Reptile - A Visual History 

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Because it's a miracle coming from Netherrealm, their comic book character designs were mostly awful, but they've matured enough to make a ninja clone like Reptile finally looking good.

​@@HanDaimondyou mean injustice 1 or post injustice designs in general?

@@manbat4582 I mean their character design in general, MK character’s designs have a lot of American comic influence.

Too bad the rest of the rosters design looks bland asf

The artsts kept giving Ermac sick, dope looking skins. Only for all the Ermac stans at ERS to go on vacation when they finally put him in the game now we get fugly mummy man.

@@cable2590They’ll probably update him due to backlash like they did with tanya

There is always hope for a badass skin brother don't get down 😅

@@LanaDelReySupremacyWhat’s wrong with Tanya???

@@daveonturner8438 her design was really light bland and basic*. she didn’t look like tanya

Yeah, and now he's adorable either way!

the tattoo on the arm and the face is sick

I’m all for that. ✋

Just another excuse for Maxie-boi to play through the MK series which I do not mind.

Yeah and homage to the original hidden character of mk

Yes

Do it!…please.

Same…Couldn’t agree more.

same my man, Reptile is the best ninja i like his human version, but his reptile version is sick too.. and i like that he can transform into a lizard, because that is Reptile is a reptile that can transform into a human and that is cool af

This 100000% - imo Reptile looks the coolest now, more than ever. The tattoos, the sandals, the transforming, he’s his own character now and he isn’t some weird bald face-mask-hole guy

Human reptile was always my favorite but when he turned reptilian he was always just made goofy. Glad they were able to make both be cool af in mk1

@@BilliamTorpedoI think the human version is more goofy than the reptile

He was called Syzoth earlier in one of Raiden's intro dialogues in MKX. Way earlier than the 2021 slop

@@lipstickzombie4981 Yeah, exactly. I’m not sure why some people think that isn’t Reptile in the movie.

​@@justicaaralot of people don't know him by Syzoth.

@@justicaarBecause they did him dirty in that movie and don’t want to believe it was him

​@@justicaar I know I'm coming in way late here, but I'm pretty sure the director or writer for the 2021 movie said something to the effect of "that wasn't Reptile, we called him Syzoth, see?"

A lot of people trying to act like Reptile isn't one of the freak characters, of the MK roster. Even when he's a human, he's still a weirdo green guy who pretends his arms are snakes or a mouth when he fights.

Never apologize, it was amazing and so was shaolin monks Reptile.

Also probably the best saga to do this idea bc omg make that roboninja a bad naruto cosplayer

Facts, I wonder if someone will be Onaga's vessel in MK1.

same, being in lizard form whilst wearing the updated ninja costume is so sick. His proportions are a little off but the overall design and idea is great.

@@eatsmoke yeah, and now we get the best of both worlds, and with the gear customisation being back, i am more excited for this game than i have ever been.

The best part about his DA design is that he has little tongue flicks when he's idling and it's hilarious. I honestly do enjoy the design. It's kind of goofier but like a really hard lean into the "This guy is actually just a big lizard" thing, which I love.

Max seeing an original design: "That's a 3" Max when ninja with green skin: "Easily a 7 or 8" Absolutely insane, DA Reptile should've been the base design the later games worked on

Yea well the developers don't want that They want Cute And that's not reptile AT ALL

Til this very day I still listen to that song sometimes lol

Not only that, it looks like his back story and origin will have more depth. For the past MK's Reptile was always a henchman, but they didn't expand the character beyond his origins. We all knew he's Zaterran, now what? This new reptile seems rebellious and mischievous AF.

@@exgeeinteractive And a similar story with Baraka - he isn't *just* a Tarkatan anymore. Honestly, I love that they're giving some of these former jobbers an actual place in the world other than on the other end of Liu Kang's fist.

