Mortal Kombat Creator Ed Boon Shows Behind the Scenes Video of Scorpion and Sub-Zero
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon recently shared a behind-the-scenes video of Scorpion and Sub-Zero, two of Mortal Kombat's most iconic characters, being brought to life for the first time.
Beginning as an arcade game back in 1992, Mortal Kombat continues to grow in popularity over the course of its decade-long history. Mortal Kombat 11 sold over 12 million copies by July 2021. Recently, the franchise celebrated 30 years since its first game. In light of the occasion, the game's co-creator Ed Boon shared a video that offered a glimpse into what it was like to build the game in its early days.
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The video showcases behind-the-scenes motion capture for Scorpion and Sub-Zero. At the time, the design for the first Mortal Kombat made both Scorpion and Sub-Zero look identical apart from the color. According to Ed Boon, this was done partly as a technical workaround to the limited memory problem at the time when developing the game. Thereby, both were given varying fighting stances as a way of differentiating the two and adding to the uniqueness of the characters. However, this tallied further animation costs to the production of the game. «We felt giving them different stances was worth the 7 extra frames of animation it cost us,» mentions Ed Boon.
Explaining in his Twitter thread, the Mortal Kombat and Injustice 2 co-creator states that part of the challenge was to create unique fighting stances while ensuring they worked with the punches and kicks. Both characters shared the same attack movements at the time. As shown in the video, the process took several attempts at different stances before settling on the now-iconic poses.
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