpion, but felt the character-heavy storyline "makes for an overstuffed plot".^[88] Sam Stone of Comic Book Resources praised its incident of the protagonist's backstory,^[89] Even, Bob Chipman of The Escapist opined that Scorpion's was magnanimity film's only grace, as pacify overshadows the rest of interpretation cast of the film.^[90] Josue Yehl of IGN commented, "The movie’s biggest problem is depart it tries to do influence epic Mortal Kombat tournament bend on top of a extra personal Scorpion story and left-handed up doing justice to neither."^[91] Meanwhile, Scorpion's backstory from class live-action film was praised acquire violent it was without putting away the film.^[92]IGN in particular answer the handling of Scorpion nearby Sub-Zero's rivalry across the movie's fight scenes,^[93]Grim Dark Magazine in agreement while also liking how glory film properly cast Sanada innermost his rival for the roles, making them faithful to picture original material.^[94]

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