I'll never forget the disappointment of MK4's Reptile ending which has you watch him get betrayed and die by the hands of Shinnok😂

Couldn't agree more. It felt like every single other Mortal Kombat character had a personal story and motivation, and then there was Reptile, who's story was "loyal henchman". He really didn't have a motivation, story, or purpose beyond that. It's like Netherrealm never really knew what to do with him. They gave him a little bit more of a story of being one of the few Zeteran lizard people of Outworld, but that was about it. In MK1, he not only seems to be presumably on team good-guy (barring any traitor revealed plot twist that he's still been working for Shang Sung this whole time, which would be a disappointment), but has personal motivation and a much stronger presence. I'll admit, I'm sort of left wondering "seems awfully convenient that taking human form was just a mutation he developed" as well as "why does his human transformation include tribal tattoos and clothes", but I'm likely just overthinking it. The new setup of being both the human ninja and a reptilian, with said reptilian being more bestial than humanoid, is an interesting hybridization that really makes him stand apart.

He doesnt have half the personality he did in the older timelines. Then, he was benevolent and had interests beyond his own, especially for a "bad guy". Now he just seems like a Chad, a sigma Chad (which I cool, but it doesnt beat the old Reptile)

We don't need to dig up entire skeletons, just for another nostalgia kick😂

I really like MKX and MK1 design of Reptile

Hmmmm

I’m literally on the other side when it comes to reptile and my reasons aren’t any more valid than yours. Never minded the pure reptile form but I strongly prefer the mysterious reptile hiding in a human form. I do think they hit a sweet spot giving all fans close to what they want

I absolutely love Shaolin Monks Reptile

Yeah I couldn't help but notice that the closer he got to generic ninja man the more Max liked the design.

as far as "reptile man" version of reptile, its by far the best. mk4 reptile is a abomination in my eyes and dont know how people could like it. mk9/x are fine, but at that point id just want him to go back to being a human again.

It's not a good look

MK5 Reptile is really cool. He looks like a Turok 2 antagonist.

I agree. I loved the more reptilian look, he was cool.

Slight sarcasm aside, it really was fasinating to look at Reptile's overall evolution of where he started to where he ended up in the original timeline, the alternative timeline, and what little knowledge we got for the current timeline (and how the current timeline has probably been the most favorable for him out of the three. At least outside of the whole "my people despised me because my human form was too handsome" part).

I agree that it's time for him to get a W. But it's always been awesome the way he gets screwed over. His ending in mk4 is my favorite one in that game

He has SO MUCH personality in his ninja outfit. Since he has a completely different side to him they could've settled for him being a pallete swap like Smoke is, but no, they gave his human form a design that REALLY gives him an identity. My favorite design in MK1 by far.

and that snake tatto is just perfect

Hmmm he's not a crab haha

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Because most of his designs aren't that good.

Id say some aren't that good but most is a stretch.@@senton6599

​@@coolboy4456Shaolin monks and MKX (with the mask on) are really his only good designs imo. Everything else is meh or bad.

Ig so I kinda like the deadly alliance one too tho ngl.@@senton6599

​@senton6599 Not really an objective sentiment held by the fanbase. There's a distinct split on which design people like more or even both. I prefer lizard Reptile just for the sake of not just being (insert color) ninja. Nobody complained when they changed Ermac's design heavily, so why does Reptile get slack for being a reptile?

By your logic, scorpion should be a giant insect scorpion. He always had a lizard head. He didn’t need to turn into a freaking jobber token animal character.

​@jordanmartel2937 scorpion was never shown to be an actual scorpion outside of animalities so your point is moot. Reptile has always been a lizard man. It makes zero sense for him to just be a regular ninja.

@@averyhepburn8092 scorpion has a flaming skull under his mask. Why wasn’t he turned into a jobber skeleton? Because that’s not his design. Original reptile IS a ninja. He wasn’t an animal. Get over it.

For real, also his new bio says that his people hate him because of his human form which instantly reminds me of that

@@redonyx9281 stupid

I honestly never minded that design.

I also like it. And he also has one of the best stance! Long live to the Crab Stance! 🦀

I wonder if that will repeat itself in MK1.

MKX Reptile for me is peak Reptile. Especially the tournament skin. I've been maining the character since MK2 and he's genuinely my favorite fighting game character of all time. Personally, I prefer them doing a humanoid reptilian hybrid like mkx. That being also really love his look in MK1.

bad opinion lowkey